... less cautious and even followed a security guard, who happened to turn around and caught me red-handed. The next thing I knew, I was surrounded by about half a dozen guards. I still acted as if I was on the phone, saying things like “yeah, it's okay”. Actually, I was really looking for Ms. Jiang's number, but I didn't have it as we'd just met.
Thinking fast, I found Jianping's number. He saw me, walked toward me and grinned, “Go on. We've got plenty of time to kill anyway.” After a while, the security guards were not as stern as at first. I seized the chance to grab the hand of one of the guards, said “Thank you”, and escaped my encirclement before he could react. Later I found Ms. Jiang. Hearing what had happened, she said, “Even if I was there, it'd be no use. They don't know me.”