By mid-April, He Wenlin's cake shop and cake factory in Shanghai were almost fully operational.
He Wenlin transferred He Shan to Shanghai.
She still needs to recruit people and is responsible for training the store staff, so she needs to come early.
She was promoted from the assistant store manager to take over her position.
She arrived on a Saturday. He Wenlin picked her up from the station and took her to the Bund, the Oriental Pearl Tower, and Nanjing Road. They had a great weekend and took a lot of photos.
In the evening, we returned to He Wenlin's villa.
He Shan's eyes were wide open!
"It's so beautiful and so big!" He Shan exclaimed. "Boss, aren't you scared sleeping in such a big house all by yourself?"
"I'm not scared," He Wenlin said. "Do you want to stay here with me?"
"Yes!" He Shan said, "I'll buy a women's motorcycle to commute to get off work later."
"Alright then." He Wenlin tossed her the keys. "Go and choose a room."
He Shan ran off to choose a room, and finally chose the room next to He Wenlin's.
On Monday morning, He Wenlin had to go to class.
It's hard to get a taxi here, and even if you call to book one, it's very expensive, so He Shan went out with He Wenlin.
He Wenlin took her to school, and the two ate pan-fried buns outside the school before parting ways.
In the morning at school, He Wenlin felt that people were looking at her strangely, but she didn't think much of it.
At noon, she drove to the production factory, where trial production has begun. The equipment and oven temperature need to be adjusted by the master craftsman to find the most suitable baking temperature.
During the debugging period, some of the cakes and bread produced were given to the employees for tasting, and some were taken home by them. In the afternoon, He Wenlin took them to the school dormitory and distributed them to several roommates.
"Linlin, I heard you drive to and from school every day?" Fu Rong suddenly asked.
"Yes, I live far away, and it's not easy to get a taxi there, so I drove here myself."
Although He Wenlin wouldn't deliberately tell others this, she knew she couldn't hide it from them. Every day, when her car was parked outside the school, she was bound to run into acquaintances.
Zhang Mengqi said, "I heard it's a Mercedes-Benz, a luxury car worth over a million. Linlin, isn't your dad a chef? How can he afford such a nice car? The other day when your parents came, they weren't wearing any international brands."
He Wenlin sensed a hidden meaning in Zhang Mengqi's words and asked, "What are you trying to say?"
Zhang Mengqi and Fu Rong both fell silent.
After hesitating for a moment, Fu Rong asked, "Haven't you heard any of the rumors going around at school?"
"What rumors?"
Zhang Mengqi said, "I told you you're being kept by someone, otherwise how could you afford a Mercedes? Linlin, you're good at English, you'll definitely find a good job after you graduate."
He Wenlin was stunned, then replied, "Is there any need to be someone's mistress?"
Zhang Mengqi didn't say anything, but that was her unspoken message.
He Wenlin finally understood why everyone was looking at her strangely; they had mistaken her for someone else's mistress.
He Wenlin asked, "Who told you that I was being kept by someone?"
Zhang Mengqi: "That's what everyone's saying. We just heard it from other people."
He Wenlin: "And what about you? You all think I'm being kept by someone?"
Zhang Mengqi and Fu Rong remained silent; their silence spoke volumes.
“Not including me, I don’t think so,” Chen Xinyi said.
Chen Xinyi is a local with a wealthy family. She rarely lives in the dormitory, but she takes a nap here at noon.
Chen Xinyi said, "There are plenty of rich students in school, so what's so strange about them having cars? There are plenty of sports cars outside the school gate too."
Zhang Mengqi: "But Linlin's father is just a cook, and her mother is just a food factory manager. A Mercedes-Benz is a million-dollar luxury car. Even if she earns ten thousand a month, she still can't afford it."
Chen Xinyi said, "A chef can also be the head chef of a big hotel. Do you know how much a head chef of a star-rated hotel earns a year? The shirt his father is wearing costs at least three thousand, and the dress his mother is wearing costs more than two thousand. The watch his father is wearing can't be bought for less than forty or fifty thousand."
There are plenty of wealthy but low-key people in this world. Don't assume a girl's money is dirty just because she's pretty.
Hearing this, Zhang Mengqi and Fu Rong were speechless.
"Chen, you have a really good eye!" He Wenlin said with a smile. "You even guessed the price of the clothes my parents are wearing."
"Because my parents bought that brand. But your parents are really generous to you, buying you such a nice car. My parents, let alone buy me a car, only give me two thousand yuan a month in allowance."
Zhang Mengqi and Fu Rong: "..."
"A shirt costing several thousand yuan?" Zhang Mengqi exclaimed. "You guys... are kidding."
Fu Rong was also shocked by this number.
Zhang Mengqi's family is slightly better off, with a monthly living allowance of around 500 yuan, while Fu Rong's is 300 yuan a month.
“It’s not surprising that you haven’t bought one before. A few thousand yuan is nothing; there are also cars that cost tens or hundreds of thousands.” After saying that, Chen Xinyi turned to He Wenlin and said, “When are you going to take me for a drive in your luxury car?”
"I'm afraid that won't work. My dad drives the Mercedes, and I drive his Santana now. If you have time, I'll invite you to my house during the May Day holiday."
He Wenlin did not invite Zhang Mengqi and Fu Rong.
In her opinion, these two people are not suitable for a close relationship.
However, He Wenlin also had to find a way to deal with the rumors circulating at school that she was being kept by a sugar daddy.
That afternoon, He Wenlin went to order the vouchers.
At 11 a.m. the next day, He Shan delivered fifty vouchers to He Wenlin.
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