Chapter 17 The Surveillance Truth
The footage showed that earlier in the store, right after Li Fei took my bracelet to the back for cleaning, Chen Lu Lu went in right after and took my bracelet out.
Only, Li Fei and I were in another corner of the shop, so we had not noticed her little move at all.
Chen Lu Lu deliberately used her body to block our line of sight, then placed the bracelet in front of Zhou Xiao Yan and said quietly,
"Miss Zhou, you know quality. Take a look—is this bracelet fake?"
"Honestly I don't even need to look! She's an admin making three thousand a month. How could she afford Van Cleef she yanked hard with both hands in a fit, and the bracelet snapped clean into two pieces.
At that, Chen Lu Lu and Zhou Xiao Yan both froze.
After a few seconds, Chen Lu Lu was the first to recover.
"It's fine, Miss Zhou. It's a fake anyway. I'll go toss this thing later. If that woman really comes after us, I'll just buy her a new one on Pin Duo Duo."
I quickly skimmed through the remaining clips.
Later, Chen Lu Lu found out I was going to call the police. So after Zhao Yong Qiang went downstairs, she took the chance in the chaos to hand the bracelet to Zhao Yong Qiang and told him to throw it away. She also told Zhao Yong Qiang to delete the footage from that time slot when he got a chance.
And Zhao Yong Qiang just casually tossed the bracelet into the trash bin by the first-floor elevator, but he never got around to deleting the footage.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Get someone to search the trash bin by the first-floor elevator!" Zhao Yong Qiang dropped to his knees with a thud, clutching his head with both hands, his voice shaking beyond recognition. "I really didn't know the bracelet inside was that valuable!"
Zhao De Fa gave a cold snort.
"I already sent people to look. But all of today's trash has already been hauled away. You few better think carefully about how you're going to explain this to the police."
Zhao De Fa's words made Zhou Xiao Yan panic too.
"Older Brother, I don't want to go to the police station..."
Zhou Xu Cheng patted her hand soothingly, then turned to look at me.
"Xu Qing Xia, you're this angry only because the bracelet is gone. Now the sales staff and the Floor Manager have already apologized to you, and Zhou Xiao Yan has been scared like this by you. This kind of revenge is already enough."
"I promise you, as long as you get engaged to me, I'll buy you another one, as my engagement gift to you."
"You should know, we're about to become one family. Zhou Xiao Yan will be your sister too!"
I did not even lift my eyelids. My mouth was full of mockery.
"Zhou Xu Cheng, who wants to become one family with you people? You can't still be dreaming about getting engaged to me, can you?"
Zhou Xu Cheng's face went white then red. I could see a look of humiliation spreading in his eyes.
He turned his head away and said coldly,
"Xu Qing Xia, you'd better not regret this!"
"You have a purchase record, sure, but how do you prove that the bracelet you wore today is that 235,000 one?"
The few who had just looked like dead fish instantly came back to life at Zhou Xu Cheng's words.
Chen Lu Lu's tight shoulders suddenly relaxed. I watched the terror on her face fade fast, replaced by full-blown smugness.
"Young Director Xu, as far as I know, surveillance footage can't verify whether a bracelet is real or fake!"
"That being the case, can I leave? I'll turn in my resignation tomorrow!"