Su Luowan placed the lighter items into her backpack basket, while the heavier ones she stored in her space.
As soon as she stepped out of the supply-and-marketing cooperative, she noticed that the “little tail” behind her was still following closely.
After thinking for a moment, she weaved left and right, finally arriving at a quiet alley near the police station.
The alley was extremely silent. Once inside, she hid behind an earthen wall.
The follower tiptoed into the alley. Not seeing Su Luowan, he started looking around, cautiously inching forward.
When he came close enough, Su Luowan suddenly appeared from behind the wall, her voice calm:
“You’ve been following me for so long. Aren’t you tired, hmm?”
The stalker jumped in fright, but quickly recovered. A cruel gleam appeared on his face as he snarled:
“Hmph! Since you’ve discovered me, just hand over the money on you, or you’ll regret it!”
He drew a sharp knife from his waist and slowly advanced toward her.
Su Luowan looked at him and smiled faintly:
“Oh, so your name is Gou Dan, huh?”
“You… you know me?”
Gou Dan frowned, confusion flickering in his eyes. His hand holding the knife froze.
He desperately searched his memory, but could not recall anything about this little girl!
Su Luowan shook her head:
“I don’t know you personally, but I do know that since you were young you’ve been thieving and sneaking around, and the villagers drove you out.
After coming to this town, instead of behaving, you’ve become bolder and robbed many people. Am I right?”
The colder her gaze became, the sharper her words.
Gou Dan’s face turned pale and red alternately, his hand holding the knife trembling slightly.
He roared:
“Who exactly are you? How do you know all this?”
As he spoke, he waved the knife again, trying to threaten her:
“But that’s not important. Just hand over the money on you, and maybe you’ll suffer less.”
He brandished the knife.
Su Luowan snorted coldly, unafraid, and stepped forward half a pace.
It was getting late; she still needed to hurry home for lunch. Thinking this, she decided to end it quickly.
Gou Dan saw her calm, unflinching demeanor, and felt uneasy.
Usually, a girl would have cried in fear at the sight of a knife.
How could she remain so composed?
The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became. He wanted to back off.
But thinking of the cash she carried, he dismissed the idea of retreating.
He had started tailing her after seeing people withdraw money at the bank and hand it to the girl in the pharmacy.
Two bundles—two thousand yuan!
If he could get it, he could return to the village gloriously and even marry a wife, proving the villagers wrong.
Gou Dan gritted his teeth, brandished the knife, and lunged viciously at Su Luowan.
Her pupils contracted. She quickly sidestepped, brushing past him, and grabbed his knife-wielding arm.
With a slight twist, there was a “snap,” followed by his pained scream—and the knife clattered to the ground.
Gou Dan almost fell. He realized he had underestimated her.
He hadn’t expected such a seemingly weak girl to be so formidable.
He tried to lift his arm, but it wouldn’t obey him, dangling uselessly.
Terrified, he looked at Su Luowan:
“What did you do to me? My arm—what happened?”
Meanwhile, Gou Dan’s scream had drawn attention.
Curious onlookers slowly gathered around.
Gou Dan tried to escape, but Su Luowan quickly blocked his path.
He crouched, picked up the knife with his uninjured arm, red-eyed, and pointed it at her:
“Let me through! If I can’t leave, then we die together!”
Su Luowan looked at him and thought: hmm, prison awaits, and it will be full of suffering.
After release, disease will plague him, and most of his later life will be spent in pain.
The long sentence? All due to his past crimes. Multiple robberies and extortions had already left a police record.
Gou Dan, seeing her calm composure, felt panic mixed with anger. Like a trapped beast, he wildly swung the knife at her.
With one arm useless, his balance was off.
Su Luowan seized the opportunity, kicked the knife from his hand, and sent him sprawling to the ground.
At that moment, some of the crowd stepped forward and held Gou Dan down.
“Miss, this isn’t far from the police station. Let’s take him there!” one suggested.
Su Luowan nodded and thanked the helpers.
She had deliberately chosen this alley close to the police station for convenience!
At the station, Officer Zhang received them. He quickly understood the situation from the crowd’s chatter, then carefully examined Gou Dan.
“Found you! We’ve been looking for you for a long time!” Officer Zhang said, scrutinizing him.
“You’ve been robbing people in our town. Tell me, how many crimes have you committed in the past six months?”
Gou Dan, already frustrated, felt bitter.
He had wanted to leave the town, but without a letter of introduction, where could he go? Risking capture, he dared not go anywhere.
Villagers usually carried no money; only in town for purchases did they carry some. So he had to commit crimes in town.
He had always been careful, but this time… he had misjudged. He mistook the little girl before him for an easy target.
In reality, she was clearly a demon.