Summer had only taken a few steps when she saw a man brandishing a pistol rush into the teahouse, shouting, "Everyone get down on the ground! Anyone who disobeys me will be shot dead!"
The man pointed a pistol at Xia Tian and Guan Xiangyang, and ordered sternly, "You two, get down!"
Summer was stunned and stood there, at a loss for what to do.
Guan Xiangyang pulled Xia Tian down and warned, "Quickly lie down and don't resist. He has a gun."
Xia Tian and Guan Xiangyang lay on the ground.
There were more than twenty people in the teahouse, all of whom obediently lay down on the ground.
"Listen up, all of you! Stay on the ground and don't move. If anyone dares to stand up, I'll shoot them dead! I mean what I say, don't think I won't shoot!"
The thug brandished his pistol like a madman.
A woman was so frightened that she started to cry.
The thug kicked the crying woman hard and cursed viciously, "Don't make a sound! If you cry again, I'll send you to the Western Paradise."
The crying woman quickly covered her mouth.
The teahouse suddenly became quiet.
The thugs closed the teahouse door and then moved several tables to prop it up against the door.
A terrified waiter in the teahouse asked the thug, "Master Li, what...what are you trying to do?"
"Xiao Zhang, shut up! Don't you know what I'm going to do? I worked hard in the teahouse for two years, and just because I offended a customer, the boss fired me and deducted three months' salary. Today, I'm here to get my wages back from the boss."
The waiter named Xiao Zhang said tremblingly, "Master Li, the boss didn't come today. He said it was his son's birthday and he went to a restaurant to celebrate."
The thug said menacingly, "Xiao Zhang, quickly send a message to the boss on his pager and tell him to send me 10,000 yuan right now, otherwise I'll burn this teahouse down."
Xiao Zhang quickly picked up the phone and relayed a message to his boss on his pager: "Boss, Master Li is here. He wants 10,000 yuan from you, or he'll burn the teahouse down. You'd better come back quickly."
A short while later, the sound of police sirens came from outside.
Clearly, the boss received a message from the PP machine and immediately called the police.
Master Li roared furiously, "The boss has called the police and wants to arrest me? Fine, I'll go all the way and burn the teahouse down today. I don't want to live anymore anyway. Xiao Zhang, get me a lighter."
Xiao Zhang said tremblingly, "Master Li, we've always had a good relationship. Are you going to burn me to death too?"
"Xiao Zhang, you've been exchanging glances with the boss, you must be having an affair with him. If I burn you to death, the boss will be heartbroken, that's exactly the effect I want."
Xiao Zhang cried and said, "Master Li, I'm having an affair with the boss, but he forced me into it! My mother is sick, my father is disabled, and I'm his only daughter. I have to earn money to support my parents. The boss has taken a liking to me, and I can't refuse him. Master Li, please have pity on me and let me go."
Xiao Zhang knelt down in front of Master Li, crying.
Master Li roared furiously, "Xiao Zhang, I can't let you go. You're the boss's secretary. If I burn you to death, the boss will be in great pain. I want the boss to taste the pain."
"Master Li, I'm a pitiful person too, please have pity on me..."
“I pity you, but who pities me? I have two children, parents, and my wife is blind. I'm the only one who can earn money. This boss is heartless. He kicked me out and withheld three months' wages. I've been doing odd jobs outside, but recently I can't even find temporary work. I'm going to die anyway, so I might as well go all out. I'm going to burn down the boss's teahouse and make all his hard work go up in smoke.”
Xiao Zhang grabbed Master Li's leg and pleaded, "Brother Li, please, for the sake of the two years we've worked together, let me go and let me out..."
"No, you have to die with me, haha... I have a beautiful woman to die with me, so I'll be happy even if I die."
Suddenly, a loudspeaker blared from outside: "Listen up, people inside! Speak your minds properly, and whatever you do, do not harm the hostages."
The thug grabbed Xiao Zhang from the ground, dragged her to the window, and blocked her in front of him, shouting, "Call the boss and have him give me ten thousand yuan."
The loudspeaker blared again: "Okay, your request can be met. We'll have the boss come right away. Here's 10,000 yuan for you. Please stay calm and don't harm the hostages."
Guan Xiangyang and Xia Tian lay on the ground, not daring to move.
Summer was shivering and her face was deathly pale. She was filled with regret. She shouldn't have come to the blind date and had run into such bad luck.
In the past, Xia Tian had only seen hostage situations in movies and on TV; she never expected to encounter one herself today.
Guan Xiangyang whispered to comfort Xia Tian, "Xia Tian, don't be afraid. As long as the criminals' demands are met, they will release us."
"You...you're such a jinx! If...if I hadn't gone on this blind date with you, I wouldn't have run into this..."
Guan Xiangyang said, "Nobody wants to run into something like this in the summer, but since we've already encountered it, let's just accept it. I think the police will definitely find a way to get us out of here."
The thug shouted, "I can only wait half an hour. After half an hour, I will kill him. If the money is not delivered within an hour, I will burn the teahouse down."
"Please calm down, the boss will be here soon."
Suddenly, the thug shoved Xiao Zhang away and cursed, "You little wench, you actually scared the shit out of your head! You stink, you're suffocating me!"
"Master Li... Master Li, please spare me."
Xiao Zhang was pushed to the ground by Mr. Li. She writhed on the ground, pleading.
The thug walked up to Xia Tian, grabbed her, and said, "You little wench, you better be my shield. I'm warning you: if you don't behave, I'll shoot you dead."
The thugs wanted Xia Tian to be their shield, but Xia Tian was trembling all over and couldn't speak.
Guan Xiangyang suddenly said, "Good man, my wife has an infectious disease. She just came back from the hospital. She will infect you with the disease."
The thug asked in horror, "What illness does your wife have?"
“He has contracted a strange PC disease, which was introduced from abroad and is highly contagious. I have already been vaccinated, but if you haven’t been vaccinated, it will be very dangerous.”
Upon hearing this, the thugs quickly released Xia Tian, angrily saying, "Damn it, I'm really unlucky."
Guan Xiangyang hurriedly explained, "Good man, although this disease is contagious, it will be fine as long as you disinfect your hands with alcohol. Quickly find a bottle of alcohol and disinfect your palms."
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