Chapter 246: Chapter 246: I Return Her a Slap
They even apologized to Sean Langley’s bodyguard.
The fact that someone could make the boss personally call them indicated their identity was anything but simple.
Bodyguard Wright said blandly, "No problem. Now that everything is clear, it’s fine; you were just doing your job."
"Thank you for understanding..."
This time, Sean Langley didn’t say anything, but the smug expression on her face conveyed everything she wanted to say.
The staff at the Idyllic Pastoral store felt that this scene was absurd.
It was not Sean Langley and the two officers who were absurd, but themselves.
They had just mocked Sean Langley as a fool, but now it seemed they were the real fools.
Society is not a fairy tale; indeed, someone can decide another person’s fate with a single phone call.
They just lived too ideally, thinking that being in the right meant everything would be fine.
Little did they know, the right weighs less than power, less strong than money.
So, it wasn’t Sean Langley being foolish, but she indeed had the capital to be arrogant.
Since she had the capital to be arrogant, why bother being so cautious?
Naturally, one should be as arrogant as possible.
"Did you hear that?"
Sean Langley strolled leisurely over to Ashley Shaw, even though she was half a head shorter than Ashley, she had an overbearing attitude.
Ashley Shaw suppressed the fury in her eyes, and looked at the two officers calmly and earnestly.
"Are you really going to take us away?"
"I don’t even know them, yet they came up and slapped me. Now, you’re treating me, the victim, as a criminal and taking me to the station?"
"Are you doing justice to your profession?"
The two were so intimidated by Ashley Shaw’s gaze that they couldn’t meet her eyes and looked down.
They had no response to what Ashley Shaw was saying.
They were helpless; this was reality.
The boss had spoken, they had to help deal with Sean Langley’s situation.
They were insignificant; what could they do?
The only thing they could do was to bring Ashley Shaw and the others to the station without treating them like criminals, trying to preserve some dignity for them.
Seeing that they were refusing to communicate, Ashley Shaw simply stopped throwing fancy words at them.
She pointed to a corner of the store’s ceiling.
"As it turns out, we have surveillance both inside the store and at the entrance, which clearly recorded everything."
"If you really take us away as criminals and let these troublemakers go, I will definitely make a big deal out of this."
"In front of you, we may not stand a chance, but outside this place, there are countless eyes and mouths watching. I can’t believe there won’t be someone who stands up for us."
"By then, it won’t just be you. Even your superiors, and... her father, will have to face the consequences with me."
The faces of the two officers instantly turned pale.
Sean Langley put away her smug smile, a flash of panic running through her heart.
She quickly reached to tug at her bodyguard’s hand.
"Wright... What should we do?"
The bodyguard calmly walked in front of the two officers and said, "Our young miss has a special status, and the surveillance here invades her image rights, so please have them delete the footage."
Before the two officers could speak, Ashley Shaw spoke up first.
"Delete it! Feel free to delete the footage from the memory card."
"But I remind you, our surveillance is connected to the cloud, and the footage is uploaded in real-time."
"As for the cloud surveillance... Whether to delete it or not, that’s my decision."
"Let’s put it this way, unless I’m dead, I will absolutely not delete the footage."
This time, even the bodyguard named Wright’s expression changed.
But soon Wright’s face returned to a smile.
He stepped forward to Ashley Shaw.
The assistant store manager instinctively tried to block her, but Ashley Shaw reached out and pulled him aside.
"Don’t worry, if he dares to do anything to me, they’ll just face another charge."
The assistant manager nodded slightly when he heard this, but a strange emotion welled up inside.
Even he had been flustered just now, yet Ashley Shaw remained calm and even remembered the surveillance during such a critical situation, using it to turn the tables instantly.
He was six years older than Ashley Shaw, but still... panicked and forgot about it.
Just then, the bodyguard named Wright, who had dismissed them earlier, suddenly behaved politely.
"Miss, you misunderstand. May I know your name?"
"Ashley Shaw."
Wright nodded slightly and said, "Miss Shaw, I don’t think this matter has escalated to the point where you need to risk your life..."
Ashley Shaw corrected him, "I’m not risking my life. I’m just stating the facts. If you’re capable of distorting the truth, I have to risk it all."
"Miss Shaw, it’s unnecessary, really unnecessary."
Wright still wore a stiff smile and said, "I believe there’s a better way to resolve this, no need to go down with the ship."
Ashley Shaw remained expressionless, "What do you want to say?"
"How about this, I propose a solution, see if you can accept it?"
"Speak."
"In today’s incident, it was indeed our young miss at fault first. But she’s still young..."
"How old is she?"
"She just turned eighteen this year."
"Eighteen, huh?" Ashley Shaw’s words said that, but her tone clearly implied: Eighteen, and that’s still young?
Wright was at a loss for words, so he had to skip over this topic and offered more sincerity, "Our young miss indeed acted impulsively this time, I apologize on her behalf. I’m truly sorry..."
After speaking, he bowed to Ashley Shaw.
Seeing this, Sean Langley felt very disgruntled.
But thinking about the consequences of the surveillance being exposed, possibly endangering her father’s position, she could only force down her discontent.
The other girls were even more panicked.
They didn’t want to be exposed!
Those who dared to come today had some family background, but in the face of powerful public opinion, that background was fragile.
Wright continued, "Apart from apologizing, please also accept this."
He handed over a card, placing it on the table beside Ashley Shaw.
Then he said, "This is our apology gift, and compensation for you and your store. We’ve put you through an unwarranted slap today, and delayed your store’s business, so please do accept it."
Ashley Shaw picked up the card and looked at it.
"How much is inside?"
Sean Langley and Wright exchanged a quick glance of mockery.
She was tough just now, and now she’s yielding for a small sum of money?
"A hundred thousand," Wright replied.
Ashley Shaw gave a slight "oh," then tossed the card back towards Sean Langley.
"Here’s your hundred thousand back."
Sean Langley’s expression changed as the card slapped against her hand.
"What’s wrong? Are you still unsatisfied with a hundred thousand? How is your worth so high?"
"Miss..."
Wright shot a glance at Sean Langley, then apologized to Ashley Shaw, "Miss Shaw, how would you like to resolve this then?"
Ashley Shaw gestured towards Sean Langley with her finger.
"Have her come over and I’ll return the slap to her, then today’s incident will be settled."