Chapter 2305 - 2265: As Long As I’m Here, No Thief Dares to Show Up

Normally, those young people, young girls work in big cities, and they only rush back to their hometown for the New Year.

Now, many youngsters are returning to their hometown, still dressed fashionably.

However, when Ye Qiu and Liu Lingxiu, these young ladies, appeared, they were not only dressed in style but had a natural elegance. When a large group of them appeared, they attracted considerable attention.

Upon leaving the town’s middle school and reaching the small town street, it was indeed bustling with people and vehicles to the point where even small cars and motorcycles couldn’t drive into the main street.

Now it’s entirely filled with pedestrians, with various vendors on either side.

Many snacks and wild fruits that Lin Xiang and the others had never seen before, and they found the prices to be very cheap. There were indeed many snacks priced at three yuan each.

If they had known earlier, they wouldn’t have had breakfast, and would have bought food when they came to the town for the market.

While Lin Xiang and the others were purchasing, Ye Qiu’s gaze focused ahead.

In fact, he actually saw the appearance of pickpockets.

There wasn’t just one pickpocket; there were seven or eight, possibly more.

With at least ten thousand people on the street right now, if they sneakily take items from people and blend back into the crowd, it’s almost impossible to find them.

Those pickpockets are always looking for potential targets.

They might have their eyes on those dressed fashionably, carrying bags and name-brand phones.

They won’t snatch directly but will quietly take valuable items like wallets or phones when people are not paying attention.

Moreover, these pickpockets are likely not locals, but outsiders coming in to commit crimes.

Liu Lingxiu and others were attracted by the things in front of them, not noticing the emergence of pickpockets, until Ye Qiu nudged Liu Lingxiu.

It was only then that Liu Lingxiu realized what was happening.

At that moment, a pickpocket was getting close to Lin Xiang.

Intending to swipe something from Lin Xiang’s bag.

This was intolerable!

Lin Xiang’s documents and other essentials were all in the wallet, which would be very troublesome to retrieve if lost.

Just as the pickpocket was about to succeed, Ye Qiu stepped over, grabbed the person’s neck, and said, "I’m Ye Qiu, and even here, there’s a thief daring to touch my woman’s things."

The pickpocket thought no one had noticed him, but as soon as he felt his neck being grabbed, he tried to struggle free. Ye Qiu immediately punched him on the head.

The person howled in pain. Ye Qiu forcefully kicked the person in the groin.

The person bent over in agony and collapsed on the ground. He couldn’t get back up when a few men appeared around him, clearly the pickpocket’s accomplices.

Moreover, these guys had weapons with them. It’s obvious that if discovered, they would resort to threats with these weapons.

Typically, ordinary people really fear such situations.

Do they think Ye Qiu would be scared of those weapons?

As they surrounded him, someone looked at Ye Qiu and said, "Young man, not afraid of death, are you?"

Ye Qiu sneered.

Each of them fell to the ground in pain, and when the other pickpockets saw things going awry, they attempted to escape.

How could Ye Qiu let them leave so easily?

None of the surrounding pickpockets managed to escape.

They were all knocked to the ground by Ye Qiu.

Counting them, there were eleven pickpockets, ranging in age from their teens to their forties. Ye Qiu was really surprised that during the New Year, a small town would have so many pickpockets in action.

"Come, everyone, beat them to death if you like; if they die, I’ll take responsibility."

Ye Qiu told the surrounding villagers.

However, the villagers were still somewhat in disbelief.

"I’ll give a thousand yuan for each one beaten."

Upon hearing there was money involved, the surrounding villagers started taking action. What they hated most were these petty thieves, but earlier no one dared to say anything, even though many might have already known there were pickpockets.

Upon learning that this young man was Ye Qiu.

And that Ye Qiu had blown up the Zhu Family Grave during National Day, many people in the small town had heard about it.

Messing with this young man in front of them, you really must have a death wish.

The surrounding men, women, and children began a savage assault on the eleven pickpockets, ruthlessly kicking and hitting them. At this moment, those eleven people were truly in unbearable pain, wishing they were dead.

The beating lasted for nearly ten to twenty minutes. Seeing that they were on the verge of collapse, Ye Qiu intervened again.

Then, surrounding them once more, the villagers continued the beating on those pickpockets.

The battering persisted for nearly forty minutes, and those near-death pickpockets were left barely breathing.

The police officers from the Zhenli police station had already arrived.

When they heard that this young man was Ye Qiu, they showed respect and fear upon meeting Ye Qiu.

Especially Deputy Chief Zhu, who knew very well about Ye Qiu’s background.

"Just drag them away!"

Ye Qiu said.

The police officers then took the pickpockets away.

They’re certainly not going to die, but they’ll definitely be crippled for life.

The fate of pickpockets generally turns out like this—either beaten to death or left crippled.

Originally, there might have been other pickpockets appearing, but after witnessing this, maybe no more pickpockets would dare to show up again.

"If you discover any more pickpockets in the small town, and cripple them, I’ll reward you with fifty thousand yuan per person; just go to Ye Family Village to claim the money."

Ye Qiu said directly.

Matters like this are utterly ineffective relying solely on the police station; it’s not that they don’t want to handle it, but they can’t manage it. With just a few officers, dealing with so many people, it’s really difficult to catch those pickpockets.

But now it’s different, Ye Qiu uses violence against violence, and additionally, he offers rewards for combating these pickpockets. We’ll see if the pickpockets still dare to appear in this small town.

Even if someone ends up dead, Ye Qiu can afford to pay the compensation.

Many villagers thought after hearing this that Ye Qiu was truly remarkable. Although they previously heard he blew up the Zhu Family Grave, thinking he was quite arrogant, now it seems that might not be the case.

When Ye Qiu and Liu Lingxiu left with the others, after just witnessing that scene, these young ladies were almost dumbfounded.

"Hey, what nonsense were you spouting just now?" In front of so many people, Ye Qiu actually declared her as his woman, making Lin Xiang feel embarrassed, especially when she saw the looks from Liu Lingxiu and Li Qianqian.

"What nonsense? Do you want those pickpockets to steal your documents?"

"Of course not," Lin Xiang replied.

Without the disturbances of petty pickpockets, and with no one else daring to approach Ye Qiu and these young ladies.

Ye Qiu isn’t joking; he would seriously cripple anyone who dared to approach.

They wandered around until past eleven in the morning. When Chen Fang called Ye Qiu and Liu Lingxiu to return for lunch, Ye Qiu then went back with them by car.