Chapter 3161: Chapter 3153: He’s a Courier, Not a Detective

"We can’t help it either, after all, it’s not a quality issue," the store owner said pitifully.

Liu Manzhi also knew he was in the wrong and said:

"I see you have a lot of parts in the car. How about I break one and just say it was done by the courier. You can then ask for shipping compensation from the courier company, and neither of us will suffer losses."

"Isn’t that a bit unethical?"

"I’m helping you save money, and that’s not good?"

"Alright then."

"It’s a deal then."

Liu Manzhi hung up the phone, rummaged through the box, found the toy car’s mirror, and crushed it with his foot.

He then stepped on the cardboard box, creating a dent to make it look damaged.

This way, he could seek compensation for the shipping costs from the courier company.

...

After several hours of work, finishing the morning deliveries, Lin Yi returned to the network station.

But during this process, the system task did not trigger.

Lin Yi wasn’t worried. That damned system never played by the rules and was very haughty.

The more you want it to issue a task, the more it ignores you.

After letting it chill for a few days, the task would eventually come on its own.

Having placed an order for lunch, he called Ji Qingyan to ask about the situation on Liang Jinming’s side.

The recovery was better than he had imagined, and Lin Yi planned to go over after delivering the parcels.

Not long after, Sun Qiang returned. The two had lunch together and continued working on the shop’s tasks.

Ring ring ring——

Lin Yi’s phone rang. It was Xu Wen calling.

"What’s up?"

Lin Yi asked while eating, instinctively thinking it might be about the court case tomorrow.

But it wasn’t what he thought.

"I just received a complaint. A customer bought an electric toy car and said it was damaged during transportation, asking us to compensate. Did you notice any damage to the outer packaging when you delivered it?"

"Damage?" Lin Yi muttered, "Let me think."

Lin Yi thought back to the morning deliveries.

There was indeed a large parcel, probably that one.

But after careful recall, he couldn’t remember the parcel being damaged.

"I don’t think it was damaged."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

Xu Wen paused for a few seconds in silence, "I’ll send you the tracking number. Check which item it was and then visit to ask about the situation."

"All right."

After hanging up, Lin Yi quickly finished his meal, planning to handle this matter while delivering parcels in the afternoon.

Sitting in front of the computer, Lin Yi checked the delivery address and then called Xu Wen.

"What did the other party say about this?"

"They want us to cover the return shipping and pay an additional 30 yuan for the damage."

"That parcel isn’t light; altogether, it might be over 200 yuan, right?"

"Using the internal rate, it’s not that expensive. The shipping would be over 70 yuan, plus the damage, at least 100 yuan."

"I vaguely remember the parcel. When I delivered it, the outer packaging was intact, so it couldn’t have been damaged."

"That’s why you should go take a look. We can’t just accept their claims."

"I’ll go when delivering in the afternoon. Wait for my update."

"Sure."

After hanging up, Lin Yi drummed his fingers on the table.

This courier business is different from Lingyun Group, a business where small profits add up.

Excluding various labor costs, the net profit for a year is less than 200,000 yuan.

Average that out per day, and it’s only five or six hundred yuan.

If we compensate over 100 yuan for just this one transaction, it would be quite a loss.

He must get to the bottom of this.

Before long, the afternoon delivery truck arrived at the shop.

After Lin Yi and Sun Qiang unloaded the goods, they started scanning and delivering the packages step by step.

When arriving at Building 6, Lin Yi knocked on Liu Manzhi’s door.

"I heard there was an issue with a parcel?"

"Yes, it’s right here."

Liu Manzhi handed over the parcel naturally and accused:

"Can’t you handle deliveries more carefully? Look at this box, everything inside is crushed, and my child can’t play with it."

Glancing at the damage on the parcel box, Lin Yi immediately realized that it was certainly not caused during transport, but was man-made.

"I remember the box was intact when delivered."

Seeing Lin Yi defending himself, Liu Manzhi said:

"I only glanced at it briefly when it arrived and didn’t notice anything else. I saw it after you left. Initially, I didn’t think much of it, but since the inside is broken, I can only come to you."

"It wasn’t just a brief glance." Lin Yi said:

"I remember this parcel quite well. I checked it carefully back then and confirmed there was no issue."

"What do you mean!" Liu Manzhi said with feigned anger:

"Are you implying that I broke it and deliberately caused trouble for you?"

"Though I don’t know why you’d do that, I think the issue probably lies with you."

Lin Yi pointed at the damaged cardboard.

"This isn’t caused by transportation, and you should be aware of the situation."

"You couriers better not be excessive. To shirk responsibility, you’d even say something like this." Liu Manzhi pointed at Lin Yi and said:

"Just say you don’t want to take responsibility, and I’ll complain to your company."

"Alright then, I’ll take this parcel back with me first."

Hearing Lin Yi say this, Liu Manzhi’s expression improved a lot.

"That’s more like it. Your business opens its doors to customers; naturally, there should be some accountability when problems arise. Otherwise, who would use your service in the future?"

"You don’t need to worry about how our business does," Lin Yi said:

"But I’ll remind you, I’m taking this parcel back to investigate."

"Investigate?"

"If it turns out to be a transport issue, we will certainly compensate, but if it’s man-made, you should think carefully about the consequences."

"Consequences? Are you threatening me?"

"According to relevant criminal law provisions, this constitutes fraud. I just wanted to remind you; you still have a chance to change your mind. Once it leaves with me, you’ll have to bear the consequences."

"Ha, trying to scare me? You think I’m easily frightened?"

Liu Manzhi said bluntly:

"Hurry and take it away, so I don’t have to look at you."

Lin Yi didn’t say anything further and cheerfully took the parcel away.

With a loud bang, Liu Manzhi shut the door tightly, leaving no further words.

"Husband, why were you arguing?" Liu Manzhi’s wife asked:

"And what investigation did he mention? What is he going to do?"

"This courier is smart, it seems he’s figured out it’s man-made, so I had to argue a bit, don’t worry."

"What if he really finds out?"

"How could that be? He’s a courier, not a detective. As long as I don’t admit it, he can’t do anything to me and has to obediently compensate!"

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