CHAPTER 315: CHAPTER 315: YOU CAN START COUNTING NOW

In a moment of difficulty.

"Little Ying? Is it really you!"

Suddenly, a voice came from the side, and Lin Fan appeared.

The waitress was taken aback and then said happily, "Brother Fan, it’s you. What are you doing here?"

Lin Fan replied, "I was just planning to come here for a meal. What a coincidence."

Lin Fan recognized this waitress; it turned out to be Huang Xiaoying from his neighboring village. They had attended elementary school together. Although they didn’t keep in touch regularly, they gathered with other childhood classmates during festivals.

Huang Xiaoying said, "Brother Fan, I’m so happy to see you. You go in and sit for a while. I have something to handle here, I’ll come find you in a bit."

Lin Fan asked, "Need any help?"

Huang Xiaoying sighed, "I’m afraid even you can’t help this time."

Lin Fan smiled and said, "What’s the name of this company?"

Huang Xiaoying replied, "It’s called Linglong Fitness Center. I worked there before, but was later fired. I went to ask for compensation, and they gave me these coins."

Lin Fan nodded, took out his phone, and searched for Linglong Fitness. He wanted to see the company’s connection network and check if there was a way to deal with them.

As a result of his search, Lin Fan laughed.

"This Linglong Fitness is in Chunxi Old District, right?" Lin Fan asked.

Huang Xiaoying responded, "Yes, that’s the one."

Chunxi Old District was precisely the street where Lin Fan and Su Jinjin had dinner the night before. That district had already been rewarded to Lin Fan.

The entire district belonged to Lin Fan, which meant Lin Fan was the landlord of Linglong Fitness!

Lin Fan smiled and said, "Little Ying, it seems there’s no better way. You should just accept these coins."

Huang Xiaoying felt a chill and couldn’t help but sweat a bit, thinking Lin Fan might have a way to help her, but instead asked her to accept the coins?

"But they are insulting me too much. I can’t accept their disgusting behavior!" Huang Xiaoying said indignantly.

Lin Fan comforted her, "Don’t worry, let me handle it."

Lin Fan looked at the woman with a surly face and said, "You’re the finance officer at Linglong Fitness, right? Are you sure you want to use these coins for compensation, no other method?"

The surly-faced woman replied, "That’s right, we only have this! Handsome guy, I see you’re sensible; don’t waste time and advise her to accept it."

Lin Fan nodded and said, "Understood. I represent her in agreeing to your payment method, and we can accept these coins. But first, make sure these coins are counted accurately."

The surly-faced woman laughed, "Smart guy, unlike some people. Now that you’ve agreed, it’s easy. Here are 50,000 coins, exactly 5,000 yuan. If you’re afraid it’s not enough, feel free to count."

Huang Xiaoying exclaimed, "What kind of joke is this, 50 thousand coins? How do you expect us to count them, isn’t this a deliberate hassle!"

Lin Fan smiled, "Counting 50 thousand coins sure takes time, do you have the time?"

The surly-faced woman chuckled, "Our boss told me that today I only have this task, plenty of time to play with you, take your time counting, I’m waiting."

Huang Xiaoying was furious; this wicked woman was shameless, she wanted to strangle her but couldn’t resort to violence and was left with anger.

Lin Fan wasn’t angry at all; he glanced at the iron bucket and said, "I roughly checked, and based on my judgment, it’s not worth 5,000 yuan, so we can’t accept it. You need to prove to us these coins indeed amount to 5,000 yuan before we accept them."

The surly-faced woman was taken aback, "How do I prove it?"

Lin Fan said, "You can count them in front of us, as long as there are 50,000, we’ll accept it."

The surly-faced woman laughed in anger, "Damn... I asked you to count, and now you’re asking me to count instead?"

The people around couldn’t help but laugh at the witty move.

Huang Xiaoying understood and couldn’t help but laugh, "Brother Fan, you’re really something. That’s right, these coins don’t add up, I can’t sign for them!"

The surly-faced woman’s face twitched, "We’ve already counted the money, not a penny more, not a penny less, exactly 5,000 yuan. If you don’t believe it, count it yourself!"

Huang Xiaoying: "..."

Lin Fan said, "I just counted, and it’s not enough. You said you counted earlier, but we’ve not seen it; who knows if you’re lying. You need to show us the proof, so you need to count it in front of us now."

The crowd burst into laughter.

"The young man is right; the responsibility to prove is on them. They need to provide reliable proof!"

"The young man’s counterattack was brilliant!"

"Awesome!"

"Respect to the young man."

The surly-faced woman was a bit confused; damn, can you play it like this!

Now, evidently, she was in the wrong; they said it wasn’t enough, so naturally, they couldn’t sign for it. This reason was indisputable, so she needed to provide proof.

She didn’t want to suffer such a loss, so she quickly took out her phone and called her boss for advice.

The boss of Linglong Fitness picked up the phone.

Upon hearing finance’s narrative, the boss furrowed his brows, snorted coldly, and said, "Prove what? Just tell them it’s sufficient, if they don’t believe it, either they count themselves or consider it as forfeiting!"

Following instructions, the surly-faced woman said, "My boss says it’s exactly 5,000 yuan; believe it or not, if you believe it, take it; if not, forget it, we’ll consider you’ve voluntarily given up the compensation and take these coins back."

The other party resorted to being unreasonable.

It seemed that Lin Fan’s approach couldn’t deal with them either.

Huang Xiaoying was a bit anxious; she really wanted to rush over and beat them a bit. Now, there’s truly no way to vent other than beating them.

But then Lin Fan picked up his phone and dialed a number.

At Chunxi Old District, in the Linglong Fitness Center office, the boss of Linglong Fitness had just finished a call with finance.

He was a bald middle-aged man, his face stern, and sneered, "Little wench daring to ask me for compensation, see how I won’t make life hard for you this time!"

He was quite pleased with himself, feeling exceptionally clever in his actions to disgust Huang Xiaoying using coins.

He wasn’t unable to pay the 5,000 yuan; he was simply annoyed by Huang Xiaoying’s complaint. A little wench not willing to accept his oppression and exploitation dared to file a complaint against him; he was out for revenge!

Ring... ring...

Suddenly, the phone on the desk rang.

The boss looked at it and his expression changed, seeing the caller ID: Mr. Lin!

The people in this district knew it belonged to Lin Fan; Mr. Lin was their landlord, and the boss of Linglong Fitness had, through connections, obtained Lin Fan’s phone number and saved it.

Now Lin Fan was actually calling him, he almost thought he was mistaken, but indeed it was Lin Fan calling him!

Not knowing what it was about, the boss wiped the sweat off his brow and answered the call, "Mr. Lin, are you Mr. Lin Fan?"

Lin Fan made a sound of acknowledgment, somewhat surprised, "I’m Lin Fan, you have my phone?"

The boss chuckled awkwardly, "I got it through a friend’s connection. Mr. Lin, why are you calling me?"

Lin Fan said, "I’m right by Huang Xiaoying, she’s my old acquaintance."

The boss was shocked, his face changed. What? Huang Xiaoying is Lin Fan’s old acquaintance?