Chapter 86

Although it was noon and the weather outside was very hot, the entrance of the Xiang Ai store was still crowded with people watching the excitement. Even Mr. Ge was sitting under the tree at the entrance, waving a palm-leaf fan and smiling at Qin Xiang.

"Boss, congratulations on being admitted to Tsinghua University."

"Boss, congratulations on becoming the top scholar in our Shandong Province."

Mi Hongjun and He Liping were standing there, more excited than anyone else, clapping their hands until they were red. They were proud to have such a powerful boss like Qin Xiang.

Qin Xiang was also very happy, and waved his hand, "Today, everyone who comes into the store to buy clothes will get a 10% discount."

The customers who watched the excitement cheered.

Someone asked, "We are still waiting for the sportswear, when can it arrive?"

Qin Xiang smiled and said, "My third brother has already gone to pick up the goods, and it will be in the store in an hour at the latest."

Qin Xiang asked Mi Hongjun, "Is the student area ready? How is the new store preparing?"

Mi Hongjun said loudly, "Everything is ready, we just need to hang the clothes and then we can open for business. The clothes racks and supports are also ready."

"Okay, everyone go in and take a look first, I'll go get the notice."

Qin Xiang hurried to the post office to get the notice. At this time, Qin Yang also hired a tricycle to pull the clothes back, and even Qin Juan pulled a cart by herself, which was full of new goods from Yangcheng.

Because the university town will open in the next few days, clothes have to be reserved. Qin Xiang asked Miao Xiaofeng to sort out the goods alone, while others sorted the goods and entertained customers.

It was also the first time that the sportswear for students in Qin Xiang's store was better than the women's clothing.

Whether it was the bright red or the classic black and white, the novel styles and color combinations attracted the attention of students and parents. It is no exaggeration to say that even if these sportswear styles are not good, someone would be willing to buy them just because of Qin Xiang's reputation as the top scorer in science.

It was after seven o'clock in the evening, when the most people were playing in the square, and the flow of people in Qin Xiang's store also increased.

Qin Xiang and several shop assistants were working around the clock, taking turns to eat a few mouthfuls of food.

At this moment, someone suddenly pushed the door open.

"This is it, this is Qin Xiang's shop."

Qin Xiang looked up and saw a group of people rushing in, some holding microphones, some holding notebooks and pens, and some carrying cameras. The sound of clicking and the light of the flash made the shop brighter, and all the machines rushed towards Qin Xiang in an instant.

"Excuse me, classmate Qin Xiang, are you happy that you got into the Polytechnic University this time?"

Before Qin Xiang could answer, someone asked quickly, "I heard that you took the college entrance examination after your divorce. What was the reason for your divorce? Was it because of improper behavior as rumored?"

The smile on Qin Xiang's lips faded, and his eyes moved to the twenty-year-old female reporter, and suddenly said, "Before asking me this question, did you conduct any field investigation?"

Zhang Wei was stunned, "No, it was because someone reported it..."

"Because some people are not used to my being the top scorer in science in Shandong Province and cannot bear to see me being admitted to Tsinghua University, so they reported my private life and made up stories, and then you believed them and came here to question me?" Qin Xiang looked at the people around her, and none of them were from the provincial TV station. She laughed, "Any other questions?"

"Please answer the reporter's question just now, classmate Qin Xiang. What is the reason for your divorce?"

"The report said that this was not your first time taking the college entrance examination, and that you were not doing your duty..."

Before the female reporter finished her words, she heard Qin Xiang laugh sarcastically, "You are already in your twenties, and you should be a woman of the new era. After all, you are a reporter for a newspaper, but you came out to interview in broad daylight with your feet bound."

Several reporters laughed, and Zhang Wei's face changed slightly, "If you don't want to answer, then don't answer. Why insult others?"

"Are you insulting me, or am I insulting you?" Qin Xiang said firmly, without giving in, "They broke into my store without permission and caused me serious economic losses."

She glanced at He Liping, "Liping, write down their units, and we will settle the losses one by one tomorrow."

"You are being unreasonable."

Qin Xiang interrupted her. "You should be reasonable. My business is going well, but you barged in without any investigation. You insulted my personality and interfered with my private life based on a report letter whose authenticity is unknown. May I ask, who gave you the right? In addition, whether I am divorced and why, what does it have to do with my college entrance examination? Does the policy say that divorced people cannot take the college entrance examination?"

"Don't answer irrelevant questions."

"Even if I answer, I won't give you any useful information." But Qin Xiang looked at them and said angrily, "Now, immediately, get out of here."

She could see clearly that the few people who came to interview were all small units in the provincial capital. None of the mainstream media such as the provincial TV station and the provincial newspaper participated.

So Qin Xiang chased them away without mercy. These people were all malicious towards her when they came in. No matter how she explained today, there would be no good results waiting for her. She begged them, and they might think that she was guilty and would report it recklessly. She had a bad attitude and knew what was waiting for her tomorrow.

But was she afraid?

It would be strange if she was afraid. She was admitted to the university with her own efforts. Who could take away her college student status?

Qin Xiang's tone also successfully frightened these people. At this time, Qin Yang and Zhao Ping came in from outside. They knew what happened after taking a look at the situation. They went out to deliver a batch of goods and such a thing happened.

"Get out."

Zhang Wei looked at the ferocious man in front of her, her heart trembled slightly, and she couldn't help but take two steps back, "You want to hit someone?"

"Humph, you can try." Qin Yang seemed to be laughing again, but his expression was really scary, which made Zhang Wei a little scared.

The people from the other newspapers looked at each other, and they were pushed back by Qin Yang and Zhao Ping.

"You will regret it." Zhang Wei was afraid of this man after all, so she said the harsh words and turned around and left.

When the others saw it, they all left.

The customers in the store looked at each other, not knowing how to react.

At this time, a little girl said, "So what if they get divorced? It is because many people are afraid to get divorced that there are so many tragedies and so many poor women."

Most of the people buying clothes here are women. There are young people buying clothes for themselves, and there are mothers who bring their daughters and sons to buy school uniforms after hearing the news. After hearing the little girl's words, I felt a little complicated.

I feel the same way.

Some people agree, and some people don't.

But no one took the initiative to speak at this moment.

Qin Xiang smiled, "Okay, Xiaomi, continue to entertain customers. Those who are willing to buy will get a 15% discount for the rest of the time. Those who are not willing to buy will be sent away properly."

After saying that, she sat down there and continued to collect money. Mi Hongjun and Tan Xiu took others to continue serving.

Some people did leave, but most people chose to wait and see, buying what they should buy and trying what they should try. Except for glancing at Qin Xiang from time to time, no one took the initiative to speak.

At around 10pm, after seeing off the last customer, Qin Xiang held a meeting with the staff.

Qin Xiang: "Tomorrow, many tabloids will probably exaggerate and report what happened today, and some people may come to you to verify. What I'm telling you is that no matter who comes to tell you, just let them watch the college entrance examination interview on the provincial TV station's education channel tomorrow night, and don't say anything else. Got it?"

Everyone nodded hurriedly, and Mi Hongjun said angrily, "They are really too much of a bully. It's obviously not your fault that you got divorced."

In the past, Mi Hongjun only heard Qin Yang talk about the reason for the divorce, but a few days ago, he and Hao Jingjing conducted a field investigation and interview, and only then did they recover the truth of Qin Xiang's divorce.

Mi Hongjun felt very disgusted and thought Qin Xiang's life was not easy. If Qin Xiang hadn't stopped him, he would have fought with those reporters.

Qin Xiang glanced at him with a soft look on her face, "It's useless to argue with them at this time. They will only think that I am guilty, so don't talk about anything else, just let them watch this channel."

Seriously speaking, this matter is really a big deal, and it is also good for her. No matter what kind of reputation it is, it can quickly open up the situation.

Divorce is a fact, and it is reported. If others don't agree with her life and don't want to come to her store, then don't come, but she believes that more people will stand on her side after understanding the truth of the matter.

After a while, Qin Xiang asked Mi Hongjun, "Did you keep an eye on the people who were asked to deliver the message before?"

"Yes." But Mi Hongjun was depressed again, "But the people who came today are probably those she has joined in the past two days..."

"Do you know where she lives?"

Mi Hongjun nodded, "Yes."

"That's good to know." Qin Xiang yawned, "Go back and have a rest."

After days of riding in the car and not having a rest, Qin Xiang was indeed tired. She went upstairs with Qin Yang to wash up. Qin Yang was a little worried, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes, "We should have let Wang Junsheng know and learn a lesson at the beginning."

Qin Xiang said indifferently, "Third brother, Wang Junsheng may not know about this. It may be Cui Hong who did it herself, thinking of ruining my reputation through this incident. Wang Junsheng is not that stupid."

It is true that Wang Junsheng is a hypocrite, but he is the best at making plans for himself. He was good at managing his reputation in the past, otherwise it would not have spread so quickly in the surrounding area after he was admitted to university. The divorce was originally his fault, and he would not be so stupid as to publicize his divorce everywhere and damage his reputation.

Cui Hong is a smart person, but she doesn't use her brain in the right way. She is also short-sighted and only sees the immediate benefits.

Maybe Cui Hong and Wang Junsheng are having problems in their relationship, or Wang Junsheng has other ideas, and wants to use this incident to let people know about Wang Junsheng so that Wang Junsheng can never be separated from her.

Since Cui Hong wants Wang Junsheng to be famous so much, how could she not fulfill her wish?

Qin Xiang fell asleep almost without any worries while lying in bed. However, some tabloids outside were very busy, and they were all busy writing articles to get the newspapers out early tomorrow morning.

Many people felt fortunate that some mainstream newspapers and TV stations did not go, which gave them an opportunity to develop.

Overnight, the newspaper reports changed dramatically.

Someone got up early and bought a newspaper. When he saw the headlines, his eyes widened.

"Science champion Qin Xiang was divorced because of indiscretion."

"Science champion Qin Xiang bribed the school teacher and successfully enrolled."

"Science champion was angry and uttered bad words."

"What do you think of science champion Qin Xiang's temper and profit-seeking?"

...

There were many such reports, all attacking Qin Xiang, and some newspapers even published the excerpts of the report.

The handwriting was soft and the words were like a knife, telling bad things about Qin Xiang.

Before Qin Xiang got up, Mi Hongjun and He Liping came over anxiously with newspapers.

When they were downstairs, they met Hao Jingjing, who smiled and said, "Why are you running so fast? I think Qin Xiang hasn't gotten up yet."

Mi Hongjun said angrily, "You're still laughing?"

Then he threw the newspaper to Hao Jingjing.

Hao Jingjing only glanced at it and handed it back to him, "I know everything, I've seen it."

This made Mi Hongjun even more dissatisfied, "You can still laugh here after reading it, are you gloating?"

Hao Jingjing was speechless, but when she learned about this early in the morning, she was also very anxious, so she hurried to find her father for help.

Her father only said this one sentence, "Aren't you going to interview Qin Xiang today? What is the most feared thing in the news? The fear is that the commotion is not big enough. The bigger the commotion, the more attention it will attract. We are the provincial station, and we will ask the provincial newspaper to follow up for the interview. Do you think the public will believe the mainstream media or these tabloids that spread nonsense to attract attention?"

Hao Jingjing's father holds a high position. After listening to her father, Hao Jingjing understood. She came here early in the morning because she was worried that the newspaper would affect Qin Xiang.

Unexpectedly, she was bombarded by Mi Hongjun first.

But Hao Jingjing was unwilling to argue with him. She was three years older than Mi Hongjun. How could she argue with a little kid?

Hao Jingjing smiled, "I'll go up to see Qin Xiang."

Mi Hongjun was anxious, but he had no choice but to be stopped by He Liping, "Let's wait."

Hao Jingjing waited for Mi Hongjun to open the shutters and go upstairs, but found that Qin Xiang had not gotten up yet.

After waiting for a while, Qin Yang came out of the kitchen. When he saw Hao Jingjing, he just nodded and smiled and continued to cook.

Perhaps he heard the noise, Qin Xiang finally got up. Hao Jingjing smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to be so beautiful when you don't wash your face?"

Qin Xiang was speechless, "Do you think my chicken nest head is more beautiful or the eye boogers in the corners of my eyes are more beautiful?"

Hao Jingjing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "How can you say that about yourself."

Qin Xiang smiled and went to wash her face. Hao Jingjing followed her in, "You must not have read the newspaper yet?"

Qin Xiang hummed, but said, "I can guess what the newspaper will say, it will definitely not be good."

Hao Jingjing repeated her father's words, "In this world, evil cannot prevail over good, and these tabloids are not well developed and have low circulation. They can't be compared with our provincial radio station and provincial newspaper."

"I know."

Hao Jingjing was surprised, "Aren't you angry?"

"I'm angry. How can I not be angry?" Qin Xiang said with a smile, "I kicked them out yesterday and asked them for financial compensation. It's strange that they can say anything good about me."

But if she is given another chance, she will still do the same thing. Qin Xiang doesn't know how to write the word "suffering a loss ".

It's not that I won't take revenge, it's just that the time has not come yet.

Qin Xiang patted Hao Jingjing on the shoulder and said, "Just like your father said, the bigger the noise, the more attention will be focused on the provincial radio station at night. Everyone will trust the provincial radio station more. It's just a day of scolding, so what's the big deal."

After the TV program is broadcast, more people will see it.

Her store in the university town will also open directly tomorrow.

Just as Hao Jingjing left, Qin Juan hurried over, "I heard that someone had a fight last night? Nian Nian was feeling a little uncomfortable last night, so I didn't come to set up the stall. It wasn't until I heard about it this morning and read the newspaper that I realized what they were talking about."

Qin Juan's eyes were red with anger, and she was angry and anxious for her sister.

Qin Xiang comforted her, "It's okay, let's see in the evening."

After breakfast, it was almost ten o'clock. The employees in the store came to work one after another, but Miao Xiaofeng was late.

Qin Xiang didn't care. It was not a big deal to be late occasionally.

She had to go to the TV station to record a program in the afternoon, so the store affairs could only be handed over to her third brother.

Qin Yang nodded, "Don't worry, I'll stay here. I just went to take a look at the university town. Everything has been packed up and we'll be open tomorrow morning."

Qin Xiang had no worries about his third brother. After thinking for a while, he said, "Third brother, remember, no matter what anyone asks, don't get angry. Just let them watch the provincial radio programs at night."

Qin Yang's face looked bad, but he still nodded, "Got it."

Then Qin Yang explained many things to Zhao Ping in detail, and only then did he feel relieved.

Qin Xiang laughed, "Third brother, this is the first time I became famous. I have never been afraid of rumors."

"I know." Qin Yang's heart softened. He looked at his sister with admiration and heartache. "Let Zhao Ping follow you and don't leave. Reporter Hao is a good person. If you have anything to say, talk to her. Don't force it."

Qin Xiang nodded, "Okay."

As she said, after the store opened, people kept poking their heads in. There were quite a few people, but many of them wanted to see the excitement.

Qin Xiang didn't stay downstairs. She checked the clothes sponsored by Hao Jingjing upstairs, and carefully put on the clothes she specially prepared.

After lunch, Qin Xiang went to the provincial radio station to record a program.

The security guard saw Qin Xiang and said happily, "The number one science student is here."

He glanced at her and smiled again, "The second place science student is here too."