Chapter 1156 - 1156: Looking for Money

Inside the carriage, every passenger felt uneasy, all intimidated.

Outside the door, witnessing the scene, Xiao Feng remarked in surprise, "They even planted actors in the bus? This was planned for a long time."

Xia Deyuan felt even more suspicious, unable to figure out who this middle-aged man beside him was, who could see through all his schemes at a glance.

Could it be a colleague?

No time to think too much, Xia Deyuan stepped onto the bus.

He had to complete the process before the police arrived.

"How many times have I said it, you should lead by moral example; using fists is not leading by moral example, is it?" Xia Deyuan reprimanded sternly.

Explosive Hair quickly nodded and bowed, continuously admitting his mistake.

Xia Deyuan shook his head, facing all the passengers, "Everyone, I'm not an unreasonable person. My family isn't wealthy; I come from a poor background.

My old mother is bedridden at home, urgently needing that life-saving money. If any kind person found it, I beg you to return the money to me."

Naturally, no one admitted to finding the money.

Xia Deyuan immediately changed his face and said, "In that case, please open your bags and take out everything in your pockets, so I can look through them."

With this request, some couldn't help but feel angry, but remembering the fate of the bespectacled youth who stood up earlier, they had to suppress their anger.

"You start," Xia Deyuan stood in front of a young woman in the front row and said expressionlessly.

The woman shuddered, looked around, saw no one stepped forward to speak, and said in a trembling voice, "I, I just have one shoulder bag."

Saying this, she opened the bag on her shoulder and handed it to Xia Deyuan.

Xia Deyuan glanced at it and said, "Take out the things from your pockets."

The woman stood up, placed her bag on the seat, and took out everything from her pockets, piece by piece.

After Xia Deyuan finished looking, he nodded and turned his gaze to the elderly woman beside her.

Soon, many noticed that Xia Deyuan didn't seem to be seriously searching for the money.

When others opened their backpacks, he just glanced briefly and moved on, not even checking carefully, like it was a routine job, or he hadn't planned to find the money at all.

This made people suspect whether the ten thousand yuan was money he stole from his father.

But, it didn't matter, as long as it wasn't robbery.

With this thought, passengers simply opened their bags and took out the contents of their pockets.

Xia Deyuan was happy to go along; his actual extortion target was the bus driver.

As for finding the money, who carries so much cash these days?

However, after scanning around, Xia Deyuan noticed one girl was different from the others.

Others opened their bags voluntarily, but that girl held her bag tightly, eyes full of panic.

He immediately approached her and asked, "What's going on with you?"

Inside the carriage, all passengers looked at the girl.

Many injured passengers recognized her as the girl who had just helped bandage their wounds.

Jiang Mixue took a deep breath, trying to maintain calm and said, "I only went to the front once, the rest of the time I was at the back of the carriage, it's impossible for me to have found the money.

If you don't believe me, you can ask this aunt here, I was bandaging the injuries of those who were hurt."

However, what happened next left Jiang Mixue a bit disheartened.

She pointed to the large palm bandaged aunt, who did not open her mouth to testify for her, instead, turned her face towards the window, pretending not to see or hear anything.

Looking at the others she helped, they reacted the same way.

"I don't want to know what you were doing then; I just want to see if the ten thousand yuan my father lost is in your bag." Xia Deyuan stepped forward, standing over her.

Jiang Mixue shrank towards the window, clutching her bag even tighter.

At this moment, the surrounding passengers started speaking up.

"Girl, if you haven't done anything wrong, there's nothing to be afraid of, just open the bag and let him see, won't you?"

"Exactly, let him see so we can move on, my girlfriend is still waiting for me at the station!"

"Don't let just one person like you affect so many of us."

This scene caught the attention of Xiao Feng, who had just boarded the bus.

He didn't think much of it; it's human nature, self-interest is inherent.

But he found it strange, what exactly was in Jiang Mixue's bag that she refused to open it?

After thinking over it, Xiao Feng felt the most likely scenario was that Jiang Mixue's bag... really did have ten thousand yuan.

Sure enough, Jiang Mixue said, "When I left, my family gathered over ten thousand yuan, but that's my tuition and living expenses, not the money your father lost."

Upon hearing this, Xia Deyuan's eyes lit up. He hadn't expected such an unexpected gain, and he immediately yelled, "Is that so? I'll only know if I see it!"

With that, he reached out and yanked the bag violently.

Jiang Mixue was pulled from her seat, falling onto the aisle.

Her eyes reddened as she said, "That's my money!"

Ignoring her, Xia Deyuan opened the bag, rummaged through it, and took out a small bundle wrapped in floral cloth.

This way of storing money was something only the elderly would use.

Unwrapping the floral cloth in a few quick movements, inside was a bundle of money tied with a rubber band, with hundred-yuan bills on the outside and quite a bit of change inside.

"At your age, how could you possibly have so much cash on you?" Xia Deyuan questioned.

Jiang Mixue's tears burst forth with grievances, seeking help with her gaze around her, only to be met with suspicious eyes.

"I'm over fifty and don't carry this much cash, let alone someone your age."

"I think the same. See, it's bound with rubber band, wrapped with a handkerchief. I've only seen older women keeping money like this."

"Who would've thought, such a kind-looking girl could do something like this."

In a few words, Jiang Mixue was branded a thief.

An old man rushed from the front of the carriage, tears streaming in excitement, "This is the money I lost; I tied it with a rubber band and wrapped it in toilet paper."

"I didn't steal the money! I really didn't steal the money!" Jiang Mixue's tears streamed down; she reached out trying to take the money back.

Xia Deyuan held the money up high, smirking coldly, "No one said you stole the money, but you found it and kept it to yourself without a word, that's where you're wrong."

"That's the tuition and living expenses my family gathered for me!"

"Saying that, do you think anyone will believe you?"

Jiang Mixue lowered her raised hand, scanning the surroundings, seeing cold, accusing faces from those who had thanked her earlier; she felt chilled to the bone, as if she fell into an ice cave.

Understanding what desperation means, she had a profound experience with the word.

However, just as she was losing all hope, a voice came from the front of the carriage, "I believe you!"