Chapter 512: Chapter 512
The middle-aged woman who lost her phone was surnamed Wang, a local, speaking fluent Rui’an dialect.
After confirming the loss of her phone and scaring away all the customers in the store, Mrs. Wang made a huge scene inside, cursing everyone present in fluent local dialect, and repeatedly slamming the counter top, saying, "I don’t care! I lost my phone here, and today you have to compensate me with a phone! Or compensate me with money!"
Mrs. Wang adamantly refused to leave the store; after finishing her rant, she sat down on a small couch inside, glaring angrily at all the employees...
Unfortunately, today of all days, the store manager was out at a wedding banquet and wouldn’t be back until later in the evening.
As such, there was no one in the store who could take charge...
The old staff member, Huang Li, was the most capable of stepping forward among everyone present. However, she was an outsider and didn’t understand the local dialect Mrs. Wang was scolding them in.
Moreover, she had already been intimidated by Mrs. Wang’s demeanor. Especially when Mrs. Wang pointed at her demanding compensation, Huang Li dared not intervene casually for fear that she would end up being the one to pay.
"What’s going on! Why isn’t anyone talking?"
Mrs. Wang pointed directly at Huang Li, "Call out someone who can be in charge here! Where is everyone! Such a big store and no one to take charge!"
Huang Li, yelled at by Mrs. Wang, didn’t dare to speak and could only take out her phone to turn around and call the store manager.
At that moment, Mrs. Wang turned her glare to Han Lei, "I’m telling you, if you don’t find my phone, I’ll make you pay! I just bought that phone yesterday! Over 5000! Why didn’t you let me make calls for no reason!"
Mrs. Wang and another two middle-aged women had walked into the store while talking on their phones; it was not Mrs. Wang but the other two women who had intended to buy clothes.
But, unluckily for Han Lei, he had approached her to talk, commendably taking the initiative to greet the customer and diverted her attention, making her put down her phone...
Then, where had she put her phone next? Or had someone taken the opportunity to steal it? No one knew...
Han Lei himself couldn’t remember either...
It should be said, Han Lei had never paid attention to her phone; he wasn’t that detail-oriented.
Sometimes people are just unlucky.
Han Lei had been here for nearly a month, working day to day in a mundane manner, just as he was making a last effort to break through and boost his performance, even persuading his family the night before to come and buy clothes to support him...
Who would have thought that something would happen?
This rare kind of incident, even senior staff would find rare, had accidentally befallen Han Lei.
Han Lei genuinely felt unlucky...
Facing Mrs. Wang’s insults and blame, Han Lei remained silent, as if being scolded into submission, yet also as if indifferently enduring the scolding...
At that time, Huang Li had fled from the men’s section to the women’s section, hastily calling the manager. But just as she dialed out, Pu Sangzhi grabbed her, "Sister Huali, I’ve already called the manager. He said he’ll be back soon, in about 15 minutes."
Huang Li quickly stopped, taking a deep breath, "He needs to get back here fast! People like her are terrifying... completely unreasonable!"
Pu Sangzhi whispered into Huang Li’s ear, "Sister Huali, without the manager, shouldn’t someone step up and take control? Just leaving them hanging ?"
Huang Li shook her head violently, "I’m not stepping up, I just got an earful of scolding. Even though I didn’t understand much, she definitely wasn’t saying anything nice."
Ye Qingcao nodded on the side, "Definitely not nice words, all about sending regards to one’s mother..."
Huang Li clicked her tongue, shaking her head disdainfully, "Such low standards... I tell you, it’s mostly these local people of a certain age that lack manners."
Pu Sangzhi quickly hushed Huang Li with a hand, softly signaling her to stop talking.
Having just stopped herself, Huang Li moved closer to Pu Sangzhi, deciding not to put herself forward anymore.
"Alright, don’t be upset, let’s look for the phone some more..."
"Yes, keep looking around. Check inside the bag, check the pockets too..."
At this point, the store clerk had shrunk back after being scolded by Mrs. Wang, and the other two middle-aged women actually stood up to play the good guys, each soothing Mrs. Wang with their words.
However, Mrs. Wang’s temper was still very fiery, and as she got angry, she deliberately rummaged through her bag forcefully, "I’ve already looked before, there’s nothing! It must have been stolen! They let everyone in the store go, now I won’t be able to get my phone back, I will make them pay for this! What kind of situation is this! My phone gets stolen in the store, nobody helps me catch them, but they let the thief go! Each and every one of them is heartless!"
She said this very loudly on purpose, obviously meant for all the store staff to hear...
She wanted to drag all the store staff down with her for compensation.
Of course, all the store staff also dared not make a sound, no one wanted to confront her and be scolded...
Only Han Lei, that poor young man, because he was serving her at the time, now had no way to retreat and was recognized.
Even running away was of no use now...
"I said there’s nothing, there’s nothing! How could there be anything in such a clean bag!"
Mrs. Wang cursed as she dumped everything from her bag onto a small sofa, "It must have been stolen! Either by someone shopping here or by you guys! I don’t care! My newly bought phone, you all have to compensate my loss! You too have to compensate me!"
As she said the last sentence, Mrs. Wang pointed directly at Han Lei, "You little bastard, why did you come to talk to me! What’s wrong with your brain! Still trying to make me buy clothes from your store, I tell you, dream on!"
Han Lei tonight, had really endured too much scolding...
The words used were one uglier than the other, and the scolding was becoming more and more excessive, really making it difficult to continue listening.
The store employees stared in shock, feeling pity for Han Lei, but no one stepped forward to speak up for him.
Standing in the women’s clothing section, Pu Sangzhi also watched from a distance his expressionless face...
Seeing him being pointed at and scolded like that, seeing his brows furrow momentarily, his lips pursed, his face tensing up...
Just in that moment, Pu Sangzhi suddenly flashed back to last year, the image of Huo Feng being wrongly accused by several teachers, being lectured...
Last year during that exam, Pu Sangzhi did not see Huo Feng being wrongfully accused by so many people. But strangely, at this moment, she could imagine from Han Lei’s expressions the face of Huo Feng being wrongly insulted that day...
Thus, her heart was suddenly touched in that instant! ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡⚑𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚⚑𝙣𝙚𝙩
Pu Sangzhi didn’t know why but she spontaneously stepped forward and walked straight to the men’s section...
The distance from the women’s section to the men’s section wasn’t far, but as she walked, she seemed to all observers like a heroically brave figure!
Ye Qingcao previously thought Pu Sangzhi was about to start a fight, quickly rolled up her sleeves, followed Pu Sangzhi, ready to teach that unreasonable old lady a good lesson together.
However, Pu Sangzhi just took a deep breath, walked up to Mrs. Wang, raised her lips in a smile, showing a standard smile, "Auntie, please don’t be angry, our manager will be back in about 10 minutes, she will definitely give you a reasonable solution."
As Pu Sangzhi spoke, she naturally turned and went over to Han Lei, shielding him behind her, then asked, "Auntie, could you first tell me, what did you do after you entered the store? Where did you go? Maybe it’s dropped somewhere in the store?"
Behind her, Han Lei had been lowering his gaze all this time, eyes fixed on the ground, a look of fear as if he dared not even lift his eyes...
After she came up, Han Lei finally lifted his eyes slightly, his murky gaze landing on Pu Sangzhi...
Mrs. Wang’s attitude was still very aggressive, "I didn’t go anywhere! I was just led by him around the store, just around! And then my phone was gone! Called it and no one answered!"
Pu Sangzhi nodded, "Then let’s search around this area together. Xiaocao, let’s look together."
Pu Sangzhi called out to Ye Qingcao, asking her to join the search.
Ye Qingcao promptly complied, helping Pu Sangzhi to meticulously search all over the men’s section, carefully checking every corner of the store.
Mrs. Wang watched the two of them pretending to be busy, her expression still unpleasant, "Better also check amongst yourselves! Who knows if it was stolen by someone from your store!"
When she said this, Mrs. Wang even glanced sideways at Han Lei, "You never know how clean the hands of your store’s people are!"
Just then, as she finished her sentence, two new customers suddenly entered the store, breaking the tense atmosphere...