Chapter 523: A Watch with Status

"Apologize? Pay? You're thinking too much," Ye Bufan said to the security chief. "Just now, these two people bullied my sister. I went to stop them, but they stole my gold watch."

Niu Zhanshan shouted, "Are you still going on? Young man, you need evidence when you speak."

Ye Bufan pointed to his pocket, "Brother Security, if you don't believe me, you can check. My watch is in his pocket."

He then turned to Zhang Qian and said, "Sister Zhang, please record it with your phone, so these two don't renege later."

Zhang Qian was a bit bewildered. Was Ye Bufan serious? Did he really lose his watch?

Although she had some doubts, she still pulled out her phone, opened the camera function, and began recording Niu Zhanshan.

Ouyang Jing was also confused, not knowing when her brother had a watch, or when he lost it.

The security guard said, half-believing, "Sir, can I check your pocket?"

"Go ahead and look. I'm upright and not afraid of a crooked shadow. I'd like to see what you'll say later."

Niu Zhanshan confidently reached into his pocket, but when he pulled it out, he was stunned. A gleaming gold watch appeared in his palm.

"Ah… there really is a gold watch. I didn't expect him to be a master thief. I didn't expect him to steal it so quickly…"

"The wicked accuse first. They clearly wanted to steal other people's things, yet they insulted our goddess…"

"This watch is so beautiful. If I'm not mistaken, it should be a Rolex. It must be worth a lot of money…"

Seeing that the gold watch was found on the spot, the others immediately began to discuss it animatedly.

Ye Bufan said, "Brother Security, you've seen it. Now, the evidence is conclusive. My gold watch is in his pocket."

He then turned to the two people and said, "Now, what do you two have to say?"

"I…" Niu Zhanshan's old face flushed red. He didn't know how a gold watch suddenly appeared in his pocket. He shouted, "This is a frame-up…"

He originally wanted to say this was a frame-up, but he was stopped by Ma Caifeng halfway through.

"Husband, why are you so confused? Have you forgotten that this gold watch is ours? It was the birthday gift I gave you last year for your birthday."

"Ah? Oh… right, right. This gold watch is clearly mine. I put it in my pocket when I was showering just now, and then I forgot to wear it."

Niu Zhanshan immediately understood what his wife meant. Since it was delivered to their doorstep, he would simply accept it.

This gold watch looks good and should be worth a lot of money.

A smug smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, and she thought to herself, "You're far from being able to frame me, old lady. This time, you'll lose more than you gain."

Ye Bufan looked at the two with a cold smile, "You clearly stole my gold watch, yet you still have the nerve to say it's yours."

Niu Zhanshan said, "Young man, you need evidence when you speak. This watch is clearly in my hand, so how did it become yours?"

He spoke with full confidence. A watch isn't an ID card. Since it was in his pocket, it was his.

Ma Caifeng followed up, "Exactly. I bought this watch last year as a birthday gift for my husband. It has nothing to do with you."

Ye Bufan sneered, "You bought it? Then how is the box in my hand?"

As he spoke, he held out a delicate box. He opened the box, took out a paper slip, and said, "I also have the purchase invoice for the watch here. What else do you have to say?"

This watch was indeed his, a gift from Qin Chuchu before he came to Jiangbei City, a custom-made Rolex worth 5.4 million.

Ye Bufan wasn't used to wearing a watch, and he didn't want Uncle Defu's family to mistakenly think he was rich and came to annul the engagement, so he had always kept the watch in his Storage Ring.

Since these two shameless scoundrels were playing a frame-up, he simply slipped the watch into Niu Zhanshan's pocket. With his technique, others wouldn't be able to detect it at all.

Niu Zhanshan's expression froze. He didn't expect the other party to not only be wearing the watch but also have the purchase invoice.

In contrast, Ma Caifeng had better psychological fortitude. With hands on her hips, she shouted, "So what if you have an invoice? Is an invoice an ID card?

What you bought is yours, and what we bought is ours. They don't just produce one watch like this."

She really thought that way. So what if you have an invoice in your hand? There are plenty of similar watches. Why should it be yours?

Ye Bufan said, "You're absolutely right. This is a custom-made Rolex, one of a kind, the only one in the world, worth 5.4 million.

If you don't believe me, you can check it anytime on Rolex's official website. This watch was custom-made three months ago, and the invoice is dated half a month ago. It couldn't have been bought by you last year.

Moreover, custom-made watches like this all have an ID, and my invoice has an identification number on it."

"Ah?"

Hearing him say this, the two were immediately dumbfounded. Poverty limited their imagination. They had never thought that watches could have identification codes, and be worth so much money.

Ye Bufan then said, "If you don't think that's enough, this watch also has fingerprint recognition. Do you want me to verify it for you now?"

Seeing him produce one piece of strong evidence after another, the surrounding crowd became agitated again.

"It really was these two guys who stole it. I knew they weren't good people. Now they're dumbfounded, aren't they? His watch has an identification code."

"Oh my God, a watch worth 5.4 million. He's really a rich person. I probably won't earn that much money in my whole life…"

"They dare to steal anything. They stole something so valuable this time, and now they've been caught with the goods. Are they dumbfounded?"

Ye Bufan stepped over, reached out, took the gold watch from Niu Zhanshan's hand, and then pressed his finger on it.

With a 'beep', the watch was officially activated.

"Now you know, don't you? Some things can't be taken lightly, and certainly not admitted to so easily.

Now that you've been caught red-handed, what else do you have to say?"

"This… this…"

At this point, both Niu Zhanshan and Ma Caifeng completely panicked, at a loss. They had just wanted to take advantage, but they ended up getting bitten by the advantage.

This watch was indeed not stolen by them, but now they couldn't clear their names, no matter what they said.

A smile appeared at the corner of Ye Bufan's mouth. He hadn't expected these two idiots to be so cooperative.

He said to the onlookers, "Classmates, is there anyone here who majors in law? Tell them how serious the consequences of this behavior are."

"I'm a law graduate student."

A tall, bespectacled male student stood out and said loudly, "According to our country's current criminal law, theft of other people's property, with a value reaching 500,000, is considered an extremely large amount, with a sentence of 10 years or more, up to life imprisonment.

This watch in front of us is worth 5.4 million, which is more than 10 times 500,000. Plus, after being caught, they still refused to admit it and tried to claim the stolen goods as their own. This is an aggravating circumstance.

Preliminary estimates indicate a minimum sentence of 15 years, or even life imprisonment!"

Hearing such a heavy sentence, Ma Caifeng and Niu Zhanshan turned pale with fright, collapsing to the ground, no longer having the strength to stand up.

Ma Caifeng cried out, "It wasn't us! This watch wasn't stolen by us! We've been wronged! He's framing us!"