Did he really chase after her? Can he catch up?" Lin Shanshan came close to Ye Li, holding her things tightly. "This guy has wasted a lot of time talking here, and now he wants to chase after her. I think he probably won't catch up!"
Ye Li saw that the man was running quite fast and soon merged into the crowd and disappeared.
She withdrew her gaze and simply found a place to sit down and wait for someone: "Whether he can catch up or not, I will wait here and see. What if he can catch up?"
"That makes sense." Lin Shanshan sat down next to her.
The two of them waited for nearly half an hour. Ye Li even began to doubt whether this man was helping her to chase someone, or whether this was just another joke he was playing on purpose.
"Come on, let's go." She decided not to wait any longer, so she stood up from the ground and raised her hand to pat the dirt off her pants.
"What about your things?" Lin Shanshan said with regret and distress, "I spent a lot of money on them, and they were just taken away for nothing. What a pity..."
"It's fine if it's lost. What else can I do?"
"Or, shall we call the police?" Lin Shanshan came up with an idea.
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...
"Call the police? We have to leave here early tomorrow morning, and the police won't have enough time to investigate this matter! If I can get it back, I'll be lucky. If not, forget it." Ye Li said.
Lin Shanshan sighed: "That's exactly what it could be!"
Ye Li waited for the last few minutes, but saw no one coming back, so she decided to admit her bad luck and called Lin Shanshan to go back together.
After walking for a while and almost reaching the guesthouse, she heard hurried footsteps behind her.
Just as she was about to turn around, she heard that familiar voice: "Stop! Stop, wait! I got your things back for you!"
Ye Li turned around suddenly and saw the man standing a few meters away from her. He was holding a bulging bag in his hand, bending over with his hand covering his chest, breathing heavily.
Ye Li was surprised and delighted, and trotted over to him: "Did you really chase him?"
"Why would I lie to you?" the man panted. "Not only did I chase her for you, I also got her back for you! Look!"
He shook the bag in his hand and handed it to Ye Li: "Take a look and see if there's anything missing."
Ye Li hurriedly checked and found nothing was missing. She thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you, it's all thanks to you! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to get my things back today!"
The man took a deep breath and then stood up, looking at Ye Li with burning eyes: "You are quite interesting! You scolded me so badly just now, but now you are so grateful to me and keep thanking me! How about it? Do you regret scolding me now?"
"No." Ye Li shook his head decisively. "Whether I scold you or thank you depends entirely on what you are doing at the moment. You did something wrong before, so I scolded you! Now you have helped me get my things back, so I thank you!"
The man was amused by her: "Okay, okay, you are still good at talking! Hey, what's your name? Let's get to know each other? Let me introduce myself first, my name is Meng Guanglei!"
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and took the initiative to shake hands with Ye Li.
Ye Li hesitated for a moment, then extended her hand and shook his hand politely: "Thank you, Meng Guanglei! My name is Ye Li! Thank you very much for what you did today. I don't have anything to express my gratitude. I wonder where you work? I'll write a thank you letter to you."
When Meng Guanglei heard Ye Li say that he wanted to write a thank-you letter to his work unit, he burst out laughing and said, "You don't need to write a thank-you letter. If you really want to thank me, why not treat me to a meal?"
"Eat?" Ye Li looked at the time. "Lunch time has just passed. It's still early for dinner. It seems that if we want to eat, we need to wait..."
"Look how insincere you are? You just say thank you to me, but you are not happy when I mention treating me to a meal?" Meng Guanglei teased.
"That's not what I meant. It's not that I don't want to thank you, but I have something else to do tonight. How about this, I..." She took out five dollars from her pocket and said, "I'll give you the money, and you can go have a meal!"
"No sincerity, forget it." Meng Guanglei curled his lips.
Seeing this, Ye Li was a little embarrassed: "It's too late for dinner. If you like, I'll treat you to a cup of tea."
"Forget about drinking tea, I'm not interested in that. It's okay if you don't want to eat, I don't have to eat. Tell me your name? Which unit do you work for? We have met by chance, let's be friends, and we can help each other if we have any difficulties in the future!"
"I'm from another place, I came here on a business trip! I'm lucky to meet you today, I really don't know how to express my gratitude!" Ye Li didn't mention anything about eating anymore, she took out a cigarette from her bag and stuffed it into the man's pocket, "This is a little gift from me, please accept it!"
This man smelled of cigarettes, Ye Li could smell it.
He smokes, and she gives him cigarettes to thank him. Nothing could be more appropriate than this.
"Well, it's just a joke. I can't accept your cigarettes! You're from another place, you've never been around here before, right? I'll take you around. There are a lot of fun places here!"
"No, no. I have to go quickly. I'm here to buy things for my leader. He will be angry when I get back! Thank you so much today. Goodbye!" Ye Li stuffed the cigarette that Meng Guanglei had just returned to her back into his arms, grabbed Lin Shanshan's hand and left without looking back.
Seeing the girl hurriedly avoiding him as if he were a flood or a beast, Meng Guanglei laughed twice and patted the cigarette in his hand: "This thank-you gift is really... I was just joking with you, but you really gave me a gift!"
Back to the guesthouse.
Lin Shanshan laughed at Ye Li: "You grabbed me and left so quickly just now, you didn't even notice that Lei's face changed behind you! He was kind enough to help you, but you avoided him like a monster! He was so kind that he wanted to take you around the local area!"
Seeing Lin Shanshan's heartless laughter, Ye Li reached out and poked her on the forehead: "Still laughing! He's not even a local! Can't you tell from his accent? He said he would take us for a walk, and you really believed him? Aren't you afraid that he will sell us out?"
"I don't think he looks like a bad guy?" Lin Shanshan said.
"Will bad guys carve the word 'bad guy' on their foreheads?"
"That won't happen."
"That's definitely not the case! There are so many suspicious things about him. I even suspect that he is in the same group with those two thieves!" Ye Li said.
"Ah? Why do you say that?" Lin Shanshan asked hurriedly.
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