CHAPTER 434: CHAPTER 434: BEING CHASED OUT OF THE MALL

"I don’t care who you are, get out of here, you’re just an eyesore. You Chinese like to put on airs." The store clerk grabbed Li Haidong’s collar, clearly not planning to stop until he left.

"I’m giving you one last chance, let go of me, or you’ll pay the price," Li Haidong threatened once more.

The sneer on the clerk’s face grew even more menacing. "You’ve gotten addicted to pretending to be rich. You should take a piss and take a good look at yourself to see if you deserve it."

The harshness of the clerk’s words was chilling. She was only around twenty-five or six, speaking to someone over fifty like this was extremely offensive.

Sang Ning didn’t know if Li Haidong was angry or not, but her slap was faster than any words or actions, landing hard on the clerk’s face.

The slap was strong, leaving the clerk dizzy, seeing stars, her head whipped to the side. She slowly managed to straighten up, covering the cheek that was slapped, slowly raising her eyes to look at Sang Ning, "You dare to hit me?"

"So what if I hit you?" Sang Ning followed up with another hard slap on the other cheek, "All you do is talk about us Chinese as if you’ve forgotten your own roots."

When the clerk raised her head again, the slap marks were clearly visible on her face, perfectly symmetrical, which looked quite comical...

Li Haidong was stunned for a second and looked at Sang Ning, hesitating before speaking, "Was it necessary to hit her?"

Sang Ning waved her hand dismissively, "Sorry, I’ve always lacked manners. I prefer action over talking."

To the clerk, Sang Ning looked even more poor and pathetic. How could she endure being slapped like that? Once she came to her senses, she naturally engaged in a primitive fight with Sang Ning—hair pulling.

Unfortunately, her combat power was nowhere near enough for Sang Ning, and she was bound to be overpowered one-sidedly.

If she couldn’t beat her, could she not call for backup? The clerk immediately used her walkie-talkie to call the mall security.

Seeing the security, the clerk quickly hid behind them, poking her head out, pointing at Sang Ning, and was very agitated, "It’s these people, poor and stingy, not only forging a black card but also daring to hit people, hurry and throw them out!"

The two security guards had worked at the Belis International Shopping Center for five or six years and had never heard of or seen a customer being thrown out.

The ones who shopped here were mostly high-quality, wealthy customers. Even those who weren’t that rich adhered strictly to mall rules and didn’t cause trouble in public. To see a customer hit someone and be thrown out was a first for them.

Initially, they didn’t believe it, but seeing the clerk’s meticulously styled low bun completely undone, with hair flying everywhere, contrasted with Sang Ning, accused of assault, who except for her unimpressive attire, was neat from head to toe without a single out-of-place hair strand, they immediately believed most of it, even empathizing with the clerk’s plight and were indignant.

Really just barefoot not afraid of wearing shoes, being poor and righteous?

Without saying a word, the two security guards waved their batons in the air and started to chase them out.

Li Haidong sat on the sofa, as steady as a mountain, "I’m not leaving. Today I’ll sit here and wait for the manager to give me an explanation."

The security guards couldn’t understand what Li Haidong was saying, but from his reaction, they could see he was unwilling to cooperate. One of the security guards pointed to the stun button, waving it in front of Li Haidong as a final threat, muttering and repeating something over and over.

Even Jiang Xiaoti, whose English wasn’t great, deduced from the security guard’s repeated use of the high-frequency word "police" that they were planning to call the police.

"Go ahead and call the police, I’m not afraid of you. I’m staying put today, let’s see what you can do to me?" Li Haidong showed not a hint of fear.

He hadn’t fulfilled his promise yet, aside from those who knew his identity like Lu Yujing and Qin Feng, and Sang Ning who seemed indifferent to everything, the other two young people, Song Shiye and Jiang Xiaoti, looked at him like he was a heinous liar. He couldn’t bear such doubts and had to have the manager come back and properly solve this issue.

Language barrier, the security asked the clerk what Li Haidong said. The clerk whispered a lie to them, "He said not only would he not leave, but he would also give you both a good beating."

The two security guards were really angry this time. They had never seen a customer so arrogant and overbearing before.

They finally pressed the stun button, and a faint blue current zipped through the air with a crackling sound, everyone knew the security was ready to get serious.

"Wait a minute!" Sang Ning suddenly interrupted, urging Li Haidong, "Uncle, get moving before they actually take us to the station for a long questioning? How will we explain it to Zhou Rui later?"

Li Haidong had originally come to buy essentials under the pretext his luggage was lost, participation in a show was the real deal, if he really ended up at the station, today’s schedule would be wasted.

After thinking it over, he adjusted his clothes and slowly stood up from the sofa, casting a sharp glance at the clerk, "I’ve already given you many chances, if you don’t want to repent, don’t blame me for being rude."

The threat caused the clerk to flinch for a moment, but she sneered indifferently, "People like you are all talk, now get out before I have the guard electrocute you!"

"Suit yourself!" Li Haidong said no more.

The two security guards, afraid they’d cause more trouble, personally watched them out of the mall.

Stepping out of the mall, Sang Ning asked the security guards the question she had been wanting to ask but never got an answer to; where exactly was the most cost-effective stall in Belis?

Even searching online hadn’t given her a definitive answer. It seemed like that place was rarely visited by tourists, only locals knew the answer.

Luckily, although the two security guards fulfilled their duty to chase them out, they didn’t make things too difficult and also answered Sang Ning’s question, though they held even more contempt for Sang Ning’s group, truly a bunch of cheapskates.

After escorting them out, the clerk was restless with anxiety, the more she thought about it, the more something felt off. That black card earlier was indeed real, just with its limit restricted, and after Li Haidong’s repeated threats, she suddenly worried what if she had indeed provoked someone she shouldn’t have?

In a moment of fear, she quickly went to find the security who had escorted them out and asked if those people said anything before they left.

The security truthfully told the clerk Sang Ning’s question. The clerk finally felt relieved, she had worried too much. She immediately smirked mockingly, almost fooled by this group of cheapskates.

Exiting the mall, except for Sang Ning, everyone else had a look of being kicked out in disgrace.

But Sang Ning felt quite relieved, thank goodness, finally got Li Haidong out of there, didn’t have to accept that extravagant kindness anymore.