CHAPTER 370: CHAPTER 369: TWO STORE MANAGERS

A glimmer of realization flashed through Zhen Yuxin’s mind—apparently, Gu Qing had told Li Yueru about her plan to start a new family.

"I’m telling you! None of the above!" Zhen Yu’s tone was extremely cold. "As far as I’m concerned, Gu Qing is just a passerby whose name I happen to know. How could there be any talk of owing or failing her?! Your unbreakable bond with her is your business! Don’t assume everyone is like you!"

"You!" Li Yueru was infuriated! Just as she was about to retort, her gaze suddenly caught Gu Qing’s tear-streaked face! At that moment, she immediately set aside her anger, hurried past Zhen Yu to Gu Qing, and comforted her, "Xiaoqing! Don’t cry! Let’s sever ties with her! We’ll never interact with her again!"

Zhen Yu’s lips twisted into a slightly sarcastic smirk, and she coolly said without turning her head: "When conversation doesn’t flow, it’s best to end it early. Let’s hope we can stay out of each other’s way in the future! No thanks!" With the last two words, Zhen Yu gestured to the person in front of her to make way and then strode away.

As soon as she left, the onlooking students immediately scattered, then regrouped in small clusters and started to gossip.

A few girls from Class 1 of Fourth Grade, who had a good relationship with Gu Qing, came forward and joined Li Yueru in comforting her.

"Gu Qing, are you okay? Don’t cry over a stranger; it’s not worth it."

"Don’t cry, Gu Qing! Zhen Yu has been in our class for half a year and has always been aloof and reticent! Except for Lu Huai, I’ve never seen her smile at anyone else! It doesn’t matter if she ranks first in the grade. You don’t need to be friends with her."

"Yeah! Gu Qing! You and Li Yueru are such good friends, why bother cozying up to Zhen Yu’s cold shoulder?"

"What do you know! If you don’t know, then don’t speak nonsense!" Li Yueru found the girl’s remarks distasteful and couldn’t hold back, so she scolded her.

"What could I possibly know!" The girl was not one to be easily provoked and became annoyed. "I just know that Zhen Yu doesn’t want to deal with you two! Ever heard the saying ’You can’t force a sale’!? Hmph!"

After scolding, the girl turned and left!

Li Yueru was choked up, not being able to swallow the insult or spit it out.

Seeing the situation going south, the other two girls quickly excused themselves and left as well.

Seeing this, Gu Qing had no choice but to dry her tears herself and approached to comfort Li Yueru.

"Xiao Yu, I’m sorry! It’s my fault you had to suffer this for me! We’ll do as you said, we won’t bother with Zhen Yu anymore! Don’t be angry, okay..."

After a long while, Li Yueru took a deep breath and gave a neutral "Hmm."

——

Although she was stopped outside the school gate, Zhen Yu still arrived at the internet cafe around the same time she usually did after evening self-study.

She intended to go directly upstairs, but as soon as she entered the internet cafe, she was stopped again, this time by two people.

"Xiao Yu, you’re back from school! Come here, let’s talk over here!" Zhang San called Zhen Yu over to the counter.

"When did my mom leave?" Zhen Yu was straightforward and asked while walking.

"Sister Cheng went to the wonton restaurant for dinner, and she hasn’t been back since she finished her meal!"

Zhen Yu nodded her head with a mild expression, "Oh, I know."

Once she stood still at the counter, she turned around with a smile and asked, "Shall I start, or will you?"

Li Si looked at Zhang San, and Zhang San looked at Zhen Yu, then spoke up, "You go first!"

"Ha! Zhang San knows me well!" Zhen Yu chuckled, then continued, "I took out some money at noon today, initially planning to buy computers."

As soon as she finished this sentence, Zhang San and Li Si unconsciously nodded in agreement.

"But it wasn’t until I was in the taxi that I remembered something—the first floor of the internet cafe no longer has space for new computers!"

Both managers were startled, then they both turned to look at the hall.

A glance made it clear—the 80-square-meter first floor, minus the bathroom and kitchen, was now completely full!

"This, this is indeed true!" Li Si, ever the honest one, immediately showed a wry smile, probably thinking his investment wouldn’t pay off.

Zhang San, however, had different thoughts. His eyes rolled as he lowered his voice and asked, "Xiao Yu, tell Zhang San quickly, what’s your plan?"

"Let’s talk about your investments first! Since the money was given to me, I consider that you have invested. With the twenty computers we got in February, I’ll assign five to each of you! And we’re right in the middle of March, so let’s start sharing the profits from today, for half a month of March! How’s that?"

"Xiao Yu! You!" As soon as Zhen Yu finished speaking, Li Si immediately widened his eyes, seemingly with tears glistening. "Li Si really doesn’t know what to say to you! Generous! Straightforward! I’ve made up my mind about you! I’ll follow you for the rest of my life!"

Zhang San was also excited, but when he got excited, he spoke even less than usual. He opened his mouth for a while, and in the end, he patted Zhen Yu’s shoulder like an elder brother, "Zhang San is impressed by you!"

"Alright! Let me tell you about my plans for the next half year." Zhen Yu was not used to such sentimental moments, and quickly changed the subject, "I want to buy a shop near Qi University as soon as possible. Help me keep an eye out! I’m looking for a location more than five hundred meters away from the Qi University campus, with an area of over 200 square meters! The ground floor would be best, two-story is also okay! After buying, we’ll renovate and open immediately!"

Zhang San and Li Si’s eyes widened at the same time, Li Si even blurted out, "Buy another shop?!"

Pretending not to hear his exclamation, Zhen Yu straightforwardly said, "Discuss between you two in advance! Decide who will manage the new shop, and who will stay here. Your salaries will definitely go up, because after being in charge of a shop, you won’t be just managers, but shopkeepers!"

"Shopkeepers?" Zhang San repeated.

He didn’t beat around the bush with Zhen Yu and asked directly, "How much is the salary?"

"Three thousand for a shopkeeper!"

"A rise of one thousand?!" Li Si was somewhat incredulous, as if such a stroke of luck was falling on him so easily.

Zhang San, however, immediately reacted, "The raise of a thousand isn’t for nothing! Tell us what we need to do!"

"A shop of over two hundred square meters can’t be overseen by just one person! Moreover, when I finish the middle school exams, I’ll start renovating this place. In the future, this shop will be a two-story internet cafe!"

Li Si immediately said, "If it’s two floors, then one person can’t manage this place either!"

"Yes! So you need to hire four people quickly! Train two managers for each shop in advance! Remember! Whoever hires them will be in charge! No women, as there will be night shifts, which isn’t safe! Pay these four people according to the market rate!"

"Got it! So it’s like one person training two apprentices, and those apprentices will be under their charge, right?" Li Si, though slow to catch on, was quick to understand once he did.