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After days of running around for her husband's sake, she looked utterly exhausted, her figure thin, her complexion pale. When she spoke to Shen Shuci, a fierce expression even emerged.

Shen Shuci merely gave a cold laugh.

"You wretched girl, how dare you laugh? Because of you, my husband lost his job, and he might even end up in jail. How can you still have the face to laugh?"

"To be honest, over the years, I've seen some shameless people, but I've really never encountered anyone as completely disgraceful as you and your husband," Shen Shuci said, raising her hand to wipe off her shoulder where she had just been jabbed.

"In the past, I did feel somewhat sorry for you, being married to someone like Fa Shoucheng, but now it seems..."

"Two of a kind, perfectly matched."

Shen Shuci's disdainful arrogance thoroughly infuriated her.

"You dead girl, you..." Peng Yan raised her arm, about to strike her.

The manager and colleagues standing behind Shen Shuci all gasped in fright, but before her hand could land, Shen Shuci caught it.

She moved quickly, her action clean and decisive.

Clearly, Peng Yan hadn't expected her to fight back, her pupils shook slightly, she twisted her wrist, but couldn't break free, growing frantic and enraged.

"You little vixen, you dare..."

The woman's face turned red, unable to break free, and the force on her wrist seemed to be increasing, that feeling...

It was as if it was going to snap her wrist.

Her desperate struggle, compared to Shen Shuci's calm composure, made her look like a hysterical clown, which infuriated her even more. She gathered all her strength, but the next second, Shen Shuci suddenly exerted more force.

"Ah—" The woman shrieked, almost bumping into Shen Shuci's face.

With a cold expression, those eyes seemed to grow even cooler. Being so close, she could almost feel her breath, chilly—

"What, what are you trying to do!" Peng Yan hadn't anticipated this turn of events, her face turning pale in an instant.

"Originally, I mentioned talking privately with you because I didn't want to make things difficult for the manager."

"You were a victim in this matter too, and if things escalated, it wouldn't bother me, but I wanted to save you some face..."

"Now it seems you couldn't care less about your dignity, so let's just clarify everything right here!"

By this time, even the manager felt powerless to deal with this rampaging woman, but Shen Shuci remained exceptionally calm from beginning to end.

"And if you try to hit me again, I won't be so polite!"

After she finished speaking, she loosened her grip on Peng Yan's wrist. Already straining to pull back, once the confining strength released, the inertia made her stagger, her body nearly toppling backward.

"You... you dare to strike me?" Peng Yan reached to touch her wrist, already marked with a red line.

Shen Shuci scoffed lightly, "Didn't you just push our manager?"

"So it's alright for you to be violent towards others, but not for anyone to lay a hand on you?"

"Besides, when you jabbed my shoulder earlier, I didn't say a thing. If you try to hit me again, can't I resist a little?"

...

By this time, surrounding colleagues had also slowly risen and gathered around.

"Auntie, this is a company, please stop making a scene. If there's an issue, go to the police."

"Just talk it out, there's no need to get physical."

"Really causing unnecessary trouble, Shen Shuci is truly unlucky to encounter such a shrew."

The murmuring of the people around her intermittently reached her ears.

Shen Shuci's resistance and warning were already a thorn in her side, and with the stimulation from the crowd, her hands clenched tightly, anger swiftly ignited.

Shen Shuci watched her coolly, "What sort of man your husband is, I think many in the company know."

"Often harassing female employees, yet some colleagues, for various reasons—maybe they don't want to offend their superior, or they're afraid to expose the issue and feel embarrassed, or they're scared to call the police—keep quiet and swallow their grievances, which only emboldens his vile impulses."

"Clearly a victim, yet eventually criticized by others. Sometimes, I truly can't agree with certain societal comments—who's indulging him?"

"He thinks I'd let him get away with a little groping and harassment, and that everything would be as if nothing had happened the next day? He picked the wrong person this time. Such scum, I only regret not crippling him when I had the chance."

Shen Shuci was not someone to be trifled with; others had bullied her to her doorstep, how could she possibly just endure it and let it go.

"Xiaoshen." Although the manager felt satisfied with her scolding, he still adopted a conciliatory attitude, "Enough, let's talk this over privately."

"I also wanted to talk privately. I gave her enough respect, but she simply refused to show any."

"Accuses me of seducing him, where's the proof?"

"Do you really not know what kind of man your husband is? You just said that I have power and connections, don't you feel there's a contradiction in your words?"

"If I really were that capable, why would I bother seducing a married old man? What kind of man couldn't I find?"

Colleagues around couldn't help but snicker.

It made sense, she was attractive and came from a good family, she had plenty of men to choose from, why would she bother with an old man?

Peng Yan seemed to realize something was off at that moment, but things had already escalated, and there was no way she could back down.

"You're trying to climb up the ladder by seducing my husband, I've seen plenty of girls like you!" she snapped, her eyes flickering with panic, pondering over the situation inwardly.

Shen Shuci sneered, "I know plenty of rich and powerful people."

"Seriously, even if I wanted to sell myself to get ahead, there are many options. Your husband?"

"He's nothing!"

Her eyes displayed a proud dominance.

The colleagues around gasped in shock.

They had thought this intern maybe had some background, after all, she had quietly handled Manager Fa, perhaps she had some connections in Beijing. But listening to her tone, it seemed she knew some incredibly significant people.

In a place like Beijing, where dragons and tigers hid, a millionaire could be riding a bicycle right beside you.

It wouldn't be unusual if their company harbored a person with a prominent background.

Peng Yan's anger had already been provoked, and even though she sensed something was off, she could only stubbornly deny it, burning with fury as she heard Shuci's disdainful tone.

Jumping up, she raised her arm to hit Shen Shuci.

Some male colleagues attempted to intervene, but it's hard to hold back a woman gone wild, just as a slap was about to land...

In the next second,

Shen Shuci quickly raised her arm and counteracted with a fierce slap on Peng Yan's face.

"Smack—" the sound echoed as Peng Yan stumbled and nearly knocked over a computer on a nearby desk, her ears ringing, completely stunned by the blow.

For someone trained like Shen Shuci, that slap was...

Fast, fierce, and accurate!

The woman, clutching her face, looked at her incredulously. Shen Shuci, in her work attire, was slightly hindered but she elegantly undid her blazer button with graceful ease.

"I told you, if you try to hit me again, I won't be polite."

Her gaze clearly said:

I hit you, what are you going to do about it?

Dominantly intimidating.

Most onlookers were just there for entertainment, seeing her get hit only made them secretly rejoice. The woman went completely berserk, not caring anymore, and started throwing whatever was on the desk at her!

"Hey—stop it." Security finally rushed over.

But then, the woman actually yanked the computer monitor and hurled it toward Shen Shuci.

The security cursed under their breath, wondering how it escalated to breaking things, but a dark figure dashed forward faster than them. Shen Shuci moved quickly, dodging to the left...

But someone grabbed her wrist and pulled her to the right!

She crashed into that person's arms, and the computer monitor nearly grazed her back as it fell to the floor with a crash.

The entire work area went deathly silent.

Following right behind were people from the Huo Family, releasing a sigh of relief. The timing of this heroic rescue couldn't have been more precise!