CHAPTER 26: CHAPTER 26: IDENTIFYING PEOPLE BY THEIR CLOTHES

"On my side, I still need to wait a bit before I can close the stall."

"If you have things to do, go ahead and get busy, I’m not in a hurry."

After saying that, the breakfast stall owner’s wife waved her hand at Jiang Xin confidently, urging her to hurry up; she wasn’t in a rush on this end.

Seeing the situation, Jiang Xin didn’t say much more.

After all, her time was indeed running out.

She turned around and left, planning to find Lin Ye first, meet him, explain everything, and then come back to find the owner’s wife to look at the house together.

After arranging this, Jiang Xin first went to a less crowded place.

She planned to move the items from her secret space out.

After all, these things couldn’t be brought out in the open.

If she ran out of time and met Lin Ye first, it wouldn’t be good to take the items out in front of him.

Considering she’s still trying to keep the secret of the space hidden from others, the longer she can keep it hidden, the better.

That’s why she was eager to bid farewell to the owner’s wife earlier.

At this time, the market was quite crowded with people.

So Jiang Xin walked for a while but couldn’t find an empty spot.

She thought it over and simply left the market.

Outside the market, she found an empty place where there wasn’t anyone.

Then, she took out the items she packed yesterday from her space.

Suddenly, Jiang Xin felt fortunate that she had packed everything she needed to sell today last night.

Today’s time was saved considerably.

Otherwise, if there were such a small hiccup, time would really be out of the question.

Jiang Xin glanced around, seeing no one was nearby; the place she chose was sufficiently hidden.

So, she planned to leave this large sack of goods here, then go find Lin Ye to move it together.

This large sack of items, after all, made it hard for a small girl like her to move them all alone into the market.

Even with more strength, over time her stamina would also struggle.

Jiang Xin thought, since there were few people here and this shabby sack wasn’t noticeable, it should be alright.

She would go quickly and return in a flash; once at the market entrance she would immediately bring Lin Ye over, and there shouldn’t be any mistakes in between.

If the items were lost, it wouldn’t matter; she could find an excuse to bring out an identical set from her space.

The fact is, she lacked nothing but supplies in her space.

Lingering a moment longer here.

Jiang Xin lowered her head again to check the time; it was already 8:55.

She didn’t delay any longer, glanced at the sack beside her, then headed toward the market.

The corner she chose was only about two to three minutes’ walk from the market.

When Jiang Xin reached the market entrance, she suddenly found herself in a pinch.

Last night, when she rescued Lin Ye, it was pitch dark, and she couldn’t see his face.

Therefore, she didn’t know what Lin Ye looked like at all.

This was indeed awkward.

Jiang Xin felt annoyed; she really had traveled through time once, not only changed bodies but even her intelligence seemed to have followed the original host, left behind quite a bit.

Unexpectedly, she forgot the most crucial thing.

She didn’t know what Lin Ye looked like; even being here, she felt dumb.

She couldn’t just grab people at the market entrance one by one, asking, "Are you Lin Ye?"

Not only would that be awkward, but people might also think she was crazy.

Jiang Xin helplessly searched the surroundings.

Wondering if she could identify Lin Ye with her naked eyes.

She studied the crowd at the market.

Glanced at someone who seemed to be waiting for a person.

About two minutes passed, and Jiang Xin finally locked her gaze on someone.

With just one look, Jiang Xin recognized the clothes that person was wearing as the ones she had handed to Lin Ye from her space the previous night.

Jiang Xin instantly let out a sigh of relief; thankfully, the clothes saved her this time.

Otherwise, waiting for someone in such a big market was like finding a needle in a haystack.

The probability was too low.

Low to the point of being unlikely.

Not only so, if unintentionally she stood Lin Ye up, she felt she would die of guilt.

After all, for someone with such a low survival instinct, it was rare for this job to give him hope.

If she stood Lin Ye up, would he again become despondent?

Worst case scenario, if he couldn’t think straight because of this, things would be terrible.

Two minutes had already passed from the agreed time.

Jiang Xin began to run hastily toward where Lin Ye was.

To meet him.

"Lin Ye?"

"Is that you?"

"Sorry, I had something come up today, so I’m a bit late."

"I only realized once I got here at the market that I had no idea what you looked like."

"If it weren’t for you wearing the clothes I gave you yesterday, I wouldn’t have recognized you at all."

"That would have been terrible."

Jiang Xin said a bit embarrassedly.

As she spoke, she raised her head and began to take in Lin Ye’s appearance.

As soon as she looked up, Jiang Xin was slightly stunned.

Lin Ye was very tall; he stood half a head taller than Jiang Xin, who was 165 cm tall.

He had an honest and sincere look, appearing quite reliable.

They say appearance reveals character.

Jiang Xin suddenly felt as if she’d found a treasure.

If she entrusted the stall to Lin Ye, she could be completely at ease.

Lin Ye’s features were strong; although he wasn’t particularly handsome.

But he had a pleasant look.

His appearance was the kind that grew on you over time.

Thinking about how he was working hard to treat his mother’s illness, she assumed he must be a trustworthy person.

While Jiang Xin ran toward him, Lin Ye was momentarily dumbfounded.

Especially after seeing Jiang Xin’s face, a flash of amazement appeared in his eyes.

Like Jiang Xin, during last night’s pitch darkness, he hadn’t seen Jiang Xin’s face.

Just knowing the one who saved him was a young girl with a voice that sounded young.

Her age couldn’t be very much.

He initially imagined someone who could pull him out of the river must be tall.

Upon seeing Jiang Xin’s petite stature, indeed, he was a bit taken aback.

But his surprised demeanor quickly adjusted.

He hadn’t forgotten his current role as an employee hired by Jiang Xin.

Jiang Xin was the boss who was paying his salary.

He was now particularly looking forward to this job.

"Yes, I’m Lin Ye."

"Thank you for saving me last night."

Hearing Jiang Xin say she recognized him only because of last night’s clothes she’d handed to him.

Lin Ye started to feel a bit awkward.