Qin Xiaoyu usually goes out without makeup and isn't very good at it. Factory Director Fei is a tomboy; he just washes his face with soap and that's it. Sister Su is naturally beautiful and doesn't need makeup.
Three women were at their wits' end with a little girl.
Three women make a drama, but now there are four, enough to make an 80-episode TV series.
"Should we talk to her? This is affecting our business," Qin Xiaoyu suggested to Factory Director Fei.
"Talk! We must talk! All the customers who came in have been scared away." Director Fei strode off downstairs.
There was a creak on the stairs, and Cheng Fuyue rushed up, sobbing as she buried her face in Qin Xiaoyu's arms.
"Jie Wei!"
"What's wrong with him?" Qin Xiaoyu suddenly remembered that Cheng Fuyue was off work today, and given her personality, she would never be at the store. Could it be...?
"He doesn't want me!"
Qin Xiaoyu breathed a long sigh of relief. It was right not to. If she had, things would have been much worse!
Jie Wei has a high level of aesthetic sense. Unless he's blind, there's no chance for Cheng Fuyue to look good.
But then I thought, for Cheng Fuxing's sake, I should also train this little girl.
Besides, when the store was first established, she was completely clueless, but it was Cheng Fuyue who supported it all. She can be considered a founding father of the Guangzhou store.
As for her somewhat vain personality, that's inevitable when you're young. Everyone's youth is a time of exuberance. If she were as composed as someone in their forties, she'd be ruined.
So it's still possible to salvage it.
Cheng Fuyue is also a girl with high emotional intelligence. When she was frustrated, she knew to find the reason and sat down to let her three older sisters consult on her case.
"Fuyue, this dress isn't quite right." Sister Su was timid and didn't dare to mention her face.
"Your skin is dark, and you're wearing such a thick layer of foundation, you look like..." Director Fei couldn't describe it.
“Geisha,” Xu Jingye added, delivering the final blow.
When Cheng Fuyue heard the sad part, she burst into tears again. It's likely Jie Wei didn't say anything nice either.
"Get down!" Qin Xiaoyu shouted, and Xu Jingye quickly ran downstairs to watch the shop.
“If you keep crying, it will be even more unbearable to look at. Go wash your face and start working on improving yourself from the inside out. I’ll find you a couple of books to read.” Qin Xiaoyu wanted to improve her manners first, but she was having trouble finding any books. After searching through the newsstand for a long time, she found two issues of “Reader” magazine.
In the 1980s, before the internet, *Reader* magazine sold like hotcakes, and it was indeed a very good read. Compared to classic works, it wasn't very long, making it perfect for Cheng Fuyue, who only had a junior high school education.
But this girl was hopeless; after less than half an hour, her eyelids started to droop, and she almost fell off her chair.
“Reading isn’t something you have to force yourself to do; you need to be interested first. What kind of books do you like to read?” Master Liang couldn’t help but ask.
"Storytelling," Cheng Fuyue answered honestly, and Master Liang fell silent.
For some reason, Qin Xiaoyu thought of the internet celebrity Sister Feng.
Cheng Fuyue's outburst caused Jiewei, who had been clamoring to switch jobs, to completely disappear. Later, it was Master Liang who managed to get the truth out of him over a few drinks.
The next day, Director Fei came to share with Qin Xiaoyu, whispering a series of kisses in her ear, which startled Qin Xiaoyu so much that her eyes widened in shock.
It turned out that on the day Cheng Fuyue was off work, she lured Jie Wei to her place under the pretense of installing a ceiling fan. She gave him some beer and tried to force herself on him. Jie Wei managed to escape only after fighting back fiercely.
The script is upside down again.
Isn't it said that it's like climbing a mountain for a man to pursue a woman, but piercing a thin veil for a woman to pursue a man? This must be a thickened polyester blend, so thick that even scissors can't cut through it.
Qin Xiaoyu ran into Jie Wei on the street once. Looking at his frightened eyes, which resembled those of a rabbit, she felt quite sorry for him.
It turns out that being liked by someone you don't love is also a kind of torture.
This is probably much more hurtful than being taken as a rejection.
Even with her thick skin, Cheng Fuyue didn't dare to try a second time. Seeing that there was no chance, she gave all her cosmetics to her girlfriends and began a life of heartbreak filled with tears.
That pale, yellowish face, so pitiful, actually made her much more pleasing to the eye.
Qin Xiaoyu couldn't bear it, so she took them out for a big meal. What can relieve sorrow? Only delicious food.
"Relationships also require equal footing, try to think more positively." Director Fei had drunk too much and spoke without thinking, hurting Cheng Fuyue with another remark.
"So you mean I'm not good enough for him? Yes! I'm just a country girl who only graduated from junior high school, and he's a high-achieving student who came back from studying abroad! I'm a toad who wants to eat swan meat."
A Lei spat out a mouthful of water; he'd never been so out of control before, completely baffled. Only Qin Xiaoyu understood; this was a joke between them.
She pinched A Lei's leg hard under the table.
"No, I didn't mean that. I meant he's not good enough for you." Director Fei explained, but his words clearly didn't reflect his true feelings.
“What your sister Fei means is both right and wrong. You just didn’t understand. What does it mean to be evenly matched? People have many facets. Your sister Fei wasn’t like a woman when she was young. There are many beautiful girls in our factory. Why do I like her?” Master Liang hurriedly helped his wife clean up the mess.
"Why?" Qin Xiaoyu was also curious. Factory Director Fei and Master Liang were clearly not the same kind of people; one was rough and the other was meticulous, it was just that their gender roles were reversed. Yet they got along very harmoniously, and she had never seen them argue except for work.
"Because she has something that others don't. She's daring and adventurous, and she's been like that since she was young. I'm timid, so I like watching her fearless and reckless attitude, which is something I don't have." Cheng Fuyue really took Master Liang's words to heart.
"Just say it straight, I'm a fool!" Director Fei sobered up a bit.
Qin Xiaoyu laughed and nestled in A Lei's arms, not daring to look up.
After being comforted by everyone, Cheng Fuyue's heartbreak symptoms lessened considerably and became intermittent.
Master Liang was getting increasingly restless; he felt even more lonely without Jiewei. Everyone says that if it weren't for procreation, people of the same sex would still want to play with other people of the same sex. Seeing how much more miserable he seemed than Cheng Fuyue, Qin Xiaoyu wholeheartedly agreed.
Qin Xiaoyu had just arrived at the store that day when Jie Wei came in.
"Manager Qin, I have an idea, would you like to hear it?"
"Oh, okay." Qin Xiaoyu glanced at Cheng Fuyue, who was behind the cashier, not looking up and ignoring everything around her.
"This girl has finally figured it out. She found Jiewei and told him to be just friends with him, not to make things difficult for him, and to let him come as he pleases, but not to bother him at all." Director Fei quickly returned with the information.
That's quite a clever move. Qin Xiaoyu knew that with Cheng Fuyue's shrewdness, she would definitely do more than just this.
Surprisingly, the little girl kept her word. She's not clinging to Jiewei like she used to. She gets down to business when there's something to discuss, and stays out of the way when there's nothing to do. She treats everyone equally.
Jie Wei, whose heart was with Cao Cao but also with Han, brought Qin Xiaoyu a lot of useful information. He almost became a commercial spy planted by Riyue Clothing in Gao Daxiong Factory.
Because of his suggestion, Qin Xiaoyu quickly updated the packaging of Riyue Clothing from its original outdated style.
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