On the bustling street, Jiang Ning was dazzled by the variety of shops.

This is currently the most bustling central street in the capital, a gathering place for the most business-minded people in all of China, with clothing stores, toy stores...

After earning his first pot of gold from setting up a stall, he thought about opening a storefront.

The government also encourages individuals to register as sole proprietors; basically, as long as there is a storefront and products, registration will be approved.

However, registered sole proprietorships are required to pay taxes to the tax bureau and are subject to supervision and inspection by relevant departments.

Anyone who can open a shop here is confident in their abilities.

Jiang Ning doesn't need a large storefront, but she needs a location with the most convenient transportation.

She has high hopes for this place.

However, places that can be converted into trading companies are not so easy to find.

She inquired at several places, and while the locations were good, the rent was too expensive. A 200-square-meter space would cost 5,000 yuan a year.

Maybe they saw she was going alone and started asking for an exorbitant price.

I saw a newly opened bakery with a rest area and coffee shop, so I went inside.

"Give me a cup of coffee and a piece of bread," Jiang Ning said to the cashier, while looking around the store.

The decor is warm and simple, and the food is displayed in a glass cabinet, with a wide variety of dishes.

The people working here wear very formal clothes and baker's hats. The boss is a foreigner who directs everything from the back kitchen.

Most of the customers who come to buy things are foreigners, with only a few Chinese people.

No wonder, the food she ordered was only good for snacks and wouldn't fill her up, yet it still cost twenty-two yuan.

Coffee costs twenty dollars, and a small piece of thin bread costs two dollars.

Factory workers now only earn fifty or sixty yuan a month.

In other words, wealthy young ladies consider coming here for coffee a fashionable thing to do, and they come here occasionally.

Jiang Ning sat by the window, slowly sipping her coffee.

Unexpectedly, Ji Tingting walked in surrounded by several boys.

Those boys, wearing floral shirts and with long parted hair, didn't look like respectable people at all.

"You promised to treat me to coffee after the college entrance exam, so chip in and buy it for me." She really enjoyed being fawned over.

But when she saw Jiang Ning sitting inside, she spat out a curse and left with a few boys.

If her father found out she was with shady people, he would definitely beat her to death.

Jiang Ning shrugged. Why be so afraid of her? It has nothing to do with her!

Unexpectedly, a familiar voice suddenly came from the cashier.

Xu Yan actually came to buy bread.

“Sister Xu.” Jiang Ning waved to her.

Xu Yan brought over the bread and sat down.

"Why are you drinking coffee here all by yourself? That's quite romantic!"

Jiang Ning smiled and stirred her coffee with her hand.

"I'm here to rent a shop nearby. Why are you buying bread here?"

Xu Yan chuckled: "I live nearby, in that old house over there. This bakery's bread is quite delicious; I buy some every month to try."

You know bread is expensive here, and I can't eat it every day.

As they talked, she ordered herself a coffee and sat down to chat with Jiang Ning.

Jack lost a large sum of money after his safe was robbed, and he was so worried that half of his hair fell out, making him look like an old man.

"This is all his own doing. He insisted on hiring Pete as a security guard, and as a result, Pete sent a bald guy who stole from his own safe. Zhao Chunlan's loss of goods had already put the company in trouble, and now it's completely beyond saving."

Xu Yan kept complaining.

Jiang Ning listened with a smile, and only spoke after she finished speaking:

"Jack's company doesn't look like it'll last much longer. Do you want to come and help me?"

Xu Yan paused for a moment, then smiled gently:

"Then I'll go back and ask Yu Xiao."

Jiang Ning was happy for her: "Is this a sign that your wedding is coming soon?"

"Pretty much. He took me home to meet his parents. His dad was nice and quite friendly, but his mom was a bit fierce."

Xu Yan stuck out her tongue, still a little embarrassed to talk about it.

Jiang Ning admired her courage for marrying a divorced man with a child. She hoped the woman would be happy in the future.

Just as the two were chatting, in the dance hall, the bald man suddenly knelt down in front of Lin Tao.

Ah Yong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he could come back.

The police wanted poster says that he absconded with the money.

Lin Tao was furious. He was told to steal something, not to run away with it!

"Where's the money?" A-Yong kicked the bald man.

The bald man cried with tears streaming down his face:

"You have to believe me, I really didn't take anything from the safe. When we got there, the safe was empty."

Lin Tao naturally didn't believe it and gestured for A Yong to teach him a lesson.

Ah Yong and several others punched and kicked him until he bled from his mouth.

"Can I speak now?" Lin Tao asked, twirling the jade thumb ring on his finger.

Baldy knew that every time he made this gesture, it meant he was going to torture someone to death.

He hurriedly pulled out his brooch and defended himself:

"Boss Pi, look, I ran away before I even had a chance to put down my brooch, how could I possibly have taken so much money?"

"You have connections in Guangzhou, arrange for me to go there to lay low for a while. If they arrest me, it will implicate you too!"

His words were quite clear: he was threatening Lin Tao, telling him that if he were handed over to the police, he, the mastermind, would not be able to escape either.

Lin Tao burst into laughter upon hearing this.

"You think you can touch me with just a few words? I've spent money in the public security system. Unless someone verifies what you're saying, who will believe you!"

Just then, the sound of police cars rang out outside.

Jack led the police to the entrance of the nightclub.

No matter how much the bald man pleaded, Lin Tao remained expressionless, waved to A Yong, and handed him over to the police.

Jack wanted an explanation from Lin Tao, and Lin Tao, who had just been arrogant, quickly became all smiles and acquiesced.

"Jack, I didn't know he would be such a jerk. This has nothing to do with me!"

The bald man, still furious and under police control, didn't give up on biting him.

"Don't listen to him. He's the one who made me do this. And his nightclub has shady dancers; they sleep with people."

Faced with two charges at once, even if the police hadn't initially planned to arrest Lin Tao, they now had no choice but to take him away.

The police took them away and told Jack to go home and wait for news.

Jack returned to the company looking exhausted, and his mood was extremely bad when he saw only a few employees working there.

Seeing his dejection, Lisa came to his office to comfort him.

“Jack, if all else fails, let your aunt take out money to save the company. She just inherited a fortune and should be quite wealthy.”

Jack nodded, feeling a little better.

After he calmed down a bit, his hands started to wander, and the two of them hugged and kissed again.

Just as the two were reluctant to part, his wife Helen pushed open the door and entered...