Chapter 132 - 45: Beating Someone in Public

Essentially, the man only wants money.

The junior employee didn’t dare to even scream in pain when money was mentioned, letting the fists fall on him.

He had no money. If he weren’t poor, who would be willing to enter the mine? Every mine is dangerous.

Especially the mines in space—if the spacesuit gets damaged or the mine collapses, there’s no chance of survival at all.

Nowadays, many mines are being developed by robots, but robots are nowhere near as cheap as manual labor, and machines also need rest and energy replenishment.

Someone must oversee them to ensure that if these robots malfunction, someone can promptly retrieve them.

If the junior employee weren’t poor, he wouldn’t be doing this job.

He was merely helping a mine owner lead people into the mine; he went in at the time too. When they came out, everyone was fine, so how could he have known his son would go missing?

"Forget it, forget it, you’d better call the police, finding your son is more important. When did he go missing? Could he have just been playing around or afraid of you, intentionally not coming home?"

"You’re still speaking well of him? Do you know? Everyone he led into the mine disappeared."

All gone?

How many people is that?

Everyone was skeptical, but if the junior employee really abducted people and caused them to go missing, he’d be heavily culpable.

The shop owner peeked from inside the shop; he had already called the police, hoping the newly hired employee could hold on.

The man’s hands were tired from hitting, so he switched to kicking, venting his frustration with a contorted face.

After who knows how many kicks, a pebble suddenly appeared in front of his calf.

"Ouch," the man cried out in pain. He kicked the pebble hard, and it unfortunately flew right onto a girl.

Everyone turned their gaze and saw the young girl clutching her forehead, with bright red blood trickling down between her fingers.

The man panicked.

The fabric of the girl’s clothes was expensive, clearly the type meticulously raised.

"Boo hoo hoo," the tears welled up in her eyes, ready to fall, causing everyone to step back, afraid of getting involved.

The man’s anger cleared up.

His money-making tool (his son) was gone, and now hitting a little poor nobody led to unexpected disaster.

"Uncle, hitting people is one thing, but why did you have to kick the pebble, hitting me?" The girl said weakly, "I’ve called the police. Don’t think you can escape; you need to apologize and pay the medical expenses."

"Why did the pebble only hit you? You’re the one standing there; you can’t blame me." The man shamelessly retorted.

Choking back sobs, the girl said, "I’m not arguing, I’ll wait for the police."

"Damn it," when the police arrive, they’ll surely side with the rich family’s daughter. The man looked left and right, then suddenly charged toward the crowd.

People stepped aside to avoid him.

The man ran away.

"Don’t run! Boo hoo hoo, you can’t escape!"

The cries behind sped up the man’s footsteps, quickly disappearing into an alleyway. Not running would be foolish; causing the death of a junior employee would likely mean prison time.

Hurting a rich family’s daughter, he might face inhumane torment for the rest of his life.

"Heh, coward." Su Xiaocai sneered, lowering her hand to reveal her smooth forehead. She flicked the sensitive fruit juice from her hand, "Tsk, what a waste."

Onlookers realized, the girl’s tactics were well-played.

Sometimes, playing the victim is far more advantageous than direct confrontation.

The junior employee looked up to see the young girl standing there, perfectly fine, her rosy cheeks smiling broadly, which made him blush.

"Thank you for saving me."

"You’re welcome, just lending a hand."

That man in black hadn’t gone far; he hid in the shadows, thinking the girl must not be short on money, contemplating following her to see if he could strike.

Seeing the girl’s injury was fake, his rage surged again, and he screamed as he charged over.

Under everyone’s watch, he flew and landed peacefully.

Just then, the police arrived, witnessing the whole incident.

The man in black tried to attack the girl, but had bad luck running into a Military Training student, getting thrown aside with ease.

Not worth looking!

"Officer, he was trying to hit me; I was just defending myself." Su Xiaocai immediately withdrew her hand, looking so innocent and harmless.

Police officer: "Don’t worry, we all saw it."

This matter was easily resolved; Su Xiaocai didn’t even need to go to the station for a statement. The man had a criminal record, and checking the surveillance would reveal everything.

But things were quite serious on the junior employee’s end—dozens of people missing, even the mine owner was gone.

The mine owner’s family had called the police a week ago, and the station was at a loss.

Unexpectedly, there’s an informed person hiding here; naturally, they’d need to take him in for questioning.

The junior employee trembled as he bent over to thank her.

"You’re welcome." Su Xiaocai smiled, "Do you want to exchange contact info?"