Chapter 628: Chapter 33: Top You Lung
Chapter 33: Damn You
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Following Huang Ying to a nearby supermarket, Li Yan felt it was quite nice, as he rarely shopped for groceries. When he was alone, he used to eat out directly. Now living with Zhang Yurong, with Liu Sao taking care of them. The villa area has a small supermarket for the resident’s convenience, supplying all the household needs, so the maids don’t need to go outside for groceries. Although it’s small, it has everything one might need.
However, he only went there once at the beginning when he was curious to get familiar with the surroundings or when he was simply bored. Usually, Liu Sao did all the shopping.
Now, following Huang Ying into the supermarket, watching her push a shopping cart, looking around, he also found it quite interesting. This is how most ordinary people’s daily lives go!
Huang Ying was also looking around, but not because she was shy like before. It was because she wasn’t very familiar with the shelves and layout in the supermarket. Usually, when purchasing items, she would go to big supermarkets; this particular supermarket served the residents around the community, mainly offering daily consumables. But she usually didn’t come here to buy groceries.
Since in this area, there are peddlers selling fresh produce morning, noon, and night, which is cheaper than the supermarket, and Huang Ying is quite frugal. Today, because she wanted to cook for Li Yan, she specifically came to the supermarket, and of course, Li Yan wouldn’t follow her to the stalls.
"The vegetables are over there!" Huang Ying spotted the section with the vegetables, smiled at Li Yan, and said, "You don’t have to follow me. Buying vegetables is something housewives do; you’d find it boring. Do you want to get some alcohol or something? Look around for yourself."
"Sure." Li Yan thought she must be mainly embarrassed, so he didn’t follow her. Watching her push the cart away, he began to amble around the shelves.
This kind of small supermarket, besides being convenient, also gives an impression of being cost-effective, but it actually isn’t very economical. They know their customer base likes to compare prices and bargain shop, so they often stock cheap knock-offs like "Tang Master," "Mai Jie," "Provincial Nest," and other off-brands, selling them a bit cheaper than branded goods, making people think they are cheaper than big supermarkets, and many people don’t notice and buy them.
Li Yan wasn’t too interested in this nor had much research into it; he just casually wandered through the supermarket shelves.
He hadn’t wandered long before he heard Huang Ying’s startled cry!
Today was the weekend, and many people were already shopping for lunch ingredients. But regardless of the crowd, he could immediately tell Huang Ying’s voice. Not knowing what happened, Li Yan hurriedly went towards the direction of the sound.
"Are you blind? Crashing into people’s feet like this?"
Li Yan quickly arrived to find a man shouting at Huang Ying, with a slightly overweight woman beside him, both appearing to be in their thirties, and the woman also pushing a shopping cart. The two of them were blocking Huang Ying.
It seemed Huang Ying was frightened, subconsciously rubbing her hands. Li Yan quickly approached, seeing that her hand had been hit by the shopping cart.
Judging by their positions, it seemed Huang Ying had pushed the cart while looking at the vegetables and accidentally ran the wheels onto the man’s foot in front of her. Angrily, the man pushed the cart hard, catching Huang Ying unprepared, which made her cry out in surprise earlier.
"I’m sorry, I didn’t see, I’m sorry..." Huang Ying apologized to them.
"What’s the use of ’I’m sorry’? The aisle is so wide, how do you crash into someone? Did you not bring your eyes out with you? Or were you too busy looking at men?" The woman spoke harshly, shouting out loud, immediately attracting more onlookers.
The man had just insulted her as ’blind,’ but seeing Huang Ying didn’t have any friends with her, just a small, frail girl, he had no qualms. He sneered, "My new shoes have been scuffed by you, and my pants dirtied. Is ’I’m sorry’ enough for that? Can I knock you over and then just say ’sorry’?"
As he spoke, he grabbed one side of the shopping basket and forcefully pushed it towards Huang Ying.
Huang Ying’s hand had just been bumped, and she wasn’t holding the cart’s handle. The cart was forcefully pushed against her!
However, she was surprised to find that this time, despite it supposed to hit her stomach, it didn’t hurt, as if it stopped abruptly. At this moment, she sensed someone behind her, and heard a familiar voice whisper in her ear, "Don’t worry, it’s okay, I’ll handle this!"
Just moments ago, she didn’t know what to do. According to regular habits, if she accidentally bumped into someone, she’d apologize and ask for forgiveness. Generally, with a slowly moving cart, how hard can it hit? Usually, it would just graze a heel or a part of the body lightly. Most people, upon receiving an apology, would say "It’s okay," and that would be the end of it. But she didn’t expect these two to be so challenging, not aiming to blackmail her, just seeming to want to teach her a lesson.
