Chapter 203: Chapter 203 Take off your hypocritical face
“They are indeed making trouble here, but. . .” Liusu glanced at the delinquents in disgust, then held my arm tightly, and chuckled softly: “I have him protecting me, how can I be not alright?”
A look of jealousy flashed in Zhang Mingjie’s eyes, and as if he hadn’t seen the three delinquents under my feet, he scolded the other two: “Whoever makes trouble for Miss Cheng is tantamount to make trouble for me. For the sake of Miss Cheng, I will spare you all this time. Now get out of here!”
Poor Young Master Zhang still didn’t know that his secret plan of saving Liusu from those delinquents like a hero had already been exposed. His shameless and cringy speech even made Li Qi and Hong Tao shiver with discomfort.
Those delinquents couldn’t wait to leave this place as soon as possible, how would they have time to care about Zhang Mingjie making a fool of himself? But from the way they looked at Zhang Mingjie viciously, obviously, they would get this medical expense from him.
Young Master Zhang didn’t plan to show off his superb fighting skill? After I thought about it for a moment, I figured out what he was thinking. He definitely knew that we didn’t need any help anymore. Perhaps, he was hiding in some corner watching us earlier. The reason why he came out this time was not to continue the plan. He just didn’t want me to become the only hero. He wanted to take some of the credit as well.
“Wait!” How would Liusu let those delinquents go that easily, “Young master Zhang, you said that for the sake of me, but I have never said that I wanted to let them go easily? They have injured Nan Nan.”
Those delinquents almost cried. I also almost couldn’t hold back my laughter. The three delinquents on the ground didn’t even have the strength to stand up by themselves. No matter how we looked at it, it was them who were injured. Liusu clearly wanted to give them a hard time.
Zhang Mingjie also didn’t expect that Liusu would be an unforgiving person. A faint of awkwardness flashed past his face, then he assumed a kind expression of magnanimous man and said, “but didn’t Miss Cheng just say that you are fine? Besides, our Fengchang’s corporate culture emphasizes tolerance, acceptance, respect, and integrity. Quarreling with these kinds of people will lose our company’s image. . .”
“I’m fine, but Nan Nan is not fine! He is not an employee of Fengchang now. So why does it have anything to do with Fengchang’s image? Do you not see that he is bleeding?” Liusu wiped the corner of my mouth with a sorrowful expression and blinked mischievously at me.
This girl was clearly having fun. She wanted to strip off Zhang Mingjie’s hypocritical face.
But Liusu and I were thinking the same thing. Who was the biggest enemy in life? Love rivals! Trying to chase Liusu has already touched my bottom line. A man’s desire to possess was extremely selfish and extremely terrifying.
“Young Master Zhang seems to have misunderstood something. These delinquents are neither partners nor competitors of Fengchang. They are just a group of hooligans ignoring laws and regulations. Talking to them about corporate culture is like talking to a brick wall; it is pointless. We are not living in a lawless country, so we must obey the law. If we let those people go easily after they caused such trouble in front of Fengchang, then that would not be considered to be magnanimous, but cowardly; it would not be forgiving, but hypocritical. If other people heard about this, they would only think anyone could bully Fengchang Corporate Group at will. What’s worse is that it would make people think that they can use dirty methods to cause trouble to Fengchang. So let me ask you again, do you think letting them go easily is a good thing or a bad thing? Are you willing to bear the consequences?”
Zhang Mingjie’s face turned pale, his lips were twitching; although he wanted to retort, he could not find any excuse. I smiled faintly and asked with a suspicious tone, “not to mention that I am no longer working for Fengchang, and Fengchang’s image has nothing to do with me. Moreover, what Young Master Zhang said earlier made me feel very uncomfortable. Liusu is my girlfriend, I don’t think you are in any position to make a decision for her, right? To put it bluntly, this matter is obviously a private matter. It’s none of your damn business, so why do you care?”
Zhang Mingjie was taken aback. He looked at me and said coldly, “Chu Nan, what do you mean? Whether it was yesterday or today, I was just trying to help. Is this how you treat people who want to help you?” After he finished, he touched his injured nose intentionally.
This guy clearly wanted to make me look like an ungrateful man in front of Liusu. I shook my head and sighed helplessly, “Young Master Zhang, your plan of saving a damsel in distress is great, but you have underestimated me. I have already dealt with them before you appeared. To be honest, I actually felt quite sorry for taking the role of a hero away from you. But at the same time, I also couldn’t help but want to slap you. But. . .” I stretched out my arm and hugged the waist of Liusu. Before she could react, I had already kissed her lightly on her forehead, and turned to Zhang Mingjie, who was surprised, jealous, angry, and said: “Since you have spent so much effort on this play, I will spare you this time.”
When I said this, I used the same tone he used when talking to those delinquents. Zhang Mingjie couldn’t stand my sarcasm. He glanced at the Liusu and said with a cold face, “Chu Nan, you are throwing mud at me.”
“I am not the one who threw it. It was Team Leader Liu and Team Leader Hong. At most, I am just the one who passed the message. Earlier, they had already admitted that those people were hired by you.”
Seeing Zhang Mingjie looking at him in anger, Li Qi yelled at me hurriedly: “You are instigating discord!”
It has always been Hong Tao’s greatest wish to gain Zhang Mingjie’s trust. His reaction was more honest than his uncle, but also stupid. “Mr. Zhang, don’t listen to this punk talking nonsense, we haven’t said anything!”
His reply already revealed some information. Both Zhang Mingjie and Li Qi’s expressions changed drastically. I sneered before they opened their mouths: “If you didn’t say it, how would I know?”
Hong Tao subconsciously retorted: “You guessed it yourself!”
“Oh—” Liusu and I both nodded at the same time. Zhang Mingjie and Li Qi’s expressions instantly turned pale and livid. Only until this moment, did Hong Tao realize that he had just spilled the beans. Gnashing his teeth, he was trying his best to hold back his anger and not to rush toward me and strangle me to death; there was even visible smoke coming out of his head.
“Young Master Zhang, what else do you have to say?” I smiled: “You found such a group of delinquents, trying to hurt me and take my girlfriend away from me. At least, you should apologize to me, right?”
Being exposed by me, Zhang Mingjie flustered for a while, and he stuttered, “This is. . . A misunderstanding, no, I didn’t. . .”
“Liusu, call the police,” I didn’t give Zhang Mingjie any time to think, and said solemnly: “I think it is better to settle this according to policy and law. Otherwise, settling this in private would make someone think that I am the bad guy here.” I naturally gave Zhang Mingjie an illusion that he had only two choices: settle it in private or settle it according to policy and law.
Liusu immediately took out her phone and pretended to dial the number. After all, I was the one who injured other people, even if it was self-defense. Young Master Zhang had money and connections, if it were to be settled according to the policy or law, probably I would have a lot of trouble.
However, Zhang Mingjie didn’t have time to calmly think about it. When he heard that I was going to call the police, he suddenly lost his composure, “Don’t. . .”
“Don’t what?” I said coldly: “Don’t call the police? So, do you admit that you hired those people?”
Zhang Mingjie denied instinctively, “It was not me!”
“Then I need to contact the police even more. Maybe Young Master Zhang will be proven innocent after spending some money and getting some help from your connections,” I took out my mobile phone, dialed the number, and smiled at Zhang Mingjie: “But… the problem is whether the delinquents you hired will sell you out or not. If they confessed everything in the police station, probably no matter how much money you spend, your father will not be able to get you out of jail easily. The worst thing you can do is to put the blame on someone else. Then Young Master Zhang will only lose his face, but the rest of the people. . . Hehe, it may be a little troublesome.” I listed out all the possibilities for Zhang Mingjie. Although he didn’t like me, what I said was very likely to happen. Plus I was constantly giving him pressure, he couldn’t come up with other solutions. His face was extremely pale, and he panicked.
Li Qi and Hong Tao were not stupid either. They knew who this “someone else” I mentioned was. Give up a rook to save the king, everyone knew about this. But if they really shouldered the blame for him, then their future would be ruined. Moreover, all of them knew that the delinquents on the ground definitely would not keep the secret for them. So if I called the police, what I said would definitely happen.
Seeing that Fengchang’s security was rushing over, and the delinquents injured by me could not run away, Zhang Mingjie finally said frustratedly: “Don’t call the police. What do you want, just tell me.”