Chapter 223: So-called Shamelessness

Song Ru looked at the Bulk White Sugar emitting a plume of white smoke, then at the shocked crowd around her. She knew that if the matter wasn’t properly resolved today, her family’s General Store would be finished.

“Have the Jiang Family gone mad? Putting rat poison in the Bulk White Sugar—this is attempted murder! I didn’t think they were that kind of people. How could they do something like this?”

“I’m never coming to the Jiang Family’s General Store again. I never expected the Jiang Family to poison their goods. I think I bought their Bulk White Sugar before—could it have been poisoned too?”

“The Jiang Family’s General Store is done for. Probably no one will dare to buy from them anymore.”

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The discussions around made Song Ru’s face turn even paler. Her body swayed as if she might collapse, and she had no idea what to do.

“Mom, the rat poison in the Bulk White Sugar was put there by this thug who bought our sugar. When he insisted on scooping the sugar himself just now, I saw him putting something in it. He deliberately blocked our view with his body, but there was a small mirror nearby. I saw his little movements through the mirror. At the time, I thought he was just checking the sugar, so I didn’t investigate. I never expected he was putting in rat poison.”

Just as the group of thugs looked smugly at the trembling Song Ru, thinking about how much compensation they could extort, Jiang Xinyu, who stood beside Song Ru, suddenly straightened her face and glared coldly at the brown-haired young man.

As soon as she finished speaking, the surroundings fell silent. The brown-haired young man grew flustered and snarled at Jiang Xinyu, “Little girl, you can eat whatever you want, but you can’t say whatever you want. This kid is my cousin! Do you think I’d poison my own cousin? Don’t think you can spout nonsense just because you’re pretty. If you keep talking recklessly, I’ll make sure you regret it!”

The brown-haired young man’s menacing expression made Jiang Xinyu step back, her face pale, but she stubbornly insisted, “We have surveillance cameras in the store. They should have captured what just happened. If you don’t believe me, we can call the Department of Public Security right now and check the footage to see if it was you who put the rat poison in the sugar.”

“Uh…”

The brown-haired young man froze, and the thugs behind him were also stunned. After a moment, the brown-haired young man glanced around the General Store and indeed spotted three cameras. His expression changed. He turned and glared at the thugs behind him. Immediately, three of them rushed into the Jiang Family’s General Store like wolves, smashing the cameras with their steel pipes.

“Now there are no cameras. You can’t frame me anymore.” With the cameras destroyed, the brown-haired young man smirked triumphantly. The crowd around fell silent, stunned by the sheer audacity of the brown-haired young man and his gang, who would go to such lengths.

Everyone now understood that the fault didn’t lie with the Jiang Family’s General Store but was instead a staged farce by the brown-haired young man and his gang. Their goal was to find an excuse to bully the Jiang Family. For a moment, the onlookers fell silent. They wanted to say something, but seeing the fierce-looking thugs from the Love Fire Bar, they didn’t dare utter a word.

Song Ru trembled with rage, pointing at the brown-haired young man and his gang as she yelled, “You… how can you be so shameless? Do you have no conscience or sense of morality at all?”

“Old woman, whether we have a conscience is none of your damn business. Pay up right now! Your Bulk White Sugar killed my cousin. You owe me at least 200,000 Credit Points, or I’ll smash your General Store to pieces.” The brown-haired young man scowled and threatened Song Ru.

Jiang Xinyu stepped closer to Song Ru and stared coldly at the brown-haired young man. “Are you stupid? Do you think smashing the cameras solves everything? The videos are stored in the computer. The evidence is all there. I’m calling the Department of Public Security to investigate this.”

The brown-haired young man froze again. Before he could respond, another thug charged inside wildly, swinging his steel rod and smashing the computer into scrap. He then walked out triumphantly and said to the brown-haired young man, “Brother Dao, now there’s no evidence left. Even if they report it to the Department of Public Security, we can’t lose.”

“Good.” The brown-haired young man nodded in satisfaction and turned to Song Ru and Jiang Xinyu. “Song Ru, your daughter is quite considerate. Are you sure she’s your biological daughter and not one of us from the Love Fire Bar? Hahaha…”

The thugs behind him laughed, their eyes full of greed as they looked at Jiang Xinyu. The onlookers around them showed anger, wanting to speak up, but seeing the knives and clubs in the hands of the Love Fire Bar thugs, they remained silent. Only faint whispers began to circulate.

“Can these bastards from the Love Fire Bar get any more shameless? They have no shame at all. This is going too far. I’ve never seen people this disgraceful.”

“The Jiang Family is really unlucky to have crossed paths with these scum from the Love Fire Bar. The Love Fire Bar is a cancer; it should have been eradicated long ago.”

“The height of shamelessness, truly the height of shamelessness. I can’t stand to watch anymore. I’m leaving. Sigh, and no young person is stepping up to help the Jiang Family. They’re our neighbors, after all.”

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The brown-haired young man and his gang overheard some of the whispers. His expression darkened as he glared at the hundred or so onlookers. “Whoever dares to slander our Love Fire Bar again, I’ll chop them down!”

The surroundings fell silent, and even the low murmurs died out. The brown-haired young man sneered and turned back to Song Ru and Jiang Xinyu. “I know you must feel very wronged by today’s events, but we’re just doing a job for someone. You offended the wrong person, so here we are. Today, you will pay those 200,000 Credit Points, whether you want to or not. Otherwise, this entire General Store will be turned into a pile of rubble. And your daughter is really pretty. If someone hadn’t ordered us not to touch her, I’d really like to have some fun with her. Song Ru, you raised a fine daughter—it’s just that her brain doesn’t work too well.”

As he spoke, the gang of thugs behind him roared in agreement.

“Exactly, what a useless teammate. It’s a pity she’s so pretty. Come visit our Love Fire Bar sometime. Our brothers are all skilled; we’ll make sure you have the time of your life.”

“Don’t touch her. Someone else has already taken a liking to her. That person is a big shot in Tongle Town. We can’t afford to offend him.”

“Damn, if that weren’t the case, I’d really want to do her right now. She’s so beautiful I can’t take my eyes off her. I’d give ten years of my life just to have her once.”

“Don’t worry, there’ll be a chance. Once our client is done with her, it’ll be our turn. Then every brother can have a taste.”

“By the time he’s done with her, she’ll be all used up. What fun would that be? It’s much better to enjoy her now. She looks so innocent—definitely still a virgin.”

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