CHAPTER 562: CHAPTER 546: YE QING’S BACKUP PLAN

Riding a tricycle to send Shi Lan to the train station, Lin Wan really wasn’t lying to her, bringing two big bags by herself, which were especially heavy.

Shi Lan said these were all kinds of sauces she made and some food. Lin Wan was afraid she couldn’t carry them alone, so she bought a platform ticket to send her directly to the seat.

These past two days, Lin Wan has been altering clothes at home with Little Star.

The store’s business has been doing well recently, and Lin Wan took Yin Peibai to buy fabric again. On the way back, she happened to overhear some passersby talking about the department store. She realized that quite a few people had returned clothes in the clothing section these days.

"What’s going on, comrade? I just bought clothes there the other day too." Yin Peibai asked, trying to chat.

"You didn’t know? A batch of goods came into the clothing section some time ago that can’t be worn, and the stitching comes apart badly. Almost everything sold has been returned. Comrade, if you bought something, you’d better return it quickly. Don’t buy clothes at the department store anymore. It’s getting more and more deceptive. In the future, buy clothes at the stalls in the Nangang District Fair; it’s cheaper without receipts."

"Thanks, comrade. I’ll go right now."

After that person walked away, Yin Peibai pulled Lin Wan and laughed, "Xiao Wan, it must be Director Wang’s clothes that had issues. Let’s see what he does this time."

"I guess Director Wang’s position is done for as well. Maybe his corruption will be exposed too," Lin Wan anticipated this result, feeling a bit schadenfreude, "I bet Director Wang is looking for trouble with Ye Qing right now."

"Those two are a den of snakes and rats. Nothing good will come of it."

They were right. At this moment, Director Wang went directly to Ye Qing’s unit to confront her.

He demanded that she return all the clothes. Of course, Ye Qing wouldn’t return them to him.

Director Wang certainly disagreed.

"Mr. Ye, don’t forget, you’re an outsider. Your director is still my brother. Sometimes you shouldn’t go too far. If you really piss me off, your life in S City won’t be easy."

"Director Wang, I’ve already told you when I sold them to you, there were some flaws. What did you say then? You said as long as there’s a big profit, you didn’t care about the quality and that no returns would ever come back from your store. Now Director Wang’s actions are backtracking. And... there’s no need to use me being an outsider against me. I tell you, you can come and try, believe it or not, you won’t even know how you’ll die."

"You..." Director Wang wasn’t sure what Ye Qing meant, seeing her being so assertive. Did she really have someone backing her? If that’s the case, it could be troublesome to mess with her.

"Not afraid to tell you, the person backing me is in the military, our director knows too. If you don’t believe it, you can directly ask." She believed that as long as Director Wang told their Director Qian about a military man, their director would understand who it is.

"Anyway, this batch of clothes was from your side. The matter has happened, and you want to walk away; it’s simply impossible. Even if you have someone behind you, if things escalate, no one can help you."

Ye Qing felt a bit guilty too, not daring to be too tough. After all, her current leader is his relative, and if things don’t go well, her job here might be ruined. Besides, she’s waiting for more than a month to receive her graduation notice; then, she’ll have plenty of prospects. "What good method does Director Wang have?"

"Cover our losses." Director Wang sneered, thinking she’s a coward.

"Cover the losses, but I’ll say it first, I don’t have that much."

"Whether you have it or not, you must come up with two thousand yuan. Otherwise, our customers who bought your clothes, once pushed, we’ll directly give out your address and let them come to your house to demand their money back, then it’s not just two thousand yuan anymore."

"Two thousand?... I don’t have that much, at most five hundred, I really don’t have more."

"Heh... five hundred, are you trying to get rid of a beggar? If five hundred yuan could solve the problem, would I still come to you?"

"One thousand, no more."

"Mr. Ye, you need to know that if you don’t bring out these two thousand yuan, no matter who is behind you, I have ways to ruin you, believe it or not."

Ye Qing opened her mouth, wanting to retort, but feared that being too blatant would really provoke these people and end up being not worth the cost. She was waiting for Mei Langchi to come back. It wouldn’t be long. Mei Langchi would probably marry her. She couldn’t afford any mishaps at this time. If Mei Langchi came and learned about what she did, he would hesitate for sure.

Thinking of the two thousand yuan, even if Ye Qing’s heart bled, she had to bring it out. "Fine, two thousand is two thousand. Any more and I really don’t have it. Even if you push, I can’t bring more."

Director Wang finally gave Ye Qing a smile, "Fair enough, I never go back on my word."

Ye Qing looked at Director Wang’s disgusting face, silently berated him, and stayed vigilant, saying, "Tomorrow I’ll bring the money directly to your office."

Director Wang hesitated for a moment, but eventually nodded.

Back home, Ye Qing took out her passbook from the bedside. The money she earned recently was all here, totaling two thousand five hundred yuan, with eight hundred being her private savings.

This time doing business, including the more than one hundred pieces of clothing she got from Liang Weixiang and her daughter, she only managed to sell them after setting up a stall at the train station for a few days. Selling them cheaply, the more than one hundred pieces only brought her back five or six hundred yuan.

In the end, after all the running around, she lost three or four hundred yuan. Ye Qing was so angry that she punched the wardrobe, crying out in pain immediately.

Outside, Qiu Hualan heard the noise and hurriedly came running in, "What happened?"

"Nothing, mom."

"What are you doing with the passbook?" Qiu Hualan asked suspiciously, seeing the passbook in Ye Qing’s hand.

Ye Qing looked down, sighed, and told Qiu Hualan about Director Wang coming to her.

Qiu Hualan was so scared she patted her chest, "Thank goodness, spending money to avoid disaster. We’re just not cut out for business. Before, Liang Hongmei and her daughter sold dumplings and did better than us. Now, it’s even more so. In the future, we should just work our regular jobs. It’s better than anything."

"Mom, what are you saying? How am I worse than Lin Wan? If it weren’t for Liang Weixiang and her daughter’s stupidity, things wouldn’t have come to this."

"Mom is just stating the facts. You shouldn’t not listen."

"Mom, alright, stop it. From now on, you don’t have to worry about my matters."

"... You child, why don’t you listen?" Qiu Hualan was still worried, knowing her daughter’s thoughts, displeased by Lin Wan always surpassing her, and feeling jealous.

Ye Qing didn’t see it that way. The most important thing offline was to quickly quell these bad issues so that Mei Langchi wouldn’t hear any bad news when he came.

...

"Xiao Wan, why hasn’t your brother come back yet?" Early in the morning, Liang Hongmei asked worriedly.

"Mom, my brother is probably already at his unit. What are you worrying about? He’ll probably come back after work today."

Liang Hongmei had been unsettled these past two days and always wanted to ask.

"By the way, didn’t you get another batch of goods yesterday? Hurry up and get busy. I’ll take care of Little Star."

"Mom, aren’t you going to the shop today?"

"Not for the next few days," Liang Hongmei thought about how Du Guangjun had been hovering around her these days, which was annoying and really shameless.

"..." Lin Wan didn’t think much and after giving Little Star to her mom, she ran to her room.

This time, besides several previous styles, Lin Wan also designed two sets of dresses.

For now, there are also a dozen styles in the store.

Actually, Lin Wan is quite skilled with men’s clothing as well. However, men’s clothing is relatively monotonous; she plans to launch a few men’s styles in the fall.

Apart from men’s, there’s also children’s and teenage’s, especially the teenage clothes, which are in short supply on the market now.

This time, Lin Wan made several fabric types, for boys and girls aged 11 to 15, with summer short-sleeve and cropped pants, and dresses.

Right now, it’s impossible to fit these goods in a room in her house, they’ve piled up full.

Lin Wan contemplated her savings, and after this year, she might be able to buy a small piece of land to build a few houses. A big factory will have to come gradually.

"Xiao Wan, we’re here," around ten in the morning, Yin Peibai and Su Ling came over.

"Aren’t you guys working?" Lately, the two of them have been taking leave every day.

"Our factory hasn’t been busy lately; mainly we sped up production a few months back, and we haven’t received new supplies these days," Su Ling said while helping with the cutting.

"If I were at a textile factory, it would be nice, maybe I could get cheap fabric. Mainly, our factory does a lot of spinning, sometimes producing towels. There’s nothing else really."

"Your cotton mill products are too single. It’s normal for the benefits to be stagnant after a few years," Lin Wan smiled.