Why is This Troublemaker So Damn Rich?

Serene shot him a look, and Yang Hui felt a stir within him. She was even alluring when she was angry.

"Could you please think before you speak? You’re a college graduate, not an illiterate."

She was clearly displeased with his two consecutive verbal fumbles—first talking about a "union," then about "wanting her." It was clearly meant to be a flirtatious jab.

"You’ve misunderstood me. I’m not that kind of person."

"Heh..."

To her, he looked anything but trustworthy, with his charming eyes and smooth-talking mouth.

"I’m leaving. I still have to go to Wanlong Square to check out the Futong Commerce store and see where the gap between you two comes from. Think about the partnership. We can find a time to discuss the details another day. It’s too noisy here, not a suitable place."

It was almost 4:00 PM, and Huang Lingyu was probably waiting for him. He stood up and said, "Alright. Oh, right, we haven’t added each other on WeChat yet."

Serene took out her phone and opened her WeChat QR code. Just as Yang Hui was about to scan it to add her, she suddenly pulled it back. She took another phone out of her bag and said, "Add this one."

Looking at her slightly flushed face, he didn’t say anything. It was normal to have two phones—one for work, one for personal use. ’Looks like our relationship isn’t there yet. She’s only willing to add my work contact.’

Sure enough, after adding her, her username was just "Serene." This had to be her work account.

After Serene left, he typed up a message with his name and phone number and sent it to her. A moment later, she replied, "Serene, TEL: 185XXXXXXXX."

’She didn’t even send her Chinese name. Women from Shanghai are so impolite.’

He called Huang Lingyu to ask if she had arrived. Actually, there was no need to ask; she would have definitely arrived early. When she heard he was at Starbucks, she said she would come find him.

He slowly walked out of Starbucks and stood outside the entrance of the NLB store. Huang Lingyu would have to pass here to get to Starbucks, so he didn’t wait inside. Just as Serene had said, it was too noisy in Starbucks.

’How interesting. I keep seeing acquaintances in the store today.’ An Ping and Lin Yu were in the NLB store, each accepting a cup of freshly brewed coffee while seemingly chatting with a staff member.

’Are they also here to scout the competition? The NLB kids’ clothing section upstairs seems to be run by Weitong Commerce. Looks like the business downstairs is impacting the one upstairs.’

This was indeed the case. Weitong Commerce had taken on the NLB Kids brand, valuing its brand power. It was a good card to have in their hand for channel expansion, allowing them to bundle other brands to get into shopping malls.

The price per item for NLB Kids was similar to the adult line, and children’s clothing at this price point was even harder to sell than adult apparel. Sales at An Ping’s upstairs store were already mediocre, and they had plummeted in the last two days. At first, he didn’t realize what was happening. Then he saw staff from Xinyue Square forwarding the sales report about the downstairs NLB store making 330,000 in two days. He instantly understood: his kids’ apparel business was being cannibalized by the store downstairs.

The downstairs location was a flagship store that included both children’s and adult sections. Although the children’s section was relatively small, it still affected the store upstairs. Therefore, An Ping had impatiently brought Lin Yu over to scope things out. After getting a feel for the store, his expression was now extremely grim. Even as he chatted with the salesperson, you could tell he was forcing a smile.

’We’re fucking screwed. The upstairs kids’ store has a worse location, and their staff’s quality is nowhere near this. How are we supposed to compete?’

He had Lin Yu pretend to browse the clothes while he tried to get information out of the staff. "Looks like your business is doing great. Your income must be pretty high, right?"

The salesperson smiled and replied politely, "It’s alright. Enough to live on."

An Ping nodded, thinking it must be about the same as his own employees—around 4,000 yuan, enough for a single person to live on. He didn’t know she meant it was enough for her whole family to live on.

"So, that’s more than 4,000, right?"

The salesperson paused for a moment upon hearing this; 4,000-something felt like a distant memory to her. She then smiled warmly and said, "Yes."

An Ping, not giving up, pressed, "How about 5,000?"

"Yes."

"It can’t possibly be more than 6,000, can it?" An Ping thought it would be outrageous for a sales associate to make 6,000 yuan.

But to his surprise, the beautiful sales associate still nodded to indicate yes. An Ping grew suspicious. He felt the salesperson was just humoring him and not telling the truth. ’How could it possibly be that much?’ So he stopped asking.

Just then, Lin Yu stopped browsing the clothes and turned around, happening to see Yang Hui standing outside. At the same time, Huang Lingyu arrived, walking gracefully to his side and whispering, "I’m here."

It was strange. The dynamic of many relationships is set from the very first meeting. She wasn’t normally a timid person, but now, whenever she saw Yang Hui, it was just like the night they first met—she was a little afraid of him.

"Let’s go. I’ll take you shopping."

Lin Yu watched the two outside with curiosity. ’How did Huang Lingyu end up with Yang Hui? I know exactly how charming that guy is. Zheng Lei is about to get cuckolded.’

While she pitied Zheng Lei, she also envied Huang Lingyu a little. After all, she had intimately experienced just how skilled Yang Hui’s techniques were and how "well-endowed" he was. It was a shame she hadn’t enjoyed it for many years; now Huang Lingyu was the lucky one.

Huang Lingyu didn’t know where he was taking her, so she just followed closely behind him, just as she had the last time they went to the Gucci store.

Yang Hui was indeed a bit bored. Given the state of things with Huang Lingyu, they were just one opportunity away from becoming intimate. He wasn’t a stingy person; he figured he’d spend some money on her first. That way, he’d feel more at ease when he made his move.

The two arrived at an EP womenswear store. It was also a good chance for him to experience the service at another shop.

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