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From Cannon Fodder to '80s Tycoon with My Space Supermarket

Chapter 88: Who’s More Driven, Boss or Employee

Author: Caramel Chestnut Cake
updatedAt: 2025-11-01

CHAPTER 88: CHAPTER 88: WHO’S MORE DRIVEN, BOSS OR EMPLOYEE

Sure enough, just as Jiang Xin had expected, Lin Ye showed up right after she finished tidying up her things.

Lin Ye’s figure appeared in this area.

He was still wearing the uniform Jiang Xin had given him yesterday.

Except, the color had changed a bit.

Presumably, he had specially changed into a new outfit early this morning.

Jiang Xin was quite satisfied with this.

After all, the first impression of a salesperson.

Greatly affects the first impression of customers coming to buy things.

If the salesperson dresses sloppily, there’s no guarantee that cleanliness-loving customers won’t be put off.

So, since you are going to face people as a salesperson, you have to present yourself neatly and cleanly.

It gives off the impression of being a straightforward person, which makes customers more willing to buy your products.

Anyway, Jiang Xin has just started doing business, selling at the vegetable market.

Everything she’s figuring out is what she personally believes, though she isn’t entirely sure if it’s the right approach.

Anyway, she thinks people who present themselves neatly make a good first impression, which can’t be wrong.

Jiang Xin glanced at the time; Lin Ye arrived about ten minutes earlier than their agreed time.

Jiang Xin nodded in satisfaction. She always appreciated punctual and trustworthy people. So far, with Lin Ye’s employment, even though it has only been two days, she is very pleased.

Over there, Lin Ye was originally walking leisurely, thinking Jiang Xin wouldn’t arrive so early.

So Lin Ye thought he would come a bit early, after all, he couldn’t let the boss wait for him, it would be completely inappropriate.

After all, living on someone else’s dime, how could he have the nerve to make the boss wait?

That’s why Lin Ye arrived earlier than the agreed time.

He didn’t arrive right on the dot.

Lin Ye skillfully went to the corner where he and Jiang Xin moved the goods yesterday.

After all, since he’d been here yesterday, Lin Ye was quite familiar with this vegetable market.

Moreover, Lin Ye was from this town, though his home was in the countryside, he usually spent more time in town.

Besides, before his mom fell ill, they all lived in town.

But later, because his mom got sick and their family conditions became just average, they had to sell the house in town for some cash to treat her illness.

Then, the whole family moved back to the village even though life there was a bit inconvenient, everything was within acceptable limits.

After all, the distance wasn’t too far. It only took half an hour to reach town.

So today when Lin Ye was coming, he specifically checked the time.

He didn’t have much going on nowadays, being at home alone, living a carefree life.

After having breakfast and tidying up, he came to the market ahead of time.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Xin, the boss, arrived earlier than he did, the worker.

This honestly shocked Lin Ye.

Lin Ye was afraid of leaving a bad impression on the boss, so he hurriedly ran over to Jiang Xin.

He looked at Jiang Xin apologetically, thinking he was late, so he apologized:

"I’m sorry, boss, I’m late today, I’ll make sure to be careful next time."

If Jiang Xin hadn’t checked her watch just now, she’d feel quite confused, because Lin Ye wasn’t late, so why is there someone eager to take the blame?

Jiang Xin looked up at Lin Ye.

She had just run over in a hurry, sweating profusely and panting hard.

Jiang Xin was completely baffled; she asked in a slightly hesitant tone:

"You weren’t late; I just arrived early. Why are you apologizing to me?"

"We agreed on nine o’clock. Now, you’ve arrived ten minutes early; I should be praising you instead!"

"Anyway, I just had nothing else to do, so I came here for a stroll, that’s why I’m early."

"Every day, you just arrive at the regular time to meet me, no need to come any earlier."

Jiang Xin had been a worker in her past life, so she understands the mindset of workers extraordinarily well.

She surely knew what Lin Ye was worried about, nothing more than being late and making her form a bad impression of him, which could ultimately lead to losing the hard-earned job.

So Jiang Xin considered Lin Ye’s worries unnecessary.

She wasn’t the type of boss who would only exploit her employees. The agreed time is strict.

Absolutely no need to come early!

As long as you’re punctual, she doesn’t mind if the employees arrive after her.

If Lin Ye arrives earlier than her, then she’ll be in trouble, because she wouldn’t be able to take out the goods from her space.

After all, she can’t let anyone know about her space for now.

Though Lin Ye is reliable, truth be told, he’s just an employee she’s hired.

He mustn’t know too much.

The space is her secret, and moreover, in this era, people’s mindsets are rather conservative.

If her unlimited resource space was known by people in this era, she would be on the news and TV.

Jiang Xin doesn’t want her current lifestyle to be disrupted, so it’s best to keep details about the space a tightly kept secret.

So, to ensure Lin Ye arrives punctually at the corner of the market every day to meet her, Jiang Xin emphasized several times:

"I don’t like disobedient employees."

"I hope your clock-in time is nine in the morning. You can arrive about five minutes early but not too much earlier, or else I might get mad."

If Lin Ye, worried about being late, starts coming much earlier to wait for her every day.

Jiang Xin couldn’t even imagine the hard times she’d be going through during this period.

If Lin Ye arrives early, then she will have to arrive earlier than him, waking up early every day, which she can’t handle for long.

This is about who’s more diligent between the boss and the employee.

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