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After leaving the small conference room, Qiao Wei waited for a while, but seeing that Qin Hai did not return, she began to feel slightly worried. She had heard that Sihai Company had a complicated background, seemingly with deep ties to the underworld. If Qin Hai impulsively confronted them, he would definitely be at a disadvantage.

Glancing at her watch, Qiao Wei hurriedly left the small conference room and searched for Qin Hai in the corridor. Just as she was about to call him, a loud noise suddenly came from ahead. Fearing the worst, she quickly followed the sound to the door of the manager's office, only to find it was already crowded with people blocking the entrance.

Qiao Wei barely managed to stand on a chair to look inside and nearly fainted at what she saw. Qin Hai was standing on the fallen door, confronting a bald man. Moreover, seven or eight burly men surrounded Qin Hai, all with angry expressions, looking ready to swarm at the slightest provocation.

The bald man had a bulky figure and a terrifying scar on his forehead. He had a face of iron blue and a ferocious expression. At that moment, he looked like a wild beast fixated on its prey, staring at Qin Hai with a cold, icy, and bloodthirsty gaze. And Qin Hai, though tall, appeared to Qiao Wei like a child in comparison to Hou Dabao, not at all on the same level.

Without time to think further, Qiao Wei hurriedly jumped down from the chair and desperately squeezed through the onlookers. Then she spread her arms to shield Qin Hai.

"Don't fight, don't fight, Manager Hou. It's all a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding," Qiao Wei said with a smile to Hou Dabao.

The bald man was Hou Dabao, the Manager of the Purchasing Department at Sihai Company. Seeing Qiao Wei, he asked with a stern face, "Group Leader Qiao, is this kid from your company?"

"Yes, yes, Xiao Qin is my colleague. Manager Hou, Xiao Qin is young and ignorant. Please don't take it to heart," she added, while quietly pulling Qin Hai's arm to signal him to keep quiet.

Outside the office, Secretary Liu tiptoed to peek inside, the corners of her mouth curving into a cold sneer. She quietly turned away to a secluded corner and dialed Xue Rong's number to report the incident.

Xue Rong received the news and quickly hung up the phone, striding toward Jian Ren's office with barely suppressed glee on his face.

Back at Sihai Company, Hou Dabao circled around Qin Hai and sneered, "Not bad, you have some brute strength."

He returned behind his desk, lit a cigar, sat down on the large office chair with his leg propped up on the desk, blew out a puff of smoke, and then looked sideways at Qiao Wei, "Group Leader Qiao, did you need something from me?"

Seeing Hou Dabao's tone soften, Qiao Wei secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took out the proposal from her bag and presented it to Hou Dabao.

"Manager Hou, our visit this time is still about that order. This is our latest proposal, please take a look."

Hou Dabao didn't even glance at the proposal and scoffed, "Running here five or six times for a trivial order, your company is quite persistent!"

Qiao Wei kept a smiling face, "A few million yuan order may not mean much to you, Manager Hou, but for us, it's incredibly important. Manager Hou, our company is very sincere, and we hope you'll give us further consideration."

"No problem, I'm going to assign the order to someone anyway, it might as well be you," Hou Dabao said, making Qiao Wei's face light up with joy. But before she could respond, Hou Dabao's expression suddenly turned stern, "However, Group Leader Qiao, your company has some capable people, huh? Not only did he kick down my door, but he also tried to slap my face in front of these many people. What should be done about that?"

Qiao Wei secretly wiped away cold sweat, not having realized before how violent Qin Hai could be.

"Manager Hou, it's all a misunderstanding. Don't worry, we'll make sure to fix the damaged door, just like it was before. Xiao Qin is young and impulsive. As the saying goes, 'the older should forgive the younger.' Please be magnanimous and let me apologize on his behalf," she said.

"Oh, you're apologizing for him?"

Qiao Wei smiled and nodded repeatedly.

Hou Dabao suddenly smiled and suggested, "Well then, since that's the case, Group Leader Qiao, don't go anywhere today. How about joining me and the brothers for a drink tonight? I've heard your ex-husband was a policeman; I've never drunk with a cop's wife before, and I'd like to see what it's like!"

As soon as Hou Dabao finished speaking, the seven or eight strong men around him burst into raucous laughter.

"This—" Qiao Wei's face showed anger. She wasn't a naive seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl; she knew that Hou Dabao's invitation to drink would not be so straightforward, most likely he intended to take advantage of her. She had faced similar requests to accompany drinking before and always flatly refused, but today, could she refuse him?

"How about it, not willing?" Hou Dabao's face darkened.

Qiao Wei's heart sank, fearing she had no choice but to accept his demand today. Given the circumstances, if she didn't agree to Hou Dabao, they would definitely injure Qin Hai.

"Of course, I didn't ask—" Without more hesitation, just as Qiao Wei was about to agree with Hou Dabao, Qin Hai's languid voice suddenly rang in her ear, "Of course, there's no problem, as long as you call out your wife to have a couple of drinks with me too."

"What did you say?"

"Do you have a death wish?"

The bulky men beside them flew into a rage, rolling up their sleeves and getting ready to charge over and start a fight.

Qiao Wei turned pale with fright and kept making eyes at Qin Hai, signaling him not to talk nonsense. But Qin Hai didn't even look at her; he casually pulled over a chair, steadying Qiao Wei to sit down.

"You've really got guts!" Hou Dabao laughed out of sheer anger, suddenly picking up the plan book from the table and slowly tearing it into countless pieces in front of Qin Hai and Qiao Wei, then scattering it forward, casually waving his hand amidst the flying shreds of paper, and said in an offhand manner, "Let's sober him up."

"No, stop!" As the bulky men immediately charged like tigers and wolves, Qiao Wei screamed in terror, desperately trying to stand up, but Qin Hai's hand firmly pressed on her shoulder, preventing her from rising.

Suddenly, a foot swept by in front of her, kicking rapidly towards Qin Hai's head. The gust was in her face, and Qiao Wei closed her eyes in fright, only to hear a thud of a muted bang, followed by a scream.

"It's over!" Qiao Wei's heart sank to the bottom, filled with regret. If she'd known it would turn out like this, she wouldn't have let Qin Hai leave the small conference room alone. But now it was too late for anything.

Thump, thump, thump...

Another series of heavy blows sounded, and Qiao Wei kept her eyes tightly shut, trembling all over, until there was no more such commotion around her, then she gathered the courage to slowly open her eyes.

Looking around, Qiao Wei suddenly froze. Beside her, Qin Hai still stood solidly there, while around them, those seven or eight bulky men all lay motionless on the ground, as if they were dead.

"This…" Qiao Wei was completely bewildered, unable to comprehend what had just happened.

But there was someone even more astonished than her at the scene, like those at the office door, each with their mouth agape, staring at Qin Hai as if they'd seen a ghost.

Even Hou Dabao was staring at Qin Hai with a shocked face, so stunned that he didn't even notice the cigar in his mouth dropping onto the table.

"Sister Qiao, don't worry, I'm fine!" Qin Hai looked down at Qiao Wei and smiled, nodding his head, then sauntered over to the office desk. Glancing at the table, his eyes lit up upon seeing the cigar box, then took out a cigar from the box, sniffed it under his nose.

"Not bad!" Qin Hai nodded in satisfaction, stuffing the whole box of cigars into his pocket, then picked up the lighter from the table to light the cigar, and took a delightful puff. Opening his mouth, a dense smoke was blown right into Hou Dabao's face.

He bent over, smiling and staring intently at Hou Dabao with an intimidating glint in his eye, "You can tell at a glance you lack culture. Let me give you a free piece of advice: if you don't seek death, you won't die. Remember, not just anyone is someone you can afford to offend."

Having said that, Qin Hai no longer paid attention to Hou Dabao, who was still in a state of shock. He returned to Qiao Wei's side, helping her stand up, and smiled, "Sister Qiao, shall we go?"

"But—" Although Qiao Wei's mind was still in disarray, she remembered the purpose of their visit to Sihai Company just before leaving.

She lowered her head to look at the shredded papers on the ground, the very plans they had brought, which Hou Dabao had torn up without even looking at them. With the situation having turned into this, the deal was definitely off. Thinking that Qin Hai might be fired because of this, Qiao Wei felt distressed.

"Sister Qiao, don't look at that anymore. It's just a business deal, nothing to worry about. We'll sign an even bigger one next time," Qin Hai consoled Qiao Wei with a smile.

Qiao Wei knew Qin Hai was deliberately consoling her. Despite feeling helpless, she accepted the reality. She sighed, feeling resigned, "I never expected things to turn out like this. Xiao Qin, don't worry. If the company insists on firing you, I'll resign with you."

Just then, a woman's voice suddenly came from the door, with a very crisp tone.

"What are you all doing here?"