Chapter 172
Chapter 172: Like the Calabash Brothers
“It’s those two paupers over there,” President Sun said. He stuck close to his cousin’s husband, his sharp and fawning tone making him look like a treacherous eunuch in a TV drama whispering in a high official’s ear.
He said: “They clearly can’t afford your jewelry, but they picked a fight on purpose. They are working together with that female employee of yours to openly steal jewelry from your store and take kickbacks. They don’t take you, the store manager, seriously at all. Luckily I just happened to come here to shop today. Otherwise, by the time you noticed, who knows how much stuff these pieces of trash would have taken out.”
After President Sun finished taking credit for himself, he still did not forget to throw harsh words at Du An Rao and the others. He said: “You didn’t expect that, did you? My cousin’s husband just happened to be shopping with my cousin today. He was just upstairs, and as soon as he got my call, he rushed over. Let’s see how you can explain yourselves now!”
[I really didn’t expect this. I didn’t expect someone to be in such a hurry to walk into their own doom. When you think about it, isn’t this just like those power fantasy novels with some overpowered male lead or female lead? You beat the small boss and then the big boss comes out, like the Calabash Brothers, one after another rushing out to get beaten.]
Jiang You Nian said: “…”
To be honest, it was a pretty fitting picture.
Of course, Zhang Ke Xin could not let this accusation of “stealing from the inside” fall on her for nothing, especially when this also involved Miss Du.
She said: “Store manager, this isn’t what happened. Miss Du just spent ten million in our store…”
Hearing this, the store manager, whose surname was Zheng, had his eyes light up. He asked: “Ten million? Has she paid yet?”
As soon as he asked, the woman who came with President Sun laughed like she was happy to see trouble. She said: “Those two broke losers, where would they get ten million to pay? They were just about to pay and then made trouble, saying they had some discount card with fifty percent off. This female shop assistant even backed her up, saying the card was personally given to her by the chairman of your jewelry group.”
Store manager Zheng’s face turned dark green after he heard this. Even though there was a lot of profit in a jewelry store, what profit would be left if they gave fifty percent off?
What Du An Rao was doing was like cutting a piece out of his own flesh.
He snapped: “What fifty percent discount card? I’ve worked in this store for so many years and I’ve never heard of the company issuing any fifty percent discount cards.”
Zhang Ke Xin had not expected the store manager to say that. She quickly stepped forward to remind him: “But store manager, two months ago, in the company group chat…”
He cut her off and shouted: “What company group chat? Are you the store manager or am I? If I say there is none, then there is none.”
The instigators, President Sun and his lover, showed proud smiles when they saw this. Jiang You Nian, however, frowned and quietly moved Du An Rao behind him. He had a feeling things would not end well today.
Zhang Ke Xin was even more stunned. As an ordinary small shop assistant, going against her direct supervisor was clearly a very foolish thing to do.
But when she turned her head and saw Du An Rao’s overly young face, she thought of the notice sent in the group chat two months ago. She gritted her teeth and still insisted: “Store manager, Miss Du’s card really is real. Two months ago the company group chat sent a notice. This card was personally given by the chairman to a young lady with the surname Du. This Miss Du…”
In her heart, she added that this Miss Du was the chairman and general manager’s lifesaver.
Smack!
Before Zhang Ke Xin could finish, store manager Zheng suddenly slapped her across the face without warning.
He shouted: “Zhang Ke Xin, you sure are bold now! You even dare to question my words. Do you really think that just because you have some ability, you can point fingers at me?”
Du An Rao quickly stepped up to support Zhang Ke Xin, and her face also darkened.
Before this, she had been pretty calm. She had thought that if the discount card could not be used, she would simply not buy the items. There was no need to give this kind of trash store manager money just because she was angry.
Besides, she had only looked at those things, and some she had not even touched. If she did not want to pay, could they really force her to buy them?
But once someone raised a hand and hit someone, the situation changed, especially when this person was hit because she was standing up for her.
Du An Rao held up Zhang Ke Xin and was just about to lose her temper when some images suddenly flashed in her mind, making her eyes open wide in surprise. She stared at Zhang Ke Xin and blurted out: “You…”
“How can you hit people?” Jiang You Nian did not notice that something was off with Du An Rao. Seeing her suddenly rush out from behind him to support the young lady who had been hit, he also hurried forward to shield both of them behind him.
Yu Chu Hui, who had only come over to say hi to a friend, was also stunned by how fast things had changed.
Once she came back to her senses, she also said angrily: “He’s right. No matter what, you shouldn’t hit people!”
Store manager Zheng said: “So what if I hit her? You’re a traitor who works against your own store. I gave you some trust and now you think you can do whatever you want in my place. You’re fired. From today on, you don’t have to come in.”
Zhang Ke Xin held her slapped face and stood there in a daze, but she quickly calmed down. She said: “You can fire me, but according to the contract, you have to legally compensate me three months of salary. Because the company is dismissing me directly without my consent, it counts as an illegal termination of our labor contract. You must pay me double the compensation. That means you have to pay me six months of salary.”
Store manager Zheng’s face changed. He shouted: “Are you crazy from being poor? A lowly nobody like you dares to cheat me out of money…”
Zhang Ke Xin ignored his yelling and cut him off. She continued: “Besides that, you hit me in public. The nearby cameras are all evidence. Other than economic compensation, you also have to pay my medical fees and emotional damages for this slap. Otherwise I will sue you for intentional injury.”
Now it was not only store manager Zheng facing her. Even Du An Rao and the onlookers were shocked by Zhang Ke Xin’s calm and sharp words.
[Oh, cool! This young lady is really amazing. When her awful boss fired her, her first reaction wasn’t to beg for another chance, but to calmly use the law to protect her own rights. Facing violence, she isn’t scared at all and dares to stand up to the one who hit her, using the law to protect herself. Help, I feel like I’m about to fall in love with her!]
Jiang You Nian said: “…”
Even though this young lady was really charming and amazing, that last sentence was really not needed.
Store manager Zheng laughed loudly and said: “Sue me? You still want to sue me? Hahaha, she says she’s going to sue me.” He acted like he had heard the funniest joke and turned to look at President Sun.
President Sun gave a fawning smile and said: “This stupid woman has long hair but not much sense. She has no idea how big your power is in City B. With just a lift of your hand you could crush her. It’s really funny that she dared say something like that.”
Store manager Zheng was very pleased by this flattery. He turned back to Zhang Ke Xin with a vicious look and said: “Intentional injury, right? You want to sue me, right? I’ll give you something to sue me for!”
He raised his hand and shoved Jiang You Nian to the side. This weak young man, whose thigh wasn’t even as thick as someone else’s arm, was thrown off to one side.
By the time he managed to steady himself and turn back to help, it was already too late.
Zhang Ke Xin was also scared by store manager Zheng suddenly lashing out and instinctively shrank back.
But her mind had never been so clear. She had even already thought about how she would call the police later.
But she didn’t feel any pain even after a while.
When she looked up again, she saw that the hand swinging toward her had been caught by someone beside her.
Zhang Ke Xin: ?
Onlookers: ???