Chapter 464
Zhong Lan said, "Afterwards, someone asked us about this, and we explained it, but no one listened to our explanation at all. They still believed that Cui Li was dating Ye Wanming."
Zhong Lan continued angrily, "I think Ye Wanming and Aunt Ye are deliberately making everyone think this way!"
Ye Fuyue asserted, "The fact that the rumor has spread so far must be due to Ye Wanming and Aunt Ye. As I recall, it's been a while since Ye Wanming returned from the countryside. He doesn't even have a job, right?"
"Yes," Zhong Lan said, "He hangs around like a street urchin all day long."
"He and Aunt Ye saw that Cui Li is rich but has no husband and no family to protect her. They thought that they could take advantage of her with just a little trickery," said Ye Fuyue.
Zhong Lan nodded heavily. "I also think these two people have bad intentions. A gay man who really wants to be in a relationship wouldn't force a lesbian like this and disregard her reputation."
"Yes," Ye Fuyue nodded. She said to Cui Li, "Don't worry, I'll drive them away. Although you don't have a man or your family to protect you, you still have me and Zhong Lan."
A warm feeling welled up in Cui Li's heart, but she also expressed her concerns.
"Zhong Lan and I have wanted to break up with Ye Wanming for a long time, but Aunt Ye has a good relationship with the neighbors. I'm worried that if we embarrass Aunt Ye, she will spread rumors in front of the neighbors and stop everyone from coming to our bun shop."
Ye Fuyue had long guessed that the rumors would develop into this, partly because Cui Li and Zhong Lan were afraid of falling out with Aunt Ye and Ye Wanming.
"Aunt Ye and Ye Wanming guessed you were thinking this way, so they pretended that Ye Wanming was dating Cui Li." Ye Fuyue said, "Don't worry about the bun shop's business being affected. Even if the neighbors stop buying buns, our bun shop won't go bankrupt or close down."
After finding out the reason for the incident, Ye Fuyue came to the bun shop early the next morning.
Every morning is the busiest time for the bun shop. Not only do many neighbors come to buy buns, but workers who are rushing to work in the factory also come to buy buns.
The neighbors who were familiar with Ye Fuyue saw Ye Fuyue, who had not appeared in the bun shop for a long time, and greeted her.
"Boss Ye, you came to the bun shop today."
Ye Fuyue collected the money and said with a smile, "Yes, I haven't been to the bun shop for a few days. They say Cui Li is dating someone, so I had to come over to find out."
Without waiting for the other party to speak, Ye Fuyue continued, "Sure enough, they're all rumors. Cui Li told me a long time ago that she doesn't want to get married or date right now. I don't know how such rumors came about."
The neighbors queuing were all stunned and pricked up their ears to listen to what was going on.
They all thought that Cui Li was dating Ye Wanming, so how come it has become a rumor now?
"I was standing here that day and saw with my own eyes Wan Ming helping to wipe the tables in the shop. If he wasn't dating Comrade Cui, why would he be wiping the tables in the shop?" said the aunt who was standing in the queue that day.
"I'll have to ask Ye Wanming about this. Ask him why he came to my shop to clean tables without even saying hello." Ye Fuyue said, "Someone who doesn't know might mistakenly think I hired him. With so many people here today, I have to make it clear that I only hired Cui Li and Zhong Lan. I didn't hire anyone else. Don't let anyone come to my shop to clean tables again and ask me for their wages."
Everyone in the queue started laughing.
The aunt just now continued, "That day, I heard Wan Ming say with my own ears that he came to wipe the table to help Comrade Cui share the burden."
"Auntie, you should have heard it too. Cui Li said again and again that day that she didn't need Comrade Ye's help." Ye Fuyue said.
Cui Li agreed, "Yes, I made it very clear that day. I don't know why he came to the shop to clean the tables and said something that was deliberately misleading."
"Yes," Ye Fuyue continued, "I remember Cui Li told me that you asked Ye Wanming that day if he was dating Cui Li, and he just smiled and didn't say anything. I don't understand. Cui Li clearly wasn't dating him, so why didn't he just tell you the truth and just smile? Was he afraid that telling the truth would have a bad impact on Cui Li? But ever since that day, rumors have spread that Cui Li was dating him. Wouldn't that be even worse for Cui Li?"
The aunt was silent. After carefully considering Ye Fuyue's words, she found that it was indeed true.
"Anyway," Ye Fuyue said loudly to the people in line, "My Cui Li isn't dating anyone. She just wants to live a quiet life with her two children—"
When everyone heard Ye Fuyue's words, they looked at each other and started talking in low voices.
"It seems Cui Li and Ye Wanming are really not dating."
"Yes. If they were really dating, Boss Ye wouldn't say such a thing."
…
Just a few days after Ye Fuyue explained the situation, Ye Wanming appeared in the bun shop again.
At this time, the bun shop had passed the morning peak hour, but there were still many customers in the shop.
Ye Wanming secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Ye Fuyue was not in the shop.
He grinned at Cui Li and said, "Cui Li, I'm here to help you."
After that, he took out the rag he had prepared in advance from his pocket and started to wipe the table. He also picked up the dishes on the table that had been left untied after eating.
"Why are you here again?" Cui Li said to Ye Wanming unhappily, "Do you still want everyone to misunderstand that you and I are dating like last time?"
"Lili, why do you say that? I see you're working so hard and I really want to help you share the burden." Ye Wanming said with a look of heartache and distress.
"Look, you really want everyone to misunderstand us again." Cui Li deliberately raised her voice, "We don't even know each other. Are you saying this to deliberately destroy my reputation?"
"How can you look at me like that!" Ye Wanming pretended to be angry: "I just hope you are well!"
"Comrade Ye, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say anything you want." Ye Fuyue's voice came slowly from the back room.
She walked over slowly, staring at Ye Wanming, and said, "Cui Li and you don't know each other well, yet you came to my shop and said something in front of so many people, pretending that Cui Li and you are very familiar with each other. Aren't you deliberately destroying her reputation and making everyone misunderstand that you two are dating? Don't say you are doing this for her own good. You are an outsider, what does her well-being have to do with you? As long as Zhong Lan and I care about her, that's enough."
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