Chapter 2032 - 670: Security and Blooming Camellias
It’s a little past one in the afternoon.
Inside the spacious and bright private hospital room.
Qiuqiu sat on the sofa by the window, with a laptop in front of her.
The screen was filled with densely packed legal clauses she had just searched about unfinished building rights protection and personal injury lawsuits.
Li Meihua tried several times to say something to ease the situation.
But Qiuqiu remained silent.
The intimate atmosphere that the mother and daughter had barely established instantly turned cold again.
At some unknown time.
"Knock, knock, knock—" An urgent knocking suddenly sounded.
Before anyone inside could respond, the door to the hospital room was pushed open from the outside.
Three figures appeared in their sight.
Qiuqiu immediately stood up, her eyes warily watching them.
Besides Zhou Yan from Xuyuan Real Estate legal department and Zhang Zhanpeng, the head of Lion Security, there was also a middle-aged woman in her forties.
She was dressed in a well-tailored dark grey women’s suit dress, her hair neatly pulled back, her face adorned with a precise and sharp professional makeup.
Li Meihua got directly off the bed, stared at them, and loudly questioned, "What are you here for again?!"
Zhou Yan had a formulaic smile on his face, gesturing to the middle-aged woman in the middle and introduced, "Ms. Li, Miss Cheng, allow me to introduce. This is our vice general manager of Xuyuan Real Estate, and also the person in charge of public relations, Zhao Manlin, President Zhao."
Zhao Manlin nodded at them calmly, her tone carrying an undeniably powerful aura, "I am here this time to talk to you both about the issue of our company’s reputation rights."
Qiuqiu took a deep breath, her lips tightly pressed, coldly saying, "What do you mean?"
Zhou Yan took a document from his briefcase.
With a serious expression, he said, "Ms. Li, the videos you recently posted on platforms like TikTok have been preserved as evidence. They contain a lot of false content, causing an extremely negative impact on our company’s commercial reputation. President Zhao is here today mainly to hope for a formal communication with you regarding ’defamation.’"
Li Meihua’s temper flared up instantly, "Nonsense! How have I posted false content?! What did I say wrong?!"
Zhou Yan adjusted his glasses, "In the video, you claim that due to your rights protection, we at Xuyuan Real Estate colluded with gangsters to beat you into hospitalization and threatened you and your daughter. First, these two accusations are untrue. Secondly, the security at the scene that day was handled by Lion Security, with whom we have signed a ’Security Service Outsourcing Contract,’ and their actions are legally independent from Xuyuan Real Estate."
Li Meihua was so confused and dizzy from his words that her whole body trembled in anger, yet she didn’t know how to refute.
Qiuqiu, however, immediately stepped forward and coldly countered, "What you’re saying is incorrect. According to national law, if a worker causes harm while performing their duties, the employer bears liability for the infringement, and you also hold an inescapable responsibility for selection and supervision!"
She had been looking up and consulting a lot of details online these past two days, so she wasn’t completely ignorant about these matters.
Li Meihua chimed in as well, "Yes! It’s your responsibility!"
Zhou Yan adjusted his glasses, showing a hint of confidence typical of a professional, "Miss Cheng, you might not know. The contract we signed is not a simple ’employment’ or ’entrustment’ contract, but a service contract. According to legal provisions, in a service relationship, unless the contractor is at fault for ordering, instructing or selecting, it has nothing to do with us as a client."
Only then did Zhao Manlin speak calmly, "We at Xuyuan Real Estate have been actively seeking solutions and are currently in contact with several large asset management companies discussing possible project restructuring. Ms. Li, by now teaming up with some owners to spread these so-called ’false information’ online, causing terrible social repercussions, you will only make our rescue plan unable to proceed normally. By then, who will bear the loss of all the owners?"
Qiuqiu bit her lip, clenching her fist and said, "You say you’re actively seeking solutions, but how are you treating us?"
Zhao Manlin remained calm in tone, "We understand the emotions of the owners, but we also hope everyone can remain rational. Extreme rights protection actions will not solve any problem."
Zhang Zhanpeng, who had been watching the drama unfold from the side, stepped forward.
First, he let his eyes, filled with ill intentions, sweep over Qiuqiu’s impressive figure wrapped in jeans, before saying nonchalantly:
"We at Lion Security are a legitimate security agency, and we certainly don’t break the law in our procedures. Moreover, our company has longstanding security service partnerships with some official institutions in the city, and we’re on pretty good terms."
He came along primarily to play the ’bad cop.’
Against small individuals like Li Meihua without much background, he had many methods and ways to handle them.
Seeing these three people so aggressive, especially the completely social aura exuding from Zhang Zhanpeng.
Li Meihua, who wanted to continue acting out, couldn’t help but shrink back a little.
When she ran her small food stall before, she most feared encountering such people and had often been bullied.
Just then, the door to the private hospital room suddenly opened.
Su Wenxuan, wearing a white coat, rushed in.
"Aunt Li, Qiuqiu."
Seeing him, Li Meihua seemed to instantly find her backbone and quickly said, "Doctor Su! Is that Lawyer Fang arriving soon?"