The other party, upon hearing the words of the officer, straightened up: "Go ahead and search, we have nothing to hide, we are not afraid of anyone."
Except for the fact that they had counterfeit money in their hands, they carried none on their persons, so they were not afraid of being searched.
The officer did not hold back and proceeded to search them.
An officer found numerous fifty-yuan bills on each of them, all in pristine condition.
"Captain, they’re counterfeit."
"Captain, they’re counterfeit."
The leading officer examined the banknotes that had been found on them and began to study them closely.
From the four individuals, he had found at least a thousand yuan in counterfeit bills. The officer watched them intently and scoffed, "I suspect they are involved in a recent major counterfeit case, take them away."
Since each person had counterfeit bills on them, there was substantial reason to suspect that they were part of a counterfeiting ring, especially since they were tracking a major case related to such, and these individuals could be a lead.
Such a good lead definitely needed to be brought back for a thorough interrogation.
"Comrade, we didn’t have any counterfeit money on us, how could so much suddenly appear," the other party became anxious: "We really didn’t have it before, someone just gave each of us fifty yuan to make trouble here, and said as long as we got you to come over. We are just unemployed locals trying to earn some small change, we really have nothing to do with the counterfeit money."
Damn, they had originally thought to make some small money but ended up earning themselves a trip to the police station, regretting it so much his guts turned green.
"Yes, we were just hired by someone. How these counterfeits ended up on us, we really don’t know." The others were also completely baffled.
"If you have anything to say, say it at the station, take them away." The officer did not want to waste too much time talking, if they had anything to say, they could discuss it back at the station.
"Comrade, thank you so much, if it weren’t for you, our shop’s reputation would have been destroyed," Xiaofeng stepped forward to thank the officers.
"We just do our duty. If we had found the counterfeit money in your shop today, we would have had to take you away as well," the officer looked around at the shop’s customers: "But you still need to be careful not to engage in any speculative behavior."
"How could we, we operate with sincerity here," Xiaofeng smiled.
The officer nodded and left with the troublemakers.
"They were here to make trouble, truly despicable," a bystander watching said, frowning as he saw the police taking away the troublemakers.
"Exactly, the young people nowadays are just lazy and do nothing good, at such a young age they engage in deceptive and self-damaging acts."
"Alas, the world is getting worse, if I were their parent, I would probably die of anger."
"But this girl is capable, running a shop at such a young age is not easy."
With the departure of the troublemakers, the shop resumed its lively atmosphere.
"Manman, you handled yourself well just now," Xiaofeng said to Manman with a smile: "Does your face hurt?"
"It doesn’t hurt," Manman shook her head: "I knew from the start they were here to make trouble, I had already double-checked the change, there would be no mistakes."
Xiaofeng was very pleased with her: "Starting tomorrow, you’ll be the assistant manager. There’s a one-month trial period, and if after that month the trial period ends successfully, you’ll take over my position, managing this shop."
Upon hearing this, Manman quickly shook her head: "I can’t be the manager, I’m afraid I’m not capable enough."
"That’s why you have to show me your capability, you have one month, don’t you?" Xiaofeng encouraged her.
She now needed a dependable assistant, and she was very satisfied with Manman’s ability and character.
Xiaofeng walked over to Ana, saying, "Ana, come with me to the office."
Some matters, of course, should not be dealt with in front of others.
Ana had thought that counterfeit money would be found from her cash register, but surprisingly none was found. She was puzzled, as she had clearly put it there, wondering how it could be missing.
Even stranger, the counterfeit money she had originally placed in the register had somehow ended up on those people; something was off, and who had moved it was a mystery.
With her mind distracted, she had even made a small mistake at the register, only coming back to her senses when Xiaofeng called her.
The person next to her immediately took over her shift and began handling the cash.
Ana entered Xiaofeng’s office nervously, avoiding Xiaofeng’s gaze: "Manager, you wanted to see me."
Xiaofeng’s fingers were interlocked, contemplatively looking at Ana, "Ana, I hear your family isn’t well-off, is that right?"