Chapter Twenty-Three: The Deceased
Ye Jingshu's school is located on the outskirts of City A, far away from home, and she needs to take a taxi to the Drum Tower in the center of the city. As a landmark building in the urban area, the Drum Tower has always had a large flow of people nearby. Ye Jingshu always remembered her parents' repeated advice to herself: when crossing the street, you should "look at the six roads and listen to the eight directions"; When looking at the warning lights, you can't be anxious, and you must follow the rule of "I'd rather wait for three points than grab a second". Therefore, when crossing the crossroads, Ye Jingshu was in good spirits.
But I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it. A sneaky young man was quietly following an old woman with gray hair and a clumsy body and a vegetable basket in her hand. Originally, Ye Jingshu was going to go up to help after seeing the old woman, but the young man's appearance was too weird, Ye Jingshu had an intuition: There must be something wrong with this man! Therefore, Ye Jingshu decided not to startle the snake first, but to follow up slowly and wait for the opportunity.
Five minutes later, the old woman had already walked to a relatively empty place, and the young man also pretended to keep a distance of about five meters from the old woman and waited for an opportunity.
As if sensing that someone was following, the young man raised his vigilance, and immediately turned his head away before the old woman looked at him. After the old man turned his head, he saw Ye Jingshu who was following him from afar, and he was immediately full of vigilance, his eyes were slightly cold, and he glanced at Ye Jingshu as if warningly.
Not good! I was going to help catch the thief, but I was suspicious. I didn't expect to live my life again, and I was still so stupid. Ye Jingshu's heart was full of helplessness at the moment. Hurriedly met the old man's eyes and smiled apologetically.
Just when Ye Jingshu was annoyed, the young man seized this opportunity to start working. I saw him slowly approach the old man, take out a five-centimeter-long blade, and gently reach for the old man's satchel......
"Not good! The thief has succeeded! Ye Jingshu was shocked! Just now, I kept bowing my head and blaming myself, but I didn't want this young man's rank to be so high: unconsciously followed, succeeded, and left, and in the process, neither the old lady nor himself had any consciousness!
Just when Ye Jingshu was full of disappointment, she turned around, only to find that the thief was behind her, running away in the opposite direction.
Full of anger, Ye Jingshu rushed up with an arrow and caught up with the young man. But just as she forcibly turned the thief around and wanted to snatch the wallet, after seeing Xiaotou's face, Ye Jingshu was completely stunned:
This...... It's really, incredible! This person......
Ye Jingshu was furious when she saw this face: Pu Dagui! The mother-killing enemy of his last life!
How many days and nights have I been unable to sleep at night; In those long days of being alone in a foreign land, he was constantly suffering from the Pu family, and he was happy to wash and cook for their whole family to make money to support their family. As a result, not only was he used and deceived by them like a fool, but even his mother, who loved him the most, was pushed off the cliff by Pu Dagui and shattered to pieces!
Even if he finally ended up with Pu Dagui, but now that he sees this man again, the monstrous hatred and anger surging in his heart have not diminished at all!
Unexpectedly, I was reborn and saw this person again in City A. Looking at Pu Dagui's face, which was much younger than in his previous life, Ye Jingshu only felt infinitely ironic: hehe, when he first arrived at Pu's house in his previous life, Pu Dagui's reputation among the neighbors was very bad; Not only is it abducted and deceived, but fights and brawls are commonplace. Only now did Ye Jingshu understand that even if she started over again, some people would not change in essence. After all, "the nature of the country is easy to change and difficult to change", and this time his theft is definitely not the first time.
Ye Jingshu quickly snatched the wallet in Pu Dagui's hand, and was secretly wondering: As if he had premeditated, was it so easy to grab the evidence in the hands of a big man?
Sure enough, when Ye Jingshu was stunned, she heard Pu Dagui shouting loudly: "Someone!" Catch the thief! The thief stole the old man's wallet ......" The exaggerated shout coupled with the expression of righteous indignation immediately attracted a group of people.
At this time, the old woman not far away heard Pu Dagui's shout, so she reacted, immediately took off her satchel, and began to check.
"Ahh thief! Stealing my wallet and cutting my satchel! ”
Walking into the crowd, the old lady immediately pointed at Ye Jingshu and said, "You little girl, you are not very old, but your heart is not small, you can learn to steal at a young age!" I've been suspicious of you for a long time! ”
After saying that, he shouted loudly to the crowd that surrounded him: "This little girl secretly followed me when I crossed the street after buying vegetables, sneaky." Later, I turned around and warned her, I thought she would be able to read and stop the precipice, but I didn't expect that she would become more and more bold! ”
As if she was too emotional, the old lady let out a long breath and continued: "There is an old saying: 'stealing needles when you are young, stealing gold when you grow up', if you don't teach her a lesson today, it may be a cancer in society in the future!" ”
"Yes, yes, yes"
"Looking at this little girl, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it......"
"That is to say, alas! How did this girl's parents educate her? I really didn't teach ...... well."
The spectators in the crowd were talking.
At this time, seeing Pu Dagui, who "the overall situation has been decided", the corners of his mouth rose slightly: "Auntie, don't be angry, haven't I caught the thief for you, seeing that she is young, you have to be forgiving and forgiving......"
There was another wave of admiration in the crowd.
The corner of Ye Jingshu's mouth twitched: Phew! I'm really good at acting! It is effortless to control the direction of public opinion. But at this moment, you must calm down and not panic.
Taking a long breath, Ye Jingshu also felt that her mind was much clearer. So, facing the old woman, he looked into the other party's eyes sincerely and said, "Grandma, no matter what I say now, you won't believe that the person who really stole your wallet is not me, but this gentleman." And I did chase this gentleman back after seeing him steal from you. ”
"You little hoof ......" may have realized his gaffe, Pu Dagui immediately suppressed his temper and changed his words: "You little girl, you have to talk about evidence when you speak, obviously you stole the wallet first, and I found out and caught." Why do you call me a thief? ”
"That's it! This girl is really thick-skinned, and the thief shouts to catch the thief......" People talked about Ye Jingshu and sent a sympathetic look to Pu Dagui: "Alas, this young man is really big-hearted, and he has to speak for this little girl if he is wronged......"
I only heard Ye Jingshu calmly ask the people in the crowd: "Did anyone see that I stole the wallet?" If you don't see it with your own eyes, then what right do you have to throw dirty water on me? ”
Seeing that people's emotions were getting more and more excited, Ye Jingshu calmed down: "Grandparents, uncles and aunts, everything must be evidenced. If you give me a chance, I'll find out who really is responsible. ”
The questioning voices from the crowd slowly fell silent, and the old lady with a frown on her brows nodded: "Okay, I'll believe you again." ”
I only heard Ye Jingshu say to everyone: "Now please be a witness for me." Now I'm going to race against this big brother to see who can get to the Drum Tower first. ”
"What's the solution?" I heard a sturdy uncle with a serious face standing out of the crowd: "Little girl, you don't want to take the opportunity to escape, right?" I'm a staff member of our Gulou District Office in City A, and if something goes wrong, I'm going to send you to the bureau. ”
Ye Jingshu responded with a smile: "In order to ensure the fairness and justice of the game, please run with the two of us." ”
"What the hell!" Pu Dagui is also the second monk who is confused. But thinking that he has won now anyway, then casually play with this little hoof, it's really not the heart of the Yellow River that doesn't die, wait for this little hoof to go to the police station to drink tea!
Thinking of this, Pu Dagui nodded and agreed to Ye Jingshu's proposal.
"Ready, run!" Listening to the uncle's order, Ye Jingshu and Pu Dagui rushed out of the starting line together, and the crowd also ran up and followed the two of them.
Ye Jingshu understands that although she is not dominant in size and her figure is a little fat, she still has a good chance of winning against Shangpu Dagui.
In the center of City A, you can see a group of people wearing all kinds of clothes rushing towards the drum tower, like a colorful dragon cruising in the ocean. Out of curiosity, the people who saw it on the side of the road also joined in the ranks of accompanying the runners.
Ten minutes later, sure enough, Ye Jingshu arrived at the foot of the drum tower before Pu Dagui.
Looking at the crowd of people who were coming, Ye Jingshu wiped the sweat that kept leaving from the corners of her forehead, pointed to Pu Dagui, who was panting heavily, and said, "Everyone, it's already clear who the thief is!" ”
Looking at people's confused looks, Ye Jingshu continued to explain: "Everyone, who is the thief between the two of us, and who is the one who catches the thief, don't you understand this simple truth? Since the thief can be overtaken, how can the thief who catches the thief run as fast as the thief? ”
Everyone immediately realized. Just as Pu Dagui realized that something was wrong and was about to escape, I don't know who threw out a banana peel, and Pu Dagui slipped and fell. At this time, the uncle took advantage of this gap and immediately stepped forward to catch Pu Dagui.
"You little hoof, you wait! I remember you......"
As Pu Dagui's scolding gradually moved away, people stepped forward and said, "Little girl, I'm sorry, we misunderstood you." ”
I saw that the old woman also walked towards Ye Jingshu at this time, held Ye Jingshu's hand tightly and said, "Thank you, little girl, for helping me recover my wallet, but I still mistook you for a thief......"
I only heard Ye Jingshu smile faintly: "It's a trivial matter, you don't need to mind." With that, he was going to leave.
At this time, a man wearing glasses and a camera around his neck came out, stopped Ye Jingshu and said, "Little girl, I am a reporter from the "Gulou Daily" in City A, may I ask, what is your surname?" Can I take a picture of you? ”
Ye Jingshu smiled and crooked: "My surname is Ye, of course it's okay to take pictures." ”
This was a trivial matter, and Ye Jingshu didn't take it to heart. But what she didn't know was that something was quietly changing......