Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“It’s alright, you guys go ahead.”
Sitting in the internet cafe was also a memory of Xia Xu’s youth. He wanted to experience it again, but after seeing that Tang Hao was among the people invited by Ma Bing, his face twitched, and he decisively refused.
He and Tang Hao both had the potential destiny of a supporting character in «Hunter», so this guy was no different from a god of plague to him.
The name hunter did not feel like a relaxing comedy at all. Whether the storyline was a true hunting game or a battle of wits and courage between conflicting forces, it would not end well for them to be a supporting character.
“Okay, then we shall go ahead first.”
Ma Bing casually called out to his friends. After hearing Xia Xu’s rejection, he did not insist and quickly left with the others.
Xia Xu also packed his things, picked up his bag, and was about to go home, but before leaving, he glanced at Tang Youxin out of the corner of his eye and noticed that she had no intention of packing up at all. Instead, she was searching around her seat.
“What’s wrong? Did you lose something?”
Xia Xu frowned and walked over.
“I… I think I lost my wallet.”
After hearing Xia Xu’s voice, Tang Youxin finally looked up. Her expression was full of panic, and there were tears in the corners of her eyes. She looked like she was crying silently just now, and her pitiful look was quite heartbreaking.
“You lost your wallet? Did you look around? Or did you take it somewhere?”
Xia Xu asked with a frown.
“No, I have been reading in my seat this afternoon. Except for the two times I went to the toilet, I haven’t gone outside, but I have searched my bag and drawer.”
Tang Youxin seemed to have found her backbone. She stopped crying and just answered pitifully.
She really didn’t leave the classroom often. If she didn’t have a friend to call for her to go out, she might as well rest in her seat for the next ten minutes. After class, she would basically read a book or lie down and rest for a while.
“Then it must have been stolen.”
Xia Xu’s expression turned cold.
“Then… then what should I do?”
Tang Youxin clenched the bottom of her shirt with both hands, her white and tender knuckles turning pale.
She actually thought of this possibility, but she was unwilling to accept the worst outcome. Her personality did not allow her to ask the people around her if they had stolen her things.
“What else can you do? Of course we have to find it.”
Xia Xu shrugged, then walked to the back of the classroom and closed the door.
“Damn, Xia Xu, what are you doing? Didn’t you see that we were about to go out?”
Just when everyone was about to leave, those who hadn’t left after Xia Xu closed the door suddenly stopped.
“Sorry to delay everyone for a while, Tang Youxin’s wallet is missing…”
Xia Xu explained, but he was interrupted midway.
“What do you mean? Do you think we stole it? Are you going to search us?”
The people who hadn’t left were even more annoyed after hearing Xia Xu’s words.
“That’s right, that’s what I mean. I advise someone to hand it over, otherwise when I find you, it won’t be as simple as returning it. Three thousand yuan and above is enough to establish a large-scale robbery case, so don’t force me to call the police and detain you.”
Xia Xu nodded without hesitation. His tone was calm, as if he was just stating a fact. As he spoke, he looked at the people in the classroom one by one.
It was impossible to let them leave. There were no surveillance cameras in the classroom. If someone stole something and left, there would be no evidence. Moreover, if this happened in the school, there was a high probability that it would be forgotten.
“Haha, you’re amazing. You can even call the police and detain us.”
“Xia Xu, we understand that you want to act cool in front of the girls, but you can just find a teacher for this, don’t get in the way of us having fun.”
“Come on, let’s go through the front door.”
There were some troublemakers, some friendly people, and some people who were dissatisfied, but they were blocked by Xia Xu.
“How about this, let’s make a bet. Give me three minutes to search. If I don’t find it, I will apologize and treat everyone to drinks.”
“Don’t worry, I’m just taking a look at everyone. I won’t search your belongings.”
Benefits were always the best bargaining chip to persuade people. Even though this was a relatively pure school, everyone looked a little better after hearing that there were benefits.
After seeing that everyone agreed and did not leave, Xia Xu did not waste any time and began to size them up one by one.
Of course, he was actually checking their status screen.
Although a dozen people had already left, there were still more than twenty people left, so he still had a little workload.
However, Xia Xu paid a certain amount of attention and priority when checking the details.
Tang Youxin’s family background was no secret. The people in the class knew her well, so they generally wouldn’t look for her if they wanted to steal something. The reason why she lost her wallet today was obviously because of the bursary she had just received.
However, when Liu Xiulan gave out the bursary, she did not publicize it. She secretly called Tang Youxin to the office to give it to her. The only people who knew that Tang Youxin received the bursary or had a lot of money on her body were the few people who stayed in the classroom when Tang Youxin returned him the money in the afternoon.
Because he didn’t pay attention to them, Xia Xu didn’t know who was there, but he could still find some clues from the status appraisal.
“Are you going to take it out yourself, or should I search for it myself?”
Soon, Xia Xu’s gaze landed on a short, skinny bespectacled teenager. He sneered and walked over.
This person’s name was Zhuo Ren, and he was his ‘next-door neighbor’. The seat was on his right side, but because there was an aisle between them, they were not deskmates.
“What do you mean? You think I stole it? Where is the evidence?”
When Zhuo Ren saw Xia Xu, who was nearly half a head taller than him, walking over aggressively, coupled with the fact that he was already a little guilty, he immediately panicked. He pretended to be calm, but he was timid on the inside.
“Evidence? Do you want me to call the police now and let you tell them the evidence?”
Xia Xu was too lazy to talk nonsense, so he grabbed Zhuo Ren’s backpack.
After all, he had a one-star combat talent, so his physical fitness was naturally much better than ordinary people of his age. Zhuo Ren, who was short and skinny, had no strength to fight back at all, and his bag was snatched away.
After rummaging through it a few times, he found a worn-out black wallet at the bottom of the bag.
Tang Youxin had been using this wallet for a long time, and the people in her class had seen her take it out before, so this was cold hard evidence.
“Damn, I didn’t expect Zhuo Ren to steal it. Xia Xu is amazing.”
“F*ck, look at this kid’s shifty eyes. Sure enough, his hands and feet are dirty. No wonder I keep losing things.”
“He couldn’t be the one who had stolen my phone previously, right?”
Everyone looked at Zhuo Ren with a pathetic gaze, and the latter fled with a red face.
Xia Xu didn’t stop him. After all, the current situation had already caused him a social death, so there was no need to go to the police station.
But just because he let it go didn’t mean others would.
“Stop! Tell me clearly, did you steal my phone!”
A few people who had lost something before chased after him, while the others discussed among themselves, or left after seeing the situation end.
Of course, there were also people who were more interested in the other protagonist of the incident. Several people who had some ties with Xia Xu rushed to Xia Xu’s side.
“Hey, Xia Xu, how did you know that Zhuo Ren stole the wallet?”
“Yeah, damn, you’re as good as Conan.”
“To be honest, did you see Zhuo Ren steal it or did you deduce it? Can you teach me a thing or two?”