"Hello, customer, this card cannot be swiped." The waiter handed the card back with a smile.
"What?" Tang Xin froze completely, and she felt sensitively that the looks from her classmates made her feel uncomfortable all over.
"Haha... How is that possible? Are you mistaken?"
"I'm sorry, customer. Maybe I did it incorrectly. Can I try again?"
After the "beep" sound, the words "Card swiping failed" appeared on the mobile card reader again.
Tang Xin's face also froze.
Roommate Xiaomei: "Tang Xin, what's wrong?"
My roommate Xiaotian asked, "Is there no money in the card?"
"How is that possible?" Tang Xin said loudly, "I checked this morning and there are still several thousand yuan in it."
Xiaomei: "Then change another one. Hurry up, it's so cold standing here."
Tang Xin did have another card, the one Tang You used to transfer her living expenses, but there was no money in it either. This month's living expenses had already been spent, and next month's living expenses had not yet arrived.
Xiaomei is the rich and beautiful girl in the class. She usually looks down on me the most. How could I possibly show weakness in front of her?
"There must be something wrong with your machine. What a crappy card swiping machine! Try changing it." Tang Xin argued loudly, stiffening her neck.
Although the waiter was well-trained and his professional smile remained unchanged, the words he said were irritating to Tang Xin.
"Hello, customer. This isn't a problem with the card machine. In this case, it probably means your card is invalid."
"Impossible! I used it to withdraw money this morning."
"Or customers can change the payment method. Our store accepts cash, Alipay, WeChat Pay, etc."
Tang Xin's face flushed and she was speechless.
"Forget it, let me do it." Xiaomei said and took out a card and gave it to the waiter.
Tang Xin couldn't help but feel that the way her classmates looked at her had completely changed. The humiliating feeling of being stabbed in the back of her head resurfaced, urging her to urgently do something, and so she did.
She took out her new phone and called the customer service number on the card.
"What's wrong with your bank? I have a perfectly good card, but why can't I use it?"
"Hello, ma'am. Your card was reported lost at xx:xx this afternoon..."
Tang Xin hung up the phone with a grim face.
"Let's go, didn't we agree to go to KTV?" Xiaomei patted Tang Xin's shoulder, "Don't worry, it's my treat."
Tang Xin gritted her teeth.
No one took this little episode seriously, and no one paid too much attention to Tang Xin's ugly expression.
The group walked out of the restaurant, with Tang Xin falling behind at the end. She opened WeChat with her phone in anger and sent messages to Tang You frantically.
Why didn't you return my call?
What do you mean? Why did you report your card lost? Are you doing this on purpose to embarrass me?
You clearly promised Mom and Dad that you would take good care of me. What kind of sister are you?
"Hey? Tang Xin, that seems to be your sister, right?"
This sentence woke up Tang Xin who was in anger. She followed Xiaomei's gaze and saw Tang You in front of a roadside stall selling spicy hot pot.
She sat with a man in a wheelchair, each of them having a bowl of spicy hot pot in front of them.
A roadside stall, a low table, plastic benches, cheap clothes, a tacky hairstyle and glasses... In Tang Xin's eyes, it was as shabby as it could be.
And hanging out with a disabled person?
Because of the angle, I could only see half of the man's face in profile, so I couldn't tell what he looked like. His jacket was also a little wrinkled (from playing the "roller coaster" with Sijiu), but anyway... he looked shabby.
My classmates also saw it!
It was embarrassing enough just now, but now Tang Xin felt even more embarrassed. It was as if every look from her classmates held a deep meaning.
She was furious and walked towards the two men without thinking.
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