He Ziqiu hadn't expected Wang Yue to offer the scammers money right away. He grew anxious and was about to warn Wang Yue, but Wang Yue waved him off, so he quickly kept quiet.
When Qi Mingyue saw He Ziqiu step in front of her to protect her, her heart fluttered like a startled deer. For a moment, she could only stare at the handsome He Ziqiu, blushing and breathless.
Seeing that Wang Yue, who'd come to help, was offering them money, the scammer immediately said, "This thing of mine is worth several thousand yuan! I've got a receipt right here!"
From the way the two of them kept avoiding his gaze, Wang Yue could tell they were exaggerating. He pretended not to notice and nodded with a smile. "Several thousand, right? All right, then. Give me the receipt and I'll pay you."
When the scammer heard Wang Yue ask, he waved the receipt in front of him without letting him get a clear look at the figures, then said urgently, "See? I wasn't lying. It really is several thousand!"
Wang Yue hadn't seen the figures at all. He only noticed that the receipt looked fairly official, but it was probably one they'd had someone make for them, and that wasn't something they could just alter.
Now that he had a handle on things, he smiled and said, "Only a few thousand? I thought you meant tens of thousands. It's just a little money—why are you in such a hurry?"
Hearing the tone in Wang Yue's voice, the two scammers exchanged a look. Then the other one said, "It's not several thousand! You read it wrong—it's tens of thousands! Come take another look. Maybe you missed a zero?"
Wang Yue didn't even bother looking. He just smiled and said, "All