Chapter 654: Hand Over All Your Valuables
Xia Ruya left the scene in an awkward and disheveled manner, though she had no idea how she had done so. She walked on the streets and weaved through the crowds while the pedestrians looked at her in disdain. There were even some who began criticizing her in her face.
She stood on the streets and stared at the pa.s.sing crowd, feeling like she had been abandoned and alienated by the world.
Xia Ruya only snapped out of her trance when she felt someone pus.h.i.+ng her.
She stared at the people around her, shocked and dumbfounded.
“Ah! Who’s stepping on my feet!?!”
“Stop squeezing!”
“Ah! Who touched my b.u.t.t!?!”
The shrilling voice rang in Xia Ruya’s ear and she finally realized that she was stuck in a crowd, surrounded by lots of men and women who were pressing their bodies against hers, so much that it was impossible for her to move an inch. She looked up to discover that all she could see were human heads and all she could smell was the overbearing odor of sweat, the nausea-inducing stench of cigarette smoke, as well as cheap perfume…
In fact… she even felt a molester groping her b.u.t.t every now and then.
Everything was extremely intolerable to her.
She held her breath and stopped breathing.
Xia Ruya finally squeezed through the crowd and entered a supermarket where she could finally get some fresh air. Although there were still unpleasant odors lingering in the air, they were not as unbearable as those in the crowd.
Her ears were filled with sounds of boisterous chatter. It turns out she had arrived in one of the branches of the Xia Family’s supermarket chain.
Everyone was there for the major sale.
She noticed that there were also vouchers and other promotions going on.
There were lots of discounts on household appliances, most of which were on thirty percent discounts. The daily necessities were on an offer of buy one hundred get one hundred free, whereas the beauty products were all on promotions.
Xia Ruya got a great shock after walking around the supermarket.
She did not expect that the Xia Family had been reduced to such a state that they’d hold such promotions and sales that would definitely cause them to make a loss.
The Xia Family had previously tried to use her status as a member of the Zhishan Club to secure a footing in the upper-cla.s.s society and transition to newer malls. In the end, their plans were foiled because of Wen Xinya. The Xia Family had no choice but to terminate the transition. How much could they possibly recover from the funds spent in the investment? How many losses were they going to incur? Not to mention, the Xia Family had also spent a ma.s.sive amount of money on Xia Ruya’s coming-of-age ceremony.
Although the Xia Family managed supermarket branches in the nation and was considered to be rather wealthy, they could not be compared to the real tyc.o.o.ns of the upper-cla.s.s society and was, in fact, a far cry from them. Hence, they could not take the blow at all.
She reckoned that the Xia Family must be facing a major financial crisis.
Their purpose of holding such a sale was partly to keep their main consumer group and relieve the financial burden that they were now faced with, and tide over their cash flow problems so as to ensure smooth operations.
She was incredibly thrilled to see how pathetic of a state the Xia Family was in now.
Just as she was feeling smug and confident, Xia Ruya felt a sudden weapon being pressed against her waist, making her feel threatened. Gooseb.u.mps began to form all over her skin and she instantly got the chills. She was then engulfed by terror and panic.
Looking down at her waist to see that there was a gun pressed against it, she froze in shock while her pupils constricted and she felt a strong urge to yell.
“If you dare make a single sound, I’ll shoot you to death,” the man said in a cold and hoa.r.s.e voice which was extremely terrifying.
Xia Ruya immediately remained still and subconsciously held her breath while breaking out into cold sweat.
“Move!” the man barked sternly.
The gun was then pressed against her back.
Xia Ruya could sense that the sounds of banter were fading and she was gradually leaving the zone of safety. She was filled with hopelessness, knowing that she had lost the time to call for help.
She was then dragged to the safety pa.s.sageway of the supermarket.
Xia Ruya tried to struggle and call for help. However, the man behind her seemed to have read her mind and pushed the gun towards her, causing her to shudder in fear. She dared not call for help at all.
“Squat down!” the man ordered, pus.h.i.+ng Xia Ruya to the ground.
She finally got a clear glimpse of the man before her, who was clad in a black windbreaker which seemed to reek of blood. He was tall and burly, standing at about 1.9 meters with a black cap on his head. The contours of his face were accentuated and he looked extremely menacing. He seemed to be half Russian, and the scars on his face were horrifying as well.
Xia Ruya covered her mouth while her eyes widened in terror.
The man was too intimidating.
“Hand over all your valuables,” the man ordered while pointing the gun at her with an intimidating expression.
Xia Ruya shuddered and moved backward. “I… I’ll hand them over. Please… please don’t kill me, don’t kill me…”
Xia Ruya removed her hairpin with tremblings hands and threw it at the man.
The man exclaimed in satisfaction, “Continue!”
As Xia Ruya proceeded to remove her earrings, her fingers stiffened and trembled because of her fear. She was no longer as agile as usual. The more fl.u.s.tered she was, the more she couldn’t remove it. Staring at the man as he approached her, she accidentally scratched her ear with her earring, causing her to suddenly feel pain.
She continued to remove her watch, ring, and cash in her bag…
The man took every valuable of hers except her cards.
“Brother, I don’t have any more cash on me… I only have these… really… I’m not lying to you…” Xia Ruya stared at the gun which was still in front of her. She could tell that he was not an ordinary robber and was, in fact, a terrorist who killed all the time. She shuddered and spluttered.
The man frowned at the instant he saw the valuable jewelry on the ground as well as the loose cash. Clearly, he was not satisfied with them.
Xia Ruya turned weak, not daring to move at all. Her mind went blank and she had no idea what to do.
She could sense that the man would definitely kill her if it went on.
She did not wish to die!