Chapter 30

Qiao Muting's gaze swept coldly toward Shu Xia.

Shu Xia was pinning a woman to the ground; that woman's face had been beaten red and swollen, while Shu Xia looked calm and composed, her fair face appearing quite innocent.

It seemed her illness had recovered.

Zhang Tezhu was startled when he saw Shu Xia.

He then looked at the manager with a stern face, "Explain yourself clearly."

The manager's scalp was tight now; why would Qiao come here today?

And happen to see this scene.

If he didn't handle this well, his job would be at risk.

Shu Xia suddenly realized that this hotel—no, this entire building—belonged to Qiao Group, which was why she was seeing Qiao Muting here.

The manager immediately explained to Qiao Muting in the briefest words what had just happened and how he intended to resolve the matter.

Qiao Muting understood the cause of the matter clearly.

Then, his gaze, which made people hold their breath involuntarily, swept toward the other few people in the office.

Although Chen Xiuyue did not concern herself with company matters, people in high society had all heard the name Qiao Muting, and on top of that, her husband had been telling her for the past two days that he wanted to find an opportunity to introduce Lin Miao to Qiao Muting.

This was intended to help their Lin Family rise to a higher level in Jing City.

Therefore, she was incredibly surprised when she saw Qiao Muting, and at the same time, she felt some regret; if only she hadn't made things difficult for Jiang Ye, how could she have let Qiao Muting see the scene of Miaomiao being beaten.

It was too damaging to Miaomiao's image.

Glancing over, she saw Shu Xia still pinning Miaomiao down with rude behavior, and she nearly lost her composure; was Jiang Ye just going to watch like that and not reprimand Shu Xia?

"Shu Xia, get up quickly! How can you just start hitting people?" After Lin Miao reacted, she immediately put on the posture of a weak and helpless victim.

Jiang Ye realized that the situation was very complicated now.

She was afraid that today would implicate Xia Xia as well.

She suddenly felt some regret; if her attitude hadn't been so firm just now, and she had just endured it and apologized to Chen Xiuyue, perhaps things wouldn't be as thorny as they were now.

Jiang Ye's panic made the manager, who was looking over, understand even more clearly: it was just sacrificing a cleaner!

The customer is God, especially a customer with status and face.

"Jiang Ye, hurry and tell your daughter to let go of our customer!" The manager sternly ordered Jiang Ye.

"Now that my anger has subsided, let's just leave this matter at that. In the future, when you hire employees, you must investigate thoroughly whether their hands are clean," Chen Xiuyue said, putting on a posture of magnanimity.

Lin Miao shed tears, appearing even more fragile.

In contrast, Shu Xia looked like someone who bullied the weak.

She lifted her leg and then stood up as if nothing had happened.

"Jiang Ye, no matter what, you apologize to the guest first." The manager didn't care if they knew each other or not; in front of Qiao, this matter had to be handled properly.

It was just that he didn't know why Qiao and Zhang Tezhu had attitudes that were truly impossible to fathom.

"Do I need to repeat myself? My mother is innocent; it was they who framed her. Do I need to call the police?" Shu Xia held Jiang Ye's hand.

Jiang Ye whispered to Shu Xia, "Xia Xia, let Mom apologize; let this matter pass."

Shu Xia shook her head to indicate her stance.

Regarding Chen Xiuyue and Lin Miao, if she backed down this time, it would only make them push their luck, and they would become even more shameless in the future.

"You!" Chen Xiuyue was nearly angered to death by Shu Xia.

"You just hit me..." Lin Miao said, lowering her head and biting her red lips as if she were very afraid of Shu Xia.

Watching Lin Miao's hypocritical act, Shu Xia was too familiar with this scene; she said with a half-smile, "If we go to the police, it would still be me acting in self-defense. If you hadn't wanted to hit me, would I have hit you?"

"Xia Xia never hits people first," Jiang Ye testified.

Qiao Muting first gave Chen Xiuyue a cold glance, then looked at Shu Xia with deep eyes.

The two gazes met without a trace.