Chapter 175

Chapter 175: You Make Me Look Really Dumb

People always tend to follow the crowd and avoid trouble. Earlier, even though they couldn’t stand what Store Manager Zheng was doing, they themselves weren’t the ones being bullied. If they spoke up rashly, they might get dragged into trouble, so most of them chose to stay silent.

Now the situation had flipped, and someone had taken the lead. One by one, everyone jumped out to vent their anger.

Executive Assistant Fang had already prepared himself on the way over after getting Qiu Ji Chen’s call. Now, seeing how only a few sentences from Du An Rao had stirred up all the customers in the store, he understood even more how serious this was and how angry and upset she was about it.

He turned his head without thinking and looked at the middle aged man next to him. Uncle Wang felt his gaze and shivered, then reacted at once.

“You’re fired.”

Not long ago, someone else had just said those same words. Now, less than an hour later, they had landed back on his own head.

Store Manager Zheng’s eyes shrank. He could not believe it.

His wife could not hold back a scream: “Why? What right do you have to fire my husband?”

“Because he broke company rules, openly beat an employee and a customer in the store, ruined the company’s brand, and caused very serious harm to the company.”

Seeing that these people had come to this point and still did not know what they did wrong, Uncle Wang thought they were utterly hopeless. He did not even want to argue with them anymore.

“Everything that happened today is all on the store’s security cameras. We have both witnesses and evidence, so none of you can run. Wait for our company’s court summons.”

When Madam Zheng heard that, she almost broke down on the spot: “What nonsense are you talking about? You fired my husband for nothing because of these common trash. Not only do you refuse to pay him compensation, you even dare sue him? Do you really think we’re easy to bully?”

“Husband, husband, hurry up and teach him a lesson. We only call this old man ‘uncle’ because he’s old, and he really thinks he’s some big shot. I’m telling you, if you want to fire my husband, fine, but you can’t short him a single cent of his compensation. You have to pay double, no, triple!”

You could say Madam Zheng was “learning by doing.” She copied word for word what Zhang Ke Xin had said to her husband earlier.

Too bad their situations were worlds apart and could not be compared at all.

“Shut up, you idiot!” Store Manager Zheng had just started to understand what was happening when he heard his wife shouting like that again. His brain had not caught up yet, but his hand moved first.

With a sharp smack, the slap finally landed on one of their own people.

“You… you hit me?” Madam Zheng stared at him, stunned.

The slap shocked Store Manager Zheng awake too. When he turned his head, he saw that everyone in the store, including President Sun and the others, were staring at him wide eyed like they had seen a ghost. People further away were whispering and pointing at him.

All of this was like a bucket of cold water poured over his head, making him shiver.

His wife, who knew nothing about the law, did not understand how bad this could get, but he did.

Given his situation now, the little bit of severance pay from being fired was nothing. But if the company really sued him for damaging its reputation and image and asked him for money, that amount could be very “flexible”.

Store Manager Zheng had no doubt that with Yayu Group’s lawyer team, they could easily sue him until he lost everything.

“One ‘common trash’ after another out of your mouth. What, does your family have some old royal bloodline? Wake up. The Qing dynasty has been gone for who knows how many years, and you’re still acting all superior?”

Yu Chu Hui was really angry at how they kept calling everyone “common trash”. She did not even need Jiang You Nian to take the lead. She ran out on her own to mock them.

Her best friend, who had come shopping with her, was also a sharp one. She quickly followed up in a sarcastic tone: “Exactly. We come spend money in your store and can’t even be treated like ‘God’ the customer, fine. But to not even have basic human respect and only be worth ‘common trash’? If people hear that, won’t they laugh at us for having soft knees?”

Uncle Wang had already been afraid of being dragged down by these idiots. Now, hearing them talk like this, he was even more furious. If he wasn’t worried about leaving a bad impression on Miss Du, who was highly valued by both of the company’s bosses, he really wanted to give that whole nest of fools two slaps each to shut them up.

“Fine, fine, fine, I’m just common trash. I really can’t handle being called Uncle by Young Master Zheng. Pack up your things and get out of this store right away. The legal department will contact you later. I hope you don’t waste your energy on useless struggling. That’s my last piece of advice to you.”

“No, Uncle Wang, don’t listen to her…” Store Manager Zheng was in a panic. He tried to grab Uncle Wang’s hand, but Uncle Wang pulled away.

“Get out!”

“Uncle Wang…” He still tried to struggle to the end.

“Security guard, security guard…”

“Don’t, don’t, don’t call the security guard. I’ll go, I’ll go.” For a second, Store Manager Zheng’s face twisted with rage, but in the end he could do nothing. He lowered his head and was about to walk out.

“Wait.”

The one who had stayed quiet after speaking at the beginning, watching the farce from the side, Du An Rao, finally called out to stop him.

“Miss Du…” Uncle Wang looked nervous, scared that she was unhappy with how he had handled things.

Ignoring him, Du An Rao only looked at Store Manager Zheng and raised an eyebrow: “You think you can just walk away after hitting people?”

To Uncle Wang, he had just been bowing and scraping. When he heard her question, Store Manager Zheng clenched his fists.

Seeing this, Uncle Wang really wanted to knock open his thick skull himself and shouted: “Why aren’t you apologizing yet?”

“…I’m sorry.”

“Too quiet, I didn’t hear you.”

“I’m sorry!”

This last “I’m sorry” was shouted so loud the whole mall could probably hear it.

Du An Rao had thought of making him apologize to Zhang Ke Xin as well, but she was worried that would pull hate onto the young lady. This man might not be able to touch her, but in a fit of madness he might do something nasty to that young lady later.

Before she could finish struggling with herself, Executive Assistant Fang, who had just ordered Uncle Wang around and then gone to the side to report to his boss on the phone, suddenly hung up and ran back.

“The general manager already knows everything that happened here. After careful consideration, the company has decided to fire Zheng Zhe, store manager of the Jiangyu Plaza branch in City B, and to suspend City B general supervisor Wang Jin Gui for now while we review his case.”

After Executive Assistant Fang finished, he suddenly turned to look at Zhang Ke Xin.

“As for Miss Zhang, Zheng Zhe’s personal wishes do not represent the company. You are still an employee of Yayu Group. Because of your performance in this incident, the company has decided to have you replace Zheng Zhe as store manager of this branch. The official letter should be delivered in the next day or two.”

“In addition, considering the harm and grievance Miss Zhang suffered in this conflict, the company will also give you an extra payment as compensation. Miss Zhang, do you feel this way of handling things is acceptable?”

As soon as he finished, the store fell completely silent.

There was no change on Du An Rao’s face, but in her heart, she was ranting nonstop.

[As much as I want to praise you and say your way of handling this is really good and fitting, did you really have to announce it right now? You just drew all the hate on her. It makes my long struggle just now look really dumb.]

Jiang You Nian: “Pfft…”