City’s Best Divine Doctor
Chapter 619 - 0620: Let Me Take Her Place

Chapter 619: Chapter 0620: Let Me Take Her Place

This was not Ye Qiu squeezing towards Xia Jing intentionally, nor was it him deliberately bumping into her to take advantage. Instead, it was Xia Jing herself who squeezed over, the customers around them did the same out of fear.

Ye Qiu looked at Xia Jing’s rather attractive earrings and then said coldly, "You squeezed over here yourself!"

When Xia Jing wanted to say something else, she hadn’t expected that when the robbers had just mentioned taking hostages outside, other ordinary people became even more terrified.

Being taken out as a hostage was most likely a matter of life and death, and Xia Jing was frightened too.

Now, she could no longer care whether Ye Qiu’s shoulder was pressing against her chest.

"You, come out."

A robber pointed at a middle-aged man dressed in a branded suit, looking somewhat plump—a sure sign of a wealthy person or an official.

The middle-aged man had not expected the robber to pick him; he trembled within the crowd, utterly afraid to stand up.

The robber kicked the middle-aged man’s stomach with one foot.

"Ow!"

The middle-aged man cried out in pain, toppled to the ground by the kick. When he tried to play dead and not get up, the other side pointed a gun at his head. Faced with the hollow barrel pointed at him, the middle-aged man could only rise, but by then, he had already been so scared that he wet himself.

"And you!"

The robber then pointed at a young woman dressed in fancy, trendy clothes—this young woman was exactly the plump middle-aged man’s secretary. The two of them had come to the bank to conduct business, only to encounter this band of ruthless robbers.

The young woman could only fearfully stand up, and a yellow liquid streamed down her thighs—clearly, it was urine.

Carrying a stench of urine, the robber looked at her with a hint of disgust.

Yet, he knew that the wealthier a person, the more they feared death.

And the wealthier the person, the more valuable their life was—the police would hesitate to act recklessly.

As the robbers intermittently picked two hostages and followed them out, soon, one of the robbers came over towards Ye Qiu and Xia Jing to select hostages.

Ye Qiu was dressed very plainly, and the robber would certainly not mistake him for a rich person. However, it wasn’t long before the robber noticed Xia Jing, hiding by Ye Qiu’s side.

Xia Jing, dressed stylishly, young and pretty, carrying a designer bag, looked every bit the wealthy person.

"Stand up!"

The robber said, pointing a handgun at Xia Jing.

Xia Jing had not expected that the thing she feared most would still happen—although she wasn’t as frightened as the previous hostages, losing control of both bowel and bladder.

However, her expression turned pale in an instant. She didn’t get up, but somehow, she had already grabbed Ye Qiu’s hand.

She was scared!

Every person fears death!

And Xia Jing was no exception, especially now!

"Get up quickly!"

The robber pointed at Xia Jing and said.

Just as Xia Jing was about to stand up, Ye Qiu said, "Let me take her place."

Ye Qiu’s tone was very cold, and when this robber saw that the young man and the beauty seemed to be together, he assumed they were very familiar with each other.

Now that Ye Qiu stood up voluntarily, the robber felt even more certain that this young man and the beauty must be well-acquainted.

But when the robber saw Ye Qiu’s attire—clearly street stall goods, indicative of a lack of wealth—he figured this young man was either a poor guy or the young beauty’s driver.

"You, a poor sod—your life isn’t worth much!"

The bandit said coldly.

"Who says my life isn’t worth anything? Do you see that Mercedes outside? That Mercedes was brought here by me, worth three to four million!"

Ye Qiu said coldly.

"A Yong, what are you doing over there? Hurry up and come out!"

The lead bandit had already shouted.

"Yes, boss!"

"Alright, you fearless kid, all of you come out together!"

Xia Jing had never expected that Ye Qiu would actually step forward to take her place; she was deeply moved. There was even a moment when Xia Jing thought her love had reappeared.

However, now that the bandit was demanding she go out as well, Xia Jing felt her momentary hesitation might have endangered the young man.

"I’ll go out by myself!"

Xia Jing said.

She meant that there was no need for Ye Qiu to follow.

"Shut up, woman, why all the talk? Come out together!"

The bandit was already pointing a pistol at Ye Qiu and Xia Jing’s heads.

At this moment, apart from the bandit leader, the other robbers, each holding a pistol in one hand and a sack or the large case filled with money in the other, were ready to head outside.

By now, the exterior of the bank was entirely surrounded by police forces, with even snipers ready and aimed from a hundred meters away.

If given the command from above, they would shoot from a hundred meters away, taking down the bank robbers.

Yet, these bandits were smart; they took the wealthy and prominent customers as hostages to exit the building.

"You are surrounded, please put down your weapons immediately, ensure the safety of the hostages, and surrender to your guilt!"

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The loudspeaker outside the bank kept sounding off, with Deputy Chief Wu from the City Police Bureau, who had just received the case from the local police station and immediately organized officers to come over, speaking through it.

However, the severity of the situation had exceeded his expectations with casualties among the guards and the female teller, and now so many customers were being held as hostages inside.

Still, he took to the loudspeaker first, trying to relax the bandits’ vigilance or encourage them to surrender themselves, which would undoubtedly be the best outcome.

The bandits weren’t fools; robbing a bank was a capital crime, and they wouldn’t be able to escape a heavy sentence, especially after having just shot and injured the guards, adding a degree of guilt to their crimes.

Asking them now to put down their weapons and the hostages would be like walking into a trap, a dead-end road for them.

"Shut the fuck up, now get the hell away from here, or I’ll start shooting hostages!"

The leader of the bandits shouted.

While Deputy Chief Wu was still calling out from outside, the lead bandit suddenly fired his gun, hitting a customer in the thigh.

After being shot in the thigh, the customer immediately screamed and fell to the ground, leading the outside detectives to believe the robbers were prepared to go berserk.

They could only clear a path temporarily, allowing the lead bandit and the other members, carrying the large amount of cash they had stolen and the selected hostages, to head toward the van.

"These are Jinling’s prominent and wealthy figures; their lives are valuable. You cops had better back off a bit, or get ready to die together!"

The head bandit yelled loudly.

Deputy Chief Wu quickly recognized a few tycoons among the hostages, and Xia Jing, who had recently received a charity award, was also taken as a hostage, now being led out by a bandit at gunpoint.