It’s quite possible that he followed her and swiped her phone, then took the opportunity to hide it! It’s not impossible.
After being wrongfully accused, Han Lei could no longer sit back and hold his peace, and he parted his lips to defend himself.
"Who knows whether you followed me and took my phone!"
Mrs. Wang rolled her eyes at Han Lei, "It was you who approached me in the first place and then led me all around in circles. It’s not certain whether you had that intention or not!"
Han Lei turned around, and at this moment, his gaze at the middle-aged woman was already fiery.
"Hey, what did you say!"
Not only was Han Lei angry, but Zhao Xiuqin at his side was even more enraged, unable to tolerate someone accusing her son , "My son stole your phone? What kind of joke is that? My son doesn’t lack that little bit of money!"
"Even if it wasn’t him who stole it, it was because of him that it was stolen! Anyway, I don’t care, my phone was stolen in your shop, and you all have to take responsibility!" Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝘯𝘦𝘵
Mrs. Wang sat upright, casting contemptuous glances at Han Lei and his mother from time to time, her tone was sharp and piercing, "Everyone had better check themselves first, take out and go through their belongings. It’s likely that someone from your shop is behind this!"
When she said ’someone from the shop’, she deliberately glanced at Han Lei, as if to imply that her words were directed at him.
Such an unjust accusation is something no one can bear! And Han Lei was, after all, a young man full of vigor!
"You lost your own phone and blame the shop staff? At your age, aren’t you ashamed to do such vile things? Do you even know how to behave?"
Zhao Xiuqin, clearly with a temper of her own, immediately said to Han Lei, "Han Lei, take out everything in your pockets to show her! If it’s not you who took it, we’ll call the police and arrest her!"
"I won’t!" Han Lei flatly refused.
Just then, his refusal was exactly what Mrs. Wang latched on to, "I say he’s guilty! Maybe the item’s on him! This kid has a bad heart!"
Han Lei’s anger was now fully ignited, his eyes turning sharp, "I said I didn’t!"
"Exactly, my son wouldn’t covet any phone!"
Zhao Xiuqin countered the middle-aged woman while patting Han Lei’s hand and continued, "Don’t be afraid of these unreasonable people, take out the evidence and show her! Let her see what you really have in your pockets! It’s really laughable, in this day and age, that someone would still steal a phone! Even if someone did steal a phone, how could they hide it with so few clothes on in this scorching summer? My son has only two pockets on his pants, if you don’t believe it, feel it yourself!"
Han Lei still refused, and at that moment, his expression was no longer patient but on the verge of eruption, "Why should I let her touch me at random? Slander me? Am I shameless? This is an insult to my dignity!"
"Look at this, look at this kid! He’s getting bold!"
By then, the middle-aged woman became even more aggressive upon catching Han Lei’s attitude, stood up from the sofa, and pointing at Han Lei’s nose, she accused, "Feeling guilty because you’ve been found out, huh! I tell you, I now suspect my phone is with you! Even if it’s not in your pockets, who knows where you might have hidden it! Didn’t you find an excuse to go in there earlier? Maybe that was when you took my phone and hid it inside! Today, I must have you compensate! My new phone, with the receipt still in my bag, cost 5688, you figure it out!"
With that, Mrs. Wang found the receipt that had spilled out of her bag on the couch, spreading it out and waving it wildly in her hand.
Such a trivial item, at that moment, was like her weapon, causing harm invisibly!
Seeing her arrogant behavior and nonsensical talk, the shop’s staff were all discontent, Han Lei was so angry that his face turned pale, his hand at his side clenched into a tight fist!
Han Lei’s mother, Zhao Xiuqin, took a deep breath in anger, tapping Han Lei’s arm, "Son, take out your bag and everything to show her! Let this shrew see whether you took her stuff or not! Our family doesn’t lack this little money, just for a 5800 phone! The phone that my son uses cost over 9000! Go show her your bag!"
Zhao Xiuqin was determined to prove Han Lei’s innocence.
"I won’t! Why should I indulge her success? Old witch, I tell you, I didn’t touch your phone, not a penny will I pay!"
But Han Lei was not willing to compromise at all, because he felt that this was a trampling on his character and an insult to his dignity!
"Alright then, you! Just wait, young man!"
Mrs. Wang was so furious that she caused a scene in the shop, and turned viciously to one of the older staff members: "Where’s the manager? Has the manager come back? Call out the person in charge here!"
In the shop, none of the old staff members stood up...
Only Pu Sangzhi stepped forward, taking out his phone while speaking, "The manager hasn’t come back yet, but we should call the police now. Since you refuse a private settlement, let’s have the police come and see who really has the right of it!"
At that moment, everyone in the shop was simply waiting for the manager to return, it can be said that before the manager came back, no one knew what to do.
Only Pu Sangzhi decisively made the call to the police!
"You dare to call the police?"
Mrs. Wang’s eyes bulged in anger, "Your shop stole my phone, yet you have the nerve to call the police first! The thief crying ’stop thief’!"
As Sangzhi dialed 110, he rebuffed her, "Lady, you falsely accuse our staff, which is already against the law! I’ve just looked up the law, and according to the ’General Principles of the Civil Law’ Article 120, when a citizen’s right to reputation is infringed, the victim has the right to demand cessation of infringement, restoration of reputation, elimination of impacts, an apology, and compensation for losses! I demand you apologize to our staff!"
Only Pu Sangzhi fought for Han Lei’s interests...