"Because I was still hesitant before about whether to make our relationship clear with Julie so soon and take it to the next level."

"Now that I hear what Yue'er and Julie are saying, I have my answer."

After explaining, Huang Zhiwei didn't care whether Huang Qinqin believed him or not.

He made an excuse that he needed to go see Julie, and then sent Huang Qinqin home first.

No one knows what Huang Zhiwei and Julie talked about afterward. All they know is that the next day, Huang Zhiwei announced that he and Julie were dating.

Xu Yuening and Julie started a dessert shop together as she had hoped.

However, Huang Qinqin was not very optimistic about the location they chose.

"Yue'er, Julie, are you sure you want to open a dessert shop in this location?"

"Yes, yes! Yueyue said this place has a lot of foot traffic, so it's a good location to open here."

Julie's Mandarin is now quite standard.

Therefore, as soon as she finished speaking, Zhang Yumei and Grandma Huang next to her wanted to remind her that just having a large flow of people is not necessarily enough.

However, Huang Qinqin sensed their intentions and preemptively said, "Okay, if you think it's good, then it's good."

"Then you guys go ahead and get busy, just remember to come home for dinner later."

After Xu Yuening and Julie left hand in hand.

Zhang Yumei asked with some curiosity, "Qinqin, why didn't you let us remind Guaiguai?"

"The location she chose is fine for a restaurant. But if she opens a dessert shop, she might not even get any customers."

The location that Xu Yuening and her team chose was directly opposite the gate of the steel plant.

The flow of people is indeed very large, after all, so many workers from the steel plant pass through there every day on their way to and from get off work.

The problem is that steelworkers are mostly people with elderly parents and young children to support, so it's impossible for them to spend so much money on a small dessert.

Grandpa Huang and Grandma Huang, who are nearly eighty years old, are still in very good health.

Grandma Huang peeled a walnut for herself and said with a smile, "Does Nannan want Yue'er to learn a lesson from this?"

Huang Qinqin smiled and nodded: "Grandma, you guessed right."

"Yue'er was blinded by her success in opening a cake shop; she always thought that opening a shop was easy."

“But An’an chose the locations for all three of her previous cake shops.”

"Rather than saying that Yue'er opened three cake shops, it would be more accurate to say that Ping'an helped Yue'er open three cake shops."

"Yue'er has many good ideas, but they are not perfect. In the past, An'an helped her."

"But since she wants to run her own business, she can't keep relying on others."

"This is also an opportunity for her to realize what she can actually achieve on her own."

Zhang Yumei didn't really understand.

She has never worked in her life. Her biggest source of income, besides Xu Weiguo's salary, is the rent from Guangzhou.

Despite not understanding, Zhang Yumei nodded to indicate that she understood.

......

Because Huang Qinqin had informed everyone in advance.

Therefore, when Xu Yuening and her friends were excitedly decorating and buying tables.

Xu Junhui and the others would look at her with pity from time to time.

However, Xu Yuening was completely unaware of this and continued to busy herself with preparations for opening the store every day.

Finally, two months later, after everything was ready, Xu Yuening and Julie's dessert shop opened!

Because of the cake shop's success, Xu Yuening was worried that they would be too busy on the first day of opening.

Therefore, she called on everyone in her family who could be mobilized to come and help.

On the first day of opening, apart from a few people coming in to ask about prices, the dessert shop didn't sell a single item all day.

Xu Yuening was deeply shocked; she couldn't even remember how she got home.

Xu Junhui looked at Xu Yuening with some concern: "Wife, look at Yue'er, isn't this a bit strange?"

"She seems to have been sleepwalking ever since she got home; she hasn't reacted at all."

Without turning her head, Huang Qinqin said, "Let her stay by herself for a while. It's the first day of business, and we haven't even had a single customer."

"It's no wonder she's upset after such a failure."

"Wife, don't talk about Yue'er like that, she's still young."

Xu Junhui was shocked to hear that Huang Qinqin not only failed to comfort Xu Yuening, but even provoked her.

He quickly defended Xu Yuening.

Huang Qinqin deliberately sat down next to Xu Yuening, and then said to Xu Junhui, "She's almost going to college."

"She has already opened three shops herself, but this time she failed so completely."

"Does this prove that she relied on others before?"

"mom!"

"daughter in law!"

Xu Junhui, Xu Xing'an, and Xu Yuekang couldn't sit still any longer when they saw Huang Qinqin directly hitting Xu Yuening's sore spot.

"Honey, don't be like that. Yue'er is already doing great."

"That's right, Yueyue, don't be afraid. Even if you don't earn money, your big brother will support you for the rest of your life!"

"Yes, Second Brother will always be here for you. Second Brother will help you find a way to revitalize this shop."

Huang Qinqin felt a headache coming on after hearing their words.

"Enough! Can you all stop blindly praising Yue'er and blindly covering for her?"

"You all step in whenever there's a problem, but she has absolutely no ability to solve difficulties on her own. Do you really think this is good for her?!"

"Of course I'm happy that you treat Yue'er well."

"But I hope Yue'er will get better and better. She has the ability and will not have a bad life no matter what."

"Placing all your hopes on others—what if one day you change, or you're no longer here?"

"What will she do then?"

Xu Xing'an instinctively retorted, "I will never change!"

"Pingping, we never know whether tomorrow or an accident will come first."

"What she learns will always be hers. The stronger her abilities and the more she has, the more choices she will have in life."

"We live in a new society now. It's not true that the best girls are those who are pampered by their families and don't have to do anything."

“Excessive pampering is actually harming her.”

Xu Junhui and the others lowered their heads in shame after being spoken to by Huang Qinqin.

Thinking about it carefully, it does seem to be true.

The greatest hardship Xu Yuening has ever endured since birth has been the medicine she took when she was sick.

As the only girl in her family, she had never suffered any hardship growing up.

Zhang Yumei originally wanted to say a good word for Xu Yuening.

But seeing that Ping An and the others were criticized, and considering the actions Huang Qinqin mentioned, she also had similar experiences.

She didn't dare to say a word.

Seeing that everyone in the family had quieted down, Huang Qinqin glanced at Xu Yuening, who had already recovered.

Suddenly, he asked, "Yue'er, do you know you own three cake shops? Why were so many people there on the first day of opening?"