Spare Them No Mercy

The gold on the scale was already worth over two million, far more than Jiang Yiming could afford.

Of course, the woman had no idea how much money was in his account and continued happily packing up the gold for him.

Jiang Yiming watched coldly and snorted inwardly. The gold jewelry is all different shapes. Let's see how you switch it right under my nose!

The 5,000 grams of gold filled five small boxes.

Once she finished packing it, the woman made another respectful gesture of invitation, indicating that Jiang Yiming should go to the counter to pay.

This time, Jiang Yiming wasn't so foolish. He summoned the system directly.

"Collect all the gold in these five boxes!"

[Gold detected. Collect?]

"Collect!" This time, Jiang Yiming didn't stop the system.

[Collection complete. The host now possesses 4,100 grams of gold.]

Only 4,100 grams? That meant at least 900 grams of the 5,000 grams of gold had been fake!

What a crooked shop!

It was partly his own fault for daring to buy something so valuable from a little shop like this.

Big stores in shopping malls were more reliable. He swore he would never buy gold from a little shop tucked away in some obscure corner again!

The system didn't need to open the boxes to collect the gold. From the outside, the boxes looked untouched, but the gold inside had actually been cleaned out.

At the checkout counter, the woman calculated the price: a little over 2.3 million in total. After confirming it with Jiang Yiming, she smiled and indicated that he should pay by card.

Jiang Yiming didn't care about the figure at all. He couldn't afford it anyway.

He calmly took out his bank card and handed it over.

The woman's eyes lit up, and she reached for it with both hands. As long as she collected the money, her commission would be secured. As for any disputes afterward, there would naturally be professionals to handle them.

Just as her fingers were about to touch the edge of the card, Jiang Yiming suddenly pulled it back and said with a smile, "Wait a moment. Bring that gold over so I can check it again."

The woman's heart tightened. She thought he wanted to check whether it was real. Then she decided he didn't look like someone who could tell real from fake, so she hurriedly instructed, "Xiao Zhang, bring those boxes of gold over."

Xiao Zhang didn't think much of it and reached for the boxes. As soon as she lifted one, she felt that the weight was wrong, and her face filled with surprise.

"What's wrong? Why are you dawdling? Hurry up and bring them over!" the woman urged.

Xiao Zhang came to her senses, shook the box, and abruptly opened it.

In the first box, only a fake bracelet remained; in the second, only two fake necklaces...

When all the boxes had been opened, every bit of real gold inside had vanished, leaving only a few hundred grams of fake gold!

The woman also rushed over, and when she saw what was in the boxes, her expression changed instantly.

Jiang Yiming played his part to the end, deliberately widening his eyes and exclaiming in surprise, "Where's my gold?! What's going on? Did you switch it?"

Though that was what he said, he sneered inwardly. Who knows how many people you've swindled out of their hard-earned money? Let this be a lesson to you. I'm carrying out justice on heaven's behalf!

The woman was shrewd too. Although she hadn't seen Jiang Yiming do anything, her instincts told her he had something to do with this!

"Xiao Zhang, call the others!" After giving the order, she turned back to Jiang Yiming. "Sorry for the trouble, but please wait in the shop for a moment."

She was smiling, but her face was ashen, making her look very strange.

Xiao Zhang picked up a walkie-talkie and went outside. After saying a few words, she returned to the shop.

In less than half a minute, five burly men came jogging over.

"What's going on? Who's causing trouble?!" One of them, a fleshy-faced man in a red tank top, glared at Jiang Yiming.

He was the only outsider in the shop.

I miscalculated!

Jiang Yiming had thought they would call the police, who would surely check the surveillance footage when they arrived. He hadn't even touched the boxes, so once the footage had been checked, he would be able to leave.

Now the shop was full of their own people, making the situation more troublesome.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Yiming said, "Don't look at me. I'm a victim too!" As he spoke, he took out his phone, ready to call the police.

Smack!

The man in the tank top knocked the phone out of his hand and barked, "Do you think the country's police resources are free? We haven't even figured out what happened, so why are you rushing to call the police?!"

Jiang Yiming ignored him and picked up his phone, only to find that the screen had shattered.

"It's broken." He stared at the man. "You have to pay for it!"

"Hmph, a lousy phone worth a few hundred, and you've got the nerve to ask me to pay?"

The man in the tank top didn't take it seriously at all. He turned to the woman and asked, "How's the surveillance check going?"

Without blinking, the woman watched the crucial footage frame by frame. "I'm still looking."

After a short wait, she finished watching the footage from the time Jiang Yiming entered the shop until the jewelry was discovered missing. In the end, she found nothing. Jiang Yiming hadn't touched the boxes from beginning to end.

"I... I didn't find anything unusual..." The woman was baffled too.

"Are your eyes going bad?! Xiao Zhang, you check it!" The burly man in the tank top angrily had someone else take over. He already had a rough idea of what had happened and now only wanted to find evidence as quickly as possible.

During that interval, Jiang Yiming wasn't waiting idly either. He was racking his brains for a solution.

They have strength in numbers, so fighting them head-on isn't a good idea. I took nearly two million's worth of gold from them. The most important thing now is figuring out how to get away. I can't get tangled up here over a phone worth a few hundred!

Just then, Xiao Zhang also finished checking the footage and likewise found nothing.

"You saw it too. I never even touched those boxes. This has nothing to do with me, and I have things to do, so I'll be leaving." With that, Jiang Yiming pushed his way toward the exit.

"Wait!" The burly man in the tank top stretched out an arm thicker than a young woman's leg and blocked his path. "Did I say you could leave?"

His arrogant attitude was truly infuriating.

Jiang Yiming wanted to get away quickly only because he didn't want to make a big scene, not because he was afraid of these people!

If they really fought, he was no match for them, but if he released the Gu worms, there wouldn't be enough of them to feed the worms!

But if he did that, things would blow up, and if it made the news, he'd be finished.

He weighed his options.

If they keep pushing me, I won't let them carve me up like meat, even if I have to risk exposing the Gu worms!

Unfortunately, the burly man in the tank top had no idea what Jiang Yiming was thinking and remained as overbearing as ever. "Kid, you'd better stay put. If we still can't find anything in a bit, I'm going to search you too! I refuse to believe the gold could have sprouted wings and flown away!"

At the mention of a search, Jiang Yiming flew into a rage!

But the burly man in the tank top paid no attention to the anger in his eyes.

Plenty of people glared at him like that every year, but in the end, he ground every last one of them into the dirt without exception!

"What? Think you can eat me alive with that stare?" The man reached out provocatively and pressed down on Jiang Yiming's shoulder. "With a build like yours, I could take ten of you! Believe it?"

Seeing that contemptuous look, Jiang Yiming finally ran out of patience!

He jerked both shoulders, shoved the burly man's hands away, and then drove a right hook hard toward his chin.

Smack!

His fist struck the man's shoulder, as though it had hit an iron plate.