A scolding voice suddenly came from behind.
"Stop!"
A man, about thirty years old, suddenly ran over and picked up the little boy. Before Chen Peiyue could react, the man pointed at her nose and cursed, "Who are you? Why are you hitting my son!"
Chen Peiyue was wearing a mask at the time, which did look suspicious in others' eyes. However, facing the man's sudden accusation, Chen Peiyue felt wronged.
"I didn't hit him. He mistook me for someone else and started crying."
"Bullshit, my son never cries easily! Aren't you a human trafficker? Wearing a mask in broad daylight, afraid to show your face?"
Chen Peiyue's brows furrowed. The man's unreasonable behavior instinctively annoyed her.
"What business is it of yours whether I wear a mask or not? In any case, your son wasn't made to cry by me."
Chen Peiyue stopped paying attention to the man after speaking. However, she didn't realize that her attitude made the man feel unable to back down, especially since his scolding had already drawn the attention of many people.
"Then if you have the guts, take off your mask! Let us see your true face."
Chen Peiyue was amused. "How ridiculous, what does my appearance have to do with you."
"Then you are a human trafficker!"
"Whatever you say goes?"
However, to her surprise, the man shouted loudly, "Help! There's a human trafficker here!"
In Huaxia, nothing is more detested than human traffickers. The man's shout immediately attracted a crowd of passersby.
Chen Peiyue's gaze turned cold. It was the first time she had encountered such an unreasonable person. Even with her normally good temper, she couldn't help but want to attack the man!
If this were Feng Town, she was almost certain the man would be lying on the ground by now!
However, when she saw the little boy still crying, she immediately calmed down.
Although she spent most of her time with the Xiao Dao Gang, she had actually played the role of an older sister in her childhood.
When she was five or six years old, her father, fearing she would be too bored staying home alone, brought back a one or two-year-old boy for her to look after.
Therefore, Chen Peiyue knew very well that children of this age were not yet sensible, and his crying was likely just an instinctual fear, with no malicious intent or ulterior motives.
"Alas."
Seeing that the passersby were about to surround her, Chen Peiyue sighed and quickly walked away into the distance.
The man originally wanted to stop her, but with Chen Peiyue's skills, he was no match for her. In a moment, he could only watch as Chen Peiyue disappeared from view.
"Damn human trafficker! If I see you again, I'll definitely take you to the police station!"
Only then did the crowd slowly disperse.
Chen Peiyue, who had left, was soon attracted by other scenery. On a street to the right of the clubhouse, there was a commercial district opening. The colorful decorations and the bustling atmosphere attracted her to join the crowd.
"What is this?"
Chen Peiyue, following behind the crowd, soon discovered something strange: red beads strung onto a wooden skewer, which looked very attractive.
The vendor said enthusiastically, "This is tanghulu, miss. Would you like a skewer? It's delicious. I guarantee you'll want to buy another one after trying it!"
"This is for eating?"
Chen Peiyue's eyes widened. She had initially thought it was some kind of decoration, but she never expected it to be edible.
Driven by curiosity, she reached into her pocket and pulled out a stack of red paper bills.
All of them were hundred-yuan notes.
Her previous experience of fleeing had taught Chen Peiyue that she needed money to buy things in this society, so she had deliberately brought some money with her this time.
However, she had no idea about the current prices, so she directly pulled out a bill and handed it to the vendor, asking, "Is this enough?"
"You don't need that much. Let me help you with the change."
Seeing Chen Peiyue pull out a stack of hundred-yuan bills, the vendor knew she didn't have change. So he took one bill, gave her the change, and handed her a skewer of tanghulu.
"Miss, have you eaten this before?" the vendor asked kindly.
Chen Peiyue shook her head.
"It's very simple. Let me teach you. First, tear off the outer layer, then you bite directly into it. Yes, just like that."
Under the vendor's guidance, Chen Peiyue unwrapped a tanghulu, then took off her mask and cautiously took a bite.
The sweetness that entered her mouth made her eyebrows relax. Her crescent-shaped eyes narrowed slightly, as if she had discovered a new world.
But then, the sourness as she bit down again made her frown.
The vendor, an elderly man in his fifties, saw Chen Peiyue's expression and said with a kind smile, "Miss, eat slowly, you'll discover something different."
Chen Peiyue, who was about to spit it out, held back when she heard the vendor say that.
After she slowly chewed and swallowed, she suddenly realized she wanted another bite.
How strange!
Chen Peiyue looked at the tanghulu in her hand, her eyes filled with fluctuating emotions.
However, her attention was soon drawn by another shout.
"Got it, got it!"
Chen Peiyue followed the crowd and found a strange stall. She watched as people bought rings from a man and threw them onto the items inside. Whichever item they managed to encircle, they would take it.
Although she found it a bit strange, Chen Peiyue also found it very interesting. Finally, she couldn't help but buy five rings.
In fact, from the beginning, she had noticed a very cute blue doll placed in the innermost position among the items. It was only after seeing that she could take it if she managed to encircle it that she finally couldn't resist stepping forward.
The vendor, a man in his thirties, felt that his customer had arrived the moment he saw Chen Peiyue.
In fact, the arrangement of the items was also carefully planned. The vendor knew that the easiest money to make in society was from women, and this was also the case with ring toss games. Therefore, he deliberately placed some items that girls liked in the middle.
Originally, games like throwing things or basketball were usually the weak points for girls. Now, with the added limitation of distance, the vendor had proven through actual results that most of his income came from women.
However, he didn't know that the person standing before him was a master of inner force.
Although Chen Peiyue had never played such a game before, after missing two rings in a row, she had found her technique.
Seeing Chen Peiyue suddenly stop, the vendor thought she was giving up and kindly said, "Miss, it's okay, you were so close to succeeding! Why not buy another try? You'll definitely get it this time!"