Reborn as Tycoon's Wife in the Countryside-Chapter 489 - 393 Fourth Watch_2

A customer who had just paid checked the bills in her hand: "They’re all real, there’s no counterfeit."

"We’re making a scene here; they definitely wouldn’t dare to commit such an act under scrutiny."

"In a store like this, they shouldn’t dare to do such a thing, would they? Isn’t that committing business suicide?" one woman believed there was no reason for the store to do that.

"They just opened for business and must be all over the place. Could it be that they received counterfeit money without noticing and accidentally gave it to you?" another person, who looked like a student, said something that seemed quite fair.

"One mistake might be accidental, but with so many of us receiving fake bills, how do you explain that?" the troublemakers persisted, "Call the police, we think we should call the police. It would be best for the officers to come and check the place; who knows what else they might find."

"Right, call the police." A companion took the store’s phone and started dialing, reporting that a large number of counterfeit bills were discovered here and that they needed to come over quickly.

"Xiaofeng, you should step in, or this is going to turn chaotic." It was obvious that the other party had come looking for trouble, bringing so many people and calling the police right off the bat.

They had clearly come prepared, targeting Xiaofeng’s shop.

"No rush, besides, haven’t I been watching the whole time? Don’t worry, I’ve had the situation under control," Xiaofeng reassured. It was necessary to let the troublemakers make their move first.

"You really are calm." Xianghe was nearly frantic with worry.

Manman checked the receipts they had thrown over and started to verify each one: "Hello, how much change did I give you just now?"

The customer frowned, thinking to herself if this girl was foolish: "With such a big issue at hand, how can you be the one handling it? Where is your boss, tell her to come out."

"I am the owner here; she is my cashier. In this kind of situation, she has the authority to handle it." Xiaofeng pushed through the crowd and came forward.

"Such a young owner."

"Must have some sort of backing."

"Nowadays, a lot of pretty young women are with rich old men, leading those kinds of shameful mistress lives."

"Oh dear, with so many other things she could do at her young age, to become someone’s mistress, it’s truly disgraceful."

"So that being said, this must be a dodgy store."

"Forget it, I’m not buying anymore, let’s go."

As soon as Xiaofeng appeared, those who had dirty thoughts in their minds immediately judged her as a homewrecker, discarded the items they were holding, and left directly.

Watching quite a few customers leave, the young person with a student look curved a faint smile and said, "And here I thought you were hiding somewhere, being a shrinking turtle. So, you were here all along. Your store has given us so much counterfeit money, as the owner, how do you plan to resolve this? Or shall we all wait here for the police to take care of it?"

Xiaofeng glanced at him indifferently and spoke softly, "If the counterfeit money in your hand really came from our store, we can compensate you tenfold. Of course, if the counterfeit money wasn’t given out by our store, and you’re here to deliberately cause trouble, we are within our rights to hand you over to the police station."

Simple and clear, whoever is responsible shall bear the consequences.

"Ten times compensation is too lenient for you. I think letting your store close down for good would be more like it. This store is straight up a den of thieves," the other party scoffed at Xiaofeng’s words.

The police arrived very quickly.

Upon the police’s arrival, the other party stepped forward to explain the situation, claiming that the shop gave out counterfeit money to customers, insinuating that the store undoubtedly had more counterfeit bills and suggested that officers should shut down the shop to prevent more people from being deceived.

As soon as the officer arrived, they began inspecting the cashier’s money drawer to see if there were any counterfeit bills inside.

"Boss, there are counterfeit bills in register two—it was her who just put them there, probably around five hundred." Xiaoqi’s voice suddenly rang out.

"Transfer them to the space."

Xiaofeng glanced at register two. The girl cashing out there was named Ana. Since she had started working there, she was not much of a talker but always diligent and sincere.

The police officer opened register two’s cash drawer swiftly, but found no counterfeit money. After checking all the change in the store, they didn’t find any counterfeit bills either.

The troublemaker became uneasy, "Comrade, are you sure you didn’t mistake anything? Many counterfeit bills look almost identical to the real ones; they’re not distinguishable without a close examination. You should really check more carefully."

How could this be? The person clearly said that as long as he brought people to make trouble, there would definitely be trouble in this store. The other party was so confident, it meant they must have made arrangements in advance – how could there be nothing?

"We have checked thoroughly and indeed all the bills are genuine."

"This customer." Manman stood up, "We have checked your receipt, and the record of change on our computer doesn’t match the amount of change you have."

For instance, the other party only purchased items worth around ten yuan, and the computer showed that they only handed over two ten-yuan notes, and she gave them only a few yuan in change.

Also, for the remaining bills, she hardly gave out any fifty-yuan change.

"You’re talking nonsense," the other party retorted with a hint of anger, "You clearly gave me eighty-three yuan back, a fifty-yuan note, three ten-yuan notes, and a few yuan in change."

"Officer, you can check for yourselves. Look, this is ticket number 132, it clearly records what he bought and how much change he got. If you don’t believe it, you can verify it with them," Manman said, stepping aside to let the officer come forward to check.

The officer stepped forward to verify with the other party what they had bought and how much change they had received. The items bought mostly matched up, but the change given did not tally with the computer’s records.

Which means, if the computer’s records are correct, it’s these few people who are lying.

"Officer, this computer is theirs. Naturally, they can change it however they want," the other party said, trying to shift blame as things were about to unravel.

"Computers run on specialized software; errors are quite rare," Manman explained to the officer.

"Maybe we got it wrong," they said as the situation turned unfavorable for them. They couldn’t stay any longer: "Officer, sorry to have you come out for nothing. We apologize for the inconvenience. Guys, maybe we made a mistake, let’s go." The other party said, making to leave.

"Officer, I suggest you should search them. People like them, you can tell they are habitual criminals. They’re used to passing counterfeit money everywhere. Today it’s my store; tomorrow it could be someone else’s. If they’re habitual offenders, they’re bound to have counterfeit notes on them," Xiaofeng said, seeing that they wanted to slip away, of course, she was not going to let them off that easily.

A little while ago, they were very arrogant, starting off by picking on her employee.

Could they possibly pick on someone and then just walk away?

"What do you mean?" The other party’s face changed, glaring angrily at Xiaofeng.

"Naturally, I mean asking the officer to search you. You allowed the officer to check my store, so naturally I have the right to suspect you all. Don’t you think?" Xiaofeng raised an eyebrow, her gaze sharp.

"We are all students, always on the up and up, how could we do something like that?"

"Whether you’re students or you have committed a crime, that’s for the officer to check and confirm," Xiaofeng said to one of the officers, "Comrade, you think my suspicion is reasonable, don’t you?"

"Them taking out so many counterfeit bills indeed makes them suspect. Your suspicion is quite reasonable," he said. Since the counterfeit bills didn’t come from the store, they must have come from them.

A few hundred yuan in counterfeit money—where they got them from was a serious issue worth investigating.