At night, Shanghai was brightly lit with thousands of neon lights. This was a city that did not sleep. No matter how late it was, you could see cars coming and going on the streets, as well as some shops that operated 24 hours a day.
Separated from the residential area by a street, there was an open apartment. The commercial and residential model made this place very crowded and lively. Especially after the construction of the nearby roads, it became more and more chaotic. In the past, Qin Ze used to buy groceries here. However, it was not a vegetable and fruit supermarket, but a small roadside stall. There were almost no urban management officers here. They only needed to spend some money and talk to the property management to "legally" set up a stall. Moreover, the groceries sold were fresher than those in the supermarket.
Qin Bao Bao and Wang Zijin each carried a bag of groceries and snacks. They passed through the open apartment and walked in the direction of their own residential area.
"I feel that my chicken is too expensive," Qin Bao Bao complained. "Why didn't you bargain? Just these two bags of groceries cost me a few hundred yuan. "
Wang Zijin was not convinced. "Why didn't you bargain?"
"I can't open my mouth."
"Me too."
Qin Bao Bao said, "Although I feel that it is too expensive, I chose the freshest chicken and mushrooms. I can't wait to eat Azé's chicken."
"Huh?" Wang Zijin felt that something was wrong. She gave her a sidelong glance.
"Azé's chicken." Qin Bao Bao corrected herself.
Under normal circumstances, the two of them only needed to wait for dinner. However, today, Qin Ze locked himself in his room to write a proposal. He decided to order takeout for dinner, which was unanimously rejected by the two sisters. Therefore, both sides took a step back and let the two of them go out to buy groceries.
"These things are so heavy. Come out and help me carry them." Qin Bao Bao took out her phone and called her brother.
Qin Ze replied instantly. "Don't even think about it."
"Little bumpkin, you don't want to come out?" Wang Zijin came over to look.
Qin Bao Bao gave her a sidelong glance. "Little bumpkin?"
Wang Zijin gave her a sidelong glance as well. "You made me say it."
The night at the end of October was chilly.
Qin Bao Bao suddenly said, "Let me tell you a secret. Qin Ze likes you."
Wang Zijin's lips curled up. Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of the faint smile in her best friend's eyes and said seriously, "I'll also tell you a secret. Qin Ze likes you."
Panic flashed across Qin Bao Bao's face. She said calmly, "I'm his older sister. Isn't it normal for a younger brother to like his older sister? I was just joking. "
Wang Zijin shrugged. "I was just joking."
The two scheming women looked at each other with indifferent expressions.
"Oh right, I got promoted," Wang Zijin suddenly said.
"Promotion?" Qin Bao Bao was stunned: "You've only been here for three months, how can you be promoted so quickly?"
"The rule of the workplace is to do more, listen more and speak less. When cultivating in the public, one should not be greedy, greedy, or selfish. As long as he could achieve these few points, how difficult would it be to get promoted? Of course, the premise is that he has to be strong to forge iron. "Wang Zijin said.
"My dad said the same thing."
"Uncle Qin's skills are profound. It's rare."
"Shameless." Qin Bao Bao pinched Wang Zijin's oval face, but the latter dodged.
"My grandpa told me."
"Then tonight's dinner is on you. Hurry up and transfer the money to me through Alipay."
"How much is Alipay? I'll pay you ten times on WeChat." Wang Zijin joked, but Qin Bao Bao didn't understand. If it were Qin Ze, he would reply: "I'll pay you ten times more."
The two of them passed through the open apartment. It was dark in front of them. Only a few low-powered light bulbs illuminated the ruined road. During the day, there was a lot of noise here. Now that the workers were resting, it was quiet and chaotic.
"Be careful. Don't fall into the pit." Qin Bao Bao saw a sewer surrounded by several stones.
She reached into the pocket of her coat for her phone, but found nothing.
Qin Bao Bao was shocked. She turned her head subconsciously and saw a figure leaving quickly behind her.
My phone was stolen!?
This thought flashed through Qin Bao Bao's mind. She instinctively chased after the scurrying figure, grabbed his arm, and shouted, "Give me back my phone."
The other party was obviously shocked. He didn't expect to be discovered. He also didn't expect this woman to rush up and grab him.
"Who took your phone?" He turned his head and shouted. At the same time, he waved his arm in an attempt to shake off Qin Bao Bao.
But Qin Bao Bao grabbed his arm and refused to let go. She saw the other party's face clearly. It was a face full of exotic features. High eyebrows, deep eyes, and rough dark skin. He looked very young.
"You were behind me just now. Where did you turn around?" Qin Bao Bao scowled. She immediately guessed the other party's purpose of following her. She secretly took the phone from the other party's pocket and left.
"Who stole your phone? Let go." The young pickpocket began to get nervous because the people around him were pointing at him. Although there were fewer people here, that was only relatively speaking.
Qin Bao Bao refused to let go. She was a mess.
"Give me back my phone." She reached into the pickpocket's pocket. She didn't find the phone that she expected. Instead, she felt a long, narrow, and hard object.
A folding knife?!
Qin Bao Bao's anger suddenly cooled. She remembered a robbery that happened in Shanghai recently. The victim was driven to desperation by a desperate criminal who slit his throat because she kept pestering him.
"Don't talk nonsense with her. Hurry up and leave." Someone in the distance shouted.
This was obviously a gang crime. One person acted while the other watched. At this time, seeing that they had attracted a lot of attention, that person also panicked. Pickpockets should be like assassins. They came and went like the wind. They couldn't be pestered too much.
The young pickpocket looked even more anxious. His face was faintly ferocious.
Qin Bao Bao was no longer as fierce as before. However, she stubbornly refused to let go. She bit her lip. With tears in her eyes, she stubbornly and aggrievedly said, "Give me back my phone."
She didn't want to lose that phone. When she first got her salary, she and her brother bought it together. It was definitely not a foreign brand. It was a domestic phone. It was an expensive phone that didn't sell well. At that time, there were only two phones on the glass counter. One was black and the other was pink. There was nothing else. Qin Bao Bao fell in love with it at first sight. She and her brother each had one phone. They had the same design and the same ringtone.
In the past two years, Qin Ze had never changed his phone, even though he was very rich now.
Qin Bao Bao also didn't want to change it. She liked the new and tired of the old. She changed into branded bags and all kinds of luxury goods. However, she had never thought of changing her phone.
The young pickpocket's eyes flashed fiercely. He made up his mind and reached into his pocket to take something.
Qin Bao Bao was so scared that she took two steps back.
"Take the phone and get out." Wang Zijin stood in front of her best friend and glared at him. This was the first time this woman showed anger. She actually looked a bit dignified.
The young pickpocket breathed a sigh of relief and turned to run.
Qin Bao Bao looked at the back of the pickpocket who was getting farther and farther away. She couldn't help but cry.
Wang Zijin hugged her and patted her shoulder to comfort her. "Okay, okay. It's just a phone. Don't be so stubborn."
"But …" Qin Bao Bao wiped her tears. Just as she was about to speak, she saw a fist-sized cement rock whizzing over her head. "Bang!" A muffled sound was heard. Accompanied by the groan of the pickpocket, the cement rock and the pickpocket fell to the ground together.
It was a rock that fell from the sky.
At the same time, she saw Qin Ze brush past her. He dashed out like a wild horse and kicked the pickpocket who just got up.
Qin Bao Bao couldn't care less about the surprise of her brother's sudden appearance. She pointed to the front and shouted, "There's another one, another one …"
She saw another pickpocket pounce over to save her brother. He pulled out a shiny folding knife from his pocket.
Qin Bao Bao's face turned pale. At this moment, the phone was no longer important. Nothing was more important than her brother. Wang Zijin's face also changed.
Qin Ze looked coldly at the middle-aged man who was gritting his teeth and pouncing over. He was holding a folding knife in his hand. The blade was slanted downward. He could predict that the man was going to stab him in the stomach. Qin Ze waited for the man to come closer. He suddenly slapped down with his right hand and hit the man's wrist that was holding the knife. Then, he slapped the man in the face. It wasn't a crisp sound, but a muffled sound. The slap was so hard that his palm hurt.
The huge force made the middle-aged man stumble and fall. The folding knife in his hand slipped. His vision turned black and blurred.
Qin Ze KO-ed his opponent in one move, but he was still worried. He went forward and kicked the man in the stomach. The man was holding his stomach and retching. His eyes were bloodshot. He kicked the other man in the same way. Then, he took out his phone and called the police.
From the corner of his eye, he saw his sister and Wang Zijin running over in a panic. He waved his hand and asked them to stay away.
His sister was very obedient. She stopped immediately and looked at Qin Ze with tears in her eyes.
Wang Zijin looked at Qin Ze. Her eyes were rippling.
Soon, the police car came and handcuffed the two pickpockets. They took Qin Ze and the other two to the police station to record their statements.
At the police station.
"… I felt that my phone was missing. I turned around immediately and saw that he was trying to escape. He was following behind me. It should have been on the way. Why did he suddenly turn around and leave? He must have stolen my phone …" Qin Bao Bao described the whole process. The police took her statement patiently.
"I came down to look for them. I saw them arguing across the street. I rushed over immediately …" Qin Ze was recording from the other side.
The police frowned. "You didn't understand the situation. You went up and beat them up?"
"Usually, in this kind of situation, it's either a hooligan or a thief," Qin Ze said in his heart. 'I don't care what happened. Whoever bullies my sister, I'll beat them to death.'
The phone was indeed stolen. It was found in the pocket of the young pickpocket. He was arrested with the stolen goods.
The young police officer who recorded Qin Bao Bao's statement was actually her fan. After hearing what he said, he was furious. "These two guys are repeat offenders. They have a criminal record in the police station. The next time you encounter something like this, don't confront them. Call the police after the incident and let us handle it. "
After saying goodbye to the police officer, the three of them left the police station.
On the way home, Qin Bao Bao pouted. Her face was full of unhappiness. That was because her phone was still broken. The screen was cracked.
Qin Ze held her hand and looked back at Wang Zijin who was some distance behind. She said that she wanted to make a call. It seemed like she didn't want them to hear the content of the call.
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