Xiao Yunying called out to the head officer, and the two went aside and whispered something before the officer left.
After dealing with the three people, Xiao Yunying stood at the door and said to the crowd, "Thank you all for speaking up for us. The shop is not convenient today, so please allow us to tidy up. Starting tomorrow, all finished products in the shop will be 40% off until they are sold out. Please feel free to come and buy anything you need."
She scanned the crowd but couldn't find the man who had spoken up for her twice earlier. She guessed he had seen the officials take the three men away and had followed them.
Someone asked, "Young lady, there's no need to be so polite. You'll lose money selling goods like this."
Taking this opportunity, Xiao Yunying explained, "We are planning to renovate this shop and expand the store. Since you have bought things at a discount, we have saved the effort of sorting them. Otherwise, it would be bad if so many fabrics got dirty and wrinkled from being moved around, and we would not be able to sell them at a good price. It is better to sell them to you while they are still in good condition, as a way of repaying you for your support of Jinxiufang over the years."
These words pleased the onlookers, who all expressed that Jinxiuge's fabrics were excellent and that they would definitely come tomorrow.
Xiao Yunying exchanged a few more polite words with them before instructing the shop assistant to close the shop and tidy up the store.
She walked over to Cheng Yue and asked, "Sister Cheng Yue, are you alright?"
"I'm fine."
Xiao Yunying grasped her hand: "When did they find this place?"
Cheng Yue sighed: "They saw me when I went to the market to buy food half a month ago."
Donglin City is neither small nor large, so it's not surprising that the family would run into them since they would often come into the city.
Duan Yingying glanced at Liu Dalei beside her, noticing that he kept stealing glances at Cheng Yue, and asked, "Brother Liu hasn't been here these past few days. Was he investigating that matter?"
Liu Dalei was surprised to be called out by name. When he saw Cheng Yue looking at him, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
He tried to appear calm: "Well... anyway, there wasn't much going on at the yamen lately... so I just looked for something to do... and went to inquire... it's good that I'm wearing this official uniform, no one dared to fool me, I just answered whatever they asked, and once I figured it out, I came back. I didn't expect to come back at just the right time..."
He spoke haltingly, his nervousness impossible to hide.
Cheng Yue said gratefully, "Thank you so much, Brother Liu. To be honest, this matter has really been a knot in my heart. Now that I know the truth, I know that I don't owe them anything, and I will not let them bully me in the future."
Taking the opportunity, Liu Dalei patted his chest and said, "If you need anything in the future, just come to me. With me here, I won't let anyone bully you again."
Cheng Yue's face suddenly turned red.
Xiao Yunying's gaze shifted between the two. What was going on? She felt there was something going on between them.
Cheng Yue didn't remain shy for long before regaining her composure and asking Xiao Yunying, "I heard you were sick recently, are you feeling better?"
Xiao Yunying took out a stack of papers from her bosom: "It's all finished. I'm here to deliver the blueprints to you. I've also spoken with the Yang family, and they will come to discuss the specifics with you tomorrow."
She handed the stack of papers to Cheng Yue: "Starting tomorrow, the shop will temporarily stop accepting orders. All finished products in the shop will be sold at a 40% discount. Sell everything that can be sold. Once the new shop is renovated, we will put all the new styles on display."
There's another matter. Since the shop is expanding, Sister Cheng Yue should hire a few more embroiderers, and when signing the contracts, she should also include a confidentiality agreement. Anyone who discloses the shop's activities or designs without authorization must be held accountable.
Cheng Yue roughly flipped through the stack of papers in her hand. The first few pages were decoration drawings, and the rest were styles and patterns of ready-to-wear clothing for various age groups.
"Your drawing is really good, but with so many things to do at once, I might be short on funds..."
Xiao Yunying raised an eyebrow: "Take a look at the last few."
Cheng Yue pulled out the last note with a puzzled look, and it turned out to be a five-hundred-tael silver note.
She flipped through a few more pages, which totaled two thousand taels of silver notes.
"What are you doing...?"
Xiao Yunying said, "Sister Cheng Yue, don't worry about the money. I'll take care of it for you. You just need to quickly recruit some skilled embroiderers to start working overtime. Let's strive to make Jinxiu Pavilion bigger and stronger, and become the number one clothing shop in Donglin City."
Cheng Yue's eyes immediately welled up with tears: "Yun Ying, thank you."
Xiao Yunying panicked a little: "Sister Cheng Yue, don't cry. You helped me before, and now that I have the ability, I should repay you."
"I'm not crying." Cheng Yue turned away, wiped her tears, and walked to the counter, saying, "I'll go write you an IOU."
Just as Xiao Yunying was about to refuse, Cheng Yue reminded her, "You're not allowed to say you don't need it. If you don't take this IOU, I won't use your banknotes."
She could only swallow back the words she was about to say, picked up a handkerchief from the ground, and wrapped the blade of the fruit knife: "Just consider it as me investing, why bother calculating so clearly?"
Cheng Yue lowered her head and quickly wrote the IOU. After finishing, she pressed her fingerprint on it: "That won't do. Your design is already the most valuable share. If you invest any more money, the shop should be yours."
Xiao Yunying put the wrapped fruit knife into her bosom, but actually threw it into the supermarket's trash can. After the IOU dried, she didn't even look at it, just folded it up and put it into her bosom.
Seeing how she put the fruit knife away, Cheng Yue hesitated and asked, "Yun Ying, why do you carry a knife with you?"
Xiao Yunying straightened her collar: "It's for self-defense."
"Did something happen to you?"
Xiao Yunying paused for a moment: "Why do you ask that?"
Cheng Yue carefully examined her face: "I feel like you've changed a bit, but upon closer inspection, I feel like you haven't changed at all."
Xiao Yunying lowered her eyes, then looked up and said, "Haven't things changed? I used to be so poor, so poor I couldn't even afford to eat. Now that I have money, I might be a little arrogant, but the bond between me and Sister Cheng Yue will never change."
"That's not what I meant..." Cheng Yue pursed her lips. It was just a feeling she had when she saw how she held the knife earlier, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what had changed.
"Don't overthink it, Sister Cheng Yue. My feelings for you will never change."
Cheng Yue stopped dwelling on the matter and asked, "Didn't Xin'er, that little tagalong, come with you today?"
Xiao Yunying then remembered: "Oh dear, I forgot, Yunwan and Xin'er are still waiting for me outside."
Cheng Yue hurriedly walked towards the door: "What kind of memory do you have? You locked everyone out."
When the store door reopened, the crowd that had been watching had completely dispersed, leaving only Zheng Yunwan holding Luo Xin's little hand, standing obediently on the side of the road.
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