Xia Xinxin frowned upon hearing this, clearly surprised by this sudden "payment" requirement: "Didn't you tell us to just pick one?!"
Upon hearing this, Song Jiao's laughter became even clearer, tinged with sarcasm. "Haha, of course you're welcome to try things on, but paying the bill is every customer's obligation. Do you usually just leave the restaurant after eating without paying? Or are you planning on staging a 'free-for-all' stunt here?"
Having said that, Song Jiao deliberately paused, looked around, and a hint of cunning flashed in her eyes.
The girls looked at each other, some with red cheeks, while others smiled secretly, obviously very amused by what was said.
The police outside the store seemed to have noticed something was wrong and walked in. "Ms. Lin, are you in trouble?"
Song Jiao gently raised her slender finger and pointed at the group of chattering girls at the door. A helpless smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. "Look, it's these little girls. They said they came in to look at some clothes. I kindly let them choose whatever they wanted, but after they made their selection, they refused to pay and even asked me why I didn't give them anything for free."
Under the soft lighting inside the store, the girls' faces instantly turned red, like ripe apples. Xia Xinxin, however, remained confident and assertive, her eyes wide as if they could spit fire. "Humph, I'm the future daughter-in-law of your boyfriend's sister. What's wrong with me taking a few of your clothes? Does that mean that once I become a member of the Lin family, these things won't belong to me?"
There was a hint of provocation in her words, as if everything was under her control. "Don't forget, you and your shop will still have to rely on me and my husband for support in the future!"
Song Jiao laughed inwardly. These days, the old saying "If you're not from the same family, you won't marry." She shook her head and decided to give these girls, especially Xia Xinxin, a vivid "life lesson."
"Oh, what kind of logic is this? You're already plotting my property before I even enter the door." Song Jiao pretended to be surprised, but she was actually very happy. She didn't really want to scare anyone, but purely to embarrass Xia Xinxin and Lin Zhentian, the two funny guys.
At this moment, a sharp-eyed customer in the store interrupted with a hint of joking in his voice, "Hey, if you don't have any money, just leave! Don't embarrass yourself here. You're so young and you're imitating others to eat and take things for free. Will you learn to steal and rob in the future?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the little girls suddenly became quiet as chickens. They lowered their heads, their faces turned even redder, and they all made excuses to leave. After all, face was still very important these days.
Only Xia Xinxin was still standing there, her feet seemed to be hammered into the ground, with a look of dissatisfaction on her face, "Why won't you give it to me! Lin Zhaodi - oh no, Song Jiao, if you don't give me that dress, I, I won't marry your brother!"
Song Jiao almost couldn't hold back her laughter when she heard this. She rolled her eyes in a serious manner and said, "Oh, Miss Xia, your threat is quite sophisticated. Marry me if you want, or not. Anyway, my little shop will never lack customers."
After saying that, she turned to the police officer beside her with a relaxed look on her face. "Comrade police officer, how do you think we should handle this? I'm running a serious business and I can't let anyone bully me like this."
The policeman was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. This was the first time he had seen such a situation, so he had to persuade the man patiently. Xia Xinxin was so angry that she was jumping up and down. In the end, she left just to save face.
Song Jiao curled her lips into a cold smile, her eyes gleaming with a playful light, as if to say: "Making trouble? Humph, let's see who comes to mess with me. I'm not afraid of such things!" She shook her head and sighed inwardly: "The forest is really big, and all kinds of strange birds dare to fly out!"
At this time, Xia Xinxin was so angry that she was shaking all over. She felt that what happened today was a complete loss of face for her.
When she thought of the humiliation she suffered at the hands of Lin Zhaodi, she couldn't help but grit her teeth.
So, she trotted all the way to Lin Zhentian's house, and as soon as she entered the door, she began to perform her "crying, making a fuss, and then hanging herself" drama, and even threatened: "I won't get married!"
Lin Zhentian panicked when he heard this. He hurried forward to comfort her: "Oh, my aunt, you can't do this! You've already agreed to marry me, and the betrothal gifts have already been sent to your family. If you say you don't want to get married now, won't that embarrass me?"
Xia Xinxin sobbed and complained aggrievedly, "Didn't you say we could take whatever we wanted from Lin Zhaodi? I went there with a group of good friends today, and not only did she make us pay, she even called the police! I'm so embarrassed! How can I face anyone in the future?"
Lin Zhentian frowned upon hearing this. He was about to say something when his father interrupted him: "Hey, Zhentian, what are you doing? Don't worry, go get some food! Your mother and I haven't eaten yet, and your second sister is starving. Do you still want to get married like this?"
Lin Zhentian was left in a state of confusion by his father's words. He sighed helplessly and took out money from his pocket to buy food. He muttered to himself, "This family is such a headache."
However, he obviously didn't know that his reputation outside had become extremely bad.
Seeing that she could not get an explanation from the Lin family, Xia Xinxin ran back home in anger and told her parents what had happened, exaggerating the whole story.
When Xia's parents heard this, they were immediately furious. They felt that their daughter had suffered such a great injustice and they would never let it go.
So, they immediately decided to increase the betrothal gift, and the first thing they asked for was 400,000!
"Hmph, boy from the Lin family, do you think our Xia family is so easy to bully? Four hundred thousand in betrothal gifts, not a penny less!" Xia's father said angrily.
Mother Xia also agreed: "Yes, we must let them know that our daughter of the Xia family is not so easy to marry!"
So when the Xia family and their group came in a mighty and imposing manner, as if they were leading an army of thousands, they broke into the small hotel where the Lin family was staying.
Mother Xia had a frosty look on her face as she held her daughter's hand tightly. Her eyes seemed to be able to shoot out icy arrows that pierced people's hearts.
She spoke, her voice as cold as the wind: "The bride price is now 400,000! Look at you, the Lin family, you dare to let my precious daughter suffer injustice now, who knows what tricks you will use in the future!"
Father Xia stood by, his arms akimbo, like a judge about to pronounce a verdict. His voice was deafening: "Hmph, if you can't come up with this amount, forget about getting married!"
When Lin Zhentian heard this, he instantly became furious, his eyes widened like copper bells, as if he could spit out fire.
He slammed the table so hard that the teacups jumped up, and shouted angrily, "Do you think your daughter is inlaid with gold or diamonds? You're asking for 400,000 yuan! I'm telling you, it's 150,000 yuan. It's up to you to get married or not! If you don't agree, get out!!"
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