Setting Up Stalls – Chapter 174

Help Out a Bit More

All in all, the Lemon Tea Boss agreed to ask everyone who sets up stalls. In the afternoon, Sun Miao was pushed by Su Ruixi to take a nap. When Su Ruixi saw that she had finished her phone call, she pulled her away.

“First, take a nap. You got up so early this morning, and so many things happened, you must be very tired. Sleep, don’t think so much.”

At this moment, Su Ruixi’s domineering CEO traits actually came out; there was no room for rebuttal in her words. Sun Miao didn’t plan to rebut Su Ruixi either, it was just that she smelled of hot pot all over. Lying down directly wasn’t very good, as it would get on the bedding.

But Su Ruixi didn’t care: “Then go to your room for a nap. Tomorrow, let Auntie clean it. Tonight, just sleep in my room.”

Her arrangement was reasonable and well-founded, so how could Sun Miao have any reason not to agree.

The two of them napping was just purely sleeping. Su Ruixi had probably gotten up late and was still not very sleepy. Sun Miao leaned in her arms and smelled the rich hot pot scent on her own body.

“……” She had a little bit of regret. If she had known earlier, she wouldn’t have eaten the spicy pot; she could have accepted a non-spicy one too. Now, the smell on her body was too strong, so she couldn’t smell the fragrance on Su Ruixi’s body. The fragrance on Su Ruixi’s body was very light. She used the same shower gel as her and didn’t really like to use perfume.

But mixed with Su Ruixi’s scent, that fragrance was, on the contrary, even more crisp and cool. Just like morning dew, it didn’t have much of a smell, but it was extremely simple and elegant.

Su Ruixi’s palm stroked Sun Miao’s back on and off. Sun Miao suddenly had a somewhat mood-ruining thought: if she were in her mother’s embrace, it would probably feel like this. But Su Ruixi wasn’t her mother; she was her lover.

It made no difference, anyway. What she gave her was love.

Sun Miao had always been quite strong. From childhood to adulthood, she had no one to rely on and could only rely on herself; there was no way for her not to be strong. But upon realizing that she had someone she could rely on, that Su Ruixi would definitely help her, she felt a sigh of relief from the bottom of her heart.

Sun Miao had always put herself in the position of protecting and dedicating herself to others. In the past, she was always thinking: If I had a girlfriend, I must protect her, I must earn lots of little money money to support her. This actually had no relation to whether she was a T¹, although she would say things about being a T and having to be a certain way.

But in reality, it had nothing to do with this kind of TP² left-right relationship³; even if it were changed to a male-female relationship, it would be the same. A person should earn money and be independent, not rely on others. She didn’t want to become a person who relied on others; she wanted to become a person others could rely on.

It was just at this moment, lying in Su Ruixi’s embrace, the feeling of being protected by Su Ruixi was really very nice.

Sun Miao felt she was a little bit despicable, and was a bit embarrassed: “I feel like I let Susu-jie help me a lot every time.”

Su Ruixi let out a light laugh. The two of them were leaning very close, her lips just above Sun Miao’s ear. When she laughed lightly, her breath also sprayed onto Sun Miao’s ear. It was a good thing Sun Miao couldn’t move her ears, otherwise her ears would definitely have twitched.

Because of Su Ruixi’s breath, her ears felt a bit tingly.

Su Ruixi’s light laugh was also completely different from before at the police station. When facing the troublemaking man, her laugh was a cold sneer, making people who heard it feel a chill in their hearts. But now, it was gentle, only making one feel a softness welling up from the bottom of their heart.

“What are you talking about? It was clearly Miaomiao who helped me a lot. Before at Yuanfu Tower, when I was being bullied by others, it was also Miaomiao who helped me.”

“How could that be? I didn’t help with anything.”

Su Ruixi started laughing again. Her voice was as clear as jade pendants lightly chiming⁴, and like a clear spring in a forest stream; in short, it was just pleasant to hear.

“Let’s not talk about this. If we talk about helping or not helping, it would be endless. Miaomiao, hurry and sleep. I’m here with you.”

In the end, Sun Miao still fell asleep in Su Ruixi’s arms. When Sun Miao was asleep, Su Ruixi, however, was not. She had gotten up late this morning and wasn’t sleepy right now. Moreover, that troublemaking man had really offended her greatly. She set her phone directly to silent and started typing.

Before, when watching the video at the police station, Su Ruixi had seen it at a glance. This guy not only found trouble with Sun Miao, but he also cut in line in front of her own mom and bumped into her. This anger was truly a case of if this can be tolerated, what cannot be tolerated. If she didn’t make that guy pay, Su Ruixi would write her name backwards!

This time, she didn’t even go to her dad; she went directly to her mom.

Earlier, while eating, she had sneakily sent a message to her assistant, telling her to check for information on that contractor. Of course, she definitely wouldn’t break the law; it was all the most public information. But just this information was enough for Su Ruixi to make the other party drink a pot⁵.

Sometimes, to get a contract for a company’s cafeteria, the connections don’t need to be that strong. It’s either a relative of a minor leader, or they gave the person-in-charge a kickback. The information the assistant gave was very clear: the contractor’s wife’s younger brother was in charge of this area, which was how he was able to get this cafeteria.

Besides this, he was also the contractor for several other surrounding companies.

Su Ruixi’s network was right there. Sometimes she didn’t even need to show up herself; just a few sentences were enough to make that contractor lose his job.

She looked at those few companies, found the relevant contacts or people who knew the other party, typed a bit, sent a few messages, said she’d treat them to a meal next time they met, and made the other party lose this company’s contract. Only the research institute side seemed relatively troublesome.

Unfortunately for him, Su Ruixi’s own mom was right over there. She contacted the first few companies and looked at Sun Miao in her arms. Su Ruixi lowered her head, her chin resting on Sun Miao’s head, and rubbed it a little. After confirming Sun Miao was soundly asleep, she slowly pulled out her arm and got up.

Her movements still disturbed Sun Miao a little. Sun Miao dazedly hummed a bit. Su Ruixi soothingly patted her, and after confirming Sun Miao had fallen asleep again, she picked up her phone and went to the study room.

She dialed Shen Yiqiu’s phone, seemingly asking how she was without any real intention. Shen Yiqiu was just worrying that she had no one to complain to. At this moment, it was as if she had found an outlet, and the words just came pouring out.

“Truly, how can there be such a reason⁶! Too hateful! I’m telling you, how can there be a person like this!” Shen Yiqiu briefly recounted the morning’s events, and then started talking about how outrageous and excessive that troublemaking man was. After Su Ruixi finished listening, she only said one sentence: “Want help messing with him?”

Su Ruixi said these words calmly, but her eyes flickered with maliciousness. She had long ago made up her mind that she must teach that guy a lesson. And her “lesson” would definitely be something the troublemaking man could not bear.

But she still remembered that her own mom and Sun Miao hadn’t been properly introduced. If she rashly made a move now and was discovered by her parents, it would definitely let them know about the other person in advance. This was not good. When the two of them didn’t know each other, they could appreciate each other. Only after the relationship was revealed could it produce the effect Su Ruixi wanted.

So she found a grand-sounding excuse: she wanted to vent her own mom’s anger.

Su Ruixi also understood her own mom, just as her mom understood her.

Sure enough, after Shen Yiqiu hesitated for a moment, she said directly: “No need, I’ll do it myself.” Su Ruixi made an “en” sound: “Okay, then I’ll find some things for you, to better take care of him.”

Shen Yiqiu agreed. After a little while, she added: “Don’t tell your dad about this. When I take care of it, I’ll at least hold back. Your dad definitely won’t hold back at all.”

“En, okay.”

Su Ruixi didn’t plan to tell her dad either. If he then made the connection to the small stall, wouldn’t Sun Miao’s identity be exposed? And there was no need for her dad to make a move; she had already handled the other matters. According to her mom’s temperament, she would probably just make it so the troublemaking man couldn’t get by at the research institute. But Su Ruixi wanted him to be unable to get by in this entire city.

After she finished speaking, Su Ruixi also soothed her own mom, telling her not to take it to heart, that it wasn’t worth being angry over such a person.

Shen Yiqiu also nodded. She was still a bit worried about Sun Miao: “I wonder how that little boss is doing.”

“Mom, you’re very concerned about her?”

“Yes, she does things carefully, is a person of integrity, has courage and strategy. She’s a good girl.”

“Then I’ll find someone to look after her, so you don’t have to worry either.”

Shen Yiqiu was also afraid Su Ruixi wouldn’t take it seriously, and specially instructed: “If you can help, then help properly. She’s quite a good person. And just like your little girlfriend, she’s also in the food business. If not for the monk’s face, then for the Buddha’s face⁷, help out a bit more.”

“Got it.”

After finishing the call, Su Ruixi returned to the room. Seeing Sun Miao still soundly asleep, she became a bit happier.

Look, she had said her Miaomiao had personal charm. Her mom had already told her to help look after her a bit more. Then she definitely had to look after her. She couldn’t let her own little girlfriend be bullied by that kind of weirdo.

The corner of her mouth curved into an arc. She carefully lifted the blanket, without a bit of the domineering energy she had when mobilizing her network or when she was in front of her own mom. Instead, she was afraid of disturbing Sun Miao. When she lay down in the bed, Su Ruixi was still a bit worried.

That scene of me just now must absolutely not be seen by Sun Miao.

It wasn’t because of her being aloof, domineering, and mischievous. It was purely because recently, when she saw Sun Miao occasionally reading a novel, she had leaned over to take a look and saw someone in the comment section react: “Is the female lead a bit too greasy? Help, an domineering CEO can’t be written as a human oil thing⁸!”

As soon as this matter was mentioned, Su Ruixi’s heart had feelings of empathy⁹, afraid that she herself would also become greasy.

Sun Miao had a good sleep. When she woke up, she discovered Su Ruixi was also sleeping beside her, and that feeling was even better. She yawned, then carefully climbed out from the bedding, conveniently taking her phone with her.

Auntie was already cleaning up downstairs. Seeing Sun Miao get up, she asked if she wanted to cook for herself today. Sun Miao directly told Auntie to go home first; she would make dinner herself. At noon, she had already mooched a super expensive hot pot meal from Su Ruixi. Cooking for her wife and herself at night, isn’t that only right and proper?

She looked at her phone. The Lemon Tea Boss had already sent a message, saying everyone was willing to go to the place Sun Miao mentioned to set up a stall and check it out. She dialed the Lemon Tea Boss’s phone again, specially emphasizing whether she had clearly told them that the troublemaking man might come looking for trouble.

“I told them all. Everyone is still very willing, just like me. If he comes to flip the stall, then let him flip. Isn’t it fine as long as he pays compensation? Everyone is even eager to give it a try, afraid he won’t come. It’s just that some of the small stall bosses said they need a couple of days to tell their old customers.”

“Ah, right, can you help me say something to the students… you know, some students have been looking for me. Can you tell them…”

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