At the train station, before Yang Yunhai’s car had even come to a complete stop, Su Ziqiao had already dashed out.
Gu Lingling wanted to call him but thought better of it and hurriedly followed him out.
"You guys check how many trains there are coming from Qin City, I’ll go look for her at the bus stop and we’ll meet at the station exit." Su Ziqiao said while running.
Their car was faster, while Hao Lianlian was on a slower bus, which likely hadn’t arrived yet.
Along the way, they’d followed the Kyoto University to train station bus route, but hadn’t seen Hao Lianlian.
Gu Lingling agreed, and Yang Yunhai led her to the ticket office.
The station was crowded, so he tightly held Gu Lingling’s hand, protecting her from being jostled.
"Stay here and don’t move, I’ll go ask." Yang Yunhai led her to a spot where there were slightly fewer people and said. Gu Lingling nodded, and Yang Yunhai walked over to the ticket office, where there was quite a line for tickets.
As Yang Yunhai moved forward, people behind him shouted for him to queue up. Ignoring them, he walked to the window, knocked on it, and took out his credentials. No one knew what he said, but the ticket seller nodded and spoke to him.
"Another twenty minutes, and there’ll be a train coming from Qin City." The ticket seller said to Yang Yunhai.
Yang Yunhai thanked the seller, and even while speaking, his peripheral vision was fixed on Gu Lingling. Then he noticed a man approaching her.
Gu Lingling was anxiously waiting and accidentally bumped into someone as she turned around. She quickly apologized, "Sorry, sorry."
"No problem." The person shook his head.
As he was about to leave, Yang Yunhai grabbed his arm, "Wh-what’s wrong?"
Stammering, he looked at Yang Yunhai. The man’s eyes were intimidating, and he inexplicably felt afraid to meet his gaze.
"My hand... it hurts... it hurts." At the moment of distraction, Yang Yunhai had already gripped his hand, "Hand over what you’ve taken."
"I-I didn’t take anything." The man said, somewhat guiltily.
He hadn’t had time to offload what he had taken.
A moment ago, he only targeted this girl who seemed well-off on a whim. He hadn’t had time to transfer the stolen goods to his partner before Yang Yunhai caught him.
Yang Yunhai applied more pressure, and the man’s pain intensified, "How can you just hit someone like this?"
Someone immediately accused Yang Yunhai.
It was his accomplice.
"The item." Yang Yunhai said coldly.
"My wallet." Gu Lingling stood by Yang Yunzhi, and it was indeed because she was too anxious today, she had been careless and allowed this person to succeed.
"I... didn’t... I’m innocent..." The man cried out, "I just accidentally..."
Before he could finish speaking, Yang Yunhai’s other hand already retrieved Gu Lingling’s wallet from him and applied more pressure.
Ouch!
The man’s hand twisted.
Yang Yunhai took out a handkerchief and vigorously wiped his own hand clean, then disdainfully threw the handkerchief into the trash can.
This man really had a cleanliness obsession.
After cleaning his hands, Yang Yunhai wrapped Gu Lingling’s arm in his and coldly looked at the man writhing in pain on the ground.
The other person witnessed this and wanted to leave, but Yang Yunhai blocked him.