After encountering the incident with Wan Dongcheng, Shen Mianmian didn’t tell Li Shiping, nor did she tell Li Yue. She understood one thing very clearly, no matter how bad Wan Dongcheng was, he was still the Li Family’s son-in-law.
In consideration of Li Shiping’s face, as long as Wan Dongcheng didn’t go too far, the Li Family also wouldn’t push him to a dead end.
Otherwise, in her past life, they wouldn’t have helped Wan Dongcheng start his business from scratch.
Li Julin was the kind of person who hated it when others stirred up trouble most of all. What she needed to do was to indulge him, let Wan Dongcheng become arrogant, and gradually, the people of the Li Family wouldn’t be able to tolerate him anymore.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the new semester arrived. Shen Mianmian calculated that in a little over a month, the shop had a net profit of sixteen thousand after all expenses, which was far beyond the original expectations.
Making so much money was also thanks to the help of the other partners. Before school started, they gave each of the three employees in the store a red envelope with ten yuan.
Zhang Qian was the happiest. Her sister didn’t know about the money, so she could save it as her private stash.
Since He Nan left that time, there had been no news from him, but Li Yue had visited her a few times and even took her to the Li Family’s home for dinner twice.
During this period, she would help clean He Nan’s place once every week. The day before school started, Shen Mianmian gave Xiaocui a day off to visit her family and asked her to come back to work with Dajun the next day.
After dinner, as usual, she went to help He Nan clean. She was halfway through when the lights in the house suddenly went out. Although she thought it was probably a power cut, she was still startled. Her eyes hadn’t adjusted to the dark, and she couldn’t see anything, so she fumbled her way to the sofa, planning to sit and wait for her eyes to adjust before heading back to sleep. She would continue cleaning after school the next day.
Just as she sat down on the sofa, a rustling noise suddenly came from the door, as if someone was opening it. At first, she thought she had heard wrong, but soon after, she faintly heard footsteps.
Shen Mianmian’s entire body went on high alert, and the hairs on her skin stood on end. ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭⚫𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦⚫𝘯𝘦𝘵
Although the security here was good, it didn’t mean that burglars couldn’t get in. With He Nan having been away for over a month without returning, it was indeed easy for this place to catch a burglar’s attention.
The power outage and the sudden entrance of someone could mean that the burglar had intentionally cut the power line.
All sorts of thoughts about home-invasion robberies, murders, and rapes flashed through her mind, making Shen Mianmian panic. She began to sweat profusely and forced herself to calm down. Bending over, she slowly made her way towards the kitchen.
There wasn’t much of value that was easy to carry in the kitchen, so going there would be safer for her.
No sooner had she entered the kitchen than she heard the footsteps move to the living room. It seemed the burglar knew there was no one around; he did not tread lightly, and the sound of his steps was not deliberately suppressed, which made Shen Mianmian breathe a sigh of relief.
The burglar hadn’t realized there was someone inside; he was probably just after valuables or money and would leave once he got what he wanted. For the time being, she was at least safe.
She listened carefully to the noise in the living room. The burglar seemed to have sensed something amiss and suddenly stopped his steps once he reached the hall. Shen Mianmian was so scared that she immediately held her breath.
After a while, the footsteps gradually approached the kitchen; Shen Mianmian’s heart was about to leap out of her chest.
There weren’t many principled burglars in the world, especially in this era. If the burglar found her, the likelihood of a bad outcome was high. There was nowhere in the kitchen to hide, so she had no choice but to desperately squeeze herself beside the refrigerator.