Going back to being twenty, taking her heartbroken son to a massage parlor.

"Waaaaah...no...I don't want to..."

Jiang Yiyao finally broke down.

She huddled up, clutching her collar tightly with both hands, tears streaming down her face, her nose red and swollen, a sight that broke one's heart.

Sister Wang completely ignored her pleas and reached out to grab her collar.

His hand was about to touch Jiang Yiyao's button.

At this critical moment.

A large hand suddenly appeared and firmly gripped Sister Wang's wrist.

"stop!"

Su Mu burst out from the crowd.

He swung it forcefully.

Wang Jie didn't expect that a Cheng Yaojin would suddenly appear out of nowhere. In addition, Su Mu was strong, and she was thrown back several steps, almost knocking over the shelf next to her.

"You shrew! How can you do this?"

Su Mu stood in front of Jiang Yiyao like a wall, protecting her completely behind him.

Jiang Yiyao grasped at a straw as if it were a lifeline, her trembling little hands tightly clutching Su Mu's clothes, hiding behind him and shivering.

The surrounding students immediately erupted in chaos upon seeing this.

"Holy crap! It's a Shepherd!"

"That Su Mu, the campus heartthrob from our department?"

"It has to be Su Mu, a real man!"

Sister Wang steadied herself, reached out to tidy her disheveled hair, and glared with a fierce look in her triangular eyes.

"Where did this little brat come from?"

"So you're in cahoots with this little bitch, aren't you?"

"You dare push me? You believe I'll call my men right now and cripple you both!"

Su Mu was not intimidated by Sister Wang's threat at all.

Boys at that age are full of vigor and are most susceptible to this kind of provocation.

He glanced around and casually picked up a hammer from the counter that was used to repair shelves.

"Bang!"

The hammer slammed heavily onto the cash register, making a loud noise.

Wood chips flew everywhere.

Su Mu held the hammer in one hand, pointing the hammerhead at Sister Wang's nose, his eyes sharp.

"Call!"

"Say one for me!"

"Let's see if your men arrive faster, or my hammer!"

"You really think we college students are easy to bully? Fine, I'll fight to the death today. I'm quitting college and smashing this place up!"

At this moment, Su Mu exuded a fierce aura.

That belongs to the youth—reckless impulsiveness and passion that disregards the consequences.

Sister Wang was stunned by this imposing manner.

She looked at the dark iron hammer, then at Su Mu's bloodshot eyes, swallowed hard, and didn't dare to move any closer.

He's just a supermarket owner; he's never seen anything like this where they're really going all out.

Seeing that the desired effect had been achieved, Su Mu knew the importance of knowing when to stop.

He threw the hammer on the table, his tone softening slightly, but still firm.

"I am Su Mu, the president of the student council."

"You can run away from the monk but not the temple; I won't run away for something like this."

"I can vouch for her with my reputation; she absolutely did not steal anything!"

"Besides, how much are the things you lost from your supermarket even worth?"

Su Mu took out two hundred-yuan bills from his pocket and slammed them heavily on the table.

"I'll leave you two hundred here! Let's call it even!"

"If it turns out she didn't take it, you have to return the money to me and apologize to her!"

twenty years ago.

Two hundred yuan is a huge sum of money for a student.

Moreover, the title of "Student Union President" was quite prestigious on university campuses in those days, representing credibility and prestige.

The surrounding classmates also started to chime in.

"That's right, they've already provided guarantees."

"Boss lady, this isn't fun."

Sister Wang glanced at the money on the table, then at Su Mu, her expression shifting rapidly.

Finally, she seemed to have come to a realization, and her tone softened.

"Alright..."

"Since you're the student council president, I'll give you face."

Hearing this, Jiang Yiyao, who was hiding behind Su Mu, breathed a barely perceptible sigh of relief.

Su Mu also relaxed his vigilance slightly.

however.

Just when everyone thought the matter was over.

Sister Wang's gaze passed over Su Mu's shoulder and landed on Jiang Yiyao.

Su Mu wondered if it was just his imagination, but he felt that there was a question in that gaze.

Immediately afterwards, Sister Wang seemed to suddenly remember a key line from the script, and her expression changed instantly.

She slammed her hand on the table and pushed the two hundred yuan back.

"No!"

"I can't accept this money!"

"I don't need those two hundred dollars, I just want justice!"

"If anything goes missing from this supermarket, we have to conduct a body search! Otherwise, if word gets out, everyone will come to steal from me, and I'll be unable to continue doing business!"

"We must search today! Even if it's the King of Heaven himself, we must search!"

Su Mu was completely numb.

Is this old woman out of her mind?

They won't even take a way out when offered one?

Do we really have to push things to the extreme?

His temper flared up again, and he grabbed the hammer from the table, cursing through gritted teeth:

"You old hag, are you just going to keep pestering me?!"

........

Sister Wang stared at the iron hammer that could fall at any moment, her eyelids twitching wildly.

Her eyes darted around, and her attitude made a complete 180-degree turn.

The shrewishness she had just displayed seemed to have been smashed away by this hammer, replaced by the shrewishness and sophistication of a businesswoman.

She reached out and stuffed the two hundred yuan on the table into her pocket.

"Okay, okay, okay!"

"Since you're the student council president, I'll give you that face."

"I won't search her body in public, nor will I strip her clothes off, is that alright?"

Hearing this, the students who were watching the commotion breathed a sigh of relief.

Su Mu loosened his grip on the hammer slightly, but didn't put it down completely.

As long as you don't insult people in public, there's room for maneuver in this matter.

Before Su Mu could even speak, Sister Wang changed the subject.

"but!"

"Let me be clear from the start."

"My supermarket has been getting a lot of thefts lately. Chocolate, shampoo, even sanitary napkins have been stolen! My small business can't afford this kind of trouble."

"Since you say you didn't steal it, then you have to prove it to me."

"Don't search in public, search the inner storage room! You have to search it!"

"Otherwise, everyone will come to my place and steal things, and how will I ever be able to do business!"

Su Mu frowned.

This request...sounds reasonable enough.

As long as it's not done in public and to embarrass the girl, checking in a private space is indeed the best way to prove one's innocence.

"OK."

Su Mu put the hammer aside and nodded.

"A clear conscience fears no accusation. Since you insist on investigating, then investigate."

"Jiang Yiyao, go in with the proprietress and let her check."

"I'll stand guard at the door and see who dares to lay a finger on you."

After saying that, Su Mu turned to the side, gesturing for Sister Wang to lead the people inside.

I thought that was the end of it.

To everyone's surprise, Sister Wang stood there, arms crossed, and shook her head.

"That won't do!"

"I'm not going in."

Sister Wang pointed at Jiang Yiyao with a look of disgust.

"Look at her fingernails, they're so sharp."

"That person just got scratched by her. If I go in and search her, what if she goes crazy and scratches my face all over?"

"If she turns around and accuses me of hitting her, where can I go to seek justice?"

Su Mu was stunned: "Then what do you mean?"

Sister Wang's eyes darted around, and she pointed at Su Mu: "You search him."

"What?"

Su Mu almost thought he had misheard.

"Are you kidding me?"

"I'm a man, she's a woman, why are you letting me search her?"

"Is your brain filled with mush?"

Sister Wang spoke with righteous indignation.

"What's wrong with the man?"

"You are the student council president. So many people believed you just now, and I believe you too."

"If you go in and search, you definitely won't protect her, nor will you wrongly accuse her. That's the fairest way!"

Jiang Yiyao nodded.

This is absolutely ridiculous!

Just as Su Mu was about to refuse, someone gently tugged at the corner of his clothes.

Looking back.

Jiang Yiyao's tear-streaked face was looking up at him, her big eyes brimming with tears, making her look extremely pitiful.

"Brother Su Mu..."

The voice was barely audible, and trembling.

"I...I also wanted you to come..."

"That proprietress is too fierce, I'm afraid of her... If it were you, I wouldn't be afraid..."

"Please, please help me..."

Su Mu's Adam's apple bobbed up and down.

Looking into those eyes filled with dependence and trust, no man could resist.

The words of refusal were on the tip of his tongue, but he swallowed them back.

Su Mu gritted his teeth.

"...Alright then."

"Then hurry up, don't dawdle."