The crowd was beginning to lose its minds, pushing and shoving like a bunch of lunatics. Initially, there were a very few people rushing towards the star. But now, an entire legion was gathering around.
The South Street Alley was a popular destination for shopping for assured quality products at affordable prices. At night, it would turn into the busiest markets of the city, which would serve delicious foods and attract a multitude of customers.
Already packed during normal situations, when Park Shin Chun showed up, it was a total mess which no one could have controlled.
Several vendors here were young, unemployed people, or middle-aged women who wanted to support their families. Soon as they heard the cry of 'Park Shin Chun', they rushed to catch a glimpse, regardless of whether the news was true or not.
At that very moment, someone was shoved towards a stall where pork chop soup was boiling on a stockpot. The platform could not hold his additional weight and broke, spilling the scalding soup all around. Unfortunately, Molly was passing by that very stall and the soup rushed right towards her.
"Watch out!"
She was distracted by a scream and before she could react, someone pulled her arms towards the side and she was saved in the nick of time.
The entire pot of boiling soup splashed down, white steam emanating from it. Even though Molly was pulled away, she was still splashed slightly.
"Oh....."
She felt a little twitch in her ankle that turned into scorching pain.
"Are you all right? Were you burnt?" Her rescuer's comforting enquiries were like a melody. A kind, warm voice, belonging to a woman.
After a glimpse at her ankle, Molly shook her head and replied,"It's OK, just a small scratch. Don't worry about it..."
"Okay, that is a relief!" The voice continued,"Lucky I got to you in time. You could have been seriously burnt if that pot had fallen down on you !"
"Thank you! You're okay too, right?"
Molly looked up to make sure her rescuer herself was safe. Looking at her, she found that it was an elegant, beautiful woman, whose face seemed to hide her age. Her eyes were large like a galaxy, bright and enticing. Molly felt like she could talk just through her eyes, which were full of care and concern.
"Emmm.... Madam... Thank you so much for your kind help. Were it not for you, I would have been badly burnt. Are you sure you're all right?" Molly knew nothing about the woman. Based on her appearance, she must have been older than her.
"Madam?" Hearing that, Shirley smiled and her eyes seemed to turn brighter. She grumbled frivolously,"I am still not old enough to be called madam!"
There was a very coy anger in her voice, which was evidently not real.
She said with a smile,"You look like you're around 20. You can call me Aunt."
Her face and expressions delighted Molly, and she grew fond of the woman there and then.
"I am sorry, so sorry. Are you all right?" They were interrupted by the stall owner, who hastily came to apologize, complaining about the star,"Why do these stars come here? They make a total mess like there's a flood inbound!"
"Oh, no!" All of a sudden, Shirley cried in disappointment, looking at the congested crowd. She said with great pity and some anger,"I lost my opportunity again!"
"What do you mean, Aunt?" Molly looked at her in confusion. She eventually figured it was due to the star showing up.
Fixating on the congested crowd, Shirley could not help but pout. She said with great pity as though she had gone through an immense setback,"Park Shin Chun seems to have left. I'd been following his schedule for so long. It was so hard to find out that he would be coming here tonight and I couldn't even catch a glimpse. What a pity!"
Stunned by her words as a crazy fan girl, Molly glanced at her for a while with great curiosity. When she was at school, she was also smitten by stars and shared their information with her classmates. But this was the first time she had seen an adult like her obsessed by a star.
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