Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Chapter 205: A Cripple
Lu Xingzhi piggybacked Jiang Yao all the way to the parking lot until Jiang Yao insisted on walking by herself. There were a lot of people walking around and there were even many elderly people carrying their baskets to buy vegetables at the market. If the senior citizens were to see a man piggybacking a lady, they would think that they were offending public morality.
Just like what the old woman had told them, Wu Zhong's stall was easy to find. When they entered the market, they found the shoeshine stall near the market's entrance without having to ask around.
However, when they arrived at the stall, it was surrounded by crowds of people.
Jiang Yao and Lu Xingzhi held hands as they squeezed into the crowd to find out the reason. It turned out that Wu Zhong's customer had accused him of damaging a shoe and now demanded Wu Zhong to pay for it.
The people around could not stand it anymore, and they shouted, "You must be honest! How could he have damaged your shoe by just polishing it? He only earned two cents by polishing your leather shoes, deducting the cost of the polishing oil, he only earned one cent from you, and yet, you want him to pay you twenty dollars for the leather shoes instead!? How could you con someone like that?"
wearing it? What makes you think that
knowledge regarding this matter, Jiang Yao could see that the man's leather shoes were certainly not damaged by the polishing. With just a mere glance, she could tell that it had been damaged
at Lu Xingzhi and pulled his sleeve, whispering, "That customer must
money to buy a new pair if this
still refuse to pay, it won't
trouble when they heard him being so rampant. More than half of the crowd dispersed but there was still a portion who
came to the market were people living nearby. Wu Zhong had been living here for a few years and everyone knew him. They knew that Wu Zhong was an honest person, and although he was an introvert, he was hardworking and helpful. He was a cripple and did not have any other jobs to do, and so, he had no choice but to set up a shoeshine stall. Occasionally, the neighbors would call Wu Zhong for