Chapter 357 - The Beggar Gang (1/2)

Chapter 357 The Beggar GangLin Momo and Tang Tang continued to persuade. They were very sincere, but the onlookers shook their heads, thinking, “It is understandable that this little girl does not know. Why didn’t her mother see that the woman before them is a big fat liar? She is beautiful and graceful, but she is so gullible.”

The woman’s face darkened. She put away her false smile and, with a sullen face, she said, “We don’t need it. When I raise enough money, my child will go to the surgery. We don’t need traditional Chinese medicine.”

She was now beginning to be dissatisfied with Lin Momo and Tang Tang. Although they gave her a lot of money, now more and more people came around, and many of them pointed out that she was a liar. So how could she continue begging? “What a nuisance this woman and her daughter are! Why don’t they go?” She swore in her heart.

Lin Momo did not know what she really thought, but still sincerely advised, “Ma’am, are you not willing to accept others’ favor? I tell you, it’s the baby that counts. To treat his illness is the most important…”

At this point, a middle-aged woman nearby could not bear to watch, and said, “Lady, I live near here. I see her begging with her baby every day. She is a liar. She’s been here four or five months.”

“A liar?”

Lin Momo couldn’t believe what she was hearing. Although she was already the mother of a child, she had been the princess of the Lin family since childhood, and then the president of the group. She knew nothing about the life at the bottom of the society. As a mother, she couldn’t imagine anyone using their children to beg.

“That’s impossible! They are so poor. How could she be a liar!” Lin Momo shook her head and went on, “Everyone has dignity. Who doesn’t care about the face? She wouldn’t kneel in the street if she wasn’t cornered. I guess she has no other choice.”

When she defended the woman, her words hurt the woman unintentionally.

“Who doesn’t care about the face?” The woman raised her hand to Lin Momo’s nose and shouted, “I’ve got your money. Go! Don’t talk so much nonsense! Does it matter to you whether I have dignity or not? Do you have anything to do with me being shameless? Do I need your attention?”

Lin Momo was stunned. She did not expect the woman to change color so quickly. She tried to explain, “Ma’am, I didn’t mean that. I didn’t say you were shameless…”

Still, the woman persisted in exclaiming, “Is the rich great? Don’t go on and on here. Do I need you to care if my child gets treatment? Get out of here with this little girl. Don’t try to be nice here and keep me from doing my job!”

“I…”

Lin Momo froze on the spot. The woman’s reaction was beyond her comprehension, and she was momentarily overwhelmed.

Tang Tang took Lin Momo’s hand and asked, “Mama, why is she angry? Didn’t I do the right thing?”

Looking at the wronged woman and her daughter, Qin Haodong felt a pang. They were too kind and underestimated the evils of human nature.

He took Tang Tang by the hand and said, “Tang Tang, you did the right thing. It’s good to be a loving person, but be sure to distinguish the good from the bad. We should treat the good people well, and we don’t have to be polite to the bad ones. This woman right here is a bad one.”

The woman didn’t hear what Qin Haodong said and yelled, “What are you still doing here? Get them out of here! She looks pretty, but she doesn’t smart.”

“Do you mean she is a silly rich woman? If it had not been for people like her, social rubbish like you would have starved to death.”

Qin Haodong stood up, looked at the woman coldly and accused, “It’s people like you who consume others’ love and make people lose trust. You have no shame.”

“Buck, who do you say has no shame? Do you believe I can tear your mouth?”

The woman no longer pretended to be poor and plain, as rude as a hag.

Qin Haodong gave her a disdainful glance and said, “Since you’ve failed my daughter’s kindness, give our money back. You don’t deserve her love.”

“What a joke! If you want me to pay you back, I’ll pay you back? What do you take me for?”

Speaking of this, instead of kneeling with the child in her arms, she rose from the ground, put one hand on her hips, and shouted, “Are you trying to find fault? I tell you, I’ve never been afraid of anyone in my fighting years!”

“I don’t want to fight with you. You hurt the goodness of my wife and daughter. They are kind, but you treated them like that. Now you must apologize to them.”

“Apologize to them? Did a donkey kick you in the head? You want me to apologize to them.” As if she had heard a good joke, the woman said haughtily, “You should know whose territory this is.”

“Who have I apologized to since I’ve been here so long? The last time a guy gave me 50 yuan and tried to get it back, I broke his leg.”

At this point, she turned to the crowd and called out, “Hey bros, come here. Somebody’s coming to pick on me.”

Immediately after she yelled, five or six strong men pushed their way through the crowd, viciously surrounding Qin Haodong, Lin Momo and Tang Tang in a circle.

Huaxia had many begging groups like them, which had slowly formed a certain scale. These men were organized and divided— some for begging, others for fighting.

These people had been in the Jiangnan City for a long time, because it was a tourist city with large customer flow. Thus, they didn’t worry about being caught out because they had been here too long.

“It seems you don’t want to pay us back.” Qin Haodong looked at the woman and sneered. “You belong to the same organization, right? This is not your child.”

At this the woman’s countenance changed a little, and then she screamed, “Nonsense! If he isn’t my child, is he your child? Can you give birth to a child!”

“Don’t think you are great just because you are rich. I’m telling you, in front of me, it’s useless. Now get out of here with those two women. Or we’ll teach you a lesson!”

Qin Haodong said, “We will leave, but you have to give us our money back and apologize to my wife and daughter!”

“You must be mad. All three of you are mentally handicapped. The money has come to my pocket. Now you want it back. You wish!”