Chapter 243 Cafeteria Worker

Her words confirmed Yunxia's guess. The deceived girls began to question the real prices of the porcelain, vases, and suits. Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, the fashionable woman blinked a few times and then suddenly turned and ran away.

Jiang Chao, who had been watching his movements for a while, caught up with him and captured him in no time.

"What kind of man bullies a weak woman like me?"

"Heh, when you're setting up a scheme to deceive people, do you ever feel weak?"

From the street not far away, the sound of police sirens drifted in. Yun Xia guessed that the station chief and his team had arrived. Raising an eyebrow, she smiled and said, "I recorded everything you mentioned when you reprimanded them, such as compensation and loan sharks. Be careful what you say when you see the police later. Don't lie, or else..."

The sirens grew closer, and the fashionable young woman panicked. "You...you...called the police."

"The smallest amounts are a little over 100 yuan, and the largest are 500 yuan. Adding them all up, it must be close to 1500 yuan, right? That's enough to meet the threshold for filing a case!"

Just then, the station chief led a group of uniformed police officers to the scene. "As soon as school starts, the scammers become active again. Xiaxia, we have a general understanding of the situation. Bring them to the station. We must find out the mastermind behind this before we can take down the old tree."

The upright police chief, who loathed criminals, stared at the fashionable young woman with his hawk-like eyes, making her tremble. Suddenly, his attitude changed, and he put on a kind smile, saying, "You are all college students, the backbone of the new society's construction, but you are inexperienced and tempted by profit, which is why you were deceived. Come with us to the police station to give a detailed statement, and then we will send someone to take you back to school."

Yun Xia's lips twitched upon hearing this, thinking to herself, "How could he even think of taking a police car back to school!"

"No, we...we can go back by ourselves!" It was the woman who spilled the coffee who spoke, indicating that she also didn't want to take the police car back to school.

"Alright, we're all adults now, we can go back together, no need to be scared!"

Yunxia took out a voice recorder, handed it to the director, and said, "I don't know if the contents of the recording can be used as evidence!"

"Leaving aside the evidence, providing clues for the investigation is still helpful. Xiaxia, thank you very much this time. I still need to take the suspect back for interrogation, so I won't chat with you any longer."

Li Hongxia, with her head down, listened to the two chatting and laughing, and wondered to herself what Yun Xia's true identity was.

With just a few casual words, he could silence the foreman, and the manager had to be polite and respectful. He could easily forgive anyone for breaking teaware. Now, he's even quite familiar with the director.

Before she could figure it out, she was pushed into a police car. Behind her, Yun Xia watched the police car drive away with a smile in her eyes.

"I trust the director to handle things. This matter is settled. Let's go home!"

"Congratulations! If this matter is reported, someone will be awarded the title of 'helpful citizen' again!"

"Hehe, there's something I really want to do right now, Jiang Chao, guess what it is? If you guess right, we'll have braised lion's head meatballs tomorrow."

Jiang Chao initially ignored her, but when he heard the words "lion's head," he paused in his steps, turned his head, and stared mysteriously at the back door of the Lihua Hotel.

"500 per person, 4000 for 8 people. You want to go in and report them, and get the reward, right?"

"Wow, Brother Jiang Chao, you're so smart! So, do you think this is feasible...?"

Jiang Chao rolled his eyes at her, flicked her forehead, and pulled her away. "The behind-the-scenes boss of Lihua Hotel is not so easy to offend. Come home with me. It's so late. It's time to go to bed."

As 4,000 yuan slipped through her fingers, Yunxia was a little dejected. After returning to the villa, she cooked some dumplings for a late-night snack, and then went back to her room to sleep.

The next day, after breakfast, the two went to the villa to check on the renovation progress. The walls had been repainted, the chandelier was being installed, and the first-floor hall was piled with wooden planks, which were to be used to build cabinets.

After inspecting the work, Yun Xia dusted off her hands and said, "It's always good when it's recommended by an acquaintance. The quality of the renovation is simply impeccable!"

"Heh, it's all because they paid a good amount of money."

Indeed, the renovation company's quote was twice the market price, but the design perfectly matched the expected vision, and the materials used were top-notch, so it was worth it in the end.

"Hey, you get what you pay for. Oh, by the way, how's your small company's cash flow? Do you need any support from that rich lady?"

Buying a house and building a factory must have already drained her dry. Hearing this, Jiang Chao shook his head. "You're too late. I've found an investor. He owns 35% of the shares, and he's in charge of all the funding."

"Wow, impressive, you're a big boss! Introduce me to him sometime and let me make some money too."

"The peony factory isn't enough to keep you busy. Let's go. What about the lion's head meatballs you promised?"

Dear, you clearly don't want to talk about it!

Yunxia stopped asking questions, turned around and went to the market to buy a few pounds of pork. She came back and made a big plate of braised lion's head meatballs. After dinner, carrying the snacks and fruits that Aunt Wu had insisted on giving her, she took the bus back to her school dormitory.

The scam wasn't exposed so quickly. After giving her statement, Li Hongxia returned to school and didn't leave her dormitory all day, nor did she eat. Li Xinxin had to interrogate her for a long time before she finally understood what had happened.

"Hey, you son of a bitch, if you dare to cheat me, I'll get a bunch of guys and beat you to death."

He was clearly making a tough statement, but he looked...cute!

Yunxia opened her backpack and began distributing gifts, including various fruits, cookies, cakes, cooked sausages, and braised meat. "These were forced on me by my aunt. I can't finish them, and they'll spoil in a few days. You have to help me out. Here, take the steamed buns from the cafeteria and eat them with the sausages."

Meat is a rare commodity in my hometown; it's only available during festivals. But my two roommates ate it with gusto. After some hesitation, Li Hongxia also ate sausage with steamed buns, enjoying it immensely.

“Hongxia, I’ve inquired, and the school convenience store isn’t short of staff at all, but… that job posting hasn’t been torn down. There’s definitely something fishy going on, but we don’t need to worry about that. The police are investigating. Also, the cafeteria lady said they’re hiring temporary workers, just for lunch and afternoon meal service. They’ll provide two meals a day, and the pay… cough cough, two cents a day.”

Serving meals, you only work one or two hours a day. They provide meals and pay you 20 cents a day, which is not bad, but... 20 cents sounds really low. After all, when fashionable girls lure new students, they lie and say they earn 3 yuan a day!

"Yunxia, ​​thank you. I'll ask at the cafeteria after class tomorrow."

With meals provided, there's no need to worry about food. You can save up 2 cents slowly and accumulate some savings.

"You should just keep doing this for now, and quit when you find something better. You must have good grades to get into Jiangxi Medical University. Or... try tutoring. I've heard that tutors earn a lot of money."

"Tutoring? I... I can't do it, especially English. I know the words and how to use them, but I just can't read them and can't teach children."

"Dumb English" is a common problem. Upon hearing this, Li Xinxin stopped dwelling on the topic. The three of them chatted and laughed, eating sausages and steamed buns until the lights were turned off late at night, when they hurriedly washed up and went to bed.

The next day at noon, after class, while getting lunch, Li Hongxia mustered up her courage and asked if they were hiring temporary workers. After receiving an affirmative answer, she immediately volunteered. The cafeteria lady saw that she had firm muscles and a healthy wheat-colored face, and decided to let her work for three days on a trial basis.