"Lin Siqi, what are you doing here?"
Suddenly, a man's questioning voice came from the doorway of the stairwell.
Ling Xiaoran was startled and buried her little head in Ling Feng's arms.
Ling Feng turned his head indifferently and saw a middle-aged bald man standing at the door, staring at him with malicious eyes!
That's right, although this middle-aged bald man was questioning Lin Siqi, his eyes were fixed on Ling Feng!
"Supervisor Xu! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I bumped into a friend, so I came over to say a few words."
Lin Siqi was flustered and repeatedly apologized to the middle-aged bald man.
Xu Qiang glanced at Lin Siqi and reprimanded coldly, "It's working hours, don't you know?"
"I, I know..."
Lin Siqi was clearly very afraid of Xu Qiang.
"Then what are you still standing here for? Do you want me to invite you back to the store?" Xu Qiang reprimanded again, and was about to grab Lin Siqi!
Ling Feng sidestepped to block the man's action and glanced coldly at Xu Qiang, "She'll walk on her own!"
Xu Qiang was immediately stunned by Ling Feng's gaze, trembled involuntarily, and instinctively stepped aside.
Lin Siqi hurried back into the store, but as she passed Ling Feng, she whispered, "Ling Feng, I'm sorry, I have to go to work. The money I owe you, I will definitely return it!"
Ling Feng turned back and saw Xu Qiang still staring at him gloomily, his brow furrowed slightly.
"Uncle, this uncle is so fierce."
Ling Xiaoran burrowed into Ling Feng's arms again.
Ling Feng slowly followed Lin Siqi. Working under such a person would really make one uneasy!
Seeing Ling Feng still following, Xu Qiang quickened his pace.
He couldn't control customers entering the store, but Lin Siqi was the woman he, Xu Qiang, had set his sights on. Seeing her getting close to another man made him uncomfortable.
Lin Siqi quickly returned to the store. The two female shop assistants who were chatting and eating melon seeds immediately looked over and teased her.
"Oh, the little vixen is back?"
"Heh heh, that little handsome guy looks quite strong. Why so fast? It's only been a few minutes..."
Before the laughter of the two could subside, Xu Qiang's scolding voice blurted out, "What nonsense are you talking about! Are you two free?"
"Supervisor."
"Brother Xu."
The two women immediately put away the melon seeds on the counter and showed fawning smiles to Xu Qiang.
Sensing Ling Feng approaching, Xu Qiang deliberately showed off his position as supervisor, acting like a big leader, and said, "Hmph! How many times have I told you, can you eat melon seeds during work?"
The two women exchanged glances and immediately understood where Xu Qiang's anger was coming from today.
One of them said to Xu Qiang in a sweet and娇声 (jiāo shēng - sweet voice): "Brother Xu, we are at least guarding the store. Look at Lin Siqi, she takes a salary but doesn't work!"
"That's right, Brother Xu. Lin Siqi has only been here a few days, and she can't move when she sees a man."
"Hey, little handsome guy, have you really been hooked by Lin Siqi? You're still not leaving. We're doing business here, not a place for you to flirt!"
The short, fat woman even turned her attention to Ling Feng, her words filled with contempt and mockery.
Ling Feng's expression grew colder. Working in such a place was like trying to snatch food from a wolf's den; one would surely be devoured alive!
Hearing the words of the two women, Xu Qiang became even more enraged.
He suddenly turned around and roared at Lin Siqi, "Lin Siqi, what are you doing?"
"You're here to work, not to flirt with customers."
"I thought your sales were pretty good these past two days and I was planning to take care of you. I didn't expect you to sell clothes to customers by using your looks!"
"What do you think this store is? What do you think I, Xu Qiang, am? A pimp!"
Xu Qiang's words became more and more excessive and louder. Even people who didn't want to pay attention couldn't help but notice.
A crowd immediately gathered.
Lin Siqi instantly became the target of public criticism, with people pointing fingers at her.
Her face flushed red, and she lowered her head, timidly replying, "It's not what they said, I, I didn't flirt with men, I was just selling clothes."
Wronged!
Lin Siqi felt extremely wronged.
She could tolerate being insulted by those two gossips, and she could also tolerate being scolded by Xu Qiang.
Even with so many people gathered around, pointing fingers at her, she could bear it.
However, Ling Feng was standing right there, and all of this was being displayed in front of him.
This gave her a feeling of despair.
What would Ling Feng think of her?
In the mouths and eyes of those people, she was so undisciplined.
She was being berated like a dog, so humble!
Ling Feng saw all of this!
Lin Siqi felt incredibly wronged and even wished she could die of inferiority!
Just then, Ling Feng put Ling Xiaoran, who was in his arms, on the ground and coldly questioned Xu Qiang, "On what grounds are you saying she's flirting with men?"
Xu Qiang didn't expect Ling Feng to dare to question him, and immediately sneered, "Heh heh, on what grounds? On the grounds that I am the supervisor here!"
"Does being a supervisor give you the right to falsely accuse people?" Ling Feng's eyes flickered with a cold light.
Xu Qiang, however, seemed to know the sharpness of Ling Feng's gaze, so he avoided eye contact and sneered arrogantly, "Who says I'm falsely accusing? My two shop assistants provided testimony!"
"And I saw with my own eyes just now that you and Lin Siqi were pulling and tugging in the stairwell. Could I be falsely accusing her?"
The two shop assistants beside them immediately came forward and chattered in agreement.
"Yes! It was Lin Siqi who pulled you out!"
"Little handsome guy, did Lin Siqi serve you well, so you're speaking up for her?"
Seeing Ling Feng become the target of attack by the three, Lin Siqi immediately stood in front of Ling Feng and said to Xu Qiang, "Supervisor, he is my classmate. It was my fault to leave my post just now. I apologize, please don't make things difficult for Ling Feng."
Lin Siqi's meek compliance only made Xu Qiang's arrogance even more rampant.
"Heh heh, I'm making things difficult for him? He's not worthy! Lin Siqi, in one word, if you don't want to work here, get out! Don't try to catch a rich man here!"
"I don't know what kind of taste you have. With this kid looking so shabby, you can let him into our store?"
With that, Xu Qiang turned to the other two female shop assistants and said, "If you see any more poor devils deliberately coming here to cause trouble, just kick them out. The clothes in our store are not affordable for such poor devils!"