Reborn in the 80s, Get Rich by Eating Melons-Chapter 722: Meeting An Acquaintance

With money in her bag, Si Xiaohui didn’t skimp on herself. She bought a bunk ticket immediately. As soon as she sat down, a pretty woman also sat on the opposite bunk.

Si Xiaohui found her familiar and stared for a while before hesitantly calling out, "Doctor Yu?"

It had been years since Yu Shiya had left the hospital, and no one had called her "Doctor Yu" since. Hearing this title unexpectedly, she paused, looked at Si Xiaohui for a while before unsurely asking.

"Are you Si Xiaohui?"

The two were not familiar with each other and had only met a few times when Lin Fengying was hospitalized years ago. After so many years, both had changed a lot, and Shiya almost didn’t recognize Si Xiaohui.

After all, Si Xiaohui did not look like her brother Si Chen.

"Yes, I am Si Xiaohui." Si Xiaohui was very happy to see Yu Shiya, "It is really you. I just thought you looked familiar but wasn’t quite sure."

Yu Shiya gave her a once-over, "You are going to Kyoto to find your brother?"

Yu Shiya knew that Si Xiaohui and Tong Yao have a bad relationship. However, years have passed and Tong Yao has built a big business. Si Xiaohui should be trying to flatter Tong Yao in order to benefit from her success.

"Why would I look for my wretched brother?" Si Xiaohui laughed bitterly, "My mom has died, I came back for her funeral. The funeral is completed and I am going back to Kyoto. I haven’t been in contact with my brother and sister-in-law for all these years. Now that my mom’s dead, I’ll cut ties with them. I’m going to act like I never had two brothers, they should do the same and pretend they never had a sister. I will never return to this shitty place, Li City."

Who would have thought Lin Fengying died? She wasn’t that old, was she?

However, Si Xiaohui’s coming back for the funeral meant it was true. Yu Shiya raised her eyebrows, "Your brother has just one sister, you. Shouldn’t they be fond of you and maintain the relationship?"

Si Xiaohui gritted her teeth, "My brother used to pamper me until he married. Once Tong Yao stepped into our family, they stopped caring about me under her influence. Now they don’t even want me to return. Fine, I had no intention of recognizing them anymore."

She changed the subject, looking at Yu Shiya curiously, "Doctor Yu, why are you going to Kyoto?"

"Don’t call me Doctor Yu. I am not a doctor anymore. I’ve given up the scalpel for the marketplace."

She sneered, "Even my dad retired early. It’s somewhat related to Tong Yao."

When Si Xiaohui heard that Yu Shiya also had a bad relationship with Tong Yao, she was thrilled, as if she’d found an ally, "Dr. Yu, what are you doing for a living in Kyoto?"

"I run a milk tea shop." Yu Shiya replied.

As if inspired, Si Xiaohui asked curiously, "The milk tea shop next to Tong Yao’s, was yours? You took her business away and she had to shut down."

Yu Shiya said, "Yes, it’s mine. I have opened ten chain stores in Kyoto now."

Si Xiaohui was considering changing industries. She didn’t want to depend on men for a living anymore. She had originally planned to set up a stall, but as she looked for a spot on the roadside, she didn’t feel it suited her.

She thought it was demeaning.

So she asked, "Doctor Yu, are there any job vacancies in your shop? I’m going to Kyoto to find a job."

Yu Shiya pretended to hesitate, "Isn’t it inappropriate? I’m enemies with your brother and sister-in-law, and you are working in my shop..."

"What’s wrong?" Si Xiaohui said, "I am their enemy too, my situation is not better than yours. Doctor Yu, as long as you let me work in your shop, I will do a good job. I used to work in Tong Yao’s shop and know how to make milk tea."

"The making method is not the same as in Tong Yao’s shop. Since you want to work, you can follow me when we get off the train."

The two agreed in an instant. On the way, Xiaohui poured out her family problems, including the intricate and petty conflicts between her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, to Shiya.

It was then Shiya became aware of just how bad the relationship between Tong Yao and Lin Fengying was. Apparently, Si Chen truly loved Tong Yao to the extent of forsaking his own mother who had raised him.

While she was thinking, Si Xiaohui added, "It’s a pity that Tong Yao no longer runs the milk tea shop, or I would have definitely helped you beat her shop."

Yu Shiya asked curiously, "I heard that Tong Yao opened a breeding farm? Is her main business now the breeding farm?"

Si Xiaohui shook her head, "I haven’t been in contact with them much in these years and I am not very clear. But, the breeding farm is not entirely hers, Gu Hongwei also owns part of it. You might not know who Gu Hongwei is. He is also from our village, and he established the largest transport company in the country, Hengtong. He is quite rich and close to my brother. I always feel that Tong Yao may also own a stake in his company, but I have no evidence."

How could Yu Shiya not know about Hengtong?

But she didn’t expect that Tong Yao would also hold stakes there. She had thought she was catching up to Tong Yao’s success over the years, but hearing Si Xiaohui’s words, she realized she was still far behind.

Feeling frustrated, she suddenly didn’t want to chat anymore.

On the other side, when Tong Yao and the others got home, they didn’t see Si Xiaohui. When Guo Jinnian went back to her room to check, she shouted suddenly.

"Our house has been robbed."

Everyone hurried to her room and found it in disarray. Tong Yao furrowed her brows, walked up to open Si Xiaohui’s door, and found that there was no one inside.

She sneered, "Everyone should check their own rooms. We have probably been cleaned out."

As soon as she finished, Guo Jinnian said, "The money I kept in the drawer is gone."

Zhang Lijuan quickly went back to her room to check. She ran out soon after, "My money is gone too."

Gu Hongwei came out of his room and pursed his lips, "Mine is missing too. It seems, Xiaohui took it and ran away."

Tong Yao didn’t even need to check her room to know her money was probably gone too. Xiaohui had planned this beforehand. She took advantage of everyone going to the graveyard, stole things and ran away.

A livid Si Boyi said, "I’m going to call the police and let them catch her."

Si Chen stopped him, his voice heavy, "No need to call the cops. Consider this as severing ties, her final reimbursement."

Tong Yao agreed with Si Chen’s point of view, "If we call the police, it will make a big fuss and the villagers will criticize us. Better just let it go. She took the money and will not dare to show up and annoy us again. Consider it as spending some money to buy peace."

However, the fact that Si Xiaohui did such a thing during her mother’s mourning period was indeed shameless.