"You?!" The woman's expression froze in shock upon seeing the middle-aged man.
She hadn't expected to encounter him here.
"Jiaojiao, is this your friend?" the middle-aged woman, supported by the younger woman, asked weakly.
This woman was none other than Du Jiaojiao, Chen Fan's classmate. The middle-aged man was the one who had stood beside Peng Wenjun last night.
Just as Du Jiaojiao was about to deny it, the middle-aged man spoke up, "Yes, Jiaojiao and I are friends, very good friends. We were even drinking together last night."
Du Jiaojiao's face was filled with panic upon hearing this.
For the past few nights, she had told her mother she was working overtime, never mentioning that she was out drinking.
"Drinking? Jiaojiao, haven't you been working overtime these past few days?" the middle-aged woman asked with a slight frown.
"Yes, I've been working overtime," Du Jiaojiao nodded hurriedly.
Seeing this, the middle-aged man smirked, "Heh, Jiaojiao, how could you lie to your mother? Doesn't your mother know about your current job?"
Du Jiaojiao glared at the middle-aged man angrily, wanting him to shut up.
But the middle-aged man would not pass up such a good opportunity to retaliate against Du Jiaojiao. He immediately said, "Jiaojiao, how can you be like this? You earn money openly with your own abilities, it's not something shameful. Why can't you tell your mother? You work so late every day, your mother must worry so much about you."
The middle-aged woman looked at Du Jiaojiao with confusion and asked, "Jiaojiao, aren't you working for a medical equipment company? Have you changed jobs?"
Du Jiaojiao was flustered. She knew that if her mother found out she was working as a hostess, she might be so angry she'd die.
She quickly explained, "No, Mom, I'm still working at the medical equipment company."
The middle-aged man burst into laughter, "Hahaha, big sister, how much can a medical company earn? Your daughter's current job makes much more money than her previous one."
"Enough! Shut up!" Du Jiaojiao finally lost her temper and glared at the middle-aged man, shouting.
Seeing Du Jiaojiao's anger, the middle-aged man felt incredibly pleased. "Jiaojiao, why are you so angry? Your mother just wants to know what job you're doing, it's not something shameful. Are you afraid your mother will find out?"
The middle-aged woman frowned slightly at her daughter's reaction and asked the middle-aged man, "Sir, what job does my daughter do now?"
The middle-aged man didn't hide anything, "Your daughter, she's working as a hostess in a bar. She earns quite a lot in a day."
"Actually, I'm not her friend. I'm her client. I didn't expect such a coincidence to meet here. I heard she can earn ten to twenty thousand in one night. Youth is capital, but your daughter is also beautiful, so she's worth the price."
Boom!
Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Du Jiaojiao felt as if struck by lightning, frozen on the spot.
The middle-aged woman was also stunned, her face full of disbelief.
Then, she pointed at Du Jiaojiao angrily and asked, "Du Jiaojiao, I'm asking you, is what he said true?!"
Du Jiaojiao hurriedly explained, "Mom, don't listen to his nonsense. I've been working at the medical equipment company recently, it's not like he said at all."
The middle-aged man sneered, "Nonsense? I happen to have photos from yesterday. Big sister, why don't you take a look? See if this seductive beauty is your daughter?"
Saying this, the middle-aged man took out his phone and took a picture.
This was the photo he had taken last night to show off in the group chat, betting he could sleep with Du Jiaojiao for ten thousand yuan.
The middle-aged woman glanced at the middle-aged man's phone, her pale face immediately showing anger.
How could she not recognize her daughter, whom she had raised for over twenty years? She was certain that the woman in the short skirt, heavily made up, drinking, was her daughter, Du Jiaojiao.
Slap!
The middle-aged woman angrily raised her hand and slapped Du Jiaojiao across the face.
"You, have you no shame! Are you trying to anger me to death! How could you do such a job?" The middle-aged woman's hands trembled with anger, her face filled with disappointment.
Du Jiaojiao knew that no amount of sophistry would work now, so she could only lower her head in silence.
"Your father left when you were young. I worked hard to raise you, how could you go down this path! How can I live from now on!" The middle-aged woman's face was filled with tears, her grief inconsolable.
Seeing her mother's sorrowful cries, Du Jiaojiao finally spoke, "Mom, I wanted to earn money for your medical treatment, and I was just drinking, I really didn't do anything out of line."
"I, I don't need your money for my illness! Even if I die, I won't use your money for treatment, because I find it dirty!" the middle-aged woman responded angrily.
Du Jiaojiao's eyes welled up with tears. She hadn't expected her mother to say that.
The middle-aged man beside them smiled triumphantly, "Jiaojiao, that's not what you said yesterday, is it? Didn't you say you wanted fifty thousand for sleeping with me for one night? So you were trying to earn money for your mother's treatment. You should have said so yesterday. I'm not short of money. If I had known it was for your mother's treatment, I would have given you a hundred thousand."
"Shut up!" Du Jiaojiao glared at the middle-aged man and shouted.
Hearing the middle-aged man's words, the middle-aged woman's chest heaved violently with anger, her legs weakened, and she almost fainted from rage.
"Mom!" Du Jiaojiao quickly stepped forward to support her mother.
The middle-aged man sneered, "What? You don't want me to talk anymore? I haven't even told your mother the details from last night yet."
Du Jiaojiao angrily retorted, "If anything happens to my mother, I will not let you go!"
The middle-aged man couldn't help but burst into laughter, "Hahaha, what does that have to do with me? Let's ask someone else. If a daughter becomes a prostitute and dies of anger, can we be blamed?"
"I'm not a prostitute!" Du Jiaojiao retorted with grief and indignation.
The middle-aged woman angrily pushed Du Jiaojiao away, clutching her chest, clearly having a relapse from anger.
Seeing the middle-aged woman about to leave, Du Jiaojiao quickly stepped forward, "Mom, you can't go. My classmate said he has a way to save you."
"Don't call me Mom! I don't have a shameless daughter like you!" The middle-aged woman shoved Du Jiaojiao away.
Her body staggered and she fell directly to the ground.
"Mom." Du Jiaojiao rushed forward to help the middle-aged woman.
The middle-aged man beside them had a smile that never left his face.
"Du Jiaojiao? What's wrong?" However, at this moment, a voice suddenly rang out from the entrance of the outpatient building.