Setting Up Stalls – Chapter 87

You Don’t Understand

“……”

Sun Miao and Yabi Mei simultaneously fell into silence. Yabi Mei glanced at Hip-hop Mei, then at the boss, and spoke: “Two orders, spicy, to go. She’s the same.”

Sun Miao understood; Yabi Mei felt embarrassed.

Hip-hop Mei wasn’t happy: “What are you doing? Why are you letting her off so easily? Today, I absolutely have to ask, why does she give them to other friends but not to me?! Did I give too little money? Or has she never considered me a friend?”

“Don’t ask anymore, you’re not worthy.”

“Where am I not worthy?!” Yabi Mei, finding her disgraceful, pulled her over to a seat: “Little Boss Sun, we’re not eating here today. I’ll drag her away in a bit.”

—Still asking, still asking! Where are you worthy?! Little Boss Sun is giving food to her own girlfriend, what kind of green onion¹ are you to expect family member treatment?! Give it a rest!

Yabi Mei was actually quite happy in her heart, because with the two of them together, she, as a family friend, should also possess the privilege of being in a favorable position due to proximity². If that didn’t work out, next time she’d go to Su-jie’s place to scrounge a meal. With Little Boss Sun as a girlfriend, the quality of food at home would definitely shoot up ceng ceng ceng³.

Yabi Mei thought for a while; her mind was quite active and she tended to overthink. Soon, she thought again: What if they break up? The difference in their identities and statuses is too great, and the Su family only has Su Ruixi as their only daughter. She’d heard family members chatting before, saying that Boss Su was always pondering about recruiting a live-in son-in-law⁴ or something. When the time comes, would they be forced to break up due to strong parental opposition?

Whether they broke up or not, logically, it had nothing to do with Yabi Mei. But at this moment, Yabi Mei started to worry: That is, after they break up, would Sun Miao, out of love turned to hate, extend her anger to the two of them, Su Ruixi’s friends, and casually blacklist⁵ them?

That outcome was unacceptable for Yabi Mei. She didn’t want to be the fish in the moat affected by the city gate fire⁶. She didn’t want to be without good things to eat!

Looking at Hip-hop Mei, who was still over there asking her, “So where exactly am I not worthy?”, Yabi Mei sighed deeply, feeling so tired.

—No! They absolutely cannot break up!

Sun Miao worked very quickly and soon finished their portions, then swiftly handed them over, urging them to leave quickly. In the short while they sat waiting, a queue had formed again in front of Sun Miao. But this time, they were all old customers; the Little Nurse was also among them.

“Little Boss Sun, isn’t it just a couple more days? Time to change locations and sell something else, right?”

“Right, right, I’ve been counting the days. I originally thought the Education Park was too far and wasn’t planning to come this time, but you guys talked so much that my craving worms⁷ got hooked.”

“What are you selling next time you set up your stall? Where will you sell it?”

The questions they asked weren’t much different from before, but their expressions and voices were vastly different.

In the past, at this time, everyone would be noisy and clamorous, their eyes fixed tightly on her, afraid of missing a single answer. But this time was different. They looked furtive and shifty⁸, no longer looking at her, but cautiously staring at their surroundings. Even their voices were soft.

Sun Miao was baffled watching them. She couldn’t help but ask: “What are you all doing?”

The Little Nurse explained: “They’re guarding against students. There are too many people here, and students are famously known for having a lot of time. They’re afraid that if the students find out, they’ll join the group and directly turn our gourmet food group into the ‘International Education Park Miaomiao’s Mobile Food Bar Squatting Group 1,’ and then 2, 3, 4, 5 groups will pop up. When that time comes, we won’t be able to compete with them at all.”

“Exactly, Little Boss Sun! These students are too terrifying. Before, when you set up your stall, you could last until 5 PM, but now you can’t even last through noon. If we try to snatch food from them, we simply can’t win.”

“That’s right! You absolutely mustn’t let students into the group! A 30 kuai⁹ serving of changfen is really too expensive for students, but for us wage slaves¹⁰, it’s just right. Wuwuwu, Little Boss Sun, they can’t bear it, let me bear it instead!”

After Sun Miao finished listening, she understood.

Emotionally, she definitely leaned more towards her regular customers. Besides, earning 30 from students made her conscience a little uneasy, but fleecing¹¹ wage slaves for 30, she felt much more at ease.

Yi¹², it couldn’t be called fleecing; the things she made were worth this price!

However, not letting any new customers in seemed a bit too much… Sun Miao’s gaze drifted, and she saw the Lemon Tea Boss nearby, then sighed in relief: Thankfully, it’s not like I didn’t let anyone in at all. Didn’t I let in this Lemon Tea Boss?

She had still left a seed at this stall location.

But in the eyes of the regulars, Sun Miao’s behavior seemed to be reminding them: Just telling me is useless, look, there’s another one over here. If she leaks the news, what then?

So, everyone discussed in low voices for a while and decided—to silence the witness¹³.

The Lemon Tea Boss, having been glanced at by Sun Miao, was then watched by the food customers who were ququ-ing¹⁴ in low voices. She immediately felt her hair stand on end; she didn’t know what that group of food customers was up to. It was only after they bought their changfen that something even more unexpected happened to the Lemon Tea Boss.

The customers who bought changfen from Sun Miao’s side then conveniently came over to her side to buy a cup of lemon tea, and they even specially reminded her: “Boss, you absolutely must withstand the pressure and not leak the group to the students, otherwise, in the future, we won’t be able to eat even a tiny bit!”

The Lemon Tea Boss opened her mouth, and finally, under the earnest gazes of the customers, she nodded in agreement.

Seeing that a threat had been eliminated, the customers all breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while, the regulars left, and in another ten minutes or so, the student crowd was supposed to arrive. But just then, Su Ruixi arrived, timing it perfectly. Sun Miao also noticed that Su Ruixi was dressed particularly beautifully today.

Usually, she was always in professional attire, complete with high heels, looking like she had an aura¹⁵ of two-point-eight meters¹⁶. But not today; she looked more casual.

Her upper body was adorned with a dark coffee-colored long-sleeved shirt, but the collar had a design; it was a tie-neck, with a self-fabric ribbon of the same color. At this moment, the ribbon was tied into a bow, with two tails hanging down. Below, she wore a skirt, a light coffee-colored A-line long skirt, with a not-too-high slit on the side. The skirt reached below her calves, and the slit at most revealed a small section of her calf.

She wore a pair of short black leather boots, not high, just barely covering her ankles. A bit of sock peeked out from the edge of the boots, matching the color of the shoes. The most stunning part was the bag she carried on her shoulder: a small, single-strap shoulder bag, white, looking like it could only fit a phone, keys, and a wallet.

Her whole person looked both sa¹⁷ and yu¹⁸, and also carried that refined sense of a white-collar worker. Su Ruixi’s imposing manner was somewhat neutralized, especially the smile on her face, which made her whole demeanor softer. If usually one could tell at a glance that she was a female president¹⁹ with an overwhelming aura and high status, then today she gave the impression of an elite female white-collar worker.

In short, Sun Miao loved it all.

When the two met, they couldn’t help but smile. People in love are like that; even just making eye contact will bring a smile to their faces, a smile that reaches their eyes. They hadn’t said a word, but Sun Miao had already started to get busy.

After being busy for a while, she suddenly remembered something: “Same as we discussed yesterday, right?”

“Yes.”

“You should eat something else for lunch too. Eating changfen for breakfast is enough, but if you only eat changfen for lunch, you might get hungry.”

“En, I will.”

They only exchanged a few sentences. Next, Sun Miao started to get busy again, and Su Ruixi didn’t disturb her. After she finished making the changfen, packed it, and handed it to Su Ruixi, their fingertips lightly touched, and Sun Miao saw Su Ruixi’s face turn red.

Sun Miao normally didn’t blush so easily; what big or small matters hadn’t she seen? But because Su Ruixi’s face was red, Sun Miao’s face also turned slightly red. Both of them lowered their heads a little.

Su Ruixi said, “Then I’m off to work.”

“Okay, jia you²⁰ with work.”

“En.” Su Ruixi was originally about to leave, but her peripheral vision caught the Lemon Tea Boss nearby. Her little temper flared up again, and even with a red face, she had to say: “Then, see you tonight, don’t you forget.”

“I won’t forget. You should go quickly, don’t get stuck in traffic later.”

“Okay.” Su Ruixi finally left this time. Sun Miao waited until she was far away before retracting her gaze, only to meet the Lemon Tea Boss’s eyes directly.

The Lemon Tea Boss was suppressing a laugh, her heart and eyes definitely full of mischievous ideas. Sun Miao hadn’t even opened her mouth when the Lemon Tea Boss started speaking: “Aiya, what did I say yesterday? And you were still over there saying—”

She mimicked Sun Miao’s tone from yesterday, saying, “But between her and me, it’s really just ordinary friends,” then puchi²¹ she burst out laughing: “I don’t believe for a second that you two are ordinary friends.” She sat on her folding chair, delightedly tsk-tsking twice.

“I just knew there was only a layer of window paper²² between you two, I didn’t expect it to be pierced so quickly. Little Boss Sun, you move fast, huh? Who confessed first?”

Sun Miao actually thought about it seriously; given yesterday’s situation, it should count as Su Ruixi confessing first, right? But Sun Miao wouldn’t tell the Lemon Tea Boss such things, merely offering a smile: “Not telling you.”

The Lemon Tea Boss didn’t mind, just saying the two words “Congratulations.”

Her smile seemed even more dazzling than Sun Miao’s: “Yesterday when you talked to me, you weren’t very enthusiastic, always thinking about running off quickly. The two days before that, you were also gloomy and dejected. I thought you were just that kind of person. But then you came today, and that smile was warmer than the sun in the sky. Good heavens, so it turns out your lack of enthusiasm was because your relationship had reached an impasse.”

“If you smiled like today every day, instead of wearing that business smile, I feel like your business could double again.”

Sun Miao didn’t understand: “What are you so happy about?” The Lemon Tea Boss was acting as if she herself had gotten into a relationship.

The Lemon Tea Boss waved her hand dismissively: “You don’t understand.” In her heart, she was slowly mulling over how eye-catching their shy smiles had been just now. If it were translated into 2D²³, what kind of composition, what kind of lighting and shadow would be used, and what would the specific character designs²⁴ be.

The more she thought, the more engrossed she became, completely forgetting that she didn’t actually draw baihe²⁵ before.

But at this moment, the moment she started shipping²⁶ this CP, she had already decided to transform into a baihe warrior, to let her fans witness what true beauty between girls is.

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