Chapter 82

Manshi covered her face and looked up. When she saw it was Li Qian, her eyes became confused for a moment. She quickly lowered her head and was about to leave with the bucket and mop.

Li Qian took a step forward and blocked Manshi's way. "You want to leave after you dirty my clothes?"

Manshi lowered her head, and the loose hair that was pinned to her ears fell in front of her face because of the slap just now, covering half of her face. She whispered, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."

Li Qian sneered: "You didn't do it on purpose, could it be that I did it on purpose?"

Manshi lowered her head and said nothing. She wanted to leave but was always blocked. "Please make way. I still have to work."

Li Qian looked down at the shabby Manshi with contempt and disdain, "I didn't expect you to end up like this. Your whole outfit combined can't even match my manicure."

Manshi tightly grasped the mop, the rough and distinct joints turning white from the force, "Please move aside."

Li Qian: "You want to leave after you dirty my clothes? Do you know how much this skirt of mine is worth?"

Manshi lowered her eyelids, "I can help you wash it clean."

Li Qian was so amused as if she had heard a joke, "Oh, Miss Manchu is actually washing my clothes?"

Manshi: "I don't know the Miss Man you are talking about."

Li Qian narrowed her eyes and looked at the haggard and skinny Manshi. The once arrogant and aggressive person was now so humble. She said cheerfully, "I don't want you to wash it either. How about this? I bought this skirt for 88,000 yuan. I don't want more. You just need to give me 40,000 yuan."

Manshi's knuckles turned whiter as she gripped the mop. "I can help you wash it."

Li Qian walked around Manshi twice, looked him up and down, and said in surprise, "No way, you spend money like water, but now you can't even take out 40,000 yuan?"

Manshi lowered her head and repeated, "I can help you wash it clean."

Li Qian sneered, "Wash it with your dirty hands? I need to take this skirt to a luxury dry cleaner to have it cleaned. Are you worthy of it?"

Manshi forbearingly asked, "What do you want?"

Wen Manqing, who was making rounds not far away, heard the argument and hurried over to ask, "What happened?"

Li Qian smiled and said, "It's nothing. The cleaning lady in your store soiled my clothes and I'm negotiating with her about compensation."

Wen Manqing looked at the barely perceptible black dots on Li Qian's skirt, then turned to look at Man Shi who was keeping her head down and silent, and asked, "How much do you want to pay?"

Li Qian: "Not much, 40,000 yuan."

Wen Manqing frowned, "Forty thousand?"

Li Qian crossed her arms and asked, "Why, you want to protect the cleaning lady in your store?"

Li Qian emphasized the word "Auntie" particularly.

Nan Tao, who heard the noise, put down her work and rushed over. When she heard this, she immediately defended her, saying, "What aunt? I see you are five or six years older than Xiao Shi. If Xiao Shi is an aunt, what are you? A grandmother?"

When the netizens who were watching the live broadcast heard this, they burst out laughing.

[Hahaha, our Taozi knows how to be venomous. ]

[Why didn’t I realize that Taozi’s mouth was so amazing before? 】

[Well done. I have disliked this girl called Li Qian for a long time.]

[I don't know if this girl's boyfriend is blind, to actually choose a girl with such character as his girlfriend. ]

[It was Li Qian who bumped into someone, but she blamed the cleaner. ]

[What kind of woman is this? She slaps people all the time. Call the police immediately. ]

[She acted like a little bird in front of a man, but her expression changed the moment she turned around. Even magic can't match her expression change speed.]

Li Qian's face turned pale. "Whose grandma are you talking about?"

Nan Tao blinked innocently, "Is there anything wrong with what I said? Xiao Shi looks younger and prettier than you, of course..."

Manshi hurriedly grabbed Nantao, shook her head and said it was not a problem and that she should not quarrel with the guests because of herself.

Nan Tao saw five red finger marks on Man Shi’s right cheek, and her face suddenly darkened.

Man Shi lowered her head out of habit, and the loose hair around her ears fell down again, covering half of her face.

Nan Tao reached out her hand, pinched Manshi's chin, lifted it up, looked at the red and swollen five finger marks on her right cheek, and said softly, "Does it hurt?"

Man Shixin shrank back, her eyes dodged, she lowered her eyes, and whispered, "It's okay, it doesn't hurt."

Nan Tao: "She hit me?"

Poetic silence.

Nan Tao withdrew her hand and turned to look at Li Qian, looking her up and down, "Did you hit her?"

Wen Manqing noticed the five fingerprints on Manshi's face, looked at Li Qian coldly, and said in a deep voice: "Miss, Manshi is a cleaner in our store. What qualifications do you have to hit someone?"

Li Qian: "She bumped into me and made my clothes dirty. Should I not hit her? Do you know how expensive the clothes I was wearing were?"

Nan Tao sneered: "A torn skirt."

Li Qian screamed: "What do you mean by a torn skirt? This skirt cost 88,000 yuan. Do you know the goods?"

Nan Tao looked Li Qian up and down with an ignorant look: "You are so petty, are you a nouveau riche?"

After saying that, he tilted his head to look at Wen Manqing, "Qingqing, is a piece of clothing worth 88,000 yuan expensive?"

Wen Manqing agreed: "How can it be expensive? My cheapest dress is more expensive than this one."

Nan Tao looked at Li Qian with a smile: "You seem to be really poor. You treat such cheap and rubbish clothes like treasures."

Li Qian couldn't help but yell, "You two are just pretenders. If you had money, you would still open a B&B here. Do you think I would believe you?"

Nan Tao and Wen Manqing looked at each other and said in unison: "You don't know us?"

Li Qian sneered: "Who do you think you are? Are you worthy of my recognition? After all this time, you are probably trying to shirk your debt and are not prepared to pay."

Nan Tao: "What is the compensation?"

Li Qian: "She soiled my clothes, and you won't pay? Don't worry, since we're old friends, I don't want much. I bought it for more than 80,000 yuan, so you just need to pay me 40,000 yuan."

Manshi: "I can help you wash it."

Li Qian sneered: "Are you qualified to wash my skirt?"

Nan Tao looked at the almost visible black spots on Li Qian's skirt and said, "Forty thousand! Why don't you go and grab it? Are you trying to scam me?!"

Li Qian was so angry that her chest was heaving. Just as she was about to say something, she caught a glimpse of Yun Zhe walking in from outside with a suitcase. Her eyes instantly became wet and she cried silently, "Zhe, come and help me! They teamed up to bully me, wuwuwu."

Upon hearing this, Yunzhe quickly put down the suitcase in his hand and hurried over. Seeing Li Qian's red eyes from crying, he said distressedly, "What happened? Who bullied you?"

When Manshi heard the familiar voice, her body stiffened and she quickly lowered her head, pulling her hair to cover most of her face.

Nan Tao was quick to notice Man Shi's actions, and her eyes moved between Man Shi, Li Qian, and Yun Zhe.

Yun Zhe comforted Li Qian and said in a deep voice, "How do you do business? Bullying customers?"

Li Qian threw herself into Yun Zhe's arms, sobbing, "It was that cleaning lady. She bumped into me and didn't even apologize. I really liked this skirt, but out of pity for her, I only asked for half the price. But she teamed up with the people in the store to bully me, sobbing, and even said that I was a nouveau riche, petty, and worldly-wise..."

Yunzhe looked gloomy and unkindly at the Nan Tao people. Finally, his eyes fell on the cleaner. Seeing the cleaner with dishevelled hair and shabby clothes, he was displeased and said in a loud voice, "Apologize to Qianqian!"

Manshi took two steps back, turned around and tried to leave.

Wen Manqing held him back, "Don't be afraid, they are the ones who are wrong, they are the ones who should apologize, don't worry, we will seek justice for you."

Manshi pursed her lips and stopped walking. She still lowered her head, her loose hair covering most of her face, making it impossible to see her expression.

Wen Manqing: "Since you want to apologize, the woman in your arms should apologize to our Xiaoshi first."

Yun Zhe frowned in disbelief and said in a cold voice: "You cleaners made mistakes in your work and harmed the interests of the guests, and you actually asked us to apologize?"

Nan Tao took over the conversation and said slowly, "Why, in a society ruled by law, people are so arrogant that they can slap people at will? Since you are unwilling to apologize, let's call the police."

Li Qian was anxious and quickly got out of Yun Zhe's arms, "Don't talk nonsense!"

Nan Tao raised her eyebrows: "So? Have you decided to apologize?"

Yunzhe: "That's impossible. My Qianqian is so kind. She wouldn't even hit a cat or step on a flower. How could she possibly hit someone?"

Nan Tao looked at Yun Zhe with sympathy, as if she was silently mocking him.

Yunzhe looked down at Li Qian and said gently, "Don't be afraid, let them call the police. It is illegal to make a false report."

Li Qian's face turned pale and blue, and finally she said aggrievedly: "I didn't mean to do that. You know I love this skirt the most. She bumped into me and refused to admit it. My skirt was even soiled. I was so angry that I accidentally hit her. Wuwuwu... I didn't mean to do that. I regretted it very much after I hit her..."

Yunzhe was in disbelief at first when he heard Li Qian's explanation, but when he heard Li Qian say that she felt guilty and that it was an accident, he felt that Li Qian was still the kind girl in his heart, so he said, "My Qian Qian didn't mean it. Why do you have to be so rude to the cleaning lady? Don't go too far. Qian Qian has always been gentle. Although she slapped you, you soiled her skirt, so it's fair, right?"

Manshi remained silent, still lowering her head, her hair covering half of her face, and the corners of her mouth, hidden by her hair, curled up in a sneer of sarcasm and self-mockery.

Nan Tao and Wen Manqing looked at each other, their expressions indescribable.

Zhou Mei and Jiang Hui, who rushed over after hearing the commotion, happened to hear this conversation and were also stunned.

Jiang Hui said, "Because of a skirt, you hit someone on purpose? What kind of weird joke is this?"

Yunzhe recognized actress Jiang Hui and suspected that they were recording a show. His face changed and he asked, "What are you doing..."

Before she finished speaking, Li Qian cried, "I really didn't mean it. What else do you want from me? She made my skirt dirty. Why don't you blame her?"

Zhou Mei: "A torn skirt and a slap in the face?"

Nan Tao: "That's really a calculation. The dignity of a human being is not as great as that of a dead object."

Jiang Hui: “That’s ridiculous.”

Wen Manqing: "You are indeed a couple, made for each other."

Li Qian was shocked and shouted, "My skirt is not torn! I don't have one! How can you say that to me?"

Li Qian threw herself towards Yunzhe, feeling aggrieved, hoping to seek comfort.

Yunzhe didn't know why, but his attitude suddenly changed. He took two steps back, looked at Li Qian with a complicated expression, and gently rebuked: "Qianqian..."

Li Qian's attempt was in vain, and she was once again subjected to Yunzhe's accusing gaze. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she bit her lip and said in a grievance, "You also think I'm wrong, don't you?"

Yunzhe had a sullen face and said nothing.

Li Qian felt wronged, tears filled with sadness, and she shouted in disbelief, "I did this for you! Do you know who this cleaner is?"