"Only 72 pieces."

After ordering, A-Cai was somewhat disappointed.

"Let's go see how that girl is doing." The man continued dismissively, and then kicked the crumpled paper.

The crumpled paper was kicked and rolled forward a little. It was originally a wrinkled ball, but it loosened up slightly, and a few things rolled out.

It was already evening, and the dim streetlights in the alley were on. The thing that rolled out of the wad of tissue paper reflected a mesmerizing glow in the dim light.

Both A-Cai and the man were stunned at first glance.

"What is that?" the man asked.

"I don't know." Ah Cai shook her head repeatedly, looking completely bewildered.

Then, the two cautiously approached, squatted down to observe for a long time, and finally looked at each other in bewilderment.

It looks like some kind of gemstone, but it could also just be a few pieces of broken glass. Given that it was wrapped in tissue paper and came from a student, the latter is more likely.

But looking at the light, it seems like something valuable.

However, just as the two were squatting there observing for a long time, a person silently stood behind them. That person's gaze was fixed on the diamonds on the ground, and their brows furrowed deeply...

Why did you poke me?

Suddenly, A-Cai felt someone poke the back of her head and immediately complained.

"Who poked you? You're acting all mysterious!"

As the man retorted, he reached out to pick up the objects. However, as he moved, he was poked on the back of the head.

Then, the two were startled and turned around—only to see a man wearing a baseball cap and a black mask standing behind them, seemingly out of nowhere.

Those who live in the underworld are most afraid of the police, and secondly, they are afraid of being eaten by big fish.

Ah Cai and her group weren't even fish; they were at best shrimp. The man standing behind them, though his face was almost entirely obscured, clearly belonged to an organized group based on the tattoo on his arm.

We dare not provoke organized groups.

"Ah—uh!" A-Cai cried out in surprise, instinctively covering her mouth. Although she was scared, she knew very well that only by staying calm could she save her life.

The man with Ah Cai, who had been so arrogant before, was now terrified and knelt on the ground, trembling.

"Give it to me!" The man in the baseball cap reached out to the man with Ah Cai.

The man, naturally, dared not disobey and tremblingly handed over the tissues and diamonds.

The man in the baseball cap tossed the tissue aside, placed the five diamonds in his palm, picked at them with his thumb, and then asked in a cold voice, "Where did you get these?"

"I stole it," A-Cai quickly confessed.

"Whom did you steal it from?"

"A student, tall and thin, wearing glasses."

This description is spot on. It's true that A-Cai and Li Le-Chen just brushed past each other, and her observation was very detailed and her description was spot on.

However, the range of tall, thin students who wear glasses is extremely broad; every school can find about a third of them who fit this criterion.

The man in the baseball cap was clearly dissatisfied and took a half-step closer, threatening, "Be more specific!"

"Specifically... at that intersection outside, there was a male and a female student. The boy was wearing jeans and a white t-shirt, and I cut his pants with a razor blade. The girl was wearing a beige short-sleeved shirt, and I... forgot what color her pants were..." A-Cai immediately poured out her thoughts, trying her best to recall and describe what she had just seen.

"How could you forget?!" The man with A-Cai immediately complained, fearing that if A-Cai didn't do it properly, the two of them would be dead.

"Anything else?" the man in the baseball cap asked in his usual cold tone.

“There’s still…” Ah Cai had racked her brains, and finally suddenly remembered something, “There’s still 72 yuan!”

However, when A-Cai bent down and frantically pulled out the money from her pocket, she found that the man in the baseball cap had already turned around and walked away very quickly, disappearing at the end of the alley in the blink of an eye.

......

"Looks like a student, tall and thin, wearing glasses."

The man in the baseball cap handed the five diamonds to another man he called "boss," who repeated Ah Cai's description of Li Lechen.

"We must find the remaining diamonds!" the "boss" said.

The man in the baseball cap counted the change.

“Also!” the “boss” added, “I don’t want anyone to know about this, not even by chance.”

Clearly, A-Cai and her man were just people who happened to stumble upon this incident; they couldn't even be considered to know about it.

A 50 million yuan worth of loose diamonds disappeared before delivery, which is undoubtedly a big deal for an organization that only engages in smuggling. If these diamonds are not recovered, everyone from the "boss" to his henchmen could face death.

So, since the diamond went missing, dozens of people in the organization have been searching frantically, and fortunately, they've now found a clue. Although the description of "student-looking, tall and thin, wearing glasses" is a very broad range, it's still much better than searching for a needle in a haystack.

...

At this moment, Li Lechen and Zhou Mi each ate a bowl of ramen and were walking out of the ramen shop. They didn't add extra cilantro, because it would cause bad breath, nor did they ask for extra beef; clearly, it wasn't free. It was one thing for Li Lechen to have his money stolen, but he knew that the money Zhou Mi spent was all earned by herself, hard-earned, and she was a young woman.

Strangely enough, the ramen shop owner seemed to be particularly polite to Li Lechen. From the moment he entered until he came out, he had a beaming smile on his face. Zhou Mi was even a little worried that if the two of them only ate two bowls of ramen in front of such an attentive owner, they might get beaten up.

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