I'm reborn and I'm an international student again?

The humiliated thug's expression shifted from bewilderment to surprise, then from anger to calm. He turned to look at his leader, whose face held a strange expression, a mixture of anger and amusement.

Zou Huajian spoke Mandarin, which the thugs couldn't understand at all. He thought these people were members of the armed group that had extorted him last time, so he got more and more excited as he talked.

"Shoot me and show me! It's five thousand dollars, isn't it? How can you be worth five thousand with your cowardly behavior?"

Seeing this, the hotel manager also became anxious.

This won't work; people don't believe it at all now.

So he immediately spoke to the black man in front of him in Swahili: "Be serious, hit him."

However, the black man in front of him seemed not to understand and stood still, preparing to change the magazine.

The hotel manager cursed the man inwardly as an idiot. He gritted his teeth, jumped up, and slapped the black man hard across the face. He then said, "Hit me! Hit me! Don't you want your money? If you don't act properly, I'll fire you."

The black man who was hit stared wide-eyed like a saucer. He glared angrily at the fat man who had attacked him, then pulled out a dagger from his waist and stabbed the man hard.

"Ah!" the fat manager screamed as blood gushed from his wound.

"You guys are really putting on a convincing show. It's not even ketchup. This must be a blood prop from a movie. I didn't expect you to be so well-prepared. Do you usually do this kind of thing?" Zou Huajian pointed at the injured fat man and laughed loudly.

Amidst the shocked gazes of the crowd, he slowly walked towards another thug.

"That gun is out of bullets, this gun isn't out of bullets either, is it?" Zou Huajian said, snatching the gun from the other man's hand.

Upon seeing this, the thugs all raised their guns and pointed them at him.

The security captain looked at the idiot, and a bead of sweat trickled down his forehead.

Zou Huajian laughed loudly, raising the gun to his head and shouting, "Everyone, watch closely! I bet this gun is completely out of ammunition!"

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

The trigger was pulled.

A deafening gunshot suddenly tore through the air. The powerful recoil caused Zou Huajian to fall backward like a puppet with its strings cut.

The bullet shattered the enormous crystal chandelier above, sending countless prism fragments cascading like an icefall. With a deafening crash, the gilded chandelier smashed onto the marble floor, scattering shards of glass everywhere, and the lights in the entire hall instantly went out.

At this moment, the security team also brought their equipment, and the captain, seeing this excellent opportunity, ordered everyone to quickly reload.

From a distance, Zou Zhi stroked his chin and muttered, "Uncle knocked the light down, we should pay for that, right? The hotel really goes all out, using every trick in the book to get us to spend money."

Qian Jiajia, standing behind Chen Xi, asked, "Vice President, this..."

"Those thugs are real, everyone be careful and don't give yourselves away." Chen Xi made a shushing gesture.

Upon hearing this, everyone held their breath, and some even began to back away.

"Fire!" The security team, now armed with live ammunition, opened fire on the enemy with fervor under the leadership of their captain.

But the rioters had limited ammunition, and faced with such overwhelming firepower, they began to have second thoughts.

"Retreat!" the riot leader shouted, taking a grenade from his body and throwing it forward.

"It's a grenade, take cover!" The sharp-eyed captain spotted the danger.

"boom!"

A massive explosion rocked the center of the hall.

"Holy crap, Uncle!" Zou Zhi exclaimed, his mouth agape.

"Rat-a-tat-tat!" The gunfire continued.

The rioters fought and retreated, while security guards from other areas rushed over from all directions.

Seeing this, the leader of the thugs gritted his teeth and ordered everyone to throw out all the grenades.

Bang bang bang!
Explosions could be heard everywhere outside the hall.

The people in the association had never seen anything like this before, and they were all extremely nervous.

After the gunshots gradually subsided, Chen Xi slowly walked to the center of the hall.

He glanced at the hotel manager screaming in agony on the ground, then turned his gaze to the others.

Several security personnel were killed or wounded, and six or seven rioters lay dead on the ground.

"Uncle, how are you?"

"it's okay no problem."

A voice drew Chen Xi's attention.

Zou Zhi helped someone up from the ground; it turned out to be Zou Huajian.

"Oh, Mr. Zou, you're really lucky. I thought you were already dead."

"You just died."

Zou Huajian's face was covered in blood. He rubbed his waist and groaned.

"Uncle, this seems to be true, you almost..."

"Of course I knew it was real, so I pretended it was acting. I slowly approached the enemy, seized the opportunity to take their gun, broke the light above, and thus turned the tide!" Zou Huajian, his face covered in blood, proudly raised his head, while Zou Zhi next to him gave him a thumbs up and praised him repeatedly.

"He's really shameless," Qian Jiajia muttered.

"Hehe, anyway, this guy did a great job." Chen Xi shrugged.

"Haha, you fatso, you've really reaped what you sowed." Zou Huajian laughed as he walked up to the hotel manager and kicked him.

"It's alright, the enemy has been repelled and they escaped in their vehicle." At this moment, the security captain walked over.

"Who are these people?" Chen Xi pointed to the corpses on the ground.

“I don’t know. There have been attacks on hotels before, but no one has ever broken in. This time…” The captain became a little embarrassed as he spoke. He glanced at the manager on the ground and finally shut up.

"Let's call the police." After saying this, Chen Xi gathered everyone together. He planned to rearrange the personnel to ensure that everyone could stay safe.

"Next, pair up and keep an eye on each other to prevent them from wandering off..." Chen Xi said, staring at everyone.

Zou Huajian suddenly stood up: "Xiao Chen, I think it's necessary to say a few words. You saw what just happened. We can't rely on those guys to protect us. We need to have guns ourselves. Shouldn't we get our hands on the weapons of those dead thugs?"

“That makes sense, but do you think they’ll give it to you? Besides, if you take the gun, I’m worried you might hurt your own people. Your technique of firing the cannon into the air just now was really impressive.” Chen Xi smiled.

He had already seen the security team take those weapons away, so how could he possibly hand them over?
"What are you saying? I did that on purpose. Actually, I'm a very good shot, and I even served in the army!"

“Uncle, I didn’t know you were a soldier.” “There’s a lot you don’t know. I don’t want to talk about the past…” Zou Huajian waved his hand, then added, “This hotel we’re staying in isn’t cheap, and with such a big incident today, why don’t you ask the manager to waive the room fee? Look at me, I’m all disfigured…”

Zou Huajian wanted to get the money into his hands so he could go out and negotiate business deals.

"I'll talk to the manager tomorrow. It's getting late, let's get some rest. I think we're safe now, those thugs won't dare to come back, after all, the hotel's security is pretty good." Chen Xi had already guessed what had happened; the security team must have been ambushed by the thugs because of the manager's brilliant maneuvering.

However, after this fright, no one could fall asleep.

The next day, they both walked out of their rooms with dark circles under their eyes.

The hotel manager, his body wrapped in bandages, kept apologizing to the guests.

Besides them, there were other foreign guests at the hotel, but the manager targeted Chen Xi and his group for ripping them off because he thought Chinese people were easy to cheat.

Presumably fearing damage to the hotel's image, the manager had the area downstairs cleaned up overnight. The debris and blood on the ground had long since disappeared, and even the bullet holes in the wall had been covered up.

"Wow, you're pretty quick. Chinese efficiency is shining brightly abroad!" Chen Xi chuckled and patted the manager on the shoulder, then deliberately touched the man's wound.

The fat manager forced a smile, looking utterly ridiculous.

"Yes, yes. We apologize for the fright our esteemed guest last night. The hotel has specially arranged a complimentary luxury meal for you today." The manager said obsequiously.

"Come on, everyone says free things are the most expensive. Are you trying to sell me something during our meal?"

"Forehead……"

The manager was taken aback by Chen Xi's unexpected words and didn't know how to respond.

My little scheme has been seen through.

"You think a meal can compensate for last night's incident? If word gets out about this self-directed, self-acted act that resulted in real thugs breaking into the hotel... do you think anyone would still dare to stay here? You'd probably get a pay cut from your company, hehe..."

"I don't understand what you're talking about. I've already explained it many times yesterday."

"Don't understand? Why don't you take a look at this?" Chen Xi took out his phone from his pocket and then opened a video.

The above is footage of the lobby being cleaned last night, with the fat manager giving orders and cursing in the background.

The video was secretly taken by Qian Jiajia last night, which is quite a great achievement.

"This this……"

The manager was so flustered that he couldn't speak.

"Don't get any funny ideas, or I'll have it posted online. Are you planning to let the security team snatch it away? Hehe."

"Forehead……"

"If I'm willing to show you the video, I'm not afraid you'll try to steal it. I'll let bygones be bygones for what you did to Zou Huajian before; I don't really like that guy anyway..."

Chen Xi smiled and patted the manager on the shoulder.

At this moment, Zou Huajian also got up. He walked over yawning, and the hotel manager saw him and quickly left after saying a few words.

"Xiao Chen, have you seen the news? The government building was attacked last night, and the whole city is unsafe. I just called a friend, and he said that many companies across the country have stopped operating. How can I continue my business?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Xi couldn't help but roll her eyes.

At a time like this, you're still thinking about money.

The city has changed drastically; there are guards at every intersection.

This is not the capital, but Lionhead City, the capital of the autonomous region. It is about 80 kilometers away from Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania on the mainland.

Various regions in Africa actually have security ratings, which is a way for countries to warn their citizens.

Despite being the capital city, Dar es Salaam is within the Level 2 (yellow) alert zone.

The security ratings of various regions in Tanzania have now been raised several levels.

Last night's events were reported on television, and many countries have already rated Lionhead City as a Level 4 threat (red) and advised their citizens not to enter.

Seeing that Chen Xi did not reply, Zou Huajian continued, "I don't know what people here are thinking. Shouldn't the priority be protecting foreigners in such a dangerous situation? Shouldn't they send troops to gather us together for evacuation? Why are they letting the local rich people leave first? If word gets out, aren't they afraid of losing face?"

"This is Africa, not China," Chen Xi couldn't help but complain.

“Xiao Chen, don’t always think that just because you’ve lived abroad for a long time, you can disregard the opinions of your elders. If it weren’t for my experience in the underworld last night, everyone in the hotel would have been in grave danger…” Zou Huajian was still talking on and on when he looked up and found that Chen Xi was gone.

"Hmph, what a lack of manners." Zou Huajian rubbed his slightly hungry stomach, puffed out his chest, and strode confidently toward the restaurant.

He now feels like a great hero who saved everyone, so he believes everything he says is right.

Qian Jiajia, sitting in the restaurant eating, felt dizzy and lightheaded.

She barely slept last night because she was taking photos secretly.

"You've worked hard! Here, have an extra chicken leg." Chen Xi smiled and placed a Turkish-style roasted chicken leg on Qian Jiajia's plate.

"Vice President, should we contact the embassy? In movies, in situations like this, they send warships to evacuate their citizens, right?"

"We've already made contact, and it's not at the point of evacuating citizens at all. They haven't attacked us; it's just that there have been some attacks domestically. The higher-ups need to negotiate with the various countries..."

"So what do we do now?"

"The embassy's message is that we should go to the capital whenever we have the chance, and then return home by flight."

Upon hearing this, Qian Jiajia's head twitched: "Easier said than done."

"There's nothing we can do. There are indeed many Chinese people here, but most of them work for Chinese companies. They have their own security forces there, and the rest are scattered in various places. The situation is unclear at the moment, and the higher-ups won't easily take any major action." Chen Xi was quite familiar with these matters, after all, he had dealt with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for so long.

"What about our safety..."

"I just talked to that fat guy. We won't get any guns, but we can still get our hands on other equipment, and we'll have guards to protect us."

"What, you're going to pay that $5,000 per person fee?"

"Heh, what a joke. They'll pay, otherwise they wouldn't risk their lives for you, but not for this price, and certainly not for that fat bastard."

As Chen Xi ate, he said he was going to have a serious talk with the security captain.

Today, while he was smoking, he inadvertently witnessed the hotel manager and the security captain arguing about what happened last night.

Both sides were blaming each other; if it weren't for the money, the security captain probably would have already beaten someone up.

Several of his men died because of the fat man's ingenious actions. Who's happy about that? (End of Chapter)