"What is wrong with you? You came barreling through here and ran right into my friend! It's a good thing I steadied her, or who knows how badly she would have fallen. And you have the nerve to try and pull a scam? Don't think you can extort people just because this alley is secluded and doesn't have security cameras. This whole street is lined with food stalls. Any one of them could have a camera at their door. We just have to check the footage to know that *you* ran into *her*, not the other way around."
Hearing this, the corner of Qi Lianxiu's mouth twitched under his mask. 'A scam? My ass! You're the one pulling a scam! Your whole family pulls scams!'
He had gone to such lengths to orchestrate this chance encounter, a classic meet-cute straight out of a romance drama—bump into each other, and sparks fly. But in the end, it had devolved into a tacky insurance scam. Qi Lianxiu couldn't have felt more frustrated.
