Qi Xiaojia stood trembling before Qiao Chuchu.
It took all her courage to stand there.
Because she had just seen Xia Xuechun lying in the break room with a huge bump on her head!
Shaking, Qi Xiaojia reproached, "You have absolutely no respect for us!"
Pei Yuan spoke with a sinister tone: "Xia Xuechun was the one who first smeared cake all over Qiao Chuchu's face. And you're saying my sister doesn't show respect?"
Qi Xiaojia was left speechless but countered, "That doesn't mean Qiao Chuchu can knock her unconscious! What if something serious had happened to her?"
Pei Buxian harshly retorted, "So it was safe when Xia Xuechun smeared cake on my sister's face? What if she had suffocated? What if she had died from not being able to breathe?!"
Qi Xiaojia choked up, her eyes instantly turning red, her voice trembling with tears: "You always think you're right no matter what! You're just bullying people because you're rich and powerful!"
Just as Qiao Chuchu was about to speak, Lin Shen cut in coldly: "If we were really using our power to bully you, would you still be able to stand here talking to us like this?"
Qi Xiaojia froze.
Lin Qing smiled aggressively from the side: "My brother's right. Our Lin family isn't one to be trifled with. Would you like to find out?"
Qi Xiaojia's face turned pale with fear. She stepped back and looked at Qiao Chuchu.
Qiao Chuchu sat in the circle of people, surrounded by brothers and sisters protecting her on both sides.
She didn't need to say anything; just sitting there calmly, she could win this war silently.
The more Qi Xiaojia thought about it, the more unfair it felt: "Qiao Chuchu, are you just going to let people around you protect you instead of facing me like an adult?"
Qiao Chuchu: "I don't plan to."
Qi Xiaojia: "?"
Qiao Chuchu said matter-of-factly: "Everyone's helping me, so why should I waste my breath with you?"
Qi Xiaojia was stunned, and in her anger, spoke without thinking: "I heard from Auntie Wang that you only got into that prestigious foreign university because your brothers donated money. You're clearly different from hardworking people like me and Xuechun. You're just a parasite living off your family, waiting to be taken care of!"
Everyone was stunned.
Auntie Wang, who had rushed over, heard Qi Xiaojia's words and collapsed to the ground.
Qi Xiaojia... had actually told Qiao Chuchu about the gossip she had shared about her!
She had specifically warned them not to repeat what she had said!!
Qiao Chuchu looked away, saw Auntie Wang clutching her chest, and couldn't help but laugh: "Qi Xiaojia, privately discussing your employer's personal life - all three of you will be fired."
Qi Xiaojia lifted her chin proudly, "So what if we're fired? There are plenty of jobs and good employers out there. We don't need you!"
Qiao Chuchu smiled sarcastically: "You don't seem to understand what I mean. What I mean is, not only will I fire you, but I'll also have my family use all their connections to let everyone know about your stupid actions."
She paused, then continued: "This means that every wealthy family and large corporation that might want to hire Auntie Wang and you will see your black history of leaking employer secrets. Auntie Wang's monthly salary will drop from fifty thousand to just a few thousand."
Qi Xiaojia: "What?!"
Auntie Wang's face changed dramatically. She quickly ran to Qiao Chuchu, bursting into tears: "Miss Eight, I'm so sorry, please don't fire me! I have a whole family to support! I know I was wrong, I'll never gossip again!"
Pei Yuan: "Too late."
Auntie Wang's breath caught as she turned to look at Pei Yuan.
Pei Yuan glanced at her sideways, as if looking at trash: "If you dare to gossip about your employer's private life, you should be prepared to face the consequences. Pack your things and get out."
Auntie Wang begged desperately: "Mr. Pei, please forgive me, Mr. Pei, I won't gossip anymore, I really won't gossip anymore, please don't be so harsh, Mr. Pei!!"
Pei Yuan took out his phone to call security.
Security came and dragged Auntie Wang away.
Auntie Wang's legs were too weak to stand. She grabbed Qi Xiaojia tightly, almost wanting to strangle her: "How could you be so loose-lipped?! I shouldn't have called both of you over! You've ruined me! You've all ruined me!!!"
She looked like a criminal being dragged to execution in ancient times, full of resentment.
Qi Xiaojia trembled in fear, stumbling over her words: "I-I didn't expect Qiao Chuchu to be so petty!"
She commanded Qiao Chuchu with red eyes: "Let Auntie Wang go right now! She's innocent!"
"Innocent?" Qiao Chuchu sneered: "Then how did you know about my family paying for my university education? Sure, it doesn't sound good that I got in this way, but my family donated an entire building, millions of dollars in American currency. Did you think I got it for free?"
Qi Xiaojia choked: "But-but we were just sharing gossip! Don't you ever share gossip?"
Qiao Chuchu laughed: "I'm not stupid enough to share secrets my friends tell me with their enemies. So Auntie Wang's fate is her own fault for having a loose tongue, and yours for being stupid."
Qi Xiaojia's face turned red as a pig's liver, tears welling up in her eyes as she protested: "You-you're just using your money and power to bully Xuechun, to bully me, to bully Auntie Wang! You're garbage, a half-baked person, just a bloodsucker living off your family!"
She grew more agitated: "You don't care about education because you barely made it! When you face someone like me, you still feel inferior, you're jealous of me and Xuechun because I got where I am through my own abilities!"
Qi Xiaojia almost tore her throat shouting: "I'm standing here in front of you because of my real capabilities!!"
Qiao Chuchu's mouth fell half-open, too shocked to speak: "So you're standing in front of me with your real capabilities... as a temporary maid in my house?"
Qi Xiaojia: "?"
The others let out light chuckles.
Lin Qing couldn't help but mock: "I haven't seen such an idiot in a long time."
Qi Xiaojia was left flustered by the mockery, feeling even more humiliated: "I'm just here doing temporary work, my real abilities aren't shown here!"
Qiao Chuchu was unimpressed: "So what? Is this the only thing in your life you can compare with me?"
Qi Xiaojia insisted: "Yes! Just based on this alone, my life already crushes yours to dust! What right do you have to bully us like this! You're nothing yourself!"
Qiao Chuchu laughed, saying helplessly: "Honey, when you try to mock someone about their education, you should first make sure they care about education as much as you do."
Qi Xiaojia was stunned by her words: "What?"
Qiao Chuchu explained calmly: "The foreign university was something my family forced me to attend because not having a good education would shame our entire family. That wasn't my choice. I'm a manga artist, and all I need to do is make many readers love my manga. So even if you were a master musician at the highest level, it wouldn't threaten me at all."
She continued with increasing sympathy: "You're shouting yourself breathless at me, but the damage you're causing me is less than what I get from a single criticism from my readers."