"Officer, it's him! Sell me this tattered coat!"
An old woman grabbed Old Chu's clothes, preventing him from running away.
Seeing this, the others also reached out and grabbed Old Chu.
When the police arrived, they gestured for them to speak one by one.
"Don't lay a hand on me, talk one by one!"
"Let me speak first! This person claims that the clothes he's selling are the same clothes sold in Tuanyuan Department Store, and that he has special channels to get these clothes, so he's selling them at half price!"
"It turns out the clothes weren't sold at Tuanyuan Department Store at all; he lied to me!"
Zhao Jing's sister-in-law immediately spoke first.
The others immediately echoed her words.
"That's right, that's what he told me too! But it turned out to be completely different!"
"Give me my money back! He has to give me my money back! This piece of junk cost me twenty-five yuan! He's ripping me off!"
"Officers, look at this! This outfit is nowhere near worth this price!"
“I tried on clothes at Tuanyuan Department Store, and I couldn’t tear them no matter how hard I tried.”
A girl who had come with her mother to seek justice shouted loudly from the crowd.
"We understand your situation. What explanation do you have for this?"
The two police officers nodded to the crowd, signaling them to be quiet, then turned to Old Chu and asked for his opinion.
"I bought these clothes through their channel! I bought them all in Shenzhen!"
"This isn't my fault! Besides, they tore the clothes, how am I supposed to get a refund? This isn't how business is done."
Old Chu argued that he wasn't afraid of the police.
"That's just sophistry! You clearly knew these clothes were counterfeit, otherwise why would you sell them so cheaply? And they tear so easily, how can you blame us for wearing ruined clothes? It's clearly because the quality of your clothes is poor!"
"That's a fallacy! Pay up right now!"
Standing in the crowd, Xiaoling looked at Lao Chu's shameless face and, remembering Xia Lan's words, immediately raised her voice.
"That's right, you're clearly lying to us!"
"Pay up!"
"If you don't pay me back, I'll smash your stall!"
Many people who had initially doubted themselves immediately came to their senses after hearing Xiaoling's words.
Yes, it was his clothes that were damaged that tore them, so how could you blame them for ruining them?
Seeing that Lao Chu didn't want to pay, several women immediately stepped forward, grabbed his clothes, and forced him to pay.
"Officer, look at these shrewish women! Please help me!"
Old Chu cried out to the two policemen.
"The police can't handle this, so the Industry and Commerce Bureau will!"
Two employees from the Industry and Commerce Bureau walked over with their credentials and addressed Old Chu.
"Someone reported that you were selling counterfeit and shoddy products. After our verification, it is confirmed that you are indeed selling counterfeit brands. Since you don't want to lose money, then come with us to the station."
As soon as the two said that, Old Chu's face, which had just been indifferent, immediately turned into one of terror.
"No, no, no, I'll pay the money, I'm willing to pay the money."
Upon hearing that he was going to the police station, Old Chu was terrified and quickly took out the money and returned all the clothes.
The women took the money and were finally satisfied, preparing to leave. However, before leaving, they turned back and spat at Old Chu.
"You scoundrel, I'll never buy anything from your stall again!"
"that is!"
"Pooh."
The group glared fiercely at Old Chu.
When he turned to the two young men from the Industry and Commerce Bureau, his attitude became much friendlier.
"Oh, thank you so much! I'm so grateful!"
"Yes, if you hadn't come, he would still have been stubbornly refusing to pay compensation!"
"Young man, how old are you? Are you married? If you don't have a girlfriend, I can introduce you to someone. What do you think of my daughter?"
"..."
The two policemen were left out in the cold. They exchanged a glance, and seeing that there was nothing more for them to do, they smiled and left.
After the aunties finally left, two staff members from the Industry and Commerce Bureau took out their notebooks.
"This is your fine for this violation. If there is a next time, all your belongings will be confiscated."
The two men addressed Old Chu.
"I...I...I just put it up, why am I being fined?"
Old Chu was dumbfounded.
He spent a lot of money buying these clothes but hasn't sold them! Why is he being fined?
"I haven't even earned fifty yet!"
"Comrade, I haven't sold any clothes, where am I going to get the money! I promise you I'll run the stall properly, can we not pay this money...?"
Old Chu even tried to use a self-inflicted injury ruse to play the victim.
"You have to pay this money, otherwise how are we supposed to work in the future?"
"Stop talking nonsense and pay up now! Otherwise, we'll confiscate your things!"
The two men turned cold, and Old Chu shuddered, quickly handing over the money.
The two men took the money and left with cold expressions.
Old Chu had lost both his wife and his army, and could only sit on the ground and slap his thigh.
Instead of ruining Xia Lan's business, they blocked their own path.
The goods weren't sold, the money was recovered but then lost again, and I also offended the industry and commerce authorities, ruining my reputation...
Old Chu was filled with regret!
But it was no use in regretting it.
Since then, Old Chu's stall has not seen a single customer.
His reputation was completely ruined. Nobody came to his stall to buy clothes anymore, and people would even spit at his stall when they passed by.
Even if Lao Chu wanted to salvage the situation and removed all the clothes, it wouldn't make a difference.
In this day and age, a person's reputation is ruined, which is a capital offense.
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