Chapter 76: Defending My Wife in Public! White Lotus Demoted to the Cold Palace Department

It's the morning rush hour at work, and in front of so many people, Bai Cixian feels that this time Gu Yunci will side with her no matter what.

Meng Shutang watches more and more people gathering and only finds Bai Cixian even more detestable.

She just went downstairs, while Bai Cixian went upstairs.

She was about to walk over, but Bai Cixian suddenly grabbed her.

"Your mother is a vegetative patient who has been lying in bed for fourteen years; give up, she will never wake up."

"What does it matter that she occupies the position of the original wife? My mother is the one at the top of father's heart; you being three months older than me is irrelevant, you and your mother are both unnecessary alive."

Those words, dense as needles, pierced Meng Shutang's heart, making it bleed.

She raised her hand and gave her a light push.

Bai Cixian, who was already standing on the first step of the staircase, immediately staggered exaggeratedly backward, and, taking advantage of the passing crowd, screamed on the spot.

Bai Cixian, seeing more and more people, added fuel to the fire, "Miss Meng, we've always gotten along peacefully; why do you keep picking on me again and again?"

Meng Shutang looked at her, about to speak.

Gu Yunci, who was behind the crowd, walked to the front; seeing him, Bai Cixian immediately stepped before him and said, "Brother Yunci, she pushed me, absolutely true."

The words at Meng Shutang's mouth were swallowed again.

He has always defended Bai Cixian; whatever she says, he will never believe.

Gu Yunci looked at Meng Shutang and said, "Isn't there surveillance here? Qin Zheng, go retrieve it."

Almost everyone present thought Meng Shutang would be scared.

After all, from her demeanor, one could see that she had pushed Bai Cixian.

Unexpectedly, before Qin Zheng could leave, Bai Cixian grabbed him and said, "No, don't retrieve the footage."

If the footage is retrieved, everyone will know she is the mistress's daughter, and how could she continue to establish herself in the company? How will she face everyone?

The crowd gasped.

"Manager Bai, what are you afraid of? Didn't you just keep saying that Teacher Meng pushed you?"

"Are you lying? Defaming Teacher Meng?"

"Bai Cixian, you deliberately raised your voice and shouted just to draw us here so that Teacher Meng would have no defense, right?"

…

Gu Yunci, with one hand in his pocket, glanced at the still downcast Meng Shutang, then turned to Bai Cixian, "Manager Bai, did Teacher Meng push you?"

Bai Cixian thought, clenched her teeth and swallowed, "No, she didn't push me; I… I just didn't stand steady and fell off the step."

Gu Yunci gave a faint smile, "Then why did you frame her?"

"I was… extremely scared just now, panicked for a moment, and misunderstood Teacher Meng."

Gu Yunci said, "In that case, apologize to Teacher Meng in public."

Bai Cixian never calculated that the ending would turn out like this.

Even though Meng Shutang clearly pushed her, she still has to apologize to her.

Consider her as thoughtless and accept the loss.

She walked up to Meng Shutang, who was still standing on the second step.

"Teacher Meng, I didn't intend to misunderstand you just now; I was too panicked, I'm sorry."

After speaking, she gave a slight bow.

Meng Shutang's mind again recalled the vicious words she had just spoken, that she and Zhou Xingfan didn't deserve to live; she gave a faint glance and said, "No need, I can't bear it."

After that, she walked straight down the steps toward the second underground level.

Bai Cixian saw Meng Shutang leave and also wanted to leave, when Gu Yunci suddenly called her back.

"Bai Cixian."

She listened and stood respectfully.

"You openly framed a colleague; this atmosphere cannot be encouraged. From this moment, you are demoted from manager to specialist, suspended for a week for reflection, and your entire quarterly bonus is deducted."

"Also, you should leave the Cultural Tourism Department and go to the Administration Department; that side suits you better."

After saying that, Gu Yunci left, and a few administrative staff present gave Bai Cixian several white looks.

"They also didn't want her, making their administration department seem like a trash dump."

Descending the stairs, Meng Shutang clearly heard Gu Yunci's punishment of Bai Cixian, word by word.

The punishment was quite severe, far beyond her expectation.

She thought he would, as four years ago, unhesitatingly defend Bai Cixian, but instead he not only sided with her but also punished Bai Cixian.

In fact, for this kind of conflict, making her apologize publicly and giving a few verbal criticisms would suffice.

But he "went above and beyond", also demoted Bai Cixian, suspended her for reflection, deducted her quarterly bonus, and transferred her to a marginal department.

This really… is quite severe!

Is it that Gu Yunci no longer loves Bai Cixian? Did they break up long ago?

Yet thinking of their past together, and the child they had.

Meng Shutang felt a chill down her spine; infidelity is either zero times or countless times.

Even if he truly repents now, it cannot stop a man who has once strayed from cheating again.

Qin Zheng followed Gu Yunci into the president's elevator.

"President, I think Miss Meng really pushed Bai Cixian; by doing this, aren't you afraid the surveillance will be exposed, which would be detrimental to Miss Meng?"

The man spoke slowly, "When I passed by, I saw Bai Cixian glance at the surveillance on the wall; she wanted to cause a scene because she expected Meng Shutang wouldn't dare retrieve the footage."

"Then she must have said something extremely offensive just now, which made Shutang push her."

Qin Zheng gave Gu Yunci a thumbs‑up, "President Gu, great job."

At noon, Qin Zheng came in and asked Gu Yunci what he was going to eat.

Gu Yunci glanced down at his wristwatch and stood up. "Don't mind me, go ahead and eat. I'm going out for a walk."

But the moment he arrived at Zhonglin Dasha, he spotted that little girl with the porcelain-doll features he had encountered at the airport last time.

Amidst such a crowd, she was such a tiny thing, yet he still spotted her at a glance.

Weaving through the bustling throng, he went to her side. "Hi, long time no see."

The little girl turned her head and saw him, her bright little face breaking into a radiant smile. "Handsome uncle, do you work around here too?"

Gu Yunci crouched down in front of her, looking at her sweet, well-behaved features and the dimples on her cheeks, his heart melting into a soft puddle.

"Yes. Where's your family? Why are you here all by yourself?"

The little girl pointed at the auntie next to her. "Grandma Li went to buy juice. I'm waiting for her here."

"What's your name?"

Meng Shutang had told her not to talk to strangers, and never to give her personal information to strangers, but this uncle looked kind, and ever since they parted at the airport last time, she often dreamed about him, so she answered without hesitation: "My name is Xin Xin."

Gu Yunci was about to tell her his own information when the auntie suddenly came over, mistook him for someone with ill intentions, took Xin Xin by the hand and left.

Gu Yunci stood up and watched them go, feeling a bit disappointed.

He still didn't know which "xin" her name was, where she lived, or who was in her family!

Next time he saw her, he definitely needed to have a good long chat with her.

His phone suddenly rang. He took it out and saw it was Qin Zheng calling. He thought it was some business partner looking for him.

"President Gu, is Teacher Meng with you?"

Gu Yunci started to his feet. "What happened?"

Qin Zheng said, "Ruan An just called crying, saying that during lunch break Teacher Meng went out and never came back.

She couldn't reach her at all and was panicking, feeling certain that Teacher Meng must have run into some kind of danger."