Xie Fangfang's voice was loud, as if she feared others wouldn't believe her, and she even used numerous exaggerated gestures.
The gazes from the surrounding onlookers grew more numerous. However, the gazes were all one-sided, looking at her as if watching a madwoman.
"Sister Shi?" The young man's clear voice came from a distance, tinged with tension and fear.
Everyone turned towards the voice.
Tang Jingming moved quickly to Shi Mei's side, and the pitiful child hiding behind Shi Lingyan cried out even louder, evidently trying to retreat further behind him, clearly not wanting to see Tang Jingming.
The child looked so pitiful, just like a child without any sense of security, showing such an appearance after being aggrieved!
Tang Jingming's heart felt like it was shattering.
He turned his head and saw the perpetrator. What was even more infuriating was that Xie Fangfang was holding a smartphone, with the rear camera facing them—it looked as though she was recording!
Tang Jingming's anger flared uncontrollably, and he quickly stepped forward, snatching the phone from her hand as he scolded, "What are you doing? I asked you to take good care of Sister Shi. Is this how you look after her? It's just taking a five-year-old child to the restroom, if you can't handle that, why say so? Bullying a child, what kind of ability is that?"
The faces of those inside were all filled with confusion.
Tang Jingming could clearly hear someone ask, "What's going on here?"
"Is Xie Fangfang acting as a nanny for someone?"
"Holy shit, this is intense?"
"So, you mean to say Xie Fangfang is just Shi Mei's nanny?"
"Let me get this straight; didn't she just claim that Shi Mei was clinging onto her blind date's arm, talking about restraining orders and such, has it all been lies?"
"Of course, it's all lies!" Tang Jingming huffed indignantly, "With the way she looks now, who would want to blind date her? Only someone blind would take a liking to her, right?"
Shi Mei: "..." Nicely said!
Shi Mei nearly applauded him.
Tang Jingming not only rebutted the people inside, but he also turned the camera onto Xie Fangfang's face.
"What on earth happened to Xie Fangfang, why does she look like a ghost?!"
"That outfit seems to be this year's fall collection from a top brand, right? On the white collar, what's that ring of blue?"
"Why does it look like toilet cleaner to me?? And there's blue liquid on her face too, did everyone see that? Ouch, it hurts to look!"
Tang Jingming couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Only then did Xie Fangfang realize how disheveled she looked.
Screaming in shock, she immediately covered her face and yelled, "No photos, that's infringing on my rights to likeness!"
As soon as she said this, her classmates all laughed.
Mr. Hou sneered, "You didn't think about others' rights to likeness when you were taking photos of them, but now you're concerned about your own?"
Security arrived quickly, and Mr. Hou issued a final ultimatum, "Escort her out. Record her name; she is not permitted to enter any property under my name ever again."
The people in the group call exploded.
"If I'm not mistaken, that seems to be a national chain of five-star hotels, right?"
A chain like that not only has hotels, but surely several other properties.
If Xie Fangfang were to be banned from all of Mr. Hou's industries in the future, it would likely be harder than reaching the heavens for her to squeeze back into the circle she desperately wanted to be part of.
Xie Fangfang was swiftly taken away by security.
Mr. Hou seemed to be very concerned about Shi Lingyan, his face smiling, almost respectful, "Mr. Shi, may I offer you a ride?"
Shi Lingyan shook his head indifferently, casually replied, "No, thanks."
Then, he turned around and left.
Shi Mei was inwardly shocked.
This Mr. Hou was a ruthless character.
Having single-handedly built a nationwide hotel chain and becoming one of the four tycoons of Xia Country, he was certainly not someone content to be subordinate to others.
Yet, just as Shi Lingyan turned away, Mr. Hou's face showed a sly grin of satisfaction, seemingly glad he had done the right thing.
It was a visible sign of awe that anyone could see, suggesting how significant Shi Lingyan's satisfaction was to him.
Shi Mei's eyes deepened.
It seemed that in these three years, Shi Lingyan had grown much more than she had imagined.