Chapter 64: A Strange Encounter on the Bus (Part I)
Finally, the 114 bus arrived and both got on it. Since this was not the first stop, there were already many passengers on the bus. The situation was just like the last time they got on the bus. Yang Ming put his remaining two yuan of coins that he received as change from buying the books into the fare box.
What Yang Ming didn't notice was that the young lady he met in the bookstore also got on the bus! Neither of them saw each other.
A pretty girl on a bus would always be the center of attention. Besides, there were perverts who had nothing better to do and acted like the "Bus Pervert" on the bus full of people. The victims would most likely keep silent from the sexual harassment. This scenario would definitely promote their behavior. Even if given a warning, these perverts would make an excuse that there were too many people on the bus and claim that physical contact was unavoidable. Therefore, the victims had to suffer passively!
Although Chen Mengyan went on the bus with Yang Ming, she was too pretty and a pervert couldn't stop himself from approaching her. He tried with all his might to push through the crowd and came next to Yang Ming.
Yang Ming encountered matters like these frequently. Naturally, he realized the pervert's intention! Chen Mengyan and he were not even near the exit. If there wasn't anything else, why else would someone push through the crowd all the way to where they were standing!
"That person holds ill intentions towards you!" Yang Ming whispered.
"How do you know?" Chen Mengyan didn't notice the pervert.
"I can sense it with his look!" Yang Ming frowned. "Let's swap places; go in front of me!"
"With such a clear understanding, do you always do something like this?" Chen Mengyan rolled her eyes at Yang Ming.
Yang Ming stopped talking as he saw the pervert approaching!
A chick with excessive makeup hollered with irritation. "Why are you pushing me? Are you taking advantage of me?"
"Who pushed you? Look at your face. It wasn't intentional!" The man wasn't happy dealing with the girl. Initially, he wanted to grope Chen Mengyan but this girl was a hindrance! If she was good-looking, he would have harassed her instead. However, her bold makeup was terrible.
"So be it! You with that obsessed look can't be any good!" She continued scolding him.
He didn't want to waste any more time with her. He just shut his mouth and pretended to be deaf! By this time, he had already made it close to Yang Ming. He wanted to extend his lusty hand towards Chen Mengyan but it wasn't easy with Yang Ming standing in front of him!
Yang Ming was struggling to find a way to punish this fellow. He didn't expect that girl to already make a fuss! Thus, Yang Ming took the opportunity and went with the flow!
With that determination, Yang Ming slowly extended his hand toward the girl. Since the bus was crowded, it was challenging to identify her position solely based on his senses. Yang Ming was different, however. He used his x-ray vision to easily find the girl's position and then he pinched her butt!
Hey, the feel of it is not bad. If I ignored her looks, her figure is still marvelous!
"Ah!" She suddenly yelled and angrily glared at the pervert. Then she slapped him. "You punk!"
The pervert was stunned by the unexpected slap. He could only react after a few moments had passed. "Stupid b****, why did you slap me?"
"Slap you? I will even send you to the detention center!" She shrieked, "Why did you pinch my butt?"
"Pinch your butt? Did you make a mistake? Do you think I'm blind?" The pervert retorted loudly.
"Stop saying nonsense. You can say anything in the detention center! Driver, stop the bus!" She screamed as though she was fearless.
The pervert mumbled to himself. He probably had past records of such cases in the detention center. He became nervous as the girl got serious.
In the blink of an eye, the pervert yelled, "Crazy b****!" as he rushed out the exit when the bus reached the next stop.
"Humph! Don't let me see you again!"The girl was proud because she was victorious.
The passengers next to her cast themselves away since they wanted to avoid provoking her.
Yang Ming was the only one with a smile written on his face as the pervert left the bus. "Don't you see? I told you that this fellow wasn't a good person!"
"Alright, even if you guessed correctly, I wasn't his target!" Chen Mengyan whispered.
"Didn't you see he was already approaching us? If I wasn't standing in the way, he might already have achieved his goal!" whispered Yang Ming. "Are you sure he didn't have good eyes?" He glanced at the girl with the bold makeup as he spoke.
"What do you mean..." Chen Mengyan thought for a little while but then she understood the situation instantly when she saw Yang Ming's sly expression! She looked at him and said, "You're so bad!"
"What do you mean by bad? I'm just strategic!" Yang Ming quipped.
"Did it feel good?" Chen Mengyan asked abruptly.
"It wasn't too bad!" Yang Ming simply answered. He realized something was wrong the moment the words were spoken. He then immediately corrected himself. "I mean my intention just now was to drive away the pervert. I didn't think much about it. In such an emergency, how would I remember how it felt?"
Chen Mengyan ignored him as she frowned and looked elsewhere.
"Mengyan, what happened to you?" Yang Ming saw Chen Mengyan's attitude. He thought she was mad at him. He was afraid and quickly consulted her.
"Stop talking; look there!" Chen Mengyan whispered as she interrupted Yang Min.
Puzzled, Yang Ming followed Chen Mengyan's line of sight. As a result, he saw a thief who was approaching a sleeping passenger's bag with a dagger.
When he saw the passenger's face, he was delighted! Isn't she the "Big Mama" who was picking on me at the bookstore?
There's actually karma in this world! Hehe, your retribution has come!
Chapter 65: A Strange Encounter on the Bus (Part II)
"Why are you still laughing?" Chen Mengyan saw Yang Ming actually laugh at the other's misery. She frowned a bit as she was displeased.
"I'm not laughing. I'm not laughing." Yang Ming quickly ceased his laughter and made a stern expression. "Why is she sleeping on the bus? I can only say that she's unlucky!"
"Then, what should we do? Yang Ming, should we think of a way to warn this sister?" Chen Mengyan was a bit anxious.
Sister? Yang Ming glanced at the "Big Mama" on the seat. If it was any other passenger, Yang Ming might actually lend a hand but for now, Yang Ming earnestly wished that the "Big Mama" actually got pickpocketed.
By this time, most of the passengers on the bus already realized the thief's intention. There wasn't anyone who spoke out but rather everyone was turning their head away.
The thief is actually holding a knife! We aren't the police or the National Liberation Army. The matter of arresting a thief isn't even related to us!
"Let it be. Look at those who are nearby. Each of them acted as though it was nobody's business. How can we help?" said Yang Ming with a light tone.
"Yang Ming, how can you say something like this?" Chen Mengyan was slightly disappointed. "The thief is so bold because no one bothers. I believe if there was someone willing to stand out, the thief would feel guilty!"
"Mengyan, it's difficult to be a hero in this decade. Don't you read the news? On a bus someplace, a thief was busted on the spot with evidence on hand. However, the victim that lost his items was afraid of the thief's retribution so he adamantly denied that he lost his items!" Yang Ming whispered, "In the end, the hero couldn't help but spare the thief!"
"That was an uncommon case!" Chen Mengyan was frustrated with Yang Ming's cold attitude. "Based on what you said, society doesn't need to reciprocate love anymore? You have disappointed me!"
Yang Ming's face turned red after listening to Chen Mengyan's words. He didn't expect Cheng Mengyan to actually have a strong sense of justice! But Yang Ming really wasn't willing to help "Big Mama".
However, it was just a thought. Chen Mengyan actually went over after she finished talking. She patted on the sleeping Xiao Qing. "Sister, wake up!"
Yang Ming couldn't help but follow behind Chen Mengyan and went through the crowd.
The thief saw that Chen Mengyan would ruin his plan. Immediately, he became furious and glared at Chen Mengyan. "Stop bothering with other people's business, Motherf*****. I will stab you!" He gestured with the knife in his hand.
Originally, Chen Mengyan thought that if she woke the sister up and gave her a hint, the thief would withdraw. The thief unexpectedly threatened her with his knife!
Chen Mengyan panicked. She didn't care anymore as she screamed, "Catch the thief! Everyone catch the thief!"
However, Cheng Mengyan's cries for help weren't entertained by the people around her. On the contrary, they escaped from the situation and pretended nothing had happened.
"Hehe, little b****, go ahead and scream!" The thief saw the others' attitudes and became more arrogant as he swung his knife. "Go ahead and scream louder. I will kill you!" Amidst his speech, he thrust his knife toward Chen Mengyan.
As she saw the knife coming toward her, Chen Mengyan was so frightened that she shut her eyes. She subconsciously yelled for Yang Ming. "Save me... Yang Ming..." No matter how strong Chen Mengyan's sense of justice was, she was still an eighteen-year-old young lady.
Earlier, Yang Ming had already noticed the thief's intent to stab Chan Mengyan. Even if Chen Mengyan didn't cry for help, he would still act in that moment! Yang Ming didn't want to see something so terrible where the girl he liked got injured in front of his eyes.
However, Yang Ming was delighted as Chen Mengyan yelled his name in her time of crisis! It seemed like he took the role of protector in Chen Mengyan's heart.
--- "Please don't let her be stabbed to death. I just wanted to scare her! Why is she meddling my business?"
I can actually hear the internal thoughts of the thief! Yang Ming was stunned. What had happened? How did it happen again? Due to the current circumstances, Yang Ming didn't have much time to think further. He couldn't calm himself down to think over this matter!
The sharp knife had almost pierced into Chen Mengyan's shoulder. Yang Ming quickly reached for the knife. Because he was afraid that they might accidentally hurt Chen Mengyan during the fight, he gritted his teeth and grabbed the knife's blade!
Fresh blood dripped from Yang Ming's hand. The thief was shocked! He never expected that someone would grab onto his knife!
"What are you doing?" The thief asked in a guilty manner as he used all his might to escape from Yang Ming's grasp, however, it didn't work.
"What am I doing? Of course, I am going to hurt you!" Yang Ming's other hand which wasn't grasping the knife landed a strong punch on the thief's left eye.
The thief couldn't react in time. He felt like he was in a vast galaxy where "twinkle, twinkle, little stars" appeared in front of his eyes.
"Ah… Wu..." The thief screamed in agonizing pain. Yang Ming launched another punch at the thief's cheek resulting in him being unable to utter any more sounds.
The thief immediately released the knife in his hand from the pain. He used his other hand to cover his cheek as he begged, "Brother, don't hit me anymore. I made a mistake, brother!"
"Who's your brother?" said Yang Ming with a cold sigh.
"Uncle! I made a mistake. Please don't hit me anymore..." The thief thought his address to Yang Ming as a brother was inappropriate so he quickly amended it.
Yang Ming couldn't care less. He glared at the thief as he said, "Stay still and don't act funny. Don't say anything without my permission!"
"Yang Ming, your hand..." The incident happened so quickly in lightning speed. After the thief was subdued, Chen Mengyan finally recovered from the shock. She noticed Yang Ming's hand was still bleeding and her heart ached.
"Never mind, it's a minor injury. How are you?" Yang Ming pretended that it didn't matter. However, he couldn't help but frown secretly. After all, fingers' nerves were connected to the heart. Although his veins and bones didn't sustain an injury, such a cut was still painful.
"I'm still alright!" Chen Mengyan nodded her head with some regret. She was merely blaming herself for being too rash. If it wasn't for her, Yang Ming wouldn't be hurt!