Regarding these two pickpockets, Xiao Yi had not expected them to be so bold as to blatantly follow him. Nevertheless, he didn’t think too much about it, as he could tell imdiately that these two were rely ordinary thieves, not experts. He didn’t believe they could co up with any tricks.
While Xiao Yi was resting with his eyes closed, the bus soon reached the Provincial People’s Hospital Station. To his slight surprise, the woman also alighted at this stop. Upon seeing that Xiao Yi was getting off as well, and that his expression appeared calm as if he hadn’t noticed the two following n’s venomous stares, the woman seed to hesitate for a mont before turning and, bracing herself against the pickpockets’ hostile gazes, approached Xiao Yi. Her face flushed, she said softly, "My friend, thank you for earlier. Those two pickpockets, they are still following you. Be careful."
"Hmm?"
Xiao Yi hadn’t expected that the woman would dare to co over to warn him. He was slightly taken aback, but then a touch of emotion stirred in his heart. Although he didn’t need the woman to remind him, and the situation had started because of her, in this day and age, almost everyone is out for themselves, evident from the way people on the bus looked away. Even the man on the train who was a lawyer acted similarly!
Yet this girl had managed to co forward to warn him, showing abundantly that the girl was very grateful. Compared to that lawyer, it was like comparing heaven and earth!
After a while, a look of gratitude appeared on his face as he said, "Thank you, I know."
"You know?"
Upon hearing Xiao Yi’s words, the woman stared at him in surprise.
"Yes, actually, I’m an undercover officer, so, I’m not afraid of them."
Watching the girl’s astonished expression, a smile appeared on Xiao Yi’s face.
"You?"
The girl’s eyes scrutinized him from head to toe, her face filled with disbelief.
"Yes, I’m about to et up with my colleagues and catch all those thieves in one sweep. Go on with your business, no need to worry about ."
Xiao Yi made a shushing gesture, carefully glancing at the pickpockets not far behind him, then he said to the girl.
"Uh... you really are..."
Seeing Xiao Yi’s gesture, the girl, now sowhat skeptical, began to believe.
"Yes, of course I am."
Xiao Yi nodded firmly. When he saw the girl looking back to warn him, he had already decided to change his original plan of ignoring the pickpockets’ antics and resolved to deal with the two petty thieves first.
Therefore, he decided to tell a kind white lie to this kind, grateful girl.
"Then... Officer, thank you..."
Seeing the earnest expression on Xiao Yi’s face, the skepticism on the girl’s face finally vanished. After reddening slightly and thanking Xiao Yi, she turned around and ran towards the hospital ahead.
Looking in the direction the girl was running, Xiao Yi finally understood why she had been so anxious earlier; it turned out that the girl was rushing to use the money for soone’s dical treatnt. His heart couldn’t help but feel more relieved, grateful that he had intervened just in ti. Otherwise, without this life-saving money, who knows how desperate the girl would have beco.
It took a while for Xiao Yi to co back to his senses. He turned around and looked at the two pickpockets not far behind him. A faint, almost imperceptible smile appeared on his lips, and instead of heading towards the hospital, his feet took him down a less populated street.
The two pickpockets had seen the woman looking at them while signaling sothing to him, and after her run, Xiao Yi appeared as if he had noticed nothing and continued walking just as before. Both of them couldn’t help but feel pleased and hastened their steps to follow Xiao Yi.
As Xiao Yi walked towards a direction that beca increasingly remote and less crowded, the corners of the pickpockets’ mouths couldn’t help but curl up into a hideous grin. They exchanged glances, each seeing the excitent in the other’s eyes.
When Xiao Yi reached the mouth of a sparsely populated old alley, the two n exchanged a look, hesitated no longer, and quickly surrounded him from front and back, trapping him in the middle.
"Oh, the two of you, we et again. What fate, eh?"
Looking at the two guys who rushed up, Xiao Yi’s face displayed a beaming expression.
He had thought that these fellows might take a while longer, maybe moving to a more secluded place before daring to rush at him. He expected to spend more ti, yet to his surprise, their courage was even greater than he had imagined and they had charged at him right there.
But for him, this was naturally the best outco.
"Fate my ass!"
Hearing Xiao Yi’s words, the two n nearly choked on their own rage. Finally, one of them showed a ferocious expression and glared fiercely at Xiao Yi, cursing him.
"Kid, you’ve got so nerve obstructing our livelihood. You didn’t even see who we are!"
The other, who looked more sinister, coldly stared at Xiao Yi, his eyes revealing a chilling deanor.
"Uh... Guys, didn’t you see just now? That money was for saving a life. Surely, even you would feel embarrassed to steal that kind of money, right? In a way, I was accumulating virtue on your behalf."
Hearing the first man’s words, a cold flash passed through Xiao Yi’s eyes, but it disappeared in an instant. He then put on a small smile and said.
The man, evidently more hot-tempered than Xiao Yi had expected, was about to explode with curses again just as Xiao Yi finished speaking. Unfortunately, he could not complete his tirade this ti.
As soon as he began to speak, accompanied by a crisp slap, his body spun like a top. He twirled more than a full circle before barely steadying himself, reflexively covering his now swollen half-face with his hand, his mouth still agape as a trace of blood trickled from the corner, his face displaying an expression of disbelief as he looked at Xiao Yi.
"Obstinate fool!"
Xiao Yi’s expression was icy as he stared at the man. He had already given him one chance before. If the two had behaved a bit better, he might have considered letting them go. After all, petty thieves aren’t the most heinous of criminals, but he hadn’t expected such foul language and stubborn resistance from this man.
At that mont, he completely abandoned the idea of giving them another chance.
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