Chapter 515: Chapter 515
The situation was so urgent, so many people dared not step forward, or those who did wanted to have a fight with that middle-aged woman!
Only Pu Sangzhi was rational at that moment, her mind crystal clear!
She did call the police, but not about Mrs. Wang losing her phone, but because Mrs. Wang was tarnishing someone else’s reputation.
Upon hearing this reason and her citing the relevant laws so coherently, it was Mrs. Wang who started to panic first.
However, middle-aged women of that age all have a characteristic—they are domineering and pugnacious!
Although Mrs. Wang was panicking, she did not show fear, and her behavior became even more aggressive. She angrily lunged at Pu Sangzhi, cursing non-stop as she shouted, "You dare to call the police on me? You’re no better! I dare you!"
As Mrs. Wang charged at Pu Sangzhi in a rage, Qingcao, as Sangzhi’s close friend, was the first to rush in front of Sangzhi, frantically trying to block the crazed middle-aged woman!
"Pah! You crooked shop! None of you are good people!"
The middle-aged woman immediately started to scuffle with Qingcao.
Qingcao was full of righteousness at that moment. She grappled with the middle-aged woman, neither willing to show weakness, and shouted loudly, "Sangzhi, make the call! Sue this old witch! Get the police here to take this old witch away, to jail, to prison! Sue her to death!"
Pu Sangzhi, watching Qingcao and Mrs. Wang fighting, was panicked. She should have jumped in to help Qingcao, but she had gotten through on the phone call...
After all, since it was a call to the authorities, Sangzhi, you need to handle the police first!
So, all Sangzhi could do was talk on the phone while absent-mindedly picking up a clothes hanger, also wanting to join the fray.
However, Sangzhi had only taken one step before she was stopped by two other middle-aged women who were her fellow vendors.
Seeing the situation escalate , the two fellow vendors, who initially didn’t want to get involved, felt the need to help.
Otherwise, they’d have to stand by and watch Mrs. Wang being bullied by several shop assistants!
That’s not the style of their middle-aged sisterhood...
Consequently, the clothes hanger in Sangzhi’s hand was taken by one of the middle-aged women, and the other hand holding the phone was grabbed by another, as they struggled over the phone!
At that moment, as more people joined the clash, the scene inside the shop was a complete chaos, like a farce! ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡⁂𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢⁂𝘯𝘦𝘵
Han Lei’s mother, Zhao Xiuqin, was stunned by the scene!
Han Feiyi also took two steps back, shocked by the sight, unable to believe that Sangzhi, who appeared graceful and intelligent, could actually be such a barbarian!
But then Feiyi remembered that in the past, she and Sangzhi’s group had fought in the school cafeteria, Sangzhi was not someone who couldn’t fight back.
Now, the facts proved that Sangzhi was not a demure and elegant person; at heart, she was still a girl from the streets!
Despite knowing that Sangzhi was defending her brother, Feiyi couldn’t help feeling a sense of superiority, always thinking that her temperament was a notch above Sangzhi’s!
Han Lei later also charged into the fray, pushing his way into the group, and his first move was to push the middle-aged woman struggling with Sangzhi for the phone with his brute strength!
A few swift actions later, he pulled Sangzhi out of the brawl and pushed her towards the women’s clothing area...
Afterwards, Han Lei used his tall and sturdy build, along with the strength of a young man, to easily drag Mrs. Wang by her clothes away from atop Qingcao!
At that moment, Qingcao, who had been oppressed by the middle-aged woman, finally caught her breath and cried out, "Hey, give me a hand..."
Han Lei hurriedly pulled Qingcao up from the ground, then placed himself in front of Qingcao, his eyes fiercely fixed on the three middle-aged women before him.
Some of these women who grew up in the old society are undereducated and have low quality as a result!
Such people, once they enter society, are nothing but trouble wherever they go!
Han Lei had no respect for such clients!
"Great! You crooked shop! You stole my phone and now you’re hitting people! You think I’m afraid of the police!"
The anger of Mrs. Wang was fully ignited by the chaotic fight, and she put on a ’I will not rest until justice is served’ attitude, pointing at Han Lei and Qingcao saying, "It’s better when the police come! I will tell the police you’re crying ’stop thief’ when you’re the thief! You stole my phone and hit me! Just you wait! You young people, don’t even know where your schooling went! Your brains are all stuck with shit! Stuck with shit!"
The last insult was repeated twice in Rui’an dialect, with emphasis on the words!
"You’re the one with a brain full of shit!"
Qingcao also retorted in Rui’an dialect, even hopping mad as she cursed, "You uneducated old woman! Why didn’t you just go die sooner!"
"You’ll be dead long before I ever will!"
Mrs. Wang fiercely retorted in Rui’an dialect against Ye Qingcao, "You even want me to die! What kind of quality is this in young people! All that studying has gone down the pit, your brain must be stuck with shit! Monkey-headed kid (Rui’an dialect)!"
"If you have the guts, then curse more fiercely! Go on, curse more fiercely! I’ll record your cursing right now, and when I hand it over to the police, they’ll lock you up for good!"
Ye Qingcao hid behind Han Lei while cursing back at Mrs. Wang, jumping on the spot with each insult, her emotions running high!
For a moment, the store was filled with cursing...
Fortunately, apart from Mrs. Wang, the other two middle-aged women in her party did not join in the cursing.
Otherwise, Ye Qingcao alone really couldn’t out-curse the three of them.
However, Ye Qingcao’s cursing manner was both comical and adorable.
As she cursed furiously, red-faced, the older store employees nearby watched her, covering their mouths and snickering disrespectfully.
Across from her, Zhao Xiuqin and Han Feiyi looked at Ye Qingcao, with her shiny braces cursing fluently, and were dumbfounded, shocked into silence.
Only Han Lei remained serious, not joining in the shouting match, but inwardly he took note of the favor Pu Sangzhi and Ye Qingcao were doing for him by standing up on his behalf.
His gaze occasionally drifted towards the women’s clothing section, checking what Pu Sangzhi was doing over there.
In the meantime, while they were energetically cursing each other, Pu Sangzhi had already finished calling the police, and it wouldn’t be long before officers from the nearby station would arrive.
After hanging up the phone, Pu Sangzhi turned around and saw Ye Qingcao still immersed in the cursing match with the middle-aged woman, as if hooked on it, her voice loud and powerful, even overshadowing the middle-aged woman...
She couldn’t help but take a deep breath and thought to herself, thankfully!
... About 10 minutes later...
The store manager and the police arrived within three minutes of each other, and the people who could control the situation were finally there, so Pu Sangzhi and the other youngsters stepped back.
The Metersbonwe Store’s two branches lowered their curtains, all staff and related parties were kept inside, and a sign with the words "Closed for Today" was displayed outside the curtain...
The police learned the whole story from Mrs. Wang.
Originally, Mrs. Wang and her two friends came to the store, and as they entered, she was taking a call on her mobile phone. Later, when Han Lei approached her to sell clothes, she put away her phone...
Since she was facing away from the surveillance camera at the time, it wasn’t visible where she placed her phone in the surveillance footage.
After that, she was led around the store by Han Lei, during which she took a liking to a piece of clothing, and Han Lei went to the storeroom to find the right size...
She then discovered her phone was missing.
No matter how she searched her bag, or her pockets, or walked around the store again, she couldn’t find her phone. When she called it, there was no answer, and of course, she remembered her phone was on silent mode...
Therefore, Mrs. Wang believed her phone had been stolen!
Mrs. Wang told the police that she demanded the store be locked down, hoping the staff would help her catch the thief.
But no one helped her, and all the customers were allowed to leave!
So Mrs. Wang, out of frustration, demanded the store compensate her for her loss!
In this explanation, Han Lei was still being implicated by Mrs. Wang’s account. Mrs. Wang made one demand after another for Han Lei to compensate, as well as to turn out his pockets to prove his innocence.
However, she also said that even if Han Lei proved his innocence, he still had to compensate her!
If it weren’t for Han Lei selling to her, she wouldn’t have been distracted talking to him and forgotten about her phone...
So in Mrs. Wang’s view, the responsibility for the accident lay entirely with Han Lei!
Having fully understood the whole story and reviewed the surveillance, the police naturally suggested they settle the matter privately.
If the clothing store was willing to compensate, they should give Mrs. Wang some compensation for her loss, and Mrs. Wang also shouldn’t demand the full amount. It was also partly her fault for not keeping an eye on her phone...
However, neither Mrs. Wang nor the store manager was willing to settle privately.
The store manager said, "She didn’t buy a single piece of clothing in our store, and the phone was lost by herself; I can at most offer 500 yuan. 500 is already the epitome of generosity! And she even fought with my staff!"
Mrs. Wang countered, "My phone is worth more than 5000 yuan, and she’s only compensating 500! Do you think things can be settled so cheaply! I tell you, I’m not leaving today without 5000 yuan, or let that kid pay!"
Han Lei flatly refused, "I won’t compensate a single penny."
Upon this, Mrs. Wang directly started jumping up and down in front of the police, grabbing an officer and saying, "Comrade police officer, look at this cheat of a store! What kind of store is this?!"