Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading-Chapter 295: Kind Words Can’t Persuade a Damned Soul
Is there any end to this?
Su Xiaoxiao frowned, thinking about how, with so many people on the train, they seemed to only focus on her.
How could she know that Chen Ju, after seeing her eat so well, felt severely imbalanced inside.
She just couldn’t believe it; today she had to get something out of this little girl.
Finding it inconvenient to go to the bathroom, Su Xiaoxiao had just thrown her shoulder bag on the seat since there was nothing inside.
She glanced back at Chen Ju following her, and slipped into the bathroom without a word. Just after unbuttoning her pants to relieve herself, there was a loud pounding on the door from outside.
"Comrade, I’m sorry, my stomach is a bit upset, and I can’t hold it anymore. Could you let me use the bathroom first? After all, we’re both women, we can even go together."
Su Xiaoxiao: "..."
What madness!
This tactic hadn’t worked, so now they were trying something new.
Instinctively, Su Xiaoxiao wanted to refuse, but thinking about how these two had been eyeing her throughout the journey, she hesitated for a moment and agreed.
"Big sis, I’m not in that much of a hurry, you go ahead."
She opened the door to let Chen Ju in, and Chen Ju deliberately brushed against her as she entered, quickly searching her all over.
When Su Xiaoxiao left the bathroom, she was even more doubtful about life.
Nothing, the girl didn’t have anything on her.
How could that be? Could she really be destitute?
Nowadays, cautious people might sew secret pockets in their clothes for money, but she had searched all possible areas, and the girl didn’t seem to have any place with hidden items on her.
It made Chen Ju doubt her own life a bit.
The girl had eaten white bread and eggs, she hardly looked like a poor person’s child, unless...
Right, there was one place she hadn’t searched.
She squinted her eyes; she couldn’t believe it, there surely was something to gain from this girl.
Su Xiaoxiao initially thought that once this woman realized she had no money on her, she’d turn her attention elsewhere, but upon returning, the woman was still sticking close, determined to steal something.
Su Xiaoxiao was speechless; this was definitely a stubborn character!
Alright then, whatever happens, happens. She didn’t care anymore; she had nothing valuable on her anyway.
Meanwhile, Chen Ju was discreetly eyeing her feet, suspecting she might have hidden the money inside her shoes.
Initially, Su Xiaoxiao didn’t figure out what her plan was, but over time she realized the woman probably thought she had hidden the money in her shoes.
Honestly, who in their right mind would hide things in their shoes? The smell would be unbearable!
Just as she thought this, she saw a man diagonally across from her call for the train attendant.
"Comrade, I’d like a boxed meal."
Then, Su Xiaoxiao watched wide-eyed as the man took off his shoes.
Once the shoes were off, the elderly woman beside him almost teared up; it was quite a sight.
The man didn’t notice a thing and casually took out a pile of money wrapped in a plastic bag, using his saliva to count it.
Su Xiaoxiao: "..."
Well, there really are people like that.
Being watched like this was making her very uncomfortable.
She deliberately stretched lazily, "Ah, so tired."
As she spoke, she took off her shoes and put them next to her seat, sitting cross-legged on the chair, pretending to close her eyes to sleep, giving Chen Ju the opportunity.
As expected, seeing that she was asleep, Chen Ju quickly squatted down, reaching into her shoes, and after rummaging for a while, still came up empty-handed.
Now she was truly disillusioned; she had searched every possible hiding spot and found nothing.
It looked like this girl really was broke; pfft, just putting on a show, wasting her time for nothing.
Exchanging a glance with her accomplice sitting opposite, both of them simultaneously shifted their gazes to the woman holding a child in the adjacent seat.
Earlier, when the woman had bought a meal box, she clearly saw the woman stash the money in the inner pocket of her padded coat, and it looked like there was quite a bit.
When Su Xiaoxiao woke up from the commotion, she saw Chen Ju had already moved to the next seat, sitting beside the woman with the child, constantly praising the smart and cute kid.
Su Xiaoxiao heaved a sigh of relief, finally, they were gone.
The saying goes, don’t worry about a thief stealing, worry about a thief thinking.
Turning her head, seeing that she had set her sights on the young woman sitting next to her, she wanted to give a heads up.
"Big sis, why’d you move over there? It’s more spacious here."
There was a kid and an adult over there, while on her side it was just her, normally one would choose this side.
Clearly, something was off about this person.
However, as soon as she spoke, the young woman holding the child retorted, "She can sit wherever she wants, what’s it to you? So stingy, maybe she just doesn’t want to sit next to you, which is normal."
As she spoke, she enthusiastically took out two pieces of dried sweet potato from her bag and handed them to Chen Ju, "Big sis, have some, if it’s not enough I’ll give you more. I’m not that stingy."
Su Xiaoxiao: "..."
She turned her head and met the fierce gaze of the young man across from her and instantly turned to look out the window. It’s difficult to advise those doomed to make mistakes; she wasn’t about to be a saint unnecessarily.
The woman holding the child next to her was chatting warmly, completely unaware she had become a sheep marked for slaughter.
Out of sight, out of mind. No one was interested in her at the moment, so it was a good time to close her eyes and take a rest.
The train clanked rhythmically, the sound very conducive to sleep.
Relaxing, it wasn’t long before Su Xiaoxiao started feeling drowsy.
She didn’t know how long she slept, but suddenly she was awoken by a startled cry.
"Help, there’s a thief, my money’s been stolen!"
She was woken up by the noise and saw the young woman next to her, holding her child and crying loudly.
The child seemed frightened and started crying too.
The attendant quickly arrived, got the situation from the woman, and began searching the carriages.
It turned out that the woman had just taken a nap, only to find the sewn-in pocket of her padded coat was slashed open when she woke up, and the money was gone.
The woman was crying loudly, the child howling alongside, and the carriage was in chaos.
"It must have been that woman, she was gone when I woke up. Comrade, you must catch her and help retrieve my things."
The young woman wept, tears flowing, looking very miserable.
Su Xiaoxiao shook her head; not paying more attention when out and about, chatting with whoever you meet, that’s not popularity, that’s foolishness.
The attendant quickly contacted the train police, conducting a thorough search of the carriages. However, as the train had just stopped once, it’s very likely the culprits had already disembarked.
It was like searching for a needle in a haystack, with little chance of finding them.
By the time Su Xiaoxiao got off the train, they still hadn’t caught anyone.
Soon, Haining Station arrived, and she disembarked with her shoulder bag, immediately being grabbed by the sleeve.
She turned to see it was the young woman with the child.
"Comrade, my money was just stolen. Could you lend me five yuan? You seem to be in good shape, surely you wouldn’t miss five yuan, right?"
Su Xiaoxiao: "..."
Why should she lend her money? Besides, how was her financial situation anyone else’s business?
Even if she had money, no one wants to be a sucker.
She politely declined, "Sorry, I can’t lend it."
After speaking, she turned to leave, but to her surprise, her sleeve was being held tightly, and a pair of dirty little hands quickly clung to her leg.
