Chapter 16 - 16 16 Mistaken for a Thief

16: Chapter 16: Mistaken for a Thief 16: Chapter 16: Mistaken for a Thief Ye Qiu didn’t have time to mess around with these security guards either. If he had known it would be like this, he would have let Secretary Zhang pick him up. “Kid, get lost quickly, us brothers don’t have time to play with you!” the chief of the security team said arrogantly as he came out of the security booth. Usually, they had to bow and scrape to all the important figures coming in and out, a face full of flattery, but deep down, there was already frustration. However, to keep their jobs, they had to smile in the face of these VIPs. Now, faced with this ordinary-looking young man, they didn’t take him seriously at all. “I’ll say it one more time, let me in quickly. I need to treat Li Vice Mayor’s daughter!” Ye Qiu said. The security guards knew that Li Vice Mayor’s daughter was living inside and knew she was sick, but they didn’t believe this ordinary-dressed young man could be the doctor who would cure Li Qianqian. “We don’t have time to play with you either. Go back wherever you came from!” the chief of the security team said. Ye Qiu had Li Zhiguo’s private number, but he didn’t even have a mobile phone, naturally making it impossible to call Li Zhiguo. It seemed he could only force his way in. Just as he was about to ride his bicycle directly through the side gate, the security team leader and a few guards at the security booth didn’t expect that Ye Qiu still didn’t understand the stakes. They immediately said, “Looks like this kid is a thief, daring to break in even in broad daylight.” A few days earlier, there had indeed been some thefts of residents’ belongings inside the Rose Garden complex, causing the property management and security staff to become vigilant. However, the surveillance footage had not captured the thief. Now seeing this kid recklessly breaking in, the guards saw an opportunity to grab him and hand him over to the police station, fulfilling their duty. The chief guard and a few others exchanged glances; as seasoned security personnel, they understood the situation well, given that the homeowners were pressing them hard to catch someone. “Kid, you must be that thief!” one guard said. Ye Qiu didn’t expect to suddenly shift from being seen as a collector of scrap or gas tanks to a thief. Although Ye Qiu was not a thief, and he himself didn’t understand what these guards were thinking, as he was riding his bicycle toward the side gate, a guard closed it and then, holding a baton, watched Ye Qiu intently, tapping the baton in his hand lightly, and staring at him menacingly. Even if Ye Qiu was not a thief, beating him up and then sending him to the police station would force him to confess. As they sinisterly thought this, Ye Qiu knew he had to take action. He got off his bicycle, lifted it, and charged directly at a guard. “Ah!” The guard screamed, and the other guards did not expect this kid to actually resist. Ye Qiu hit the guard hard with his bicycle, and as the guard fell to the ground, the other guards approached but hadn’t touched Ye Qiu yet; like the guards at Jinling Hospital, they all screamed in pain and were thrown several meters away. But Ye Qiu didn’t look back and didn’t spare them another glance as he rode his bicycle further inside. The Rose Garden complex was close to Zhongshan, Jinling’s largest forest park, containing thousands of acres of golf courses. The mansions within were all individual buildings, each with thousands of square meters of private gardens, similar to the mansions in the Jiangzhou gardens. According to the address of the mansion where Li Zhiguo and his wife lived, it was located at 188 Pearl Spring. Ye Qiu rode his old bicycle deeper inside, passing residents who were driving luxury cars. Seeing a young man dressed so ordinarily and riding such an old bicycle, they all wondered. However, as Ye Qiu headed toward Li Zhiguo’s residence, the guards at the front quickly reacted, immediately picking up their radios to alert other guards to stop a young man dressed in plain clothes and riding an old-style bicycle, suspecting that he might be the thief who had stolen valuable items from residents. Inside, there were more than twenty security guards, and the other guards, upon hearing from their radios, immediately began searching for this young man. Ye Qiu didn’t know about these things. Based on the plate number and the urging of a soul memory, he was not far from Zhiguo’s residence at Pearl Spring No. 188. However, by now, seven or eight security guards had spotted Ye Qiu and were swiftly running in his direction. Looking at those annoying guards, Ye Qiu swiftly dodged them and then quickly rode his bike toward Zhiguo’s standalone villa. Last night, after Zhiguo and Xiuyu had brought Li Qianqian back home, both were still worried and took turns watching over Li Qianqian. Throughout the night, both of them had only managed four hours of rest. Of course, they knew that as long as Qianqian was fine, none of this would matter. That morning, when Li Qianqian had woken up, Zhiguo and Xiuyu found that Qianqian was still not talking, just silently sitting, lost in thought. Hence, Zhiguo took leave and did not go to the municipal office, having his secretary, Xiao Zhang, attend meetings in his place. Zhiguo and Xiuyu were still wondering when that young man, Ye Qiu, would come to treat their daughter. At this moment, Ye Qiu, who was riding his 28-bar bicycle, had found Zhiguo’s residence, and upon looking inside, he saw a large swimming pool surrounded by Jiangzhou-style gardens. It seemed that this official really was wealthy. As Ye Qiu was about to push open the door and enter, the security guards who had caught up were glaring fiercely at him. But now, Ye Qiu was actually trying to trespass into the Vice Mayor’s home—this was totally unacceptable. Moreover, the head of the security at the gate had just declared this young man to be a thief. “Thief, I’d like to see where you can run,” seven or eight guards surrounded him, all coming from a military background, well-known for their capabilities in the army. Aside from the security team leader at the door who was an ex-soldier, the others were all ordinary security guards. But these guards in front of him were different. Ye Qiu had already figured them out, but now, standing at the Vice Mayor’s doorstep, he was too lazy to fight with these people and said, “I am not a thief, and if you mess with me, you’ll regret it later!” “Brothers, go!” said one guard directly. Ye Qiu had no choice but to drop his bicycle. When the first guard swung his baton ferociously at Ye Qiu, he swiftly dodged and then threw a fierce punch at the guard’s face. The man was in excruciating pain, surprised that this lean young man could pack such a punch. When the other guards gathered around, intending to mob Ye Qiu, Xiuyu, living inside, heard the fight outside. She looked out and asked, “What are you doing out there?” Sёarᴄh the nôvelFire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Hearing the voice of the Vice Mayor’s wife, the leading security deputy captain quickly responded, “Madam Li, we’ve caught a thief and are preparing to take him out.” “Madam Li, I am Ye Qiu, not a thief,” Ye Qiu said. At this point, Xiuyu heard clearly. Recognizing the voice as Ye Qiu’s, she hurried outside and, indeed, saw the young man who had treated her daughter in the hospital the night before. She couldn’t believe that these security guards had mistaken him for a thief. “What is going on here? This is the doctor who treated my daughter. How could he be a thief?” Xiuyu asked angrily. This stunned the guards—they were dumbfounded. Hurriedly, they released Ye Qiu and thought about discreetly leaving, but they didn’t dare to move.