The restaurant manager quickly arrived. Shen Mianyin said, "This man is drunk and insisted on dragging me to their room for drinks. How does your restaurant ensure the safety of its guests? It’s been this long, and there hasn’t been a single staff member in the hallway!"
"I’m so sorry, truly sorry," the manager apologized repeatedly. "This is our negligence. We will cover all your expenses for tonight."
"This isn’t about covering my expenses," Shen Mianyin replied coldly. "It’s about ensuring the safety of customers dining in your restaurant."
"Yes, yes, we will definitely be more careful in the future," the manager said.
Shen Mianyin sneered and immediately turned to Gao Zhoulei. "Call the police. After harassing someone like this, do they think nothing will happen? The cost of harassing others is just too low."
"This lady," the manager said, "I don't see that you've been hurt. Why don’t you consider resolving this privately with the guest?"
The manager clearly didn’t want to call the police, knowing it would affect the restaurant's business.
"Yes, my friend is just drunk. Once he sobers up, he’ll apologize to you," the fat man’s friend said, his words reeking of alcohol. "Miss, don’t stoop to the level of a drunk."
"Do you want me to just report him, or are you and your restaurant going to be included?" Shen Mianyin pointed to the security camera above them.
"The camera’s right there. Either your security is negligent and wasn’t watching, or they saw it and chose to ignore it. Would you like to feel what it’s like to make the headlines?" she said coldly.
Fueled by alcohol, the fat man pointed at Shen Mianyin and sneered, "Aren’t you just here to sell yourself? Don’t act all high and mighty! I’m not refusing to pay!"
Shen Mianyin's face completely darkened. "Who told you I’m here to sell myself?"
"Gao Zhoulei, call the police!" Shen Mianyin said coldly. "This person hasn’t just harassed me, he’s slandered and defamed me. This matter is far from over!"
"Also, I want to access the restaurant’s security footage," Shen Mianyin said, noticing the manager hesitating.
"Don’t try to avoid it. Once the police arrive, they have the right to view the footage. You must hand it over!"
Hiding around the corner, Su Yiqing’s heart skipped a beat upon hearing this.
She quickly moved further away and called Gu Luoan.
"Qingqing?" Gu Luoan answered the phone.
Su Yiqing immediately started crying on the phone, "Luoan ge, please come save me. Wuwuwu, I’ve been bullied. Wuwuwu, Luoan ge, I’m scared."
Gu Luoan frowned, "What happened? Where are you?"
Through her tears, Su Yiqing said, "I’m at Yunjing Restaurant. Luoan ge, please hurry."
"What’s going on with you right now?" Gu Luoan grabbed his car keys and headed out the door.
"I'm scared, wuwuwu..." Su Yiqing continued to cry, her voice sounding even more helpless.
"I ran into Sister Shen here and wanted to say a few words to her, but when I was waiting for her in the hallway, a drunk fat man harassed me. He even tried to harass Sister Shen, and now Sister Shen is calling the police and wants to access the security footage."
"But... but Luoan ge, I can't let her release the footage. If she does, everyone will know that the fat man harassed me and touched me. I can't disgrace my family, wuwuwu. Luoan ge, I'm so scared right now, what should I do?"
"I’m too scared to tell Mom and Dad. They’ll definitely blame me for not being more careful," Su Yiqing cried. "I don’t know who else to turn to, all I can think of is you."
"Qingqing, listen to me," Gu Luoan said calmly, "This is not your fault. The person who harassed you is in the wrong, and you bear no responsibility."
"Stay where you are, and I’ll arrange for someone to get the footage. Don’t worry, no one will see the footage of you being harassed."
"Really? Luoan ge, I have no other way, I can only rely on you," Su Yiqing sobbed.
"You just said that Shen Mianyin was also harassed?" Gu Luoan asked. "Is she okay?"
Su Yiqing’s expression instantly turned cold. How could Gu Luoan still be thinking about Shen Mianyin?
Su Yiqing cried as she spoke through her tears, her face cold. "Sister Shen is fine, but she insists on calling the police and suing that man."
"Sister Shen doesn’t have a family name to protect, so she’s okay. But I can’t let people find out," Su Yiqing said, still crying.
"I understand."
Once the call ended, Su Yiqing continued to watch Shen Mianyin’s situation closely. She couldn’t let Shen Mianyin get her hands on that footage.
Not long after, the police arrived.
The restaurant had no choice but to hand over the security footage.
Shen Mianyin watched as the footage revealed that before she had appeared, the fat man had actually encountered Su Yiqing and tried to drag her into the room.
However, for some unknown reason, after talking to the fat man, Su Yiqing seemed to have convinced him to let her go.
But soon, Shen Mianyin figured out what Su Yiqing must have said.
It aligned perfectly with what the fat man had said earlier—that someone told him she was "selling."
In the footage, Shen Mianyin saw that after she appeared, the fat man immediately turned to look at her, clearly after being prompted by someone.
At the same time, Su Yiqing quickly ran away.
The situation was clear, and the police took the fat man away.
Inside the room, Zhou Jingqi returned and whispered something into Gu Huai’s ear.
A cold light flashed in Gu Huai’s eyes as he said to Zhou Jingqi, "Get that footage."
"Understood."
Shen Mianyin followed Gao Zhoulei back to the room where they had been discussing business.
Given the sudden turn of events, President Chen felt that Shen Mianyin would surely be too distracted to continue, so he said, "Given that Director Shen has faced such an unexpected ordeal, why don’t we call it a day? Director Shen should head back and rest properly."
"That's fine," Shen Mianyin nodded. "I'll prepare a proposal for you, President Chen, for your review. I'm very confident in the new material being developed by Qitai, and I want to finalize the cooperation as soon as possible. While the market still hasn’t seen such a material, we should launch it and establish a presence quickly. If we delay, other companies will inevitably get in on it, and the profits will definitely be smaller than what they are now."
"Director Shen is truly a remarkable woman!" President Chen said, impressed. "After going through such an unpleasant experience, you're able to return to work immediately."
"Because I truly have great sincerity in wanting to cooperate with your company," Shen Mianyin smiled. "Besides, life is tough—who has the time to sigh over these trivial matters?"
"To be honest, Director Shen, you are completely different from what I had imagined," President Chen said. "If I may be bold, I had heard a little about your background before. But your emotional stability and inner strength are truly rare. You don't need to pay attention to what others say—I believe that whatever you do, you will succeed."
"Then I’ll take your kind words to heart," Shen Mianyin smiled as she escorted President Chen to the restaurant door and watched him get into his car.
Only then did she turn and head back inside.
"Director Shen, where are you headed?" Gao Zhoulei quickly caught up and asked.
"I didn't have time earlier to deal with the restaurant, but now I need to go get that footage copied," Shen Mianyin said. "I'm worried it might be used by someone with ulterior motives."
Gao Zhoulei didn’t quite understand who might use the footage, but still followed Shen Mianyin.
To their surprise, they were told that the footage had already been taken.
"What about the original? Surely you don't mean to say there's no original copy?" Shen Mianyin asked in a deep voice.
"The original was taken as well. We don’t have it here," the manager said, looking troubled.
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