Following Situ Kong's instructions, Xu Qingqing escorted them back to the Situ family home, politely declining Situ Kong's offer to stay. She drove the car to a secluded spot, and after Director Li changed his clothes, she kicked the back of the car.
thud
With Xu Qingqing's strong push, the car plunged into the river, creating rapid ripples.
Factory Director Li watched the car slowly sinking, feeling a pang of heartache. In his eyes, this was money, and the thought of wasting it made his heart ache and he lost his appetite. If only he could exchange it for money, he could buy some things for the steel plant and save the country some funds.
What a pity, what a pity.
After witnessing the car sink completely, Xu Qingqing led the way back. After a few steps, she turned around and saw that Director Li was still there. She asked in confusion, "What are you still doing there? You've been running around for so long, you must be starving. You should hurry up and find a place to eat."
Factory Director Li took one last look at the car, its sunken spot, and followed Xu Qingqing with eyes full of reluctance. He finally understood: keeping the car was troublesome, and selling it for money was also troublesome. Keeping it would cause trouble for him and Xu Qingqing if those people found it. As for selling it for money, that was even more out of the question. Given how ruthless those people were, if it implicated others, he would become an indirect culprit in their deaths.
After finding out the address of the state-run restaurant, Xu Qingqing took Director Li on a bus to the restaurant.
She found a place to sit down, closed her eyes and pretended to doze off. After a while, she felt something was wrong. Someone was approaching her, and the canvas bag slung across her side made a sound. It was obvious that she had encountered a pickpocket and was being robbed.
Without making a sound, he moved a venomous plant out of his space. Its leaves were covered with poisonous hairs. A sting would instantly paralyze the entire body with its toxins. It wouldn't be fatal, but it would cause the victim to feel numb and in pain, an unbearable sensation. The effects would last all day. After all, he himself was one of the victims.
Why is it only one of them? You have to ask the petty ancestor. Why didn't he indicate that the Mama Grass was poisonous and could not be touched by the skin? So this must have been intentional, he just wanted the other heirs to enjoy everything he enjoyed.
The pickpocket targeted Xu Qingqing as soon as she got on the bus. He noticed the oversized canvas bag she was carrying and thought it must contain a lot of valuables. After she closed her eyes, he waited a while before approaching her. Facing forward, he reached into the canvas bag.
Gradually, the pickpocket's brows furrowed. The room was a jumble of things: something like bamboo, a metal object, several bottles, a notebook, a pen, and so on. He couldn't find the money he wanted. He bent down and groped around inside, finally finding something that looked like a leaf.
At first, he didn't think much of it and continued to grope downwards. Then he was stung by something, which stung and numb him. As time went by, the sting spread from his arm to his whole body. In shock and anger, he thought there were some poisonous insects, scorpions, spiders or something like that inside.
The pickpocket's eyes hardened, and after falling to the ground, he shouted, "My hands, my body! This woman keeps poisonous scorpions on her body. She wants to release them to bite us. She wants revenge."
She held up her stung hand for everyone to see: "Look, this is my hand, she stung me. I can't move my body now, I'm doomed, I'm going to die."
Upon hearing his words, everyone retreated in fear, leaving a large space between them. Looking at the pickpocket lying there, and seeing that there was no redness or swelling on his exposed hands, they couldn't help but doubt the truth of his words.
You should know that when someone is bitten by a venomous scorpion, their hand immediately becomes red and swollen, unlike their hand which has no wounds at all.
Seeing that no one believed him, the pickpocket roared in defense of himself: "Believe me, everyone! I was really stung by a scorpion. My body is numb and in pain. If you don't believe me, go through her bag. She must have hidden the scorpion there!"
"Ha! You're really playing the victim, you're quite the player." Xu Qingqing opened her eyes, crossed her arms, sat on the chair and looked down at him, mockingly saying, "We don't know each other, what grudge do I have to take revenge on you for? Look at how full of energy you are."
She feigned sudden realization: "Oh, I see! You pulled this stunt to gain other people's sympathy and get them on your side so you could extort money from me. So that's what you were planning!"
The pickpocket, enraged, retorted, "You're lying! Who's trying to extort you!"
"Not trying to extort money? Why are you accusing me of this? You start by accusing me of letting a scorpion bite you. If I really had the ability to make a scorpion obey me and sting whoever I wanted, why would I take the bus with you? Bah, you just think I'm young and want to extort money from me."
Xu Qingqing was blunt. Instead of pointing out that he was a pickpocket trying to steal her money, she labeled him as someone who was extorting money. This was a metaphor for a pickpocket, without any evidence. In addition, the people here were used to and indifferent to these pickpockets, which emboldened them.
Factory Director Li was fast asleep in his seat. After this escape, he was exhausted, both physically and mentally. He sat down, closed his eyes, and fell asleep, completely unaware of what was happening around him, immersed in his dreams.
Seeing that each of them had their own version of events, and that everyone had their own reasons, it was impossible to tell who was telling the truth and who was lying.
The pickpocket, seething with resentment, realized he couldn't pull anyone away and that she had made him into this state, so he started to act like a brat: "You've ruined me so badly, I need to go to the hospital for a checkup, plus compensation. That's not an unreasonable request, is it?"
Xu Qingqing stood up, her voice trembling with fear, and said, "Why? Because you're pretty? Because you can extort money? I should just obediently let you extort me? You're not pretty, but you've got some wild ideas. Which eye of yours saw that I'm rich?"
After saying that, he blew the dust off his fingernails and waited patiently for the pickpocket's reply.
The pickpocket, thoroughly humiliated by her, turned pale. Seeing that a covert robbery wouldn't work, he decided to resort to outright robbery, pulling out a small knife. He threatened, "You're carrying such a big bag, do you think I'm blind? Hand over all your money, or else..."
He waved the small knife in his hand, the meaning of which was self-evident: if he didn't take it out soon, he would have to use the knife, and then it would be a bloody battle.
When everyone saw him pull out a knife, they screamed and yelled for the driver to stop immediately. The driver in front, seeing that something was wrong, immediately prepared to pull over to the side.
"Try pulling over to the side! Keep driving straight ahead, no stopping!"
The pickpocket threatened the driver in front, then turned back to stare at Xu Qingqing, his eyes filled with longing for her canvas bag. He had only had time to look at the top, not the bottom, so the money must be at the very bottom.
"Hey—driver in front, head towards the police station!"
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