Chapter 27 (1/2)

“No money? Her money pouch must have been stolen by a thief.” Sun Mo analyzed as he walked over, handing the packet in his hand to the girl. “These are osmanthus cakes. You can have them.”

Lu Zhiruo looked up and threw a glance at Sun Mo. The girl didn’t accept the packet and cowered back a little, avoiding his gaze.

“I’m not a bad guy!” 2

Sun Mo tried to ease his tone.

“Father said that all bad guys would say that.” 1

Lu Zhiruo pretended not to hear what he had said.

“If you don’t dare to speak to strangers, why would you leave home by yourself?”

This girl really didn’t bring shame to her surname. She was like a newborn deer, cowardly and scared of strangers.

Lu Zhiruo remained silent, not saying a word, almost burying her entire head into her bag.

Sun Mo shook his head and turned to leave.

It was only until Lu Zhiruo heard the footsteps getting further and further away did she quickly look up. She saw the package placed at the side. After struggling for a few minutes, she then reached out her index finger and poked at it.

It was the scent of osmanthus cake!

“He doesn’t look like a bad guy. Should I eat some?”

Lu Zhiruo picked up the package, but before she took a bite, she put it down again. “I better not. He might be hiding in some corner, waiting for me to take the bait!”

At the thought of this, Lu Zhiruo held onto her bag tightly and stood up. She tiptoed and looked around, only sitting back down when she didn’t see anything.

“Should I eat it or not?”

Lu Zhiruo was hesitant.

Gurgle~

Her stomach was starting to growl again. Lu Zhiruo had been waiting here for one day and one night, ever since she lost her money pouch yesterday. She wanted to catch the thief but didn’t manage to succeed.

“I’ll just take one bite. Even if there are sleeping drugs in it, I wouldn’t fall from just that bit, right?”

Lu Zhiruo couldn’t stand the starvation anymore. However, when she opened up the package and ate the osmanthus cake, her ears pricked up, like a small deer that had heard a ferocious beast getting near.

The footsteps she had heard earlier were coming back.

“This is bad! I really fell into the trap!”

Lu Zhiruo’s face was filled with worry. She wanted to run away, but what if that thief happened to pass by when she had left? Wouldn’t she miss the thief then?

The girl hadn’t made her decision and Sun Mo was already standing in front of her.

“These are buns that had just come out. Do you want to try one?”

Sun Mo had casually brought the buns seller with him from the corner of the road. He then took a bite on one of the buns.

Lu Zhiruo glanced at the buns and then looked toward Sun Mo, assessing him seriously for the first time.

This person wasn’t old, and his teeth were very white. He had a very gentle smile, which contrasted with the worry and reproach in his black eyes.

When she saw his gaze landing on her hand, Lu Zhiruo’s face flushed up, and she quickly hid the osmanthus cake behind her back.

“Are you going to eat it or not?”

The seller was feeling displeased. If it wasn’t because Sun Mo had paid him a lot of money, he wouldn’t care to make this trip.

Pa!

Lu Zhiruo quickly took one bun. She gave it some thought, took another, and then suddenly bowed toward Sun Mo. 1

“Give me ten more buns!” Sun Mo said, “By the way, I’m a teacher at the Central Province Academy.” 1

After hearing this, Lu Zhiruo’s big eyes lit up. She instantly became less wary against Sun Mo.

“Why are you sitting here by yourself?”

Sun Mo stood under the roof, looking at the sky that was filled with dark clouds.

Drip! Drip!

The raindrops hit the umbrella, producing a deep and stifled sound.

“I… I’m trying to catch a thief.”

After eating the hot buns, Lu Zhiruo’s hostility toward Sun Mo dropped even more.

“It’s raining, and there are so few people on the streets. It’s harder to steal in this situation. Thieves would be laying at home and sleeping.”

Sun Mo wanted to add that given her physique, even if the thief were to appear, she wouldn’t be able to catch him.

Strength: 3. You’re really very weak.

Intellect: 5. Your brain is still alright, but why do you appear so stupid?

Agility: 3. What gave you such a heavy burden?

Endurance: 3. Weakling, go and train!

…

Looking at Lu Zhiruo’s data, Sun Mo couldn’t help but glance toward her chest. He was then astonished. The girl was hugging her small baggage the entire time, blocking her chest. It was only now did Sun Mo notice that her chest was astonishingly big. Did she stuff two papayas in her clothes?

‘Potential Value: Extremely Low.’

“System, is it possible to have a lower potential value than this?”

Sun Mo was speechless. Even Qi Shengjia, whose potential value was extremely low, would be able to spit in contempt when standing in front of this papaya girl. There was probably no one whose data could be as low as hers.

“She already has such big papayas, so why would she need potential value?” the system asked. 6

Sun Mo was stunned from the remark, but he had to agree.

“That’s true!”

Lu Zhiruo sighed and looked toward the cloudy and raining sky. It seemed that she wouldn’t be able to get her money pouch back. At the thought of this, her expression turned sad. “That’s something my mother left for me!”

The girl’s shoulder trembled and she started sobbing.

Sun Mo couldn’t bear to see this and consoled her, “Maybe the thief who stole it is someone hardworking and can’t bear to take a break even on a rainy day.”

“Right, right, there’s this possibility!”

Lu Zhiruo instantly cheered up and kept on nodding.

“…”

Sun Mo thought in his heart. (There’s really no one who can compare with your intelligence. Can you not take someone else’s consolation seriously?)

Lu Zhiruo was scared of strangers, timid, and wary. However, once she started talking, she would let her guard down completely. Sun Mo didn’t even try to find things out from her, but she already said a lot.