After My Flash Marriage with the Sick Beauty, I Reached the Pinnacle of My Life - Chapter 50.2

Zhou Xiaojiang answered blandly, “I’ll let you know if I need anything. I’m going to rest now.”

It was a chance to ask for something, after all. If she didn’t ask now, she might need it later. There was no reason to refuse because of a little unhappiness in her heart.

Zhou Xiaojiang was truly a bit tired, sitting alone in the resting room.

And Xia Shishi?

She must be accompanied by Wen Jiao.

The General Manager of Xia Group quickly received a call from a subordinate.

Not long ago, the incident where the Xia Group’s daughter held a press conference had put the employees of Xia Group on alert.

Now, as long as they saw the three words ‘Xia Shishi,’ they would pay extra attention.

When the video was just released, some people had already seen it. Subsequently, an increasing number of internet trolls with ulterior motives made it impossible for them to ignore.

The General Manager of Xia Group was furious upon hearing the news: “Someone is trying to sabotage our company!”

“Manager, what should we do?” the subordinate asked nervously.

“What should we do?” The General Manager glanced at him. Couldn’t he see what he was thinking?

He must have been led astray by the videos from the marketing accounts and the internet trolls, believing them!

What a joke. Would Xia Shishi do such a thing? Would Xia Group decline? Absolutely not! What a useless subordinate.

“What else can we do? Go find the Chairman!”

“Ah?”

So, Father Xia in his office also heard the news. His first sentence was: “Nonsense!”

Why would their Xia Group need such a low-level sensational campaign, let alone scheme over a paltry few hundred thousand yuan? That was too dismissive of him!

The General Manager frowned: “But the internet trolls are well-prepared. They can twist white into black. If this continues, our stock might…”

Father Xia calmly showed the stock growth trend to the General Manager.

“Decline… there’s no change? It actually rose a little?”

What kind of miraculous development is this? Why didn’t he understand it?

Shouldn’t an incident like this led to a decrease in consumer trust, resulting in customer loss?

Father Xia chuckled: “No matter when, I believe in the hard truth that products speak for themselves!”

Father Xia and Wen Jiao shared the same philosophy on this point.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have agreed to Wen Jiao and his daughter’s marriage.

He had a perfectly good daughter; why marry her off? Raising her could make her the company’s future successor. Even if Xia Shishi wasn’t interested in the company, he would find a man to marry into the family and cultivate him.

No matter how powerful the internet trolls’ rhythm was, Xia Group’s long-standing reputation had been accumulated.

Consumers knew that Xia Group’s skincare products were effective and reasonably priced. It was hard to find a second cosmetics company like this.

Even if people wanted to criticize, it didn’t stop them from buying.

Father Xia remained steady, but having such a thing happen to him was still disgusting, especially seeing those comments harshly criticizing Xia Shishi.

He adjusted his sitting posture: “Tell the company’s legal department to get to work. Note down everyone who slanders my daughter. We’ll sue them one by one. Don’t tell me it’s too much trouble!”

It’s good to have a chairman for a father.

The General Manager sighed with emotion.

Xia Shishi probably guessed the direction of online comments; she hadn’t looked at her phone.

Upon arriving, she got out of the car.

Bodyguards quickly surrounded them, including Qi Xue’s family.

The intention was protection, but in their eyes, the array of people was no different from intimidation.

Qi Xue’s family all looked at the composed Wen Jiao. Even in front of the police station, she didn’t ask the black-clad men to be more restrained. In their ignorant minds, Wen Jiao must be incredibly powerful.

She might even be connected to both the good and the bad!

How dared Qi Xue provoke her!

“Miss Xia,” Qi Xue’s mother gathered her courage to speak to Xia Shishi, “I will definitely persuade Qi Xue. Can you please ask them to stand back?”

Xia Shishi looked over.

They had already moved to a different city, and in this area, there was indeed no need for the bodyguards to surround them.

So, she said a few words to Wen Jiao. Wen Jiao left the bodyguard team on the spot and took Qi Xue’s family into the police station.

Qi Xue had been detained here for a full day.

She had expected Xia Shishi to come again, but she didn’t expect Xia Shishi to bring her parents.

“Dad, Mom…” Qi Xue panicked immediately, timidly calling out, but was interrupted by a slap from Qi Xue’s mother, who rushed forward.

“Don’t call me Mom! I don’t have a daughter like you!”

Qi Xue was too frightened to speak.

She covered her swollen face, looking at her mother in fear.

Xia Shishi had never laid a hand on Qi Xue, but Qi Xue’s mother struck without mercy, pointing at Qi Xue’s nose and shouting, “How dare you! Such a good job, and you took money from others, you, you just threw it away?”

No one dared to believe these words.

Even Qi Xue’s younger brother looked over with resentment.

Qi Xue instantly broke down: “Don’t you know why I took her money!”

“Back then, you said you wanted to enroll my brother in specialized classes, to buy this and buy that. You asked me for money. Where would I get the money? My salary was all transferred to you!”

“You even scolded me, asking if I didn’t want to come home…” Qi Xue sobbed uncontrollably.

She wanted to go home.

She saw how much Xia Shishi’s parents pampered Xia Shishi, and she was so envious. She also wanted her parents to be good to her.

She knew she was different from Xia Shishi. No matter how willful or annoying Xia Shishi was, she got everything she wanted.

Qi Xue just thought that if she was sensible and good to her family.

“You asked for money, and I agreed, I…” Qi Xue sniffled. She never expected Xia Shishi to fire her directly.

It was supposed to end there.

She could have persistently clung to Zhou Xiaojiang, but Fu Yunhan threatened her brother. She knew that if anything happened to her brother, her parents would never forgive her.

When Xia Shishi demanded compensation, Qi Xue truly regretted it.

She thought that it should end here, and she should try to be a decent person.

But this time, Fu Yunhan had people guarding her house. If she didn’t obey, her family would be in danger.

All she got for doing all this was blame.

Qi Xue cried fiercely, and her mother cursed even more fiercely, constantly grabbing Qi Xue’s hair and telling her to kneel before Xia Shishi and apologize.

Qi Xue refused to kneel, and the family started arguing in the police station.

Xia Shishi watched coldly.

In the end, the police had to come out to mediate, and then Qi Xue’s mother brought Qi Xue to Xia Shishi: “We will do whatever you ask. I will make her honestly confess and clarify publicly, so could you please…”

Xia Shishi thought she was going to talk about compensation. She frowned slightly. Although she didn’t lack those few hundred thousand, she would be angry if she just backed down like this.

But then, Qi Xue’s mother said, “Could you let her continue to work for you? I’ll make her work to pay back the money!”

Did she think I was stupid?

Xia Shishi sneered: “I don’t have that kind of good fortune.”

“The compensation was originally going to be increased, but I already promised you that as long as you explained clearly, I wouldn’t pursue the matter. As long as you pay the initial amount, we’ll be even.”

Xia Shishi looked at Qi Xue, wanting to see how she would choose.

Qi Xue remained silent, obviously completely hurt to the core.

Because when they argued just now, not only did her parents blame her, but her mother also pulled at her clothes and shoved her, and even the younger brother who grew up on her salary blamed her for not making money properly and causing all this trouble.

Qi Xue couldn’t understand what she had done all this for.

She was so happy when she was with Xia Shishi.

If she had saved that salary, even if she was fired, she could have had a place of her own. And now, she couldn’t find where her home was, and even Fu Yunhan’s threat seemed unimportant.

Qi Xue’s mother was furious seeing Qi Xue say nothing and was about to hit her again.

Qi Xue spoke up: “I’ll pay you.”

“I don’t have much money, and I can’t pay it all back right away, but I will pay you. I hope you can give me more time.” Qi Xue couldn’t produce that much money; she could only spend time earning it.

She believed her family wouldn’t pay the money for her.

Xia Shishi looked at Qi Xue for a long time: “Okay.”

“You!” Qi Xue’s mother was enraged. “Why didn’t you just apologize properly? Hundreds of thousands! You say you’ll pay it just like that! You’ve lost your job, where are you going to earn it from!”

Xia Shishi was getting a bit annoyed and simply ignored Qi Xue’s mother: “How much time do you need? Will you take a leave of absence from school to work, or work after graduating from university? I need a specific time.”

Qi Xue and Xia Shishi were the same age.

Xia Shishi hadn’t graduated yet, so naturally, Qi Xue hadn’t either.

Now that the Xia family was no longer paying Qi Xue’s tuition, it would be difficult for Qi Xue to continue her studies on her own.

Under her mother’s scolding, Qi Xue gritted her teeth: “Working after I finish university. I promise I’ll use all the money left over after essential living expenses to pay you back!”

“Alright then.” Xia Shishi turned her head to look at Wen Jiao.

Wen Jiao was completely out of place in this farce; she was sitting quietly on the side, only showing a faint, almost subconscious smile when Xia Shishi looked over.

Xia Shishi walked over: “Should I call the lawyer now?”

Wen Jiao looked at her: “You handled it very well.”

Xia Shishi was shy: “Not really~”

She was just luckier than Qi Xue; no matter what she did, someone supported her.

Xia Shishi felt that she did have a bit of a Madonna complex. She could have been harsher.

But when she saw Wen Jiao’s legs, Xia Shishi used a superstitious excuse to convince herself: I’ll just consider this accumulating good karma for my wife.

After the lawyer arrived, the situation was settled.

Qi Xue honestly confessed everything, including taking money from Zhou Xiaojiang, being bought off by Fu Yunhan, the places she and Zhou Xiaojiang met, etc…

As Qi Xue said these things, she kept observing Xia Shishi’s reaction, wanting to see what expression Xia Shishi would show upon learning that Zhou Xiaojiang was manipulating all this.

Xia Shishi looked at her, asking doubtfully: “Should I look surprised and incredulous?”

Qi Xue’s expression became complicated: “You knew early on?”

Xia Shishi: “You should have figured that out when I suddenly fired you.”

Qi Xue’s eyes widened.

Xia Shishi knew all along, yet she pretended to be on good terms with Zhou Xiaojiang…

“Don’t worry about it; it doesn’t concern you.” Xia Shishi didn’t intend to explain.

After Qi Xue confessed, she stated that she was ready to explain everything to the public again at any time.

But this time, no one responded to her.

The police officer looked at Xia Shishi: “What do you think?”

Xia Shishi was also thinking.

She wanted Qi Xue to stand up and point her finger at Fu Yunhan, saying this hypocritical guy was the culprit, and she also wanted Qi Xue to point at Zhou Xiaojiang, saying she was a woman who was ruthless towards her friends.

What would happen if she did this?

First, they would definitely become sworn enemies and wouldn’t have to pretend anymore.

Once the male and female protagonists considered them opponents, they would become outright villains, or perhaps cannon fodder, as the original plot was still so far ahead.