Su Luo loved excitement and, without a second thought, dragged a reluctant Jiang Shu into the center of the crowd.
The fat owner of the fabric shop was standing with hands on his hips, holding a silver note and berating a middle-aged couple dressed in ragged clothes whose honest demeanor was immediately apparent.
The couple was cradling a child not even a year old, who was now crying in fear at the commotion.
The woman was trying to soothe her child, urging him not to cry, even as her own tears came streaming down her cheeks.
The man, also seeming to be quite honest, was shivering as he said, "We didn't steal it, this silver note was not stolen!"
The fat woman shouted, "If you didn't steal it, where did it come from? Look at yourselves! How could people like you have a silver note worth a thousand taels? This note was stolen from my shop! Shameless thieves! I'm going to have you arrested!"
