Chapter 8: Su Yan Arrives

"What's going on?"

The lead robber roared, but no one could answer him.

Su Jianguo was just as bewildered. Feeling that the robbers beside him were completely distracted, he scrambled to run even though he couldn't open his eyes.

But after only a few steps, unable to distinguish his direction, he slammed into a wall with a thud and collapsed, his vision going black.

Everything happened too fast. By the time the gale died down, the three robbers saw that Su Jianguo had fainted, and standing at the entrance of the alley not far away was a slender figure.

It was a girl, a very young and thin girl.

Her face was covered by a black cloth, and she held a strange stick that seemed to be used for navigating.

Even though her appearance was eerie, the three robbers lowered their guard completely once they saw her clearly.

The lead robber immediately looked at the bag in his hand, confirmed that the stolen money was safe, and his expression turned vicious.

Since Su Jianguo was unconscious, he couldn't be used as a hostage, but now there was one delivered right to their doorstep.

Seeing that she was walking toward them, unaware of the situation in the alley due to her "blindness," the three robbers prepared themselves with a tacit understanding.

Holding a blind person hostage would be child's play for them!

Su Yan first looked at the unconscious Su Jianguo. Seeing the injuries on his face and the blood-stained sleeve on his arm, she seemed to be shrouded in a dark shadow.

The three ferocious-looking robbers had completely mistaken her for a blind girl, even taking care not to make too much noise as they approached her.

"You all deserve to die."

The cold words were like a thunderclap, causing the three men, now within arm's reach, to tremble in disbelief.

Before they could even react, Su Yan flicked her hands, and three talismans flew out, sinking into their bodies in a flash.

A burning sensation, scorching their hearts and gnawing at their bones, erupted as if to turn their internal organs into ash.

"Ah!!"

The three men’s shrill screams echoed out of the alley, chilling to the bone.

Su Yan watched expressionlessly as they collapsed, twisting and convulsing in a state of madness.

From start to finish, it took less than a minute. The three robbers didn't even have a chance to resist before they were left gasping their final breaths.

Ignoring them as if they were air, Su Yan stepped over to Su Jianguo to check his injuries.

The wound on his arm was quite deep, but fortunately, it hadn't damaged any tendons or bones. There was a large bump on his forehead; the unconsciousness was likely due to the impact to his head.

"I told you not to leave the factory. Why didn't you listen?"

It was fortunate she had arrived in time; otherwise, the consequences would have been unthinkable.

At this moment, a ghostly shadow drifted behind her. Looking at the three miserable robbers lying not far away, it subconsciously shook its ethereal body.

In this world, anyone—human or ghost—who dared to provoke the Great One was simply tired of living.

"Great One, someone is coming!"

Less than two minutes after he spoke, Su Yao ran in, panting, followed by several men.

They were all gripping their guns tightly, clearly prepared for a firefight, but they froze upon seeing the situation in the alley.

"Su Yan, why are you here?!"

Su Yao, the first to recover, stared at Su Yan in astonishment.

But it only lasted a few seconds before his attention shifted entirely to the three robbers, who didn't even have the strength to scream, and the unconscious Su Jianguo.

"What on earth happened here?"

There were no signs of a struggle in the alley.

The other police officers, excluding Su Yao, rushed to the three robbers as fast as they could.

The three men looked physically unscathed, but their breathing was extremely weak, and they had already fallen into a coma.

"How is Uncle?"

Su Yao immediately checked on Su Jianguo.

"He seems to have an injury on his arm. Could you please bandage it for him?"

Su Yan reminded him, using the word "seems," as she was, after all, a blind person in everyone's eyes.

"Right!" Although Su Yao was full of questions about Su Yan's appearance, he knew what was more important right now.

Ten minutes later, police cars arrived.

Not only was Su Jianguo sent to the hospital, but the three robbers were also transported there first.

"Captain, we only intercepted one group of the robbers; two others must have escaped. None of the hostages suffered serious injuries, and the stolen money has been recovered."

"What about the situation at the savings office?"

"Captain Zhao has already taken men there to handle it."

With lives at stake, the entire police station had been alerted.

Su Yao listened to his subordinates' reports, feeling a deep hatred for these vicious robbers.

"Continue the pursuit for the two who escaped. Take all the conscious ones back for interrogation!"

After arranging everything, he arrived at the door of Su Jianguo's hospital room.

Su Jianguo had not yet woken up, but the doctor had already checked him and confirmed there was no major issue.

Su Yan sat by the bedside, the hot noon sun shining through the window and enveloping her.

She did nothing, showing no expression, just sitting there quietly.

Su Yao was stunned by the sight.

He was five years older than Su Yan, and he had memories of Su Yan's mother, his aunt.

She was a woman as gentle as water, always treating others with sincerity. She was beautiful—a beauty that one could never forget after seeing it once.

It was a pity that heaven had heartlessly taken the life of such a perfect woman.

Even now, he clearly remembered how devastated his uncle had been in the two years after his aunt passed away.

When he saw Su Yan a few days ago, he only thought this girl had a somewhat aloof temperament, like a stone wrapped tightly in itself. But seeing her in this peaceful state now, he actually saw a shadow of his aunt in her.

If her eyes weren't blind, would she have even a fraction of her mother's spirit?

Through the black cloth, Su Yan saw that Su Yao was observing her with a strange look, but she didn't react.

Was he suspicious of her?

After all, it was indeed hard to explain why she, who should have been at school, suddenly appeared in the alley.

When Su Yao withdrew his gaze and walked in, she was prepared.

"Su Yan, it's me. I need to ask you a few questions. Don't be afraid, just answer truthfully."

Su Yan: "Okay."

"How did you end up there? What happened when you arrived?"

Su Yao asked while observing her expression.

"I skipped class. I was just wandering around, and I heard some noise in the alley. It sounded like my dad's voice, so I went over," Su Yan answered calmly.

"And then?"

Su Yao didn't doubt her story; he was only concerned about how the three criminals ended up unconscious.

"They seemed to be arguing, and then there was no more sound."

"Was it an internal conflict? Did they fight?"

"I'm not sure. I'm blind, and I only walked in after the noise stopped." Su Yan's answer remained logical and reasonable.

Su Yao frowned. If it really was an internal conflict, why were there no external injuries on the three men?

And how could he explain them all being in a coma?

There were too many doubts, and yet the only eyewitness was a blind girl.