After purchasing the store, Bai Yixian had instructed the seller to keep it strictly confidential, then withdrew his passbook to buy two storefronts for himself. He took the signed documents to be notarized, and after the notarization, he decided to check out the storefronts before giving the documents to Luo Qianqian, as he needed to figure out what would be best to do.
Upon arriving at the store which was being cleaned up, Bai Yixian noticed something was off. Luo Qianqian had clearly said that only her mom would be in the store, so why were there extra people, and it seemed like they were arguing? He quickly called Luo Qianqian, then parked his car, straightened his clothes, and entered the store.
"You loser, aren’t you jobless now? Hurry up and give me the compensation, trapping me is what you ought to do." Bai Yixian watched an old lady pointing at a woman who was not Luo Qianqian’s mother and cursing. He thought to himself, this must be He Wenyu’s mother.
"Mom, I don’t have money. You guys are occupying the house; I can only live at a friend’s place, what more do you want? Old He buys you food and drink every day, you lack nothing, what more could you want?" Huang Yueran furrowed her brows and retorted.
"Doesn’t Guozi get to buy New Year goods? Are you satisfied only if you anger me to death?" The cursing old lady was indeed He Wenyu’s grandmother, Cong Xin, He Jun’s mother, and the ’Guozi’ she mentioned was He Jun’s elder brother, He Guo.
"Mom, where do I have money? Junzi didn’t give me a penny this month; it all went to you guys. Staying at a friend’s place is embarrassing enough." Huang Yueran said impatiently.
"Didn’t you get compensation when you resigned? Don’t think I don’t know. Lingling found out everything, the factory gave you three times the compensation, don’t think you can fool me." Cong Xin pointed at Huang Yueran’s nose, saliva flying everywhere: "Hurry up and give me the money, or I’ll have Laoer divorce you, and you’ll end up with nothing!"
Huang Yueran’s nose twisted in anger: "I don’t have money, and even if I did, Xiao Yu and I still need to eat and drink. Just because your family celebrates the New Year, doesn’t mean other families don’t!"
"What New Year are you talking about, you bunch of losers! Hurry up with the money, or I’m not leaving!" Cong Xin spat toward Huang Yueran’s face, fortunately, she dodged it by turning her head. Huang Yueran glared at Cong Xin, her face flushed with anger.
Cong Xin, not feeling guilty at all, yelled loudly: "What are you looking at, hurry up with the money, you think you are something special with such a meager dowry."
An Zilan tugged at Huang Yueran’s sleeve, as a crowd had already gathered outside. Continuing this disturbance would look bad, so she spoke up: "You can stay if you want, but this is my store, and you’ll have to leave if I’m locking up, it’s not worth leaving it open for just anyone to use!"
"I spit!" Cong Xin spat hard at Luo’s Mom, who was stunned and couldn’t dodge, getting hit right in the face: "What are you, being abandoned at such a young age, with two kids, and probably raising your three by selling yourself! A cheap woman with two illegitimate children, just like two losers!"
Even if Luo’s Mom was polite, she wouldn’t allow anyone to insult her children. With a cold face, she said, "If you don’t leave, I’m calling the police!"
"Go ahead and call, it’s better if you also bring the landlord here, get the rent refunded so I can take the money and leave! I still haven’t bought the New Year goods!" Cong Xin said unapologetically.
"The rent will be refunded to me, what does it have to do with you!" Luo’s Mom resentfully said.
"A cheap woman like you has that much money to rent a house? You must rely a lot on this loser and Laoer! I won’t disdain this bit of money. Give it to me, and I’ll leave!" Cong Xin, seeing a packed drink on the side, unceremoniously opened it and began to drink.
"Mom, this house is not bad, why don’t we keep it and do something ourselves." A woman dressed in red and green said into Cong Xin’s ear, this person was Cong Xin’s elder daughter-in-law, the Lingling she mentioned—Sun Ailing.
"You like it? Okay." Cong Xin nodded with a pleased expression: "Then you guys scram, this shop is mine now! But you still have to give me the money!"
"What are you all doing in my shop? Our contract only hired two people, I’m not paying all these extras!" Bai Yixian adjusted his sleeves, put on gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, pushed open the shop door, and seeing so many people, said with disgust: "Ms. An Zilan, if you brought all these people, it’s a breach of contract, and you have to pay ten times the penalty."
Huang Yueran was about to say something when An Zilan, who brushed past her face, stopped her, knowing her identity was not there to cause trouble, presumably there to help. Thus, she bowed to Bai Yixian and said: "Boss, I’m sorry, these people barged in, we couldn’t kick them out." They dare to lay a hand on her, don’t blame her for not considering that they are He Wenyu’s relatives!