Chapter 99: You Crossed My Wife—Now I’ll Ruin You!
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He loved her so deeply that she did not want him to turn against the entire world because of her.
Guided by the principle that it was better to avoid unnecessary trouble, Shi Runrun thought it would be best to let the matter go.
But this unyielding, rebellious man refused.
His eyes could not tolerate even the tiniest speck of dust.
In particular, the fact that his own wife had been bullied enraged him far more than if he himself had been insulted. It was something he found even harder to accept.
Xiao Xuezheng turned around, lowered his dark eyes, and gazed at Shi Runrun.
The intensity and cold severity in his expression startled her slightly. She was about to say something more, but in the next moment, he had already bent down and pressed his thin lips to hers.
“Mmph…”
He kissed her lightly, tasting her lips only briefly before stopping. Then he placed both hands on her shoulders, looked at her, and smiled faintly.
“Don’t worry. Your husband promises he won’t get violent when we go upstairs. Tell me—which store is it?”
Shi Runrun: “…”
“Xiao Xuezheng…”
“If you don’t tell me, I’ll go in and ask every store one by one.”
Shi Runrun could not talk him out of it. With a helpless sigh, she told him the name of the cosmetics store she had visited that afternoon.
Xiao Xuezheng then took her hand and led her into the shopping mall.
It was the evening rush, and the first floor of the International Finance Center was crowded with affluent socialites and successful businesspeople out shopping.
The moment he appeared on the first floor with her, he attracted the attention of countless passersby.
Most of all, it was the socialites whose dazzled, admiring gazes fell upon Xiao Xuezheng.
Xiao Xuezheng swept his eyes over the mall. When he noticed the photograph of Shi Runrun plastered on the first-floor wall—the one the cosmetics store manager had printed that afternoon—he curved his lips and gave a soft, cold laugh.
He released Shi Runrun’s hand and walked over to the main service desk.
He made no attempt to conceal his identity. Instead, he straightforwardly revealed that he was the president of Guangzheng Group.
The moment the employees at the service desk heard his name, they froze in shock.
Shi Runrun watched him smile throughout the entire exchange, including when he spoke with the service-desk employee and pointed, still smiling, at the humiliating photograph pasted on the wall.
Within a minute, the person in charge of the entire mall appeared.
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He came before them—or rather, before Xiao Xuezheng in particular—and bowed deeply as he said respectfully, “I’m terribly sorry, President Xiao. We failed to welcome you personally when you arrived. It was an unforgivable lapse on our part!”
That was how the wealthy and powerful were treated. Wherever they went, people looked upon them with extra regard.
And someone like Xiao Xuezheng was treated even more reverently—wherever he appeared, people practically worshiped him like a deity from the heavens.
Xiao Xuezheng did not waste time with pleasantries. He pointed directly at the photographs on the wall.
“Manager Lin, the woman in those photographs is my wife. When my wife came here shopping this afternoon, she was not only injured, but also humiliated by an employee from one of your stores. How do you intend to handle this?”
He deliberately emphasized the final words.
The manager, whose surname was Lin, turned pale. Cold sweat broke out all over his body.
He had never imagined that the woman whose photograph the mall’s luxury cosmetics store had demanded they display was actually the wife of the renowned President Xiao.
They were finished!
Manager Lin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and immediately apologized with an ingratiating smile.
“I’m sorry! I’m so sorry, President Xiao! It was our people’s blindness that prevented us from recognizing Mrs. Xiao!”
After apologizing, he immediately signaled to the service-desk employees.
“What are you waiting for?! Hurry up and tear down those photographs!”
Manager Lin’s voice trembled.
He knew that throughout the entire capital, the last family anyone should ever offend was the powerful and influential Xiao family.
And above all, the current head of the Xiao family—the president of Guangzheng Group.
If he lost his temper, their entire mall could be forced to close!
As the employees hurried over and swiftly tore down the photographs of Shi Runrun, Xiao Xuezheng curved his lips and gave a cold laugh. He then looked at Manager Lin and continued.
“My wife was injured here. We chose not to hold you responsible, yet she was also humiliated by one of your cosmetics stores. We cannot simply let this matter go. Otherwise, people will think I, Xiao, am easy to bully. Manager Lin, I am going to that cosmetics store now to demand an explanation. Will you come with me?”
On the surface, it was a question. In reality, it was a command.
That was how Xiao Xuezheng spoke—his words were impeccable, yet they carried an overwhelming presence and oppressive force.
Hearing this, Manager Lin could only nod and bow repeatedly.
“Yes, yes, of course. It’s only right. This is what I should do.”
With that, he accompanied them and led them to the elevator.
After pressing the appropriate floor, the elevator arrived at the cosmetics department ten seconds later.
Xiao Xuezheng took Shi Runrun’s hand and led her out of the elevator toward the cosmetics store.
The moment the elegantly dressed, aristocratic man entered, he drew the attention of every female employee in the shop.
In an instant, they all rushed over, enthusiastically introducing their products to the pair. Their attitude was worlds apart from the way they had treated Shi Runrun and Cen Huan that afternoon.
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Standing behind him, Shi Runrun was completely ignored.
Before long, the female store manager who had humiliated Shi Runrun that afternoon came out. Seeing Xiao Xuezheng surrounded by her employees, her eyes instantly filled with hearts.
She recognized him.
The president of Guangzheng Group!
She immediately strode over in towering high heels, swaying her graceful body and approaching with her red lips curved into a smile.
“Oh, President Xiao, what brings you to our humble store?”
At that moment, the store manager caught sight of Shi Runrun behind Xiao Xuezheng. The smile on her face froze, and her expression changed drastically.
Xiao Xuezheng did not even raise his brows. After casting the woman a brief glance, he turned toward Shi Runrun and asked gently with a faint smile, “Is it her?”
Shi Runrun: “…”
In truth, Shi Runrun genuinely did not want to make the matter any bigger than it already was. But looking at him now—clearly determined to see it through—she felt utterly helpless.
She sighed and slowly nodded.
The next second, the man turned back to the store manager. His handsome face remained courteous, but a chill had begun to seep through his expression.
In front of all the female employees, he took out his phone and dialed a number.
“Qin Feng, acquire all the shares of Elegant Cosmetics immediately. I want to hear that the company has gone bankrupt within five minutes. Yes. If you can’t do it, you don’t need to come to work tomorrow!”
On the other end of the line, Qin Feng trembled slightly as he listened to the fury in his president’s voice.
He silently mourned the cosmetics company.
What a tragedy. They could have offended anyone, but they had chosen to provoke the president’s wife. Wasn’t that the same as touching his most forbidden boundary and courting death?
Meanwhile, the store manager’s expression went blank when she heard the conversation. Her entire body trembled as she stared at him with wide, almond-shaped eyes.
“President Xiao… I don’t know what we did to offend you… What are you going to…”
Xiao Xuezheng put away his phone and narrowed his sharp dark eyes at her. With a cold smile tugging at his lips, he said, “You offended my wife, so I’m going to bankrupt the company behind you. It’s that simple. As for you, I won’t make things difficult for you. However, from now on, no one in this country—no, once Guangzheng makes an announcement, no one anywhere in the world—will hire you again. Consider yourself warned.”
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