Hearing Paula's angry voice, Eden raised her head immediately and looked over. She saw a college girl who was distributing leaflets bump into Paula. She was holding buns and soy milk, and it seemed that she was making do with her dinner.
The two of them bumped into each other by accident, and the soy milk spilled over Paula.
Paula went berserk instantly.
"I'm sorry, Miss. I didn't mean it." The girl lowered her head and apologized timidly.
Paula looked at the girl who was distributing leaflets with contempt. The girl's white shirt and cheap jeans had turned whitish from much washing. Paula's eyes became more contemptuous as she looked at the girl with a lofty face.
Eden nodded. This was what Paula had looked like back then.
This was Paula she knew.
"Do you think I'll let you go just because you've apologized? Do you know how much this dress costs? The whole set is worth about ninety thousand dollars! Compensate me right now. At least you should pay me fifty thousand dollars, or I won't forgive you!" Paula looked at the girl arrogantly and said mockingly.
This was Eden's dress. She wore it without Eden's permission, and it was the most popular new style in the season. The coat was worth about ten thousand dollars, and it was an unique style in the world.
Paula looked pretty. When she was gentle, she was indeed a beautiful girl that people wanted to protect. But at this moment, her face was full of contempt and ridicule. Even the gorgeous clothes could not hide her vicious and despicable heart.
Hearing Paula's words, the girl looked at her in shock and couldn't say a word. She was on the verge of tears.
She was just a poor college student who was about to graduate. Her family was so poor that they couldn't even afford her living expenses. She could only earn about ten dollars by distributing leaflets for severeal hours a day, and the money was only enough for her eat.
She accidentally poured the soy milk on Paula, but she had to pay fifty thousand dollars. The cost was astronomical, and she only had fifty dollars.
She even had to use the money to buy food the next day.
"Why are you looking at me? Pay me the money quickly. I have something important to do!" Paula said harshly. With her arms crossed, she looked down at the girl insultingly.
The girl burst into tears in an instant and apologized in a low and choked voice, "Miss, I'm really sorry. I didn't mean it. Besides, I don't have that much money to compensate you. Let me help you send this dress to a dry-cleaning business. I'll send it back to you tomorrow, okay?"
She really couldn't afford fifty thousand dollars.
Her family was from the countryside, and her parents could only make money by selling pepper and potatoes.
They didn't have much land, and potatoes could be barely sold. They could only earn two thousand dollars by selling pepper every year. She had to work hard during her vacation to pay for the tuition. As for living expenses, she could only earn money by herself, because she didn't want her parents to be tireder.
Even if they saved money on food and expenses for five years, they might not have fifty thousand dollars.
"Ha-ha..." Paula sneered and said sarcastically, "A dry-cleaning business? Do you regard me as a beggar? Let me tell you. If you don't pay me the money today, I won't let you go."
"Bang..." Enduring the humiliation, the girl knelt down in front of Paula with tears in her eyes, "Miss, please, I really didn't mean it. Just now, you looked down at your phone. You hit me on your own, so the soybean milk was splashed on you. You should take half of the responsibility, shouldn't you? I really don't have so much money to compensate you."
Paula had a sense of superiority. In her eyes, humble people were sinners.
"You're really shameless. In order not to compensate me, you don't even want your dignity?" Paula's tone was extremely sarcastic.
"Fifty thousand dollars is astronomical for my family. I can give up my dignity as long as my family won't suffer from cold and hunger. Furthermore, you're wrong, too." The girl looked at Paula's lofty face stubbornly.
Eden could not stop frowning when she saw what was happening.
Paula had gone too far.
At this time, seeing the girl kneel in front of Paula, many people stopped and watched.
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