Outside the School of Foreign Languages, there's a sisters' breakfast shop.

Liu Xiuju and Sun Xiangping have been here for five days and show no sign of leaving.

Zhang Shunda finally couldn't hold back any longer: "You can't do this. This shop is run by three people, and the money is split three ways. But your uncle and mother don't know how to chop the filling properly, and they don't wrap the glutinous rice balls well either. This is not fair to my Xiaojuan."

Liu Xiuju and Sun Xiangping are quite hardworking. They are good at cooking and making wontons and dumplings, but they can't learn how to chop fillings and wrap rice balls all at once.

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiuju smiled calmly and said, "Oh, Brother Zhang, you can't say that. Brother Sun and I aren't good at chopping fillings, and we're not good at making rice balls either, but we can do other things. We can do less of the washing, cleaning, making dumplings and wontons. Since we're working together, we should each have our own tasks."

Sun Xiangping: "We're doing business together, so we can't be too calculating."

Zhang Shunda said irritably, "Of course you think it's nothing. Your two kids are making big money outside, while my Xiaojuan is working herself to the bone here to earn a pittance."

“Then you can let her go and make big money, and you can stay here and work. We don’t mind. Brother Sun, do you mind?”

Sun Xiangping quickly replied, "I don't mind. Since it's a partnership between the three children, each family can leave one person here to work. I don't mind."

Liu Xiuju looked at Zhang Shunda with a smile: "Did you hear that? We don't mind."

Zhang Shunda was furious.

Zhang Shunda took a deep breath and asked, "What do you want?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Xiangping and Liu Xiuju exchanged a smile: Oh, so you can't stand it?

Liu Xiuju laughed and said, "Shouldn't we be asking you what you want?"

Zhang Shunda wasn't stupid either; he finally realized that they had seen through his little scheme long ago.

Since that's the case, Zhang Shunda stopped hiding his true intentions and spoke frankly: "I'll give your family three thousand yuan, and this shop will be mine."

"Three thousand? Ha." Liu Xiuju sneered. "How about we give you three thousand yuan, and this shop belongs to my daughter and Xiaojing?"

Zhang Shunda choked.

Zhang Shunda showed no sincerity in negotiating, and Liu Xiuju was too lazy to argue, so she turned around and went to work.

Sun Xiangping wasn't good with words, so his family and Liu Xiuju's family had already agreed that he would play the supporting role while Liu Xiuju would be responsible for negotiations.

Seeing that Liu Xiuju was silent, Sun Xiangping naturally turned around and went back to work.

Zhang Shunda was even angrier, puffing out his cheeks: "Four thousand! I'll give you each four thousand, okay!"

“That won’t do.” Liu Xiuju refused outright. “I heard from my child that you said this shop could be sold for 16,000 yuan, which means each shop can be sold for more than 5,300 yuan. I’ll be generous and not take the extra amount. Let’s round it up to 5,300 yuan. Give me 5,300 yuan.”

Sun Xiangping chimed in, "Then I'll do the same. Give me five thousand three hundred, and I'll leave right away."

Zhang Shunda: "It can't be transferred for 16,000. 16,000 is the asking price. There is still room for negotiation. We agreed on 12,000 at the beginning, so we will give each of you two 4,000."

"The past is the past, the present is the present. Business is picking up now, much better than before. Our family can easily make over a thousand yuan a month, which is more profitable than my job. How about we give you four thousand, and you quit?"

Sun Xiangping chimed in, "Yes, we'll give you four thousand, and you can withdraw."

"You're trying to ditch us and monopolize this store!" Zhang Xiaojuan said angrily.

Zhang Shunda's face was also very ugly: "Our Xiaojuan still considers your child as a good friend."

"We should be the ones saying that. Everyone knows who's after the money and wants to monopolize this shop! Do they really think our kids are naive and don't have adults backing them up?" Liu Xiuju also got angry and was no longer smiling as before.

Sun Xiangping also said sternly, "Either you give us 5,300 yuan each and we withdraw, or we maintain the status quo."

At this point, whoever gets anxious loses.

Zhang Shunda was clearly more anxious.

Because he wanted to have the store all to himself!

Liu Xiuju and Sun Xiangping acted as if it didn't matter if they didn't share the money. They repeatedly emphasized that business was good anyway, and they could earn more than a thousand yuan a month, which was much better than working for someone else.

Finally, having no other option, Zhang Shunda bargained with them and agreed to refund each of them 4,800 yuan.

It could have been settled for four thousand yuan per family, without even having to fall out.

Now, not only have we lost so many days' worth of profits, but we've also lost an extra 800 yuan to one of our clients!

Zhang Shunda felt uneasy just thinking about it.

That very day, Zhang Shunda borrowed money from all over the place.

Zhang Xiaojuan also called He Wenlin to borrow money.

He Wenlin was astonished!

I really admire her thick skin and courage.

They initially agreed on a transfer fee of 12,000, but when they saw that it was me who wanted to rent it, they immediately raised the amount to 16,000. Now they're actually asking me for money!

"I'm sorry, I don't have any money either. My family is building a house and we're borrowing money everywhere." He Wenlin politely refused.

"Linlin, are you unhappy because my dad didn't agree to transfer the shop to you?" Zhang Xiaojuan asked.

“I’m really unhappy that you’re charging me a higher price and making me come all this way for nothing. But it’s also true that I don’t have the money. My family’s fast food restaurant is being rebuilt, and I’ve taken out loans to buy a house and a car. I have to pay the mortgage and car loan every month, so I really can’t help you.”

He asked for six thousand right off the bat. Many people could only earn that much even if they didn't eat or drink for a whole year.

He Wenlin felt that given their relationship, it wasn't at the point where she could borrow that much money.

"If Xu Jing and Zhou Liping asked you for money, would you lend it to them?" Zhang Xiaojuan asked.

He Wenlin smiled upon hearing this and said, "Those two are willing to transfer the shop to me for 12,000 yuan without making a profit. Can you do that?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiaojuan immediately retorted, "I can't make that decision either. It's all my dad's idea, and her parents are willing to listen to her."

"I have something to do, I'll hang up now. You can think of another way."

He Wenlin was too lazy to waste her breath arguing with her.

He Wenlin doesn't expect them to sell their shop at a loss or even without making a profit, but she won't allow them to raise prices arbitrarily.

Moreover, He Wenlin didn't believe Zhang Xiaojuan was unaware that Zhang Shunda was scheming against the store and trying to force Xu Jing and Zhou Liping to leave.

Knowing the truth, yet cooperating with his father, this kind of person is not worth associating with or getting close to.

"How could you be so stupid? Didn't you know how to build a good relationship with such a rich friend?" Zhang Shunda complained to Zhang Xiaojuan when he learned that she hadn't been able to borrow money.

"She was never generous to begin with. She was very tight-fisted with money. When we were learning the trade, she didn't skimp on the money at all."

Zhang Xiaojuan was upset that she couldn't borrow the money. She felt that He Wenlin was too stingy and also blamed Xu Jing and Zhou Liping, thinking that the two of them must have said a lot of bad things about He Wenlin.