Xia Chuyi thought: God knows who provoked whom.
She spread her hands, nodding to the people of the main house, "Yes, indeed, it’s her."
"It all started last time, when Xia Chengzu took her to my uncle’s house, planting the seeds of disaster."
The implication was that the beginning of it all was related to Xia Chengzu.
"This..." Aunt Xia hesitated.
Xia Chuyi calmly walked into the shop, looked around, and said, "Now, you can see, Zhang Xiaoling is a stickler for details. There was a first time, and I’m afraid there might be a second."
"I was just worrying about how to resolve this, fantastic, you all came."
"Xia Chengzu knows her, right? Let him go and beg her. At most, he can vent her anger, and perhaps she won’t bother me anymore?"
Upon hearing this, the people of the main house looked at one another.
What a joke, they had heard that even Zhao Xiaogui had been beaten severely enough to be hospitalized. Asking Xia Chengzu to intervene? Who knows what that woman might do.
Xia Chuyi coldly watched them, saying nothing, waiting for the people of the main house to respond.
Uncle Xia exchanged a glance with the elder aunt.
"This matter, Chuyi, me and your uncle are just country folks, we can’t smooth this over." Aunt Xia finally said, "Your uncle has more ability, let him help you."
Knowing they could gain no advantage today, Aunt Xia immediately changed her tune—even if they could profit, they had to consider who Xia Chuyi had offended.
"Oh, right, there’s an emergency at home, we’ll have to go back first." After saying this, Aunt Xia hastily signaled to everyone with her eyes.
"Wait, Mom, didn’t you say that even if we can’t get Xia Chuyi’s shop, we should at least have her sort out my job first?" It was obviously Xia Mei who spoke without thinking.
With that, she laid their scheming out in the open.
The people of the main house were visibly embarrassed.
But Xia Mei didn’t seem to care as she continued, "Xia Chuyi, are you going to keep the shop open or not? If you are, then kick out the second son and let me stay to help!"
"If you’re not keeping it open... you can introduce me to another job, since the appointment letter was damaged."
She spoke with the entitlement of a spoiled young lady, as if it were a given.
She really didn’t want to deal with such brainless people.
Oh, wait! Xia Chuyi happily thought: When there’s an enemy with brains like a pig, she was quite happy to deal with them.
"Xia Mei, I personally handed you the appointment letter, and you signed the agreement. As for damaging it, that’s your problem, go find someone to compensate you for it!" Xia Chuyi said bluntly and unkindly to Xia Mei.
With a person of such intelligence, unless you spell it out clearly, she simply does not get it... or rather, understand it.
"You!" Xia Mei was especially angry, glaring fiercely at her.
Xia Chuyi remained indifferent.
Suddenly, the sound of a car driving in the distance broke the silence, and upon looking up, they saw it was a car from the Police Station.
Aunt Xia and Uncle Xia, remembering Zhang Xiaoling’s police connections, turned pale with fear.
"Da Mei, stop causing trouble! There’s an urgency at home, let’s go back now!"
Xia Mei was reluctant and wanted to say more but was forcefully dragged away by her parents.
The people of the main house ran off as if chased by wolves.
Once everyone had left, Xia Chengzong sat down on the door frame, his face full of dejection.
"Chuyi, I’m sorry," he said.
"Second brother, it’s not your fault." After going through the events of her past life, she knew that the second brother, though looking fierce and ruthless, was actually the most loyal person in the main house.