Little Buding was thrilled beyond measure.
Actually, the task could end here, and Jiang Lai could leave this world and start the next task anytime if she wanted.
But she clearly wanted to play some more.
"If you want to leave this world, you can tell me anytime."
"Let’s play a bit more, what a beautiful world."
It’s much purer and nicer than the one she was in before.
On the way back to the hotel, a man in a black trench coat accidentally bumped into Jiang Lai. After lowly saying "sorry," he was about to leave when his arm was firmly clamped by a hand. He turned around, ready to run but shocked to find that this seemingly frail Asian woman had immense strength; he couldn’t break free from her grasp no matter how hard he tried!
"What are you doing?!"
The man shouted hoarsely in Italian.
Jiang Lai looked at him and replied in fluent Italian.
"Return the wallet."
The man’s face showed surprise as he tried even harder to break free. Jiang Lai kept a straight face, twisted his arm backward forcefully, and a crisp "crack" was heard. The man was already kneeling on the ground, wailing in pain, clutching his arm, unable to stand.
"Please help me call the police. This man stole my wallet and tried to take advantage of me."
The man pressed to the ground by Jiang Lai looked up at her in disbelief, continuously explaining.
"I didn’t, I didn’t take advantage of her!"
Right then, a passing Asian girl decisively dialed the police. The man was escorted onto the police car, while Jiang Lai held her wallet, smiling harmlessly and kindly at the handsome Italian policeman in front of her.
The policeman scratched his head and glanced back at Jiang Lai before leaving, then walked directly up and handed her a handwritten note.
"Beautiful Miss, feel free to call me anytime."
Accepting the note, Jiang Lai smiled brightly and gracefully turned and left.
Little Buding: "You’re such a flirt."
Jiang Lai: "Flattering you are."
In the afternoon, outside the police station, the man who stole was bailed out. He walked to a luxury car, clutching his arm, and murmured to the man inside.
"Sorry boss, that woman knows martial arts, I couldn’t beat her."
The car window rolled down, and the man inside was visibly displeased.
"Just a woman, how capable could she be? You disappoint me."
"Boss, I’m telling the truth. That woman is strong and cunning, you might want to be careful."
"Don’t make excuses for your failure, drive."
The luxury car slowly drove away from the police station, into the night.
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The wallet robbery didn’t dampen Jiang Lai’s good mood at all. The next day, she still dressed up to eat, play, and shop.
The luxury goods variety here was wide and slightly cheaper, so Jiang Lai intended to buy a necklace for Mrs. Jiang as a gift, and she entered a roadside jewelry store.
There weren’t many customers in the store, apart from her, there were only a few people shopping around.
Soon, Jiang Lai fancied a diamond necklace in the glass cabinet, just about to ask the clerk to take it out for her to look at when Little Buding suddenly piped up.
"Two pieces of news, one is bad, and the other is also bad, which one first?"
"Does it make a difference?"
"One bad news is, there’s a man who’s been following you since yesterday, and today he’s been sneakily trying to approach you in this jewelry store.
The other bad news is, another man in this store is a robber, just released from prison, and has already taken a clerk hostage."
After hearing this, Jiang Lai turned expressionlessly to leave, only to hear Little Buding speak up after two steps.
"The two men standing at the door are accomplices, they have guns."
"Why didn’t you say so earlier?"
"Sister, please, my internet is slow, the camera loads images very slowly! If you want me to be more responsive, just do your tasks properly, so I can earn money to upgrade to better internet."
"Shut up, you’re all nonsense."
Useless thing, no help at crucial times.
Looking at the expressions of the two men at the door, Jiang Lai assessed the likelihood of rushing out, internally cursing the local poor security, the degenerate state of humanity, the sinister social atmosphere, first getting stolen from, now about to be robbed.
Jiang Lai’s dilemma didn’t last long, as a gunshot rang out, the jewelry store door was locked with chains along with screams.
Jiang Lai immediately ducked down, barely avoiding a bullet coming straight at her.
Damn it, these bastards not only want to rob but also want to kill!
"Get down, all of you get down!"
With a gun aimed at their heads, everyone obediently gathered and squatted down, a total of nine people, including a couple, a mother pushing a stroller, and a masked man, the rest three were clerks.
The child in the stroller wailed, held tightly in the mother’s arms as she continuously soothed.
Behind the counter not far away lay a clerk already dead, facing Jiang Lai, her blue eyes still showing helplessness and fear.
Jiang Lai glanced silently, lowered her head, listening to the fearful and despairing cries around her, a cold gleam in her eyes.
The robber madly smashed the glass of the counter, greedily plundering jewelry and diamonds, the two robbers at the door watched the hostages, their dark gun barrels aimed at the crying child.
He pulled the trigger, and as the gun barrel touched the mother’s forehead, the silent man beside suddenly stepped forward.
"Please don’t hurt the child."
"Playing hero? Then breathe your last bit of air."
The man clenched his teeth, while in despair, the pale yellow figure beside him suddenly stood up, grabbing the robber’s gun barrel with incredible speed and forcefully lifted it upwards, firing a shot at the ceiling!
The sudden gunshot startled the nearby robber, who immediately aimed the gun at Jiang Lai, but Jiang Lai quickly shifted, controlling the robber’s hand next to her, making him aim his gun at his accomplice.
Two gunshots rang out one after the other, and the two shot individuals slowly fell.
One was the robber across who was shot in the heart, the other was the unlucky guy pulled by Jiang Lai to shield herself who ended up being shot to death by his accomplice.
Hiding behind the human shield, Jiang Lai safely picked up the gun from the robber, turned it towards the robbery suspect who had just turned around and hadn’t reacted yet, and pulled the trigger.
Everything happened too fast.
Many people didn’t even get a chance to look up, and the three robbers were already lying on the ground.
Two died instantly, one was shot in the arm and leg, lying on the ground unable to resist.
Soon the police arrived, after clarifying the situation, they quickly cleaned the scene, took everyone back for written statements, and then let them leave.
Regarding the death of the robbers, Jiang Lai explained that the gun accidentally went off, she happened to seize the gun and saved everyone.