The onlookers looked at the man with suspicion.

Do you think he's trying to extort money from you?

The man hadn't expected that everyone would suddenly suspect him.

The wind was originally blowing in his favor.

I never expected Sheng Yueqing to be so eloquent; now the winds are blowing in her favor.

The man was panicking inside, but he pretended to be calm.

"Anyway, my father had a stroke after eating your potato chips, and you have to explain this to me."

Sheng Yueqing spread her hands, "The thing itself is not poisonous, but if you insist on blaming me for your father's stroke, then I can't accept that."

"I can't expect everyone who buys something from me for a few dollars and then feels unwell afterward to all say that my stuff is poisonous, can I?"

"Wouldn't I be ruined by this?"

"Nobody is a fool to let you smear them and extort money from them."

"If you really want to cling to me, then go ahead and sue me."

"Take the potato slices you have in your hand for testing to see what kind of drug was put on them."

"Investigate further to find out exactly what caused your father's stroke."

"I believe the police will give me justice."

"As for you, if you deliberately spread rumors and slander our supermarket for money, and then try to extort money from me, then you'll be in jail!"

The man's temples were covered in sweat.

He originally thought that as long as he brought supermarket items and talked about it, people would call Sheng Yueqing a profiteer.

To everyone's surprise, the crowd believed Sheng Yueqing's words without question, and surprisingly, no one came to his aid.

Even though the few people in the crowd wanted to help him, Sheng Yueqing retorted with every reasonable rebuttal.

This woman is so eloquent, he simply can't win an argument with her.

And the police have already arrived.

Who's causing trouble here?

Sheng Yueqing said, "Officer, someone is using my products to spread rumors and slander me, and even trying to extort money from me. You must help me find out the truth."

This police officer is still the same junior officer he always was.

However, he has been promoted in recent years.

He came here now because Sheng Yueqing had someone specially ask him to come.

When a junior police officer hears rumors and slander, he can roughly guess the other party's intentions.

"So you're the one who spread rumors and extorted money?"

The man panicked, "I didn't! It's her products that are poisonous and caused my father to have a stroke."

Police officer Xiao Liu spoke up fairly, saying, "I eat these potato chips every day, how come I never get poisoned?"

That's the truth; he really did eat Sheng Yueqing's potato chips and taro chips every day.

Aside from getting a sore throat from eating too much, there's nothing wrong with it.

"And the potato chips I ate were produced on the same day as yours."

Thanks to the store manager's good memory, he remembered that the young policeman also came to buy three bags of potato chips that day, and that he bought the same batch of goods as this man.

That's why Sheng Yueqing sought out the junior police officer.

The man was taken aback. "Then maybe the packet you ate wasn't poisoned, but mine is."

"After all, not every potato is poisonous, right?"

"Is it possible that my bag just happens to be poisonous?"

"Or perhaps Mr. Sheng can provide evidence to prove that the bag of potato chips my father bought was not poisonous."

Sheng Yueqing stared at the man, a sneer on her lips, "Or how about this?"

"Since you say that bag of potato chips you have is poisonous, why don't I eat it?"

"If I get food poisoning later, I'll have a doctor examine me to see if the poison came from the potato chips?"

“If it’s not that my potato chips are poisonous, then it’s that your father has a health problem, and you’re framing our Sheng’s Supermarket.”

The man was taken aback.

He hadn't expected that Sheng Yueqing wanted to eat the bag of potato chips in his hand.

He had tampered with the bag of potato chips; he had poisoned it.

If someone were to die from the food, he feared he would have a hard time getting away with it.

Furthermore, the Sheng family is powerful and influential. As long as they go to the hospital for a checkup, they can find out that the poison in this bag of potato chips is not from the sprouted potatoes at all, and then the truth will be clear.

He didn't want to get involved in someone's death or go to court.

Then he hesitated.

"Your Sheng family is so wealthy and powerful, what if you get poisoned and then deny it?"

Sheng Yueqing curled the corners of her lips, "So what do you want?"

“I gave you a solution: bring the bag of potato chips you’re carrying to the inspection, but you refused.”

“I told you I wanted to test the poison on myself, but you wouldn’t allow it.”

"Hey buddy, what exactly is your purpose?"

The onlookers were also puzzled. "Yeah, what exactly is he trying to do?"

"The big boss was willing to let him test the poison on himself, but he still refused. Could it be that he's really trying to frame someone and extort money from them?"

"I think so. My grandson eats those potato chips every few days without any problems."

"It's not as exaggerated as claiming to have a stroke. I bet that old man was already on the verge of a stroke and was just trying to extort money from someone who had money."

Seeing that the crowd was questioning him, the man was starting to lose confidence.

"In short, my father got sick because he ate your food, and you have to take responsibility for this."

Sheng Yueqing's expression was serious. "That's impossible."

"Today you can slander others just because you don't have money for your father's treatment. If I really tolerate this, everyone will follow suit, and who will dare to open a shop?"

"If everyone were like you, only good at smearing others and trying to kill them when something goes wrong, all the shops in Shanghai would be closed down. Let's see who would dare to sell your stuff then!"

Everyone should stop opening shops and go back to farming to produce and sell their own goods.

"you."

The man hadn't expected her to be so assertive.

He stopped pursuing the poisoning issue and only wanted her to pay for his medical expenses, but she refused.

The man, thinking of his father's stroke and the lack of money for treatment, also became ruthless.

"If you don't take responsibility, I'll die here!"

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