Chen Mingyue, eager to please Liu Xin, immediately cupped her swollen face and stepped forward to complain:
"Mrs. Qin, this fellow Chen Xiao stole your luxury car. I couldn't stand by and watched, so I said a few words to help you, and he hit me. Please do something about it!"
As she spoke, she fiercely pointed at Chen Xiao.
Xie Dan was clearly displeased that Chen Mingyue had snatched her chance to curry favor with Liu Xin. She shot Chen Mingyue a forceful glare. Of course, she was also very happy to see Chen Xiao get into trouble, so she followed suit, sternly urging Chen Xiao:
"Chen Xiao, what are you standing there like an idiot for? Hurry up and kneel down to apologize to Mrs. Qin!"
Yang Pinru seemed to have already seen Chen Xiao kneeling and mockingly sneered:
"Chen Xiao, oh Chen Xiao, you even dare to steal Mrs. Qin's car. You're practically asking for death!"
However, amidst the rising tide of curses directed at Chen Xiao, Liu Xin, who was elegant and dignified, suddenly knelt down before Chen Xiao with a "plop," saying with immense gratitude:
"Doctor Chen, I bow to you. Please accept my three kowtows!"
As she spoke, under everyone's stunned gaze, she solidly kowtowed three times to Chen Xiao.
Her precious daughter, Qin Kexin, had been saved from danger and her life spared. Her husband, Qin Hantang, had avoided the risk of breach of contract penalties for his construction site. All of this was thanks to Chen Xiao. Therefore, on her way to Xie Dan's house, she had already decided that the first time she saw Chen Xiao, she would publicly kneel to thank him.
Silence.
In an instant, the scene that had been clamorous a moment before fell into a deathly quiet.
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, no one would have believed that the boss's wife of "Hantang Construction" would perform such a kowtow to Chen Xiao!
Even Chen Xiao himself had not expected Liu Xin to do this on their first meeting.
Before this, he had intended to use Liu Xin to thoroughly humiliate Xie Dan and the other materialistic relatives. But now, he couldn't bear to see it. He quickly reached out, a mixture of a smile and a cry, to help her up:
"Mrs. Qin, you are too kind. Everything I did did not require thanks from you and Mr. Qin, nor did it require you to thank me in this manner."
Liu Xin rose, her face filled with trepidation, and said nervously:
"Dr. Chen... Doctor Chen, please don't call me that. Just call me Xiao Liu. From now on, if you have any requests, this younger sister will absolutely not shirk her duty."
Xie Dan, seeing the Mrs. Qin she usually tried so hard to please and flatter acting so subserviently before Chen Xiao, was both shocked and unwilling. She forced herself to say:
"Mrs. Qin, why are you being so humble to Chen Xiao? His character is truly despicable. Not only did he steal your Maserati, but he also beat my husband and son into the hospital..."
Liu Xin's expression turned cold, and she interrupted Xie Dan without politeness:
"Ms. Xie, you must have misunderstood Doctor Chen. This Maserati doesn't belong to me; it belongs to Song Yan, the daughter of the richest man, Mr. Song. As for who Doctor Chen beat into the hospital, they must have deserved it!"
Xie Dan's mouth hung open, and she was stunned again.
At the same time, Yang Pinru, Chen Mingyue, Wang Xiaoxia, and the others present were once again dumbfounded. They racked their brains but couldn't understand how Chen Xiao, whom they had always disdained and humiliated, had gotten involved with the daughter of the richest man's family.
Chen Mingyue, who had always been snobbish, reacted the fastest. She recalled that Chen Mingxi had mentioned before that Chen Xiao wasn't just driving Song Yan's car but also owned a villa in Swan Lake小区. Her heart pounded, and without thinking, she turned her attack on Xie Dan:
"Aunt Xie Dan, I fully agree with Mrs. Qin's statement. Because Chen Xiao is my cousin, no one knows his upright character better than I do. If your husband and son hadn't gone too far, how could Chen Xiao have beaten them into the hospital?"
Yang Pinru nodded in agreement without hesitation:
"Xie Dan, I advise you to quickly apologize to my nephew for your husband and son, or don't blame our Chen family for disowning your family!"
Wang Xiaoxia, mindful that Xie Dan was her sister-in-law, didn't dare to speak like Yang Pinru and her daughter. However, she couldn't help but seize the opportunity to curry favor with Chen Xiao:
"Sister-in-law, let's just let my brother and Wang Dong's matter go. Hurry up and invite Chen Xiao and Mrs. Qin upstairs for the feast. After all, they're here to congratulate you on your new home."
"You... you..."
Xie Dan hesitated, her expression filled with anger and unwillingness. After much deliberation, she forced a smile that was more like a grimace and said to Liu Xin:
"Mrs. Qin, I was rude just now. Please go upstairs first. I will formally apologize to you at the banquet later."
Fearing that Liu Xin would refuse, as she spoke, she took advantage of Liu Xin's inattention to glare fiercely at Chen Xiao, her threat evident.
She thought to herself, no matter how powerful Chen Xiao was now, she was still his aunt. Chen Xiao couldn't possibly refuse to give her face.
"Heh."
Chen Xiao sneered dismissively, turned, and got into the car. Without looking back, he said:
"Aunt Xie Dan, the only reason I came to your place was out of respect for my mother. Since you don't welcome me, I naturally have no need to offer a warm greeting to a cold backside and waste a hundred yuan on a gift. Bye!"