The driver was unsure whose advice to take.
Upon hearing this, the more timid among them spoke up to stop him: "No, we can't listen to this woman. She has a knife. What if she pushes us too far and takes it out on us? What about our personal safety?"
Passerby B: "Young man, let's part with some money to avoid trouble. Just give us some money and we'll call it even."
Passerby A: "Yes! Hurry up and pay us. We don't have time to waste here with you."
"..."
There were also some onlookers who quietly stayed to the side, not saying a word and just watching as if it were none of their business. For these people, as long as their own interests were not involved, they had no interest in anything else.
Xu Qingqing picked at her ear and scoffed, "Since it didn't happen to you, of course you don't care. I'm the one who suffered the loss. What I do is none of your business."
Passerby A angrily said, "Hey? Comrade, how can you talk like that? What do you mean we don't care? Didn't you see he's holding a knife? If he goes berserk, it'll be us innocent people who suffer."
These people, one after another, accused her of being inhuman and urged Xu Qingqing to pay up quickly. Even those who were not involved started to threaten her. The driver was conflicted.
Seeing that everyone was on his side, the pickpocket immediately revealed a smug look: "You see the situation now, so what? Hand it over or not?"
"Heh, okay." Xu Qingqing glanced around and saw that they were indeed delighted after hearing her answer. Just as they were rejoicing that they had escaped this predicament, she changed the subject and said with some distress, "There are so many people on this bus, and I'm the only one who got scammed. I'm really unwilling and annoyed."
After a moment's thought: "Ah! How about this? I have one condition: if you agree, I'll give you all the money I have on me, how about it?"
"What are the conditions?" The pickpocket became wary. Was this person trying to trick him so he could escape?
Xu Qingqing smiled and wiggled her index finger a few times. She then looked at the others with a meaningful gaze that sent chills down their spines. They wondered what she was up to and felt uneasy. They had a bad feeling that there was something wrong with what she was going to say next, something they didn't want to hear.
A passerby stood in the middle of the crowd, stood on tiptoe, and shouted at her, "Just give us the money, what conditions do you want? Stop dawdling, we're in a hurry to get off the bus and go home, don't waste our time!"
The passerby's words resonated with everyone. Indeed, they had to rush back to cook for their families and do housework. They had no time to waste. If they couldn't finish today, they would have to leave it for tomorrow.
In their eyes, the blame wasn't on the pickpocket, but on Xu Qingqing for delaying their journey home.
Xu Qingqing saw this, ignored those people, and stated her conditions: "It's very simple. If you want to extort money, you can't just target me. There are so many people in this car. You can't discriminate. If you're going to extort money, you have to extort money from everyone."
Otherwise, I'll just keep driving until the gas tank is empty. I don't have much of anything, except time, and I can afford to waste it.
After speaking, Xu Qingqing kept an eye on the people's reactions. Sure enough, when they heard her request, they glared at her angrily, as if they wanted to devour her alive. So how could they know the pain if it didn't happen to them?
They should be made to bleed properly, to feel the pain, and to regret their actions day and night, realizing they shouldn't have chosen to indulge them.
The pickpocket had never heard of such a request before. After thinking about it for a moment, he was somewhat tempted by it. Then he realized what he had done, glared at her, and said angrily, "Do you think I'm stupid? If I really do what you say, I'll become a robber, and you'll let the police arrest me."
The others quickly chimed in, "Yes, yes, comrade, you absolutely mustn't listen to her. She's wicked; she just wants to get you arrested."
Everyone tried to dissuade him from the idea, but they held tightly to the pocket containing the money, as if afraid that the money would disappear.
Xu Qingqing sat back down in her chair. Seeing his hesitation, she dropped her playful demeanor and asked calmly, "So? What's your choice?"
The pickpocket was conflicted. He was genuinely tempted by the offer; the combined money from so many people was more than he could earn in a day as a pickpocket. However, he couldn't help but worry that this might be a trap set for him.
Seeing his dilemma, Xu Qingqing kindly offered him a suggestion: "Grit your teeth and inflict some external injury. When the police come, you can say that they beat you up, and this will be your compensation. How about that? This is your last piece of advice. After this, you won't have time to think about it anymore."
Because the next stop was the restaurant she and Director Li were going to, she didn't have time to waste with him like this.
With the next stop approaching, and noticing the pickpocket hesitating and unable to make a decision, she stood up, walked in front of the crowd, and extended her hand.
Everyone: "o((⊙﹏⊙))o"
What does this mean?
Xu Qingqing said impatiently, "What are you standing there for? Pay up! Are you waiting for me to get the money for you?"
Dragging it out.
Passerby A angrily retorted, "How can you be so wicked? He's the one trying to extort money. This is a matter between the two of you. Why are you dragging us into it? We won't pay, so what can you do to us?"
"That's right!"
The person standing in front, looking angry, was about to push Xu Qingqing. Just as his hand reached out to her, Xu Qingqing grabbed his wrist and twisted it gently. The person immediately let out a scream. The others around him looked terrified and retreated in unison until they had nowhere left to go. They never expected that this person would resort to violence at the slightest provocation.
Factory Director Li was awakened by a scream. Thinking that those people had arrived, he immediately got up to be on guard. The moment he opened his eyes, he was stunned. What was going on?
Looking around the car, there was only him and a man with a knife at the center... a knife? What was going on?
Factory Director Li felt he was still half asleep. He sat back down, closed his eyes, and tried to hypnotize himself. How could he possibly see Xu Qingqing lecturing someone? It must be a hallucination. He kept hearing Xu Qingqing threatening others, demanding they hand over all their money, and then covering his face and pretending to be dead.
What's wrong with this guy now? How did he become a robber? Now look what's happened! If word gets to those people, he'll be so embarrassed when they meet him. He'll regret it, he'll really regret it!
Xu Qingqing was unaware that Factory Director Li had woken up. She was currently busy extorting money from these people. The others dared not speak out, as they did not want to be the next ones. They had no choice but to obediently hand over their money. The pickpocket, holding the money Xu Qingqing threw to him, looked incredulous: "So easy?"
“Of course it’s not simple!” Xu Qingqing cracked her knuckles and replied to him, then returned to her previous smiling expression and said, “Now that your wish has been fulfilled, it’s your turn to help me achieve mine.”
pickpocket:"……"
Next, Xu Qingqing severely reprimanded the pickpocket in front of everyone, which terrified the crowd, some of whom simply closed their eyes.
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