CHAPTER 89: CHAPTER 89: THE STAR OF THE TRAINING CLASS

Zhang Dongmei glanced at Su Xiaoxiao, her expression smug.

Meeting her gaze, Su Xiaoxiao instinctively felt she was up to no good.

As expected, the next second, Zhang Dongmei pointed directly at her: "Teacher Huang, I just saw the person taking bribes—it was Su Xiaoxiao."

Upon hearing the familiar name, Huang Mei turned her head and looked over, right into Su Xiaoxiao’s innocent big eyes.

The expression on her face momentarily froze; she wondered why the name sounded so familiar—it turned out to be the person who helped her buy a flashlight before.

"Teacher Huang, someone with such poor character doesn’t deserve to stay in our department store."

Chen Yuanyuan, who had a good relationship with Zhang Dongmei, stood up immediately to agree: "Exactly, she isn’t even a formal employee yet, and is already brazenly taking bribes. What will she be like once she becomes official?"

"Absolutely, this Su Xiaoxiao is the bad apple among our new employees; she must be chased away."

Liu Fang chimed in as well.

Zhang Dongmei looked smugly at Su Xiaoxiao. She had initially planned for her mother to play a role, but unexpectedly, Su Xiaoxiao messed up on her own by daring to accept items from others.

Earlier, she saw that the items belonged to Su Xiaoxiao, given to her by people wanting to buy flashlights.

Obviously, Su Xiaoxiao must have deceived them, claiming she could help them purchase flashlights, which is why they gave her those items.

Huang Mei coughed lightly and spoke: "Comrade Su, is what they said true?"

Su Xiaoxiao stood up in response: "Teacher Huang, these items were given to me by others—I didn’t take bribes."

"Pah, why would anyone give you things for free? It’s because you tricked them by saying you could help buy flashlights, and that’s why they gave them to you. Isn’t that bribery?"

Zhang Dongmei rolled her eyes disdainfully.

Chen Yuanyuan and Liu Fang joined in with agreement: "Exactly, using department store items for favors—pah, shameless."

"Those people must be blind; how could a newcomer be able to buy flashlights? It’s clearly deception."

The three of them unanimously condemned Su Xiaoxiao, and Huang Mei’s expression instantly turned grim.

Zhang Dongmei, seeing her expression, felt even more smug inside.

Watch, Su Xiaoxiao will be kicked out by Teacher Huang shortly.

It’s the first time she’s conducted a training session and encountered such a thing; with Huang Mei’s character, she wouldn’t let it go. She might even expel Su Xiaoxiao from the department store immediately.

Just as Zhang Dongmei was relishing the thought, she saw Huang Mei moving towards Su Xiaoxiao with a dark expression.

A few of her close friends around her watched the scene with amusement.

At this moment, Huang Mei had already walked up to Su Xiaoxiao.

"Comrade Su, are all those people coming to you for flashlights?"

Upon hearing this, Su Xiaoxiao instinctively nodded.

The next second, Huang Mei’s gloomy face suddenly broke into a smile: "Comrade Su, you shouldn’t be partial; could you help me get one too? My aunt wants one."

As she spoke, she seemed to recall something and reached into her pocket, pulling out a small handful of White Rabbit candies. "Comrade Su, have these as well; please help me get another one."

As her words fell, the training room was instantly enveloped in silence.

Zhang Dongmei’s jaw nearly dropped—it was unbelievable. Why was Teacher Huang also trying to curry favor with Su Xiaoxiao?

Could it be that she really could get hold of a flashlight?

With this thought, her face turned pale; if true, then their bet...

Upon hearing that Su Xiaoxiao could get flashlights, the others who were just watching eagerly swarmed over: "Comrade Su, I also want a flashlight; have this banana."

"Comrade Su, have this apple and get me one?"

"These imported biscuits are particularly good; Comrade Su, try them out."

Su Xiaoxiao was surrounded amidst the crowd, basking in their praise as she smugly glanced at Zhang Dongmei nearby.

Chen Yuanyuan and Liu Fang, who were close to Zhang Dongmei, exchanged looks, watching the crowd scramble to reserve flashlights from Su Xiaoxiao, feeling somewhat tempted.

They wanted flashlights themselves too.

Zhang Dongmei clenched her fist—what kind of luck did this Su Xiaoxiao have to secure the channel for purchasing flashlights?

Suddenly, a person’s name flashed through her mind—Zhou Cheng. It had to be Zhou Cheng.

As a commander, securing the flashlight supply channel would be simple for him.

That wretched girl Su Xiaoxiao clearly had the means to buy flashlights all along and deliberately set her up in a bet.

This bitch—so cruel.

She wouldn’t let her off the hook.

With this thought, Zhang Dongmei shot Su Xiaoxiao a deadly glare and looked at Chen Yuanyuan and Liu Fang standing beside her, her face filled with emotion: "Yuanyuan, Fangfang, you two are the only ones good to me..."

Before she could finish her words, Chen Yuanyuan seized the opportunity, dove into the crowd clamoring for flashlights: "Comrade Su, I also want a flashlight."

"Chen Yuanyuan, you..."

Zhang Dongmei gritted her teeth in anger; how could such a petty thing be bought off by a mere flashlight?

She turned to Liu Fang, about to speak, when Liu Fang apologized sincerely with a glance: "Dongmei, sorry, I also want a flashlight."

After she spoke, she disappeared too, leaving Zhang Dongmei standing alone, pitifully.

Having reserved a flashlight from Su Xiaoxiao, Huang Mei was in high spirits.

Pushing through the crowd, she couldn’t help but ask Zhang Dongmei: "Mr. Zhang, don’t you want a flashlight?"

Zhang Dongmei: "..." She wanted it but couldn’t bear the embarrassment.

Lowering her head to Su Xiaoxiao would be more difficult than eating dung.

Her nails dug deeply into the flesh of her palm as she watched Su Xiaoxiao surrounded in the midst, filled with envy to the point of madness.

That wretched girl was only riding on Zhou Cheng’s coattails; if it weren’t for her, all of this should have been hers.

No matter what, she would make sure that shameless bitch was utterly disgraced.

Due to this minor occurrence, people continuously approached Su Xiaoxiao all day, trying to curry favor with her.

For a while, Su Xiaoxiao unexpectedly became the star in the training class.

At the end of the day, she carried a pile of gifts from others as she left the department store.

If she had known being a department store employee was this rewarding, she would have applied sooner.

Too many items to carry, she found a spot where she discreetly stored everything in a small warehouse, then leisurely pushed her bicycle out.

Just as she reached the door of the department store, she saw a familiar figure standing in the distance.

The man had a lean and tall frame, his hair now cut into short buzz, adding a hint of toughness to his originally fine androgynous features.

Such a striking face could only belong to Song Weidong.

Remembering all the help he had given her, Su Xiaoxiao immediately beamed and was about to go over to greet him, but someone spoke before she could.

"Brother Weidong, what a coincidence? You wouldn’t be here to see me, would you?"

Wang Lili shyly lifted her head, facing Song Weidong’s unemotional gaze.

However, before long, Song Weidong’s lips curled into a pleased smile at something he seemed to notice.