E-Ladies: Navigating the Wired World
Chapter 182: Episode 182: Nobody Gets Off Easy When the Scandal Breaks

Chapter 182: Episode 182: Nobody Gets Off Easy When the Scandal Breaks

Zhang Yongzhong arrived at the door of Apartment 601, already out of breath. It had been many years since he had climbed stairs, and suddenly climbing up to the sixth floor was quite a challenge.

"Help, help, help..." Zhang Yongzhong pounded on the first security door, "Pang, brother, I know you’re at home. Hurry up and open the door!"

Inside the room, there was a sound of something settling, followed by the shuffling of slippers, getting closer and closer.

"Mr. Zhang? How come you’re here?" Pang Xin opened the door, looking at Zhang Yongzhong in surprise.

"What time is it? You’re still not up? Aren’t you going to let me in?" Zhang Yongzhong frowned at Pang Xin, who was bare-chested and wearing only a pair of large underpants, and said with disgust.

"...Please wait a moment..." After saying that, Pang Xin shut the door.

The moment the door closed, Zhang Yongzhong thought he saw another person lying in the bedroom.

"Hmph... No wonder you don’t feel like going to work, indulging in the pleasures of life!" He scoffed disdainfully.

Soon, Pang Xin had both the main and inner doors open. This time he was wearing a wrinkled shirt, still in his beach shorts: "Mr. Zhang, please..."

Zhang Yongzhong walked into the living room without any courtesy and sat down directly on the sofa: "I wouldn’t have guessed, you’ve made a pretty penny, haven’t you? This place isn’t cheap, right?"

"You’re too kind, it’s second-hand, not that expensive... Would you like some tea, some fruit?" Pang Xin served the tea and fruit plate with great respect to Zhang Yongzhong.

"I see you have someone in the bedroom? You’re so lost in pleasure that you don’t want to go to work anymore, huh?" Zhang Yongzhong joked with Pang Xin.

"You, you’re mistaken, there’s no one... just me!" Pang Xin explained frantically.

"Look, no need to be so formal, I’m not going to blab. Besides, I don’t know your wife, right? So, who’s in the bedroom?" Zhang Yongzhong took a sip of tea and stood up, heading towards the bedroom.

"Nobody, you saw wrong, there’s no one, really nobody!" Pang Xin panicked, blocking the bedroom door.

"Move!" Zhang Yongzhong, tall and strong, pushed Pang Xin aside with force and opened the bedroom door.

The person lying on the bed was none other than Hu Ting.

As soon as Hu Ting saw Zhang Yongzhong come in, she burst into tears, "He, he wouldn’t let me speak... I don’t even know how I ended up here, wuwuwu..."

Zhang Yongzhong, compassionate by nature, seeing Hu Ting appealing to him for help, hastened over to embrace and comfort her without a second thought.

But Hu Ting, with a reflexive reaction, threw anything she could grab from beside her at the two men.

"Ting, calm down, I’m not a bad guy. The bad guy is him! I’m here to rescue you!" Zhang Yongzhong tried to make himself look as non-threatening as possible by bending down.

However, Hu Ting kept throwing things relentlessly. With no other choice, he had to play it cool...

"Ting, calm down, put on your clothes first, let’s talk this out!" Fearing Hu Ting might do something foolish, Zhang Yongzhong slowly moved toward the window, and also picked up the clothes thrown on the floor, tossing them to Hu Ting.

"You men are all WBD!" Hu Ting cried and screamed.

"Right, right, right, we’re all WBD!" Zhang Yongzhong nodded repeatedly.

"All scoundrels, taking advantage of others in their time of need!"

"Right, all scoundrels, taking advantage of others in their time of need, no! Pang, that’s what you are... I haven’t taken advantage of you..." He quickly cleared himself of any involvement.

"I’ll make sure you’re ruined!" Hu Ting finished putting on her clothes, searching around for anything that could serve as evidence.

"Stop looking... You were so drunk, how could I have laid a hand on you? You’re not even my type..." Pang Xin said disdainfully.

"LM! WBD! ¥@...%%" Hu Ting cursed with all the nastiest words she could think of, yet she still didn’t feel relieved.

"Brother Pang, I can’t help you with this mess; you’ll have to sort it out yourself." While saying this, Zhang Yongzhong secretly recorded the chaos in the room.

"Tingting, Tingting, how about this, after I return, I’ll immediately make you a regular employee, alright? And then your monthly salary will be 3500 yuan? You’ll be making more than other new staff!" Pang Xin, running out of options, could only resort to this method of offering an early promotion.

"Just 3500 a month? Brother Pang, you’ve bought two apartments in Beijing! And you offer this girl just 3500 a month?" Zhang Yongzhong fanned the flames, excited by the commotion.

"I can’t just give her an apartment..." Pang Xin said timidly.

"Do you think by compensating me, I can get my innocence back? I’ll go to the police station and accuse you of rape!" Hu Ting said relentlessly.

"No, no, Hu, I’m begging you. I really didn’t touch you..." Pang Xin was close to kneeling before Hu Ting.

"Brother Pang, you say you didn’t do it, and that’s it? A man and a woman alone in a room—you expect people to believe nothing happened?" Zhang Yongzhong continued to goad. "Tingting, how about this, you resign from the company and join mine, I’ll offer you a position as sales director, 8000 a month... How about it?"

Truth be told, a monthly salary of 8000 yuan was indeed tempting.

Although Pang Xin claimed he hadn’t touched her, Hu Ting had woken up disheveled and aching all over—who knew whether his words were true or not.

She thought for a moment: "I’m telling you, Pang Xin! You better not have touched me! Otherwise! I’ll make sure you regret it!"

"You? What are you going to do?" Panic-stricken, Pang Xin looked at Hu Ting, guilty as hell, "I told you, I’ve told you! I didn’t touch you, truly didn’t!"

After the feast last night, Hu Ting was completely drunk. Wan Hua wanted to take Hu Ting home, but after asking repeatedly, he couldn’t figure out where she lived.

So Wan Hua suggested getting a hotel room for Hu Ting, but Pang Xin, reluctant to waste money, didn’t agree.

Instead, he said he would take care of Hu Ting’s accommodation and told Wan Hua to go home with peace of mind. Eventually, Pang Xin brought Hu Ting to stay the night at his home in North Taiping Village.

Initially, Pang Xin slept on the sofa in the living room, and Hu Ting slept on the bed.

He had no intention of touching Hu Ting, but somehow, in the middle of the night, he ended up moving from the sofa to the bed...

After hearing this, Hu Ting was so angry that tears swirled in her eyes: "Just you wait, Mr. Pang!"

Ignoring the blockades from the two men, she stormed out of Pang Xin’s house.

"Chase her! Chase her now! Yong, help me catch up with her!" It took Pang Xin a few seconds to snap to.

He attempted to pull Zhang Yongzhong along to pursue Hu Ting, but the latter made clear: "I’m just here to sign a contract with you, don’t let your personal issues interfere with my money-making. If you don’t want the recording and video file to get out, better sign the contract quick!"

Pang Xin glanced at the doorway, then at Zhang Yongzhong sitting casually on the sofa, and was at a loss for what to do.

"Sign! I’ll sign!" Pang Xin pulled out a pen and company seal, unthinkingly signing the advertising contract with Zhang Yongzhong.

"There you go, now hurry up and chase that girl!" Zhang Yongzhong, having secured the contract, urged Pang Xin to hurry.

But when Pang Xin reached the bottom of the building, he couldn’t see Hu Ting anywhere. Chase her? Where? He stood there stunned.

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