"My money—my money is gone!"
"Who stole my money? It was the life-saving money I borrowed from my father! Please give it back to me--"
"Did you see who stole my money? It was in my bag just now, how come it's gone now?! Help! That's my dad's life-saving money!"
Crying and shouting came from the other end of the carriage, and people around stood up and looked over.
In the dimly lit carriage, a girl in a tattered cotton-padded jacket was seen searching her pockets over and over again with red eyes, shouting in panic. People around her showed sympathetic and pitiful expressions, but no one answered her.
The young soldier turned back to Shao Jingque with a serious expression and said:
"Sister-in-law, please sit here and don't move. I'll go over and take a look."
Unexpectedly, Shao Jingque also stood up:
"I'll go with you."
The young soldier thought about it and nodded. It would be better to go together. The train carriage was full of people of all kinds, and someone could get lost in the blink of an eye. He was also worried that something might happen to Liu Shao Jingque if he was left here alone.
With a young soldier in military uniform leading the way, the two of them quickly squeezed through the crowded aisle. They heard someone asking the girl who lost the money:
"What's the point of just crying? How much money did you lose?"
The girl was sobbing uncontrollably, her hands still rummaging around on her body as she answered with a twitching voice:
"I lost 150 yuan... I borrowed all of it from relatives and friends... My father is still waiting in the hospital, waiting for this money to save his life..."
When they heard that so much money was lost, someone around them immediately frowned and said, "Tsk!"
"You little girls are so unreliable when it comes to doing things. How could you just put your father's life-saving money in your bag? I saw you sleeping soundly just now, how can you be so careless!"
Just now, when the little girl asked if anyone saw the thief, no one spoke. But now, the people around the little girl became excited and someone immediately said:
"Exactly. If I had that much money on me, I wouldn't even dare to blink, let alone sleep!"
"If you ask me, your father is unlucky to have a daughter like you. He even lost the money for saving his life. Now, let alone treating the disease, if your father knew that he lost so much money, he would be so angry that he would die!"
The panicked and helpless little girl cried even harder when she heard everyone blaming her. She was already anxious because she lost her money, but now she felt that she had done something wrong. She explained while crying:
"I, I didn't sleep last night. I was so sleepy just now that I fell asleep for a while, just a few minutes..."
Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by the onlookers:
"You can't even sleep for a few minutes, girl! This is your father's life-saving money. Compared to your father's life, can't you sleep a few minutes less?"
"That's right, she's still not filial enough. She didn't take her father's life seriously..."
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The more Shao Jingque listened, the gloomier his expression became.
These people didn't care about the little girl at all. They were just there to watch the fun, and then gloated over a few "daddy-like" remarks, deliberately rubbing salt into her wounds. Seeing the little girl cry even more sadly, they all felt so good about themselves that the corners of their mouths were almost curled up to the sky.
She couldn't stand it anymore. That's not the way to bully people!
"Are you even speaking human language?! Can you please get this straight? Her money was stolen, and instead of condemning the person who stole the money, you're condemning her?!"
"What's wrong with her sleeping so soundly? Is it forbidden to sleep on the train? Should sleeping be stolen?"
"You! I don't want you to stay up all night and perform for days. Just perform for me for ten minutes without blinking, and I'll give you a hundred and fifty!"
"And you! Are you her father? Why are you so involved? Are you so angry? Wait until you're in bed, and see if there's a good girl like her who'll go around borrowing money for your treatment!"
Shao Jingque gathered all her strength and launched a barrage of attacks, scolding everyone who had just accused the little girl. The onlookers were all stunned by her scolding.
Where did this beautiful girl come from? Why is her mouth so powerful?
"Who are you? Why are you cursing people to death? What did I do to provoke you?!"
The last middle-aged man who was called "a good father" became angry. His face flushed and his eyes widened as he stared at Shao Jingque, wanting to ask her for an explanation.
Shao Jingque's eyes were originally big, and now they were even bigger than his, and he glared back without showing any weakness:
"What did that little girl do to you? You knew her father was ill, yet you cursed her to death. What? Is dying of anger better than being sick?!"
"you!"
Seeing that he couldn't win the argument with the sharp-tongued Shao Jingque, the middle-aged man raised his hand to hit him.
The young soldier immediately stood up and shouted:
"What do you want to do?! Put your hands down right now!"
The middle-aged man immediately admitted his weakness when he saw the tall and strong soldier. He lowered his raised hand and continued to complain:
"Comrade, she was the one who cursed first!"
The little soldier glanced at him:
"What's wrong with her cursing? She's right to curse! Shouldn't you curse for what you said?"
"A bunch of grown men were yelling at a little girl, and not a single man stood up to help. Now they dare to take action. Why didn't they dare to take action when someone stole the little girl's money just now?!"
Shao Jingque glanced at the little soldier with some surprise. He didn't expect that the little soldier was quite good at bickering.
After hearing what the young soldier said, the rest of the people didn't dare to say anything and could only blame themselves for their bad luck.
Shao Jingque didn't have time to argue with them and started to care about the little girl:
"I just heard you say you lost your money. When did that happen?"
The little girl wiped her eyes, wiped away the tears that blocked her vision, and looked at Shao Jingque and the little soldier with eyes full of gratitude.
She knew that the beautiful sister in front of her was speaking for her, and she said sadly and aggrievedly:
"Just a moment ago, I was so sleepy that when the train stopped at the last station, I went to the platform to get some fresh air and wake up. When I came back, I checked my bag to make sure the money was still there. Then, I don't know what happened, but I suddenly fell asleep. I woke up quickly, but by then my bag was empty... wuwu..."
After listening to this, Shao Jingque pondered for a moment. It had been less than twenty minutes since the train left the last station, and it was still a long distance away from the next station. This meant that the person who stole the money was still on the moving train, and there was still a chance to get the money the girl lost back.
But the noisy and dim carriage was crowded with people of all kinds, and it was not easy to find the thief among them.
She raised her eyelids and returned her gaze to the person sitting opposite the little girl:
"It was you who said she was sleeping soundly, wasn't it?"
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