Chapter 28

"What happened?" Shu Xia asked urgently.

Jiang Ye had always been kind to others and had a very gentle personality; no matter where she went, she could get along well with people. It was unclear what had happened to make the receptionist change their expression.

"Your mother had a dispute with a guest who was on their way to dine at the restaurant on the thirty-sixth floor while she was cleaning the elevator just now. Now the guest has filed a complaint with the hotel." The receptionist was also quite anxious, calling the hotel manager while speaking with Shu Xia.

Their hotel had always valued service and took complaints very seriously.

Although Aunt Jiang had only been working there for a month, she had good relationships with her colleagues, and they all liked the gentle Aunt Jiang.

With the current complaint incident, it was unknown how the manager would handle it once they arrived.

Shu Xia immediately followed the receptionist and took the elevator to the tenth floor.

Before they even reached the hotel office, the conversation inside could be heard.

"You must deal with her severely! It was bad enough that she was insolent to a guest in the elevator, but she actually dared to strike my mother!"

"The diamond ring on my hand, worth hundreds of thousands, is missing. There were only the three of us in the elevator; she must have stolen it. I demand that you search her."

"Chen Xiuyue, you are going too far! I would never steal anyone's things. You were the one who struck me first just now; I was only defending myself."

Hearing the familiar voice, Shu Xia's footsteps came to a sudden halt.

Lin Miao, Chen Xiuyue?

Ever since she left the hospital that day, she hadn't seen them. Aside from the day she bought her car, when she saw Lin Miao and Fu Chenyan on a date from afar at the 4S dealership, she hadn't faced them directly.

Hearing them both being aggressive toward her adoptive mother.

Shu Xia pursed her lips, clenched her hands, suppressed the surging hatred in her heart, and walked over quickly.

"Jiang Ye, apologize to the guest first, and then let them search you as the guest requested." After the manager arrived, they issued this ruling to Jiang Ye.

Jiang Ye likely hadn't expected that the manager wouldn't ask about the sequence of events, but instead pushed all the blame onto her.

"If the ring isn't found, I will find the media to expose that your hotel staff are light-fingered." Chen Xiuyue put on an arrogant attitude.

Today, she wanted to let Jiang Ye know that people were divided into the noble and the lowly. Since Jiang Ye hadn't taught Shu Xia well, she would teach Jiang Ye how to behave and conduct herself today.

Lin Miao, standing to the side, felt even more contempt for Jiang Ye after seeing her working as a cleaner at the hotel, and she wanted to return to Jiang Ye even less.

She didn't want to have a mother who worked as a cleaner; if her friends found out, they would definitely mock her.

Seeing that Lin Miao not only ignored her but also joined Chen Xiuyue in framing her, the guilt and maternal love Jiang Ye had originally felt for Lin Miao all dissipated.

Her eyes were red, yet she still insisted on saying to the manager, "The situation is not as they say; they are framing me."

"Apologize first."

The manager looked at the designer-clad Chen Xiuyue and Lin Miao and didn't believe Jiang Ye's words at all.

"I..." Jiang Ye's hands were tightly clenched into Boxing; ever since her husband died, she hadn't shed a single tear no matter how much she suffered, but the humiliation of being framed now made her eyes turn red.

"The ones who should apologize are you. There is surveillance in the elevator. As long as I call the police now, the police will immediately pull the footage once they arrive."

Shu Xia looked at Chen Xiuyue and Lin Miao with a cold, piercing gaze.

She had seen every one of their various faces.

Seeing them again now, even though they were dressed in finery, they still looked hideous to her.

"Xia Xia!" Jiang Ye was surprised to see Shu Xia.

Shu Xia came to Jiang Ye's side, "Mom, even if you work at this hotel, they have no right to search you."

"Xia Xia, do you know what you are saying?" Chen Xiuyue asked with a dissatisfied, sharp tone.

"Sister, I haven't seen you for so many days, and the moment you appear, you make Mom angry. Isn't that going too far?" Lin Miao said while accusing her, looking Shu Xia up and down.

Having not seen her for so many days, she had assumed that Shu Xia was hiding outside, surely crying every day, and perhaps becoming haggard and ugly.