Chapter 279: Chapter 279: Used to Sleeping Together?
Hu Yongfa took out some red envelopes. "Alright, I’ve said what I needed to say. I won’t waste any more of your time. Come get your red envelopes before you head out. These are from our boss. He also said that as long as you all work hard, you can expect one every day!"
Jiang Liu had given him a five-thousand-yuan bonus the day before.
After discussing it, Hu Yongfa and Yue Longfan each took one thousand for themselves.
The remaining three thousand was set aside as a reserve fund for the staff’s red envelopes.
On any day when business was booming and the employees performed well, everyone would get fifty yuan.
"Thank you, Manager! And thank the boss for us!"
"Wow, Manager, our boss is seriously amazing! I’m a total fan!"
"Manager Hu, how old is the boss? Does he need a wife?"
"He already has a girlfriend," Hu Yongfa said calmly.
"Damn! From the way the manager talks, our mysterious boss must be pretty young. That’s badass. I’m impressed!"
The employees, each with a fifty-yuan red envelope in hand, left together.
They were all thrilled.
’Working at this shop is the best.’
At the same time, they all began to feel a sense of admiration, and for some, adoration, for the boss they had never met—the one pulling all the strings from behind the scenes.
The apprentice, Xiao Ao, said, "I’m planning to stick around and work hard here. I feel like if I follow the manager and the boss, the sky’s the limit!"
Liu Ziyi added, "Me too. I dropped out of high school, so finding a job this good... I have to hold on to it. Just the fact that our boss gives out bonuses like this tells me he’s a class act and a really successful person."
"Yeah. Anyway, I’ve gotta run. I’m going to ask my relatives if any of them want a job here."
...
Li Xiaoyan stood across the street from the shop, watching.
She had a clear view of Hu Yongfa handing out the red envelopes.
She sneered inwardly.
’You can’t spoil workers like that. Give them a bonus today, and if you don’t give them one tomorrow, they’ll end up resenting you for it!’
’Go ahead and be smug,’ she muttered to herself. ’Looks like your business isn’t all that great anyway, closing up so early. You probably didn’t even have many customers tonight.’
In a much better mood, Li Xiaoyan got in her car and drove away.
’Time to go home and put on a face mask.’
「Meanwhile.」
Yang Yixue had successfully signed leases for two more locations. This brought her total to nine.
As long as a location was good and had plenty of potential customers nearby, she snatched it up.
Yang Yixue wouldn’t even consider small storefronts or shops with shabby decor.
’That would be humiliating.’
’If her friends found out, they’d think she’d fallen on hard times!’
She only wanted large, magnificently decorated storefronts.
At that moment, Yang Yixue glanced wearily at her bank balance.
It had shrunk again.
The total had dropped from fifteen million to just over eleven million yuan.
The start-up costs for each location were around two million yuan.
Yang Yixue wouldn’t even consider anything cheaper.
On top of that, there were other expenses: navigating bureaucracy, securing permits, hiring staff, and a host of other tedious tasks.
Chen Shumei was the lawyer Yang Yixue had partnered with.
For the past two days, she had been running around handling various permits and dealing with all sorts of messes for her.
But she wasn’t very efficient.
A task that would take Wang Cheng a single phone call took her half a day of running around.
And it cost more money, too.
Yang Yixue was disgusted by it.
’Why does Jiang Liu get such an efficient and professional lawyer, while I, a business tycoon, am stuck with this third-rate hack?’
She felt it was incredibly unfair.
Because of this, Yang Yixue had a friend make some inquiries.
When she learned that for a lawyer of Wang Cheng’s caliber, a single consultation could cost at least a hundred thousand yuan—and even then, he might not give you the time of day—Yang Yixue instantly abandoned the high-minded idea.
’I can’t afford him at all!’
’Guess I’ll stick with the slowpoke for now.’
After signing the lease for her tenth location, Yang Yixue got back into her car, closed the door, and reclined the driver’s seat.
She took a deep breath and closed her eyes.
She’d spent ten million yuan in a single day, and her heart was pounding with anxiety.
’This is my do-or-die battle...’
’If this doesn’t work out, I could lose everything and end up buried in debt...’
’No! I can only succeed. I *will* succeed. Failure is not an option!’
Yang Yixue pumped herself up.
From the moment she saw Jun Qingmeng, she had sworn to make Jiang Liu regret divorcing her.
The one million yuan per month she earned from her beauty salon wasn’t nearly enough to do that.
So, she had to use the recipe Jiang Liu had given her to break into the food and beverage industry. She would defeat him in the arena where he excelled and leave him utterly crushed!
She checked the time.
Yang Yixue tallied up the day’s total revenue.
Her four active locations had brought in nearly sixty thousand yuan!
’Excellent. At this rate, that’s nearly two million a month. It’s more profitable than my beauty salon and definitely on par with Jiang Liu’s earnings. Besides, I have another five locations ready to launch. How is he going to compete with me?’
Feeling much better, Yang Yixue put on a DJ remix of "A Toast to Friends" and drove home.
...
「9:20 PM」
Tongtong was fast asleep, snoring softly.
Her head was snuggled into Jiang Liu’s chest, her little hands clutching his arm, and her legs were wrapped around one of his. Her little bottom was pointed right at Jun Qingmeng.
"Jiang Liu, Tongtong’s asleep," Jun Qingmeng whispered, a hint of expectation in her eyes.
"Hmm? The little sleepyhead conked out fast... Do you still want to watch the movie?"
"No, let’s turn it off. We don’t want to wake Tongtong."
As she spoke, Jun Qingmeng tried to adjust Tongtong’s position, but the little girl had a death grip on Jiang Liu and whimpered in protest at the slightest movement.
Jiang Liu used the remote to turn off the projector.
Jun Qingmeng stroked Tongtong’s hair, a sweet smile gracing her delicate features.
"Should we get to sleep too?" Jiang Liu asked.
Jiang Liu was planning to wait for his girlfriend to fall asleep so he could take the [Bun-Making Tools] to his van and start making buns for the next day.
Jun Qingmeng pursed her lips, hesitating for a moment before whispering,
"Don’t you want to spend a little more time with me? We won’t see each other all day tomorrow."
"We’ll see each other in the afternoon..."
"That’s still so long! From seven in the morning until after five in the evening. That’s ages. Look, from seven to twelve is five hours, and the afternoon is another five hours."
Jun Qingmeng counted on her fingers. "That’s ten whole hours that I won’t get to see you."
Listening to her, Jiang Liu felt a fond exasperation. He turned on his side to look at his adorable girlfriend.
"So what do you suggest we do about it, then?"
"Well... if you could promise that I can sleep here with you every night from now on, then I wouldn’t feel so sad about it."
Just the thought of being able to spend the whole night with Jiang Liu was enough to ease her sadness.
Jiang Liu raised an eyebrow and unceremoniously flicked her on the forehead.
!
"And you’re supposed to be President Jun? This is the third time you’ve stayed over, isn’t it? Tongtong and I are already used to it. Don’t you know that once you start, there’s no stopping?"
"So does that mean you agree?!"
Jun Qingmeng scooted closer excitedly, her beautiful eyes fixed on Jiang Liu, wide with anticipation.
"Mhm."
"Then I’ll come over again tomorrow, and the two of us... wait, no, the three of us will sleep together!"
"Deal."
Jiang Liu nodded.
Jun Qingmeng thought of something, rubbing her forehead as she complained playfully,
"Jiang Liu, can you stop flicking my forehead? Can’t you flick Tongtong instead?"
Warning, warning. Someone was speaking ill of the little cutie.
Jiang Tongtong’s ears secretly perked up.
Agent Tongtong, activated.
Jiang Liu chuckled and teased,
"I’ll think about it. If President Jun stops secretly crying at night, then maybe I’ll stop flicking you."
"Don’t you dare joke about that!"
Mortified, Jun Qingmeng reached out and clamped a hand over Jiang Liu’s mouth.
’I’m too embarrassed to face anyone!’
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