Stella asked, “Are you sure that you bought it half a month ago?”
The middle-aged woman got a word in, “Why do you ask when she bought the products? They were
sold in your store and you should return the money and compensate me. Cut the craps.”
Stella took a glance at the broken necklace that was thrown onto the ground by that middle-aged
woman before and then asked the little girl, “Do you remember who sold them to you? Were they sold
by the girl just now?”
The girl hurriedly replied, “Yep, it was her.”
“How much did you buy them?”
“I… I don’t remember…”
The middle-aged woman became impatient, “Enough is enough. It’s just worthy of several hundreds.
Why do you have many questions? You’re the owner of such a big store and I guess that you’re not in
short of money. Hurry up to return the money and this will come to an end.”
Stella said with a light smile, “How can I return the money to you if I don’t know the price.”
The middle-aged woman retorted, “You will have to compensate for my spiritual damage and the loss
of working time. You can give them to me together. Why did you separate them?”
“How much do you want?”
“Not that much. Twenty or thirty thousand.”
Stella couldn’t help but let out a chuckle, “Twenty or thirty thousand?”
The middle-aged woman replied, “It’s not that much, right? My daughter is still a student and she
doesn’t go to school today because of this matter. If she can’t keep abreast with the teacher’s tempo
after coming back to school and fails to be admitted by a renewed university and can’t get a good job in
the future because of this, it will be a great loss. I didn’t ask for too much.”
“Okay.”
When speaking, Stella took out her phone.
The middle-aged money showed her OR code of payment to Stella triumphantly, but at the next
moment, Stella called the police.
“Yuck, you…” The middle-aged woman seemed to be a bit nervous, “If you think that the compensation
is high, we can negotiate it. I have to remind you that I will not get even with it if we come to the please.
It’s your reputation that will be ruined.”
Stella ignored her and concisely narrated the situation to the police.
After ending the call, Stella raised the necklace in her hand and said in a flat tone, “Firstly, I designed
and produced this necklace ten days ago and it was sold in the store about one week ago. Secondly,
the girl pushed by you just now asked for a leave several days ago and she only came back yesterday.”
Seeing that her scheme was exposed, the middle-aged woman began to make a scene, “I don’t care
about that. I just know that the necklace was bought from your store. So you must compensate me.”
Stella replied, “I’m not in a hurry. Let’s talk about it in the police office.”
The middle-aged woman turned around and began to curse at her daughter, “Useless thing. You even
forget when you bought it.”
When speaking, she poked at her daughter’s head with great force, “No wonder that you have poor
performance in school. Are there only shits in your brain? Thing over the words you want to say before
speaking when the police come later.”
The girl simply stood on the spot with her head lowered.
Stella noticed that the girl’s school uniform was washed-up. It was winter now, but she only had one
sweater under her thin uniform. She was wearing a pair of old-fashioned and ordinary sports shoes, but
they were quite clean. She was quite different from her mother who had fatty cheeks and wore a
marten coat.
Such a girl would by no means buy accessories with her parents’ hard-earned money because she
would not pursue beauty blindly.
As a matter of fact, as long as one observed it carefully, he/she would find out that the woman’s words
were full of holes.
But Stella couldn’t understand why they would blackmail her.
And they even made up a lie that would be exposed easily.
Sherry came back after a short while. Seeing this scene, she pulled Stella aside and asked, “Stella,
what happened?”
Stella briefly told her what happened and added, “Sherry, I have to go to the police office later. If there’s
no other matter in our studio, you can close it and go to the hospital to visit Natalie.”
“Okay. I will call Channing and let him go to the police office with you. Otherwise, I’m afraid that…”
Sherry took a glance at the middle-aged woman and clicked her tongue, “You can win her if you fight
against her.”
Stella was amused, “I’m going to the police office for taking dictations, not for fighting. Channing has
been concentrated on his final exams recently. Don’t tell him about this.”
Sherry nodded her head, “All right. Then be careful. When I handle the matters here, I will go to the
police office to pick you.”
The police officers came after a short while.
They were then taken to the police office. The middle-aged woman, who was so aggressive in the
studio just now, pretended to be so miserable and poor. This time, she didn’t allow her daughter to say
anything and simply told them that she was scared.
Stella told the police officers about what happened and the evidence she had. The middle-aged woman
retorted in an aggrieved tone, “We’re the victims, not convicts. Have you finished your interrogation?
My daughter is going to have the college entrance examination soon. Will you be responsible if this
affects her study?”
The police officers wanted to let them solve this conflict through negotiation as the things were bought
form Stella’s store. Moreover, three hundred yuan was not a big amount. They thought that Stella could
buy peace with such a small amount of money.
Stella pressed her lips. She didn’t reply.
It was not a matter of money. Rather, it was a matter of principle.
But when she saw that the middle-aged man was still complaining about her daughter while poking at
her head with great forced, she suddenly realized that the girl was instigated by her mother.
No one wanted to have such a mother.
In the end, Stella gave one thousand to the middle-aged woman and said coldly, “But a thick coat for
your daughter with the rest of the money.”
The girl looked up at Stella when she heard the words and there was a touch of astonishment in her
timid eyes.
The middle-aged man said with dissatisfaction, “Only one thousand? Am I a beggar? I want…”
A police officer interrupted her, “Enough. Your daughter still needs to study. Hurry up and send her
back to the school.”
The middle-aged woman could only give up.
When she walked to the door, she said coldly to Stella, “I will not let go of you easily. Let’s wait and
see.”
She then left with her daughter. Stella wanted to hail a taxi, but at the next moment, a black Porsche
stopped in front of her.
Emmett got off the car and asked anxiously, “Stella, how’s it? Are you okay? I rushed to here after
receiving Sherry’s call. Am I late?”
Stella shook her head, “Not a big deal. I’ve solved it.”
Emmett turned around, “Has she left?”
“She’s left.” Stella continued, “You’re supposed to be in the company now. It’s that okay that you come
out at this point of time?”
“There’re few things in my company now.”
Emmett coughed and asked, “Stella, if you don’t have any other matter, can you come to a place with
me?”
Thinking that Emmett especially came here for her and that he had helped her a lot before, Stella felt it
unreasonable to refuse it. She nodded her head, “All right.”
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