"Give up that thought immediately. The Eight Great Hutongs are not places a girl from a good family can go to." Huang Dongshi turned around and tried to cover Huang Wanzhen's mouth.
Huang Wanzhen quickly took a step back and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
"Damn Ah Xiang! I didn't expect us to be so foolish." Huang Dong cursed bitterly, "You'll suffer retribution for doing such a wicked thing."
Huang Wanzhen nodded in agreement. "Yes, mother is right. To prevent my sister from being implicated by him, I thought of taking her back to you while she's giving birth and separating her from him. After the confinement period, I'll let her divorce him."
"Divorce? That won't work." Huang Dongshi was old-fashioned and knew that a woman who divorced would suffer a terrible fate. "It would be so embarrassing. How would your sister and I go out then? Even if you stayed at your husband's house, you would be burdened by her reputation."
"I'm not afraid," Huang Wanzhen said confidently. "Nowadays, modern people announce their divorces in the newspaper. Divorce is no longer a shameful thing. Mother, think about it, Ah Xiang is from the countryside and has no roots in the city. Even if my sister divorces him, he wouldn't dare to retaliate against our family."
"No." Mrs. Huang rejected it again, "Your sister won't agree."
Huang Wanzhen: “…”
Is it Huang Wanshu who disagrees, or is it you who disagrees?
Soon, Huang Wanzhen no longer had the heart to care about Huang Wanshu.
On Sunday, a shirtless, burly man covered in red bumps arrived at the entrance of Jixiangtang and shouted, "There's something wrong with the fabric in this shop. I wore their clothes and now I have rashes all over my body. Everyone, come and see!"
A middle-aged man wearing a melon-shaped hat, a mustache, and a long gown and jacket was the first to respond. "Yes! There's something wrong with the fabric from Jixiangtang. I bought one myself, and it gave me red bumps the moment I wore it. I spent several dollars to get it fixed."
"If this warrior hadn't come looking for me, I wouldn't have thought it was Jixiangtang's fault. I'd have wasted all that money I spent on clothes."
Soon, many people came to the door of Jixiang Hall to watch the fun and started talking about it.
Huang Wanzhen was dragged by Xiao Shitou from Furongju and hurried over, just in time to hear the middle-aged man's words.
Seeing more and more people gathering, Huang Wanzhen made a quick decision and ran to the back door. After entering the shop from the back door, Huang Wanzhen's first thing was to make a phone call. "Hello? I'm Song Wenyin's classmate. I need to ask her something. Can you help me call her?"
When the Song family servant heard that it was the young lady's classmate, he immediately said, "Please wait a moment."
After a while, Song Wenyin's voice came from the receiver, "Hello? Who is it?"
"Wen Yin, it's me, Huang Wanzhen." Huang Wanzhen lost her composure and said anxiously, "Someone is causing trouble in Jixiang Hall. You have to help me."
"Jixiangtang? Who is so blind? Wanzhen, don't worry, I'll call my cousin right now. Stay away from that blind man and don't let him hurt you." Song Wenyin gave a worried reminder and hung up the phone in a hurry.
Huang Wanzhen knew at a glance that the troublemaker had accomplices, and since most of the people on her side were women, she had to be cautious.
Huang Wanzhen was worried that Song Wenyin's side would not be successful, so she thought of Chu Yanzhi.
Although she was not very familiar with him, he had given Huang Wanzhen his phone number when he went to Huang's house for a medical consultation before, and told her that she could call him if she had any problems.
Huang Wanzhen pulled out the small notebook from her pocket and just as she found the number, the shirtless man pushed Xiao Shitou aside and barged in. "I want to see your boss. You must pay me money today. If you don't, I'll smash your store."
Huang Wanzhen calmed herself down, without raising her head, and quickly dialed the number.
"Bang!" The shelf in the middle of Jixiangtang was violently pushed over by the man. "Call your boss out and make him pay!"
Huang Wanzhen's heart began to beat rapidly. When the call was connected, she immediately called out, "Hello? Is this Dr. Chu?"
"Are you looking for the young master? He went to work early this morning." The young man's voice slowly reached Huang Wanzhen's ears. At this moment, Huang Wanzhen felt that her heart was about to jump out of her chest. She didn't say anything, quickly hung up the phone, and called Shen Junyan's office.
"You bitch, what are you doing?" The shirtless man heard Huang Wanzhen's voice, turned around and saw her talking on the phone, and strode towards her.
Huang Wanzhen quickly dialed the number, put the microphone and receiver on the table, and bent down to move the stool beside her.
"Ah——" The man's whole body was kicked over by a figure.
Huang Wanzhen looked up in surprise and saw Song Lin, who was always taciturn, standing in front of her with his knees bent and his fists clenched.
Song Ying and Song An also came in from the back door.
"Manager, are you okay?" Song Ying's determined gaze lingered on Huang Wanzhen for a moment, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
The next second, Song Ying, who was in his forties, stood with his feet at a forty-five-degree angle, his front hand extended into a half-fist, and his back hand protecting his chest.
Huang Wanzhen looked at Song An again and saw the same movements.
A surge of joy blossomed in Huang Wanzhen's heart. She suppressed her excitement and picked up the phone again. "Is anyone there? Are you there?"
Huang Wanzhen quickly replied, "Yes, I'm Huang Wanzhen. Doctor Shen, I'm so sorry to bother you again."
Huang Wanzhen quickly recounted the story in a few words.
"Can you help me find Dr. Chu and have someone from the police department come to Jixiangtang?"
Shen Junyan immediately agreed, "Find a place to hide first. Don't worry about the things. The most important thing is the person. I will go find Yanzhi right away."
After hanging up the phone, Huang Wanzhen stood up straight. She didn't move forward, but just shouted behind the three Song family members, "Sister Song, go ahead and hit them. If you hurt them, it's my fault."
He then shouted outside, "Don't believe him, everyone. I've already called the police. We at Jixiangtang guarantee quality and quantity for men's clothing. We only sell suits. The cheapest suit costs twelve dollars. This man obviously does manual labor. How could he afford to buy a suit in our shop?"
"Someone must have caught our shop's eye and is trying to take advantage of us."
"I think he's blind! Our boss has a government background! He's unlucky to have hit a brick wall! We at Jixiangtang will get to the bottom of this matter. If you have money, you'll pay me. If you don't, you'll pay me with your life!"
The last sentence was said by Huang Wanzhen when she walked up to Song Ying and stared at the burly man who was about to stand up but was kicked several more times by Song Lin.
It was the beginning of winter, fashionable people had already put on wool sweaters, and most ordinary people had also put on jackets. The shirtless man lying on the ground was sweating.
"Shopkeeper Zhu! Save me!"
A thin man with a mustache, a melon-shaped hat, and a long gown and jacket hurried into the shop and pointed at Huang Wanzhen and cursed, "You are a woman, and you hang out with men all day long. You are so shameless."
Huang Wanzhen saw people around her pointing and talking at her. She strode up to the thin man, pointed at his nose and cursed, "Where did this old dog come from? How dare you bark at people? Which law in the Republic of China prohibits women from working?"
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