Chapter 372 Outrageous Parents

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"You've never even given me a piece of jewelry, but you gave one to Ruo Lan?" Shu Ya demanded aggressively. "No, listen to me explain!" Hao Jian said as he walked over, flailing his arms. "Don't come over!" Shu Ya stepped back two paces and said seriously, "Hao Jian, you haven't forgotten who's the one sleeping with you, have you?" Upon hearing this, Hao Jian was utterly baffled. What was this sleeping thing? Wasn't this a bit too direct? When did Shu Ya become so bold? "I conned these gold ornaments from some arrogant woman, and I thought that with your taste, you wouldn't like such tacky gold jewelry, so I gifted them to Sister Lan instead. Look, all these pieces show signs of wear. If I intended to give a gift, why would I give something that someone else has used?" Hao Jian quickly explained. Shu Ya glanced at the gold jewelry and indeed noticed signs of wear, but even so, her expression remained cold. Anyway, it was unacceptable for Hao Jian to give anything to Ruo Lan! "Wife, let's not age prematurely. You're killing the mood. Come on, let's go back to what we were doing before," Hao Jian said with a sleazy grin, moving closer, ready to get handsy with Shu Ya. But Shu Ya slapped his hand away, grabbed a pillow, and threw it at him while cursing, "Do your mother's head, get the hell out! Tonight, you're sleeping on the couch!" "Shu Ya, that's enough, okay? I really gave you face?" Hao Jian snapped back, angry. Shu Ya narrowed her eyes at Hao Jian and sneered, "Don't touch me for a week!" "You really think I can't handle you? I've been indulgent with you! Don't ****** be ungrateful!" Hao Jian swore. "Make it a month!" "Fuck, you even dare threaten me!" "Two months." "Wife, I know I was wrong. I'll go out now. Wife, let me close the door for you. Goodnight, wife!" Hao Jian cheekily smiled and walked out, succumbing to Shu Ya's threats. "Cheap skate!" Shu Ya said with disdain. The next morning, Hao Jian left the house early. Because of that set of shoddy gold jewelry, he had been thoroughly ridiculed by Shu Ya. Had he known it would turn out like this, he wouldn't have taken it. So, early that day, he considered selling off those trinkets. After all, he had no use for them, and neither Shu Ya nor Ruo Lan wanted them; keeping them was pointless. Enjoy exclusive content from My Virtual Library Empire Therefore, Hao Jian quickly thought of Chen Zhiyan. It had been a while since he last saw Chen Zhiyan, and catching up with her while selling the jewelry didn't seem like a bad idea. Seeing Chen Zhiyan again, Hao Jian noticed that she looked great, no longer the haggard and feeble woman he had first met. At this moment, Chen Zhiyan stood tall and spirited, exuding great confidence. Clearly, Chen Zhiyan had changed, and her transformation was not unrelated to Hao Jian. When Chen Zhiyan saw Hao Jian, she seemed very happy and quickly walked up to greet him, "Big Boss, what brings you here today?" "Don't make fun of me. The one with money is my wife, not me. At most, you can call me a pretty boy," Hao Jian laughed. "Then you must be a pretty boy good at making girls happy. Otherwise, the president wouldn't fancy you," Chen Zhiyan teased. She didn't believe for a second that Hao Jian was just a pretty boy; if that were true, Shu Ya wouldn't have fallen for him. Chen Zhiyan had seen Shu Ya, who was a super beauty that countless men would kneel and lick her boots for. Would she need a pretty boy? "You're wrong. I won her over with my charm! It was her who pursued me, not the other way around," Hao Jian said self-lovingly. Chen Zhiyan laughed, helpless at his narcissism, and asked, "Alright, tell me, Big Boss, what brings you here today? It's not an incognito inspection, is it?" "I'm here to sell some stuff!" Hao Jian took out all the gold jewelry he had on him and handed it to Chen Zhiyan, "Tell me, how much do you think this is worth?" "Wow, where did you get all this gold? Don't tell me you stole it from your wife?" Chen Zhiyan joked, knowing full well that Shu Ya would never fancy such vulgar jewelry. "How could I? It was given to me by a middle-aged woman who said this set of gold jewelry was too tacky for her, so she didn't want it anymore," Hao Jian lied through his teeth. "Keep blowing smoke!" Chen Zhiyan rolled her eyes in exasperation. Chen Zhiyan didn't press further, handing the gold jewelry to her staff, "Hurry up, exchange these for cash for our Big Boss. Our president has cut off his allowance, forcing him out to pawn stuff for pocket money." Hearing this, the female employee couldn't help but laugh, casting a somewhat flirtatious glance at Hao Jian. Hao Jian couldn't help but cry with laughter. "Big sister, are you trying to kill me here?" "Oh, I'm really sorry, I forgot to take care of your face," Chen Zhiyan said with feigned surprise. "Alright, I'll remember this!" Hao Jian said through gritted teeth. Just then, the employee who had left earlier returned, holding out 100,000 yuan in cash for Hao Jian. They didn't even need to check the authenticity of the jewelry. Since it was brought by Hao Jian, the big boss, it didn't matter if it was fake; the whole store belonged to Hao Jian, and he could do whatever he wanted with it. "Now that you've got the cash, aren't you going to treat your old classmate to a meal?" Chen Zhiyan asked with a smile. "Of course, do you remember when you finish work?" Hao Jian asked with a smile. "I finish work at five o'clock," Chen Zhiyan happily replied. She hadn't expected that Hao Jian would really agree to her request and have dinner with her. "Alright, then I'll wait for you," Hao Jian said, no longer wasting words, and found a random place to sit down. However, before he could get comfortable, he heard a burst of wailing coming from the entrance, followed by a noisy commotion. "Here we go again!" The female sales associate who had brought the money to Hao Jian frowned impatiently and then walked towards the entrance. Hao Jian turned to look outside and immediately saw a middle-aged, overweight woman lying on the ground, crying her lungs out. It seemed like there was someone lying in front of her, covered with a white cloth. But Hao Jian could vaguely see the glaring bloodstains on the white cloth. Behind her, like family members, stood several people with ashen faces, holding banners that read: "Unscrupulous merchant, give back my daughter!" Seeing this scene, Hao Jian was immediately confused. What did this mean? Was this family's daughter dead? But surely they wouldn't come to a jewelry store for that? What did Chen Zhiyan do to their family? Kill their daughter? That seemed improbable. Chen Zhiyan also rushed over upon hearing the commotion. Seeing that group of people had come again, she couldn't help but click her tongue in annoyance. Sёarᴄh the Novёlƒire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "Who are they? Did you kill their daughter?" Hao Jian asked. "Go to hell!" Chen Zhiyan snapped, hitting Hao Jian hard. He was making such a joke at a time like this. "They are just a bunch of unreasonable barbarians!" Chen Zhiyan said angrily. "Oh? What happened? Tell me about it," Hao Jian said, knowing from Zhiyan's reaction that there must be more to the story. Immediately, Chen Zhiyan told Hao Jian the whole story. It turned out that the couple kneeling outside, named Zhu Hongyu and Sun Lingyun, had a sixteen-year-old daughter who came to their store to shop about a week ago. Perhaps because they weren't wealthy, and the girl really liked a piece of jewelry worth several hundred thousand yuan, she was tempted to steal it. But all the products in their store's counters were fitted with alarm devices. The girl had barely started stealing before she triggered the alarm, which made Chen Zhiyan and the others discover and catch her. They initially planned to hand her over directly to the police, but thinking that the girl was so young, Zhiyan worried it might affect her reputation and make her despised at school. So Zhiyan chose not to call the police and instead directly contacted the girl's parents to deal with the situation. But perhaps feeling disgraced, the girl's parents, upon arriving, publicly beat their daughter, causing her both physical and mental trauma, and she killed herself of shame the next day. The matter should have ended there, but it did not. The climax came on the third day when this odd couple brought their daughter's body to the store, demanding compensation. They said their daughter was killed by Chen Zhiyan and others. Zhiyan had been considerate for the girl's self-esteem and chose not to call the police, but the parents lashed out and publicly beat their daughter, contributing to her suicide. Now, instead of shouldering the responsibility, they were shifting the blame onto the jewelry store, accusing them of killing their daughter, which was absurd. Day after day, they came to make a scene, and Zhiyan had called the police more than once, to no avail. Even when the police convinced them to leave, they would return the next day. Their daily disturbances negatively impacted the store's business. "Is there really such outrageous behavior in the world?" Hao Jian was astonished, stunned by the shamelessness of Zhu Hongyu and her husband. After listening to Chen Zhiyan, Hao Jian knew that the couple were fools. If they had not treated their daughter that way, she would not have killed herself in shame. "It gets even more ridiculous. Now they want our store to compensate them with 950,000 yuan, otherwise they'll keep bringing their daughter's body to our store every day." Zhiyan said with a bitter smile, at a loss for what to do. Although everyone felt sorry for the girl's death, behaving so unreasonably was utterly devoid of sense.

Chapter 372 Outrageous Parents

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