Xiao Mei, she actually forgot about Xiao Mei again.

Compared to Xu Moran, who felt guilty, Xiao Mei showed great composure and a sense of normalcy in being forgotten again.

Sure enough, Xiao Anhe pulled Xu Moran towards the fruit shop's exit. It didn't bark or make a fuss, and chose to eat the apples from the fruit shop.

Xu Moran was protective of her own, and when she heard the shop owner scold Xiao Mei so harshly, she immediately felt uncomfortable. She pulled her hand out of Xu Ye's hand and walked towards the shop owner, "Don't shout so loudly. Its owner hasn't left yet and will pay for it. How much is it?"

To save time, Xu Moran took out his wallet as he spoke.

She still had some cash in her pocket, not much, but it was more than enough to pay for the apples Xiaomei had stolen.

The shop owner stood on tiptoe and looked in the direction where Xiaomei, who had temporarily stopped eating her apple, was. For some reason, as if he felt he still couldn't see clearly even on tiptoe, he simply stood on a small stool next to him to look again.

Xu Moran took a deep breath and thought to himself, "It's just an apple, is it really necessary to make such a fuss? Even the best apples here are still edible fruit apples, not golden apples made of gold, are they?"

The shop owner stood on a small stool and watched for a while. After getting off the stool, he didn't immediately tell Xu Moran how much he needed to pay. Instead, he picked up the calculator next to him and started adding numbers.

Xu Moran was puzzled by the shop owner's actions. She had already called Pei Hang, who was waiting for her to bring Xu Ye over, and they couldn't afford to delay too long.

"Boss," Xu Moran urged the shop owner, who was still adding numbers to his calculator, "my dog ​​ate your apple, how much is it?"

When Xu Moran asked the question again, she had already decided that if the shop owner still didn't answer her, she would be generous and give him twenty yuan.

Although prices have risen sharply now, an apple costing twenty yuan is more than enough.

The shop owner ignored her and kept pressing numbers rapidly on the calculator. Xu Moran had no choice but to reach into her wallet to take out the twenty-yuan note.

The shop owner, who had been pressing the calculator buttons for a long time, finally stopped just as his finger touched the twenty-yuan note. He looked up at her and said, "Please pay three hundred yuan, thank you."

"Three hundred?" Xu Moran's tone rose instinctively in disbelief. "You mean the apple my dog ​​just ate cost three hundred yuan?"

If the shop owner nodded in agreement, then Xu Moran would argue with him. No matter how much the price is higher than other places because of its special location near the hospital, it shouldn't be dozens of times more expensive.

If theory proves ineffective, Xu Moran, as a public official, will resort to the relevant laws to protect his legitimate rights and interests.

When faced with Xu Moran's questioning, the shop owner neither nodded nor shook his head. Instead, he raised his hand, pointed towards where Xiao Mei was, and said, "Miss, go and see if your dog is eating an apple."

Filled with doubt, Xu Moran actually walked towards where Xiao Mei was.

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Upon closer inspection, she felt not only wanting to scold Xiaomei, but also wanting to hit it.

What kind of dog is this?

Sneaking an apple is one thing, but if you're thirsty or have a craving and can't control yourself, it can be forgiven.

The crucial problem is that it took a bite out of every apple it could see, and not only that, it also took a bite out of the strawberries next to it. The only fortunate thing is that the shop owner noticed it early enough and scolded it, so it didn't dare to touch the red grapes next to it.

As if afraid that Xu Moran would run away and renege on his debt, the shop owner almost followed Xu Moran to stand by the fruit display shelf.

He glanced at Xu Moran's face and saw that her expression had gone from sunny to cloudy, and was now darkening as if a downpour was imminent. He then stepped in to smooth things over for Xiaomei, saying, "Miss, don't blame your dog too much. To tell you the truth, this batch of apples I received looks alright, but the taste is quite inconsistent. Some are sweeter than sugar, while others are so sour they could make your teeth fall out. I think your dog probably took a bite out of each apple to pick the sweetest one."

Having said that, he glanced at Xu Moran's face again, and seeing that it hadn't improved, he added, "As for the strawberries next to the apple, your dog must have bitten into a really sour apple and wanted to rinse its mouth with the red strawberries."

Xu Moran turned to look at the shop owner, opened his mouth several times, but finally chose to remain silent.

Why remain silent?

There are two reasons. On the one hand, she was so shocked by what Xiaomei had done that she couldn't be more shocked. It felt like she was walking along peacefully when suddenly a thunderbolt struck her without any warning or indication, leaving her so stunned that she couldn't even blink, let alone react.

On another note, she was amazed by the shop owner's eloquence. It turns out that even if someone's business is small, or even if they just run a fruit shop, their eloquence is basically at the level of an amateur comedian.

Xu Moran opened her wallet, looked down, and saw only two hundred-yuan bills. She flipped through it again and found that besides a twenty-yuan bill, she only had two coins.

Just as Xu Moran was about to ask the shop owner if she could pay with WeChat or Alipay, the shop owner, who was also secretly glancing at her wallet while Xu Moran was checking how much cash she had, beat her to the punch before she could even speak. He puffed out his chest with an incredibly domineering, incredibly generous, and incredibly manly air, "Fine, since your dog has such good taste and such discerning eyes, I'll give you a discount. Just give me the cost price of 220."

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