Thief

  At 7:50 in the morning, Wang Long and three brothers from the dormitory arrived at the school gate, found a conspicuous location, and stood there waiting for Dongfang Lan and others.

  Because today is Saturday, the students of grade one and two are on holiday, only the students of grade three are still sprinting for the college entrance examination and need to make up lessons. At this time, there were very few people on the road, occasionally a grade-three glasses brother hurriedly passed by, holding a large pile of review materials and reference books in his hand, making people worry whether his weak body could persist in finishing grade three, four people simultaneously YYed this poor grade-three glasses brother in their hearts.

  Wang Long looked at his watch and saw that it was already eight o'clock, but he still didn't see any sign of Dongfang Lan and the other three girls. He couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Where are they? Didn't we agree to meet at eight?" Liu Wei and the other two immediately stared at Wang Long as if he were an alien, saying: "Brother, you must be from Mars or something! Beautiful women are worth waiting for, the longer you wait, the more charming they are. The more beautiful the woman, the longer you'll have to wait. You don't even know this? Don't tell anyone else, but you're my roommate." After that, they took a step back and left Wang Long standing there. Wang Long burst out laughing at their ridiculous behavior.

  It turns out that the more beautiful a woman is, the more patience is required to wait for her. This sentence was embodied in Dongfang Lan and her several roommates. It took a full 20 minutes before they saw the four of them sauntering over late. Gong Guang, Liu Wei, and Kong Yong immediately stuck to them like bees attracted to flowers, each chatting up one of Dongfang Lan's roommates. Wang Long, on the other hand, was muttering to himself in his heart: "I don't think they're that beautiful, why are those three so excited?" It can't be blamed on Wang Long; he had seen many beauties before and could even resist the charms of a super-beauty like Maluodemu standing beside him. At this point, his immunity to beauties had reached a certain level.

  Dongfang Lan walked up to Wang Long's side and said, "You've been waiting for a long time, right? Sorry, we're late." Wang Long shook his head and said, "You should have come even later." Dongfang Lan asked curiously, "Why do you say that?" Wang Long smiled slyly and whispered, "Isn't it said that the prettier the girl, the more she likes to keep guys waiting?" Dongfang Lan's face suddenly turned red, and she glared at Wang Long, saying, "I didn't expect you to be as smooth-talking as they are. You rascal." Wang Long burst out laughing loudly, and the six people behind him stared at him in surprise with their twelve eyes. Wang Long's face turned bright red, and he quickly stopped laughing. Dongfang Lan let out a snort of laughter, looking at Wang Long with a pleased expression.

  Eight people came to the meat and vegetable market together, bought a lot of beef, pork, vegetables and other things, plus some seasonings, filled two big bags, Liu Wei and Gong Guang had no choice but to serve as free labor for once.

  Arriving at a small river beside Wutong Mountain, they found a flat and clean spot shaded by trees. The outdoor barbecue officially began with eight people. Gong Guang and Kong Yong volunteered to find dry branches, while Liu Wei and Wang Long were responsible for picking up bricks and stones. An hour later, all the barbecue equipment was ready. Several girls sat on the side chattering away, while the hard work of barbecuing fell on the four men again.

  Wang Long felt extremely surprised in his heart, looking at the three of them who usually complained non-stop when doing something in the dormitory. Today, they seemed to have eaten some kind of energizing pill, full of energy and vitality. It was as if they would never get tired again, and each of their faces was flushed with a red glow, leaving Wang Long speechless.

  After having a barbecue, it was already 4 pm. Wang Long and Gong Guang, Kong Yong, Liu Wei, the four people in charge of logistics, cleaned up the trash on the site. Everyone had a great time, especially Gong Guang, Kong Yong, and Liu Wei. They were thrilled because they finally established initial contact with the three beauties from the Dongfang Lan dormitory, and there might be opportunities for further development in the future.

  Dongfang Lan suggested going shopping. The three girls in her dormitory were all going home, and Gong Guang, Kong Yong, and Liu Wei volunteered to send them back. In the end, Dongfang Lan asked Wang Long to accompany her, and under Dongfang Lan's relentless persuasion, Wang Long had no choice but to surrender.

  Arriving at the business district of XL city, the streets were crowded with people and cars coming and going, making it very lively. After buying some food, Dongfang Lan enthusiastically started browsing clothing stores, looking at a piece of clothing for a long time before trying it on, spending half a day still feeling unsatisfied, and finally walking out empty-handed. Wang Long felt extremely surprised, usually when he went to buy clothes, he would look and feel satisfied then make the purchase, but today following Dongfang Lan out made him realize that going shopping with girls is indeed a very tiring thing, women are like machines that never get tired, while men are just free laborers.

  At 7 o'clock in the evening, Wang Long and Dongfang Lan arrived at a KFC, which was already packed with people. Most of them were children around ten years old. Wang Long couldn't help but envy these kids, who could still be taken out to eat KFC by their parents on Saturday, while those rural kids might be worrying about tuition fees at this time.

  After much difficulty, they finally found two seats by the window. Wang Long let Dongfang Lan sit down and asked her what she wanted to eat before going off to queue for food.

  After buying good things back, Wang Long found that Dongfang Lan's face was a bit abnormal, and he hurriedly asked: "What's wrong with you? Is there anything uncomfortable?" Dongfang Lan heard Wang Long's concerned voice, his face slightly improved, and nodded to Wang Long. It can be seen that the three blond young men sitting next to Dongfang Lan were drinking drinks, occasionally glancing around, but not looking at Dongfang Lan, as if Dongfang Lan was transparent.

  Wang Long immediately felt that the three young men were not normal. With a beauty like Dongfang Lan sitting next to them, they seemed as if they hadn't seen her at all. Their eyes kept darting back and forth. Dongfang Lan whispered: "They're very suspicious, might be thieves, be careful." Wang Long nodded, indicating that he understood. He started eating chicken wings with Dongfang Lan. However, Wang Long still kept a hint of attention on the three blond-haired young men beside them.

  Suddenly, one of the young men stood up and walked towards the door. As he approached a middle-aged woman near the door, her purse was quietly snatched away by him. Wang Long released a strand of spiritual energy, which pricked the wrist of the blond-haired young man who had stolen the purse. The blond-haired young man's arm twitched in pain, and the purse fell to the ground. The middle-aged woman let out a shrill cry: "My purse! There's a thief!"

  The two young men sitting next to Wang Long hurriedly walked towards their companions, while showing a ferocious and sinister expression towards the middle-aged woman.

  The young man who stole the purse threatened the middle-aged woman fiercely, "Shut up, or I'll kill you." The middle-aged woman was so scared that she quickly covered her mouth. The people sitting next to the middle-aged woman rushed out of the door one after another, while the security guard in KFC made an excuse to go to the toilet and never appeared again.

  The thief picked up the wallet on the ground, counted it carefully, spat on the ground and said fiercely: "Damn, only 300 yuan, just enough for us to eat a meal, really unlucky." After finishing speaking, he and his two companions were about to take the stolen wallet and leave. In KFC, dozens of people didn't dare to make a sound to stop them.

  Wang Long could no longer stand it, and with a loud "hiss" he jumped up and shouted: "Halt!" The three blond-haired youths were startled by Wang Long's shout, and upon seeing that it was just a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old boy, they immediately turned around to face him. The youth who had stolen the wallet cursed and said: "Damn, I think you don't want to live anymore! You dare to meddle in other people's business?" After speaking, he took big strides towards Wang Long, with his two companions closely following behind him.

  Dongfang Lan worriedly pulled Wang Long's hand and said, "They're coming, what should we do?" Wang Long smiled at Dongfang Lan and said, "It's okay, don't worry, they can't hurt me."

  "Just let me handle it." Just as Wang Long was about to take action, Dongfang Lan suddenly stood in front of him and said, "I'll deal with these three thieves, you call the police." After that, she turned to the three thieves and said, "Return the wallet to that aunt, and go surrender at the police station yourselves." The three thieves seemed to have heard the most ridiculous joke of all time, and burst out laughing together.

  One of the thieves quickly grabbed a chair and swung it at Dongfang Lan, but Dongfang Lan was not to be underestimated as the general's daughter. Having grown up in the military, she could hardly be taken down by these few hoodlums. With one flying kick, Dongfang Lan sent the chair crashing into the glass on the wall, shattering it, and the young man holding the chair was knocked to the ground. The two other youths saw their companion fall and simultaneously threw a punch at Dongfang Lan, who countered with a reverse grab and a kick, sending them tumbling to the ground like rolling pumpkins until they were stopped by the leg of a table. The three thieves were knocked to the ground by Dongfang Lan's three punches and two kicks, earning her a round of applause from onlookers.

  Dongfang Lan said in a low voice to Wang Long, "Hey, look at these people. When they just discovered the thief, not one of them dared to stop him. Now that the thief has been beaten down, they're all cheering again. This is human nature's ugliness."

  Wang Long suddenly felt a sense of helplessness, indeed, the behavior of these people reminded Wang Long of the people in Lu Xun's writings, those who watched others being slaughtered with a numb expression on their faces were even more pitiful than those who were killed.

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