Chapter 177

Chapter 177: This One Is Also My Person

Cousin? Which cousin? Who is your cousin?

Du Bi Xiao had just happened to be working nearby. After she got the call about a fight in the mall, she rushed over in a hurry. Hearing that familiar voice all of a sudden, she looked over without thinking. For a moment, surprise and joy flashed across her usually blank face.

“An An? Why are you here?”

“I came out to shop with my second cousin. Cousin, why are you here? Don’t tell me the last case still isn’t…”

“No, the last case has almost been wrapped up. I just happened to be on field duty today. Then I suddenly got a call that there was a fight in this mall, so I came to take a look.”

Hearing this, Du An Rao stuck out her tongue in embarrassment and said: “The ‘people fighting in the mall’ from that phone call might be me…”

“What?” Du Bi Xiao’s face changed. She quickly grabbed Du An Rao and looked her over from head to toe: “Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?”

The moment she said that, the whole store went silent. You could hear a needle drop.

Jiang You Nian let out a quiet sigh of relief. It seemed this cousin of little cousin’s got along with her quite well and really cared about her. They were safe.

Executive assistant Fang also pushed his glasses up his nose and sighed over Du An Rao’s connections, while silently making a note to tell Qiu Ji Chen about this when he went back.

Sensing it herself, Du An Rao glanced not far away at the few people whose bodies were stiff and whose faces had gone as pale as paper.

[Sorry, this one is also my person, bleh bleh bleh~~~]

Jiang You Nian: “…” To be honest, little cousin could be pretty annoying sometimes. But even when she was this annoying… she was still pretty cute.

Du Bi Xiao: “…” Looked like she was fine.

At first, after hearing how Du An Rao had been the one “fighting”, Du Bi Xiao thought that their side might have done something wrong. But after she made a round and listened to everyone’s statements, wow, it turned out her little cousin was actually the one being bullied.

As for her “hitting people”, that was completely an act of bravery, a case of self-defense. What was there to hesitate over? Take them away.

Now it was impossible for Zheng Zhe to leave even if he wanted to. Because the main victim, Zhang Ke Xin, insisted on fair handling of the case, he was taken away directly for questioning.

His wife still wanted to make a scene, so she was also taken away for obstructing law enforcement.

President Sun and his little lover saw that things were going bad and turned to run. They did not want to look too obvious, but in their hurry, the little lover twisted her ankle in her high heels and fell forward. In her panic, she grabbed the escalator handrail with one hand and reached out to the President Sun in front of her with the other.

President Sun was caught off guard when she yanked on him. He also lost his balance and tumbled down the escalator.

Luckily, there were not many people on the escalator at that moment, so his fall did not hurt too many others. Unluckily, someone who had just reached the bottom and was about to step off became his cushion. They rolled together and landed two or three meters away from the foot of the stairs.

Even more unluckily, this poor guy had come to the mall today for a blind date. He was dressed steady and proper, very neat and handsome.

After one roll like that, he was hurt, his clothes were a mess, and his wig flew off from the impact. No one knew where it went. His smooth, shiny scalp was completely exposed.

The people upstairs who had leaned out to watch the excitement: “…” That was… quite bald.

The blind date who had been very satisfied with him just a short while ago turned pale at the sight. She threw down a quick sentence: “I suddenly remembered there is something urgent at home. I have to go,” and left without looking back.

The man who struggled to sit up: “…”

The crowd eating melon seeds and watching: “…” We have had strict training. Normally we do not laugh. Hahahahaha…

Thanks to having someone under him as a cushion, President Sun was not hurt too badly. After resting for a while, he stood up, holding his waist. When he turned his head, he saw his direct supervisor.

“Wang… President Wang…”

The older single man, President Wang, had just watched his blind date walk away without looking back. His tender heart had shattered into countless pieces. When he turned again and saw the person who caused it all, his face turned completely dark.

“You… you… you are really something…” President Wang pointed at President Sun for a long time. In the end he was so angry that he could not even find words. Dragging his injured right leg, he limped away.

Seeing this, President Sun hurried to chase after him, trying to explain, but after only two steps he slipped and fell flat on his face again.

As for the one who caused this whole chain reaction, President Sun’s little lover, she no longer cared about this money tree she had only just grabbed on to. That twist of her ankle just now had not only dragged President Sun down. It had also smashed the brand new jade bracelet she had just bought for six hundred thousand yuan against the escalator handrail… and cracked it.

“Brace… bracelet, my bracelet…”

The woman’s scream echoed through the mall plaza, and the people who had watched the whole farce from beginning to end all had twitching mouths. It was very hard not to laugh.

Du An Rao also stood on tiptoe to take a look, the corner of her eye lifting.

[Did the bad luck and money-losing luck kick in this fast? Tsk tsk, looks like those two’s good days have already come to an end.]

Jiang You Nian: Oh ho~

Du Bi Xiao: “…” There was still this part?

Once those eye sores finally left, Du An Rao felt like even the air in the store had become much fresher. Many of the people who had been watching from the side also started to leave now that there was no more drama to see.

Executive assistant Fang, however, still remembered that Du An Rao had not had time to pay for her jewelry. He said: “The general manager feels very sorry for what Miss Du experienced in our branch today. To show his apology, all of your purchases here today will be free. He hopes you will accept this gift of apology.”

But Du An Rao shook her head and said: “There’s no need. I should pay what I should pay. Just give me the discount according to that card.”

“This…”

“Just tell him what I said.”

“All right then.” Seeing that Du An Rao insisted, executive assistant Fang did not try to push her. He simply gave a look to Zhang Ke Xin.

Zhang Ke Xin immediately came forward to help Du An Rao pay with her card: “According to your discount card, everything is half off. In total, you spent 5.1 million. The payment has been completed. Miss, here is your card.”

“Thank you.” Du An Rao took the bank card from Zhang Ke Xin’s hand. Seeing the clear five-finger handprint still on the side of Zhang’s face, her brows pinched together slightly.

[They say you must catch cheaters in the act and thieves with the stolen goods. President Sun’s hands are clearly not clean. This Zheng Zhe is on the same side as him, so he probably is not any honest, kind person either. Should this young lady check the accounts from his time in charge? Maybe there will be some unexpected surprises. When the head office comes after Zheng Zhe later, maybe they can make sure he stays inside for a longer time.]

That way, she would not have to worry about Zheng Zhe getting out too soon and coming back to take revenge on the girls.

A light flashed in Jiang You Nian’s eyes. He suddenly said: “An An, just now you said that President Sun was jealous because his cousin’s husband could not get him a fifty-percent discount card, so he was jealous of you. The more people do not have something, the more they care about it. Maybe that store manager Zheng is the same?”

“Even though he came up to make trouble for us mostly because President Sun was stirring him up, I still feel like he only exploded after he heard about your fifty-percent discount card. He started denying, then hitting people, like… like someone was trying to steal his money.”

The only one who knew the whole story, Du Bi Xiao: “…” There was really no need to spell it out that clearly.

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