Chapter 214: Infiltrating the Inside
The train station was bustling as usual today. A fashionable woman with a bag in her hand and a suitcase in the other, stiletto heels giving her an imposing height and her long hair flowing elegantly, strode down the street. Her glamorous appearance attracted many gazes.
While queuing for the security check, a shifty-eyed man stood behind her. As she placed her suitcase on the conveyor belt of the security scanner, he followed suit placing an empty bag onto the belt. Seizing the perfect moment, he swiftly reached into her bag and pilfered the phone in her hand.
Unaware of what just happened, the woman continued on her way while the thief blended into the crowd, looking for other potential targets.
However, the vigilant police observed the whole incident through the surveillance system. They took swift action to apprehend the man, retrieving the woman’s phone, earning admiring glances from the public.
The thief was soon taken into custody and after the police’s interrogation, he revealed everything truthfully. His name was Cui Qi, a habitual thief with a long criminal record in many cities, unrepentant despite many convictions.
As per Cui Qi’s confession, he had a falling out with his parents and had run away from home over a decade ago. He had no contact with them since then and had no friends. Driven by desperation, he resorted to petty thievery for survival and kept moving from city to city every time he was caught multiple times.
Cui Qi had been in this city for only two months, yet he had already committed over forty thefts. This was the first time he was caught here. When asked about any accomplices, he claimed to work alone and stated he hadn’t made any friends in the city since he arrived.
Cui Qi was then locked up, assuming he’d spend a long time behind bars, but to his surprise, he was released the next day, which left him rather dumbfounded.
Although Cui Qi felt perplexed, he was walking down the street wondering when the police had become so benevolent?
Just then, a black car pulled up. Cui Qi grew cautious. As the car door swung open, a heavily made-up woman greeted him, "Cui Qi, right? There’s no future in being a petty thief; get in the car if you want to make big money."
"You are..." Cui Qi furrowed his eyebrows. Being released so unexpectedly and now this sudden invite, he smelled a rat.