"You dead woman, who are you calling ugly?" Wang Erfeng didn’t appreciate someone saying her son was ugly.
Her behavior indirectly admitted the old lady’s words, making everyone believe Shen Mianmian even more.
So, everyone turned their spears towards her again.
No matter how tough Wang Erfeng was, she couldn’t out-argue so many people. She was so angry that her face turned red and her neck thickened. Gu Jianbin, too, was shamed by the people’s scolding and couldn’t stay any longer. He pulled Wang Erfeng and left the crowd.
With the protagonist gone, the onlookers had no more drama to watch, so they slowly dispersed.
The three of them went back to the shop, and thinking of what had just happened, Xiaocui was still feeling scared, "Mianmian, luckily you are smart and calm. I panicked as soon as Wang Erfeng started making a scene; I didn’t know what to do."
Shen Mianmian smiled, "To deal with someone like Wang Erfeng, you definitely shouldn’t be afraid. The fiercer, the better. She only bullies the weak and fears the strong. If she’s unreasonable, just be even more unreasonable than her; anyway, don’t be afraid of her."
"Xiaocui and I are both older than you, but when it comes to brains, neither of us can match you. No wonder you can be the boss, while we can only work for others." Zhang Qian chimed in.
Shen Mianmian looked at her blankly without a word. Zhang Qian felt somewhat guilty under her gaze and dared not talk anymore.
Wang Erfeng didn’t succeed this time and knowing that Shen Mianmian wasn’t easy to provoke, plus Gu Jianbin’s persuasion, she didn’t come looking for trouble again.
Shen Mianmian had always wanted to buy a house, and the people close to her knew about it.
That day, as usual, she went to school. As soon as she sat down, Du Xiaohui said with a mysterious air, "Mianmian, you mentioned before that you wanted to buy a house. Have you bought one yet?"
"I haven’t come across the right one," Shen Mianmian shook her head. She knew Du Xiaohui wouldn’t ask this for no reason. "Do you know someone who is selling their house?"
With the housing prices rising quickly, she couldn’t afford the nicer ones, and there were some houses prone to financial disputes which she preferred not to deal with.
She had made up her mind that if she really couldn’t find the right house in the next couple of years, she would just save money and buy one in Beijing.
Houses in Beijing had even greater appreciation potential.
"There is one, but..." Du Xiaohui hesitated, "I’m afraid you wouldn’t dare to buy it or live in it if you did."
"What do you mean?" Shen Mianmian’s interest was piqued by his words. Could Du Xiaohui be talking about a haunted house?
"In the village next to ours, a family, who bought a house in the city, lived quite well with their two sons. But for some reason, the older son committed suicide by drinking pesticide over a girl and died in their city house. The son was in his twenties or thirties, and it was a terrible death, with blood coming from all his orifices. With such a death, the house became a ’fierce’ one; who would dare to live there? So, they’re thinking of selling the house..."
After outlining the situation, Du Xiaohui glanced at Shen Mianmian nervously; he really shouldn’t have started this topic.
Who would dare to live in such a house after buying it?
Not to mention Mianmian, a young girl, even several grown men wouldn’t dare!
Shen Mianmian: "..." She never expected that she would be the one to end up with the ’melon’ [gossip] landing on her own head.
Seeing that she didn’t speak, Du Xiaohui thought she was angry and quickly said, "Mianmian, I just spoke without thinking. Why bring this up so early in the morning? Don’t take it seriously, just pretend I never mentioned it."
Coming back to her senses, Shen Mianmian narrowed her eyes and revealed a sweet smile, "I’m not angry. I think the house you’re talking about sounds quite good." ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵✦𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮✦𝓷𝓮𝓽