Yang Niannian's attention was all on the thief. When she heard the man talking, she felt that the voice looked a little familiar. She turned her head to look at the man and was also very surprised.

"Qin Aonan?" Yang Niannian smiled. "What a coincidence! Are you also serving in the Haicheng Army?"

"I've given you all the money, could you please let me go first so we can talk about old times?" The thief who was pinned to the ground complained angrily. What a bad day it was. He had just been about to get rid of this short-legged guy, but unexpectedly someone showed up halfway.

There was a crowd of onlookers surrounding the place. Everyone hated thieves the most. When they heard that the thief wanted others to let him go, they shouted angrily.

"He stole something and he wants to let you go. What are you dreaming about? Send him to the police station."

"Why would he be a thief when he's so young? Comrade soldier, you must send him to the police station."

"Send him to the police station quickly, otherwise he will definitely steal things again next time."

Hearing everyone clamoring to send him to the police station, the thief panicked and said, "Don't send me to the police station."

Yang Niannian counted the money and saw that it was not missing, then she turned her attention to the thief. He looked to be about the same age as her, with a slightly dark skin, and his facial features were squeezed and deformed by being pressed to the ground, so it was hard to make any comments about him, but his eyes were quite pretty.

However, this was not enough to make Yang Nian Nian want to let him go. "If he dares to steal money today, he will dare to steal chickens and dogs tomorrow, and he will dare to kill people the day after tomorrow. He must be sent to prison."

Qin Aonan's mouth twitched at her argument. He had to send the thief to the police station. He stood up with the thief and said to Yang Niannian, "The police station is not far from here. I'll take him there. You..."

"Please, don't send me there." When the thief heard that Qin Aonan was really going to send him there, he instantly lost his previous heroic spirit, "If I go to jail, my sister will starve to death."

When the man was brought up, Yang Niannian could see clearly how the thief was dressed. His clothes were seriously inconsistent with his height, and his sleeves and trouser legs were half too short, like an adult wearing children's clothes.

He has regular facial features, a bit of a badass look, and a pair of particularly eye-catching eyes. If he hadn't been caught on the spot, I wouldn't have believed that he was a thief.

Seeing Yang Niannian staring at the thief, Qin Aonan took him and prepared to leave, "Thieves are very good at deceiving people, so let's send him to the police station."

The thief was not as strong as Qin Aonan and could not break free from the restraints. He was so anxious that he broke out in a sweat and his eyelids turned red.

"My sister's leg was injured by a wild boar. If I go to jail, she will really starve to death. I don't have money to treat my sister's leg injury, so I stole things. Please, let me go this time, I promise I won't steal money again."

Seeing the thief's eyes filled with tears and pleading, with a bit of sadness and eagerness, Yang Niannian was touched by his eyes.

If this thief didn't really have an injured sister at home, he would definitely be a talented actor.

She called Qin Aonan and said, "Let him take us to see the girl. If there is no sister at home, send him to the police station."

With Qin Aonan around, she didn't have to worry about thieves cheating.

Qin Aonan was also worried that the thief really had an injured sister at home, and in order to stay with Yang Niannian for a while longer, he agreed readily.

"Take us to your house."

The thief was instantly relieved when he saw the two men change their minds, but he didn't know that the onlookers were very dissatisfied.

"Don't be fooled by him. How can you trust the words of a thief?"

"That's right, just send him to the police station. We are in the city, there are no wild boar traps. You lie without thinking, you are fooling a fool."

The thief glared at the people who were talking and watching, "I didn't steal your money, it's none of your business, believe it or not..."

"Be careful what you say."

Qin Aonan exerted force on his hand, and the thief gasped in pain and closed his mouth instantly.

On the way to the thief's house, the thief introduced his life story.

The saying "a hemp rope breaks at its thinnest part, and misfortune strikes upon the unfortunate" probably refers to him.

His name is Jiang Yang, he is 16 years old and his sister Jiang Yueyue is 5 years old.

The year my sister was born, my father died of illness. When my sister was one year old, her mother was abducted by human traffickers and her whereabouts have been unknown ever since.

The relatives at home thought they were a burden and ignored them. He played both father and mother and raised his sister until she was 5 years old. Just when the hard days were about to end, misfortune struck again.

A few days ago, I took my sister to the mountains to catch a wild rabbit, but my sister was accidentally injured by a wild boar. The village doctor said that her bones were injured and she had to go to the city to have them set.

After he brought his sister to the city, he had no money for treatment, so he set up a small tent near the garbage dump, hoping to steal some money for his sister's hospitalization.

After wandering around the city for a few days, he only stole two dollars. Today, he finally got a big order, but he didn't expect to fail.

If it weren't for Jiang Yang's pitiful life experience and his loyalty and righteousness, Yang Niannian would definitely have slapped him in the face to cheer him up.

Jiang Yang lived near a garbage station, and the surrounding area was filled with stench. There was a tent built with garbage nearby. As soon as the three of them approached the tent, they heard the pitiful cry of a little girl from inside.

"Brother, it hurts."

"My sister is crying." Jiang Yang pushed Qin Aonan away and went straight into the tent.

Yang Niannian and Qin Aonan looked at each other and walked to the entrance of the tent. The space inside was not big and very hot and stuffy. Jiang Yang was holding a thin little girl and coaxing her in a low voice.

The little girl's clothes were dirty, but her face was clean. Her eyes were very similar to Jiang Yang's, dark and round. It was unknown how long she had been crying, and her eyelids were swollen. She curled up in Jiang Yang's arms, twitching. Her exposed little feet were swollen and black, purple, like braised pork elbows.

Yang Niannian frowned, "Her feet are already like this. If we don't take care of them, they will have to be amputated."

Qin Aonan also couldn't bear it. The little girl's foot injury looked really serious. If she didn't get treatment, she might not be able to survive.

Jiang Yang felt sorry for his sister but was helpless. He touched her hair and said with red eyes, "Do you think I don't want to take her to treatment? The hospital won't treat her without money. She couldn't sleep these past few days because of the pain. She even cried in her dreams. I used the two dollars I stole to buy her painkillers and food."

Jiang Yueyue gently wiped Jiang Yang's tears with her little hands and comforted him sensibly, "Brother, don't cry. I don't feel any pain anymore."

"I'm useless. I failed to steal the money to take you to the hospital." Jiang Yang's heart was almost broken. His feet were so swollen, how could it not hurt?

His mother was abducted by human traffickers for so many years, and no one knows whether she is still alive. He only has his sister to depend on.

If his sister were gone, there would be no point in his living.

“…”

Yang Niannian quietly touched the money in her pocket. Why did it seem as if her money was not stolen, but a life was lost after listening to Jiang Yang's words?

After struggling for a while, Yang Niannian hardened his heart and said, "It's not okay for a grown man to cry. Hurry up and take your sister to the hospital."

She was not a saint, but she could not bear to watch such a young child lose his legs.

I hope that medical treatment in the hospital isn’t too expensive nowadays, and that she won’t spend all the fifty dollars in her pocket.