Chapter 705: Chapter 711 I Wish I Had That Much Face...
"Five thousand... isn’t that a bit much?" Chu Xiaoge bit her lip, already struggling to hold back.
Do these people think she’s easy to bully?
"Do you think we’ll give it back if you say it’s too much? You wouldn’t happen to not have five thousand, would you?" Miao Miao pressed on aggressively, raising her voice as soon as she noticed Chu Xiaoge’s uneasy expression.
She probably wanted to intimidate Chu Xiaoge.
Chu Xiaoge paused, opened her wallet, and showed it to them without hesitation, "I really don’t have five thousand... I only have, two hundred and fifty."
"You!" Miao Miao realized Chu Xiaoge was calling her an idiot, and immediately got angry, "No cash? You can owe us then!"
Chu Xiaoge’s outlook was continually being reshaped. Miao Miao really had a knack for extorting money!
She didn’t have cash on hand, and yet they wanted her to owe them?
Seeing that neither side looked happy, Miao Miao’s two little followers chimed in, "Xiao Ge, we just want to be friends with you. You wouldn’t disregard our friendship, would you?"
"Friendship like yours, I don’t need!" Chu Xiaoge frowned, no longer submissive, and directly refused their request.
Chu Xiaoge pushed past the two followers blocking her and walked out, "I have something to do, I’ll be off now."
She initially intended to leave like this, but Miao Miao reached out to grab her, unwilling to let it go.
"We came all the way here to find you, you can’t just leave like that, you..."
"What do you mean? I asked Chu Xiaoge to run an errand. Do any of you have a problem with that?" Just as Chu Xiaoge was at a loss on how to escape the situation, Zhang Xiaowen appeared.
She maintained her usual high, cold demeanor, distant and aloof, yet she immediately scolded Miao Miao’s group.
Zhang Xiaowen had the highest rank on this floor, receiving direct orders from Shang Dongyuan, so no one dared to mess with her.
Even Miao Miao had to act according to Zhang Xiaowen’s attitude.
Being scolded by Zhang Xiaowen, Miao Miao immediately became less assertive and quickly smiled, "Oh, she really has something to do? We just wanted to be friends with her... In that case, Xiao Ge, go ahead! We’ll talk about our stuff another day..."
Chu Xiaoge glanced at Miao Miao speechlessly, then turned to nod at Zhang Xiaowen and quickly walked away.
She didn’t expect Zhang Xiaowen to help her...
Miao Miao’s group didn’t gain anything either and left with a few grumbles.
Zhang Xiaowen was the last to leave, still holding documents, her face cold and indifferent.
As she reached the elevator corner, she saw Chu Xiaoge still standing there and raised an eyebrow in slight surprise.
Seeing her approach, Chu Xiaoge hurried to meet her and thanked her face-to-face, "Thank you, Evan..."
Zhang Xiaowen’s eyes flickered briefly and she quickly refused Chu Xiaoge’s gratitude.
"You’re Mr. Shang’s appointed secretary, so of course, I can’t just watch you get bullied. As for someone like Miao Miao, tolerating her will only make things worse." Saying that, Zhang Xiaowen gave Chu Xiaoge another once-over and wondered, "But Miao Miao didn’t commit any major offense, there’s no need to say anything bad to Mr. Shang."
The implication was that Chu Xiaoge might report today’s incident to Shang Dongyuan, leading to Miao Miao’s dismissal.
Chu Xiaoge found it amusing, "I wish I had that kind of influence..."
