Chapter 230: Redeeming the Tendon-Cleansing Voucher

Chapter 230: Redeeming the Marrow-Cleansing and Sinew-Transforming Voucher

Cao Wenbin and the others took a minivan back.

On the road from Nanhe Park back to the city, they were in a terrible mood.

Especially Cao Wenbin and Peng Xingzhi—their proposal that night was a total bust. Peng Xingzhi had been overjoyed when she got the flowers, but learning the truth made her feel like she'd eaten crap. She was angry at her fiancé for stealing flowers from the park, which was a matter of principle, but she also thought the park was ripping them off with those prices.

"So infuriating! What kind of crap park is this, tricking people with a 5-yuan ticket and then charging 500 yuan for a flower!" Cao Wenbin was so pissed he posted a bunch of bad reviews about Nanhe Park online, complaining about the park's greed.

"This flower isn't even worth 5 yuan!"

The other two who stole the flowers were also griping about what happened.

"That security guard was a joke, talking about getting the cops involved. We just walked off, and what was he gonna do? Haha!"

"If he really wanted the cops involved, he would've called them already. I think he was just bluffing to make us pay up. Tch, thinking we're idiots—screw that."

"The park walls don't look that high. How about we cover our faces tomorrow after work, sneak in, and torch all those flowers? See if they still have the nerve to charge us!"

Cao Wenbin cursed, "Just a guard dog at the gate, daring to bark at us! So what if I picked flowers in the park? We all bought tickets to get in! I think that guard dog was just trying to scam us."

Before he could finish, his eyes went wide, and he grabbed his chest as he slumped over in his seat.

"Wenbin, what's wrong? Are you okay?"

"Don't freak us out! Wenbin, say something!"

"Driver! Hospital! Get us to the hospital!"

"On it!" The driver, a little freaked out, sped toward the hospital, hoping nothing bad would happen in his car.

Even though the driver got them to the hospital in ten minutes, Cao Wenbin's attack was so sudden and severe that they couldn't save him.

When the doctor said Cao Wenbin was gone, everyone in the hallway was in shock. They slumped to the ground, dazed, while Peng Xingzhi and Cao's relatives sobbed their eyes out.

How could this happen? He was fine just a moment ago.

One of the women, Xian Wanqiu, suddenly thought of something and muttered, "Could it be payback for stealing those flowers…"

Cao Huacong asked, "What payback? What are you talking about?"

Xian Wanqiu said, "Just now, when you were stealing—uh, picking—the flowers at the park, that security guard said they'd strictly follow the terms of the guarantee letter. Since you didn't pay up, you'd have to pay with your life." She always read documents carefully before signing, and she'd read the guarantee letter's terms.

Cao Huacong scoffed, "It's the 21st century. You still believe in that superstitious crap?"

Xian Wanqiu replied, "But it's way too much of a coincidence."

Coincidence? Cao Huacong thought it was a bit coincidental too, but what scared him more was the fear of dropping dead like Cao Wenbin. Cao Wenbin's diet and sleep schedule were a total mess—he only ate two meals a day on workdays and binged on food on his days off. He was a hardcore gamer, staying up with them until two or three in the morning on work nights, and going even crazier by pulling all-nighters on his days off.

Cao Huacong brushed off what Xian Wanqiu said, but Peng Xingzhi took it to heart.

A few days later, Peng Xingzhi went back to Nanhe Park. This time, she used her phone to take pictures of the guarantee letter, then went to the cops to report it. But the cops blew off such superstitious claims, so she tried to stage a protest at the park entrance with a banner demanding justice. Before she could even start, the Nanhe Village security team chased her off and blacklisted her.

Devastated and furious, she posted her dead fiancé's story online, calling for a boycott of Nanhe Park and demanding justice for him.

But this batch of netizens was all about science and against superstition. Hardly anyone believed the guarantee letter's terms were real. Instead of sympathy, her post got criticized, with people saying she was too stressed or had her own issues.

However, the post caught the attention of the National Metaphysics Department.

Guo Hongsan, while slacking off, scrolled past the video and laughed, "Using lifespan to cover losses? Is this how parks scare people these days? Ridiculous."

Liu Yao asked curiously, "What park? What are you talking about?"

"Let me see," Guo Hongsan scrolled up and down, then placed his phone in front of her. "It's called Nanhe Park. Take a look."

Liu Yao said, "Isn't Uncle Daojiang at the Xuehe Mall in Nanhe Village right now? We could ask him if he knows about this."

"Right, I'll ask him."

Five minutes later, Guo Hongsan hung up the phone and gossiped with Liu Yao, "I heard from Uncle Daojiang that Nanhe Park does have this guarantee letter, but he didn't say whether it's real. However, he told us to be humble if we go to Nanhe Village and not to cause trouble. Do you think this could be real?"

"Want to test it out?" Liu Yao's interest was piqued. "How about we go check it out this weekend?"

"Sounds good."

*

Although the Marrow-Cleansing and Sinew-Transforming Vouchers were valid for six months, some people wanted to redeem them immediately.

The redemption times were 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. The morning after the vouchers were distributed, some people came to the front desk with their vouchers to exchange them.

Ji Fu verified each member's information one by one. When she came to a young man, she said, "Are you Shen Qinqin?"

The man replied, "Yes, I'm Shen Qinqin."

The computer showed that Shen Qinqin was a woman, but the person in front of her was a man. Ji Fu glanced at the contact information for Shen Qinqin on the computer and dialed the number with the landline.

"Hello, I'm Manager Ji from Xuehe Mall. Are you Miss Shen Qinqin? … Well, a man has come here with your Marrow-Cleansing and Sinew-Transforming Voucher to redeem it. Are you aware of this?"

"What! Someone took my voucher to redeem it! Manager Ji, don't let him redeem it—that's my voucher! Please call the police for me. I'm coming over right now. I knew my voucher was missing, but I didn't expect it to be stolen! Stop him for me, and let me see who's bold enough to steal my stuff! Thank you, Manager Ji!"

"Alright, we'll call the police here." Ji Fu hung up and called Bai Fen over to catch the thief.

Seeing that the voucher wouldn't be redeemed and the staff had called Shen Qinqin, the man grew agitated and cursed, "What kind of service is this! I'm just redeeming my sister's voucher—what's the big deal? She gave it to me! Why can't I redeem it?"

Ji Fu said coldly, "Even if it were your parents or your children, you have no right to redeem it privately. The voucher clearly states that for transfers, the original owner must be present. And you—you stole this voucher, didn't you?"

"People with flawed character don't deserve to be Xuehe members. You're blacklisted. The remaining balance on your membership card will be refunded to your bank account, and your card will be voided."

Anyone who dared to shout at Ji Fu like that would be blacklisted, even without the theft.

Xuehe Mall doesn't need disrespectful customers.