Chapter 238 Being Treated as a Thief
Basically, there are things that girls like here, including cosmetics, skin care products, and small accessories.
And the price is very low.
Girls seemed to be particularly fond of hairpins and hair ornaments, and kept looking at them in front of the mirror.
Ye Ying picked up a hairpin and a hair flower and took a look at them. She felt that they were very old-fashioned.
As a post-90s generation, she also used this kind of rustic hair ornament when she was a child, and she liked it very much at that time.
Seeing the extremely popular store, Ye Ying was a little tempted, but she did not immediately decide to follow suit.
Let’s go back and look at something else first.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was already five o'clock. It would take another hour to go back, so Ye Ying hurried out of the store and prepared to leave.
The proprietress saw her looking around in the store for a long time and came out empty-handed without buying anything, and immediately looked at her with a sullen look.
That expression seemed to be saying: If you don’t buy it, what’s the point of looking at it!
This look made Ye Ying a little angry, but she didn't want to cause trouble. When she unlocked her car and prepared to ride away, the proprietress suddenly called her.
"Hey, wait a minute! Stop right there!"
Ye Ying was already unhappy with the boss lady's look, and now she was called so loudly that she suddenly felt a little annoyed.
"What's up?"
The lady boss asked her husband to help collect the money. She ran over and pointed at Ye Ying's neck: "What are you wearing around your neck? Did you steal something from my store? I have the same style in my store!"
Ye Ying then remembered that when she "fulfilled" her promise to send jewelry to Sun Lin and Xiu Lian, she bought herself a pearl necklace.
After leaving Xiulian's house, Sun Lin said she wanted to see what the pearl necklace looked like when she wore it, so she put it on and showed it to Sun Lin.
As a result, I forgot to pick it when I went out.
The Shenzhen Stock Exchange is deeply influenced by the Hong Kong area. Pearl necklaces are very popular there recently, so Ye Ying also followed the trend.
I bought the things with my own money, but I never expected to be accused of stealing them.
Ye Ying was very angry and planned to argue with the other party to the end.
She narrowed her eyes and looked at the proprietress: "Are you sure? What I'm wearing around my neck is real."
"Your store sells nothing but trinkets."
"Come with me!" The proprietress pulled Ye Ying back to the store entrance, went in, took a pearl necklace from the shelf and placed it in front of Ye Ying.
Ye Ying looked carefully and found that the chain was exactly the same as the one around her neck.
She frowned, took the pearl necklace and looked at it, blurting out: "What are you thinking? It must be fake. This is a replica. It's not real pearls at all, right?"
"Before you suspect me of stealing from you, can you please think for a moment, would I need to steal fake goods?"
Although Ye Ying's argument made sense, the lady boss still insisted: "Then, then tell me, why is the chain on your neck the same as the one sold in my store? Is it such a coincidence?"
Their argument immediately attracted the attention of customers in the store.
The proprietress seemed to be afraid that Ye Ying would run away, so she held her arm with one hand.
Seeing more and more people gathering around, Ye Ying felt extremely embarrassed.
She was suddenly treated as a thief for no reason. Is this proprietress simply crazy?
Seeing that everyone was looking at her with excited eyes, Ye Ying gradually lost her patience and stared coldly at the proprietress:
"The only explanation is that the necklace I'm wearing is so popular that it was copied by an unscrupulous manufacturer."
This is nothing new in the 21st century.
Once something becomes popular, it won’t take long for imitations to be sold in some local small commodity market.
"How is that possible! This is something I just bought into my store recently. It's the same style as the stars, can you buy it?" The proprietress obviously still didn't believe Ye Ying's words, she held her hand tighter, and angrily ordered her man:
"Old Yu, you damned bastard, hurry up and call the police to catch the thief."
Hearing that they were going to call the police, Ye Ying raised her eyebrows and said, "Big sister, are you sure you're going to treat me as a thief without any identification?"
The proprietress snorted coldly: "Let the police identify it."
Ye Ying:......
She was completely speechless about this woman.
It was getting dark, and she wanted to go home! Ji Lianqi was still waiting for her to eat!
Not long after, the man called Lao Yu came with a policeman.
"Public Security Comrade, it's that woman! She stole the necklace we sold in our store and still refuses to admit it." Lao Yu pointed at Ye Ying from a distance.
As the police officer approached, Ye Ying's eyes widened immediately - wasn't this Comrade Yu Gang who had sent An Xiaotong to Shenzhen with her before!
Yu Gang was also stunned when he saw Ye Ying, but she had changed so much that he didn't dare to recognize her, so he asked tentatively: "Comrade Ye, Comrade Ye Ying?"
"It's me."
After confirming that she was indeed Ye Ying, Yu Gang's eyes fell on the pearl necklace around her neck and he frowned and asked, "Why are you...taking the pearl necklace from someone else's store?"
Although he was skeptical, he did see a pearl chain on Ye Ying's neck that was exactly the same as the one in this store.
Ye Ying quickly retorted: "I didn't steal!"
"I brought this back from Shenzhen. It has nothing to do with her store, right?"
When she found out that this police officer knew Ye Ying, the lady boss was worried that he might protect Ye Ying, so she suddenly raised her voice:
"Comrade, even though you seem to know each other, you must not protect her!"
"She happened to be wearing the same chain and came to my store. How could such a coincidence happen?"
Ye Ying: .....
Seeing that the crowd was still reluctant to leave and the sky was getting dark, Ye Ying was anxious to go back and couldn't help but say, "There are so many strange things in this world, it's just that you haven't seen them. As the saying goes, long hair means short knowledge."
"You!" The proprietress looked dissatisfied.
Seeing that the two sides were deadlocked, Yu Gang had no choice but to suggest: "In that case, boss, your store sells only decorative items, right? Then we can only identify whether the pearl necklace she is wearing is real pearls."
"It's getting dark now. Where can we go and who can we find for appraisal?" Lao Yu asked subconsciously.
"Maybe we can go to the jewelry store in front and have a look." An enthusiastic onlooker in the crowd pointed the way.
Yu Gang nodded: "Okay, let's go and take a look together."
So, the proprietress grabbed Ye Ying's sleeve tightly, and they went to the jewelry store together.
Let them be appraised. Ye Ying is not afraid at all. Her pearls are more real than the real ones.
She wanted to see who would get slapped in the face next. She couldn't just let this unreasonable couple go.
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