"Manager Bai!" Bai Nuo was engrossed in talking to Jiang San Niang when Zhang Wu came up to her, looking at her with a smile.
Bai Nuo looked at him with a puzzled expression.
Miss Bai has become Manager Bai...
"May I have a word with Manager Bai?" Zhang Wu asked Bai Nuo with a smile. "To be honest, I have some things I'd like to discuss with Manager Bai!"
ha?
Seeing Bai Nuo's stunned expression, Zhang Wu said with a smile, "If Manager Bai is worried about what others will say, you can also invite Manager Jiang along."
"Come with me!" Bai Nuo looked at Zhang Wu and naturally knew what Zhang Wu meant; he had something he wanted to say to Bai Nuo in private.
When she goes out to do business, she naturally isn't afraid of gossip, and she's even less concerned about being alone with other men. If she were to be wary of this or that, she wouldn't need to come out at all.
Bai Nuo spoke first, walked out from behind the counter, glanced at Zhang Wu, and then went upstairs.
As he passed by Hu Mingmei, Hu Mingmei glanced up at him, then quietly resumed drinking his tea.
Although Bai Nuo didn't care what others might say, Jiang San Niang was still worried. Zhang Wu and Bai Nuo were so different in age, and if they were alone together, people would inevitably talk. So, she went to Jiang Qiao'er's side and helped Jiang Qiao'er greet the lady. She whispered to Jiang Qiao'er, "Bai Nuo and Young Master Zhang are upstairs, probably in the corridor on the third floor. Go and make them some tea and take some snacks up there!"
Jiang Qiao'er looked up and, sure enough, Bai Nuo and Zhang Wu were nowhere to be seen. So, she came out, took a pot of fresh tea and some fruits and snacks, and went up to the third floor.
"Bai Nuo! Young Master Zhang!" When Jiang Qiao'er arrived at the third-floor corridor, she indeed saw Bai Nuo and Zhang Wu sitting at a small table on the side. Without any hesitation, she walked over and said with a smile, "My sister saw you come up and guessed that you had something to say, so she asked me to bring you some tea!"
Zhang Wu ignored Jiang Qiao'er's sudden appearance, or more precisely, Jiang San Niang and Jiang Qiao'er's help at Duobao Pavilion, without offering any opinion. He only thanked her politely but distantly when Jiang Qiao'er poured him tea.
After Jiang Qiao'er poured tea for Zhang Wu, she nudged Bai Nuo, glanced at her, and silently asked, "Do you need me to stay and keep you company?"
Bai Nuo smiled. She was about to say that it wasn't necessary, but after seeing the worry in Jiang Qiao'er's eyes, she immediately softened. Well, she and Zhang Wu didn't have anything to hide. Jiang Qiao'er was worried because of her. It wouldn't be good if she let Jiang Qiao'er leave.
“Young Master Zhang!” Bai Nuo said with a smile, “San Niang Cloth Shop is also my partner. Would you mind if Qiao’er heard about your affairs?”
Zhang Wu glanced at Jiang Qiao'er and smiled, "Of course! Since Third Sister's Cloth Shop is a partner of Duobao Pavilion, it's naturally my partner too!"
He had never heard the term "partner" before, but he had heard the word "cooperative partnership," so he naturally understood what the three words "partner" meant.
When Zhang Wu said this, Jiang Qiao'er was not unsurprised, but Jiang San Niang had always told her not to be easily alarmed when things happened, so even though Jiang Qiao'er was very surprised, she did not show it. Zhang Wu was even more satisfied.
Such a young child, yet he's so good at hiding his emotions. It seems like all the children he's encountered are incredibly capable.
Bai Nuo is just a child, she's only thirteen years old, and she's already opening a shop at such a young age.
And they even played a trick on him.
Didn't they say there were no more pearls?
How come there are more now? And they've even opened a shop.
Does "多宝阁" mean "many treasures"?
What were the Zhang family's children doing when they were thirteen years old?
Comparing yourself to others is just maddening! Zhang Wu thought of his own child. When he was thirteen, many people were still eating, drinking, and having fun, without any ambition. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that his child was inferior to them.
"I need to discuss Mr. Zhang's suggestion with my manager first!" Zhang Wu had told Bai Nuo before Jiang Qiao'er came up. He hadn't called Bai Nuo up for any particular reason, but rather to bring up the old topic again and discuss cooperation.
However, Bai Nuo really didn't want to cooperate with the Zhang family, and at the moment she didn't want to cooperate with anyone. She just wanted to do things on her own—except for Jiang San Niang, but even then, she wasn't cooperating with Jiang San Niang; Jiang San Niang was just there to help.
However, Bai Nuo didn't completely rule out the possibility. She just said she needed to discuss it with others, implying that she couldn't make the decision herself—what if she still had to cooperate with Zhang Wu, just like last time when she needed to work in an emergency, didn't she cooperate with Zhang Wu then?
In this world, it's not the ten thousand that's scary, but the one in ten thousand.
Zhang Wu originally thought the matter was a done deal. He had invited Bai Nuo to cooperate time and time again, and even if Bai Nuo was tough, she wouldn't dare to refuse him so many times.
You see, his family is a prominent family in the town, and they have businesses in various places. Not long ago, they successfully caught the coattails of the imperial merchant. If Bai Nuo wanted to continue in this relationship, she naturally wouldn't dare to offend him.
But unexpectedly, a behind-the-scenes manager suddenly appeared.
This shopkeeper disrupted all of Zhang Wu's plans.
"Your manager?" Zhang Wu sized up Bai Nuo for a long time. Seeing that Bai Nuo's eyes were clear and sincere, and that she didn't seem to be lying, he asked with some doubt, "Didn't you open Duobao Pavilion yourself?"
"Where would I get such great ability?" Bai Nuo laughed. "Young Master Zhang, as you can see, everything here cost a fortune. Moreover, such a large storefront couldn't be acquired without a huge sum of money. I just met a benefactor, which is why I can manage Duobao Pavilion on my own. As for being the manager, that's just something I say to save face. The manager of Duobao Pavilion is actually someone else. I'm just working for someone else."
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