515 Have Confidence in Me (1/2)

Xiang Wan gave a pause and spoke in a serious tone.

”Xuan Yue, you wanted to live and the police wanted to save the hostages… There is no conflict between these two issues! If you make your request, the police would agree to it. If the standoff continues, your 'bargaining chips' might lose value…”

Lose value?

Xuan Yue looked at the few hostages who were shivering in fear, then at the little girl who was sitting on the counter with an ashen expression.

”I won't be taken in by you!” The fake Xuan Yue's voice suddenly sank and she let out a sneer. ”Xiang Gongzi is indeed eloquent and almost talked me into it! Hurhur, it's Bai Muchuan's fortune to have you… Do you believe me? If not for your reminder today… your friends might have become the next 'zombie' as well as the 'zombie's target' today. It might be Fang Yuanyuan or maybe Qing Dai… Hahaha, by then, luck will decide who would be the one who survives!”

Xiang Wan was shocked.

But she was suddenly a little glad.

Although she had sort of thwarted Bai Muchuan's plans, she also thwarted the fake Xuan Yue's plans as well.

This thought calmed her down a little.

”Thank you!” Xiang Wan said in a friendly tone, ”We've been friends after all. So, I sincerely advise you that it's not too late to turn back. If you drag it any further, there might not be a chance to turn back anymore…”

”Turn back? Hur, how do I do so? Cooperate with the police?”

”Yes, cooperate with the police… release the hostages so as to get the lightest amount of charges against you!”

”Do you think you're trying to coax a three-year-old kid? To get the lightest amount of charges? Haha, do you think I'm a fool? The moment I released the hostages, I'll die!”

”You won't. Believe me.” Xiang Wan had said this sentence firmly.

This was because she knew that Bai Muchuan needed more information from Xuan Yue. Why would he want her dead?

”I can guarantee you,” Xiang Wan continued to persuade her, ”that as long as you release the hostages, the police would not kill you. How about this? I'll let the one in-charge make that promise to you!”

Bai Muchuan was standing beside her.

However, from Xuan Yue's location, she might be unable to see them clearly.

Bai Muchuan took the mobile phone from Xiang Wan. ”I'm Bai Muchuan. I guarantee that if you release the hostages, we won't shoot you…”

Xuan Yue snorted, ”Not shoot me? Why isn't it that I can leave this place safely?”

”Sure, as long as you release the hostages,” agreed Bai Muchuan, ”you can leave here safely!”

Xuan Yue asked, ”What are you using as a guarantee? Don't tell me that you're using your upright personality to make me believe you. With our opposing stance, whether you are honest or upright is of no use to me.”

Bai Muchuan asked, ”What do you want then?”

Xuan Yue said with certainty, ”No matter what, I will not believe you!”

Xiang Wan and Bai Muchuan exchanged glances and she decided to push her further. ”Xuan Yue, we are sincere in negotiating with you, shouldn't you give yourself a chance and negotiate with us? We're willing to take a step back, you also need to do the same. Otherwise, if this drags on, the one who's in a disadvantage is actually you.”

Xiang Wan looked around her and was certain that nobody could hear what she had said. Then she lowered her voice, ”Think of it yourself, how long can you last behind the counter without food? You don't even dare to take a sip of water. The police will definitely save the hostages but if they realized that they really couldn't do so… Then, that couldn't be helped, right?”

She had put it very vaguely and knew that Xuan Yue was clever enough to read between the lines.

At worst, the police would fail at rescuing the hostages.

For the fake Xuan Yue, it would only spell doom for her.

This was a kind of invisible psychological pressure.

The fake Xuan Yue was prepared for death. At one time, she thought that she was not afraid of death.

But when it came to that step, anyone would be afraid.

There were still too many things that she didn't want to leave behind in this world.

”Alright!”

The fake Xuan Yue finally gave in. ”I can release the hostages, but…”

She dragged her voice and a smirk appeared on her face.

Xiang Wan asked, ”But what?”

”You have to come here,” demanded Xuan Yue, ”then, I'll let the hostages go.”

Didn't that mean she wanted Xiang Wan to become her hostage?

Xiang Wan was a little taken aback by the request and took a glance at Bai Muchuan. ”You don't believe me, do you?”

”I do believe you,” explained Xuan Yue, ”but you have to believe me as well. Only when we believe in each other, we are able to talk things through. Moreover, with you by my side, I'm more willing to believe that Bai Muchuan would not do me harm. And you, since you wanted me to believe you, why can't you do the same and believe me as well? If I say that when I can escape safely, I will not harm you… Xiang Gongzi, you don't believe me as well, right?”

”…”

Her logic actually sounded reasonable.

Xiang Wan was unable to refute her.

”By just having you, I can let the six hostages go,” sneered the fake Xuan Yue. ”If you don't agree to such a condition, I'll feel that the police are not sincere in negotiating with me at all. Maybe right from the start, the police have never thought of letting me off… If that's the case, these hostages will die together with me instead.”