Chapter 99

"You—" Xiao Yan’s expression couldn't help but change, and Xiao Sha also furrowed her brows.

Directly raising her hand to wipe her mouth, He Le confirmed, "XX, four bottles, room temperature, right?"

"K-know it, yet you still won't go?" Xiao Yan didn't know why, but she felt He Le’s demeanor was a bit... a bit creepy.

He Le took the cloth bag off her shoulder and took out the water one bottle at a time, "XX, four bottles, room temperature, sixteen yuan, thank you!"

The two Xiao sisters sat there, stunned.

Second update... *cough cough*~~ Actually, it should count as today's first update~~

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☆, (8 Fresh Coins) Chapter 109: A Huge Sum

Jiang Jingjing was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly found sixteen yuan and handed it to He Le. She had a feeling—this girl was better left alone!

He Le took the money, picked up the half-iced drink on the table, and walked back. Only after sitting down did her whole body start to feel tense—having just been stared at by the four of them, her scopophobia hadn't actually flared up immediately! Why was that? There was no time to think about it; seeing that Ruan Lin had finished filming a scene and the director was giving instructions, He Le hurriedly grabbed a wet towel and the water and trotted over.

Ruan Lin’s even skin tone and deep-set features hardly required makeup, so it didn't matter if he wiped his face directly with a wet towel after sweating. Looking down, he saw He Le’s small face covered in sweat beads as she earnestly helped him wipe it away. Ruan Lin curled his lips into a heart-melting smile, using almost all his self-control to keep from kissing her lips directly, but the thought of what she had said at noon still made him feel stifled. This woman was truly... both lovable and hateful!

Water is a thing that can quench thirst, but if you drink too much... you keep running to the restroom.

Seeing that Ruan Lin wouldn't be free for a while, He Le glanced not far away and also got up to go to the restroom.

As soon as Xiao Yan stepped out of the restroom stall, she saw He Le propping her chin on her arm, watching her. "Are you sick? Standing there playing ghost for no reason!"

Others in the restroom didn't really know He Le, but they all knew Xiao Yan and were aware of this young lady's foul temper, so they hurriedly washed their hands and left.

Xiao Yan finished washing her hands and was about to leave, but He Le called out to stop her, "Please wait, Miss Xiao Yan."

"What?" Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow. She didn't believe this rural girl who had just arrived in the big city would dare do anything to her, even if the woman was sometimes weird.

He Le raised a small disc between her fingertips, "Do you know... that there are cameras everywhere now?"

"W-what do you mean?"

"Didn't you notice there's one right next to our lounge area? It recorded everything very clearly, you hitting me, and the way you threw my phone."

"...Heh! So what? Call the police! Go ahead! As expected of someone from the countryside, it's just a slap; the police won't even care if it's not a minor injury. At most, they'll make me apologize to you! Hmph! Go ahead and report it!"

He Le smiled and nodded, "Yes, a slap might not be serious, but what if you add the intentional destruction of someone else's property? Article 49 of the 'Public Security Administration Punishments Law of the People's Republic of China' states: 'Those who commit theft, fraud, looting, snatching, extortion, or intentional damage to public or private property shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may be concurrently fined not more than 500 yuan; if the circumstances are relatively serious, they shall be detained for not less than ten days but not more than fifteen days, and may be concurrently fined not more than 1,000 yuan.'"

"...Tch!" Although she sounded disdainful, Xiao Yan did indeed start to feel guilty. Five hundred or a thousand didn't matter, but detention...

"And there's more—Article 275 of the 'Criminal Law': 'Whoever intentionally destroys or damages public or private property, if the amount is relatively large or there are other serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, or a fine; if the amount is huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years.'"

"You! Don't think you can scare me! 'Relatively large,' 'huge'! How much is your piece-of-trash knockoff phone worth! You just want to blackmail me, right! Say it! How much money do you want? Three hundred? Five hundred?"

"Then let me popularize some 'common sense' again. For the crime of intentional destruction of property, the threshold for 'relatively large' or criminal liability is 2,000 yuan, and 'huge' is 20,000 yuan. As for the knockoff phone you mentioned—" He Le took out the phone and showed the front and back to Xiao Yan. Although it had many scratches from being dropped and some paint had chipped off, the bright red, textured screen was still eye-catching, and the Medusa on the back seemed to glance arrogantly at the stunned Xiao Yan, "Verace Unique limited edition set, retail price 59,000 RMB exactly."

"Y-you... you're lying to ghosts! You, you just came from the countryside—"

"Yes, I am lying to you. Only one thing is a lie," He Le wiped away her smile, "Only the part about 'I just came from the countryside' is a lie. If you have doubts about anything else, it doesn't matter. I'll go call the police now, and you'll soon know if what I said is true or not."

Seeing that He Le seemed to really be going to call the police, Xiao Yan panicked. Fifty-nine thousand, a huge sum, three years or more! No, she didn't want to go to jail!

"N-no, don't call the police! I, I'll pay! I'll pay you, is that not enough?"

He Le stopped in her tracks, "Oh? Can you afford to pay?"

"I..." A 59,000 phone; she barely had enough money for an iPhone 5, "I, I can pay in installments."

"No need." He Le walked toward Xiao Yan with a cold face, "You don't have to pay, and I don't have to call the police, as long as you do one thing."

"W-what?"

"...Stay away from me when you have nothing to do. Also..." He Le clenched her fists, hesitated for a moment, and then gave up on the idea of slapping Xiao Yan back. She had only hit people three times in her life, twice in this past month, and this time... she would just let it go.

"A-and what else..."

"...Go help me buy a bottle of water."

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*Cough cough*~~ Actually, the real common sense is—surveillance footage generally isn't allowed to be copied by private individuals...

So~~ petting everyone~~ Jiangshan will try hard to maintain daily updates~~ but sometimes there might be unexpected situations and I won't make it~~ If I need to ask for leave next time, I'll mark it in red in the column so you don't wait in vain~~~

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Thanks to girl q721007 for the pancakes~ to girl 'Demons all love you Wang' for the macarons (the only virgin left is Qin, *cough cough*), and to girl Huandie for the smoothie!

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