Moreover, Chiang Xiao’s first choice was to buy the house, not rent it.
In another ten years, the price of houses in City M would be enough to scare people to death, and in another twenty years, prices of two or three thousand per square meter would be even more common.
Moreover, at that time, real estate in the city center wouldn’t be something you could buy just because you wanted to.
Chiang Xiao intended to keep the tea snack business going and also hoped to have a place in City M’s thriving business center in the future, so it made the most sense to buy the property now.
As she strolled leisurely toward the department store, she looked around, not noticing the alleyway beside her until she heard footsteps and suddenly came to her senses, swiftly sidestepping to avoid them.
The one running out of the alley, however, couldn’t stop their momentum and fell to the ground with a painful crash.
It was a girl wearing a short-sleeved cotton top and blue homespun cloth pants, with a braid not too long. She fell hard onto her knees and slid forward, scraping her palms and tearing the fabric of her pants at the knees.
Sitting on the ground, she looked at her palms and then at her torn pants, and her eyes reddened as she began to cry softly.
Chiang Xiao looked at her and suddenly felt the world was really small.
Wasn’t this the girl who insisted on sharing a stand with Tyrant Meng at the breakfast shop before?
She immediately sensed trouble was brewing and turned to run.
But she was a bit too late.
"You make me fall and think you can just run away?" The girl looked at her while crying.
"I think, it should be you who fell on your own," Chiang Xiao said, speechless. Her premonition had been right, but her reaction wasn’t quick enough.
If Meng Xinian were here, he would certainly find this scene very familiar. Didn’t he and Du Jinruo have a similar encounter that day?
But he was actually quite relieved afterwards that his face was covered in paint and mud and Du Jinruo didn’t recognize him, otherwise there might have been more trouble.
Now, Chiang Xiao wasn’t so lucky.
Because the girl had recognized her too, without a doubt, but hadn’t exposed it. However, the way she looked at Chiang Xiao already betrayed her recognition.
"How is it that I fell? If it weren’t for you, how would I have fallen?" she said, biting her lower lip.
"I certainly didn’t make you run like you were being chased by a mad dog," Chiang Xiao scoffed coldly, having always had little patience for such unreasonable people, "From beginning to end, I didn’t touch a hair on your head. It’s you who plunged forward like an out-of-control locomotive. Blaming me?"
"You’re the one chased by a mad dog! You’re like an out-of-control locomotive!"
Zhang Xiaomei became angry as soon as she heard Chiang Xiao’s sharp tongue.
Earlier at the breakfast shop, she’d seen an exceptionally handsome man that made her heart flutter at first sight. She had planned to use the excuse of sharing a stand to get to know him, but then this girl had popped up and ruined her plans!
With so many people in the breakfast shop, and the man looking tough to mess with, she hadn’t dared to make a scene, but now seeing Chiang Xiao alone, she suddenly felt bold.
"If it weren’t for you blocking my way, why would I have fallen trying to avoid you?" She stared at Chiang Xiao and suddenly shouted loudly, "Big brother! Second brother! Someone’s hitting me!"
This sudden shrill cry sent a buzzing through Chiang Xiao’s eardrums.