Chapter 93

At first, Xiaoming thought he had found a pretty good job. Thinking that his employer, Ding Hao, was quite nice to him, he even came to buy things before Xiaoming started working. However, who would have thought that before he even started earning money, he was already in debt for five thousand yuan.

With his salary, it would take him at least half a year to pay off the debt after covering his daily expenses. If it weren't for the bastard standing in front of him, how could he have picked such expensive clothes!

This guy lived in a house worth millions, how could he be so stingy with a beauty like herself? It was just five thousand yuan; if she were in the capital, even fifty thousand or a hundred thousand yuan would have people vying to pay for her. Humph! Truly, a dragon in shallow waters is mocked by shrimps.

Li Lei immediately thought of returning the goods, but she knew that for the brand she bought, returns were only possible if there was a quality issue. What made Li Lei even more frustrated was that this brand's clothes almost never had quality issues.

"Don't worry, I won't charge you interest," Ding Hao said magnanimously when Li Lei was agonizing over what to do.

"Uncle, you are truly despicable!" Li Lei said fiercely. Just like that, Ding Hao went from being a "brother" to an "uncle."

Ding Hao crossed his arms and smiled at Li Lei, then continued walking as if nothing had happened.

"Hey... Uncle, you really won't charge me interest, right?" Li Lei, carrying several bags, still asked uncertainly as she followed behind Ding Hao.

"This is the eighth time I've said it. If I said I won't, I won't. Wait for me here, I'll go get the car. Hold these things for now," Ding Hao said, handing some of the food to Li Lei without caring whether she wanted to take them or not.

"Rude, stingy, just looking at you makes me angry, and you even look like an uncle. I curse you to never find a girlfriend! If you do, she'll be a transvestite, not a real woman! Even if she's not a transvestite, she'll be frigid..." Li Lei stood there, cursing with all the venom she could muster, which finally reduced her anger a bit.

As a rich girl, Li Lei was always helped with her shopping bags. Even if her family or bodyguards weren't around, her admirers would vie to carry her things. She had never encountered someone like Ding Hao. Helping a beautiful woman with her bags should be an honor, right?

And Li Lei considered herself a high-quality beauty. Not only did he not help her carry her things, but he even handed her the food. He was treating her like a maid, without any hesitation. What a wicked capitalist!

In this society, a beauty like Li Lei was often in danger when alone, especially in crowded places like supermarkets. While Ding Hao was away getting the car, three groups of people had already approached Li Lei, trying to chat her up. Fortunately, all three groups were relatively polite and didn't do anything too over the line.

But Li Lei's luck ran out after she politely declined the third group. The fourth group that approached didn't look like good people at all. Seeing the danger, Li Lei ran to the underground garage. Ding Hao looked at her, out of breath, and smiled, "I told you to wait at the entrance, didn't I? I'm coming out right away."

"Uncle, there are bad people outside."

"Oh? Bad people in broad daylight?" Ding Hao thought Li Lei was joking. After she got into the car in a panic, he started the car and drove onto the road.

Suddenly, a person crashed into Ding Hao's car. Ding Hao had just come out of the underground garage and was still on the side road, going at most ten miles per hour. The person, however, dramatically bounced off and fell to the ground.

Seeing that he had hit someone, Ding Hao quickly got out of the car to help the person up. But the person was rolling on the ground, holding his legs and shouting, "Ouch, my leg, my leg is broken, ouch, it hurts so much, ouch, everyone come and look, someone has been hit!"

Ding Hao was stunned. Looking at Li Lei and recalling her words in the garage, he stared at the person rolling on the ground with a hint of a cold smile. He knew exactly how much force the person had used when hitting his car; it was impossible to break a leg. This was a case of a scammer.

"Stay in the car, don't come out," Ding Hao whispered to Li Lei.

The surrounding shopkeepers and security guards watched the person rolling on the ground coldly. They could tell immediately that this was a scam. They had seen it many times in the supermarket. These scammers specifically targeted newcomers, but the security guards and shopkeepers didn't expose them. They all lived in the same community, and if they offended these people, their own lives would be difficult.

Almost as soon as the person finished shouting, a few burly men appeared beside him. One of them, with a buzz cut, looked sad and squatted next to the person on the ground, shouting, "Monkey, Monkey, what's wrong? Who broke your leg? Tell me, brother!"

"It's him, the one driving the QQ car, he broke my leg, brother, you can't let him get away," Monkey said, crying and wiping his tears and snot.

These days, even scammers are so dedicated, Ding Hao thought.

The buzz cut man glared at Ding Hao and quickly walked up to him, saying fiercely, "Brother, you deliberately broke my brother's leg, didn't you?" This was a good first question. If he had demanded money right away, it would have raised suspicions of a scam. By first accusing Ding Hao of deliberately breaking his brother's leg, he could make Ding Hao panic and then intimidate him with the help of his group.

Then, another accomplice would come forward as a mediator. The victim would be grateful to the mediator and would have to pay the money. Thinking of how this method had always worked in the past, the buzz cut man felt proud of his middle school education. Being educated made a difference.

Sure enough, the skinny young man in front of him showed a hint of "fear" in his eyes. This was the first step. The buzz cut man subtly signaled his accomplices, and immediately, three or four people surrounded Ding Hao.

"I... I didn't do it on purpose," Ding Hao took a step back, looking "fearful."

"Not on purpose? You hit my brother and broke his leg, and you say it wasn't on purpose? If it was on purpose, that would be murder! Kid, do you think we're easy to bully?"

"Brother, I really didn't do it on purpose," Ding Hao slowly backed away, as if he was about to run. One of the men quickly moved behind him, blocking his escape.

"You hit someone and want to run? Looks like you really are bullying us. If we don't teach you a lesson, you won't know why the flowers are so red." The buzz cut man clenched his fists, and his bones cracked.

At that moment, a slightly fat man walked out of the crowd. He looked at the buzz cut man and said slowly, "Liu Laosi, don't cause trouble on my turf."

The buzz cut man quickly smiled and said, "Director Wang, I'm not causing trouble. Someone broke Monkey's leg, see, it's this guy, and he was trying to run away!" Liu Laosi pointed at Ding Hao and said.

"Oh? This young man, you broke someone's leg and tried to run away?" Director Wang turned to look at Ding Hao and asked. Director Wang, in fact, was just a small head of the security department in the supermarket, but he was a local bully. He looked very authoritative in front of Ding Hao, and people might mistake him for a police chief. Clearly, he often played the role of a mediator with Liu Laosi, and he was very familiar with it.

"No, Director Wang, I was driving out of the underground garage, and he suddenly ran into my car, saying I broke his leg. I really didn't do it on purpose," Ding Hao said, looking "panicked."

"Regardless of whether it was on purpose or not, you did break someone's leg. Take him to the hospital," Director Wang said.

Then, as if he had just noticed Li Lei in the car, he said, "You have a friend waiting for you in the car?"

"Yes, yes. I have some urgent matters, I really can't leave," Ding Hao pretended to be very grateful and cooperative.

"In that case, since you have things to do, why don't you just give them some money, and they can go to the hospital themselves. Liu Laosi, give me some face, this young man is busy, let them go to the hospital themselves," Director Wang said.

"How much should I give?" Ding Hao asked, puzzled.

"Give them a couple of thousand yuan. It should cover the hospital visit and some nutritional supplements," Director Wang answered.

"But I just bought things, and I only have five hundred yuan left in my pocket," Ding Hao took out a wad of money from his pocket, counted it, and said, looking "helpless."

"Only five hundred? Well, five hundred it is. Liu Laosi, take Monkey to the hospital quickly," Director Wang said, clearly surprised that Ding Hao had no money. But five hundred was still money!

"Five hundred isn't enough. Look at his girlfriend, she bought so many designer clothes, she doesn't look like someone who's short of money. Why don't you let this kid go get the money and leave his girlfriend here?" Liu Laosi seemed to have noticed Li Lei in the car.

Watching their performance, Ding Hao couldn't help but laugh. It was amusing to play along with them, but the farce needed to end. Just as he was about to lose his temper, he saw a small figure approaching the crowd. It was Li Lei.

"You're extorting us, we didn't even hit him!" The little girl was quite loyal, couldn't hold it in, and rushed out of the car. Ding Hao crossed his arms and watched Li Lei, who was fuming, come out of the car.