The One Person You Can't Touch

The other employees in the marketing department were all dumbfounded when they saw this scene.

None of them had expected General Manager Xia Tiejun to resort to force right in front of everyone.

But on second thought, it made sense.

Xia Tiejun had long abused his position as general manager of Shilin Guomao Group, using threats and temptation to force countless female employees within the company into unspoken arrangements.

The fact that he had endured this long with Shang Zhiyi meant he had probably reached the end of his patience.

"Hey, where are you going?"

A female employee was about to get up and help, but a colleague beside her pulled her back down.

"To help her, of course. Are we just supposed to watch Shang Zhiyi get dragged away and violated?"

"Are you crazy? He's our group's general manager, second only to one person. If you go up there now, you'll be offending him. Do you still want to make a living in Zhonghai?"

"Exactly. Shang Zhiyi has Mr. Lin backing her up, so nothing will happen to her. We just need to wait and watch."

"Yeah, yeah. We're ordinary people without any backing. If we step in now, given Xia Tiejun's personality, we won't just lose our jobs—we probably won't be able to get by in Zhonghai afterward either."

"Yeah. I heard that last time, a woman stepped in to help because of something like this. Xia Tiejun beat her up on the spot, then secretly had some street thugs beat her up again afterward. She's still lying in the hospital now."

"Damn, how come I never heard about that? If that's true, Xia Tiejun is way too brutal. Didn't anyone report him or call the police?"

"Arrest him? You're thinking too simply. How do you think he got the general manager position? Through connections. Reporting him and getting him arrested is easier said than done."

Everyone had assumed that after hearing this, the young woman would stop trying to play the hero.

But to their surprise, she did not back down. Instead, she began lecturing them.

"How can you be like this? When we ran into trouble in the company, how did Sister Shang help us? Now that she's in danger, are we supposed to stand by and do nothing?"

"Fine. If you won't help, then I will."

The young woman frowned slightly, clearly disappointed by the attitude of these colleagues she normally got along well with.

After saying that, she stopped wasting time and hurried over.

She took out her phone and began recording as she spoke.

"Manager Xia, let Sister Shang go immediately, or I'll call the police."

Though she had a strong sense of justice, she was still a young woman.

Facing the general manager of an entire group, she could not help feeling nervous and afraid.

"Call the police?"

"Heh... little girl, you've got some nerve."

Xia Tiejun narrowed his eyes and glared grimly at the young woman threatening him.

Clearly, even he had not expected her sudden intervention.

Then, a second later, before everyone's shocked eyes, he viciously slapped her across the face.

"Ah—"

With the slap, the young woman's body spun like a top hitting the ground before she lost her balance and fell.

Smack!

Her phone slipped from her hand and dropped straight to the floor.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

After several stomps, the phone was smashed into pieces.

Only after the evidence on the phone was gone did Xia Tiejun turn his gaze back to the young woman.

"You dare threaten me? You're fucking tired of living."

The repeated interference completely ignited Xia Tiejun's already towering rage.

He temporarily let go of Shang Zhiyi, then strode over to the young woman on the floor, grabbed her by the hair, and began viciously slapping her.

Slap! Slap! Slap!

The sound of slaps echoed throughout the marketing department. Everyone was too frightened to even breathe loudly.

However, some of the bolder ones began whispering among themselves when they saw this.

"She had it coming. We told her not to go, but she insisted. Now she's learned her lesson."

"Exactly. That's what happens when you refuse to listen to advice."

"What a blockhead."

"Xiao Yu!"

When Shang Zhiyi saw Xiao Yu step forward for her, she was deeply moved.

But when she saw Xiao Yu being beaten, the fear in her heart vanished at once, replaced by boundless fury.

They said women were naturally gentle, but became strong as mothers.

Yet when they encountered a true kindred spirit or a sincere friend, even before becoming mothers, their strength was no less than that of any strong man in the world.

"Xia Tiejun!!!"

With an angry roar, she grabbed a water cup from a colleague's desk and charged forward.

With a sharp crack, the cup smashed directly into Xia Tiejun's head.

After a crisp sound, the cup shattered into pieces.

Everyone was stunned by the sight before them. None of them had expected the usually beautiful and delicate Shang Zhiyi to be so fierce at such a critical moment.

That was the general manager of Shilin Guomao Group, someone with powerful backing in Zhonghai.

"Ah—"

Xia Tiejun instinctively touched his head in pain. When he saw blood from his head on his hand, his face instantly turned terrifyingly dark.

"Shang Zhiyi, you fucking bitch! Let's see how I fuck you to death today."

With that, Xia Tiejun reached out, preparing to forcibly take Shang Zhiyi away.

However, at that moment, the situation suddenly changed.

A relatively aged hand suddenly appeared and firmly grabbed Xia Tiejun's wrist.

"General Manager Xia, you can't touch this person."

The one who spoke was Deng Wenji, the marketing department manager who had stood silently to the side for a long time.

"Deng Wenji, have you got some real nerve? You dare stop even me now?"

"Believe it or not, I'll make you crawl for the rest of your life."

Xia Tiejun had never imagined that Deng Wenji, the most timid member of the group's management, would dare oppose him in front of everyone.

Not only had he not expected it, but no one in the entire marketing department had expected it either. They all stared at Deng Wenji with shocked expressions.

Though Deng Wenji had stepped forward, his expression was extremely tense.

Especially after hearing Xia Tiejun's words, his heart pounded wildly in his chest.

But he still did not let go. On the contrary, his grip tightened even further.

It was not because he had become braver, but because he knew that given the unclear relationship between Mr. Lin and Shang Zhiyi, if anything really happened to her in the marketing department, he would never be able to escape responsibility.

For all he knew, his future days might become even worse than they were under Xia Tiejun.

One was the group's major shareholder with seventy percent of the shares, while the other was merely the group's general manager. Anyone who was not an idiot knew whom to choose.

"General Manager Xia, you really can't touch her..."

Deng Wenji wanted to say more, but before he could finish, Xia Tiejun's slap came straight at him and knocked him to the floor.

"Deng Wenji, I gave you face, didn't I?"

"You've stopped me again and again. I think you're tired of living."

After saying that, he stepped forward and kicked Deng Wenji several more times. Only after venting most of his anger did he finally stop.