Chapter 128: Chapter 128: Failed Cheating Bust
So, Jiang Xin didn’t speak again.
Ultimately, Jiang Xin processed five hundred photos, costing a total of seventy-five yuan.
You could say it was quite a bargain.
After making sure that the shop owner could still make money from these five hundred photos, Jiang Xin paid the deposit.
Since Jiang Xin herself was lying, benefiting from others’ sympathy for a discount made her feel a bit uneasy.
Therefore, she couldn’t let others end up not even covering their costs because of her lie.
After paying the deposit, Jiang Xin left the photo studio, after all, those five hundred photos would take some time to be processed.
Because Jiang Xin wanted such a large quantity processed, the shop owner, considering their current busy business, thought it over.
The customers who had placed earlier orders for photo processing came first, and it wouldn’t be fair to push them back just because Jiang Xin’s order was large, so she still had to wait.
This was something Jiang Xin also understood.
Jiang Xin wasn’t in a hurry to get the photos, so she arranged with the shop owner.
She said she’d come back to pick up the photos in two weeks.
Jiang Xin counted the days and figured that by then, Jiang Wan hadn’t started school yet.
So, waiting for a bit to confront her about being someone’s mistress would still be in time.
Moreover, the shop owner still had other business to attend to, and they needed time to process other customers’ photos.
She’s not the kind of person who would be unreasonable; she knows about taking turns and waiting in line.
She couldn’t possibly make them work overtime, just because she’s a big customer, and have them prioritize her order.
If she did that, Jiang Xin herself would probably despise herself.
Additionally, the shop owner gave her such a large discount, saving her a lot of money.
Jiang Xin was grateful to the shop owner and the staff, there’s no way she’d urge them to hurry up with her photos.
Regardless of anything, everything should follow the principle of first come, first served.
Moreover, her matter wasn’t urgent at all.
So, Jiang Xin told them to take their time, given the era, there wasn’t a way to contact Jiang Xin once the photos were processed.
The Fu Family didn’t have a landline, and Jiang Xin didn’t have a phone number to give the photo studio, to call her once the photos were ready.
Jiang Xin simply discussed with the shop owner, and decided she’d drop by the studio when she had time, to see when her photos would be ready.
Going every four or five days to ask would be fine.
If they’re ready, she’d take them; if not, she’d let the shop owner continue processing them, it’s no big deal, she’d just visit a few more times.
Though the studio had a landline, she didn’t have one.
So, Jiang Xin could only rely on this seemingly clumsy method.
The shop owner originally thought about first come, first served, as he had many customers waiting for their photos.
So, Jiang Xin still had to wait for some time.
Business was booming recently, and he was already busy handling other customers’ photo processing.
But upon reconsidering, the shop owner found something amiss.
Jiang Xin’s photos were for catching an affair.
So, this meant she was actually in a hurry, how could she not be?
In a few days, what if those two cheaters deny their affair?
Wouldn’t Jiang Xin’s photos be processed for nothing?
He couldn’t delay her serious matter just because his store was busy; that wouldn’t do.
The shop owner secretly thought, at worst, he’d work extra shifts at night for a few days.
Finish processing these photos early for Jiang Xin to use as evidence.
Even though he’s a man, he despises infidelity, as he respects his wife greatly.
Throughout his life, let alone cheating, he’d be distressed for days if his wife ate a mouthful less than him.
Therefore, he hates those who cheat, considering it an insult to men’s reputation.
If everyone did this, wouldn’t it reflect poorly on all men in the eyes of women eventually?
The shop owner’s thoughts were just that, thoughts in his own mind.
He also felt that Jiang Xin seemed like a nice young lady.
Moreover, the girl’s parents were far away out of the province, not even nearby.
They wouldn’t even know if their daughter was bullied.
As a stranger encountering such a thing, he ought to do his best to help the young lady!
Besides, she paid him, so he should be even more dedicated.
But he noticed earlier that Jiang Xin was shy and didn’t like troubling others.
If he offered to work overtime to process her photos quickly,
the young lady would definitely feel embarrassed.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have said she wasn’t in a hurry upon hearing him mention photo processing.
After all, what Jiang Xin needed to do seemed obviously pressing.
She was probably talking like that to prevent them from working overtime on processing.
If it were him,
he would’ve insisted the studio to rush the processing so as not to delay his important task.
Hence, the shop owner’s earlier thoughts remained his own.
He didn’t express them in front of Jiang Xin or the staff.
Because deep down he knew.
If he expressed his intentions, Jiang Xin would surely stop him.
So instead, he’d do it quietly.
Inform Jiang Xin to pick up the photos once they were ready.
This way, it would be beneficial for both; he would earn a big deal quickly.
And Jiang Xin wouldn’t fail her mission due to the long wait.