Chapter 28: Catching the Thief

  In the vicinity of Luobei City's slum area, there is a special place where small vendors from surrounding areas come to set up stalls. In the morning, it becomes a morning market; at night, it transforms into a night market. The people who come here to buy and sell are mostly low-income citizens.

  The goods sold in the night market are also very cheap, commonly known as street stall goods. According to reason, Cui Zhi Qing should not be here. However, she came here purely to stroll around and join in the excitement, rather than actually wanting to buy something.

  Lian Zhiqing and Luo Chuan arrived here around 9 pm, when the night market was at its most bustling and crowded. Among the throngs of people coming and going, many were walking while eating.

  "What's that in their hands? It smells terrible!" said Lin Zhiqing, pointing at the people in front.

  Luo Chuan looked in the direction that Lin Zhiqing was pointing, almost laughing out loud. "That's stinky tofu," he said. "It smells bad but tastes good. Do you want to try some?" But what he was thinking was, "What a rich miss, she doesn't even know what stinky tofu is."

  "No way! That smells weird, if I eat it, I won't dare to speak for three days." Xian Zhiqing fanned her small mouth with her hand, as if she had already eaten the stinky tofu.

  "Aren't you going to eat? Well, I'm going to dig in then!" Luochuan was from the countryside and wasn't picky or pretentious at all. Stinky tofu was actually his favorite.

  "Huh?" Jing was taken aback, thinking to herself, "Isn't he intentionally going against me?! I clearly don't like stinky tofu, and he still wants to buy it back to eat?! Humph, go ahead and eat, choke on it!"

  When going to Luochuan to buy stinky tofu, Lin Zhiqing also deliberately kept a distance from the stinky tofu stall he went to, so as not to get that smell she disliked on her body.

  Just as Lü Chuan had just left, a sly-looking young man quietly approached Lin Zhiqing. He still had half a cigarette in his mouth, wearing a pair of tattered jeans, and had a snake-shaped tattoo on his arm. Not far from the young man, there was also a child of about ten years old, whose nose would occasionally run.

  This kid is the young man's partner. The two of them are professional pickpockets who operate in the night market, often targeting people who appear to be wealthy.

  Lian Zhi Qing's outfit today is somewhat ordinary, a simple and elegant dress, wearing light pink eight-minute pants, with a waist-wrapped tight-fitting small shirt on top, milky white color matching her light pink eight-minute pants, making her look youthful and dynamic, full of vitality.

  The young man with a sly look in his eyes, nicknamed "Quick Hands", has never been caught since he started out until now. This is because he steals very quickly and accurately, usually transferring the stolen goods to that snotty kid Liu Yi before anyone even reacts.

  These pickpockets who operate outside usually work in pairs when they go out to "work". One person is responsible for stealing the goods, while the other person is responsible for transferring the goods. This is to prevent being caught with stolen goods on them if discovered, making it easier for them to escape.

  "Quick Hands" had one hand on his face, rubbing back and forth, but his eyes were scanning the surroundings, sizing up potential threats to his own existence near Cui Zhiqing's side. Liu Ying, on the other hand, was constantly wiping his nose with his hand, sniffing repeatedly, his eyes also fixed tightly on "Quick Hands".

  Liu Yi's hand was still holding a blue school bag, dressed as a junior high school student. This outfit made it hard for people to think that he would be a professional pickpocket, and had been in this line of work for five years already.

  "Quick Hand" had already arrived at Lin Zhiqing's side, and as the two people brushed past each other, he seemed to casually stretch out his hand, and then cut a slit in Lin Zhiqing's bag. At the same time that the bag was torn open, "Quick Hand" had already reached into the bag and pulled out the wallet inside.

  "Quick Hand" succeeded and quickly left, Liu Yin saw "Quick Hand" succeed and also quickly ran in his direction. As long as the wallet on "Quick Hand"'s body was transferred to Liu Yin's hands, even if Cui Zhiqing found out, she would have no way to deal with "Quick Hand".

  Luochuan walked towards Lin Zhiqing after buying the stinky tofu. After being in contact with her for so long, Luochuan found that she was also a pretty good girl, and her heart was quite kind too. He gradually developed feelings for her as well.

  However, Luo Chuan didn't expect to have any further entanglements with her. After the last embarrassing incident, Luo Chuan became tight-lipped about everything, and of course, he would occasionally think about that day's events in his dreams at night. Zhen Zi Qing's fiery figure, her pale skin, and her youthful face... all strongly attracted Luo Chuan.

  As he gradually approached Xie Zhiqing, Luo Chuan suddenly discovered that there was a gap on the side of her left hand's sling bag. Looking around, he found a suspicious-looking "pickpocket" hastily leaving the scene.

  "Halt!" Kōkawa shouted, then ran three steps and stopped in front of the thief, blocking his way. He stretched out a large hand and said, "Hand it over quickly!"

  Actually, as soon as Luo Chuan shouted out the first sentence, "Kuai Shou" had already heard it and secretly resented it, thinking to himself, "How come my luck is so bad today? I've actually been recognized! This has never happened before!"

  Although he was recognized as a thief, he wasn't particularly afraid in his heart. After all, there was a relatively large force backing him up. What made him feel slightly uncomfortable was that Liu Yin was waiting for him less than ten steps away! As long as he handed over the wallet to Liu Yin, today's task would be considered complete.

  They have a certain amount of money to steal every day, and if they return with less than that amount, they will be punished. However, Kuaishou has been in the industry for a relatively long time and is very skilled, so he has never been punished by the organization until now!

  "Hand it over and I'll pretend nothing happened!" Luo Chuan stood casually in front of "Kuai Shou", not worried that he would run away.

  "What's going on? I don't have anything on me, are you trying to rob me here? Let me tell you, this is a night market, there are people passing by all the time!" Kuai Shou tightened his grip on the wallet in his pocket and said with some guilt.

  "Hmph, since you won't hand it over willingly, I won't be polite about it!" Rokkaku had just happened to catch a glimpse of "Kuai Shou" putting the wallet into his pocket when he came back earlier, which was why he could speak with such confidence and demand that "Kuai Shou" return the wallet.

  Luo Chuan's hand grasped "Kuai Shou" tightly around the waist, pinning his hands inside as well, rendering him immobile. Then, another hand reached into his pocket and pulled out Lin Zhi Qing's wallet. After staring at him for a moment, he finally released his grip.