Chapter 91: Chapter 90 Dog Eat Dog, A Mouthful of Fur (Two-in-One Chapter)_2
Manager Xiao blustered, his stern exterior belying his inner cowardice.
Sun Dasheng smiled. This guy really never learns his lesson.
"If you don’t give me a proper explanation, don’t even think about leaving."
"Oh? What kind of explanation do you want?" Sun Dasheng asked.
"Hmph! You hit someone. What kind of explanation do you think is needed?" he retorted.
He sneered again. "Young man, you really are ignorant of how the world works. Do you think might still makes right these days?"
"So naive. Do you even know who I am?"
"Oh? I can’t say that I do. Who might you be?" Sun Dasheng asked indifferently.
He gave a cold snort but did not reply.
At his side, Chen Chao played the part of the sycophant.
"Are you blind? This is our Universe Bank’s Manager Xiao! Who in this district doesn’t know the God of Wealth? Offend him, and you’ll live to regret it."
His eager display was an attempt to both make up for his earlier cowardice and suck up to his boss. He was desperately ambitious.
Seeing that his words had silenced them, he assumed his speech had been effective.
He continued smugly, "Seeing how well-dressed you are, you must be some kind of boss, right?"
A boss? I suppose I count as one.
Sun Dasheng nodded in agreement.
"That makes it even worse," Chen Chao slapped his thigh, speaking as if outraged at his foolishness.
"You’re a boss, not some penniless nobody. Why would you go and offend the bank’s God of Wealth?"
Sun Dasheng was amused by his words. "Oh? And why is that?"
"What businessman doesn’t need a bank loan these days? A company is bound to run into trouble eventually, and when it does, you’ll have to count on the bank for a loan to get you through it."
His words were reasonable enough, but unfortunately for him, they were completely lost on Sun Dasheng.
"You’d better hurry up and apologize to our Manager Xiao," Chen Chao urged with a pained expression.
Meanwhile, Manager Xiao was lecherously eyeing the two women beside Sun Dasheng. "Just send them to my hotel room," he said, "and I’ll forget this whole thing ever happened."
"Are you sure?" Sun Dasheng squinted, a cold glint in his eyes.
"Of course," Chen Chao said shamelessly. "Manager Xiao is the most magnanimous person there is. See that drunk woman? She’s my fiancée. I’m willing to part with her, so as a big boss, surely you can spare one woman?"
Sun Dasheng was dumbfounded. What an eye-opener. It really takes all sorts to make a world.
Thinking his opponent was reluctant to give up a woman, Manager Xiao also chimed in with a chuckle, "Women are just like clothes. If they don’t fit, you get new ones. When you meet the right people, it’s not so bad to swap them around a bit."
"Oh? Your wife is a piece of clothing, then. Can I try her on?" Sun Dasheng’s question made the man’s face turn ashen.
He might be over forty, but his new bride had just graduated from college. She was fair and tender—how could he possibly let another man touch her? He was the epitome of double standards; his previous words were just empty pleasantries, designed to let him play with other men’s wives. He could play with other men’s wives, that was fine. But if anyone else so much as thought about his wife? Unacceptable. He’d even turn hostile.
Sure enough, he immediately ordered Chen Chao, "Call Officer Li from the nearby police station. Tell him to come over. We have a violent assailant here."
Sun Dasheng remained unmoved by the threat. He smiled faintly. "Are you injured?"
He had acted with extreme precision, merely tossing the man to the ground without leaving so much as a scratch.
Hearing this, Manager Xiao chuckled sinisterly. "Whether I’m injured or not isn’t for you to decide. You’ll find out once the police get here."
"Oh? Do you own the police station?" Sun Dasheng asked in surprise.
"On my turf, there’s no one who doesn’t show me some respect," Manager Xiao sneered.
"Oh? Who’s talking so big? Saying no one on this turf dares to disrespect him? Well, if it isn’t Little Xiao."
The door to the private room swung open, and a tall, imposing figure walked in.
The credit manager’s name was Xiao Feng.
Hearing someone call him ’Little Xiao’, his first reaction was to glower furiously. He’d been a bank credit manager for many years. Now over forty and in a high position, it had been a long, long time since anyone had dared to call him that.
But before his glare could last more than a few seconds, his face turned deathly pale, and a cold sweat beaded on his forehead.
The newcomer was none other than his immediate superior, the bank’s President, Wang Jianshe.
"Pres... President Wang! What are you doing here?" He almost cried the words out.
Wang Jianshe approached slowly, his expression sternly righteous. "If I hadn’t happened to be here today, I wouldn’t have been able to hear your grand theories."
"From your tone just now, you didn’t sound like a bank manager. You sounded more like a district leader."
The words floated out lightly, but to Xiao Feng’s ears, they struck like a bolt from the blue.
"President Wang, listen to me, there’s been a misunderstanding," Xiao Feng said, hastily wiping the sweat from his brow as he tried to explain.
"Hah... A misunderstanding? Then why were you stopping us from leaving?" Xiang Yiren chimed in with a well-timed jab.
Xiao Feng ignored her and continued trying to explain to the President.
"Answer her question first," Wang Jianshe said, cutting him off.
Now Xiao Feng was in a real bind. This Little Chili in front of me actually knows President Wang? No, that can’t be right. It must be her man, that tall guy, who knows him. You knew our President, so why didn’t you say so earlier? If you had just mentioned it, none of this unpleasantness would have happened!
Then he turned his angry gaze on his damn subordinate, Chen Chao. You son of a bitch, when you were offering up your wife, why didn’t you mention that her best friend’s man knew the President? Besides, if you had this kind of connection at the bank, why the hell would you need to pimp out your wife in the first place? You damned fool, you’ve ruined me!
In that moment, he felt he had been more grievously wronged than anyone in history.
Playing around with a subordinate’s wife is thrilling, sure! But he knew which was more important when compared to his position.
"Chen Chao!" he bellowed.
The shout made Chen Chao, who was hiding off to the side, shudder.
"Manager Xiao, what is it?"
Seeing his feigned innocence, Xiao Feng grew furious. What is it? You’re the one who caused all this! Now get out here and take the blame!
"The President is asking you why you were stopping them. What exactly were you trying to do?"
"Huh?" Chen Chao was baffled for a second, but his quick mind immediately caught on. He retorted, "Wasn’t this all your doing, Manager Xiao?"
"You’re the one who told me to stop them. Don’t give an order and then deny it a moment later."
Chen Chao looked as innocent as a little white rabbit who was just following orders.
Damn it, the young people these days are all sharper than the last. To think that after a lifetime of hunting hawks, I’d be pecked in the eye by one.
Seeing Wang Jianshe’s displeased expression, he quickly stepped forward. "The youth of today... public morals are really not what they used to be. They’re so much worse than our generation."
"Chen Chao invited me here for a simple meal. I had no idea he had ulterior motives, planning to use his fiancée as a bargaining chip for his career."
"As a senior who strictly adheres to discipline, I rejected him on the spot."
"Later, when this lady wanted to leave with her friend, he was the one who blocked their path. None of this has anything to do with me!"
He was desperate now. If he couldn’t successfully shift the blame, he’d leave a terrible impression on the President, and the seat he was sitting on wouldn’t be his for much longer.
"Bullshit!" Chen Chao’s face flushed crimson.
The shame of being exposed for trying to trade his wife for career advancement was one thing, but the real reason for his furious indignation was being framed by his boss for an offense that could ruin his future.
"Don’t stand there pretending to be some great saint, Xiao Feng!"
"Everyone at the bank knows that XXX’s wife and XX’s wife are part of your harem! Anyone who wants a promotion has to get past you, and that means offering up their wife. Do you think I wanted any of this?"
"President Wang, please listen to me. This Xiao Feng is the bad apple of our bank! You must investigate this thoroughly!" Chen Chao pleaded with heartfelt anguish.
The scene grew livelier.
What a fine spectacle of dog-eat-dog.
Ignoring the commotion from his two subordinates, Wang Jianshe turned to Sun Dasheng apologetically. "Mr. Sun, I’m truly sorry you had to witness that."
Sun Dasheng waved a hand. "On the contrary, this is my fault. I never expected that inviting you to a meal would stir up so much trouble."
Hearing this, Xiao Feng, who was on tenterhooks, understood everything.
This whole thing was a setup.