"Oh!" The clerk rolled his eyes, shrugged, and gestured for them to wait where they were while he went to find a translator.
With no other choice, the group of girls could only wait quietly to one side, watching the line behind them move forward to pay.
Before long, Yuan Shuangshuang and two other girls also ran into trouble with a clerk at another counter.
They had already paid at a different register, but when they tried to leave, no matter how many times their items were demagnetized, the alarm went off whenever they passed through the security gate.
After four consecutive times, the security guard came over and demanded to inspect their bags and search them.
"This isn't our problem!" a girl named Zhong Beibei shouted.
"You should check your machine!" Yuan Shuangshuang argued as well. For girls to be searched so casually in front of so many people was humiliating beyond measure.
The guard and clerk could not understand a word they were saying. Both sides remained deadlocked, with no idea how to deal with the situation for the moment.
While they were arguing, Yuan Shuangshuang's sharp eyes caught sight of Lu Sheng carrying a shopping basket to the checkout counter.
"Wang Dong! Come help us!" she hurriedly called out.
Hearing her, Lu Sheng turned and looked over. He saw both Yuan Shuangshuang's group and Zhang Qixuan's group. More than that, tourists were having disputes in two other spots in the store as well. Clearly, it was not just them being targeted.
"Help us call the tour leader!" Yuan Shuangshuang shouted.
Lu Sheng casually swiped his card, picked up his things, and walked over to them.
"What happened?" he asked directly.
The girls hurriedly explained the matter all at once, each chipping in a sentence or two.
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