The burly men also wanted an old woman on the bridge to search her body, but she refused. So the men dragged her to the yamen (government office).
When they arrived at the yamen, the burly men were convinced that she was the one who stole the purse.
She negotiated for a long time, and since she didn't have any of those people's money bags on her, she was able to leave the yamen smoothly.
Now, the purse she stole is still on that man. Does he really know nothing about it?
At this moment, Ali whispered to Ji Xianlin, "Brother Ji, are you hiding something on your body? It's hard and a little uncomfortable."
Ali raised her hand to rub her chest, but then realized that Ji Xianlin was looking at her. Her face flushed, and she turned away, feeling very embarrassed.
Ji Xianlin coughed lightly, looked away, and then, somewhat puzzled, reached out and touched his chest, saying, "I don't have anything on me."
As it turned out, when I touched it, I actually felt something hard.
Yin Ruyue quickly took two steps forward, and Ji Xianlin had already taken three money pouches from his arms.
A hint of doubt flashed in Ji Xianlin's eyes. Then he looked at Yin Ruyue and instantly understood. This person really was a thief!
Yin Ruyue quickly said, "Listen to me, I can explain."
"Explain, explain how you put the stolen money bag on me!"
Ji Xianlin immediately thought of the time on the bridge when this person rushed towards him in a panic and bumped into him. At that time, he was worried that he might have hurt the person, but it turned out that the person had secretly hidden something on him.
At this moment, Ji Xianlin looked at Ali and said, "Let's go."
The woman stole his money. Although he was unaware of it, he also bore some responsibility since the money was on him and he didn't notice it immediately.
Yin Ruyue caught up with her, saying anxiously, "Stop! I got this through my own abilities, give it back to me!"
"You got it by your own ability? That's called stealing."
After saying this, Ji Xianlin looked towards Ali. He then noticed that Ali was pursing her lips and looking at Yin Ruyue with obvious disdain.
He thought to himself, "She's so cute."
Furthermore, this Yin Ruyue looks like a lady from a prominent family, but her behavior is really unacceptable.
If she were caught on the spot, her reputation would be ruined.
She wasn't nearly as well-behaved and sensible as Su Li.
Standing next to Ji Xianlin, Ah Li clearly sensed that cracks were beginning to appear in the bond between the male and female protagonists.
For some reason, Yin Ruyue felt a sudden panic in her chest. She said, "What do you care how I got it! Give it back to me!"
Ji Xianlin frowned slightly, disliking the woman's unawareness of her mistake. His tone was stern and unquestionable: "Young lady, no matter how this money ended up in your hands, it never belonged to you. I advise you to return it to the owner as soon as possible and ask for forgiveness."
"have a finger in the pie!"
Yin Ruyue's face turned pale and then red, as if she had never been criticized so directly and harshly before. She gritted her teeth and glared angrily at Ji Xianlin.
Just then, a series of hurried footsteps approached, and a simply dressed old man rushed over. He looked anxiously at the money bag in Ji Xianlin's hand and asked, "Did you find this money bag?"
Ji Xianlin looked towards Yin Ruyue, who was wondering who this old man was, as she had never seen him before.
The old man suddenly choked up and said, "Today, my eldest son and some friends collected their wages for more than half a year, but on the way back, he lost his money bag, which contained ten taels of silver. It was money I had saved to buy medicine for my wife. My eldest son has no money and can't buy the medicine, so he is kneeling in front of my wife."
After listening to what the old man said, Ji Xianlin opened all three money bags, and one of them indeed contained ten taels of silver.
Ah Li looked at the old man with sympathy, as if she felt very sorry for him. She took out her money bag, took out some loose silver, and said, "It's more important to buy medicine first. We will send this money bag to the government."
Ji Xianlin pressed Ah Li's hand down and said, "Wait a moment."
Ah Li looked at Ji Xianlin strangely, not understanding why he was stopping her.
Ji Xianlin explained, "If we take the money bag to the government, the officials will make them prove that the money bag belongs to them, and they will also make them find witnesses to prove that the money inside the money bag belongs to them, which will be very troublesome."
"So, what does Brother Ji mean?"
Ji Xianlin looked at the old man and said, "Sir, may we come to your home for a visit?"
Ji Xianlin thought that he had seen those burly men before. If the old man was not lying, he would simply return the money bag to them.
The old man readily agreed, "Okay, sure."
The old man already knew from his eldest son that his purse had been stolen.
Just now, when he saw these three people standing here, he felt that they had gotten into an argument. He thought that they were fighting amongst themselves because they couldn't divide the spoils.
But after he came over and cried and complained, it seemed that it wasn't what he thought.
The old man led Ji Xianlin and Ali back together. Yin Ruyue stood there and stamped her foot. She didn't follow them, but instead secretly left.
When Ji Xianlin turned around to call someone to go with him, Yin Ruyue was no longer there.
"Brother Ji, what are you looking at?"
"nothing."
Ji Xianlin held Ali's hand and said, "No matter what happens later, remember to stand behind me."
He was worried that the burly men would make things difficult for them later, and he would have to protect her then.
Ahri replied shyly, "Okay."
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The original owner disappeared after beating up the person again.
Those burly men were beaten and maimed, and their money was stolen. They were too ashamed to go home, so the old man came out to find them.
Yin Ruyue got the three money bags back from Ji Xianlin. Seeing the disheveled state of the men, she asked a child by the roadside to give them the money bags that no longer had much money.
Ji Xianlin happened to witness this scene, unaware that it was Yin Ruyue who had stolen those people's money pouches.
His first thought was that Yin Ruyue was beautiful and kind-hearted, and she did good deeds anonymously.
In addition, he disliked women wielding swords and guns and engaging in fighting. The fact that the original owner of this body beat up those strong men on the bridge made him somewhat dislike the original owner.
He also overheard the burly men and the old man saying that the original owner of this body was responsible for their current state, and some even suspected that the original owner had stolen their money pouches.
The perpetrator was cruel and behaved improperly, and then went into hiding. The original owner's good impression of Ji Xianlin was completely ruined.
Now, everything is different. The kind-hearted, beautiful person who wanted to do good deeds has become Ahri.
Ji Xianlin would never know that the original owner was worried that he would be bullied, which is why he stopped hiding his martial arts skills.
In addition, she used to only kill people, like beating them up and leaving them alive, but because he was there, she didn't want him to see her hands stained with blood.
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