A schoolgirl was seen begging on her knees after an older woman picked up the money that she (the girl) dropped and refused to return it to her.
The incident happened in Guangzhou, China, and a video of the incident was shared on Weibo and Douyin, garnering over 30 million views.
The girl had dropped 200 yuan (about SGD$38.90), which was her weekly allowance, and it was picked up by the woman who wanted to keep the money for herself.
What happened?
The schoolgirl was seen in the video crying after the woman had refused to return her the money that she dropped.
The woman was reported as saying “whoever picked up the money owns it,” to which the schoolgirl’s friend then retorted that they saw the woman picking up the money from the road, which belonged to her friend.
The schoolgirl then started screaming at the top of her lungs for her money to be returned, drawing the attention of other passers-by.
The man who was filming the incident, presumably also a passer-by who witnessed the confrontation and stepped in to help, was heard in the video saying that it was wrong for the woman to take the girl’s money.
He told the woman “we saw you picking up the money, you should return it to the girl. Even if it’s 1,000 yuan you should return it, much less 200 yuan”.
Other passers-by also stepped in to help as well, telling the girl to call her parents.
The girl then shouted that her parents didn’t live with her and the money was very important to her because it was her weekly allowance.
She said that her parents worked in another city and she is living with her grandparents.
The situation then escalated further with the girl getting down on her knees and begging the woman for the money back, as more passers-by stepped in.
The woman eventually relented and returned the money to the girl, who was still on her knees begging.
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Source: Vista看天下 on Weibo