"You mean Zhu Yingxiong? I haven't heard from him in a long time either." Li Xiuxiu hadn't heard that name in a long time either; she mainly just heard it as a story, and once she heard it, that was it, she didn't pay any further attention to it.

“I know.” Fan Hongying obediently raised her hand. “I heard he went to reunite with his parents.”

"Huh?" This is outrageous! Zhan Chunlan hadn't even paid attention for two or three months, and he'd already ruined everything. "What happened?"

"He thought he could fool his aunt's family, but he was actually the innocent little rabbit who deliberately jumped into the wolf's den." Fan Hongying rarely mocked someone like this, and there was really nothing to say about Zhu Yingxiong.

"He thought everyone had wronged his family. As soon as he arrived at Huang Ju's house, he started causing all sorts of trouble. He wanted to eat meat one day and buy a watch the next. Who could afford that? So we reported him directly."

"Why would you report him? Wasn't he already investigated before?" Li Xiuxiu had inquired carefully at the time. His parents had taken the blame for all the crimes, and he had even written a statement severing ties. If it was something that happened in the past, there shouldn't be any problems, right?

“That man was truly wicked from the root.” Fan Hongying frowned as she recalled what she had heard. She was too embarrassed to even talk about the things he was capable of.

Zhan Chunlan and Li Xiuxiu didn't urge her, but stared at her with their big eyes, their eyes filled with a silent plea: "Please, just tell us."

"There were several people following him at the time. After he settled in Huang Ju's house, he went to find his old brothers, wanting to try the same trick again. But those who surrounded him were not good people to begin with, so naturally they were unwilling to pay attention to him who had fallen on hard times."

"He was unwilling to give up, so he secretly sneaked into someone's house to wait for them. At that time, no one was home, only his teenage sister who was lying in bed with a high fever."

At this point, Fan Hongying couldn't continue.

"He... wanted to do something bad, but luckily her brother came back in time and tied him up and took him to the police station."

Zhan Chunlan and Li Xiuxiu looked at each other in disbelief. They hadn't expected that person, instead of trying to keep a low profile, would actually have the audacity to do bad things.

"Then... what about that girl?" Li Xiuxiu asked somewhat hoarsely.

"She's fine. Apparently, she forced herself to get up and stop him, which made her sweat a lot, and her fever broke that same day." Thinking of this, Fan Hongying couldn't help but smile. This person's luck was about the same as hers.

"Uh... that's invincible." Zhan Chunlan said with some emotion. In this incident, apart from Zhu Yingxiong, no one was injured or killed. That's good!

"Chunlan, can I come to you to sell face cream later?" After chatting about gossip, Li Xiuxiu didn't forget her own business.

"Frost cream? But I work at the bicycle counter; I don't sell frost cream." Zhan Chunlan was puzzled. Didn't she know that? What was the reason behind this?

"Now that you're a department store employee, you can take us to buy face cream. Just give the money and receipt to the salesperson at the counter, and then bring us the face cream." Li Xiuxiu knew these unspoken rules better than she did, since Zhan Chunlan had never shopped at a department store before, except when she was required to do so.

“I used to go directly to my uncle, but he’s a man and doesn’t like to do these things. He would only reluctantly buy things if I asked him. He wouldn’t agree to buy them if anyone else asked.” Liu Xiuxiu shook her head happily as she said this. “Now that Chunlan, you’re working at the department store, I don’t have to ask my uncle anymore. He’s such a troublesome person. He always makes so many demands.”

"Okay!" Zhan Chunlan nodded in agreement. Although she wasn't very familiar with the other counters, this was an opportunity, wasn't it? Otherwise, what would they say? Of course, we can't forget our little lucky charm.

"Hongying, do you need me to help you buy it?"

"Yes, I want two boxes, one for me and one for my mom." Fan Hongying wasn't bothered by queuing, since she never had to queue whenever she went to buy them. But her friend suggested it, which was a way of supporting her!

"Then I'll take four... never mind, just two boxes. My sister-in-laws' business is my brother's business, I won't get involved." Li Xiuxiu originally wanted to buy one box for each of her two sisters-in-law, but then she thought better of it. She had worked hard to save her money, so if they wanted some, they should ask their husbands.

Sure enough, although the matter was a little troublesome, she also took the opportunity to get acquainted with the saleswoman at the counter. Her name was He Meiyu, a very young girl who had only worked there for two years. She was warm and generous. When she saw her walk over, she could guess Zhan Chunlan's intention before she even spoke and said directly, "Are you also buying face cream for a friend?"

"Is it really that obvious?" Are all the people working here so smart? Zhan Chunlan thought to herself, is my purpose really that obvious?

Seeing her surprise, He Meiyu laughed and said, "I've been working here for two years, and every time a new colleague comes to me for the first time, it's always about this."

Without wasting words, she turned around and grabbed the face cream: "How many boxes do you want? What brand?"

"Five boxes." She hadn't used any face cream in ages; every time she washed her face and then was exposed to cold air, her face felt tight and almost cracked. Looking at the Wan Zi Qian Hong moisturizing cream, Friendship Snow Cream, and Ya Shuang on the counter, she thought for a moment, "I want Friendship Snow Cream too."

"Okay, did you bring your shopping card?" Comrade He Meiyu moved swiftly, grabbing five boxes of face cream with a single grab, no more and no less.

Zhan Chunlan deftly produced the cash and three purchase certificates.

Speaking of this purchase certificate, it used to be kept by Xu Lixia. Whenever she needed to buy something, she would give it to Zhan Chunlan so that she could take leave to buy it.

After she started working at the department store, she was given the purchasing permit and the authority to buy any defective items that the family needed, and the family would reimburse her for them.

Otherwise, she probably wouldn't have been able to buy the face cream today.

Zhan Chunhua has a dog's nose.

This is the conclusion Zhan Chunlan reached after washing her face at night.

After washing her face that night, Zhan Chunlan secretly applied face cream. She touched her face tenderly; it felt moisturized and was finally coming back to life. Such a beautiful face, she thought, had suffered because of her.

After applying the cream, she put it directly into her spatial storage space. As a result, Zhan Chunhua could smell it as soon as she entered the room.

"You bought face cream?" Zhan Chunhua's expression was a bit strange, neither happy nor angry, and it was hard to tell what was going on.

"No, where would I get the money to buy face cream?" Zhan Chunlan stubbornly denied it. "Even if you have evidence, I won't admit it!"

"You're lying!" Zhan Chunhua was a little angry now and came forward to search her body.

"What are you doing?" Zhan Chunlan shoved her away. Although she had already put the face cream into her spatial storage, she didn't want Zhan Chunhua to search her. She wasn't a criminal!

She pushed him onto the bed, but Zhan Chunhua wasn't angry: "Then why do you smell like face cream?"

"Fan Hongying and Li Xiuxiu asked me to bring them a few boxes of face cream today. I guess that's when they got the stain." Zhan Chunlan patted her slightly disheveled clothes without even glancing at her.

Hearing her say that, Zhan Chunhua's eyes lit up instantly. Not knowing which word was the switch, she jumped up and sat up straight: "Could you bring me two boxes from there tomorrow too?"

“Okay!” Zhan Chunlan nodded in agreement. Before Zhan Chunhua could even be happy, she stretched out her hand to Zhan Chunhua and said, “Friendship face cream is five cents a box, and an industrial coupon. Give it to me whenever you want, and I’ll bring it back.”

Zhan Chunhua pursed her lips and said that she wouldn't be so easy to talk to: "You bring it back for your sister first, and I will definitely give you the money and tickets."

Zhan Chunlan wouldn't listen to anything else. When she heard that she had no money, she withdrew her hand, took off her clothes, and went to sleep: "You know, I don't have any money to pay for it."

Zhan Chunhua's face stiffened. She has money, why would she need you to help her? She threw herself onto the bed and said somewhat awkwardly, "Forget it then, I'm naturally beautiful, I don't need to use any face cream."

Hmm? Zhan Chunlan frowned, recalling that weathered face. Forget it, whatever you say goes, as long as you're happy!