Chapter 242 Exposing the Scam
Upon hearing this, the fashionable woman smiled contemptuously and said, "You're lucky. You came to Lihua as a waitress and actually met such a distinguished guest. Looking closely... your appearance is indeed not bad. If you put on makeup, you could barely be considered a beauty. Perhaps beauty is in the eye of the beholder. However, as your senior, I must remind you that being kept by a sugar daddy... will get you expelled from school."
She didn't understand how talking about serious matters had turned into talking about being kept by a sugar daddy. Her face flushed red, and she said, "The person who helped me is a girl about my age, senior. You've misunderstood."
"Whether it's a misunderstanding or not, you know in your heart. Alright, the rest of you, you won't be so lucky. Go back and prepare 50-100."
"Senior, I don't even know where I'm going to get 100 yuan for next week's living expenses!" the girl who spilled coffee said, crying.
"Borrow from your roommates or classmates. If that doesn't work... Sigh, I'll introduce you to someone. Borrowing a hundred or two won't be a problem, but the interest is 30 yuan a month. If you can accept that, I'll help you get in touch. If you can't, you'll be in trouble with Lihua!"
“Interested money, that’s…that’s usury, you can’t…absolutely not, once you get involved, there’s no escaping it.”
"Hmm, as expected, people who like to stand out do have some sense." The fashionable woman tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and said sarcastically, "Don't say such harsh things. I'm not in debt. I'm just trying to help you out, and I don't even get any credit for it. The interest is only 30 yuan. You can just find a part-time job for a few days and it'll be fine. I'm only mentioning this once. If anyone can't raise the money right away, you can come to me and I'll introduce you to someone. If you can raise it yourself, then just pretend I didn't say anything."
It's a scam, a complete scam. People who actually borrowed money from loan sharks are now trapped. Looking closely at the victims, they're all quite good-looking, but their clothes are a bit outdated, their skin is yellowish, their eyes are timid, and they have low self-esteem, making them somewhat unlikable.
Yunxia, who was secretly watching, was probably carefully selected. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She sent a text message to the head of the police station, telling him the general situation and the address.
Seeing several girls tempted and asking to borrow money at exorbitant interest rates, the young woman could no longer restrain herself and strode forward to stop them, exclaiming, "Hongxia, is it really you? I thought I was seeing things!"
The newcomer had fair skin, exquisite makeup, and wore a floral dress that looked like it came from a department store. Behind her was a handsome man with a cold face. The fashionable woman blinked slightly and said, "Hey, what a coincidence! I can run into friends while I'm out having fun. Hongxia, why don't you go with them first?"
Anyway, it was a fish that didn't bite the bait, so it's not a big loss to lose it!
Upon seeing Yun Xia arrive, Li Hongxia felt much more at ease and quickly hid behind her, not daring to meet the eyes of the 'warm-hearted' senior.
"Playing? Hongxia, I'm not trying to be mean, but yesterday you were so confident that you were going to find a job at a convenience store to earn your living expenses, and the next day you showed up at the back door of the Lihua Hotel. You didn't go in and spend money, did you? Do you know how expensive the food is here? Every waiter has to undergo three months of training before they can start working. The general manager once boasted that if anyone finds out that a waiter has started working without undergoing three months of training, they will be rewarded with 500 yuan!"
In fact, Yunxia was not lying. General Manager Lihua did say that, but it was at a drinking party. If you ask how she knew, it's thanks to Uncle Bai Jie having a good older brother.
"Girl, are you serious?" the girl who spilled the coffee asked excitedly. If it was true, not only would she not lose money, but she could even make a little money back!
"Of course it's true. What... you guys found out? Come on, let's report it together. Just give me a quarter of the money."
After saying that, he tried to pull her into the hotel, but was stopped by the fashionable woman. "Miss, rumors are not to be trusted. I have been cooperating with Lihua Hotel for so long and have never heard of this rule."
Upon hearing this, the girl's pupils dilated, and she feigned shock, saying, "Cooperation? I was blind to your greatness. May I ask who you are, my boss?"
The fashionable woman was stumped by the question. Her thin lips moved a few times, but she couldn't say a word. She could only glare at him a few times and say, "It's none of your business. You're not worthy to know."
"Oh, really? Recently, a new scam has emerged in Jiangcheng, specifically targeting young men and women from remote areas who come to study. It preys on their desire to make quick money, luring them to work in upscale places, but... they nitpick, magnifying even the smallest mistake, and then..."
Yunxia paused deliberately for a moment to observe the expressions of the deceived girls. She noticed that the three girls, who had come to their senses, glared angrily at the fashionable woman, their eyes filled with hatred as if they wanted to devour her.
With a slight smirk, she continued, "Then the court ordered them to pay the other party between a hundred and several hundred yuan. They were fresh out of college, knew nothing, and were intimidated by the other party's show of force, so it's understandable that they panicked and didn't think things through. At this point, the introducer jumped out, first launching into a tirade of abuse, then offering heartfelt advice, claiming she would plead for them to pay less, between 50 and 100 yuan. She said that if anyone couldn't raise the money, she could help recommend borrowers. And that's when the real scam began."
The remaining guesses were too sordid and could damage other people's reputations, so Yunxia chose not to say them. She crossed her arms and watched with a smile as the fashionable woman became furious.
"Great! I was wondering why such a good part-time job fell into my lap. It turns out it was a scam from beginning to end, even the accident at the convenience store was all arranged by you."
"Bumped into? I also bumped into my senior at a convenience store. After chatting for a while, I found out about this great job."
Then, the girls who had never communicated with each other spoke up one after another. Before long, they realized that they had really encountered scammers. The same location, the same approach, the same script. Who would believe it if it wasn't planned in advance?
Outnumbered, the fashionable young woman wanted to beat up the girl who was causing trouble, but behind her stood a tall, aloof man and a group of girls from the countryside, who were staring at her fiercely, as if they would attack her as a group if she made the first move.
Hands on hips, she said with a fierce but weak tone, "Ha, so you've come to cause trouble. I'm upright and honest, I'm not afraid of being slandered. You lot, ask yourselves honestly, wasn't it your fault for breaking things? Shouldn't you pay for the damages? Did I have to swallow my pride to negotiate a price of 50 or 100? That's much lower than 100 or 500. I'm doing this out of the good of you, but..."
"Stop making excuses. A regular tea set costs around 2 yuan on the market. Even a luxury hotel that buys high-end tea sets costs around 10 yuan. How come you're talking about it costing over 100 yuan?"
"You bumpkin, don't you understand? That's a custom-made piece, produced by a famous kiln. How can you call them the same?"
Same routine, same rhetoric—that's how they deceive people. Recalling her feelings when she heard that she had to pay 180 yuan that morning, Li Hongxia deeply understood how others felt when they had to pay money. Mustering her courage, she strode forward and said, "You're lying. I broke a tea set, and the foreman claimed it was Ru ware, worth 180 yuan, and demanded I pay for it. Later, the manager came and said it was ordinary and worthless. She's a liar; we were all fooled by her. The broken items weren't worth that much money at all."
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