She looked nervous, her eyes darting around. "Sister Su, come quick."
Mingyao glanced at the middle-aged woman out of the corner of her eye, quickly walked to the front desk, and asked in a low voice, "What happened?"
Ni An pulled her to his side, scrutinizing the middle-aged woman as he asked in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Sister Su, didn't you see today's gossip news?"
Mingyao was completely confused. "What happened?"
The middle-aged woman had a tense expression, and her heavily made-up features bore a striking resemblance to Pei Zhao.
A bold guess popped into Mingyao's mind. She took a deep breath. "Ni An, could she be CEO Pei's mother?"
Pei Zhao is the only son of Pei Siyu's second brother. In her previous life, she had heard most about Pei Zhao, but she hadn't heard much about his family.
In her past life, she was completely focused on Pei Siyu, so she had no time to care about anyone else.
However, she had heard Pei Siyu mention Pei Zhao's family affairs a couple of times.
Pei Siyu's second elder brother, Pei Chongguang, is a professor at Haidu's top university. He is devoted to teaching and has no interest in inheriting the Haichang Group.
However, Pei Chongguang's wife, Meng Yan, did not think that way. She had always wanted to curry favor with the eldest wife of the Pei family and to secure a position for Pei Zhao in the Haichang Group.
In his past life, Meng Yan's obsequious behavior towards Madam Pei caused Pei Zhao to have a huge argument with her, which even led to Pei Zhao running away from home.
Mingyao didn't know any more details.
"Sister Su, look."
Ni An took out her phone, and a photo on the screen caught Ming Yao's eye.
The background of the photo is on the Angel yacht in Red Bay, and the main characters in the picture are Xia Kexing and Pei Zhao.
Xia Kexing and Pei Zhao stood together, chatting and laughing, behaving intimately, just like a couple.
Mingyao stared intently at the photo, her mind inexplicably conjuring up the story of Pei Zhao talking about their office romance at the branch office.
No way!
A bold idea popped into Mingyao's head, and she was suddenly jolted.
Could it be that the female protagonist who had an office romance with Pei Zhao in her past life was Xia Kexing?
"I happened to see the photos that surfaced during this morning's rush hour, and just as I took a screenshot and saved them, the Weibo post that broke the news was deleted." Ni An clicked her tongue in amazement. "The Pei family moves so fast."
The morning rush hour is when there are many people, and commuters use their phones on buses, taxis, and subways.
Under such circumstances, the fact that the Pei family was able to extinguish the flames of public opinion so quickly demonstrates their immense financial resources.
If Ni An hadn't had the habit of scrolling through Weibo to kill time, she would never have seen the rumors about Xia Kexing and Pei Zhao.
Seeing that Mingyao didn't reply for a long time, Ni An raised her eyes and saw her extremely shocked expression. She asked in surprise, "Sister Su, you don't like President Pei, do you?"
"Huh?" Mingyao looked at her suspiciously. "How could I possibly like him?"
"Then why do you look so shocked?"
Mingyao smirked and explained with a dry laugh, "I didn't expect Xia Kexing to get involved with President Pei."
Ni An nodded, "I didn't expect that either."
She curled her lip and said with disdain, "Tch, I wonder which entertainment reporter was so blind as to take pictures of Xia Kexing and CEO Pei."
"They are not a good match at all. If you ask me, Xia Kexing is not even worthy of carrying Xiao Pei's shoes."
Mingyao gestured for her to lower her voice; if Meng Yan heard it, the two of them would be in trouble.
As soon as she finished speaking, Xia Kexing rushed into the company.
Having found her target, Meng Yan jumped up and rushed to her in a few steps, raising her hand and slapping her hard across the face.
Snap—
The crisp sound brought the noise in the hall to an abrupt halt. Passing colleagues stood frozen in place, exchanging bewildered glances, unsure of what had happened.
Mingyao and Ni Anye were stunned; neither of them expected Meng Yan to suddenly rush up and hit someone.
Xia Kexing stood there stunned, covering half of her cheek in disbelief as she stared at the woman in front of her.
Meng Yan glared fiercely at Xia Kexing, her ruthless gaze like a knife, as if she wanted to scrape pieces of flesh off her face.
"What are you doing?!"
Xia Kexing wasn't one to be jealous, and immediately called security, "What kind of work are you doing, letting a madman in?!"
The security guards recognized Meng Yan, and no one dared to step forward to stop her.
Seeing the security guards standing still, Xia Kexing angrily said, "Are you all idiots?"
Meng Yan's lips twitched twice, and she stared at Xia Kexing with a forced smile. "Yes, I am crazy!" After saying that, she slapped her again with her backhand. "That's exactly what I'm doing!"
The slap stunned Xia Kexing. She fell to the ground, her cheeks swollen like buns with red handprints on both sides.
"Don't you even know your own limitations? How dare you seduce my son!"
Meng Yan raised her voice, her sharp tone particularly jarring in the quiet hall.
Xia Kexing's colleagues looked at her with more pity.
Pei Zhao's mother is notoriously difficult to deal with; provoking her is tantamount to playing with fire and getting burned.
Xia Kexing was stunned. "Auntie, I have no grudge against you, why did you hit me?"
Her eyes were red, and her face was full of confusion.
Meng Yan wasn't buying it. She looked down at her, her eyes filled with anger. "Still playing dumb!"
She grabbed Xia Kexing's hair with a ferocious expression, "You seduced my son and you still won't admit it! Do you really think I'm stupid?"
Meng Yan was very strong; she almost ripped Xia Kexing's scalp off.
Xia Kexing cried out in pain, tears streaming down her face. "Auntie, I've never seduced your son. Have you misunderstood something?"
"Misunderstand?"
She looked at Xia Kexing with a mocking smile, "Looks like you won't shed a tear until you see the coffin!"
Meng Yan took a stack of photos out of her bag and slammed them in her face. "Take a look for yourself!"
Xia Kexing picked up the photo from the ground with trembling hands, a hint of surprise in her eyes.
The man and woman in the photos are indeed her and Pei Zhao. One photo was taken when she and Pei Zhao were chatting by the railing of the yacht, another was taken when Pei Zhao threw her a dress, and some photos were taken when she and Pei Zhao first met outside the company.
What is all this?
"Auntie, these photos don't mean anything."
Xia Kexing felt extremely wronged; she had never intended to seduce anyone.
Not only was he wronged, but he was also beaten up for no reason.
Seeing that she was still stubbornly denying it, Meng Yan's anger flared up even more. "You bitch, your eyes are practically glued to my son, and you still won't admit it!"
Just as she raised her hand to continue hitting, Pei Zhao's exclamation rang out, "Mom, what are you doing!"
At the critical moment, he rushed forward and grabbed Meng Yan's hand before it fell.
Meng Yan frowned and said angrily, "You actually defended her!"
Pei Zhao stood in front of Xia Kexing, protecting her, and anxiously explained, "Mom, I have nothing to do with her."
Don't believe everything you hear!
Lin Shu, a colleague who was close to Xia Kexing, stepped forward and advised, "Auntie, you've really misunderstood."
"That day, Mr. Pei bought an extra dress. He saw that Xia Kexing was wearing casual clothes, so he lent her the dress."
A hint of suspicion appeared in Meng Yan's eyes. "Really?"
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