The Stepmother’s Counterattack: Raising a Child in a Bygone Era
Chapter 143: Injure the enemy by eight hundred, self-inflict a thousand!

Chapter 143: Chapter 143: Injure the enemy by eight hundred, self-inflict a thousand!

Pei Ziheng, accompanied by a young lad, found a public phone and then handed the youth a piece of paper, instructing him to read aloud from it.

The youth unfolded the paper and his face showed hesitation.

According to the note, he had to call the Bureau of Industry and Commerce to report a hardware trading company for market speculation.

In those days, those who could own a trading company were not ordinary people; he could get himself into trouble.

Noticing the youth’s hesitance, Pei Ziheng started to fiddle with the banknotes in his hand.

Seeing the money, the youth immediately cast aside all concerns and dialed the number for the Bureau of Industry and Commerce.

After the call connected, the youth covered the mouthpiece and quietly read from the paper while sneakily looking around, fearful that someone might see or hear him.

After making the call, the youth appeared relieved and turned to ask Pei Ziheng for the money.

But when he turned around, Pei Ziheng had already run off.

"You little brat, stop right there!"

With his tall frame and long legs, the youth quickly caught up to the short-legged Pei Ziheng. However, he didn’t dare to lay a hand on him since two community security volunteers had appeared next to Pei Ziheng out of nowhere.

Pei Ziheng pointed at the youth and shouted, "He’s a thief, he stole someone’s almond pastries and now he wants to take my money."

"Fuck!!"

After cursing, the youth turned and ran.

The two security volunteers exchanged a glance but did not chase after him, as there were too many street hooligans to catch them all.

Watching the youth run faster than a rabbit, a cunning cold smile emerged on Pei Ziheng’s pretty face.

Ten minutes later, Pei Ziheng arrived across from Tiangong Metal Trade Export Company and waited for almost half an hour before two men from the Bureau of Industry and Commerce rode in on bicycles, leisurely entering the Tiangong Company.

Not more than ten minutes had passed before they emerged from the Tiangong Company.

They were sent off by Chen Jianqiang himself, and the atmosphere seemed very friendly between them, even shaking hands before parting.

Pei Ziheng was not disappointed with this outcome.

A crafty businessman like Chen Jianqiang naturally wouldn’t be investigated just because of an anonymous tip-off.

However, the Bureau’s people wouldn’t leave empty-handed after paying a visit, and it served as a way for Chen Jianqiang to bleed a little.

With his current capabilities, this was all he could do, thinking of it as collecting a bit of interest on his mother’s behalf.

Watching Chen Jianqiang’s retreating figure heading back to the company, Pei Ziheng emotionlessly turned and left.

—

Although he had smoothly sent off the authorities from the Bureau of Industry and Commerce, Chen Jianqiang, a sensitive and contemplative person, could feel that someone was scheming against him.

But who could it be?

Chen Jianqiang brooded in his office, running through a list of people he had offended in his life. As he thought hard, he suddenly recalled the previous night.

Ning Yuan!?

Although not certain, he, being cautious by nature, immediately grabbed a generous gift and went out to apologize to Ning Yuan.

"Ning Yuan, I was ignorant yesterday and offended your friend. I regretted it so much that I couldn’t sleep all night. Please be magnanimous and don’t hold it against me. This small gift is a token of my apology."

Ning Yuan stroked his chin, his eyes sweeping over the tea table, and smiled with amusement, "Sure."

Seeing how agreeable Ning Yuan was, Chen Jianqiang boldly inquired about Shen Mingzhu’s background, "Miss Shen is so beautiful, surely she must be one of your esteemed friends, right?"

Ning Yuan wore an expression of shock as if to say, "I don’t know what you’re talking about, don’t talk nonsense!"

"..."

Confused by Ning Yuan’s attitude, Chen Jianqiang pressed on, "Ning Yuan, could you enlighten me a bit? Otherwise, I’m uneasy and can’t sleep at night."

Ning Yuan casually replied, "In any case, when you see her, just steer clear of her, you can’t go wrong."

"Indeed, I understand, thank you Mr. Ning," said Chen Jianqiang understandingly as he got up to leave Ning Yuan’s presence. Having walked a few steps, he suddenly thought of something, turned back, and told Ning Yuan about how Sun Feifei had deliberately misled him.

---

After work, Sun Feifei was cheerfully humming a popular song as she packed away her personal items on her desk.

A female colleague noticed and teased, "Hey, Feifei, got a date tonight? You seem so happy."

"Nope, it’s just that work went smoothly today, that’s all. I’m in a good mood," Sun Feifei replied.

And she had every reason to be in high spirits.

Knowing Chen Jianqiang’s character, Shen Mingzhu humiliating him publicly by smashing his head open would surely not be something he’d let slide easily.

The maximum sentence for intentional injury was detention for up to fifteen days.

Even if the punishment was lighter and she was detained for just five days, Shen Mingzhu would still miss the self-study exams that were three days away.

This time, she felt like she had hit three birds with one stone; she had successfully taken revenge on Shen Mingzhu, entangled her with big trouble like Chen Jianqiang, and managed to interfere with her self-study exams.

Finally, she had exacted some satisfying revenge.

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The next morning.

As soon as Sun Feifei arrived at the company, she sensed something was amiss in the atmosphere; her colleagues seemed to be casting surreptitious glances her way.

Before she even sat down at her desk, one of her female colleagues who usually got along with her spoke up, "Feifei, Manager Huang wants you to come to her office as soon as you get in."

"Okay."

When Sun Feifei reached the public relations manager’s office, she was immediately met with a severe reprimand.

"... I sent you to the gala to maintain client relations, not to play cunning tricks and offend them! Last night, Mr. Chen from Tiangong called me, and he is considering not renewing the contract with the company when this one expires unless you personally go to apologize to him!"

Sun Feifei was stunned, "Why should I apologize to him?"

Huang Fen scoffed, "Sun Feifei, you know perfectly well what you did at the reception. Do you think Mr. Chen would have gotten his head cracked open if it wasn’t for you? Mr. Chen has seen all sorts of people—you should be prepared for the backlash if you dare to manipulate him!"

Standing outside the entrance to Tiangong Company, Sun Feifei had a dark and indecipherable expression on her face.

She knew exactly what she was going to face inside, but she had no other option.

If she couldn’t maintain the partnership with Tiangong, Huang Fen would fire her.

She had invested too much in this job, and she couldn’t afford to give it up mid-way.

"Mr. Chen, I’m sorry. I had no idea Shen Mingzhu would hit you. Are your injuries serious?"

As she spoke, Sun Feifei sincerely bowed at a 45-degree angle, desperately hoping that Chen Jianqiang would let her off.

However, an old lecher like Chen Jianqiang wouldn’t easily pass up a free meal served right to his door.

"Miss Sun, a verbal apology doesn’t seem very sincere."

As Chen Jianqiang moved closer, Sun Feifei was forced to retreat step by step until she was backed up against the wall with nowhere else to go...

Half an hour later.

Sun Feifei walked out of the Tiangong building, her face flushed with shame and humiliation, tears falling like broken pearls.

She never imagined things would turn out this way.

Shen Mingzhu was only detained and could even make up for the missed self-study exam in January, but in order to keep her job, she had to submit to the disgusting old lecher Chen Jianqiang.

It was like harming the enemy by eight hundred and damaging herself by a thousand!

Whether it was out of sheer anger or not, a wave of nausea suddenly rose up her throat, and Sun Feifei hurried to the side to throw up.

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