You'll Know Soon Enough
Zhang Heng's words made the waitress grit her teeth in anger.
But she had to admit that everything he said was true. Their only goal tonight was to bring the cargo back to the first floor. To achieve that goal, they had even been willing to sacrifice themselves and their companions' lives. It had originally been an incomparably noble ideal.
Yet she had never imagined that one day, this conviction would be used against her as a weapon. Zhang Heng had made it clear that he had no intention of taking her with him. He was telling her she was doomed to die, yet demanding that she hand over the cargo.
What made the waitress feel even more stifled was that she realized she truly had no reason to refuse his demand.
After holding it in for a long time, she finally only managed to ask, "If I give you the cargo, are you confident you can get through the Federal Police blockade below?"
Zhang Heng merely replied calmly, "That's not something you need to worry about."
The waitress was thoroughly choked up, but she still refused to give up. She continued, "Then promise me you'll deliver the cargo to Mr. G."
By then, her momentum had already weakened, and there was even a trace of pleading in the way she looked at Zhang Heng.
But Zhang Heng only shook his head. "I won't promise anything. All right, time's almost up. Give me the item."
By then, the flames had already reached the rooftop. The thick smoke produced by the fire had nearly engulfed the Sizhou Hotel.
The waitress felt utterly unwilling to accept it. They had paid so much along the way, sacrificed countless companions just to make it here. They had been only one