Chapter 56

Xiaohui finally reached the bank, and she kept looking at Meixiu's reply.

She smiles before putting her phone back in her pocket and going out of the cab she hailed back at the company.

She pushed the door open and went in, going straight to the receptionist to ask for the manager of the bank.

The receptionist quickly led her to a room where all the transactions happened and the receptionist asked her to quickly leave to get the manager.

Xiaohui nodded in agreement as she quickly took out her phone, looking for any new notifications.

"That's weird; she didn't answer my question if she's already home."

Xiaohui mumbles to herself, remembering what Meixiu texted her.

She decided to go to her contacts and was about to type back the question when the door opened, revealing the manager.

"Ah, what can I help you with?"

Xiaohui quickly stood to bow down and said her purpose for the sudden visit.

She quickly went to grab the envelope, which includes all of the things that they need and the total amount of all of them.

"Ms. Zheng, we wouldn't be able to give you this big amount as fast as that."

The manager said, getting a little lightheaded at the big amount that the Zheng Company wanted to ask.

"Mr. Chi, we can try starting with a small amount."

"Ms. Zheng, you don't understand."

The manager stands up from his chair as he sighs and shakes his head.

"We've handled a lot of loans from the Zheng Company, but it never paid a single cent."

"We can't possibly give you another loan, and it's a lot more than usual."

"But-"

"Ms. Zheng, our decision is final; if your company does not pay the other loans, then we won't give you anything."

As he finished speaking, the door burst open, and in came two guys, one with a gun and the other carrying a baseball bat.

Xiaohui's breathing shortens, and she quickly hides behind the bank manager.

"You're the manager?"

The man with the gun asks, to which Mr. Chi nods, clearly scared at what the person might do to him.

The guy smirks before looking at his back. Seeing the woman hiding, he ordered the other to grab her and present her to him.

Xiaohui got scared at what the man said.

"Ah, the woman is beautiful!"

The guy exclaimed before grabbing Xiaohui by her arm and dragging her to where the leader was.

Xiaohui's eyes got teary, and she tried to grab her arms back to herself, but the guy was strong. The leader went her way and smiled pervertedly as he held his hands out.

"You're so pretty."

He said, caressing Xiaohui's cheeks. The girl whimpered as she tried to push the guy, but to no avail.

"Stop it."

The guy said before he pushed her to the leader, to which the guy replied by wrapping his arms around the girl's waist.

"Ok, we'll head out; make sure to get everything."

The guy nodded before bowing down.

The leader looks at Xiaohui before pressing his body against her with a smile.

"Come on. We'll have a great time with each other."

-

Meixiu finally reached the location of the bank, and she saw a police car outside as the police tried to talk to someone inside.

Mingzhu and Weimin, being persistent, went with Meixiu, as they wanted to make sure the girl would be safe going into the bank.

Meixiu looked around and caught a glimpse of two people at the side of the bank, seeing a girl trying to get away from the man's grip.

Her hands turned into fists as she saw the familiar figure of the woman.

She looked at Weimin and Mingzhu, who was busy talking to one of the officers, and quickly went in the direction of the two.

"Go inside; we'll have fun as I told you."

The man still tried to push Xiaohui inside the van, but the girl kept fighting back to escape the situation.

The man got frustrated and laid his hands on the girl's face.

"I already told you to go inside!"

He whispered-yelled and was about to hit her again when a hand stopped his.

He sneered before looking back, seeing a girl standing a head lower than him with a glare.

His lips twitch into an annoyed smile, and he slowly reveals his left hand, which holds a gun.

"You see this? It'll go straight down on your throat."

"I don't care."

Xiaohui takes her hands away from her face as she tries to protect herself from getting hit again when she hears the familiar voice.

She looks up and sees Meixiu having a staring contest with the man.

The man chuckled and nodded, pointing the gun at Meixiu's chest.

"Meixiu."

Xiaohui whispered, to which her wife glanced at her.

"Oh, you know her?"

The man glances at Xiaohui before tightening his grip on his gun.

Xiaohui puts her hand over her mouth as she shakes her head continuously.

"I know you do."

The man answered for her and smiled creepily.

"Please don't hurt her."

Xiaohui pleaded, her hands quickly going to the man's legs.

"Tss, don't touch me."

The man kicked Xiaohui away.

Meixiu's eyes darken; she holds the gun and quickly grabs it, pointing it at the man.

The latter got caught off guard and quickly held his hands up for surrender.

"What are you going to do then?"

Meixiu squatted down and held Xiaohui's waist, helping the smaller woman stand up and look at her wife's face.

"He slapped you that hard?"

She asks, smiling at her wife, to which Xiaohui can't help but feel a little scared for the man.

Meixiu's smile seems a bit different; it's as if this side of her wasn't much shown to anyone.

Meixiu went to look back at the guy and saw him with a smirk.

"Go on and shoot me; there's police over there."

The man said, looking at the front of the bank to see the police.

Meixiu smiles and nods, looking at her wife and placing her hand over Xiaohui's left ear.

"Cover your right ear and close your eyes."

Though scared, Xiaohui still does what Meixiu tells her and closes her eyes.

Meixiu's face continues to smile as she quickly points the gun at the man's right leg and shoots it.

The man suddenly screams, and Meixiu quickly tosses the gun back to him.

"Baby, don't look, and continue covering your ears."

Meixiu whispered before she squatted down to level her face at the man.

"Listen here. You don't wanna mess with my wife ever again, understood?"

"Who are you even? I don't care about you, asshole!"

The man spits at Meixiu.

The girl sighs before shaking her head, looking back at the front of the bank to see Weimin and Mingzhu looking at her.

"You don't want to know."

She said, grabbing Xiaohui by her waist and dragging her to where Mingzhu and Weimin were.

She looks back and sees the guy with the police escorting him, together with his other people.

Meixiu looks at her wife, who's still closing her eyes and covering her ears, which causes her to giggle.

"You can open your eyes now, baby."

Meixiu said, removing Xiaohui's hands from her ear as the smaller one opened her eyes, looking face-to-face with Mingzhu and Weimin.

Xiaohui looks at Meixiu in confusion.

"Oh, they are my friends."

Xiaohui's mouth formed a circle as she glanced at Mingzhu and Weimin.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Weimin."

The guy introduces himself with a gentle smile on his face.

"Hello! Nice to finally meet you! I'm Mingzhu!"

"I think I've already heard your voice."

Xiaohui whispered as she bowed down to the two.

"You said something?"

Mingzhu asks, not hearing what the girl stated.

"Oh, nothing. Don't worry about it."

Xiaohui smiles as she bows down again.

-

"You know, maybe we could try and go out sometime, so we can introduce ourselves formally."

Weimin called out as soon as Meixiu and Xiaohui got out of the car.

The two offered the couple a ride back home, which Xiaohui wanted to disagree with but Meixiu beat her to it.

She has to tell Meixiu privately that they shouldn't disturb them as they seem like busy people, to which Meixiu replies, It's what they wanted to do; we should get along.

Xiaohui didn't have any choice but to come along.

"That could work."

"Great, I'll send Meixiu the details then."

Xiaohui nodded and bowed as Weimin and Mingzhu bowed down at her before getting in the car to drive away from the neighborhood.