Chapter 622 She is here to cause trouble
Mrs. Pei struggled hard but couldn't pull her wrist out.
The hand of Mrs. Huo in front of her was so strong that she held her wrist bone so tightly that she couldn't move at all.
"Are you trying to use your power to pressure others?"
Pei Chun's mother started yelling, "Everyone, come and see! Furong Beauty Salon is bullying me! Not only did they steal my valuable necklace, but they also won't let me call the police! Everyone, come and judge for yourself!"
She had a very loud voice, and many female customers stopped asking questions and stood in the lobby to watch the fun.
There were also people with a strong sense of justice who spoke up for Mrs. Pei.
"Ms. Qiao, this Mrs. Pei is worried because she lost something. If it's something valuable, look for it first. If you can't find it, call the police."
“It’s the customer’s right to call the police.”
"Miss Qiao, is there something fishy about stopping me like this? It's common for beauticians in newly opened beauty salons to be dishonest. A necklace worth hundreds of thousands of dollars would be enough for them to earn several years' salary, so it's normal for them to be tempted by the money."
Facing their discussions, Qiao Xi felt very calm.
It is normal for customers to speak from the perspective of customers, as they are the ones with the same interests.
She slowly released Mrs. Pei's wrist, leaving not even a nail mark on the fair wrist, leaving Mrs. Pei with no excuse to cause any more sexual trouble.
She rubbed her wrist and snorted.
Qiao Xi looked around at the customers in the lobby on the first floor and said to Mrs. Pei, "When your property and life are threatened, it is indeed your right to call the police. I can't stop you.
"But we haven't figured out the whole story yet, so let's not waste police resources. Police resources are very tight right now. Can we let our beauty salon staff look around for you first?"
What she said made sense.
Mrs. Pei secretly mocked Qiao Xi for being so cunning. She was put on moral shackles with just one sentence: "Don't waste police resources." If she didn't agree, she would appear particularly suspicious.
She glanced at the crowd and snorted.
"Okay, look for it carefully! If you can't find it, I'll..."
Qiao Xi said: "If you can't find it, our beauty salon will pay you double the compensation and apologize to you."
Mrs. Pei's face was filled with sarcasm when she heard this. "Compensation? I'm still short of that little money. I'm going to call the police. If they can't find him, then there's a thief in your beauty salon! If he's a thief, he must be arrested! Otherwise, who would dare to come to your beauty salon? Don't you agree?"
"Yeah, who knows what kind of people with low morals there are."
"If I can't find Mrs. Pei's necklace today, I'll cancel my card. No matter how good the Jade Skin Cream is, it's only for scar removal. There are other products at Yingyue Pavilion across the street. Miss Lu is very good at managing her subordinates, and nothing like this has ever happened!"
"You still have to trust the locals. Outsiders can do anything."
Mrs. Pei, upon hearing this, said with some pride, "Go ahead and look for it. I'll give you half an hour to find the necklace for me. If I don't find it in half an hour, I'll call the police."
Qiao Xi pursed her lips tightly. She knew that if she didn't find the necklace today and clear the beauty salon's name, the opening ceremony would be ruined.
She assigned Lao Chen and the beauty salon staff to look for the necklace in places where Mrs. Pei might have been, whether it was the lobby or the private room.
"Old Chen."
Qiao Xi called out to Lao Chen in a low voice, walked to the corner and whispered, "Go check the surveillance footage of Mrs. Pei entering the house. She was wearing a low-cut long dress today. If she really wore a necklace when she entered the house, the surveillance camera would definitely have captured it."
Old Chen looked at her and said, "Young Madam, do you suspect that this Mrs. Pei is deliberately causing trouble?"
"Well, she seems to want to make a big deal out of this. And she's Pei Chun's mother, so I can't let her think too much. A normal person would ask us to help find the necklace, but she insisted that there was a thief in our beauty salon and wanted to call the police."
Very suspicious.
Qiao Xi became more cautious.
She looked at Yingyue Pavilion across from the corridor on the second floor. Competition among peers was a normal thing.
She had never seen such dirty business before.
But she had long seen the wickedness of human nature.
"Old Chen, find the beautician who served Mrs. Pei. Tell her not to act rashly. If you find any evidence, keep it as it is." An idea flashed through Qiao Xi's mind, and she whispered a few words to him.
"Yes, Madam. I will certainly do as you command."
"Go ahead! If there really is someone who wants to use the opening of the business to harm our Furong, then there's no need to be polite. That Madam Pei isn't the direct mistress of the Pei family, so there's no need to worry about anything. I believe that no mistress of a noble family in the imperial capital would do such a thing."
"Okay, I'll be more careful."
After listening to her arrangements, Old Chen left. He first checked the surveillance footage to confirm that Mrs. Pei was indeed wearing the diamond necklace when she entered the house.
Mrs. Pei had been standing in the corridor on the second floor, discussing the details with the ladies passing by, trying to make a big deal about what had just happened.
She leaned against the railing with a look of disdain on her face, "You have to find it for me quickly, otherwise your Furong Beauty Salon will have no chance of gaining a foothold in the imperial capital."
A beauty salon relies on its reputation.
Reputation is ruined, and it's over.
If you don't establish yourself on your first day, you'll have a much harder time later on. I heard the original Furong Beauty Salon had a chaotic opening day, leaving many wealthy women dissatisfied.
Word of mouth spreads from one person to ten, from ten to a hundred, and then there is the squeeze from competitors.
It closed down not long after it opened.
Qiao Xi's attitude was very friendly. She asked the manager to move a chair for Mrs. Pei and brought her some scented tea and snacks.
"You're not comfortable standing in your high heels, so sit down first. If you don't want to go inside, sitting in the corridor is fine."
Qiao Xi said patiently.
Mrs. Pei looked her over. She hadn't expected the city-famous young mistress of the Huo family to be so soft-tempered. She was so polite after a casual threat. She glared at Qiao Xi and became even more aggressive. "I heard you're offering a free pulse check when you open your business?"
"yes."
Mrs. Pei slowly extended her hand and placed it in front of her. "Then take my pulse. You must be the number one in that needle-testing club. Logically, you should be more capable than Miss Lu, but you don't look superhuman."
There was a hint of contempt in her laughter and her words were uncomfortable.
It seemed as if there was a natural contempt between them, and she and Pei Chun were indeed mother and daughter.
Huo Sijiao heard the wind outside the door and rushed in, only to hear Mrs. Pei's humiliating words. This was like stepping on her sister-in-law's face. Her sister-in-law was the apprentice of Cheng Han, a traditional Chinese medicine doctor. How could she be bullied like this?
She looked angry: "What's your attitude?"
“Jiaojiao!”
Qiao Xi stopped it in time.
Mrs. Pei scoffed softly, "Are you getting impatient? Look at this, everyone. Is this your attitude towards running a business? If you don't like being bullied, just stay at home and be a young lady. Why are you working in the service industry? Are you trying to be a virtuous person?"
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Pei. Jiaojiao didn't mean it. There's a misunderstanding." Qiao Xi tugged at Huo Sijiao's sleeve and said, "Jiaojiao, go get me the pulse pillow. I'll take Mrs. Pei's pulse so she doesn't have to wait in vain."
On the surface, she looked pretty, had a good temper, and spoke softly. It seemed that she was stunned by Mrs. Pei's affairs!
But deep down, he had a plan for success.
As soon as the time comes...
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