Chapter 176 Never Accept Failure

“Sorry, Madam, I didn’t do it on purpose.” Xia Ning says and she takes out a piece of tissue. She wants to wipe the clothes for the woman. Unexpectedly, the fat woman pushes her hand away.

“Don’t touch me with your dirty hand and dirty tissue! Do you know how much this dress costs? Do you think that you can pay for it with your poor salary?” The more she scolds, the angrier she gets and she is giving out spit around.

Xia Ning half closes her eyes and listens to her scold. Honestly speaking, Xia Ning feels very unlucky to encounter such a woman. Xia Ning can’t speak more loudly than her. Xia Ning can’t scold people as she does, either. Even apology doesn’t work. Ah… it is a bad time. She really encounters an unreasonable woman!

After being scolded by the woman for almost ten minutes, Xia Ning takes a deep breath, “Well, you may go on scolding. I will pay for your clothes. This is my business card. You can send me the bill.”

Then, she puts the card into the fat woman’s hand.

“What’s your attitude? Are you going to run away?” The fat woman drops Xia Ning’s card onto the ground and stamps on it, “Let me tell you. My dress is of limited edition. If you are going to pay for it. You pay here!”

“OK. Tell me. How much?” Xia Ning asks patiently.

“Hum.” The fat woman sneers. She checks over Xia Ning and holds out her hand, “Five hundred thousand yuan!”

Five hundred thousand yuan?

Xia Ning is shocked. That is kidding. Why doesn’t she go to rob a bank?

Seeing that Xia Ning is shocked, the fat woman dismissively says, “Why? Can’t you afford it? If so, we may call the police.”

Call the police?

God. It is just a wetted dress. Is it necessary to call the police?

“Are you afraid? Let me tell you. It is no use to call the police! My husband is the Vice Section Chief in the police office! You may pay me now, or, it is not a matter of money if we go to the police office.”

Hearing the fat woman tell her background, Xia Ning blinks her eyes and everything clicks.

She heard before that the wife of Vice Section Chief Xing is an unreasonable woman. Vice Section Chief Xing was a junior policeman and was specially promoted to be a vice section chief because he had made several distinguished achievements. The fat woman is named He Xiuli. She was with Section Chief Xing when they had a tough life. Now, the husband has got promoted and she shows her real personality. She has learned all the tactics in the circle. She is a real headache for Vice Section Chief Xing. However, considering that she stayed with him through the time before he was promoted, he chooses to ignore many things. As to the troubles she caused, he always dealt with them in a harmonious way.

What Vice Section Chief Xing has been doing these years has made He Xiuli a spoilt woman and she fears no one.

This unreasonable woman like a female tiger is right here in front of Xia Ning.

Xia Ning is just going to speak when a young girl runs to them. She stands in front of Xia Ning and points at He Xiuli, “What an overbearing woman you are! You hit someone and you complain for that instead. The dress you are wearing won’t be picked up by anyone in the street. And you ask for five hundred thousand yuan! Are you mad to make money?”

“You…what are you little girl saying here? You want to be the heroine? Do you want to pay for this woman?” He Xiuli puts her hands on her waist and widens her eyes to stare at Gu Ruoruo.

Xia Ning notices that Gu Ruoruo is rolling her sleeves. She is shocked.

Wait. Doesn’t Ruoruo hate her very much? Why does she speak for her?

“Ruoruo…”

“Sister Xia, you don’t need to speak. This fat woman obviously wants to blackmail you. How can this ugly dress be worth five hundred thousand yuan? She wants five hundred thousand. Well, I will give her a beat, so that she can ask for five hundred thousand for medical care.”

“Ah. You are a vicious girl! You want to protect her. Well. Let’s go to the hall to get some justice.” He Xiuli says and reaches to draw Gu Ruoruo.

“Wait a minute.” Xia Ning stops He Xiuli, “Listen to me.”

He Xiuli lifts her eyebrows. She sneers, “Are you afraid? I don’t want to listen to you. Give me five hundred thousand yuan and we may talk!”

The noise caused by the three women has attracted many people to get around in the corridor which should be quiet. People there are whispering.

“Mrs. Xing.” Xia Ning looks around and says calmly, “It is the time against corruption. You ask for five hundred thousand for a dress. To be honest, it can be considered as blackmail. If someone pays attention to that, I am afraid that it may be difficult for Section Chief Xing to deal with it. Mrs. Xing. Have you thought that over?”

What Xia Ning says hits the point. He Xiuli has to think about it again, even though she is furious.

“Your dress is wet. I can pay the cost of it to you. But it can’t be worth five hundred thousand yuan. Mrs. Xing, you have to understand.”

He Xiuli angrily curls her lips. After quite a while, she says, “What do you mean that my dress can’t be worth five hundred thousand yuan? You are looking down on me! I say that it is worth. Then, it is. We may solve the problem here. Or, we are not done here.”

“What do you want? Do you want a fight? I have never been afraid of that!”

Not waiting for Xia Ning to respond, Gu Ruoruo angrily jumps out to say.

“Where does you little girl come from? Where are your manners…”

“What’s happening here? What are you shouting about?”

At the time, a medium-size man comes to them. He Xiuli sees the man. As if she has seen the savior, she goes to him and says like a spoilt child, “Honey, I am bullied by two women. You have to help me!”

The voice of He Xiuli sounds nothing like that when she was scolding Xia Ning. People around them hear that and they can’t help shivering.

Xing Zhengren makes a cough, “What is happening?”

He Xiuli points at Xia Ning, “This woman. She didn’t look when she walked and hit on me. My wine was poured and my dress was wetted. Look. Oh. This is the dress you picked for me. It is all wet…”

Xing Zhengren glances at He Xiuli’s clothes and turns to look at Xia Ning and Gu Ruoruo. He looks at them for a while and thinks in his mind. People present in the reception are all from the upper class. Though these two women don’t dress formally, it seems that he has met them somewhere before.

Xing Zhengren thinks for a while and turns to his wife, “Hum. It is wet. It will be fine after we dry it later.”

Hearing this, Gu Ruoruo lifts her eyebrows and puts on a victory smile.

He Xiuli notices Gu Ruoruo’s expression. She bursts into a fury. She forcefully throws Xing Zhengren’s hand, “Dry it? They wetted my clothes and they scolded me! Honey, you have to help me get rid of that.”

“Yes. We scolded you. So what? Why did you blackmail Sister Xia for five hundred thousand? You may rather go to rob a bank.” Xing Zhengren hasn’t said anything when Gu Ruoruo has replied first.

“Section Chief Xing. You are really “lucky” to marry such a wife. She earns the amount of your ten-year salary all of a sudden,”

A deep and magnetic male voice is heard. It is not loud, but they hear each word very clearly.

Xia Ning hears the voice and she is shocked. She turns around gladly.

A tall man comes. His handsome face wears a gentle smile. His deep and wise eyes stare at only one woman here. People around are shocked by his overwhelming manner of esteem that they give sighs.

“Sweetheart.” He walks to Xia Ning and reaches to hold Xia Ning naturally. Then, he gives her a gentle kiss on her forehead.

Yi Yunrui openly pampers Xia Ning, which makes her blush. She lowers her head and asks in a low voice, “Darling, why are you here?”

“I come here to pick you up.” Yi Yunrui says gently. He lifts his eyes to look at Xing Zhengren who is stunned. Yi Yunrui blinks his eyes, “Section Chief Xing, five hundred thousand yuan is not a problem. I can pay to you now. But I have a requirement. Please apologize to my wife.”

“Commander, Commander Yi…” Xing Zhengren wipes his eyes and can hardly collect himself.

God. Does he make a mistake? Can Commander Yi be here?

“You are strange. Why do you ask me to apologize? I am not wrong! And, give me five hundred thousand yuan now! You give me that and it is done.” Though the man looks very handsome, it is about dignity. He Xiuli has to fight against him.

“He Xiuli, shut up!”

Xing Zhengren suddenly shouts at her, which shocks He Xiuli blankly.

After quite a while, He Xiuli collects herself, “You…you scolded me? You pig scolded me? You are an ungrateful man. I stayed with you through so many tough years and you scolded me in front of so many people?”

Xing Zhengren looks at He Xiuli and knows there is going to be a storm. He bows to Yi Yunrui, “Commander, I am very sorry for what my wife did today. As to the influence caused to Mrs. Yi, I keenly apologize for that. I will find some day to visit you and apologize…”

“Why do you apologize to them? It is she who hit my glass! Xing Zhengren, you stand up straight!”

He Xiuli hasn’t figured out what is going on and she still scolds angrily.

“What happened?”

At the time, Secretary Zhou comes through the crowd. When he sees the people standing here, he at once realizes that it is a serious problem.

He was told that someone made troubles in the corridor. Now, it really looks like a “serious” trouble.

Commander Yi of C Military Region gets involved.

Yi Yunyi, the secretary of the provincial party committee, is sitting in the rostrum. He is the second elder brother of Yi Yunrui. Once the brothers show up, all people present here will need to show their respect.

The wife of Section Chief Xing is famous for her being unreasonable. Now, she widens her eyes to stare at Xia Ning, as if she wants to swallow Xia Ning alive. And her clothes are wet in the chest. Even the most stupid person can guess what is going on here.

Seeing Secretary Zhou, Xing Zhengren tightens his heart. Zhou Yunwen is a tricky man. If he interferes, it will be troublesome.

Thinking of this, Xing Zhengren shouts at He Xiuli, “Woman, apologize to Commander Yi and Mrs. Yi.”

It can’t delay. If He Xiuli still pays attention to his dignity, she should know what to do!

Shouted by Xing Zhengren, He Xiuli is shocked blankly.

Xing Zhengren darkens his face, “What are you hesitating? Apologize. Do you hear me?”