Guo Aimin clenched his teeth tightly, his cheeks bulging from the effort, his eyes burning with fury, his resentment almost bursting forth.
However, when he met Secretary Yang's sharp and authoritative gaze, he couldn't help but feel a chill, and all his arrogance vanished instantly.
Despite his reluctance, he knew he couldn't act rashly at this moment, so he secretly gave his subordinates a wink.
Those subordinates understood immediately and quickly released their grip on Xia Wan's hands.
While gently rubbing her arm, which was still sore from being scratched and even had several red marks, Xia Wan straightened her back without fear, raised her head to look directly at Secretary Yang, and said righteously:
"Boss, I came to the department store today just to shop happily, but I never expected to encounter such terrible treatment. You must give me a reasonable explanation and account today. We absolutely cannot let this manager continue to act recklessly! Otherwise, who will dare to shop here in the future?"
Secretary Yang nodded slightly, indicating his agreement with Xia Wan's demands. He then turned his sharp gaze to Guo Aimin, who was standing to the side, and reprimanded him sternly:
"Guo Aimin, you've gone too far! This is a department store, how can we allow your staff to treat customers so rudely? The purpose of service staff is to provide excellent service to customers wholeheartedly. Who gave them the audacity to openly belittle customers?"
Upon hearing Secretary Yang's stern criticism, Guo Aimin's face clearly showed his dissatisfaction.
He opened his mouth as if to retort, but when he met Secretary Yang's all-seeing gaze again, a chill ran through him, and the words he was about to say became stammering:
“Secretary Yang… I did this out of consideration for maintaining order in the department store. You don’t know, this young girl is completely unreasonable. She beat our staff so badly they couldn’t speak.”
"You're still trying to argue! I was just buying things normally like any other customer, but what about your staff? They were harassing me and giving me the cold shoulder!"
Xia Wan's face was as cold as ice. She sneered and said, "Hmph, I don't want to waste my breath on you right now. Just now, a kind-hearted comrade took the initiative to report me to the police. Before long, you'll be paying a heavy price for the evil deeds you've committed!"
Her words were like a thunderclap, exploding in everyone's ears. Before she finished speaking, a commotion arose outside; it turned out that the police had arrived at lightning speed.
They marched in with neat and powerful steps, heading straight into the department store. As soon as they entered the lobby, their eyes, sharp as hawks, scanned their surroundings, quickly taking in the situation.
Immediately, the lead police officer asked with a serious expression, "What exactly happened? Can someone tell us the details of what happened?"
At this moment, Xia Wan took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and began to recount the entire incident to the police officers in an orderly manner.
From the moment she stepped into the department store, she recounted how the sales clerk treated her unreasonably, describing every detail clearly and explicitly.
Those who had initially just gathered to watch the spectacle now nodded in agreement, confirming that everything Xia Wan said was true.
Even Secretary Yang, who was standing to the side, quickly stepped forward to testify for Xia Wan and solemnly assured them: "Police officers, please rest assured, our department store has always adhered to the principle of customer first and will absolutely not allow any employee to do anything that harms the interests of customers! We will thoroughly investigate this matter and will not tolerate any wrongdoing!"
Hearing this, Xia Wan's lips curled up slightly imperceptibly. She thought to herself: This Secretary Yang reacted quite quickly. With such a strong will to survive, he must be a smart man!
Upon hearing this, Guo Aimin was struck dumb, as if by lightning, and completely panicked.
He turned to look at Secretary Yang with a look of horror on his face, his mouth slightly open as if he wanted to explain something, but then, as if he suddenly thought of something, he tightly closed his mouth and dared not say a word more.
At this moment, all he could do was place all his hopes on his niece, secretly praying that she would perform well enough and that she would really become mute as she said!
Actually, it's not necessarily true that Guo Aimin firmly believed that Xia Wan had made his niece mute.
But now that things have come to this, if they can't definitively say that Xia Wan did it, wouldn't all their previous efforts have been in vain?
So no matter what, even though he knew this argument might be a bit far-fetched, he could only grit his teeth and stick to it.
Not long after, Guo Aimin's niece and the waiter who had just complained on her behalf slowly walked in under everyone's gaze.
Upon seeing this, Guo Aimin rushed forward and grabbed his niece's hand tightly, anxiously asking, "Chunhong, please tell the police officers what really happened... Did this officer make you mute?"
Chunhong first opened her mouth slightly, as if trying to make a sound to prove that she could no longer speak, but in the end she only moved her lips a few times in vain.
Then, she helplessly pointed to her throat and quickly started gesturing wildly in the air with her hands.
However, because her gestures were too complicated and unpredictable, everyone present was completely baffled and had no idea what she was trying to express.
Although Guo Aimin also couldn't understand his niece's sign language at all, seeing her anxious and flustered appearance, he couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
Immediately afterward, he turned to the police officers and said, "Look, you all see this, right? My Chunhong can't even say a word now. It's obvious she's been harmed! Officers, you have to help us!"
The police officer frowned, clearly not believing him, and turned to Xia Wan, asking, "Young man, what do you say?"
Xia Wan's expression remained unchanged, but her eyes showed some confusion: "I don't know. Just now, this comrade was calling me a country bumpkin and saying I was dressed shabbily. How come he can't say anything now? I didn't even touch her!"
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