Chapter 109: Enemies Cross Paths

In the afternoon, Fu Mingxue went out for a bit.

First, she stopped by the Daily News office to clock in—though all she did was stand outside the building for a while.

After that, she headed to a newsstand, picked out several newspapers, and bought a few magazines as well.

Beijing really was different—there were even newsstands everywhere now.

Just as she was about to head home and study her haul, a sharp, shrill voice suddenly rang out. “Fu Mingxue—!”

Hearing that unfriendly tone, Fu Mingxue turned her head.

She saw Zhao Sisi, the same woman she’d beaten up last time, charging toward her.

Trailing behind Zhao Sisi were two other women.

“Fu Mingxue, you actually dare show your face here?”

Fu Mingxue rolled her eyes. “What, do you own this street? Why shouldn’t I be here?”

“You—!” Zhao Sisi was furious.

She’d spent the last few days hiding at home to recover, using hot compresses and medicine, and had finally managed to get the swelling on her face to go down.

Now, seeing Fu Mingxue again, all the humiliation from that day came rushing back.

“What are you two standing there for? Hold her down and beat her!”

Hah, she couldn’t take on this country bumpkin by herself.

But the three of them together?

Good thing she’d dragged these two idiots out with her today—finally, she’d managed to corner this wretch.

“This… isn’t a good idea…” Tian Jia hesitated. She wasn’t completely brainless.

From the way Zhao Sisi was acting, and the name she’d just shouted—wasn’t this the woman Qin Zhong had just married?

Even if she had ten times the guts, she wouldn’t dare lay a hand on the Qin family’s new daughter-in-law.

That would be asking for trouble.

If she had to choose, she’d rather offend Zhao Sisi than the Qin family.

The other girl was named Li Hong.

She was a bit out of the loop and didn’t know who Fu Mingxue was.

But she could read the room—seeing Tian Jia hesitate, she quietly put her raised foot back down and waited in silence.

Zhao Sisi hadn’t expected Tian Jia to question her.

That made her even angrier.

“Tian Jia, if you don’t do it, do you believe I won’t have your brother and sister-in-law fired?”

Tian Jia’s face froze.

Her brother and sister-in-law’s jobs had been arranged by the Zhao family. If they lost them… her mother would skin her alive.

“I’ll count to three. One, two—”

Before she could even say “three,” Tian Jia had already made her choice.

She could handle trouble herself, but she couldn’t let her brother and sister-in-law lose their jobs.

So she charged at Fu Mingxue.

Zhao Sisi glared at the other girl. “What are you waiting for?”

Li Hong snapped to attention and rushed at Fu Mingxue as well.

Sorry, but neither of them could afford to offend Zhao Sisi. After all, the Qin family might not play dirty, but the Zhao family—and Zhao Sisi—definitely would.

Zhao Sisi folded her arms, looking at Fu Mingxue with utter contempt, just waiting for this wretch to be pinned down and beaten.

But Fu Mingxue, watching the two women charge at her, didn’t look the least bit flustered. She didn’t even think about running away.

She just stood there.

When the two of them got close, she lashed out with a kick.

One of them went down immediately, and then she kicked at the other.

Tian Jia hit the ground, clutching her stomach and crying out, “Ah, it hurts—!”

Li Hong had also been kicked in the stomach, and she was in real pain.

How could this woman be so strong?

Zhao Sisi watched as the two of them were taken down before they could even touch Fu Mingxue’s sleeve.

She was so angry she started cursing. “Useless! How can you be so worthless? Get up and beat her—!”"