What he feared most was being caught and not admitting it. That would be disastrous. He had heard that there were experts on the train, possibly undercover cops.
It wasn't that they lacked mental toughness; it's just that in this line of work, you had to know when to cut your losses. If he hadn't made his move yet, he could have pretended to be innocent, but since he had already acted, he had to come clean. Getting beaten up wasn't pleasant.
"I confess!"
Zhao Guihua: "???"
Were thieves nowadays admitting their crimes out of the blue? Or was it just that thieves in this era were more honest than those decades later?
The train police: "Please help me take this guy away. I…"
They reached into their pockets and realized they had run out of handcuffs.
Could you believe it?
It felt like they were here to "stock up" on criminals.
