The girl looked uneasily again in the direction of the gentle woman, who was now squatting with the nanny. Due to panic, her complexion had turned even paler.
Anxiety flickered across An Yiqing’s expression as she carefully observed the surroundings, quickly planning in her mind how to overcome the enemy.
"Damn it! You whore!"
Suddenly, a masked man became enraged, grabbed a female employee’s hair from behind the counter, and viciously dragged her out.
"You bitch! How dare you hit the alarm! I’m going to kill you!"
As he spoke, before the crowd could scream, the masked man pulled the trigger, and with a "bang," a bright red bloom of blood blossomed on the temple of the female employee. She fell to the ground, lifeless.
"Murder! There’s been a murder!"
"Help! I don’t want to die! I don’t want to die!"
After a moment of silence, the employees and customers in the lobby began to scream uncontrollably. Some of them couldn’t bear the gore and started to run crazily towards the exit!
"Take one more step, and I’ll kill you all!"
The masked men in black fired three shots into the ceiling. The desperados’ fierce aura instantly subdued everyone in the lobby.
Men and women crouching on the ground were all pale with terror, tightly closing their mouths, afraid they’d become the next victims under the gun.
Even Gu Tingting and Ruan Xue’s complexions had turned somewhat pale. Although both were medical students, this was their first encounter with such a brutal murder scene.
As if sensing the unease of the two girls, An Yiqing secretly reached out with her warm hand and gently pinched the fingers of Ruan Xue and Gu Tingting, mouthing to them, "Don’t be afraid, I can handle this."
Gu Tingting and Ruan Xue understood An Yiqing’s intention and quickly tried to stop her with their eyes.
Qingqing, don’t! It’s too dangerous!
"Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing," An Yiqing comforted silently, then moved stealthily to one side.
Gu Tingting and Ruan Xue crouched in their original spots, nearly in tears! Seeing An Yiqing moving closer and closer to the robbers, they both clutched their mouths tightly, terrified of making any noise that would disturb An Yiqing!
They were getting closer, closer! They were about to catch them!
"Madam! What’s wrong with you? Madam!"
Suddenly, an urgent voice rose from a corner, shattering the deadly silence and making the situation even tenser.
Upon hearing this, An Yiqing looked over and saw that the gentle-looking woman had fainted and was lying in the arms of the nanny, whose expression was frantic.
"Stop shouting! Shut up! Or else I’ll kill you!" One of the robbers walked over, aiming his gun at the nanny and fired three shots "bang bang bang" at the ground.
The nanny shuddered with fright, hugging the madam tightly, her face bloodless as she carefully pleaded, "My lady is in critical condition, please have mercy and let us go."
"Let you go?" The lead robber strode up to the nanny, grabbed her hair, and snarled viciously, "Since she’s about to die anyway, both of you can go to hell!" As he said this, he raised the gun at the woman who had fainted on the ground, and pulled the trigger!
In the nick of time, accompanied by the nanny’s terrifying scream, An Yiqing moved with such speed that she blurred into a shadow. Before the robber could pull the trigger, she kicked his wrist!