The man was standing at the shelves behind Li Xian, choosing items. He did not seem to have noticed Li Xian.
Li Xian took the opportunity to look at the back of his neck-
There was nothing there.
The black object on his neck was gone?
Li Xian could not tell whether this was good or bad-he only felt that something was terribly strange. Before the Supervisor turned around, he left the shelves and joined the back of the line.
It was just those two players' turn to check out. The man in front, whose hair was parted down the middle, placed his items on the counter. The cashier quickly scanned their prices, and the man handed over his money.
Everything had proceeded normally so far, but just as the clerk took the money and prepared to give him his change, the man with the center part suddenly spoke:
"Oh, right! There was something else I wanted to buy. I forgot about it."
"You can go get it now. I'll wait here."
The clerk answered good-naturedly.
But the man with the center part scratched his head in apparent distress. "The thing is, I'm not really sure where it is, and I'm afraid I'll take too long-why don't you come help me find it?"
"Then please wait here for a moment, everyone."
After a moment's thought, the clerk readily agreed. He left the register open and followed beside the man with the center part.
"What would you like to buy?"
"It's that..."
The shelves soon hid them from view, and Li Xian understood what the two men were planning.
Once the man with the center part had lured the clerk away, his companion in the hat was left standing in front of the register.
No... "accomplice" would be more fitting now.