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Chapter 92 Coming for You

"Cough cough, hmm..."

He huffed and puffed for a long time, but he didn't open his eyes.

Seeing this, Ai Liang stretched out her foot and kicked his head.

"Who... huh?!"

The boy, who had been high on drugs and had a blackout, finally woke up. He looked around in a daze, and after remembering what had happened, he rolled over on the ground like a carp.

"grass?"

The anesthetic effect of ether had not completely worn off, and he still felt somewhat weak.

"Why am I so unlucky... Uh, we two brothers are really unlucky."

The boy was talking to himself, venting his frustrations, when he suddenly noticed that Ai Liang, who was leaning against the wall, was staring at him.

"Um... my name is Jin Ping'an, what's your name?"

Jin Ping'an looked at the expressionless, motionless, and unlucky number two who was staring intently at him, and asked in a low voice.

"Ai Liang".

"Haha, we're really unlucky. In this day and age, we actually ran into someone robbing a bank at gunpoint..."

Jin Ping'an seemed a bit oblivious, showing no concern whatsoever for his own safety.

“They’re after you; I’m the innocent victim who got dragged into this.”

Ai Liang said coldly, "Who exactly are you? Are they your enemies?"

Jin Ping'an struggled to sit up from the ground and said, "Brother, are you kidding me? I'm just an orphan student, not some rich young master. Where would I get any enemies?"

"You didn't hear the robber say that the target had been caught, and then you thought they were after me and ended up arresting the wrong person, did you?"

Jin Ping'an continued to talk eloquently: "This group of people just wanted to take a hostage. The guy called Lao San was putting money in the counter and didn't know that they had already taken someone hostage, so they brought you up here."

"They were just a bunch of ordinary robbers, and soon..."

Ai Liang, too lazy to listen to Jin Ping'an's nonsense, interrupted him directly: "They are not ordinary robbers."

“Ordinary bank robbers would never have such a thorough plan as them. They were after you from the very beginning.”

Jin Ping'an looked somewhat indignant: "Hey, you're just taking your anger out on me! If you're so capable, why don't you go and tell the robbers?"

In Jin Ping'an's eyes, Ai Liang was clearly overly fearful, pointing all the blame at him, and trying to vent her inner fear and repression in this way.

This wasn't the first time he'd seen something like this.

However, Ai Liang's next words surprised Jin Ping'an.

“Ordinary robbers wear masks and gloves, but they would never use tape to cover their cuffs. They all wear long sleeves, obviously to cover certain features on their arms, which means they are likely gangsters.”

"Moreover, as soon as they entered the hall, they immediately turned their attention to the self-service card issuing machine. Only after seeing you did they look away and begin to take control of the situation."

Ai Liang meticulously sorted through the suspicious points and clues she had discovered.

Jin Ping'an was still somewhat unconvinced: "You're being too unreasonable. You're concluding that I'm their target just based on this?"

Ai Liang ignored him and continued talking about the robbers' behavior in the hall.

“This group had a clear division of labor. They knew exactly what each person’s role was: one person would rush in to rob the counter, one person would control the hall and coordinate the overall situation, one person would guard the door, and one person would be responsible for providing backup. This was clearly a plan that had been planned and practiced in advance.”

"Afterwards, they cleaned the scene with disinfectant mixed with chili peppers to prevent the police dogs from tracking them."

“After leaving the bank, the robber sitting in the passenger seat easily found the ‘bait money’ prepared by the bank in the money bag, and even used our two cell phones to create false clues for the police to track down.”

Do you think they are professional robbers?

Ai Liang countered with a question.

"Is that right...?"

Jin Ping'an hesitated. He had his head down and hadn't carefully observed the situation.

At this moment, Jin Ping'an looked at Ai Liang with a hint of admiration.

'This guy's got guts; most people would have been scared to death.'

"That's why they brought hostages!" Jin Ping'an explained.

Seeing that Ai Liang wasn't just being unreasonable and taking her anger out on him, he began to explain what he knew to her.

"Usually, notorious criminals use hostage-taking as a tactic because it forces the pursuing police to retreat, and then they can take the hostages after escaping..."

Halfway through his sentence, Jin Ping'an seemed to realize something, and cold sweat began to break out on his body.

His expression changed as he looked at Ai Liang.

'Does this guy know we're likely doomed, so he's hypnotizing himself into thinking they're kidnappers?'

"It's okay... The police will definitely rescue us..."

Jin Ping'an began to stammeringly comfort Ai Liang.

“They’re not ruthless bandits. Someone just paid them enough money to kidnap you under the guise of robbing a bank,” Ai Liang said calmly.

"Yes, yes, they are not ruthless bandits."

Jin Ping'an's words seemed to be addressed to Ai Liang, but he hadn't yet realized that if it were the latter, his own fate might be even worse.

Ai Liang looked at the person in front of her; this guy was on a completely different wavelength from her.

He was too lazy to engage in a question-and-answer session with Jin Ping'an, so he simply laid out all the points of doubt.

After all, not everyone is as perceptive as Xia Qiyuan and Shi Feng.

"Have you ever seen a bank robber carry ether to drug hostages?"
Furthermore, after drugging us, they just tied us up and threw us into this small, dark room filled with clutter. Weren't they worried we'd break free and escape?

"It's obvious they don't know the duration of ether's anesthesia. If they don't know, why use ether in the first place?"

“They were very cautious at first, but once they escaped the police pursuit, they were like a completely different group of people. They lost all vigilance, and it was obvious that their previous actions were all under someone’s orders.”

Ai Liang did not recount the details of Jin Ping'an's coma because he would be unable to explain how he knew when the police came to take his statement.

In addition, Ai Liang had confronted ruthless bandits before, and they desperately wanted the hostage to remain conscious.

It's best to cry and beg for mercy in front of the police to create public pressure on them; they won't be "willing" to knock someone unconscious.

Moreover, they completely disregarded human life, and once they broke free from the police's blockade, their first priority was to resolve the hostage issue.

Some kidnappers with a conscience would throw the hostages out of the car, leaving their fate to chance; others without a conscience would kill the hostages before throwing them out of the car.

After discussing the suspicious aspects of their behavior, Ai Liang moved on to the most important issue: the division of the spoils.

"The bank they robbed was just a small branch of the telecommunications company, with a cash flow of less than one million. They only robbed the front desk. I counted the money when they were transferring it, and it was only about two hundred thousand."

"After meticulously planning and risking being wanted by the All-Asia Federation, each person only received tens of thousands of yuan. With that effort, you could have been running brothels, taking on illegal orders, smuggling goods, setting up schemes, or catching accomplices. Which of these is less risky and more lucrative than robbing a bank?"

Ai Liang's words were like a wake-up call, and Jin Ping'an immediately noticed the suspicious points.

How could the small amount of money stolen be enough to be divided among four people?

In other words, their goal was not bank deposits, but rather a feint.

The real target was someone in the bank.

Thinking of this, Jin Ping'an's face began to darken, because he was reminded of something.

Jin Ping'an seemed to have figured out the reason.

Ai Liang continued, "Based on my speculation, you have likely offended some people, but because you are a public figure or someone who is known to those in power, they dare not openly take action against you and can only do so through this roundabout method."

Jin Ping'an hung his head and remained silent.

After a long silence, he sighed and said, "Okay, I admit it, they might be after me."

After much deliberation, Jin Ping'an reluctantly accepted Ai Liang's point of view.

However, there was one more thing he wanted to ask Ai Liang, and that was...

Why are you so fluent in slang?! Hey!

(End of this chapter)