"I don't need an apology."
The man smiled and shook his head.
"I'm glad I could help a little."
Besides, helping out had eased his mood, too.
The police car arrived with its loudspeaker blaring.
All the vehicles and pedestrians moved aside of their own accord.
Making way for the police car to pass.
The thief still tried to make one last desperate struggle.
But it was no use.
Several young men held him down with all their strength.
Then the police took over.
The woman went to the police station with them to give a statement.
And with that, the commotion came to an end.
Soon, once the police car had left, the street returned to its usual rhythm.
Xiao Xiao looked at the man.
"At least you didn't lose too many oranges this time."
Aside from the orange he'd given the woman to calm her nerves, all the oranges he'd thrown at the thief had been picked back up.
"Huh?"
The man instinctively glanced at the bag he'd packed the oranges in.
"Yeah."
He nodded.
"As long as we caught the thief, losing a few more oranges wouldn't matter."
Hmm?
Only belatedly did the man realize that Student Xiao's words seemed to...
Was he overthinking it?
The man hesitated.
Xiao Xiao smiled faintly.
"Didn't you run into Gu Youxuan again before?"
"Oh."
The man suddenly understood.
"That impressive girl, the future police officer."
The smile in Xiao Xiao's eyes deepened.
"Right."
"That impressive girl, the future police officer."
Xiao Xiao repeated the way the man had described Gu Youxuan.
"She told me what happened when you two met that day."
"Oh, right."
The man nodded.
So that was it.
Then his earlier feeling hadn't been wrong.
He'd thought