Chapter 154: "Uniform Temptation"? What a wild book.

Inside the reception room.
Absolute silence.
Two lines of clear tears slipped from the corners of the young man's eyes.
The young woman in front of him appeared extremely flustered.
After a long while, the woman slowly uttered a sentence, attempting a final struggle.
"If I said you recognized the wrong person, and the one dating you is actually my older sister—we're twins—would you believe me?"
Hearing this, everyone fell silent.
"I believe you."
The young man let go of her hand, looking deadly serious. "That's great, that's just great."
As soon as those words fell, the live broadcast chat of Bai Qingming exploded instantly.
"Holy crap, is that even fucking possible?"
"Pity the honest guy."
"Isn't this just deceiving oneself?"
"Some things, when seen through but left unsaid, still leave room for benefits."
"Look on the bright side, what if what she said is true? Wouldn't it be wonderful to have both sisters together then?"
"I can picture it now!"
"Charge, charge! Brothers, let's charge!"
"How can we charge without a website? Charging dry hurts!"
...
When it comes to knowing how to play, it has to be the chat members.
With just a few words, they set imaginations running wild.
Bai Qingming was also somewhat speechless toward this young man.
He originally thought this was a second Ye Chen, but when he saw the fierce look in the young man's eyes, Bai Qingming suddenly understood.
This young fellow was the truly smart one!
After all, having already accumulated so many loans, tearing faces at this point would result in a bloody loss.
Better to play dumb while knowing the truth, and go back to doing everything they hadn't done yet. That was the best way to get his money's worth.
If this happened to some ruthless person, they might even secretly record some little videos and spread them around afterward to take revenge.
Once an honest man turns ruthless, that is the most terrifying thing.
Just like that, the subsequent matters were very simple.
After paying the fine and handling the young man's business, only Bai Qingming and Team Leader Liu were left in the reception room.
At that moment, the door of the reception room was pushed open once again.
Led by an outside police officer, a woman in black walked in.
"Team Leader Liu, this lady reported that she lost a bag. Everyone else is busy handling the women brought back from the anti-prostitution sweep, so could you please help record her statement?"
The police officer outside said so.
"Madam, please wait aside for a moment. Let me finish dealing with this person's matter first."
Team Leader Liu pointed at Bai Qingming.
According to the principle of first come, first served, it would be her turn only after Bai Qingming left.
Team Leader Liu's tone was normal, and the content expressed was entirely reasonable.
Yet the woman in black paid no heed, speaking with a haughty and arrogant demeanor:
"My matter is more urgent, help me first!"
With an attitude like that, anyone who heard it would feel somewhat displeased, and Team Leader Liu simply ignored her entirely.
Being ignored made the woman in black even more unhappy.
Just as she was about to say something, the next second, her gaze swept across and she spotted the cross-body bag in Bai Qingming's hand.
This bag looked so much like the one she had lost.
Following that, the woman in black reacted.
Wasn't this fucking the exact bag she had lost?
This bag was a high-imitation she bought online for two hundred yuan, and she clearly remembered that the leather was peeling in a few spots.
Wonderful, simply wonderful!
Looking everywhere for something without finding it, only to obtain it effortlessly without any search.
The woman in black immediately grabbed Bai Qingming's sleeve and blurted out, "He's a thief! This bag was stolen from me by him!"
In an instant, Bai Qingming was dumbfounded.
He was clearly a law-abiding citizen who returned lost property, so how did he suddenly become a thief?
"He is not a thief, I can vouch for him."
Team Leader Liu stood up.
For some reason, seeing Bai Qingming take a hit made him uncontrollably want to laugh.
Still, he had after all undergone professional training, able to hold it in and laugh only after the other person left.
Consequently, Team Leader Liu recounted the whole story from beginning to end.
Only then did the woman in black doubtfully release Bai Qingming's clothing, though her mouth continued to chatter incessantly.
"Who knows if he stole my bag and deliberately claimed he picked it up?"
With just those words, Bai Qingming's mood for the entire day instantly soured.
The live chat was also rooting for Bai Qingming and voicing grievances on his behalf.
"Team Leader Liu, I'll be leaving first then."
Dropping those words, Bai Qingming intended to walk away.
Meanwhile, observing that the clothes Bai Qingming wore from top to bottom were all high-end brands and he looked rather wealthy, the woman in black harbored crooked intentions.
"Don't leave yet!"
Hearing this, Bai Qingming paused his steps.
"What else is there?"
He sounded somewhat impatient.
Obviously, this woman could not possibly be planning to present him with a silk banner of gratitude.
"There was originally ten thousand yuan in my bag, and now there's only three thousand left. Where did the missing money go?"
Right in front of Team Leader Liu, the woman in black made an exorbitant demand.
Bai Qingming froze.
"When I picked up the bag, there was only this much inside. I didn't touch a single cent."
"Who knows if you touched it or not? In short, seven thousand yuan is missing, and you definitely took it."
The woman in black pressed aggressively.
Seeing this, Bai Qingming finally understood what was going on.
This was outright extortion directed at him.
He had no evidence to prove his innocence; since she claimed there was ten thousand yuan in the bag, it would only be treated as ten thousand yuan.
This kind of matter was the exact same principle as helping an elderly person up in a place without surveillance cameras.
The chat members in the live stream witnessed this scene, and everyone was astonished by the sheer shamelessness of the woman in black.
"Knowing this would happen, the streamer shouldn't have come to the police station to turn it in. With these three thousand yuan, going out for a nice health spa and ordering the 998 package wouldn't that be wonderful?"
"I'm willing to testify for the streamer; there were only three thousand yuan in the bag."
"These days, being a good person is too hard!"
"It's not hard. I think it's pretty simple. For instance, every time I confess my feelings to girls, they always praise me for being a good guy."
"666."
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On the other side.
Team Leader Liu believed Bai Qingming.
Aside from the factor that the woman in black's attitude was thoroughly annoying,
with Bai Qingming's substantial family background, would he even deign to care about such petty cash?
If you genuinely wanted to extort someone, you could at least have stated a larger amount.
Seventy thousand, seven million, or seventy million—perhaps someone might actually believe it.
Saying seven thousand wasn't that just insulting someone?
Suppressing a chuckle, Team Leader Liu was about to say something when Bai Qingming spoke up a step ahead of him.
"Are you certain there was originally ten thousand yuan in the bag you lost?"
Bai Qingming asked the woman in black.
"Certain."
The woman in black spoke with absolute certainty.
"Very well then."
Bai Qingming sighed.
He had given this woman a chance, but she was the one who failed to seize it.
Since the other party bit the hand that fed them first, she couldn't blame him for being ruthless.
The next moment, Bai Qingming directly snatched the bag away from the hands of the woman in black.
"Since you claim the bag you lost had ten thousand yuan in it, then this bag is not yours!"
As the words fell, everyone was stunned.
Brilliant!
This was simply too brilliant!
"You..."
The black-clad woman was temporarily left speechless.
Only to see Bai Qingming hand the bag over to Team Leader Liu.
"Please be sure to help me find the true owner of this bag."
Without missing a beat, Team Leader Liu very cooperatively accepted the bag, then cast a meaningful glance at the woman in black.
"Rest assured, before the real owner is found, if anyone dares to falsely claim it, they will definitely be held accountable!"
The two of them sang in harmony, leaving the woman in black dumbstruck.
In the live broadcast room, the chat members never expected Bai Qingming to pull such a move.
For a moment, everyone recovered their senses and frantically typed away.
"Brothers, type the word 'satisfying' across the screen!"
"Satisfying!"
"Satisfying!"
"Satisfying!"
...
Emerging from the police station, Bai Qingming strolled all the way, preparing to head home.
Passing by a street stall, he caught sight of a book by chance and stopped as if guided by some mysterious force.
"Boss, how much for this book?"
With quick eyes and hands, Bai Qingming shifted the live stream camera to the other side and pointed to a book titled "Uniform Temptation," asking in a low voice.
What a wild book!
To explain, he was purely curious and wanted to see what kind of temptation this book offered.
And by the way, test the limits of his own willpower.
Skipping even the bargaining step, he glanced around, forced an expression of casual indifference, paid the money, shoved the book into his bosom with lightning speed, and jogged all the way back home.
Hastily ending the broadcast, unsurprisingly, the rating for this live stream was once again a D, and it likewise only yielded 100 exchange points.
No matter, none of that mattered.
The room door was securely locked.
The curtains were drawn tightly shut.
After some thought, Bai Qingming prepared a pack of tissues.
Putting on disposable gloves, he sat before his desk, suppressed his pounding excitement, and cautiously opened the first page, where two lines of small characters reflected in his eyes.
"Form is emptiness, emptiness is form."
"Proficiently reciting this Buddhist scripture can help you conquer all temptations of the external world."