Chapter 37 Encounter

“Alright.”

Chen Hui had originally wanted to persuade Su Ming to eat something, but in the end, she didn’t say anything. She had somewhat figured out that the Young Master was on a diet.

Su Ming was about to leave immediately, but as he stepped one foot out of the doorway, he suddenly stopped.

“Young Master, is something wrong?”

Chen Hui asked, puzzled.

“No, I forgot to grab something.”

Su Ming then hurried upstairs.

A few minutes later, Su Ming rushed out of Su Yuan’s room and then left the house.

On the street, Su Ming ran towards the Sky-Rail station. He had originally thought about taking a taxi to the club.

But then he thought that it was rush hour, and taking a taxi might get stuck and be slower, so he decided to just take the Sky-Rail.

Not long after, Su Ming ran to the nearest Sky-Rail station entrance.

The entire Sky-Rail station was built underground. There were ten escalators for ascent and descent at the entrance, with many people standing on each escalator, indicating a large flow of people.

Looking up and gazing forward at this moment, one could see a very shocking scene: Sky-Rail trains emerging from underground and heading into the distance.

Su Ming took the escalator down and quickly arrived at the spacious Sky-Rail station hall, where there were various manual ticket counters and self-service ticket machines.

Ever since the Old Federation was threatened by the Mechanical Clan and abandoned all highly intelligent facilities, the convenience of various aspects of people’s lives directly regressed several levels, and various forms of travel became very cumbersome.

Su Ming walked towards a self-service ticket machine that no one was using. He stood in front of the machine, touched the screen, selected the destination, Guanggu Station, and then purchased a seated ticket using his phone.

The self-service ticket machine then ejected a magnetic card.

Su Ming took the magnetic card and walked into the Sky-Rail station. After walking about fifty meters, he saw rows of manual security checkpoints.

He scanned them and then walked towards the special security checkpoint on the side.

There weren’t many people using this checkpoint. When Su Ming walked through the security gate, the machine beeped.

An older middle-aged male security guard, wearing a work uniform, said to Su Ming,

“Please show your identification.”

Su Ming handed his ID card to the security guard.

The security guard took Su Ming’s ID card and carefully verified the information, then very politely returned the ID card to Su Ming.

“No problem.”

“Thank you.”

Su Ming took back his ID card and walked inside.

Soon he arrived at the boarding area. A caterpillar-shaped Sky-Rail was parked at the platform, all twelve doors open, and groups of passengers walked down.

Seeing that most people had gotten off, Su Ming boarded the Sky-Rail train.

After getting on, he turned his head and looked around. Inside the Sky-Rail train, there were two rows of seats on either side, with transparent windows next to the seats, allowing a clear view of the outside scenery. In the middle of the two rows of seats was an aisle, with many hanging straps for passengers to hold onto.

It was already approaching rush hour, and there were many passengers on the Sky-Rail; almost all the seats were taken.

However, Su Ming was still very lucky to find an empty window seat and immediately walked over and sat down.

“Dear passengers, the doors are about to close. Please be careful!”

Beep beep ~

Soon the doors closed, and then the Sky-Rail train began to accelerate. Because the technology was very mature, although the acceleration was very fast, there was almost no discomfort during the process.

Soon the Sky-Rail emerged from underground, and Su Ming clearly watched buildings flash past the window.

Then they reached mid-air and proceeded at a constant speed towards the next station.

Su Ming leaned against the window, quietly overlooking the bustling Thirteenth District, his thoughts gradually drifting, and he murmured silently to himself.

“Perhaps this isn’t a bad thing either.”

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A few minutes later.

The Sky-Rail train arrived at Shanchuan Station, and the doors then opened.

Many passengers boarded, and for a moment, the entire Sky-Rail train became slightly crowded, with many people only able to stand.

Su Ming glanced inadvertently, and then was slightly stunned.

Su Ming saw Lin Chuyu standing in the aisle not far from the seats. She was wearing a blue knitted sweater, off-white pants, and a light-colored trench coat over it.

She stood there quietly, making it impossible to imagine how fierce she was when operating a mech earlier.

Su Ming did not go up to greet her, because a girl like Lin Chuyu, who was constantly approached by others, would probably be very resistant to people actively coming up to say hello.

At this moment, the train doors closed again and it began to move quickly.

Su Ming checked his phone. The next stop was Guanggu Station. This Sky-Rail really was fast.

And just then, Su Ming suddenly keenly noticed a young man wearing a baseball cap and with his head down, deliberately squeezing to Lin Chuyu’s left rear.

Then the young man pulled out a small folding knife made of special material from his pocket and skillfully cut open the bottom of the outer pocket on Lin Chuyu’s coat.

When Su Ming saw this, he did not go forward to stop it, but instead took out his phone and recorded the theft.

Soon, the young man quietly stole Lin Chuyu’s phone and wallet, then turned and squeezed his way out. The entire process was seamless, showing that his technique was very practiced, clearly indicating he was a repeat offender.

At this moment, the Sky-Rail train arrived at Guanggu Station.

Su Ming immediately got up from his seat, preparing to go forward and call out to Lin Chuyu.

However, Lin Chuyu directly got off the Sky-Rail and quickly walked towards the exit.

Many people got off at this station, and Su Ming was blocked on the train for more than ten seconds before he could get off. By then, Lin Chuyu had already walked fifty meters away.

Su Ming was also a bit helpless, completely unexpected that she walked so fast, he could only quickly chase after her.

Unfortunately, Su Ming was still a step too late; Lin Chuyu had already reached the turnstile at the exit.

She reached into her pocket, only to find a hole in it, and her wallet and phone were gone.

Lin Chuyu stood silently in front of the turnstile, looking a bit lost.

Passengers passing by couldn’t help but glance at her.

At this moment, a security guard patrolling nearby, seeing the situation, walked over and asked politely,

“Miss, is something wrong?”

“Sorry, my magnetic fare card is in my wallet, and my wallet and phone are gone. I can’t get out now.”

Lin Chuyu apologized to the security guard.

“This…”

Upon hearing this, the security guard was also a bit troubled. He didn’t think Lin Chuyu was trying to evade the fare; after all, she was so beautiful and well-dressed.

At this moment, many passengers stopped and gathered to watch, including many young people, who excitedly discussed as they looked at Lin Chuyu.

“What a beautiful lady.”

Just then, Su Ming jogged over, slightly out of breath, and said,

“I can prove what she said.”

“Su Ming?”

Lin Chuyu looked at him with a hint of surprise.

Su Ming gave Lin Chuyu a slight smile, then he took out his phone and played the video of the pickpocketing he had recorded.

The video clearly showed the process of Lin Chuyu being pickpocketed, as well as the appearance of the thief.

“This video can prove it.”