Reborn in the 80s, Get Rich by Eating Melons-Chapter 727: I’m Buying Ten Meat Buns

Guo Jinnian didn’t respond immediately, "Why are we giving out candy?"

"Don’t you want everyone to know about our relationship?" Gu Hongwei said, "I didn’t propose to you in grand fashion, nor did I confess my feelings in a ceremony. As we are going public with our relationship at the company, we should do it right, shouldn’t we?"

He looked at Guo Jinnian, "Jinnian, I’ve let you down too many times these years, making you wait for so many years. Maybe I am like Chen in the way that we are not good at expressing ourselves and tend to internalize our emotions. But, like him, I also have a heart that loves my wife and my family. My mother died early, my father is also gone, and you know about the relationship I have with my relatives. So, from now on, you are the closest person to me. The reason why I want you to not act impulsively is because I am afraid you will get hurt."

His heartfelt words left Guo Jinnian at a loss.

This sudden confession made Guo Jinnian blush red and feel uncomfortable. She grumbled, "Why are you being so emotional all of a sudden? I’m not used to it."

Being used to hanging out with boys and acting carefreely made it hard for Guo Jinnian to express her happiness. She quickly changed the subject.

"Oh, right. I came to tell you about the house. Yaoyao and I have found a house, made a deposit, and once you are done with your work in the next couple of days, let’s go have a look. The house we are going to live in after we get married, you have to like it too."

"As long as you like it, I don’t mind where we live," Gu Hongwei said, "Any place with you and our children will be home."

Guo Jinnian was completely won over by Gu Hongwei’s sweet words, she was so happy that she could hardly tell north from south.

The two of them spent the whole day together until dark before they left work together.

As their car passed by Yu Shiya’s bubble tea shop, Guo Jinnian spotted a familiar figure.

She exclaimed in surprise, "Hey, isn’t that Si Xiaohui? Why is she inside Yu Shiya’s bubble tea shop, both inside the shop and wearing the staff uniform?"

Gu Hongwei took a glance through the car window and frowned immediately, "It seems she is working there."

Guo Jinnian was even more curious and decided to call Tong Yao right away.

"Yaoyao, I saw Si Xiaohui. She’s in Yu Shiya’s bubble tea shop in her uniform. I think she is working there. Do you want me to give her an earful?"

Surprised that Si Xiaohui was working with Yu Shiya, Tong Yao didn’t let Guo Jinnian intervene.

"Never mind, don’t bother her. It’s good for her if she can keep working there. It saves us from any troubles she might stir up."

Now that only one bubble tea shop was left on the ground floor, Tong Yao’s business didn’t conflict with Yu Shiya’s. She wasn’t worried about any sabotaging, so she didn’t feel like bothering with Si Xiaohui.

With what Tong Yao said, Guo Jinnian didn’t have any grounds to carry on the conversation. After she ended the call and took a last glance at Si Xiaohui from inside the car, Gu Hongwei drove away from there.

Si Xiaohui in the shop was obliviously, at this moment, busy arguing with the shop manager.

Because she considers herself a privileged member, who was invited to work there by Yu Shiya, she held the manager and the other staff in contempt. On her first day on the job, she was already picking fights.

"I’m telling you all, no one can bully me. Though I am just a staff member, I am friends with the boss. I was personally invited to work here by the boss. Whoever dares to bully me, I will report it to Boss Yu, and she will have you fired."

The manager was not afraid of Si Xiaohui. This shop had the best performance record and she herself had been commended by boss several times. She didn’t believe the boss would fire her without hearing both sides.

If she backed off this time, her authority as a manager would be undermined.

Then she said, "So what if you know the boss? I don’t believe the boss would side with you. You’re here to work, not to create troubles."

On top of not obeying management, Si Xiaohui was always slacking off. It was unacceptable and adding to this, she kept flirting with every good-looking man she saw. One might mistake her for someone in an unsavory profession if they didn’t know better.

"Why do you care what I do? Mind your own business," Si Xiaohui responded arrogantly.

The manager was about to argue with her again, but another staff member stopped her.

"Don’t fight with her for now, we’ve got customers."

Seeing customers entering, the manager finally shut up.

Si Xiaohui smirked smugly, walked to the entrance and lit a cigarette.

Just as she was about to puff on her cigarette, she saw a beggar with a limp walking towards her. He almost bumped into her.

Disgusted, Si Xiaohui yelled, "Are you blind? Watch where you’re going! Your filth is all over my clothes, can you afford to pay for them?"

Upon hearing that, the beggar trembled, his eyes became sharp and filled with hatred which ominously unnerved Si Xiaohui. freēwēbnovel.com

She instinctively stepped back, "What are you looking at? Never seen a beauty before? You’re a beggar and yet you’re leering at a beauty, what’s the use?"

After that, she turned around and went back inside the shop.

Seeing the beggar hadn’t left, she commanded another employee.

"Go chase that beggar away. He is stinky and filthy, the smell is unbearable. If he stays here, it will affect our business."

Initially, the staff member didn’t want to do it, but thinking it might affect the shop’s business, they went outside anyway.

She gave begging a five-cent coin, "Go somewhere else please. Don’t stand at the entrance here, it’s bad for our business."

Though they were trying the beggar away, they were polite and courteous.

The beggar took his gaze off Si Xiaohui, his trembling leg led him slowly to the side. After walking about a dozen steps, he specifically turned back to look at the name of the shop.

Who knows what he thought of, but his eyes filled with hatred.

Famished and with an injury on his leg, he wanted to buy a bun, but as soon as he got to the shop’s entrance, he was driven away by the shop owner.

"Go, go, go, go elsewhere. How can we do business with you here?"

"I have money, I want to buy a bun," the beggar said.

"We don’t sell to beggars." The owner spoke disdainfully. "Hurry up and leave, or don’t blame me if I get violent."

It’s just a beggar. He could hit him if he wanted to, nobody would lift a finger.

A sweet voice could be heard, "He’s just hungry and wants to eat a bun, why are you bullying him?"

When the shop owner turned, he couldn’t see anyone. He looked down and found a pretty little girl.

Another boy about her age was standing next to her.

Before the shop owner could say anything, the girl’s grandparents came forward. Seeing them dressed elegantly, he quickly plastered on a smile. "I’m not bullying him. He looked like this and it really affected our business. I’m running a small business, there’s nothing I could do about it."

Just as he finished his sentence, he heard the little boy say, "I’ll buy ten meat buns."