Chance Encounter

"Okay."

Chen Hui had originally wanted to urge Su Ming to eat something, but in the end, she didn't say it. She could tell the young master was on a diet.

Su Ming was about to leave, but as he stepped out the door, he suddenly stopped.

"Young master, what's wrong?"

Chen Hui asked, puzzled.

"Nothing, I forgot to grab something."

Su Ming then hurried upstairs.

A few minutes later, Su Ming emerged from Su Yuan's room in a hurry and then left the house.

On the street, Su Ming ran towards the sky rail station. He had initially thought about taking a taxi to the club.

But considering it was rush hour, a taxi might get stuck in traffic and be slow, so he decided to just take the sky rail.

Before long, Su Ming reached the entrance of the nearest sky rail station.

The entire sky rail station was built underground. There were ten escalators at the entrance, each with quite a few people standing on it, indicating a large flow of people.

Looking up ahead, one could see a truly spectacular sight: sky rail trains emerged from underground and sped off into the distance.

Su Ming took an escalator down and soon arrived at the spacious sky rail station lobby, which had numerous manned ticket windows and self-service ticket machines.

Ever since the Old Federation abandoned all highly intelligent facilities due to the threat from the Mechanical Race, the convenience of its citizens' lives had regressed by several levels, making all forms of travel cumbersome.

Su Ming walked towards an unoccupied self-service ticket machine. He approached the machine, reached out, and tapped the screen. He selected his destination, Guanggu Station, and then used his phone to purchase a seated ticket.

The self-service ticket machine immediately dispensed a magnetic card.

Su Ming took the magnetic card and walked into the sky rail station. After walking about fifty meters, he saw rows of manual security checkpoints ahead.

He glanced around and then headed for a special security checkpoint on the side.

Not many people were using this checkpoint. As Su Ming passed through the security gate, the machine beeped.

A middle-aged male security guard, who looked quite old and was wearing a work uniform, said to Su Ming.

"Show me your identification."

Su Ming handed his ID card to the security guard.

The security guard carefully checked the information on Su Ming's ID card and then very politely returned it to Su Ming.

"Everything is in order."

"Thank you."

Su Ming took back his ID card and walked inside.

Soon, he arrived at the boarding area. A caterpillar-shaped sky rail train was parked at the platform, with all twelve doors open, and groups of passengers were disembarking.

Seeing that most people had gotten off, Su Ming boarded the sky rail train.

After getting on, he looked around. Inside the sky rail train, there were two rows of seats on either side, with transparent windows next to the seats offering a clear view of the scenery outside. Between the seats on both sides was an aisle with many hanging grab handles and straps.

It was already approaching rush hour, and there were quite a few passengers on the sky rail, with almost all the seats occupied.

However, Su Ming was fortunate enough to find an empty window seat and immediately walked over to sit down.

"Dear passengers, the doors will be closing soon. Please be careful!"

Beep beep~

The doors closed quickly, and then the sky rail train began to accelerate. Due to the highly mature technology, although the acceleration was very rapid, there was almost no discomfort during the process.

Soon, the sky rail train emerged from the ground. Su Ming watched through the window as buildings passed by.

Then, they ascended into mid-air and proceeded towards the next station at a constant speed.

Su Ming leaned against the window, quietly looking down at the bustling Thirteenth District, his thoughts drifting, and he murmured to himself.

"Perhaps this isn't such a bad thing."

A few minutes later.

The sky rail train arrived at Shanchuan Station, and the doors opened.

Many passengers boarded, and the sky rail train became slightly crowded for a moment, with many people forced to stand.

Su Ming happened to glance over and was slightly taken aback.

Su Ming saw Lin Chuyu standing in the aisle not far from his seat. She was wearing a blue knitted sweater, off-white pants, and a light-colored trench coat draped over her shoulders.

She stood there serenely, making it hard to imagine how fierce she had been controlling a Mecha earlier.

Su Ming didn't go up to greet her, as girls like Lin Chuyu, who were constantly being hit on, would likely be resistant to people approaching them.

At this moment, the train doors closed again, and it began to accelerate rapidly. Su Ming checked his phone; the next stop was Guanggu Station. This sky rail was truly fast.

Just then, Su Ming keenly noticed a young man wearing a baseball cap, with his head down, deliberately squeezing into the spot to Lin Chuyu's left rear.

The young man then took a small, foldable knife made of special material from his pocket and skillfully cut open the bottom of Lin Chuyu's jacket pocket.

Seeing this, Su Ming didn't step forward to stop him. Instead, he picked up his phone and recorded the theft.

Soon, the young man silently took Lin Chuyu's phone and wallet, then turned and squeezed his way out. The entire process was seamless, showing his highly practiced skill; it was clear he was a repeat offender.

At this moment, the sky train arrived at Guanggu Station.

Su Ming immediately got up from his seat, preparing to call out to Lin Chuyu.

However, Lin Chuyu directly got off the sky train and quickly walked towards the exit.

Many people were getting off at this stop, and Su Ming was blocked on the train for more than ten seconds before he could disembark. By then, Lin Chuyu was already fifty meters away.

Su Ming felt a bit helpless, having completely underestimated how fast she would walk. He could only hurry after her.

Unfortunately, Su Ming was still a step too late. Lin Chuyu had already reached the exit gate.

She reached into her pocket, only to find a hole and discover her wallet and phone were gone.

Lin Chuyu stood silently before the gate.

Passing passengers couldn't help but glance at her.

Just then, a patrolling security guard saw the situation and walked over, politely inquiring.

"Miss, what's wrong?"

"I'm sorry, my transit card was in my wallet, and now my wallet and phone are gone. I can't get through."

Lin Chuyu said apologetically to the guard.

"This..."

The security guard looked troubled upon hearing this. It wasn't that he suspected Lin Chuyu of fare evasion; after all, she was very beautiful and dressed quite well.

At this point, many passengers stopped to watch, including quite a few young people, who looked at Lin Chuyu and excitedly discussed.

"What a beautiful woman."

Just then, Su Ming jogged over, slightly out of breath, and said.

"I can vouch for what she's saying."

"Classmate Su Ming?"

Lin Chuyu looked at him with a hint of surprise.

Su Ming smiled at Lin Chuyu, then picked up his phone and played the recorded pickpocketing video.

The video clearly showed the process of Lin Chuyu being pickpocketed, as well as the thief's appearance.

"This video can prove it."