"Ah, really!"
The woman spotted her shoes at once and bowed gratefully. "Thank you."
As she went to pick them up, her eyes lifted—and suddenly, her shoes were right there in front of her.
Woman:?!
"Here, your shoes."
Xiao Xiao handed them to her. "Since your foot's hurt, you should try not to walk around too much."
"Thank you!"
The woman took her shoes, her eyes growing a little moist.
She'd been so focused on catching up with the person ahead that she hadn't paid much attention to how her foot felt.
But her foot wasn't made of steel and concrete. How could she not feel anything?
She'd stumbled and staggered her way along, and it had really hurt.
She'd been gritting her teeth and bearing it the whole time.
Now, just being shown a little concern had nearly overwhelmed her.
Even though she couldn't see herself, she knew she must look terribly disheveled. Still, she felt warm inside.
After meeting so many kind and gentle people, she didn't feel unlucky at all today.
On the contrary, she felt lucky.
A bright smile spread across the woman's face. "Thank you all so much."
Please forgive her for not being good with words.
Other than thanking them, she didn't know what else to say.
She felt helpless about how useless she was.
But the smile at her lips only grew wider.
She was happy.
Truly happy.
The police arrived.
They paused at Gu Youxuan's imposing pose. Then one of the younger officers gave her a thumbs-up and praised her. "Impressive."
Gu Youxuan smiled, released the thief from her pin, and let the officers take over.
"Well, look who it is again."
The older officer recognized the thief's face and chuckled. With a hint of teasing,