It happened so suddenly that I didn't have time to react.
By the time I realized Zhao Xian wanted to hit me, it was too late to dodge.
I subconsciously closed my eyes and waited for a few seconds, but I didn't feel the pain on my cheek as I expected.
Zhao Xian's breathing became more rapid, and she growled angrily, "Lu Zhiyuan!"
I suddenly opened my eyes and saw Lu Zhiyuan holding Zhao Xian's wrist, and his tall body blocked my way.
Zhao Xian was shaking with anger, and her bloodshot eyes looked like she wanted to eat me alive.
"Zhiyuan, what are you doing? Let your mother go!" Seeing this, Lu Jing stepped forward and supported Zhao Xian.
Lu Zhiyuan loosened his hand, protecting my body but not moving away.
He frowned and said in a deep voice, "Mom, I know you feel very wronged about what happened today. But before the matter is investigated clearly, I don't want another person to be wronged."
"I'm sorry, if you don't want to see Xiaoshan, I'll take her away now." Lu Zhiyuan held my hand.
Under Zhao Xian's hostile gaze, Lu Zhiyuan pulled me out of the hotel quickly.
"Wife, my mother..." Outside the hotel, Lu Zhiyuan stopped and wanted to explain something to me.
I was stunned, and ripples seemed to appear in my heart, and an indescribable grievance was brewing.
This grievance was not brought to me by Zhao Xian, but by Lu Zhiyuan.
I would rather he stood on the side of my parents-in-law and hysterically slandered and insulted me than for him to stand up to defend me, which made me feel self-deceiving.
"The birthday party isn't over yet, you shouldn't leave. Go back and be with your mom." I interrupted him, avoiding his gaze and smiling helplessly. "Actually, your mom is right. If I were the one making a fool of myself, I would also suspect that the person who gave me the clothes had ulterior motives."
"Wife, I believe you." Lu Zhiyuan pulled me into his arms, patted my back gently, and said softly, "No matter what happens, I believe everything you say."
My heart skipped a beat and my nose felt a little sore.
I was afraid of sinking into his tenderness and afraid of falling into the "love" carefully planned by Lu Zhiyuan again.
After a moment, I pushed him away.
I looked up at him, forced a smile, and said, "Thank you, honey. Can you go back and stay with Mom?"
"Where are you going?" he asked me worriedly.
I picked up the torn cheongsam in my hand and said, "I promised to give Mom an explanation."
I don’t care what Zhao Xian thinks of me, but I won’t take the blame for what I didn’t do.
Ten minutes later, I drove to the mall.
I found the manager of the cheongsam shop and explained the situation to her. She called the tailor in the store and was shocked after confirming that the unraveling seams were caused by human damage.
"Ms. Lan, please wait a moment. I need to contact the salesperson who sold you this cheongsam."
The store manager made a phone call, and after a moment, her expression became more and more serious.
The other party didn't answer.
She entered the office and a few minutes later came out with an apologetic look on her face.
"Ms. Lan, we have already investigated the matter clearly. The person who damaged the cheongsam was our shopping guide," the store manager told me.
I was surprised and asked, “Why would she do that?”
That shopping guide has no grudge against me, so there's no need for her to deliberately mess with me, right?
The store manager said anxiously, "We want to know too, but we haven't been able to contact her yet. Our initial suspicion is that she's under great pressure from life, which has led her to want revenge on society. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you. We are willing to negotiate compensation with you!"
This is really a coincidence. When things are not going well for a person, all kinds of bad things will happen one after another.
Now that things have happened, the most important thing now is how to solve them.
After thinking about it, I proposed a compensation plan.
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