Chapter 698: 698: A Big Black Pot

“Mr. Lopez! Just because you’re older and an elder, you think you can bully us at our doorstep!” Cindy Clarke immediately put the blame on Richard Lopez’s head.

She made sure the pot was firmly attached on Richard Lopez’s head so that he couldn’t shake it off.

She wanted to make it difficult for Richard Lopez to breathe.

Manager Hertz, who stood next to Cindy, thought to himself, “No wonder she’s the CEO’s wife!”

There’s a reason why nobody else could become Mrs. Zhekova but her!

Her temper and her ability to turn the tables were quite remarkable.

Outstanding!

They were initially worried that Cindy might be at a disadvantage.

Little did they know she wouldn’t let others be at a disadvantage, let alone herself!

They had been worrying over nothing!

Richard Lopez’s mouth was twisted by the weight of the pot that Cindy had forced onto him.

They had come to apologize and seek forgiveness from Adrian Zhekova.

Why would anyone believe or even say that they had come to bully Adrian Zhekova?

Bully Adrian Zhekova?

As if anyone would dare to!

Now Richard Lopez understood why Edward Lopez couldn’t outsmart Cindy!

This woman is far from simple.

“Cindy.” At this moment, a sudden voice called out.

Looking up, Adrian Zhekova hurried over, followed by Sheldon Rowland.

Obviously, Sheldon had heard the security guard’s report and hurriedly informed Adrian Zhekova about the situation.

Adrian couldn’t feel at ease letting Sheldon handle this alone, so he personally came to pick up Cindy.

As Adrian approached, he saw that Cindy was unharmed, with Manager Hertz escorting her, and was relieved.

His cold eyes fixated on Richard and Edward Lopez.

Richard shuddered. What’s going on with this entire situation?

At this moment, Adrian had already reached Cindy’s side.

“What are you doing here?” Cindy asked with a smile upon seeing Adrian.

“I heard you were stopped here and hadn’t gone upstairs, so I came to see what’s going on.” As Adrian spoke, he took the food container from Cindy’s hand.

Since he’s here, he couldn’t let her carry it anymore.

Manager Hertz blinked and thought it was a mistake not to have taken the container from her earlier. He should have realized the CEO’s wife shouldn’t have to carry it herself!

There was finally an opportunity to please the scumbag CEO, and he missed it!

Fearing a misunderstanding, Richard Lopez quickly explained, “We’re sorry for holding up Mrs. Zhekova’s time. We didn’t do it deliberately.”

Cindy sneered and said while holding Adrian’s arm, “They actually said you’re targeting their company and whole Pingla City to avenge me. They even came here accusing you of abusing power for personal gain.”

“Isn’t this bullying? Even I know that business is about doing one’s best. Mr. Lopez is truly pushing it too far! First his son came to bully me, and now he runs here to bully you as the father. It’s as if our Zhekova family has no one to stand up for us!” Cindy yelled.

Richard Lopez never thought he would be falsely accused by a young girl like Cindy and was left speechless.

He couldn’t do anything to Cindy, and all he could do was hurriedly explain, “No, we didn’t! Adrian, this is all a misunderstanding! We…”

Richard didn’t know what to say at this point because there were too many people around. He wanted to say that there’s no business competition between their two companies.

They were in completely different industries with no overlap; so where would the business competition come from?

But saying this would confirm Cindy’s accusation of Adrian abusing power for personal gain, wouldn’t it?

It’s true that Adrian did it, but they couldn’t say that!

Ruffling Adrian’s feathers now would only make him angrier.

So their visit, which was intended to ask for mercy, would end up making more enemies instead. It would have been better if they didn’t come!

Richard couldn’t bring himself to say this in front of so many people.

Cindy actually wasn’t trying to complain about Richard to Adrian. She just wanted to make sure Adrian knew the situation since he’d just arrived and hadn’t spoken with the Lopez family yet. So that’s what she told him.

Adrian understood Cindy perfectly. Upon hearing her words, he immediately knew what was going on.

Adrian’s face turned cold, and he stepped back with Cindy, his gaze full of anger. He then pointed at Richard and said, “You dare to come to our doorstep to bully us? You really look down on our family!”

The Lopez family members: “…”

The crowd: “…”

You’re not fooling anyone with your acting skills, Adrian! You’re just pretending to be a victim!

Seeing Adrian’s face full of both outrage and pretended victimhood, even Pingla’s employees couldn’t help but roll their eyes inwardly.

They thought, “The scumbag CEO is really good at acting, but who would believe such a pitiful act?”

Would anyone even believe him? Including Adrian himself.

Regardless of whether they believed him or not, Adrian continued to act like a persecuted victim. Manager Hertz even had doubts if Adrian would go straight to the family mansion and complain to his parents.

“Let’s go!” Adrian said, taking Cindy’s hand.

Just as Richard Lopez was about to react, Adrian led Cindy away.

Richard immediately called out, “Adrian, Adrian! I have something to discuss with you!”

Adrian didn’t pretend not to hear, but stopped and turned to face Richard, saying indignantly, “Mr. Lopez, what else do you want to say? Do you think we’re easy targets because we’re young?”

“Do you really think the Zhekova family is without any support?”

Richard Lopez: “…”

Where’s this conversation going?

“No… I didn’t mean that at all. Adrian, I have a matter I want to discuss with you.” Richard quickly said.

Adrian was indignant, “There’s nothing for us to discuss.” He then left with Cindy.

As Richard watched them walk away, he let go of any pretense and directly chased after Adrian, attempting to grab him.

However, with so many people around, including security guards, there was no chance he would succeed.

It was clear Adrian didn’t want to see him. This time, Richard was stopped by both the security guards and Pingla employees before he could get far.

“Sir, please leave our company and don’t disrupt our order here,” the security guard firmly said.

Richard could swallow his pride in front of Adrian and Cindy, but not in front of others. He still had to maintain his dignity.