Rebirth in the 80s: Striving for Success

21st-century film empress Xu Xinchen is reborn into the body of Lu Minshi in the 1980s.

Facing a boyfriend who betrayed her and had an affair with her younger sister, and a two-faced stepmoth...

Chapter 198

Hearing the proprietress's words, even the woman who had spoken up for Xu Xinchen earlier couldn't help but frown and twitch her wrist.

She slammed the chopsticks she had just picked up onto the table again, this time making a loud noise that shook the entire table and attracted the attention of other guests. However, she didn't pay any attention to it and just stared straight at Xu Xinchen.

"The landlady is right. It's great that your man is fine, but this woman seems to have a problem. You need to keep a close eye on your man, lest he fall for her tricks one day. If he doesn't take responsibility, he'll be the butt of people's mouths and curses. That would be disgusting."

As she spoke, the woman lowered her head and said to the little girl with pigtails in her arms, "Daughter, let me tell you something. When you grow up, you must remember not to do shameless things like that woman just now. No matter how much you like a man, you must cut off your feelings completely and not become someone's mistress."

The little girl was confused and didn't quite understand what her mother was saying, but that didn't stop her from knowing that Li Xueyan had just been criticized by everyone in the store.

She opened her big, innocent eyes and nodded solemnly to her mother: "I understand, Mom. Don't worry, I don't want to get scolded like that other girl."

The woman was taken aback, and was about to explain something to the little girl, but then she realized that the little girl's understanding was quite good. She knew that doing that would be criticized by everyone, and that was enough. She could do what she wanted later.

Teach slowly.

Thinking this, she nodded to the little girl with satisfaction, picked up her chopsticks again, took a bite of the little girl's favorite dish, and fed it to her: "I'm so happy that you think this way. You must remember what happened to that woman today, and never be like her."

Xu Xinchen watched the little girl interact with her mother, her eyes crinkling into a smile, unable to suppress a laugh. If Li Xueyan were still here, knowing she was being used as a negative example, who knows what her reaction would be.

Just as Xu Xinchen was lost in thought, a pair of slightly yellowish but chubby hands suddenly reached out in front of him, giving him a somewhat prosperous appearance.

Xu Xinchen followed the hands and saw the proprietress's face full of heartache: "Young lady, your food is ready. Take it home and eat. It's really pitiful to encounter such a troublesome mistress at a time when you should be eating."

Xu Xinchen took the things from the proprietress and smiled brightly at her, "Thank you, proprietress. I'll be going now." Then, she turned around and thanked the middle-aged woman who had spoken up for her earlier, "Thank you too, ma'am, thank you for helping me scold her earlier."

The woman waved her hand dismissively and said, "What's the big deal? A wicked woman who destroys other people's families deserves to be punished by everyone. You've already wasted so much time, and you haven't even had a proper meal yet. Hurry up and take your food back to eat before it gets cold."

With a smile, Xu Xinchen took her things and left. She had felt a little depressed when she came in, but now that she was out of the store, she felt full of energy again.

When Xu Xinchen returned to the company with her things, she ran into Lin Bingchun, who was just coming back from the cafeteria. She saw...

When they saw Xu Xinchen, their eyes lit up and they ran towards her.

"Min Shi, you're back! How were you? Did that woman give you any trouble?"

Xu Xinchen smiled happily, waving the things in her hand at Lin Bingchun: "No, I wasn't given a hard time by her. I even packed a lot of good stuff from outside. How about we go to the cafeteria for another meal?"

Lin Bingchun poked her fingers, looking at the things in Xu Xinchen's hand with a drooling expression. But when she thought about how much she had just eaten, she hesitated: "No way, I just ate so much. If I eat more now, I'll gain weight."

Xu Xinchen smiled broadly, deliberately waving the things in front of Lin Bingchun, and teased her, "Really not going to eat? I just brought these back from a small restaurant, they taste much better than the big pot dishes in the cafeteria."

Lin Bingchun gritted her teeth in anger and stomped her foot, willingly taking the bait: "Eat! Even if I die of obesity today, I'll accept it."

As she spoke, tears welled in her eyes, and she followed Xu Xinchen toward the cafeteria: "Lu Minshi, you bad person, you're just deliberately trying to mess with me, aren't you?"

Xu Xinchen laughed uncontrollably upon hearing Lin Bingchun's words. Lin Bingchun said, "Yes, yes, that's all right. Hurry up, let's go over there quickly, the food is getting cold."

When the food got cold, Lin Bingchun immediately remembered her question: "By the way, you still haven't answered me. Did that bad woman do anything to you? You didn't get hurt, did you?"

Xu Xinchen smiled, waving the dishes in her hand at Lin Bingchun, and said, "No, not only did I not suffer a loss, but I also made her very angry..." As she spoke, Xu Xinchen recounted everything that had just happened in the small restaurant.

Shidi started talking to Lin Bingchun.

When Lin Bingchun heard Xu Xinchen say that Li Xueyan actually wanted Xu Xinchen to break up with her boyfriend, she was instantly furious: "I didn't expect her to be a mistress! Why didn't you say so earlier? If you had, I would have gone with you and given her a good scolding."

Lin Bingchun is extremely protective of her own. Xu Xinchen is already considered her friend, so how could she allow someone to steal her friend's boyfriend? She would be being lenient by not tearing that person to shreds.

Xu Xinchen smiled and said to Lin Bingchun, "Don't worry, she didn't gain any advantage in the end. Not only did she not gain any advantage, she was also scolded by others."

Upon hearing someone curse Li Xueyan, Lin Bingchun instantly perked up and excitedly asked Xu Xinchen, "What? Someone cursed that shameless woman? Who was it? Which brave soul is so kind?"

Xu Xinchen curled her lips, recalling what had happened in the small restaurant earlier, and still wanted to laugh: "It wasn't just one, it was many."

She told Lin Bingchun about how the landlady and the customers had insulted Li Xueyan, and Lin Bingchun clapped her hands as she listened.