1034 Perplexed and Smitten 94 (1/2)

An Xiaoning expressed assent. No. 8 scurried toward her and exclaimed, \”Sis, those motorboat drivers are here.\”

She looked over to see that it was indeed so.

They were striding toward them aggressively with the drivers taking the lead.

They glowered at her as if they were dying to devour her.

\”Wretched lass, I've finally found you!\” Holding an iron rod in his hand, the man hollered at the bystanders, \”What are all of you looking at? Scram!\”

The bunch of cowardly onlookers hurriedly got back onto the cruise ship and left.

The teenager's mother began to waver and lose her composure, feeling a sudden urge to leave too.

\”Hey, lunkhead, what are you trying to do?\” An Xiaoning taunted, raising her chin and staring at the leader.

\”Who are you calling lunkhead?\”

\”You.\” After a moment of hesitation, An Xiaoning said, \”How about this? We'll go into detail about this once the police is here. If you're thinking of laying a finger on us, I'll have no choice but to press charges and sue you for intentional assault.\”

\”Which idiot was the one who started getting physical first? Don't think I wouldn't dare to hit you just because you're a woman!\” the man snapped, seething with exasperation.

An Xiaoning smiled and sneered dauntlessly, \”I didn't say that you're afraid of hitting women. I'm just saying, what's going to be left of your dignity if I make you collapse and sprawl onto the ground in front of all these people? Oh right, you don't have dignity anyway. It shouldn't matter then. If you'd like to get physical, I don't mind entertaining you.\”

Completely infuriated, the man swung the iron rod against them while the nimble and agile An Xiaoning swiftly dodged. The man continued to make several attempts, all of which she managed to avoid in time.

After various failed attempts, the man was exhausted. His underlings surged forward but soon retreated upon thee sight of the gun in An Xiaoning's hand.

\”I'll shoot whoever dares to step forward. Would you like to try and see if the bullets in here are real?\”

\”Are you a cop?\”

\”No.\”

\”How did you get a gun, then?\”

After scanning her surroundings, An Xiaoning answered, \”Why must I tell you?\”

No one dared to take another step forward, seeing how composed and confident she was.

An Xiaoning put her gun away the moment she saw some uniformed police officers approaching from afar.

As the four police officers arrived, the bunch of men's initial arrogance vanished.

One of the officers asked, \”What's going on?\”

No. 5 recounted the incident, after which one of the men said, \”This woman here stabbed our people and even attacked us physically.\”

\”How about you compensate them with some money and let the matter slide?\” suggested the police officer, who was obviously just trying to mediate the conflict instead of taking legal action against the men.

\”Compensate? How much?\”

\”Two hundred thousand dollars, not a single cent less!\”

An Xiaoning scoffed and retorted, \”Two hundred thousand? How greedy of you. I won't be giving you a single cent.\”

Noticing how arrogant she sounded, the police officer had no choice but to pull her aside and said, \”These people are tough nuts to crack and they have a powerful backer. How about I help you mediate and negotiate with them? Just drop the matter, alright?\”

\”Which police post do you belong to?\” An Xiaoning asked with a smile.

\”There's only one police post here, where do you think I belong to? What's your name? How old are you this year?\”

\”What has my name and age have to do with this matter?\”

\”Alright, tell me how much you can compensate them with, then. Since you've injured them, you definitely won't be able to leave without paying any compensation fees.\”

\”If I can't leave, I'll just stay here.\”