Chapter 6
A Chance Encounter Outside, What Happened?
Zhou Xiaoxiao looked up and saw customers fleeing in panic in the mall.
Zhou Xiaoxiao immediately took out her walkie-talkie. “I’m Zhou Xiaoxiao. Something seems to have happened at Yida Mall. I’m going to check on the situation now.”
After reporting the operation, Zhou Xiaoxiao squeezed into the crowd.
When many people saw the police coming, they immediately told her what had happened in the mall.
“Officer, Officer, there’s an armed robber at the gold shop near the second entrance of the mall. Hurry up and take a look!”
Robbing a gold shop?
Armed!
Hearing these two phrases, Zhou Xiaoxiao immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.
She turned on the walkie-talkie as she directed the people to escape. “Calling headquarters, calling headquarters!”
The voice of the captain of the Yida Mall branch team came from the walkie-talkie. “This is the Yida branch team. Comrade Zhou Xiaoxiao, what happened?”
Zhou Xiaoxiao said anxiously, “There’s a robbery at the gold shop beside Gate 2 of Yida Mall. I’m combing through the crowd and asking for headquarters’ support.”
“Alright, Comrade Zhou Xiaoxiao, please take care of the crowd. We’ve already sent out the nearest patrol officers. We must protect the lives of the people!”
“Yes!”
Zhou Xiaoxiao looked at the crowd that kept pouring out of the mall, her face filled with anxiety.
This was exit number 1. The gold shop at exit number 2 was at the side door on the east side of the mall.
“I don’t know how the crowd in the gold shop is doing.”
Suddenly, three mall security guards in security uniforms ran into the mall.
Zhou Xiaoxiao immediately waved at the other party.
Now that there were unexpected situations, they were most lacking in manpower.
Although the security guards were not as good as the police, they were still better than ordinary people.
Moreover, Zhou Xiaoxiao saw that the other party was holding blast shields and some common protective equipment.
The three of them looked up and saw the official police waving at them. They quickly jogged over.
“Officer, is there anything we can do to help?”
Of course, they did not dare to fight the criminals head-on. After all, a security guard job was not worth it, but they could help in the periphery.
Zhou Xiaoxiao had been squeezing through the crowd. “Now, I need you to help me evacuate the crowd here. You must ensure everyone’s safety.”
The middle-aged man in the lead seemed to be the leader and nodded repeatedly.
“Yes, yes, yes. This is our duty. Leave this to us!”
One of the young security guards was still hot-blooded. He said excitedly, “I’m a small security guard who protects the peace. There is finally use for me.”
Zhou Xiaoxiao was speechless. She reminded them, “Remember to be careful. Evacuate yourself if anything unexpected happens. I’ll go to the gold shop to take a look. Remember, you must protect the lives of the people. Of course, that includes yourselves.”
After saying that, Zhou Xiaoxiao quickly squeezed into the crowd and went against the current.
…
On the other side, not long after Zhou Xiaoxiao logged out of Su Yun’s livestream.
Su Yun had no choice but to end the livestream early because he had used up all his old cards.
“I’m sorry, everyone. The practice of card throwing and chopping wooden stakes caused all the poker cards to be severely deformed, so I can only end this afternoon’s livestream first.”
Su Yun expressed his apologies to the thousand or so viewers in the livestream.
“I really admire Brother Perseverance’s perseverance!”
“The streamer has been throwing for nearly four hours. It’s time to prepare to use special effects to boost the program’s effect.”
“Will you be steaming again tonight?”
“I’m already rendering the livestream’s screen recording. Tonight’s livestream will prove that the streamer used special effects!”
…
Looking at the comments in the livestream, Su Yun inexplicably felt that the netizens were quite cute.
Hence, he slowly said, “I’m going out to buy some new poker cards and daily necessities. I expect to continue streaming tonight…”
After agreeing with a few old fans to continue streaming tonight, Su Yun closed the livestream.
After letting out a long breath, Su Yun moved his wrist.
“Although my arm strength has improved a lot after more than a month of training, it’s still very tiring to throw thousands of cards at such a high intensity.”
Su Yun’s current practice target was the wooden stake, so every time he exerted strength, he would use all his strength to throw the card.
If it was a cucumber, he only needed to borrow the simple technique of exerting force and a slight burst of power to rely on the sharpness of the card to cut into the cucumber.
However,
The wooden stake was completely different. It was difficult for him to cut into the wooden stake even when he unleashed his full strength, let alone use only a portion of his strength.
“How did I achieve that mysterious state of enlightenment yesterday?”
Su Yun’s imagination ran wild. He was still trying to grasp that feeling as he rode his electric scooter.
He could clearly feel that he had reached a new bottleneck.
The state of epiphany was the only way for him to break through his current state.
Suddenly, Su Yun realized that the main road to the shopping center was surprisingly smooth.
“It’s already six in the evening. Logically speaking, there should be a lot of people going out to shop at this time every day.”
On the other hand, the left lane was already congested. The cars behind kept pressing their horns anxiously to urge the cars in front.
There were only a few cars in the right lane, but the left lane was so congested. Everything seemed very abnormal.
“This rush hour is nothing much. Did something happen?”
Su Yun’s goal was only to buy some daily necessities and poker cards. At the same time, he would go to the bank to get some cash.
If it weren’t for the fact that the old man who owned the convenience store downstairs only accepted cash, he wouldn’t have chosen to shop at Yida Mall.
Shaking his head, Su Yun was not in the mood to pay attention to other things. It was better to purchase supplies as soon as possible and go back to streaming.
Unknowingly, Su Yun had already arrived at Yida Square.
The usually crowded Yida Square was exceptionally cold today.
Su Yun frowned and planned to withdraw some cash first. After all, it would be inconvenient to carry the things to withdraw the money later.
When he passed by a small convenience store, Su Yun bought a pack of cigarettes and casually bought all five decks of cards that they had.
Just as Su Yun scanned the QR code and was about to leave, the old lady’s reminder came from behind.
“Young man, something seems to have happened in the mall. I heard that someone is robbing a gold shop. You’d better not go over.”
‘Oh?’
Su Yun stopped in his tracks and turned around to ask, “Robbing a gold shop?”
“That’s right. Can’t you see that there aren’t many people around today? They’ve all been dispersed by the security guards. They’ve already called the police. The police will be here soon.”
“Which gold shop? I was going to go nearby to withdraw some money.”
“Hey, don’t, don’t, don’t. I heard that the robbers have guns. Don’t go near the gold shop at Exit 2.”
Su Yun nodded, thanked the old lady, and left.
Walking on the empty Yida Square, Su Yun was in a difficult position.
After thinking for a moment, Su Yun remembered that there seemed to be an automatic ATM machine near South Street in the other direction of Gate 1.
“Let’s avoid the robbers. I’ll go to the ATM on South Street, collect the money, and leave.”
After making up his mind, Su Yun changed his direction and walked towards South Street, Gate 1.
However, what he did not expect was that a large section of South Street was under construction. It seemed like it was going to renovate Old City’s streets for the nth time. This caused the road to be bumpy and delayed Su Yun for a long time.
“It’s so complicated to withdraw money.”