I broke up with my boyfriend, and the delivery guy stayed with me.
The plan was simple.
Officer Shen and the vendor didn't need to get involved; Xu Ning would deliver the food himself.
However, he would place his action camera on the windowsill between the two floors in the stairwell, directly facing the doors of both apartments.
He knocked on the door to deliver the food, but still no one answered.
He called, and the other party gave the same excuse, asking Xu Ning to leave it at the door and saying he would be home soon.
After Xu Ning placed the takeout, he went downstairs.
After five minutes, everyone went upstairs together to retrieve the action camera.
They pulled up the video, transferred it to a mobile phone, and the three immediately started watching.
From the moment Xu Ning started delivering the takeout—knocking, calling, leaving the food at the door, and then going downstairs—this entire process was recorded.
And after Xu Ning went downstairs, in less than two minutes, the door of the apartment on the right opened.
A Mentally ill young man tiptoed out, ran to the door of the apartment on the left, picked up the takeout, tiptoed back to the right, and then entered the room and closed the door.
The entire process was recorded.
Now, the evidence was conclusive.
Of course, one final step was still needed.
Xu Ning pulled out his phone and called the delivery driver from earlier.
"Hello, has he already applied for a refund?" Xu Ning asked with a cold smile.
The delivery driver had just finished his call with the vendor, who had told him the customer requested a refund and asked him to check on the situation.
Now, the chain of evidence was complete.
Officer Shen took a deep breath, couldn't help but shake his head, unable to express whether it was hatred or regret.
If it was just one takeout order, it wouldn't really matter and wouldn't involve any criminal charges.
But if it could be proven that there were multiple malicious refunds, then it would be considered fraud.
Don't think that a few dozen yuan isn't fraud; the key is "multiple times."
Officer Shen knew he needed to act.
He went upstairs, knocked on the door, and directly stated that he was a Police Officer from the Police Station.
The three Mentally ill young man thought it was something like a census and didn't think much of it, so they just opened the door.
Then Officer Shen explained his purpose, saying he needed to take them back to the Police Station for investigation, and the three of them were immediately stunned.
"Police Uncle, we were wrong, please forgive us this once!"
"Really, we promise we won't do this again!"
"Please, we truly know we were wrong!"
Knowing they were going to the Police Station, they realized the matter was serious, and in a panic, they started crying and pleading bitterly.
And then, they confessed everything they had done.
Xu Ning listened from the side, feeling utterly absurd.
These three Mentally ill young man collectively only had 21 yuan.
What do you do when you don't have money to eat?
If you don't follow the right path, you'll definitely come up with crooked schemes.
And surprisingly, they really did discover a "good method."
They would use the 21 yuan to order takeout, fill in the neighbor's address, and then apply for a refund after receiving the takeout.
Once the refund was processed, the first person would transfer the money to the second person, who would then repeat the process, continuing to order takeout and then refund it... This cycle would repeat, and with just 21 yuan, the three of them could always eat their fill.
Of course, the premise was that the vendor wouldn't be too particular.
But who knew they would encounter a particular vendor this time, who not only came in person but also called the Police Uncle.
Xu Ning no longer cared about how the subsequent matters would be handled; after such a long delay, he needed to hurry and deliver his takeout.
He greeted Officer Shen, who was too busy to respond, so Xu Ning went downstairs by himself, got on his electric scooter, and left.
He had been offline in the background to handle the situation, to prevent the system from assigning him orders, so now he first clicked to go online as a rider.
But as soon as he went online, before he even placed his phone on the bracket in front of the electric scooter, a new order from the system came in.
Xu Ning couldn't help but smile slightly; it's better to be lucky than early.
He clicked to view the takeout order details; it was a common milk tea order.
However, when he saw the customer's note, Xu Ning's expression changed, feeling it was a bit shocking.
【I broke up with my boyfriend, please stay with me when the delivery driver brings the food, there's a tip!!!】
What the hell is this?
The sense of absurdity in Xu Ning's heart was practically overflowing.
I just want to ask, are there any normal people left among you who order takeout?
Of course, he knew that the vast majority were normal people, but he just happened to encounter all the oddballs.
Needless to say, it was definitely the system playing tricks; he was already used to it.
What should he do with this order?
Deliver it or not?
If he delivered it, was there a possibility of walking into a trap?
Of course, if it was truly as the note said, although strange, at least there would be no danger.
He was just afraid there might be some conspiracy, like a honey trap or something, which would be troublesome.
After thinking for a moment, Xu Ning decided to make a call first.
"Hello, I'm the rider, you ordered takeout, right?" Xu Ning tried to keep his tone from fluctuating too much.
"Uh, yes, I ordered takeout, have you arrived yet?" On the other end of the phone was a woman's voice, sounding quite young, and there seemed to be a hint of resentment in her voice.
Xu Ning didn't want to waste too many words and asked directly, "Not yet, but I saw your note, what does it mean?"
"Forget it, I'm not afraid to tell you, just don't spread it around."
"My boyfriend cheated on me, and I'm not in a very good mood right now."
"I hear your voice and you sound quite young. I don't want to be with him anymore. Can you come over and chat with me now?"
As the woman spoke, the sense of resentment grew stronger, even causing Xu Ning to get goosebumps uncontrollably.
Suppressing the double discomfort, both mental and physical, Xu Ning quickly spoke.
"I sympathize greatly with your situation."
"But I still have to deliver takeout; I don't have that much time."
"I'll deliver your milk tea, and then I have to go deliver the next order immediately."
The woman's voice immediately became a little anxious, "Then how about this, I'll pay you how much you earn delivering takeout in a day, and you just come over and keep me company, how about it?"
"I just want to get back at that bastard!"
Xu Ning frowned tightly, very speechless.
He couldn't tell if the woman was lying, but there was no way he would go keep her company.
That would change the nature of things!
"Sorry, our Huangtuan Platform delivery does not have this service."
"If you really have a need, I suggest you go to a bar."
Xu Ning said calmly, completely unmoved.
The woman on the other end of the phone clearly became emotional, "You're really not a man, you don't even want what's delivered to your door, get lost!"
After saying that, she hung up the phone directly.
Listening to the beeping sound on the phone, Xu Ning's lips curled into an arc.
At this moment, a notification sounded in the background.
The customer applied to cancel the order.
Xu Ning didn't care whether the vendor agreed or not; he turned directly into the store and returned the takeout.
The Milk Tea Maker looked at Xu Ning with a strange expression, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"You didn't go deliver it?"
His question clearly indicated that he had noticed the note.
In his opinion, for such a good thing that fell from the sky, how could the rider not go? Was he stupid?