The onlooking crowd admired her bravery, and applause thundered through the street. She laughed awkwardly, returned the purse to the woman, and prepared to leave. The pickpocket was escorted to the police station by several citizens.
”Miss, please wait.”
Lin Qianzhu turned to see a couple.
”You forgot your shopping bags,” the woman in provocative clothing smiled sweetly, with her silent partner beside her.
”Oh, thank you,” she didn’t understand what was said, but seeing the shopping bags, she immediately understood, scratching her head and laughing at her own absent-mindedness.
”You were so awesome just now, people like him are the worst, real social pests and scum.”
The woman spoke while laughing. Lin Qianzhu couldn’t understand, but from her expression and gestures, she could tell it was praise, “Hehe! Just a small thing.”
”Where are you from? Want us to be your guides?”
”Uh… What did you say? Could you repeat that? My Japanese is bad, do you speak English?”
The woman’s English was clearly poor and couldn’t understand her broken Japanese. After some chicken-and-duck talk, they said goodbye and left.
Tired from shopping and late at night, Lin Qianzhu took out her travel guide to find a hotel to rest. She then discovered her wallet was open, and all her money and platinum card were gone.
”How is this possible?” Even her phone was missing. She panicked, dumping all items from her backpack and searching again.
”Oh my God!” She shook her head in disbelief. Really not a single cent left. How could this be? She was always careful, always maintaining distance from others.
”Ah! Could it be…” Alas! That couple truly couldn’t be judged by appearance, “Damn, damn!”
Cursing a million times would be useless. She could only console herself that her documents and passport were still safe, and now she needed to solve her accommodation problem first.
With not a single penny, calling for help was impossible. She thought about finding her sister at the hotel. Organizing her belongings, she followed the map, walking for a long time before finally reaching “Yuan”.
She wandered near the hotel, considering whether to ask staff to find her sister. What should she do? Would Xia Jiesen catch her? No time to overthink, just sneak in first.
