Mrs. Xia said to meet on XX Road. Jiang Xuanxuan and Wang Xiuzhen were not very familiar with this place name and thought it was some high-class place they didn't know!
The two immediately dressed up nicely and changed into elegant outfits at a high-end club.
In the mild weather, neither too hot nor too cold, she wore a pencil skirt, a silk top underneath, and a coat draped over her shoulders. A small bag was tucked under her arm, and she wore a pair of then-fashionable sky-high sandals. She swayed as she got into the car.
When they arrived near the place, they were dumbfounded. What was this place? It looked like a wholesale market.
Roadside stalls, small shops, and sidewalks are filled with small restaurants displaying roasted lamb and outdoor seating.
Their car couldn't drive in, and they couldn't find a parking spot. The driver honked the horn repeatedly, but no one paid them any attention.
Even the cars on the road are all there to haul goods. They stop haphazardly, toss a few burlap sacks into their trunks, and drive off. But before they can even start moving, another car squeezes in…
Finally reaching the next intersection, no longer stuck in traffic, Wang Xiuzhen and Jiang Xuanxuan were both puzzled: Was this really where Madam Xia was going? Could there be another XX Road? Or was Yang Yajing deliberately playing a trick on them?
Without Mrs. Xia's contact information, Jiang Xuanxuan had no choice but to call Yang Yajing: "Yang Yang, did Mrs. Xia just say XX Road?"
"Yes! Have you arrived? We're at the intersection of XX Road and XX Road." Yang Yajing said, glancing at Mrs. Xia with a secret smile.
Mrs. Xia was torn between two cups of bubble tea! Should she drink the vanilla flavor or the malt flavor? She wanted them both!
But Yang Yajing said she couldn't waste it, otherwise she would definitely have bought both flavors of the 5-yuan bubble tea to try!
After receiving an affirmative answer, Jiang Xuanxuan asked the driver for directions. She learned it was the street corner they had just passed, and seeing the traffic, she knew driving there was out of the question.
So the two of them had no choice but to get out of the car and walk towards the intersection, which was only about 100 meters away.
In fact, Wang Xiuzhen had already given up when she saw this scene. But Jiang Xuanxuan didn't want to miss the opportunity to befriend Madam Xia and insisted on seeing the person first.
Especially Jiang Xuanxuan's line: "Yang Yajing, that poor girl, gets all the benefits. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by people you know?"
Wang Xiuzhen was also very concerned about her reputation, especially since her cousins, who had climbed up to the Xia family, treated her coldly and perfunctorily, which made her very resentful.
Madam Xia is the matriarch of the Xia family. If she can be on good terms with Madam Xia, would she still care about her cousin? She'll see who holds their head higher then!
Perhaps because small trucks drive onto the sidewalk all year round, the sidewalk on XX Road is very uneven.
These two women, wearing sky-high heels that looked like flip-flops, were practically limping with every step. They were carrying bags under their arms, and even supporting each other, they could barely walk steadily.
It took the two of them more than ten minutes to walk the distance of just over a hundred meters.
But when she reached the intersection, she didn't see anyone. Yang Yajing looked around and saw that across the street, she and Mrs. Xia were sitting at a folding table in front of the milk tea stall.
They were each drinking cheap milk tea from disposable plastic cups, each with a straw. Drinking milk tea alone wouldn't be so bad, but these two were even taking turns drinking from each other's cups!
Seeing Mrs. Xia switching between different milk teas, taking a sip from one and a sip from another, with a conflicted expression, it seemed as if she disliked the cheap milk tea.
With a narrowed eye, Jiang Xuanxuan gave Wang Xiuzhen a wink and swayed across the road.
"Oh dear! Miss Yang! Why did you buy such a thing for Madam Xia to drink? It would be a serious matter if she got sick from drinking it!" Wang Xiuzhen exclaimed before she even saw her.
Upon seeing the person who arrived, Yang Yajing simply smiled and said, "It's just milk tea, it won't make you sick, everyone's drinking it!"
“Everyone? How can Madam Xia be the same as everyone else? Madam Xia is precious!” Wang Xiuzhen looked at Yang Yajing with obvious disapproval.
Yang Yajing ignored Wang Xiuzhen's comments and instead turned to ask Madam Xia, "Sister Tao, have you made your choice yet? Why are you so conflicted?"
Mrs. Xia was truly conflicted: "How about... I have a couple more sips?"
Seeing Madam Xia's expression, Jiang Xuanxuan assumed that Yang Yajing had forced Madam Xia to drink this cheap roadside milk tea!
She stepped forward and snatched the two plastic cups from Madam Xia's hands: "Yangyang! Madam Xia already said she wouldn't choose them, why are you forcing her to drink them? Is this stuff even safe to drink? Yangyang's stomach has been abused since childhood, can Madam Xia be like Yangyang?"
"Hey! Why are you robbing people?" Yang Yajing asked, deliberately adding, "If you want to drink, buy it yourself! It's five yuan a cup, you wouldn't be stingy, would you?"
"What? Five yuan a cup? Can this stuff even be drunk? A bottle of mineral water costs ten yuan, right?" Wang Xiuzhen was shocked when she heard the price. "Xuanxuan, throw it away right now, throw it away!"
Jiang Xuanxuan was also startled by the cheapness of the thing, and quickly threw the two cups of milk tea in her hand into the trash can next to the milk tea stall as if throwing explosives or poison.
"Hey! Jiang Xuanxuan! Why are you throwing other people's things around like that?" Yang Yajing frowned.
"Yangyang, you can't drink this!" Jiang Xuanxuan said with the authority of someone lecturing a child. "I don't know what's in it, it's terrifying!"
Before Mrs. Xia and Yang Yajing could say anything, the small owner of the milk tea stall became uncomfortable: "What do you mean by 'what kind of stuff'? Milk tea is just milk and tea, plus sugar and flavoring powder! You have no common sense! If you can't afford it, don't talk nonsense here!"
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