Upon further inquiry, he learned that after Mark's daughter was separated from her family, she had wandered along with the crowd and somehow ended up near the City God Temple.
The owner of a small food stall noticed the little foreign girl was by herself and asked if she'd gotten separated from her family. When she confirmed she had, he immediately called the police.
He even gave her some of the stall's specialty snacks. Unexpectedly, this gesture completely unleashed the little girl's appetite. She devoured four or five servings and still wasn't full.
By the time Mark and his family arrived, the little girl's belly was round and full. The stall owner could only watch, his heart—and his wallet—aching.
Once he understood what had happened, Mark didn't hesitate to pull out ten thousand yuan as a thank-you payment. But there was no way the owner would accept it—after all, this was a great opportunity to build up his shop's reputation.
