The restroom door opened, filled with all sorts of people, all waiting for what would happen next.
As Helian Hao had expected, there were indeed paparazzi, a woman turned on her mobile phone for a live stream, nodded to the two men beside her with an OK gesture, and then the door was instantly kicked open by the two men with force.
"Move aside, move aside..." Helian Hao clamored nervously, squeezing her way inside.
The mall’s security personnel followed her closely, but they hadn’t managed to squeeze in before the door was kicked open.
Qin Mu’s dress was torn, but it still covered her body decently, and under the washstand, a man with a bruised face was too scared to come out.
The paparazzi were dumbstruck, and the onlookers outside began to discuss curiously.
Qin Mu picked up her purse from the ground and slung it over her shoulder, then turned her head to coldly stare at the ugly faces outside.
"Miss, may I ask what happened here?"
The paparazzi continued to hold up the phone.
"Isn’t it obvious? A middle-aged man acts indecently toward a strange woman in the restroom, only to end up getting beaten till he’s down, searching for his teeth."
The paparazzi slowly lowered his phone, his eyes filled with fear as he looked at the woman approaching him.
Even though her hair was disheveled and her clothes somewhat unorderly, her presence was so imposing that it made the surrounding people slowly back away.
Qin Mu walked up to the woman holding the phone for filming, "Give me your contact information."
The woman nervously fished out a business card from her pocket.
Qin Mu glared at her coldly, took the business card and walked past her, with the two men behind her retreating without daring to block her.
"Mumu! Are you alright?"
Helian Hao finally squeezed in with the security, and seeing her clothes torn apart, was frightened to the core.
"Let’s talk outside."
Qin Mu whispered, then followed as security held back the crowd, with Helian Hao wrapping an arm around her and leading her outside.
When Mu Yichen arrived, Qin Mu had just changed into a dress in the dressing room of a boutique, while Helian Hao stood beside her with guilt-ridden red eyes. Hearing footsteps, she looked at the door and then immediately greeted him: "Mumu is changing clothes inside."
"Where is the dressing room?"
He asked immediately.
As soon as Helian Hao pointed to the location, he walked briskly toward it without another word.
Qin Mu was pulling up the zipper at the back of her neck when a breeze passed by, and as she glanced up, she saw his anxious face reflected in the mirror.
Quickly pulling the curtain shut, he stepped forward to zip her up and turned her around to inspect her carefully, "Are you hurt? Let me see!"
"Just my leg was pinched a couple of times, and it was by you!"
Her eyes suddenly warmed, and she instinctively grabbed his hand that was checking her, looking intently into his eyes.
Mu Yichen frowned at her, "What are you talking about?"
"Didn’t I say, nobody else is supposed to touch me?"
Her voice was somewhat weak, yet very serious.
Mu Yichen didn’t speak again, only frowning as he stared at her, and seeing her smile suddenly, he sighed helplessly.
The two of them came out together, with Helian Hao standing nervously at the side, afraid to come closer: "The mall’s management has come over."
The person standing behind Helian Hao stepped forward, a woman in her forties with short hair, dressed very simply.
Mu Yichen didn’t even glance at her, only asking, "Since when has security in your mall become so lax?"
"Our boss has already made a call, whether to call the police or handle it privately is up to you, Mr. Mu. Additionally, Miss Qin’s losses will be compensated by our mall!"
"Your mall will compensate? Can you afford it?"
Mu Yichen finally lifted his gaze, intimidating and resolute.
The mall’s management inhaled sharply, not daring to say another word.
The crowd was still around looking at the spectacle, not daring to stir Mr. Mu’s displeasure any further.
Qin Mu glanced at her, then lifted her eyes to the man beside her; even if Mu Yichen did not stand up for her, she definitely needed an explanation, and with Mu Yichen intervening, it would be much more efficient.
"Please follow me to the office, Mr. Mu and Miss Qin. I will make sure to cooperate with you both to get to the bottom of this."
Mu Yichen walked ahead, his arm around Qin Mu, with Helian Hao following behind, and then a crowd moved mightily toward the office.
The girl was trembling with fear, tears streaming down her face, yet she didn’t dare to utter a word out of place.
"What exactly happened? Speak up, why did you lure Miss Qin to the restroom? And who is that man?"
The mall’s higher-ups stood to the side looking at the man across from them with a cold face, immediately prompting the service staff to answer.