The night sky was clear and full of twinkling stars.
At this mont, outside the Jiangcheng Sports Hall, the crowd surged as if it were broad daylight.
There were vendors taking advantage of the situation to sell support signs, glow sticks, and flashy headgear to add to the atmosphere.
There were scalpers standing in open areas, waiting to connect with concert fans.
Of course, there were also undercover police officers mingling with the crowd, observing for any suspicious individuals.
In general, people from all walks of life were gathered here, making it a daunting task for those maintaining order.
"Where's my wallet?" A young woman, looking like a college student, suddenly shouted, "I lost my wallet!"
After shouting, she squatted on the ground and started crying.
The surrounding people stopped one after another, looking at the crying woman, shaking their heads and sighing, with sympathy in their eyes.
An undercover officer squeezed through the crowd to the woman, presented his badge, and said, "Hello, we are the police, don't worry for now. Please provide as many clues as you can, and we'll do our best to help you find your wallet."
The woman looked up, grabbing the undercover officer's arm with both hands as if clutching a lifeline, and pleaded, "Please help , I lost my wallet."
"Don't get excited, don't get excited, first tell us, when was the last ti you saw your wallet?"
"I…I can't say for sure, maybe about twenty minutes… or maybe half an hour."
The two undercover officers exchanged a glance, both understanding in their hearts that the chances of finding the woman's wallet were slim.
Because of the large crowd, it was difficult to ensure that the surveillance caras captured the person who stole the wallet, and they couldn't possibly question everyone who passed by the woman during that ti.
...
anwhile, a young man with a smile at the corner of his mouth, holding a cartoon wallet, walked briskly out of the crowd.
He kept turning his head to look behind him and did not notice the steps in front of him.
"Bang!"
"Ah!"
The young man fell solidly onto the steps, and the wallet flew out of his hand.
Ignoring the pain, the young man hurriedly got up, only to see soone had already picked up the wallet on the steps.
"Give it back, that's my wallet!" the young man said sharply.
The person who picked up the wallet was Xiao Feng.
He glanced at the angry young man, then at the wallet, and smiled, "Your wallet?
According to the usual practice, you should first tell us what's inside, if you get it right, I'll return it to you."
"What ca out of my hand is obviously mine," the young man said angrily, "Besides, why should I tell you what's in my wallet?"
A nearby young girl protested, "Just because it ca out of your hand it's yours? Now that it's in our hands, does that an it's ours then?"
The young man instinctively glanced behind him, then looked around at the sparse number of people, and anxiously said, "Fine, fine, I'll take this loss, how about we split the contents fifty-fifty?"
This statent was tantamount to admitting that the wallet was stolen.
Xiao Feng didn't respond but instead opened the wallet.
Inside, there wasn't much cash, but there was a concert ticket, an ID card, a student card, a al card, and a cartoon-shaped USB drive.
"How much money is in there?" the young man asked urgently.
Xiao Feng zipped up the wallet and said, "Whatever amount of money is in there has nothing to do with you now."
"You want to take it all for yourself!" The young man threatened viciously, "Don't regret it."
The people around glanced at each other, all feeling amused.
Since when have pickpockets beco so audacious?
Just as they were thinking this, the young man shouted out, "Soone co quick, soone co quick, there's a thief stealing wallets!"
A large group of onlookers quickly gathered around, whispering among themselves and pointing at Xiao Feng and the others.
This is a cognitive bias resulting from first impressions.
Most people naturally assu that the person who protests first is the victim, overlooking the saying 'a thief crying thief.'
At this ti, Xiao Feng and the others felt speechless, looking around and noticing no surveillance caras, which might be why the other party felt so bold.
Equally speechless were the nearby undercover police officers who heard the young man's shouting.
Just after a wallet was reported lost, now soone was shouting they saw a wallet being stolen. Have thieves beco this brazen?
"Make way, make way." A burly undercover officer, who looked like he trained, squeezed in from the back of the crowd, showed his badge, and said, "I'm the police, whose wallet is missing."
The young man imdiately stepped forward and said, "Whose wallet is missing, I'm not sure, I just saw them stealing a wallet."
As he spoke, he pointed at Xiao Feng and the others.
This was clearly an attempt to harm the enemy by sacrificing himself as well.
However, this might not be the right way to put it.
Helping the victim retrieve their wallet certainly deserves a small reward, doesn't it?
If that's how it's calculated, the young man wouldn't lose out.
The undercover officer first called for backup from his colleagues nearby, then walked towards Xiao Feng and the others, solemnly stating, "Please co with ."
"You believe it's us just because he said so?" Xiao Feng protested.
Next to him, Wang Lubo chid in, "Yeah, at least ask about the situation first, also, look at , do I seem like soone who would steal a wallet?"
The undercover officer hadn't spoken when the young man imdiately interjected, "Officer, I assure you I witnessed them stealing the wallet."
"Where did you see them?" the undercover officer turned and asked.
"Over there." The young man pointed to a crowd of onlookers in the distance.
The undercover officer silently guessed that these two incidents might be related.
At this point, Zhao Guo'an also spoke, "We've never even been over there, if you don't believe it, you can check the surveillance."
"Check what surveillance, with so many people, it would be easy for you to avoid the caras," the young man said mockingly with a crooked smile.
Wang Lubo stepped forward, walked up beside the undercover officer, patted his shoulder, and pointed to the large poster above the sports hall: "See the words 'Special Thanks' over there?"
"What are you trying to say?" the undercover officer asked, confused.
"!" Wang Lubo pointed to himself: "Famous investor, young entrepreneur, Mr. Wang Lubo, that's ."
"..."
Xiao Feng and the others' expressions all changed, to be honest, when Wang Lubo said this, it was indeed quite infuriating.
The undercover officer was also stunned, not knowing what to say for a mont.
"What? You still don't believe ?" Wang Lubo promptly took out his ID from his pocket and handed it over.
The undercover officer took it, looked at it, and began to have so belief.
However, it wasn't over yet.
After retrieving his ID, Wang Lubo continued to ask, "Do you know how many five-star hotels there are in Jiangcheng?"
"You're saying those hotels are also your assets?" the undercover officer asked with a darkened face.
Wang Lubo shook his head, "Not mine, they belong to my big brother."
As he spoke, he gestured toward Xiao Feng.
"..." the undercover officer.
So you're just here to flaunt your wealth?
Just as this thought passed, they heard Wang Lubo continue, "Do you know Lanyue Group?"
"I know."
"My sister-in-law used to be the president there," Wang Lubo said proudly, while pointing to Du Qingyue standing next to Xiao Feng.
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