Chapter 166
Qiao Beiqiao compared the address sent by Yu Qian and found that it was indeed the escort agency given to her by the Qin family.
Bei Qiao: There's a "Qiao" in the logo? I didn't notice it last time.
After closing the private message, Bei Qiao opened the Linjie City spam group. Unsurprisingly, what happened in the teahouse yesterday had already been widely circulated in the group. But that wasn't the point. The point was that a parent with a child had come to the house to complain.
Player A: Could it be that the boss lady sent the child to a fake parent?
Player A: Oh my god, isn’t that a sin?
Player B: No, it seems that the previous parent was also true, inhumane and uncaring. The child had a hard time escaping from home.
Player A: Hiss...So she returned the child to the bad parent.
Player B, who had sent the message, was originally dining on the second floor of a restaurant across from the clothing store. Because her private room offered a great view of the show, a wealthy young man or woman offered to trade it with her. She had no choice but to tearfully earn a small fortune and move to a smaller room with no view of the street. She then summarized what she had seen and posted it to the group chat. It wasn't that she didn't want to continue reading the gossip, but the streets were so clogged with onlookers that there was nowhere to go.
Player A: So the boss lady lied. She was actually...
Player B: I don't think the boss lady is lying, but no one listens to her now.
Player C: The consequence of a good person doing a bad thing, alas.
Player D: She's just too stubborn! I'm not being sarcastic, but some people really are... Just respect their choices and that's it. You absolutely can't get involved in their karma; that would definitely bring you bad luck for the rest of your life.
Player C: But for those kids who ran away from home on impulse, the boss lady saved their lives!
Player D: Yes, but how many people still remember this? How could they pass up the chance to be a hero and let off steam just by talking?
Outside the clothing store, there was a commotion: children crying, parents yelling, and the voices of onlookers gossiping and accusing each other. The once spacious road was completely blocked, affecting the shops on both sides of the road, and people and carriages intending to pass by were forced to take detours.
It was not possible to continue blocking the road like this. The merchants whose business was delayed called the police, who persuaded and scolded them, and finally drove away some of the people, allowing the road to be clear again.
The parent who brought her child to the store didn't want to be seen as a spectacle. After repeatedly confirming that the owner of the clothing store hadn't intentionally sent the child back to suffer, she immediately took the child and used light martial arts to fly over the heads of the onlookers. Seeing that there was no more fun to watch, the crowd slowly dispersed, and the clothing store returned to a peaceful state, so peaceful that it was almost deserted.
There was no way to do business today, so the shop assistants simply closed the door, bolted it, and ended the business early at the boss's wife's signal.
"These people are outrageous. They actually accuse the boss lady of being a human trafficker! Don't they know how much time and energy the boss lady puts into getting these little brats home?" The female clerk clicked the latch. "Snacks for the kids don't just fall from the sky."
The other shop assistants didn't say anything, but just lowered their heads and sorted out the messed-up goods in the store. Their movements were a little rougher than usual, their expressions were very bad, and they didn't even want to pretend.
"Okay, change your clothes and leave through the back door. Just treat it as a day off." The proprietress smiled tiredly. "Everyone, let's go."
"This is inappropriate, Madam Boss..."
"Yes, I just started working."
"Will you still pay me? Then I'll leave first."
Despite their words of sympathy for the boss lady, the shop assistants, who had just been scolded by the parents, were quick to leave. After confirming that their wages wouldn't be deducted if they left early, they left quickly, leaving only the female shop assistant who had closed the shop earlier standing there, stunned as she watched the others leave, seemingly unable to react.
Female clerk: "They..." Why did they leave so abruptly?
"Every one of them is my relative. They are willing to start and leave work on time, which means they still have a conscience." The proprietress shook her head and closed the back door: "It's not that there were no people I hired personally in the store before, but later they were squeezed out by my relatives. I didn't want to stay here for too long, so I didn't say anything to keep them. I don't know if they will think I am too heartless."
"But have you thought it through?" The clerk closed the window and wiped his face with a handkerchief, revealing a face that bore a striking resemblance to the proprietress beneath his makeup. "If you leave as planned, you won't be able to come back."
"Is there anything worth reminiscing about here? Once I enter this door, people will only call me the boss lady; when I go home, they will call me the mother of their children. Who will still remember what my original name was?" The boss lady sat down at the table and began to paint on her face: I have been running the garment store from start to finish, but I don't even deserve a name. This is really disgusting.
"Are you planning to take your child with you? I remember you have a son." The female clerk sat opposite the proprietress and began to paint in front of the mirror.
"No, he, his father, and everyone in this family are of the same character, hopeless." The proprietress sighed in front of the mirror, a hint of determination flashing in her eyes.
After meeting Bei Qiao yesterday, she had a vague feeling that the discussions about her in the teahouse might turn into a farce in the future. Suddenly, she began to plan her departure and packed her luggage last night. She had nothing worth lingering in this family. Even her children were estranged from her because of the instigation of the older generation.
But no matter how close they were, he was still their own child. The lady boss thought that if the child had no problems with his nature, she would ask someone to help teach him before leaving, so that he wouldn't grow up to be a person that everyone hated. However...
"Is the food I want to eat ready?" Last night, my son came home from school and threw his schoolbag to the maid next to him. He showed her an impatient expression: "Everyone is laughing at me today. What on earth did you do?"
Seeing that her son had no intention of comforting or understanding her, and even accused her without asking for the whole story, the proprietress opened her mouth, swallowed her words of defense, and then said something else: "It's nothing. I just saw a cute little girl yesterday and wanted you to meet her. As a result, I sent someone to call you, but you never came. I didn't manage to hold the little girl back, because she went back with her family and didn't even leave her name. Alas, maybe I was just wishful thinking, and she didn't have any such intentions at all."
Lady Boss: I really did shout, but I made it up just to let you know.
"Who asked you that... Serve the food! Next time, remember to keep an eye on the people before calling me. If I don't go, don't you know how many times to call me?" A hint of disapproval flashed in the son's eyes: "If you can't delay, just close the shop. You don't even understand this!"
"Oh." The proprietress gave up trying to convince the child to return to the right path. "I just made up an excuse to fool you, and you actually took it seriously! What do you mean I'll keep an eye on you before calling you? What do you mean I'll close the shop if I can't hold you back? Are you a bandit? You little bastard, you're not a human trafficker because you have school during the day and don't have time?"
"I didn't plan to leave so soon, but the situation today is so suitable. I'm afraid if I miss it, I don't know how long I have to wait before the next opportunity comes." The proprietress collected her thoughts and continued to paint in front of the mirror.
"Okay, then before that, let's confirm the details of the transaction." The female clerk finished the last stroke and looked up. Her face, which originally looked 70% like the proprietress, now looked very similar: "Your request is for us to pretend to be you for Qi Ri, so that you can buy time to leave. After that, we will use your identity to hide from others. The way to leave is to escape by death... Are you sure about the cruel version?" Escaping by death is very troublesome. In order to perform the trick properly, they have to say hello to the charity cemetery.
"Sure, just take it as a way to vent the grievances I've suffered over the years... Forget it, let's change it to... missing, but suspected of being killed by her husband's family, with irrefutable evidence." The proprietress sighed: In case the new household registration cannot be obtained, she will have to change her name under the old household registration and continue to use it. It's better to be prepared for both situations.
"Okay, then please hand over the store's account book. I'll need it in the next few days."
"It's all in the cabinet over there." The proprietress put down her rouge box and pointed to the mahogany cabinet behind the front desk. "Don't worry about checking the accounts. After what happened today, the store will be closed for a few days. It won't open immediately."
"I see... Let me ask you one more thing, did you plan all this, including sending those children home?" The woman in plain clothes was a little curious.
"No, it was just a coincidence." The proprietress paused. "Can I say I enjoy being lectured, or watching others respectfully express their gratitude to me? Of course not. It would be so uncool to say that!"
Lady Boss: I used to be such a simple girl, but this place made me like this.
After applying makeup to resemble her former appearance as a shop assistant, the proprietress dug out a different style of clothing from under the counter and put it on. She also stuffed the valuables she had hidden away in the shop into her sleeves. After paying the balance of her contract, she left the shop as a shop assistant. After leaving Linjie City, she would either apply for a new household registration with the government or pay to change her name to Meng Xin.
"No wonder my parents didn't let me marry far away. It's too far from home. It'll take eight days of carriage rides to find my family to help me beat up these bastards. Tsk!" After making sure everyone else was impressed by the clerk's departure from the clothing store, Meng Xin put on his bamboo hat and headed straight out of the city. "The divorce letter has been filed with the government. I'm going home to settle down again!" I had planned to endure it for a few more years to save more money, but it seems I don't love money as much as I thought!
The female clerk who sent Meng Xin away changed into the boss's clothes, sat on a stool and opened the forum: Comrades, the balance has been received, but the task has changed a bit, please pay attention to the latest task instructions.
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