The lady excitedly sang praises about "Xia Chuyi" for quite some time before snapping back to reality, she asked Xia Chuyi, "Comrade, when you asked if I knew ’Youwei’, what was it about?"
The "role model" herself was a bit silent; how should she say it—admit she was her idol Xia Chuyi? The owner of Youwei? Wanting to invite her to work at her own shop?
She felt a bit embarrassed.
Just as she hesitated, a shrill voice rang out, "Xia Chuyi!"
Xia Chuyi felt quite unlucky, wondering why every time she visited the school, she had to run into Liu Chunya.
"Hmph, Xia Chuyi, didn’t you say you were studying at home? Why couldn’t you keep studying on your own..."
Liu Chunya hadn’t finished speaking and Xia Chuyi hadn’t started to retort when a sharp scream from nearby interrupted them.
"Oh my, oh my, oh my, are you Xia Chuyi?"
The lady buying the marinated meat stared at her with wide eyes, both surprised and delighted, and unabashedly said,
"You are my idol, my idol!"
"My life goal is to become an independent, autonomous, dignified, and strong woman like you!"
"It’s so great to meet you in person!"
Xia Chuyi felt embarrassed, slightly overwhelmed by the woman’s enthusiasm.
The interrupted Liu Chunya glared fiercely at the woman: What’s that look?
Liu Chunya glanced at Xia Chuyi from top to bottom, then turned to the woman buying marinated meat and said, "Some people only deserve to deal with these kinds of people."
Her eyes filled with thick disdain.
Normally calm, Xia Chuyi’s eyes turned slightly cold as she said, "What did you say?"
What do you mean by "these kinds of people"?
Liu Chunya scoffed and replied, "What did I say? Just ask her."
Her gaze flicked toward the woman buying the marinated meat.
"Who doesn’t know that in our school, there’s a senior who, instead of advancing herself, skips classes to sell food right outside the school gates?"
"Senior" referred to a student who had repeated a year.
"Really, it’s fine not to attend school, but to shamelessly make money off other students? That’s disgraceful!" Liu Chunya continued.
Xia Chuyi’s expression flickered: Oh, the lady selling marinated meat was also a Lingshan Middle School student?
While she was still puzzled, she heard the lady raising her voice, "Liu Chunya, what kind of person talks like that? I earn money fairly and honestly, I’m not stealing or robbing, how am I shameless?"
Her expression and tone were defiant.
Rebuffed by the woman, Liu Chunya immediately became furious, "Qian Qianqian, you choose to run a business instead of studying, seeking pleasure and shunning hard work—that’s a capitalist mindset! It’s a disgrace to us women!"
That was quite an accusation.
"Qian Qianqian, what nonsense are you spouting? What do you mean seeking pleasure and shunning hard work? I may not love studying, but I wake up early and stay up late to earn a hard-earned money. What’s wrong with that? Labor is the most honorable thing!"
The lady buying the marinated meat, Qian Qianqian, continued to fire back at Liu Chunya, "Speaking of capitalist tendencies, you dress up dramatically every day, dabbing this perfume and that powder on yourself—you’re the one with capitalist tendencies!"
Hearing this, Xia Chuyi realized that the two must know each other.
"You!" Liu Chunya was left speechless by Qian Qianqian.
"Also, I heard, Liu Chunya, that you recently had your parents give money to teachers to privately tutor you. Moreover, I heard you’ve been talking big within our classmates, saying you will definitely score higher than Xia Chuyi in the college entrance exams?"