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Kang Shunyin did not give up after causing a scene at the sales office.

It's like a wolfhound that's set its sights on Zhuangzhuang and refuses to let go no matter what.

For the next few days, Kang Shunyin would occasionally loiter near the entrance of the sales office.

He doesn't go in every time; he just stands across the street, waiting for Zhuangzhuang to get off work.

Zhuangzhuang was getting really annoyed by Kang Shunyin.

She didn't want her colleagues to laugh at her, nor did she want to bring her private affairs into the company.

Every day before leaving get off work, Zhuangzhuang would look outside to see if Kang Shunyin was still there.

Sometimes when Kang Shunyin was around, Zhuangzhuang would go out through the side door.

Sometimes when Kang Shunyin isn't around, Zhuangzhuang can't help but feel anxious.

I dated Kang Shunyin back in my hometown of Wenzhou, but I just couldn't get along with him.

I thought I had explained everything clearly and returned the betrothal gifts, so there shouldn't be any further issues between us.

But to my utter surprise, this Kang Shunyin was a pervert who actually came all the way to Beijing to harass me.

……

That evening, Zhuangzhuang got off work a little later than usual. She packed up her things and came out of the sales office.

Just as she stepped onto the sidewalk, Kang Shunyin suddenly appeared from some direction and blocked her way.

"Zhuangzhuang, are you just avoiding me like this? What have I done to wrong you? I came all the way from my hometown, and this is how you treat me? Why weren't you like this when you accepted the betrothal gifts?"

"Kang Shunyin, can you please stop embarrassing yourself here? The bride price has already been returned to your family, and I still have the receipt with your mother's fingerprint on it. Are you bringing it up again and again so that I'll make a copy and send it to you?"

"Is it over just because the bride price is returned? Is our relationship about the bride price? You went on a blind date with me back in our hometown, and then you came all the way to Beijing. Where do you expect me to save face?"

"..." Zhuangzhuang realized that she couldn't reason with this man.

Just as the two were frozen on the roadside, a black Mercedes-Benz W14 turned from the street corner.

When the Mercedes-Benz reached Zhuangzhuang's side, it suddenly slowed down, the window rolled down, and Su Ning's face was revealed.

Suning turned the steering wheel to the right, and the car came to a steady stop on the side of the road.

Su Ning got out of the car and asked, "Zhuangzhuang, what happened?"

When Zhuangzhuang saw Su Ning, it was like a drowning person suddenly grabbing a bamboo pole that was extended to him.

Without a second thought, she quickly circled around to behind Su Ning, with Su Ning standing between her and Kang Shunyin.

When Kang Shunyin saw the handsome man who suddenly appeared, and then saw Zhuangzhuang hiding behind him, the expression on his face instantly changed from annoyance to distorted.

Kang Shunyin sized up Su Ning from head to toe, from the obviously expensive coat to the Mercedes-Benz W14 parked by the roadside, and then noticed the aura of authority emanating from Su Ning...

"It's you!" Kang Shunyin pointed at Su Ning. "You're the guy Zhuangzhuang was seeing in Beijing, right? I knew she ran off to Beijing after breaking off the engagement; she already had someone else! Was it you? Was it you who seduced my fiancée?"

Su Ning stood there without moving, her face expressionless, not even bothering to explain Kang Shunyin's wild accusations.

Instead, he turned to Zhuangzhuang behind him and asked, "Zhuangzhuang, who is this person?"

“His name is Kang Shunyin. He was my blind date from my hometown of Wenzhou, but we broke off the engagement, and I returned all the betrothal gifts to him.”

Su Ning nodded and turned her gaze back to Kang Shunyin.

Before he could utter a single word, Kang Shunyin had completely lost his mind.

When Kang Shunyin saw that Su Ning hadn't taken him seriously at all, and that Zhuang Zhuang was hiding behind Su Ning and wouldn't even give him a second glance, the anger in his chest suddenly surged up from his throat.

He clenched his fist, swung his arm, and smashed it towards Su Ning's handsome face.

Zhuangzhuang couldn't help but scream behind Su Ning: "President Su!"

However, Suning neither dodged nor panicked.

Before Kang Shunyin's fist could even reach Su Ning's face, Su Ning had already grabbed his wrist.

Suning's hand gripped Kang Shunyin's wrist, tightening like an iron clamp.

Kang Shunyin immediately felt as if a pair of pliers had been put around his wrist, and the bones made a slight cracking sound under the pressure.

Su Ning pinched his wrist and pulled it down.

Kang Shunyin involuntarily slumped downwards, his knees buckled, and he knelt on the ground with a thud.

The pain caused Kang Shunyin's expression to change from anger to agony, and then from agony to panic...

"Ah... Let go! Let go! It hurts!" Kang Shunyin screamed as he knelt on the ground.

Su Ning looked down at him and said, "Listen carefully, I'm giving you one chance. If I see you blocking Zhuangzhuang again, no matter which street or what time it is, I will call the police immediately. This kind of behavior is sexual harassment. When you get to the police station, you'll see who's going to get what's coming to them."

"Ouch, ouch, ouch..." Kang Shunyin knelt on the ground, his wrists aching from being squeezed.

Suning waited two seconds before releasing Kang Shunyin.

Kang Shunyin immediately scrambled to her feet and retreated several steps, clutching her wrist.

Standing a few steps away, clutching her wrist, she glared at Su Ning with red eyes, her lips trembling, wanting to say something but not daring to.

"Pah..." In the end, he could only spit on the ground, turn around and stumble away.

Zhuangzhuang watched Kang Shunyin's figure disappear around the street corner and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Then he stepped out from behind Su Ning, turned around to face Su Ning, and bowed deeply, "President Su, thank you. Thank you so much."

"You're welcome! Are you alright?"

“I’m fine. He’s just here to cause trouble; he often waits for me near the sales office.”

“…” Su Ning looked at Zhuang Zhuang, waiting for her to continue.

Sure enough, Zhuangzhuang breathed a sigh of relief and briefly explained the whole story: "Kang Shunyin was a blind date arranged by my family when I was in my hometown of Wenzhou. I didn't want to go, but my mother accepted the betrothal gifts behind my back. I argued with my family about this. Before I came to Beijing, I had already returned all the betrothal gifts to the Kang family, and I still have the receipt. I have no relationship with him anymore, but he just won't let it go. He feels that breaking off the engagement makes him lose face, so he keeps bothering me."

After listening, Su Ning remained silent for a few seconds before speaking, "Zhuangzhuang, let me remind you of something. You know what you just said, and he knows it too. But he's already come to your company entrance, blocking you from leaving get off work and stopping you in the street. Haven't you noticed that the nature of the problem has changed? This is no longer about returning the betrothal gifts and breaking off the engagement; this is sexual harassment involving personal safety."

"I know."

"It's good that you know. You should call your parents right now and tell them exactly what happened with Kang Shunyin blocking you in Beijing. Ultimately, this is an obstacle that Kang Shunyin's parents need to resolve."

Zhuangzhuang nodded again, "Actually, I wanted to tell my family before, but I was afraid that my mother would bring up the issue of the bride price again."

“You have to bring up the past. You’re all alone in Beijing. If he really starts a fight one day, who will help you? Today I just happened to be driving by. What about next time? You should have your parents go to the Kang family and make things clear to them face to face. Tell them to control their son. If the Kang family still doesn’t do anything, then you don’t need to reason with them.”

"..." Zhuangzhuang looked up at Su Ning and nodded seriously.

"Alright, stop standing here. Get in the car, I'll take you home."

Zhuangzhuang quickly waved her hand, "No need, no need, President Su, I can take the bus. I've already caused you too much trouble today."

Su Ning turned to look at her, "Kang Shunyin may have run away, but can you guarantee he won't be waiting for you near the bus stop?"

"This..." Sure enough, Zhuangzhuang showed a look of fear again.

"boarding."

"..." Zhuangzhuang bit her lip, then opened the passenger door and got in without further hesitation.

The interior of the Mercedes-Benz was very clean, with no unnecessary decorations, except for a small amulet hanging on the rearview mirror.

Suning started the car, shifted gears, turned on the turn signal, and smoothly merged into the evening rush hour traffic. The car was much quieter than the outside; the noise from the street was blocked out by the car windows, becoming a blurry background sound.

After driving for a while, Su Ning suddenly spoke up, "Zhuang Zhuang, have you decided on the songs for the annual party?"

Zhuangzhuang was taken aback by Su Ning's sudden change of topic. "It's settled. It's a folk song. Teacher Zheng helped me choose it, saying it suits my voice."

Su Ning nodded. "That's good. Get ready."

"Don't worry, Mr. Su, I won't let you down."

……

After returning to her dormitory, Zhuangzhuang closed the door, put her bag on the bed, stood by the window looking at the dark sky outside, and kept thinking about the events of the day.

If Kang Shunyin can wait for her at the sales office once or twice, he can wait for her three or four times. This time it was Suning passing by, who will pass by next time?

Am I going to have to rely on someone to save me every time I get off work?

Zhuangzhuang realized she couldn't wait any longer.

Zhuangzhuang walked to the desk, sat down, picked up the telephone, took a deep breath, and dialed the number in her hometown of Wenzhou.

After the phone rang a few times, it was answered on the other end. It was her mother, Zhuang Meiqin's, voice, "Hello? Who is this?"

"Mom, it's me."

"Zhuangzhuang? Why did you suddenly decide to call home? Is something wrong that you're calling so late?"

"Mom, I have something to tell you. Kang Shunyin has come to Beijing."

"Did he go to Beijing to find you? What does he want with you? Didn't you two break off your engagement a long time ago?"

"But now he's come all the way to Beijing and is blocking my way at the entrance of my workplace. He's been doing this for several days in a row. He stops me as soon as I get off work and keeps harassing me on the street. He came again today. If my boss hadn't happened to be driving by, I don't know what would have happened."

"..." Zhuang Meiqin remained silent on the phone.

“Mom, I called to make things clear. I already returned the bride price to the Kang family, and I have nothing to do with this person. But now he won't let go. He comes to my company every day to wait for me, tells my colleagues that I'm his fiancée, and even hits me in the street. Legally, this is called harassment, and in more serious cases, sexual harassment. The current law is very strict in dealing with sexual harassment. If I call the police, he will either be detained or fined, and then no one can save him.”

Zhuang Meiqin's voice finally responded, "He blocked you? And he even hit you? Did he hit you?"

“They didn’t hit me. My boss was there and he pulled Kang Shunyin away. But what about next time? My boss can’t just happen to be passing by every time.”

Zhuang Meiqin took a deep breath. "Zhuangzhuang, you're doing well in Beijing. Mom knows about this. Your Uncle Ye is right here. I'll talk to him now. We'll go to the Kang family tonight and clear things up."

"Mom, what are you going to say to them?"

"What are you saying? I want to ask Kang Shunyin's parents face to face: How did you raise your son to come all the way to Beijing to harass my daughter? When you were returning the betrothal gifts, they said nice things, like if the young people weren't a good match, that was fine, but behind your back, they let their son chase after her to Beijing and act like a hooligan? Don't worry, if the Kang family is reasonable, I'll reason with them. If they're not, I'll tell them that if they don't keep their son in check, my daughter will call the police, and they'll be detained and punished as appropriate. Don't say I didn't give them a heads-up."

Zhuangzhuang held the microphone and remained silent for a moment before saying, "Mom, thank you."

"Alright, stop nagging. Just be careful in Beijing, lock the door, and call me anytime if anything happens. I'll handle things with the Kang family."

“My boss also told me that if Kang Shunyin shows up again, I should call the police immediately.”

"Your boss is a smart man. Okay, I'm hanging up now. I'm going to the Kang family right now."

After hanging up the phone, Zhuangzhuang sat in her chair and stared blankly for a while.

……

On the other side, in Wenzhou.

After hanging up the phone, Zhuang Meiqin stood in the living room for a moment.

The crisp, decisive expression on his face was gone, replaced by an barely suppressed anger.

She turned and walked back to the bedroom.

Her husband, Ye Jun, was leaning against the bed reading the newspaper. When he looked up at her face, he put the newspaper down and asked, "What's wrong? Who called?"

Zhuang Meiqin stood at the bedroom door and told Ye Jun about the phone call Zhuang Zhuang had made.

After listening, Ye Jun threw off the covers, sat up in bed, bent down to put on his shoes, and said, "What are we waiting for? Let's go. Let's go to the Kang family and make things clear."

Then the two changed clothes, and Zhuang Meiqin even took out the receipt with Kang Shunyin's mother's fingerprint when the betrothal gifts were returned from the drawer, folded it up and put it in her coat pocket.

The two rode bicycles through several narrow streets and alleys in the old city of Wenzhou and stopped in front of a five-story self-built building.

The Kang family runs a business in Wenzhou, and they are quite wealthy and powerful.

This was also the main reason why Zhuang Meiqin agreed to the marriage in the first place; however, if things continued to escalate, it might turn into a tragedy for both families.

Zhuang Meiqin raised her hand and knocked on the door. There was a rustling sound from inside, and after a while, the door opened.

The person who opened the door was Kang Shunyin's mother, a middle-aged woman with permed hair.

Upon seeing Zhuang Meiqin and Ye Jun at the door, her expression first showed surprise, then quickly changed to a slightly wary smile. "Oh, isn't this..."

Before she could finish her pleasantries, Zhuang Meiqin flashed the receipt in her hand and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm only here today for one thing, and I'll leave right away. Did you know that your son, Kang Shunyin, has gone to Beijing?"

Kang's mother was taken aback. "Uh? He said he's going to Beijing to visit a friend. What's wrong?"

Zhuang Meiqin said, "Kang Shunyin's friend is my daughter Zhuangzhuang. She's been blocking my daughter's company every day, preventing her from leaving, and even physically assaulting her. Sister-in-law, we already returned the betrothal gifts, and you even put your fingerprint on it. The two young people aren't a good match, so we just broke it off and went our separate ways. But after breaking off the engagement, she still chased after us all the way to Beijing and acted like a scoundrel. What kind of logic is that?"

"..." Kang's mother's face changed instantly, and after a long while, she finally managed to squeeze out, "Our Shunyin wouldn't do that, would he..."

"No way? My daughter made it perfectly clear on the phone, how could it be false? I'm not here to argue with you today, I'm here to tell you that if your son harasses my daughter again, she will call the police in Beijing. Now is the time to talk about the law. Sexual harassment is no small matter. If your son ends up in jail with a criminal record, don't say I didn't warn you beforehand."

When Kang's mother heard the words "call the police" and "leave a criminal record," the color drained from her face instantly.

“Meiqin, don’t be angry. We were wrong. We really didn’t know Kang Shunyin went to Beijing to do this kind of thing. I’ll bring him back right away, immediately.”

Zhuang Meiqin looked at her, didn't say another word, folded the receipt back and put it back in her pocket, then turned and left with Ye Jun.

After Zhuang Meiqin and Ye Jun left, Kang's mother turned around and went back into the house, picked up the phone on the table and dialed Kang Shunyin's elder brother's mobile phone.

As soon as the call connected, Kang's mother launched into a tirade before the other end could even speak: "Kang Shunyin! Get back to Wenzhou right now! What are you doing in Beijing! Zhuangzhuang's parents just showed up at our door, saying you're harassing their daughter, and they're going to call the police and have you arrested if you don't come back! Do you want to be in jail? Have you no shame? Come back here! Come back tomorrow!"

Kang Shunyin was about to argue on the other end of the phone when she finally managed to say, "Mom, listen to me..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by an even harsher scolding from Kang's mother, "What did you say? Aren't you ashamed that people treat you like a hooligan? Don't call me Mom again if you're not coming back!"

After finishing her tirade, Kang's mother slammed down the phone.

Kang Shunyin's father, standing nearby with a stern face, said, "You're right to scold him. If we don't take care of this, something bad will happen to this child sooner or later."

"Shunyin is so spineless! There are plenty of fish in the sea, why bother with that Zhuangzhuang?"

"Sigh! It's mainly because I feel embarrassed, right?"

"Hmph! Zhuang Meiqin is something else, does she really think her daughter is some kind of angel?"

"In the end, it's because Zhuangzhuang is too wild and doesn't necessarily make her the kind of girl who's good at settling down."

"..."

The next day, Zhuangzhuang received a phone call from her mother, Zhuang Meiqin.

My mother said on the phone that things were settled, the Kang family apologized in person, and promised to call Kang Shunyin back to Wenzhou.

Zhuangzhuang stood by the dormitory window, holding the phone, and let out a long sigh of relief.

...(End of this chapter)