Chapter - 3 Saving the Damsel

After two hours...

As Qingxi was driving her car towards the airport she saw a man in his early twenties running alongside the road as if his life depended on it. He was constantly looking behind him as if someone was chasing him. Spotting the park near the junction, he jumped in the bushes to hide as if trying to make it look like he was hiding inside the park and mislead them.

One would have failed to notice it, but being a die-hard fan of action and thriller movies she was clearly able to make out that man was wounded. There was a wound on his abdomen that was bleeding profusely, making his stride uneven as he stumbled quite often while running. 

Seeing the man in such a worrisome state she couldn't help but slow her car a bit so that she doesn't look suspicious or anything when she spotted a few men chasing the man with knives in their hands. So, it was exactly like she had thought.

Seeing how there was no one near, who could help that man out of this misery she debated whether she should help him or not. She didn't want to entangle herself in other's business, but her conscience wasn't allowing her to speed up the car.

Not thinking much into things she decided to help that man. She knew the despair one feels when you are at your wit's end and there is no one to help. 

Turning her steering wheel towards the street walk, near the bushes where that man was hiding, she couldn't help but slow down her car at some distance to not alert the man, or he might panic and start running, which will result in him getting caught in the process.

Stopping her car by pulling on the breaks making a screeching sound, she casually walked around the car as if waiting for someone.

The men that were chasing the guy, and were looking in all directions, stopped near her when they saw few blood drops, near where she was standing. Hiding their knives from her view as they were trained professionals and didn't want to alert anyone, they asked politely,

"Hey, little girl. Have you seen a man dressed in a blue shirt and black pants? We have been looking for him, for quite some time, but still can't find him. He has stolen the wallet of one of our men and ran in this direction." 

Qingxi gazed at them with scrutinizing eyes. It was clear from their words that these were not normal pocket pickers or roadside robbers, they were assassinators who were assigned the task of killing that man, or they would have started threatening her the first thing.

"Sorry, you must have noticed I just got down from my car. I am actually waiting for someone. My friend will be arriving soon, and that's why I am waiting here. It's such petty that people nowadays would rather steal someone's hard-earned money than work for it themselves. Look how much that man has troubled you guys and made you run in this scorching summer. Here, have some water." Qingxi said humbly.

The words that flowed out of her mouth were so smooth and appealing that none of them suspected anything strange.

"Thanks, but we would like to resume our searching." The man that has spoken earlier said again, before walking in opposite direction. As soon as those men were out of sight she rushed towards the wounded man and dragged him towards her car.

She looked in the direction where those men went, and could vaguely see the silhouettes of a few of them coming back to where she was standing again.

Not waiting anymore, she pushed the man on the back seat of the car and started the engine making a beeline towards the hospital.

She looked in the rearview mirror and saw the man groaning. "Sorry about earlier. If I hadn't pulled you fast then they would've killed us both." She said.

Earlier when she had pushed him inside the car, it was not at all how she had imagined and planned. The push which she had intended to be smooth turned out too rough for her liking, resulting in the man bumping his head on the window sill, which given his condition, must have been painful.

Reaching the hospital she immediately called the doctor to attend to him. However, since it was her who had found the man and filled in his details under her name, she had to wait till the operation was done. Unfortunately, she had to use the money in her card for form filling and 30% of medical fees, since the whereabouts of the man were still unknown.

As she was playing games on her phone, waiting for the operation, she saw some commotion in the corridor. Doctors were running around the operation theatre of the man that she had brought and could sense the urgency and panic on their faces.

It looked like the hospital staff knew who the man was and thus, they called his family after the operation. Soon she saw, few men dressed in black entering the corridor as the elevator opened.

"Miss, was it you, who had brought our young master here?" A man who was quite different in his dressing style from the other four asked her.

"Yes, it was me. Are you family or friend?" She couldn't help but ask them.

Since she had found him being chased, what if these people belonged to the enemy side, and once she leaves, tries to kill him again.

"Okay. I am his secretary. Thank you, miss, for your consideration, if it wasn't for you, God knows what would have happened to our young master. We will forever appreciate your kindness." The man said while bowing respectfully.

After confirming that these were indeed friends and not a foe, she picked her handbag and turned around to leave. She had decided to meet all her brothers one last time before leaving the country, but this incident held her back and now she does not have enough time left, to go there and meet them.

She had already called one of her brothers to send a man or some helper from his organization to pick her car from the airport after she'll leave it there.

"Where are you going, miss? Please wait till our master wakes up. He will surely want to meet the lady who saved his life." Secretary said smiling politely.

"I saved your so-called master's life. Isn't it enough? Now you want me to stay too? Who is he exactly? Look, I know it sounds a bit rude but I have an urgent flight to catch. If it wasn't for my conscience who forced me to save this damsel in distress, I wouldn't have ever meddled with someone else's business." She asked getting annoyed. Who wants to meet this so-called master?

With the amount of attention this master was having, it was clear that he was one of those rich spoiled brats.

"I didn't mean it that way miss. But our master has a habit to repay anybody's favor. If you don't want to stay till our master wakes up and decides on how to repay you, how about I pay you with money? This way we both will be clear." Secretary suggested smiling as politely as he could.

But to Qingxi, it was like an insult. Wasn't it money, because of what her sister had stabbed her and betrayed her, by seeing Gao Ying behind her back? Brother Gao Ying, who was the young master of the Gao family who has deep roots in the entertainment business, was considered as the next heir. It was obvious why Xialing had gone to such great lengths for seducing him. 

Everything in her life turned miserable because of this money only.

"If your master has any such habit of repaying everything, then, I have saved his life, shouldn't he repay me with his life? Or he can also act like a damsel in distress, that he is, and can repay me with himself. The choice is all his. And if he isn't satisfied with that, then ask him to be a real man and save someone else in need." Qingxi said before turning around to leave. 

She didn't know why she felt a sudden urge to strangle this young master, who was probably one of those guys who spoil their lives enjoying their parents' hard-earned money.

However, everyone around the secretary couldn't help but gasp at the girl's attitude and her unfiltered words.

Secretary Han who didn't know, what to say anymore, could see a headache coming. 'How will his master react, when he will hear this damsel insult, she threw at him?' Secretary chuckled involuntarily before coughing to hide his smile.

Qingxi reached the airport just in time, boarding the plane to leave the country for good.

"I'll be back in the province for sure. And I'll make sure that everyone pays." She muttered before saying goodbye to the country.