novelraw Chapter 471: Demanding a Search of the Bags
Chapter 471: Demanding a Search of the Bags
Chapter 471: Chapter 471: Demanding a Search of the Bags
"Can you testify?"
"Yes." Ye Xinluo answered firmly, and seeing her so confident, the officer chose to temporarily believe what they were saying.
They reviewed the surveillance video again and indeed saw Lan Shan put the item back, but it was unclear, as the store stated, whether she had put back one or a pair.
At this moment, the phone in Ye Xinluo’s bag started ringing. She pulled it out and saw that it was Beichen Rui calling.
Lan Shan also saw her screen, smiled, and said, "Go ahead and answer it. Maybe he needs something from you."
"Okay, wait for me a bit; I’ll be right back." She said and then stood up to take the call on the side.
"Hello."
"Will you be home for dinner tonight?" Beichen Rui’s voice came through.
"I probably won’t come for dinner tonight; I should be staying here." Ye Xinluo replied.
Beichen Rui: "I see... Alright then. By the way, you went to the mall, right? Did you find anything you like? If so, just buy it and charge it to my account."
Ye Xinluo scratched her head, feeling far too stressed to think about what to buy, "Something happened here, and it’s not resolved yet."
"What happened?"
Ye Xinluo thought for a moment and replied, "Shanshan and I were shopping at a jewelry store, and something went missing. They insist Shanshan stole it and won’t let us leave."
Upon hearing this, Beichen Rui furrowed his brow and took a while before calmly asking, "Where are you now?"
"We’re at the jewelry store at the entrance on the second floor of the mall; what’s up?"
"Wait twenty minutes, I’ll send someone over to handle it."
"Oh, okay." Ye Xinluo nodded blankly, realizing he might use his connections to deal with it.
This was a relief, sparing her the trouble.
After chatting a bit more, she hung up the phone, returned to the store, and heard Lan Shan say, "You have no right to search my things!"
Upon hearing this, she furrowed her brow and quickly made her way back to her side, asking, "What’s going on?"
"Xinluo, they’re demanding to search my bag. On what grounds? I didn’t take anything of theirs, so what right do they have to search my property?"
Upon hearing her explanation, she also frowned, only to hear the store clerk sneer, "If you didn’t take anything, what’s the harm in letting us check your bag? Could it be there’s something in your bag you don’t want people to see?"
The implication was clear. Lan Shan furrowed her brow, "You have no evidence that I took anything, so why should you search my belongings?"
"Ma’am, you insist you haven’t taken anything from our store, and we’re willing to believe you. If you truly are innocent, we will give you justice.
But if you did take something, please hand it over."
Damn it...
Lan Shan cursed inwardly, almost on the verge of tears, wondering what kind of luck she was having today to encounter such an incident while out shopping.
It would have been better not to come out; this truly felt like the worst luck.
At this moment, Lan Shan felt terribly aggrieved; telling the truth still didn’t earn trust... Plus, her bag was a private possession, especially now that she was in a special time of the month. How could she allow them to search it publicly?
Doing so would be utterly humiliating.
The atmosphere was at a standstill, with both sides unwilling to budge until a pleasant male voice suddenly cut in.
At first, she thought it was the person Beichen Rui mentioned had arrived, but upon turning her head, she realized it wasn’t.