Chapter 3 — Took my mother to buy a gold bracelet, the whole family wanted me to pay 76,500 yuan

Not knowing when, two more male employees appeared in front of the door. Both are tall and muscular. Standing there like two walls, blocking the exit. More and more people stood watching. Many people raised their phones to film. The eldest girl leaned closer to me. His voice lowered but he couldn't hide his gloating.

“Granddaughter, stop being stubborn.”

“Look at the situation.”

"If I don't spend money today, can you and your mother go?"

“If this story spreads out, it will be very difficult to hear.”

“In the future, will your mother have the face to see anyone else?”

My mother's eyes were red. The hand holding me trembled every time. The future sister-in-law had stuffed all the packaged jewelry into her bag. She held up the bag and shook it in front of my face.

“Thank you!”

My cousin standing next to me laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth. The manager bowed his head and looked at the watch on his wrist. Then I lost patience and tapped on the counter.

“Are you done thinking?”

“I don't have time to waste with you guys.”

“76,500 yuan.”

“Scan code or swipe card?”

The eldest girl immediately added fuel to the fire:

“Swipe your card!”

“There is a bonus on the card!”

“I heard it just now!”

“38,000 yuan!”

“If it's not enough, tell it to rotate more—”

She hadn't finished her sentence yet. I took out my phone. The manager thought I was ready to pay. His expression immediately softened a bit.

“That's right.”

“Pay early and leave early...”

But I don't open the payment app. I opened the calling interface. Three numbers appear on the screen. The manager's expression immediately changed.

“What are you doing?”

I don't answer. The finger bluntly pressed the call button. Then bring the phone to your ear. The moment the call is connected. I looked straight into the manager's eyes. Each word rang out clearly:

“Hello, is it 110?”

“I'm at XX gold shop on the first floor of Hoa Thien shopping center.”

“Someone here forced me to spend 76,500 yuan.”

“The store also illegally restricted the freedom of movement of me and my mother, not allowing us to leave.”

The blood on the manager's face immediately drained away. The whole face is white. The eldest lady was still pleased:

“Just report!”

“If you want to report, report!”

“The police coming is just a small matter between relatives!”

“What can you do?”

“This set of three needles, you still have to buy it today!”

I hung up. Then smiled at her.

“Forced consumption.”

“Unlawfully restricting the physical freedom of others.”

“These are all violations of the law on security and order.”

“Let me ask you.”

“Wait a minute, the police will come…”

"Is he going to sit and judge your relationship with you?"

“Or make a record for me, then record your information?”

The eldest girl immediately stood frozen in place. The manager's lips trembled. Want to say something. But I couldn't utter a word at all. The two male employees standing at the door were also confused. Both could only look at the manager in bewilderment. The sound of police sirens quickly echoed in the distance. Closer and closer. It's becoming more and more clear. Less than three minutes later. The siren suddenly stopped. The shop door was pushed open. Two policemen entered. One is a middle-aged police officer in his forties. Dark skin. His eyes are sharp, you can tell at a glance that he is an experienced person. Walking next to him was a young police officer just over twenty years old. In hand, holding a camera while performing a mission. As soon as I walked in, I raised my camera and scanned the whole store.

“Who is it? who reported to the police?

I raised my hand. Store manager responded extremely quickly. As soon as she saw the police entering, she immediately smiled warmly and went up to greet him:

“Comrade police, this is actually just a misunderstanding!”

"Someone in the family had a bit of an argument, we're trying to reconcile."

The eldest girl also hurriedly jumped in. The loud voice echoed throughout the store:

“Oh my god, the police comrades are finally here!”

"This is my biological niece, a stubborn child with tantrums."

"He made a fake police report to tease you guys, don't accept him!"

“Fake police report?”

I glanced at her. Then take out your phone, open the recording and adjust the volume to the highest level. Immediately, the manager's voice rang out from the speaker:

“Today this amount of 76,500 yuan, either you pay, or your relatives pay.”

“Before payment is completed, no one is allowed to step out of this store.”

Next was the eldest lady's proud tone:

“Granddaughter, stop being stubborn.”

“Look at this situation.”

“If I don't spend money today, can you and your mother go?”

The manager's face immediately turned pale. The eldest girl gasped. It took half a day and still couldn't utter a single word. It looks like someone is strangling you. The young police officer looked at his older colleague. The middle-aged policeman said nothing. He reached out to take my phone and listened to the entire recording from beginning to end. The whole store immediately became eerily quiet. Besides the hum of the air conditioner blowing the wind, there was almost no other sound. The crowd watching also held their breath. Someone whispered softly:

“This girl still has the evidence…”

After listening. The policeman returned the phone to me. Then turned his head and looked straight at the manager. The voice became quieter.

“Who gives you the right to restrict the physical freedom of others?”

The manager's lips trembled.

“No... that's not it, comrade police...”

“I just casually threatened her…”

“I really don't dare keep you…”

The policeman pointed towards two male officers standing at the door.

“Two people are blocking the door.”

“If you don't pay, you don't give it away.”

“Is this called a threat?”

The young police officer immediately pointed the camera at the manager's face. She unconsciously took a step back. Sweat immediately broke out on his forehead. The eldest girl still wanted to intervene and explain.

“Comrade police, listen to me…”

“We are truly family, she is my biological niece…”

“Am I asking you?”

A cold statement. Immediately stopped all her remaining words. The policeman turned to me.

“Girl, tell me from the beginning what happened.”

I'm just saying the main points. I took my mother to buy a gold bracelet. The eldest girl led her son and future daughter-in-law into the store. Forcing me to buy a three-needle set for my cousin. After I refused, the manager forced me to pay, and even had the staff block the door to prevent me and my mother from leaving. The policeman finished listening. His eyes looked at the manager and the eldest girl respectively.

“Do you have anything else to say?”

The manager quickly argued:

“I thought they were together.”

“I think it's normal for relatives to pay for each other.”

“I really don't know if she disagrees.”

“Pay instead?”

I immediately interrupted her.

“Right in front of you, I said three times that I only bought the bracelet for my mother.”

“Your belongings I do not pay others.”

“You just deliberately pretended not to hear.”

The manager's face is sometimes blue, sometimes white. The policeman looked at the eldest girl again. The eldest girl smiled wryly, rubbing her hands together.

"Well... my son is about to get married and needs to buy three needles."

“I think my niece is quite well-off, so I asked her for a little advance…”

“Advance?”