Since the Lunar New Year, Liu Aimei has resumed staking out Tong Hongyun outside the factory.
I haven't seen him since I ran into him at the mall last time.
Liu Aimei refused to give up.
She'll eventually run out of money, and she can't maintain her previous high-spending lifestyle by working alone. She has to find a way out. So what if she's a mistress or a concubine? As long as she's with Tong Hongyun, she won't have to worry about food.
However, Liu Aimei has not waited for Tong Hongyun for so many days.
There has been no news from Xiong Jing and her mother either.
Liu Aimei went to the meat stall where Xiong Laoniang used to sell meat several more times, but Xiong Laoniang never showed up. She went back to the Liu family in Chengxiang Lane to inquire, but no one had seen Xiong Jing and her daughter. Liu Aimei also went to her hometown in Hejia Township, but Xiong Jing and her daughter had never been back.
In April, with the arrival of spring, Liu Aimei had no choice but to find a job temporarily.
He went back to his old job and became a sales clerk in a shopping mall, selling gold in a jewelry store.
The shopping mall wasn't far from her rented apartment, and she lived a fairly comfortable life.
However, after only a few days at work, Liu Aimei ran into an old acquaintance, a young woman in her early twenties.
It was the same woman who went shopping with Tong Hongyun last time.
The other party clearly didn't recognize Liu Aimei and asked her to bring out several gold necklaces to try on. In the end, she readily bought a 15-gram necklace and paid for it without hesitation, which made Liu Aimei clench her fists.
If it weren't for Zhang Liqin, she would still be living a life of luxury by Tong Hongyun's side.
After buying the necklace, the girl left the mall.
Liu Aimei quickly told her supervisor that she had something urgent to attend to in the afternoon and needed to ask for leave to go home.
"No, this is too sudden."
"Sister Qin, I promise this will only happen this once, and it will never happen again. I really have something urgent to attend to. I just suddenly remembered that my child's teacher is looking for me at school, and it would be bad if I was delayed."
Liu Aimei pleaded for a few more times, and Sister Qin finally agreed with a stern face, saying that this would not happen again.
Liu Aimei quickly left the mall, and within just a few minutes, the woman had disappeared.
She stomped her feet in anger, looked around, and quickly ran to the roadside, where she saw the girl get into a car.
Liu Aimei was in a panic and rode her bicycle to follow the car, eventually following it to the entrance of a residential area.
It wasn't the neighborhood Liu Aimei used to live in. She silently memorized the neighborhood's name and rode her bike back home.
Liu Aimei had just finished preparing dinner and was eating when there was a sudden knock on the door.
Liu Aimei frowned: "Who is it?"
"Police, open the door!"
Liu Aimei was stunned. "I didn't do anything!"
The police continued knocking on the door from the outside.
Liu Aimei had no choice but to open the door.
“Someone reported that you stole a bicycle. Now come with us to the police station.”
Liu Aimei's face turned pale instantly.
She hurriedly explained, "Officer, I can explain this. I was just in a hurry this afternoon. I work at the mall, and I really had an urgent matter, so I rode it. I didn't steal it on purpose! I can return it tomorrow!"
"What you're saying is useless. You did steal the car. Now, come with us."
Liu Aimei was both angry and anxious. She had only ridden the bike briefly in a hurry that afternoon, and it wasn't like she wasn't going to return it! Why did they have to call the police!
Liu Aimei arrived at the police station with a dark expression and saw that the person who reported the incident was a young man.
"So it was you who called the police? Did you have to go that far? It's not like I wasn't going to return it! I just rode it for a bit in a hurry!"
"You have the nerve to say that! Are you in a hurry? You're stealing! If I hadn't called the police today, were you planning to never return it?!"
"You're talking nonsense! You're a grown man, and you're already short of a car? You'll probably only ever own one bicycle in your entire life!"
"Officers, you be the judge! Is this woman even speaking human language?! She still dares to argue! Are you going to kill someone one day and then deny it?!"
A policeman came out from the back corridor, glanced at Liu Aimei a few more times, and then took out Liu Aimei's file.
It turns out he was in jail last year...
Seeing that something was wrong, Liu Aimei softened her tone, "I really didn't mean it. I just work in the mall, and I really had something urgent to do this afternoon, so I rode it. I have my own bicycle, I don't need yours. How about this, let's settle this privately. How much compensation do you think is appropriate?"
It would be such a shame if she were arrested again because of her bicycle!
Settling it privately isn't out of the question...
The young man's eyes darted around...
In the end, Liu Aimei spent eighty yuan to get this matter settled!
She was so angry her liver hurt!
The young man looked honest and unassuming, but he immediately asked for eighty yuan, refusing to pay less. Liu Aimei had no choice but to grit her teeth and pay up.
The next day, when Liu Aimei went to the mall, everyone's gaze towards her changed.
Qin Jie spoke privately with Liu Aimei, her brows furrowed, "What exactly happened with the bicycle yesterday?"
Liu Aimei still feels wronged. "I was just in a hurry to ride it. I have a bicycle at home. But that young man called the police right away. Sister Qin, I'm really not a thief! I have no reason to steal a bicycle!"
Sister Qin said with a stern face, "It's no use telling me. Several colleagues were there yesterday and they all know about this."
Liu Aimei returned home with a displeased frown.
Everyone glanced at her several times.
Liu Aimei gave a forced smile and explained.
"Oh dear, it's only because the owner saw it. If they hadn't recognized the clothes you were wearing, they probably wouldn't have been able to find anyone to call the police."
Liu Aimei was wearing her work uniform when she went out yesterday; she didn't have time to change.
Liu Aimei forced a smile, "So what if they called the police? The police released me, which means they accept my explanation. I'm not a thief."
No one believed Liu Aimei's words, and her colleagues ignored her, which made Liu Aimei so angry that she had a stomachache.
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