No Deal

Before Zhu Mei could ask them how they were saved, Li Hua couldn't wait to ask: "This number is actually your number, how come?"

"It was me who had someone save you," Zhu Mei answered.

"It was you who had someone save us?" Li Hua looked at the butler and Zhu Mengbing beside her in astonishment.

The phone was on speaker, so the butler and Zhu Mengbing also heard Zhu Mei's answer, and their first reaction was disbelief.

How could a human possibly command that golden eagle? That was a divine eagle that could understand human speech and even knew how to use a gun!

But the number the golden eagle gave them was indeed Zhu Mei's.

"Are you sure? Isn't it a coincidence?" Zhu Mengbing asked.

"He told me that you would be back in Haiming City by noon today and that you would make this call. It couldn't be wrong," Zhu Mei replied.

Upon hearing Zhu Mei's words, the three of them had no choice but to accept the fact.

They hadn't even told Zhu Mei that they had arrived in Haiming City, and the time was also consistent. Unless the imposter could foretell the future, it must be true.

"How were you saved in the end?" After a brief silence, Zhu Mei finally found a chance to ask.

The three glanced at each other, and Li Hua answered, "By a golden eagle."

"A golden eagle?" This time it was Zhu Mei's turn to be taken aback.

"It happened yesterday at noon. We were being held by the Grey Reef Company and were about to be taken to the 232nd district. On the mountain road, the golden eagle appeared and subdued all the Grey Reef Company's thugs," Zhu Mengbing chimed in, his tone excited as he hadn't forgotten the golden eagle's heroic posture.

Listening to their description and the familiar story of an animal saving people, Zhu Mei immediately thought of her own brown bear.

She clutched the pendant on her chest, thinking of the fate of the brown bear, and anxiously asked, "Is the golden eagle okay?"

"It's fine, it didn't get hurt at all. After saving us, the eagle told us to come back to Haiming City and call you and then left," Zhu Mengbing answered, then began describing the heroic posture of the golden eagle subduing the six thugs.

Zhu Mei didn't listen at all. She breathed a sigh of relief, happy that the golden eagle hadn't suffered the same fate as her brown bear.

But moments later, she remembered her brown bear's misfortune and bowed her head in sorrow.

After a bout of sadness, she slightly cheered up and noticed another doubt. She widened her eyes and excitedly asked, "The golden eagle told you to come back and make a call? Did it speak?"

The girl wondered if the golden eagle could speak, perhaps it knew her brown bear.

The brown bear had said that he was reincarnated as a bear, maybe he was reincarnated as an eagle this time.

"No, what are you thinking, sister? No matter how powerful an eagle is, it can't speak!" Zhu Mengbing's words shattered Zhu Mei's fantasy.

"Oh," she murmured in response and asked about their location.

Then she went in front of Xia Yu and silently looked at him.

Knowing what the girl wanted, Xia Yu said, "Let them disguise themselves and come in."

With Xia Yu's permission, Zhu Mei informed the three of their villa's location, telling them to come over.

An hour later, the security outside called the female butler, saying they had stopped a car. The female butler then asked Xia Yu.

With Xia Yu's confirmation, the security let the car go.

Half an hour later, a bus stopped below the villa.

Li Hua ran out of the villa and embraced the others, the four of them rejoicing at their reunion.

The maid led them to the living room on the first floor for them to catch up.

"What should we do next? Where are we?" Zhu Mengbing looked around curiously and asked.

"This is a private territory of people from Zone 1, very safe." Zhu Mei smiled, quite satisfied with the safety here.

Neither Zhu Mengbing nor Li Hua cared about this; they continued with the next topic: "What should we do next?"

This was a question that Zhu Mei didn't want to answer. She had deliberately ignored it just now, but now it was brought up again, so she had to be honest: "I have to go to Zone 1."

"What?" Zhu Mengbing was surprised.

"That's impossible." Li Hua didn't believe it.

The butler didn't have any opinion.

"In the afternoon, I will go to the embassy to handle the procedures, and I will leave in three or four days." Zhu Mei put her hands on her thighs, feeling down.

"Are you going to leave us?" Zhu Mengbing quickly realized the crux of the matter.

"Yes," Zhu Mei replied, "This is the price."

Upon hearing the word "price," the eyes of the three widened. They were first astonished, then humiliated, and finally indignant.

"Who?" Li Hua reached for the pistol at her waist.

"It's an agreement between him and me." Zhu Mei held Li Hua's hand, tears in her eyes.

Upon hearing this, Xia Yu, who was at the stairway, couldn't bear it any longer. Not caring about exposing the fact that he was eavesdropping, he walked into the living room, wanting to defend himself.

But before he could speak, Li Hua leaped up from the couch and attacked him.

Li Hua feared the conversation would be leaked, thinking Xia Yu was just an ordinary eavesdropper.

Facing Li Hua, who rushed towards him, Xia Yu didn't hesitate, grabbing and tripping her, pinning her to the ground.

He didn't hold back, and the sound of Li Hua hitting the floor was loud.

Zhu Mei and Zhu Mengbing finally reacted. Zhu Mengbing pulled out his gun to help.

Xia Yu calmly pulled out a coin, with his shooting LV4 fully activated, he threw it forcefully.

The coin accurately hit Zhu Mengbing's wrist, and he couldn't hold the gun. The gun fell to the ground.

With another roll, Xia Yu picked up the gun and held it to Zhu Mengbing's head.

At this moment, the butler finally realized what was happening.

Seeing how Li Hua and Zhu Mengbing were quickly subdued, the butler swallowed, feeling like he just stepped out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's mouth.

"What do you want to do!" Zhu Mengbing trembled, looking at the gun in front of him.

"What do you want to do!" Zhu Mei picked up the silver fruit plate from the coffee table and slammed it into Zhu Mengbing's head.

The sound of the plate hitting his skull was crisp, and Xia Yu winced.

"He's the one who saved you!" Zhu Mei hit Zhu Mengbing two more times before stopping as he screamed.

"Alright, let's sit down." Xia Yu put down the gun in his hand.

Li Hua stood up from the ground, and Zhu Mengbing, clutching his head, sat upright on the sofa.

Having just been taught a lesson by Xia Yu, they didn't dare to be reckless.

"Hand over the guns first," Xia Yu said.

Li Hua and the butler hesitated slightly.

"Hurry up and do it!" Zhu Mei knocked on the tea table.

"Sister, you're being forced, why help him?" Zhu Mengbing was somewhat unhappy.

"It's my choice!" Zhu Mei replied.

"Wait, wait, wait, don't make it sound like we've made some evil deal! I'm innocent!" Xia Yu felt the need to explain himself.

"It's a voluntary deal," Zhu Mei nodded.

"It's not a deal!"