Chapter 547: – Filler
After Lin Jin and Xia Tian finished eating, they went back home for a bit to put all the clothes they had bought into the closet or just tossed them into the washing machine. The two then took the Xiamen BRT and headed to Zhongshan Road in the Siming District.
It was said that Zhongshan Road was a must-visit place for tourists. Lin Jin has been studying here for two years now. Even though she had heard there was a lot of tasty food on Zhongshan Road, she had never been there. After all, going there and coming back in a single day would take over two hours just for the commute, and she was really too lazy to do that.
They didn’t really buy any clothes or anything on Zhongshan Road. The two just leisurely strolled along in the crowd, noticing that most of the famous shops were basically all full of people. Even some of the small eateries in remote corners had long lines.
So that was to say, they really shouldn’t have come here during National Day.
Zhongshan Road was packed with tourists, and there were even more people over on Gulangyu Island. Apparently all the tickets for Gulangyu Island had already been sold out by noon, and that it was so crowded you could barely move.
Because there were just too many people, Lin Jin didn’t enjoy herself much here and barely got anything to eat. She just unhappily leaned half of her body against Xia Tian’s back and yawned.
“It’s so boring, there’s too many people.” Lin Jin wrinkled her nose and complained.
By now, she had long been used to holding hands or leaning against Xia Tian in public. Although the two weren’t an old married couple, but after being together for two months, Lin Jin had mostly dropped her guard around Xia Tian and didn’t feel too embarrassed anymore.
“Let’s find a milk tea shop and sit for a bit.” Xia Tian held Lin Jin’s hand. The relatively tall Xia Tian went on his tiptoes and took a look around, but realized that every milk tea shop had already filled up with people, with nowhere to even stand. So he could only change and say “If we really can’t, let’s just go back?”
“We rode on the bus for over an hour to get here, squeezed around in the crowd for half an hour, and then we’re just going to go back?”
Lin Jin frowned unhappily.
“If your face keeps frowning, you’ll end up looking ugly, okay?” Xia Tian glanced at Lin Jin’s expression at this time and laughed out loud. He reached out with his index finger and tapped her nose. “Alright, how about we check some of the more quieter places and see if there’s anything good to eat?”
“Mm.”
Just as they were chatting, Lin Jin suddenly noticed that someone seemed to have bumped into her bag. With so many people around, it was normal for someone to have accidentally bumped into her bag.
She just took a subconscious look back, but Lin Jin actually found a hand still rummaging around inside her bag.
Eh?
Without any hesitation, Lin Jin reached out and grabbed the wrist of that hand, then saw the man who owned that hand look up in confusion.
Xia Tian had already noticed something was up with Lin Jin, so he quickly moved behind the man. He immediately stretched out his arm and hooked it around the man’s neck and suddenly lifted him a bit.
Lin Jin watched as the small, skinny thief got immobilized by Xia Tian without much effort. The thief’s face was twisted in pain, as if he wanted to say something but was unable to let anything out with his neck being hooked.
The surrounding people quickly stepped aside, leaving a few square meters of open space for Xia Tian and the thief.
“Bro, you shouldn’t be stealing.” Xia Tian reached out to grab the fruit knife in the thief’s hand with a grin. He tossed it on the ground and kicked it far away, then continued to say “Alright, hand over everything you took.”
Not far away, Lin Jin peeked into her bag, then looked up and said “My phone, three hundred yuan, and my card wallet were all taken by him.”
Xia Tian quickly retrieved the stolen items. Just as Lin Jin was about to call the police, two police officers walked through the crowd and directly took the thief away.
Since there were so many people at Zhongshan Road, there were many police officers around to maintain order. Anytime a pickpocket got caught, the police would immediately rush over to take them away.
“You’re not bad.”
Once everything settled down, Lin Jin looked at Xia Tian with some surprise. “You look all weak and delicate, but you’re actually pretty tough, huh?”
“Of course I am, okay? I was in both the bodybuilding club and the taekwondo club in college. Although I haven’t practiced in a while, handling a pickpocket is still no problem.”
Xia Tian lifted his head and triumphantly grinned.
“You’ve hidden it quite well.” Lin Jin chuckled and lightly pushed Xia Tian “Do you want some reward?”
“Reward? What’s the reward?” Xia Tian immediately became interested.
“I’ll reward you to buy me a bag. This one got slashed apart.” Lin Jin took everything out of her bag and stuffed it in her pockets, leaving just the toy gun in her hand.
Xia Tian’s expression instantly went dark and he changed the subject without pause: “Hey, why do you keep that toy gun in your bag anyway?”
“It’s a stun gun, self defense.” Lin Jin raised the toy gun in her hand and waved it around “Want to give it a try?”
“I think I’ll pass.” Xia Tian took a couple steps back in fear.
No wonder Lin Jin always appeared to be unguarded. No wonder Lin Jin carried her bag no matter where she went.
It turned out she was well on guard from the start?
Because there were too many people, even just buying a new bag still took them over half an hour.
After buying the bag, neither of them felt like squeezing around in the crowd anymore, so they took the BRT back home.
Lin Jin was someone who really hated hassle. As soon as they got back, she quickly sorted out all the stuff they had bought today. Then, she couldn’t be bothered to shower and she just directly laid down on Xia Tian’s bed.
Xia Tian was taking a shower at the time, and Lin Jin didn’t feel like going back home to take a shower. She was so tired that she just laid down on the bed and almost fell asleep.
Xia Tian usually finishes his showers very quickly, but when he came out about ten minutes later, he found that Lin Jin was already snoring away on the bed. The sweat on her forehead had not even dried yet.
Xiamen was a pretty hot place, and the places they had visited were all packed with people. So even though Lin Jin doesn’t sweat much normally, she still ended up sweating a lot on this trip.
Now, even after being under the air conditioner for ten minutes, her sweat was still not completely dry. After Xia Tian stood by the bed and thought for a bit, he finally reached out and shook her shoulder.
“Get up and take a shower before you sleep. It’s only four in the afternoon.”
“I want to sleep for a bit.” Lin Jin rolled over, her back to Xia Tian. She then pulled the quilt over her head, using the quilt to wipe the sweat off her forehead along the way.
Even though Xia Tian wasn’t obsessed with cleanliness, seeing Lin Jin do that still made the corners of his mouth twitch.
What on earth was this Lin Jin doing?
Xia Tian helplessly sighed. There really wasn’t much he could do about this action by Lin Jin.
Even though he might have a bit of a cleanliness obsession, but if it was Lin Jin, then it should be fine, right?
Translator’s Note: BRT stands for Bus Rapid Transit and is usually different from the normal buses.