Chapter 6

When Yu Xia left Yu Bai Studio, it was still quite early.

The sun was still blazing.

Standing under the bus stop, the sticky heat clinging to Yu Xia made her start to regret refusing Director Fu's offer to call her a car.

One shouldn't be too concerned about saving face.

Otherwise, you'll only be tormenting yourself.

Yu Xia has a deep understanding of this.

Fortunately, the bus didn't make her wait too long.

She soon saw the 326 bus pass the traffic light and then stop at the station.

Yu Xia put away her phone.

Just as she stepped onto the bus, a crowd of people, seemingly appearing out of nowhere, surged forward and squeezed past Yu Xia to board the bus.

Yu Xia was suddenly bumped and almost fell out of the car. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and grabbed the door, thus preventing a tragedy.

Yu Xia grabbed the car door, struggling to maintain her balance in the crowd while protecting the doll on her bag, afraid it would be pushed off.

After everyone else had gone inside, Yu Xia finally managed to get on the bus.

After this incident, there were naturally no seats left on the train.

Yu Xia found a spot to stand on the handrail.

She picked up the doll from her backpack, touched it to make sure it was okay, then gently patted its head before putting it back and straightening up while holding onto the handrail.

It has to be said that if there's anything good about the northern part of the city, it's that the public transportation is the best.

Not only is the car new, but it also has air conditioning, and the air conditioning is all-around, so being in the car is no different from being in an air-conditioned room.

Yu Xia felt much better after coming up here for a while.

But for Yu Xia, the most important thing is that it's cheap.

A one-yuan bus ride takes you directly to the entire city.

Which other city offers such affordable public transportation?

It's practically tailor-made for her right now.

Yu Xia stood there for a while, then, feeling a bit bored, took out her phone to kill some time and started browsing social media.

Online gossip is pretty much the same no matter how many times you scroll through it; it's always the same few things over and over again.

Yu Xia was getting a little bored while scrolling through her phone. Just as she was about to put it away, she caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of her eye and suddenly stopped looking.

Right in front of her, a fat man with a thick beard and loose, sloppy clothes was secretly reaching out a hand to a girl in a green dress in front of him.

The girl was carrying a crossbody bag, the zipper was undone, and her wallet was sticking out, half-exposed. The bearded man reached out and quietly moved his hand towards the wallet.

The bus was crowded, so even close contact wasn't very noticeable. The girl was looking down at her phone and clearly didn't notice what was behind her.

The bearded man became bolder, and taking advantage of the distance, his chubby fingers reached for the white wallet.

Upon seeing this, Yu Xia's eyes widened instantly, and almost without thinking, she blurted out, "Hey! Your wallet!"

Just then, the bus arrived at the station.

The bearded man didn't care about anything else. He snatched his wallet from his bag and, taking advantage of his position by the back door, jumped out of the car the moment the door opened.

The sudden sensation of something being pulled from her bag startled the girl. After a moment, realizing what had happened, she pointed at the fleeing figure and yelled angrily, "Damn it! That idiot stole my wallet!!!"

The passengers on the bus were all taken aback by this sudden turn of events.

Before a second had even passed, the girl in the green dress jumped out of the car and chased after it, ignoring the fact that she was still wearing high heels. She was incredibly excited as she ran, yelling, "Idiot! Stop running! If you're so capable of stealing, then don't run away!"

But the bearded man was incredibly fast, and Chi Ximin, wearing high heels, was panting as she chased after him. Just as she was about to give up hope, a shadow suddenly darted past her, flying past like lightning.

Chi Ximin was stunned.

A slender figure was seen running towards the bearded man, stirring up a gust of wind as he passed.

When the bearded man and the little girl chased after him off the bus, Yu Xia reacted almost without thinking; her body moved faster than her brain and she jumped out.

She was truly stunned. She never imagined that there would be such a pickpocket in broad daylight!

"Stop right there, or we'll take you to the police station!" Yu Xia shouted at the bearded man in front of her.

The bearded man wouldn't listen to her; he moved with lightning speed, never slowing down.

Seeing that the bearded man was about to run across the corner to the other side, Yu Xia suddenly had nothing at hand. Grabbing the only usable item on her person, she panicked and, without thinking, threw her bag at the bearded man.

Yu Xia's bag was quite heavy with all sorts of things inside. The bag slammed hard against the bearded man's back, knocking him to the ground.

Yu Xia seized the opportunity and caught up with him in an instant, giving him no chance to resist. She pinned the bearded man's arm behind his back and pressed her knee against his struggling leg: "Run, run some more. You think you're so capable? Run another one and let me see."

......

When Chi Ximin arrived at the scene, panting and supporting herself on her knees, this was the scene she saw.

The bearded man was pinned to the ground by Yu Xia, who was still cursing under his breath. Yu Xia then nudged him behind the knee, causing him to grimace and scream in pain.

"Still dare to yell like that?" Yu Xia kicked him again without any politeness.

Chi Ximin was shocked by what she saw.

She never expected that Yu Xia, a slender and seemingly quiet beauty, could actually take down such a burly, tall man! Moreover, she was completely shocked by how she managed to overpower him.

Chi Ximin even blinked several times, wondering if she was seeing things.

When Yu Xia saw her arrive, she snatched the white wallet from the bearded man's hand, tossed it to her, and said, "Take a look and see if anything is missing. If anything is missing, have him make up for it."

Before Chi Ximin could recover from the shock of the scene, a parabola flew through the air, and she hurriedly caught her wallet from mid-air.

She didn't have much cash in her bag. After checking it over and finding that her main documents were all there, she breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said, "No, no, nothing is missing."

She caught her breath as she spoke; that run had been almost as long as she'd run 800 meters, and it had exhausted her.

Hearing that she was alright, Yu Xia nodded, pressed down on his stubble with both hands, pulled him up from the ground, and said, "There's a police station nearby, let's take this guy in."

Chi Ximin picked up Yu Xia's bag from the ground, and together with Yu Xia, they escorted the bearded man into the police station.

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public security bureau.

He sat there with a bruised and swollen face and a black nose. The policeman glanced at him but showed no expression.

He then turned his gaze to Yu Xia, whom he had pushed back, and asked with a somewhat surprised expression, "You hit her?"

Yu Xia nodded, quite proudly: "Yes. It's me."

The policeman glanced at Yu Xia, then at the burly, bearded man sitting next to him. His eyebrows twitched. He just couldn't reconcile the image of this petite girl with the man who had beaten the burly man black and blue.

Seemingly noticing the police officer's confusion, Yu Xia explained, "I used to study Sanda (Chinese kickboxing)."

The policeman glanced at her.

“Eight dan.” Yu Xia added calmly.

The police officer swallowed back the words he was about to say and silently gave her a thumbs up.

Then he looked at the bearded man, clearly an old acquaintance: "It's you again. You were just here a few days ago, weren't you? What, you've made this your home?"

The bearded man scoffed, his face full of frustration and resentment.

Upon hearing this, Yu Xia immediately realized what was happening. She slammed her hand on the table and started chattering, "Officer, this guy is a repeat offender. He's incorrigible. You have to deal with him seriously. You can't let him go so easily and let him harm society again. Otherwise, if word gets out that everyone in Jinhai District is a pickpocket, that would be a terrible reputation. Who would dare to come to Jinhai District to play?"

“And look, he robbed this little girl’s wallet,” Yu Xia pulled Chi Ximin, who was standing next to her, and said seriously, “This is the flower of our motherland! As the saying goes, we don’t bully the young and the old. He even dared to rob the wallet of the flower of our motherland! The flower of our motherland is our future hope! What he did is clearly hindering the progress of our society. It’s simply unforgivable! Officer, you must not let him get away with this!”

As Chi Ximin listened to her, she nodded vigorously in agreement.

Yu Xia's little mouth chattered away, and she spoke eloquently. The bearded man next to her never expected that he would be accused of such a serious crime for stealing a wallet, and for a moment he didn't even know how to refute it.

The police officer chuckled, "You're quite the smooth talker, young lady. Alright, alright, we'll handle this. We won't let this girl who's harmed the future of our nation get away with it." He couldn't help but laugh a couple of times as he said the last sentence.

These young people these days are really interesting.

After understanding the cause and effect, the police gave them a few more words of advice, telling them not to be so reckless in handling such matters next time, lest they get injured or something. Then they had them give a brief statement and left the police station.

After leaving the police station, Chi Ximin nudged Yu Xia and said, "Hey, Sister Yu Xia, I didn't know you had studied Sanda (Chinese kickboxing)."

The two had just exchanged names with the police, and since their personalities were similar, they kept talking non-stop, one after the other, in order to teach the bearded man a lesson. They didn't seem like they were meeting for the first time, but rather like they had known each other for a long time.

"Yes, I studied it for a while," Yu Xia said.

"Pretty cool." Chi Ximin nodded honestly as she recalled what she had witnessed today.

Chi Ximin just graduated from high school this year and came to Beicheng to visit her cousin. She was supposed to have her driver pick her up, but something came up and she had to go by herself. Chi Ximin thought it wasn't far, so she took the bus. She didn't expect to encounter this kind of trouble. Fortunately, Yu Xia, who saw injustice, suddenly appeared and helped her. Otherwise, she probably wouldn't have been able to catch up with that person even if her high heels were worn out.

As she spoke, Chi Ximin suddenly remembered something and handed the bag in her hand to Yu Xia. Looking at the dirty bag, Chi Ximin scratched her head a little embarrassedly and said, "Um... Sister Yu Xia, I'm so sorry to have troubled you with this today. Well, about your bag," Chi Ximin pointed to her bag, "how about I buy you a new one to make up for it?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Xia didn't realize anything and instinctively said, "It's nothing, it's not like..."

The conversation abruptly stopped.

The phrase "It's not like I can't memorize it" was left hanging in mid-air.

Yu Xia froze, completely petrified, standing rooted to the spot.

"W-What's wrong?" Chi Ximin had a bad feeling.

Two seconds later, Yu Xia's sharp, explosive voice rang out from the entrance of the Public Security Bureau!

Her doll! Her precious doll that she just got today! It's ruined!!!

In the rush of chasing that person, I didn't notice and just tossed my bag away! I hadn't even thought about it! If Chi Ximin hadn't handed me the bag earlier, I would have completely forgotten that I even had one!

At this moment, the doll's entire body was dirty, and even its head was broken, with the stitches showing through!

Yu Xia was instantly filled with rage.

The person who had been calm just moments before was now turning back aggressively, as if ready to settle scores.

"Damn it!" Yu Xia was furious, wishing she could go and fight that bearded man right there and then: "I'm going to kick that bastard to death!"

"Hey, hey, hey!" Chi Ximin quickly stopped her. "Sister Yu Xia, Sister Yu Xia, don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive."

"Don't stop me! I really went too far just now. I'm going in now to teach him a lesson."

"No, no, no," Chi Ximin didn't know why Yu Xia was suddenly so angry. She thought it was because of the bag. She had seen the logo on the bag earlier. It was a limited edition from a certain brand and was quite expensive. She assumed that Yu Xia was upset about the bag, so she said, "Sister Yu Xia, I'll pay you back for the bag. Let's not waste our time with that person."

After all, even if Yu Xia beat that person to death today, that person still wouldn't be able to afford to pay for it.

Moreover, Yu Xia's bag was damaged because she was chasing the thief, so it's only right that she pays for it.

"No need." Yu Xia didn't care at all about the bag she mentioned. "You don't need to pay for it. I'm going to settle the score with him right now."

"What is that?" Chi Ximin still stopped her.

Yu Xia took the doll hanging on her bag and showed it to her: "This is because my doll broke, and I had to ask someone to help me buy this."

At this point, Yu Xia was heartbroken. Her child had only been with her for a day and was already unrecognizable. She truly regretted not kicking that bearded man a few more times when she did it.

Chi Ximin was taken aback when she saw the doll.

This isn't...?

“I have a way to solve this. I’ll compensate you,” Chi Ximin said quickly.

Yu Xia, immersed in grief and anger: "Huh?"