"Robbery! Robbery!" At around 9:10 am on November 24, hearing the desperate cries for help in front of the savings office, Liu Zhanhui, a staff member of the Yuan Government Office in Hebei Province who was parking his car at that moment, rushed out of the car without even pulling out the car key and fought with the bandit. He bit off part of one of the bandit's ears, while he himself was sprayed with chili water by the bandit, making his eyes unable to open. Seeing the robbery obstructed, the bandit dropped the 740,000 yuan they had just robbed and fled. Faced with the recovered huge sum of money and Liu Zhanhui who was injured in multiple places by the bandit, Li Huaixu cried out loud: "Thank you so much, kind person!"
Incident: A Huge Sum of 740,000 Yuan Encountered Robbery in Front of the Savings Office
At around 8:30 am on November 24, the China Postal Savings Bank branch in Nanzuo Town, Yuan County opened for business. On this day, Li Huaixu, who runs a coal yard locally, was about to pay the former village director Liu Gengxiu 740,000 yuan as land rent. Around 8:50 am, the two walked into the business hall of the savings office together, parking Li Huaixu’s own minivan not far from the entrance of the savings office. At 9:10 am, after withdrawing the money, they put the cash into a gray woven bag marked with the words "China Post". Liu Gengxiu, aged 65, said that walking seven or eight steps away from the savings office with the 740,000 yuan in cash, Li Huaixu jokingly remarked how heavy it was. "Let me help carry it!" Liu Gengxiu took the woven bag from Li Huaixu. Unexpectedly, only after taking two steps, an accident happened. "At that moment, we were walking one after another. Suddenly, a man appeared on my left side, about 30 years old, about 1.7 meters tall, spraying something into my left eye. Later I realized it should be chili water, which made me unable to open my eyes immediately. Meanwhile, the man forcibly snatched the woven bag from my hands. Goodness! It's daylight robbery!" Liu Gengxiu was shocked, "This is the food money for so many fellow villagers!"
Rescue: I Bit Off Part of the Bandit's Right Ear
Although Liu Gengxiu is old, he is still very strong. "I've been working all my life, full of strength. While being sprayed with chili water, I realized someone was trying to rob the money, instinctively holding tightly onto the straps of the woven bag." Unexpectedly, the other party was also very strong, breaking the strap of the woven bag with one pull! Holding only the two straps in his hand, Liu Gengxiu was enraged and suddenly pounced on the other party, both falling to the ground simultaneously.
Li Huaixu was also terrified by the sudden incident, shouting loudly twice: "Robbery! Robbery!" preparing to help Liu Gengxiu. At this time, beside Li Huaixu's car, Liu Zhanhui, a staff member of the Yuan Government Office who was looking for a place to park nearby, was standing by. "I heard the shouts, didn't even pull out the car key, didn't take the mobile phone from the passenger seat, and the car door was still open when I rushed over." Liu Zhanhui recalled that when Li Huaixu was preparing to join the fight, another bandit was about to spray chili water into Li Huaixu's eyes. He tightly embraced the bandit from behind and pushed him to the ground. "When I fell to the ground with the bandit, my mouth was right next to the bandit's right ear. Without thinking, I bit down hard, breaking the bandit's ear!" Liu Zhanhui recalled, "After the bandit escaped, I could even feel the blood flowing."
Escape: The Bandits Threw Down the Money and Escaped Due to Obstruction
While Liu Zhanhui was wrestling with the second bandit, Li Huaixu hastily threw the woven bag on the ground into the car amid the chaos, only to be beaten by the third bandit and sprayed with chili water in the eyes. This person also sprayed them again and hit their heads with the canister containing the chili water. Seeing Liu Zhanhui, Li Huaixu, and Liu Gengxiu resisting fiercely, the bandits seemed to realize that prolonging the struggle would attract more people, thus jumping onto an unlicensed gray Hyundai Elantra and fleeing.
After the bandits fled, the three of them squinted their eyes and saw that there was a person riding on a motorcycle nearby, seemingly watching. After the fight, the scene only had the motorcycle left, with no sign of the person. When the police arrived at the scene upon receiving the alarm call, they found that the wiring of the motorcycle was cut in multiple places, speculating that the motorcycle might have been stolen.
Gratitude: Without Liu Zhanhui, the Money Would Definitely Be Lost
"Never would I have thought that there were several bandits lurking in front of the savings office! And even more unexpected was that after hearing our cries for help, Liu Zhanhui reacted so quickly and fearlessly fought with the bandits. If it weren't for him, facing at least three bandits, this money would definitely be lost!" Recalling that day's scene, Li Huaixu felt extremely fortunate.
Liu Zhanhui, 43 years old, originally from Nanzuo Town, has worked in the county town for more than a decade, rarely returning home, and only knows Li Huaixu and Liu Gengxiu superficially. On November 24, he happened to be near the savings office for some reason, unexpectedly encountering Li Huaixu and the old village director being robbed, and thus bravely stepped forward to save them. After the bandits fled in the car, Liu Zhanhui only then realized that a lump had swollen on his head, and there were multiple abrasions on his hands. "I don't know how their chili water was mixed, but my eyes hurt all day and couldn't open." Liu Zhanhui regretfully said, "If they hadn't used chili water to blind us, we wouldn't have let them escape like this!"
Heartfelt Words: Unable to Stand By and Watch
Did you think about whether the bandits would harm you? In response to the reporter's question, Liu Zhanhui answered, "There was no time to think. I only had one thought, to bring the bandits to justice. Regardless of whether I'm a government employee or an ordinary person, seeing such a robbery, I wouldn't stand idly by. If I stood by and watched someone being robbed, I think I would be condemned by my conscience for my entire life. I helped this time, even if I got injured, my heart feels very clear."
Sun Weige, Director of the Yuan Government Office, told reporters, "When I saw the injuries on Liu Zhanhui's face, I asked him what happened, and he casually mentioned a few sentences. I thought it was quite remarkable. In fact, Liu Zhanhui is usually a warm-hearted person." To this day, Liu Zhanhui's colleagues in his unit still do not know about his heroic deed in fighting against the bandits in Nanzuo Town.
The entire scuffle lasted only one minute, "It was truly a thrilling minute!" Recalling that day's scene, Li Huaixu said that although it was only one minute, it showed the power of justice and made people feel infinite warmth.
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