Li Aihua's first thought was to hurry back and let her daughter change her clothes.
Though baked by the midday sun for a while, the clothes on her daughter's body were already looking almost dry.
Still, how could anyone feel comfortable wearing clothes that had been soaked through and then dried right on their body?
Besides, upon closer inspection, the surface of the clothes was scorched in many places, and some spots even had small holes burned through them.
Yet just as she stepped across the threshold, she heard her daughter say, "Catch that swindler, don't let him get away."
Li Aihua was dazed for a moment, then saw her daughter bolt like a cannonball to chase down the scammer who was slipping away ahead.
She had no choice but to chase after them with a stomach full of questions.
A thief always has a guilty conscience.
Especially since he had just spun such an outrageous lie.
Hearing a commotion behind him, he looked back and saw the young girl who had seen through his trickery coming after him.
Behind the girl was her mother, which so terrified him that he turned and ran for his life, sprinting with all his might!
Was it easy for him to scrape together a bit of money, let alone!
He had to live in constant dread, always on guard against being cornered and given a brutal beating.
The reason he had bolted so fast earlier was because he knew this girl was fierce and feared she would come back later to settle scores.
He had, after all, used white phosphorus to bu…
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