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Then, she pointed to the eggplant, then to the cockroach on the man's chopsticks, her crisp voice instantly drowning out all the noise in the room:

"Everyone come and see, be my witnesses!"

The diners were stunned by her calm demeanor and all crowded around to look.

Qiao Xinxin pointed at the eggplant and said loudly:

"Look at this eggplant I'm holding. This braised eggplant was just stir-fried in a wok of boiling oil, the temperature of which was at least over 100 degrees Celsius! Aren't all the pieces of eggplant covered in thick sauce and glistening oil?"

"Yes, this is so juicy!" an older diner nearby chimed in instinctively.

Qiao Xinxin turned her head sharply, her piercing gaze fixed on the middle-aged man. Pointing at the cockroach on his chopsticks, she said sternly:

"Now everyone take a closer look at the cockroach on this man's chopsticks! This cockroach is completely dry, without a single drop of oil on it, and even its fine hairs and antennae are dry!"

If this stuff was really stir-fried with eggplant in a wok of oil at over 100 degrees Celsius, full of sauce, how could it be completely free of any oil or sauce? How could it be so clean and dry?!

This is clearly someone taking advantage of the fact that after the food was served, someone took it out of their pocket and put it on top of the plate to extort money!

Upon hearing this, the restaurant, which had been noisy and bustling, fell into an eerie silence for a few seconds.

Everyone looked at each other, craning their necks to look at the dead cockroach, then at the plate of oily braised eggplant. Indeed, the eggplant was sticky with soy sauce and oil, but the cockroach was completely dry, without a single drop of oil on it. How could it be so clean if it had really been cooked in the pan?

Seeing that everyone was starting to hesitate, Qiao Xinxin pursed her red lips and continued in her soft yet clear voice:

"Furthermore, everyone take a closer look. This cockroach has several broken legs. You see, three legs on its right side are broken off, and two legs on its left side are broken off as well."

As Qiao Xinxin spoke, she turned her head, her large, watery eyes fixed on the middle-aged man.

"Excuse me, sir, is there something on your hands? Could you show them to everyone?"

Upon hearing this, the man's previously stiff neck jerked back, and his face instantly changed color. His eyes darted around frantically, and he instinctively hid his hands behind his back, shouting in a blustering but ultimately weak voice as he did so:

"Why, why should I let you see this? Who do you think you are! I ate at your place and found something dirty in my food, and you're interrogating me? Everyone, look at this place, they're bullying us!"

Qiao Xinxin wasn't buying his act at all and couldn't be bothered to argue with this scoundrel. She turned her head, looked at a concerned old lady craning her neck to watch the commotion, and smiled sweetly:

"Auntie, you're so kind-hearted. Could you take a look at his hands for me? When I first came in, I saw him acting suspiciously, and it looked like he had something dirty stuck under his fingernails."

The old woman, a meddlesome and straightforward person, immediately perked up upon hearing this. Without a word, she stepped forward, grabbed the man's arm, and yanked him away forcefully.

"Why are you hiding? If you have nothing to hide, what are you afraid of? Hold out your hand!"

Caught off guard, the man was grabbed by the old woman. She seized his right hand, examined it closely, and immediately screamed, her voice as shrill as a cat whose tail had been stepped on:

"Oh my god! Everyone, look! There really is something under his fingernail! This...this is half a cockroach leg! It looks exactly like the broken legs on this cockroach!"

That shout was like a resounding slap across the man's face.

The small restaurant fell into a deathly silence. The few thugs who had been making a fuss just moments before now shrank back in fear and dared not utter another sound.

Seeing this, Qiao Xinxin gave a cold laugh. She turned to Xiao Zhang, the waitress who was standing to the side, dumbfounded, and said:

"Xiao Zhang, could you please go to the nearby police station and file a report? Tell them that someone in our shop is deliberately putting dirty things in the food and is also trying to extort money from us. We'd like to ask the police to come and help us get to the bottom of this."

"Hey! Okay, I'm going right now!" Xiao Zhang suddenly came to his senses and ran out the door.

Upon hearing that the police were to be called, the man completely panicked. His legs began to tremble uncontrollably, and cold sweat poured down his back.

"No, no need to report it to the authorities! It's such a small matter, why bother the police?"

The man frantically pulled a handful of loose change from his pocket, not bothering to count it, and slammed it haphazardly onto the table.

"Fine, I won't eat it! I'll pay for the meal! I'll give you the money, okay?!"

After saying that, he didn't even bother to take the change on the table. He grabbed the tattered cotton-padded coat draped over the back of the chair, lowered his head, and tried to rush towards the door.

But Qiao Xinxin had already anticipated this move. Although she looked sweet and delicate, and thin and frail, she was actually quite stable in her lower body and had considerable strength in her hands because she often helped with housework.

She casually placed the bag of seasonings she was carrying on the cutting board beside her, took a big step forward, turned her body to the side, and with lightning speed, her right hand reached out and grabbed the man's collar tightly!

The man was rushing forward when Qiao Xinxin pulled him so hard that he immediately lost his balance, slipped, and stumbled backward several steps with a thud, almost falling on his backside.

He turned around angrily and roared at Qiao Xinxin:

"Hey! What's wrong with you, woman? Let go! Let go right now! You want to hit me?! Do you believe I'll call the police?!"

Qiao Xinxin's pretty face darkened slightly, but her grip on her hand didn't loosen at all. Although her voice was soft and sweet, it carried an undeniable firmness:

"You don't need to call, I've already sent Xiao Zhang to fetch them. The police will be here soon. Save your words for them. We'll wait here today, and nobody's getting away!"

The onlookers finally realized what was happening, and they were all furious, their beards bristling and eyes wide with anger. They had almost been fooled by this scoundrel, thinking that Bai Family Restaurant was dirty, but now they realized that this kid had staged the whole thing to extort money!

"Pah! Shameless! Do you know how hard it is for people to run a small restaurant? They work from dawn till dusk in this freezing weather, and you actually put dead cockroaches in their food! You've got a black heart!"

"Exactly! He was shouting so enthusiastically just now, acting like it was the real deal! People like that should be arrested and thrown in jail for three to five years!"