Chapter 26

Standing at the entrance of the mall, Yang Minxiong was shocked by the scene outside. He heard something about a "calculator" and suddenly recalled what "Teacher Su" had said before leaving yesterday. He hurriedly walked to the front of the crowd, took a flyer, and upon seeing the invoice and the copy of the appraisal document, he immediately understood. He quickly looked around for "Teacher Su" and soon spotted his nemesis not far away.

He rushed to "Teacher Su" and threw the flyer at him, shouting, "Su, are you crazy? What are you doing? I give you ten minutes to disperse this crowd, or I'll call the police!"

To his surprise, "Teacher Su" seemed to ignore him completely. He was carefully feeding the half-eaten ice cream to a beautiful young female teacher. "Have a bite? This ice cream is really good. Come on, ah—"

Unable to push him away, the beautiful young female teacher blushed and took a bite from where he had already eaten. "Teacher Su" said tenderly, "Look, you got ice cream on the corner of your mouth. Wait a moment..." and took out a handkerchief to carefully wipe it away.

While helping the beautiful young female teacher, "Teacher Su" said without turning his head, "Go ahead and call the police. If you dare to call, I'll do even more. When it gets on the news and the whole society knows, we'll see who suffers more, me or you and your mall."

Yang Minxiong was so angry that his whole body trembled. He pointed at "Teacher Su" and stammered, "You... you... don't push me too far!"

"Really?" "Teacher Su," who was actually Jia Hongjian, put away the handkerchief and turned to look at Yang Minxiong with surprise. "You still don't understand who's the real fraudster? Selling counterfeit products as genuine ones, taking advantage of consumers' trust to sell low-quality fakes, that's fraud, you know? Do you still think I'm the fraudster? Haven't you deceived so many people that you even believe it yourself?"

"Hmph! Just wait and see!" Yang Minxiong was so angry that he stormed back to the mall.

As he left, Jia Hongjian watched his back, but Wang Danshui was blushing and looking at Jia Hongjian! Wang Danshui and Jia Hongjian were not a couple, but Jia Hongjian had just forced her to eat the ice cream and wiped her mouth in front of everyone. It was too outrageous! It was still the early 1990s! Even couples rarely held hands in public! Although they might do intimate things in private, they never dared to show affection in public! Only the bold Wang Danshui could handle this; any other girl would have blushed and run away!

When Jia Hongjian turned back, he saw Wang Danshui glaring at him with a resentful look, as if he had deliberately ruined her reputation. Well, he had indeed done it on purpose, but not to ruin her reputation, just to tease her for trying to take off his pants a few days ago.

The little vixen could only grit her teeth at Jia Hongjian's smug smile. After a few seconds, she suppressed her urge to get revenge and asked excitedly, "Should we ask for a higher price? Like, we won't leave unless they give us double compensation?"

Jia Hongjian looked at the little vixen with surprise. He thought she would be worried about the consequences, but she was already very confident in him, knowing he had a plan. "No, do you know what? If they secretly record us agreeing to a higher price, it would be solid evidence of extortion, and we could end up in prison..."

Wang Danshui, dressed as a beautiful young teacher, was shocked. She hadn't realized the serious consequences of her ambition! She also hadn't expected Jia Hongjian to remain so calm and clear-headed at this moment!

Just as Wang Danshui was reflecting, she heard an unusual curse from the mall entrance. The sound made even the middle-aged men and women who had been shouting and cursing stop. She turned to see Yang Minxiong pointing at the nose of the head of the small appliance department, Li Kechang, who then walked over to them with a face like he had lost a family member.

"Tell me, what will it take for you to disperse the crowd?" Li Kechang asked unhappily after sighing. His expression suggested that Yang Minxiong had forced him to come and resolve the issue, making him lose face.

"Follow the law. Return the goods and provide a one-time punitive compensation," Jia Hongjian said succinctly. "Just that?" Li Kechang was surprised. "Just that!"

"Haha..." Li Kechang laughed, looking incredulous. "You caused such a commotion just to follow the law?"

"Of course, what did you think?" "You don't want more money?" "No." "Hmph!"

As Li Kechang turned and walked away angrily, Wang Danshui noticed a bulge in his back pocket, which looked like a small recorder!

"Xiaojian, look, look!" Wang Danshui tugged at Jia Hongjian's arm and whispered, pointing to the strange bulge. "Is that a recorder? This Li is a scoundrel! They must have been putting on a show to make us let our guard down and then tried to trap us with a recorder! If we had been greedy, they might have used it as leverage against us!"

She was furious. Growing up in her parents' protective environment, she had always thought that, except for thugs and scoundrels, most people had a good and kind heart. She never imagined someone would deliberately set a trap for her!

"Thank goodness you're here, Xiaojian. If it weren't for your quick thinking and integrity, we would have been framed! Scoundrels! Bastards!" Wang Danshui stomped her feet in anger, looking like a furious little wildcat.

Jia Hongjian looked smug, but he was also relieved to have avoided a trap! Having witnessed the Minhang fishing law enforcement incident in his previous life, he was well aware of the dangers of such traps. In that incident, the "bait" would pretend to be sick and need a ride to the hospital, and once the kind-hearted driver took them to a prearranged location, they would immediately turn off the car and run, leaving the driver with a false accusation of operating an unlicensed taxi, leaving no room for the driver to defend themselves.

Having experienced such bizarre events, he couldn't help but be cautious. But being cautious was subconscious; he didn't really expect to encounter such a situation. These Li and Yang were scoundrels! They deserved a good lesson! Were they natural masochists? Did they need to be punished to feel good? Fine, he would give them what they wanted!

"Xiaojia, how's it going?" Just as Jia Hongjian made his decision, he heard Wang Coulai's voice a few meters away. He turned to see Wang Coulai and a middle-aged woman with a camera walking over.

"Sister Wang, why are you here?" Jia Hongjian asked in surprise. "Hehe, didn't you meet Xiao Zhang yesterday? Xiao Zhang told my father-in-law, who then told me. No matter what, Xiaojia is Lizi's teacher, and I can't just stand by if you're in trouble, right?" Wang Coulai explained with a smile.

After explaining, Wang Coulai chatted with Jia Hongjian for a bit and introduced Wang Danshui and the female journalist, Liu Min. "How did it go? I saw someone from the mall come over, what did they say?" Liu Min asked enthusiastically.

"The person who came was a scoundrel. He was hiding a recorder to trap us!" Wang Danshui angrily interjected. Her passionate accusation made Li Kechang and Yang Minxiong seem like serial killers, as if they had committed a great crime against the gentle and beautiful Wang Danshui. Her words were so moving that they could make anyone cry.

"How dare they? It's outrageous! They are a state-owned mall and state employees, yet they can be so bad? They violated consumer rights and still try to frame consumers?" Liu Min was indignant. She hadn't expected the employees of a state-owned mall to be so unprofessional and even try to frame people!

"Let's go. I'll go with you and use my camera to document their ugly faces. The Ziyun Mall will be on the front page of the newspaper tomorrow!" Liu Min said righteously.

"Xiaomin, you have many colleagues, peers, and friends in this industry, right? Going alone to expose them would be lonely. Why not call more people to help?" Wang Coulai suggested with a cold smile. "I can't believe the Ziyun Mall near my home would dare to bully us. We can't let them off so easily, can we?"

Hey! Just as Jia Hongjian was about to deal with Yang and Li, Wang Coulai brought help. Wasn't this divine assistance? Yang and Li, get ready to find new jobs. I won't stop until you're fired!