Opposite the imperial kitchen, there was a jewelry store. At this very moment, inside the jewelry store, a group of masked robbers were looting gold and jewelry. They smashed the glass counters with hammers and poured various gold ornaments into their bags.
The counter staff and managers, terrified, huddled on the ground, trembling, with no one daring to resist. Some customers in the jewelry store screamed in fear and also crouched on the ground.
Ye Tian's eyesight was astonishing. Even from across the road, he could clearly see what was happening inside. He frowned slightly, hesitating whether to intervene, when a woman behind him said sternly, "Hurry and call the police!"
With that, the woman had already rushed towards the jewelry store. Several speeding cars narrowly missed hitting her.
Ye Tian was stunned. Was this woman crazy? The robbers had guns; was she going to her death?
He immediately followed her, catching up in a few steps, and asked, "What are you doing?"
The woman turned to look at him and said, "I told you to call the police, why are you following me?"
As she turned, she revealed a delicate, oval face, her beauty no less than Lin Ziyi's.
Ye Tian advised her, "They are robbing inside, don't go in."
The woman, however, pulled a police-issue revolver from her waist and said sternly, "I am a criminal investigator!"
With that, she rushed inside, only to be grabbed by Ye Tian.
"You going in is suicide; there are five of them, with two guns," he reminded the woman.
The woman shook off his hand and said angrily, "Don't interfere with my official duties, stand still!" After speaking, she continued to turn and rush inside.
Ye Tian was speechless, thinking, is this woman brainless? There were no casualties inside; why not wait for reinforcements to arrive before acting?
The woman pushed open the glass door, directly raised her pistol, and said sternly, "Drop your guns and surrender immediately!"
The robbers were startled, but in the next second, one of them raised his pistol and shot at her without hesitation.
The woman was startled and was about to fire when she felt someone violently push her to the side.
*Bang!*
The bullet passed through where she had been standing and hit the glass door.
It was Ye Tian who had pushed the woman down. If he hadn't acted, she would have been killed or injured long ago.
The woman's face turned ashen. She was actually a rookie, having only been in the armed police force for over a month, with little experience in responding to incidents.
"Thank you," she said.
Ye Tian held her down and hid behind a counter, saying, "Don't move, leave the rest to me."
He pushed off the ground with both hands and, like a nimble cat, instantly circled behind the robbers. The robbers, thinking the person was hiding behind the counter, were staring intently there, slowly approaching.
Just then, the arms of two armed robbers went numb, and their guns fell to the ground. Then, with a shift of their bodies, Ye Tian rolled and easily picked up both guns. He then leaped and kicked a large man wielding a knife, sending him to the ground.
The other two were stunned for a moment, shouted, and lunged at him.
Ye Tian sneered. With a movement of his feet, a blur in front of the two men, they were kicked to the ground and knocked unconscious on the spot.
The woman heard a commotion, and then everything became quiet. She was stunned for a moment, slowly poked her head out, and then saw an astonishing sight.
Five robbers: two stood with their hands hanging down, looking dazed, while the other three lay on the ground, unconscious. What... what had happened?
Ye Tian walked over and handed the two guns to the woman, saying, "These are their guns." After speaking, he turned to leave.
"You can't leave!" the woman quickly called out to him.
However, Ye Tian, having been to prison, was rather averse to police personnel. He pretended not to hear, his body flickered, and he vanished. The woman had to deal with the robbers, so she couldn't chase after him, stamping her feet in frustration.
Returning to the study, Lin Ziyi quickly asked, "Brother Tian, what happened outside?"
Ye Tian recounted what had happened. Ding Wenbin was dumbfounded: "Damn! Xiao Tian, you can't be serious, you single-handedly defeated five robbers, and they had two guns?"
Lin Ziyi was not surprised, as she knew how terrifying Ye Tian's martial prowess was. However, she was still a little worried and chided, "That was too dangerous. You should get involved in such matters less in the future."
Ye Tian sighed, "There was a woman, acting like an idiot and rushing forward, almost getting killed by the robbers. I couldn't just stand by and do nothing, could I? Besides, since I had already intervened, I might as well see it through and just take care of them all."
Ding Wenbin laughed, "That woman is truly lucky. Catching five robbers in one go is a great merit!"