The man was forced back two steps.
His open mouth snapped shut in front of the girl's finger.
His teeth clacked together with a rather grating sound.
The man looked a little regretful.
So close...
He could have bitten down on the finger the girl had pointed at him.
The ponytailed girl was still shaken.
"You..."
But the man's earlier behavior had frightened her, and for the moment, she couldn't think of anything else to say.
"Yingying!"
The short-haired girl pushed through the crowd, looking frantic.
When she spotted the ponytailed girl in the middle, she let out a sigh of relief.
She'd finally caught up.
"Yingying!"
The short-haired girl hurried over to the ponytailed girl.
"You two ran way too fast..."
She grumbled softly, pretending to complain.
She knew her friend had been trying so hard to get her bracelet back.
A moment ago, she'd left the grilled fish restaurant with her friend.
After walking a few steps, she thought she heard something drop to the ground.
She hadn't paid it any mind.
The sound had been very faint.
The mall's music and the voices of people talking all blended together.
It was quite noisy.
She'd thought she'd imagined it.
Or that it was a sound unrelated to her.
But the next moment, she happened to raise her hand, and the sight of her wrist caught her attention.
She brought her wrist closer to take a good look.
For no apparent reason, an uneasy feeling stirred inside her...
A few seconds later—
"Ah!"
She cried out.
Her bracelet!
The strange sound she'd heard earlier flashed through her mind.
Could it be?!
She whipped around.
Not far away, she saw a man bending down to pick something up.
Even before she could see what he had