Chapter 677: Chapter 677: Thick-Skinned and Black-Hearted Tang Xiaoli
The next morning, Tang Li got up and saw a Weibo notification on her cellphone.
[Capital police cracked a prostitution case in the early hours, patrons lost control upon finding out the prostitute was transgender and caused chaos at the police station.]
The situation had somewhat spiraled out of Tang Li’s control.
She opened the Weibo app on her cellphone to check the news.
By now, the related topic had become a trending search.
An official Weibo account of a legal affairs program posted a video at 7 a.m. sharp, and by now, both the comments and likes had surged past ten thousand.
In the 35-second video, Tang Li immediately recognized Ethan.
Ethan was being restrained by two policemen, but he was fiercely struggling, shouting: “Nonsense! You’re talking nonsense! I didn’t sleep with a man! Let go of me! Let go!”
During the struggle, Ethan kicked over a stool.
The scene was momentarily thrown into chaos.
In the video comments, countless netizens were denouncing the foreigner for not acknowledging the situation once his pants were back on.
She intended to get Ethan into the police station, but she wasn’t clear about the situation with the escort; it was the bar owner who had made the introduction. She only sent a text message to the other party, informing them of Ethan’s address and the time of the appointment. There was simply no time to learn about the person’s true gender.
The attention this prostitution case garnered from the media was also beyond Tang Li’s expectations.
Soon after, she received a message from the bar owner.
[Jin Xinxin]: “[Crying]” ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel(ꜰ)ire.net
Seconds later, a new message popped up in the chat.
[Jin Xinxin]: “You need to pay more.”
Tang Li felt a headache coming on and typed in response: “You set me up with a transgender person and you still have the nerve to ask for more money?”
After a while, the bar owner sent a [Shy] emoji.
His text followed shortly: “You didn’t clarify, I thought you were looking for yourself, and since you’re a woman, isn’t it appropriate to find someone who looks pretty but has a man’s heart inside? [Wronged]”
“Yesterday I asked around, you said you weren’t afraid of criminal detention, and those girls all got scared off, only Wang Bingqiang bravely stepped forward.”
The bar owner sent several messages in a row.
“Now that the media is also involved, you should cover some of Wang Bingqiang’s emotional distress. After he finishes his 15-day detention, I still have to clear his bad luck with a fire basin.”
“Overall, Wang Bingqiang’s professional capability is quite good.”
Tang Li didn’t reply, but simply went to the bank to withdraw one hundred and sixty thousand in cash.
At noon, the bar owner got a text message.
[The money is in locker number 02 at the supermarket in Wanyuan Square. The password paper is hidden in the very back of the shelf where XX brand sanitary pads are sold. Go get it yourself.]
The bar owner was eating sunflower seeds, spitting the shells into a fruit dish while reading the text message, then turned his head, holding his cellphone, and exclaimed to the bartender: “This is what society is, this is THE society!”
“I’ve been in this business for so many years, but in the end, I’m not as thick-faced and black-hearted as that girl.”
The number that girl gave him was clearly a space card.
There was no way to trace the location and no real-name registration.
Once she didn’t want to deal with him anymore, he wouldn’t be able to find her at all!
In the afternoon, Tang Li took a final exam.
When she came out of the exam room, Fu Si was already waiting in the hallway.
Tang Li found a classroom to tutor him.
“Did you hear?” Fu Si sat down and looked at Tang Li mysteriously, “That foreigner who deceived you got arrested by the police for soliciting prostitution, the forum is almost exploding.”
Tang Li put the book on the desk and looked back at him seriously: “So are you here to study or to gossip?”