I knocked on her door with the police and surveillance records.

The door was opened by a curly-haired woman, short and chubby, looking almost like Auntie Zhu, probably her daughter.

She looked at us puzzled, furrowing her brows and asked, "What's the matter?"

I didn't want to make things difficult for her, so I calmed down and showed her the surveillance footage calmly.

"My friend sent me a valuable item from overseas, as you can see in the video, your mom stole my package, so I reported it to the police."

She looked at me in disbelief, screaming, "The wine is yours?"

I furrowed my brows, what did she mean, did they already drink it all?

She led us into the house, a foul stench filled the air, like fermented watermelon rinds mixed with vomit after a night of drinking, almost making a few young police officers nauseous.

I held back my disgust and asked, "Where is she?"

Her daughter pointed to the unknown figure on the sofa, "My mom drank too much... how about you come back tomorrow?"

I looked at the two empty wine bottles on the coffee table and chuckled.

So guilty about stealing something from outside? Didn't even plan to keep it overnight, just finished it all in one go?

What are they up to? Destroying evidence?

I shook my head, "Sorry, your mom drank too much, did you drink too? Let's settle this today to avoid denial tomorrow."

The police chimed in, "Yes, it's a minor issue, figure out how to resolve it, compensation or prosecution? After all, stealing is a real crime..."

The woman spat, "Brother, it's all my mom's fault, she's old, a village old lady, let her off, okay? How about this, compensation, we'll compensate."

She hurriedly took out her wallet from her pocket, her hands trembling.

I showed her my friend's payment record, "Sister, I didn't ask for much for the two bottles of wine, just compensate me with ten thousand four hundred."

She paused, "What?"

I kindly explained the origin of the wine to her, the woman was shocked, "My mom said she bought it, a special deal for 9.9 yuan with free shipping!"

I chuckled, "Sister, don't blame me for being blunt, if she told you the truth about this wine and its price, could you still drink it? Aren't you afraid of getting sick?"

Before I could finish, the supposedly "drunk" Auntie Zhu jumped up, "Good girl, don't listen to his nonsense! He just wants to extort money from me, two bottles of lousy wine, even if I drank them, what can you do? You want it, I'll vomit it out for you!"

With that, she rushed towards me, trying to spit on me, grabbing a police officer by the arm.

The officer, with a stern face, dodged her, "Let go! Otherwise, I'll charge you with assaulting an officer!"

The woman kept pulling her and shouting, "Mom, stop it! Ever since you moved in, you've been causing trouble for me all the time! If you kill me, it's on you!"

She started crying with sobs.

We all stood still, Auntie Zhu's face turning red and then pale.

After a while, she glared at me fiercely, "You just want to extort money from me, make me compensate, right? Fine, I only have a hundred bucks, take it or sue me, do you dare to sue me!"

Yes, her favorite line was always "do you dare to sue me!"

I nodded, "Okay, if you handle it this way, I won't accept it, get ready to be sued. This is theft, with an amount over ten thousand, it's considered a serious crime, get ready for a three-year sentence."

The clueless old lady still defiantly shouted, "Go ahead and sue, I'm old and almost dead, even if I die in prison, I won't let you off!"

Amused by her, I was about to leave when her daughter, with a constipated look, grabbed my arm.

"Good-looking guy, I'll compensate, I'll compensate..."

Amid Auntie Zhu's grumbling in the background, her daughter, with a pained expression, transferred money to me via Alipay.

I noticed she even chose installment payments, splitting the ten thousand into 24 installments, with over four thousand in interest alone. I couldn't decide if she was clever or foolish.

But what did it matter to me?