Chapter 143
The next morning, A-Qiang took the earliest bus back to Pingquan.
It takes two to three hours by bus from Pingdong City to Pingquan County.
If you hurry, you can make a round trip in a day.
So, since he wasn't busy today, A-Qiang wanted to rush back and visit Luo Chunyan.
After arriving in Pingquan, he went straight to the "Pearl of the Orient" store without even having time to go home.
Since Ji Wanmei left a couple of days ago, business at the store has been worse than when she was there.
Luo Chunyan didn't know what was going on, but it seemed that when Ji Wanmei wore those items and recommended them to customers, the customers loved to buy them.
However, when Luo Chunyan used the same method, the results were never as good as those recommended by Ji Wanmei.
She's really worried about it.
Every day when she went home, her mother would nag her with unpleasant words. After lunch, Luo Chunyan would sit behind the cashier and look at the ledger, sighing from time to time.
It's getting hot, and people don't like to stroll around the streets at midday anymore.
With fewer people strolling around, there are naturally fewer customers buying things.
Luo Chunyan looked up and caught a glimpse of a figure walking into the shop. She was about to get up and say "Welcome" when she saw that it was A-Qiang, whom she hadn't seen for half a month, suddenly appearing at the door.
Ah Qiang was covered in dust and hadn't even had time to change his clothes, but he had a simple and bright smile on his face. As soon as he entered the shop, he saw Luo Chunyan and called out, "Chunyan, I'm back to see you!"
Luo Chunyan was happy to see A-Qiang, but she was also unhappy that he had suddenly disappeared half a month ago without even saying goodbye.
She turned her head away and said indifferently, "Whether you come back or not is none of my business. I'm nobody to you."
Ah-Qiang walked in: "Chun-Yan, I came back here specifically to see you."
"What do you want from me?" Luo Chunyan rolled her eyes at him.
"I want to ask you, would you like to be my girlfriend?" A-Qiang didn't know how to use sweet words, he only had a sincere heart.
In Luo Chunyan's eyes, A-Qiang was just a scrap collector from a poor family; both his parents were dead. He'dnapped her for over half a month, left without a word, and now suddenly reappeared, asking if she'd like to be his girlfriend…
Any normal girl would think he's mentally ill.
Although Luo Chunyan still had some feelings for Aqiang, they hadn't reached the point where they were willing to spend their lives together.
She pouted and said, "What are you talking about? Who wants to date you?"
"Hmph, is it the kind of relationship where I don't see you for half a month, and I don't know where you've disappeared to? I don't want that kind of relationship," Luo Chunyan said, raising her chin.
Now she has a good job, a respectable job with a high income, and she can dress up beautifully every day. She can buy whatever she wants at the store's wholesale price.
She doesn't like the little trinkets men give her at all; she wouldn't even look at them.
Besides A-Qiang, there was another man in the factory who also wanted to pursue Luo Chunyan.
He would loiter around the shop every day, buying things that Luo Chunyan didn't like and giving them to her. It took Luo Chunyan a lot of effort to get rid of him.
Although A-Qiang wasn't as annoying as that guy at the factory, his sudden departure this time still greatly diminished Luo Chunyan's impression of him.
Upon hearing Luo Chunyan's reply, A-Qiang's enthusiasm was dampened as if doused with cold water. He said dejectedly, "Chunyan, can you reconsider? I really like you."
As he spoke, A-Qiang took out a box from behind him, which he had bought in Pingdong City this morning before catching the bus.
Inside the box was a pearl necklace.
He spent over 280 yuan to buy it, intending to give it to Luo Chunyan as a token of his love.
When Luo Chunyan saw the jewelry box, she thought that they also sold jewelry in their own shop. Those copper-plated necklaces only cost a few yuan each, so they were not expensive at all.
"What did you buy?" Luo Chunyan asked, glancing sideways.
Ah Qiang opened the box and took out the pearl necklace. "Pearl necklace, I don't know if you'll like it or not, I bought it from Pingdong City."
Luo Chunyan has been following Ji Wanmei for two months now, and she has learned a lot about how to dress and style herself. Her fashion sense has improved a lot compared to before.
But she had little experience when it came to jewelry.
The things she came into contact with most were the copper-plated gold jewelry in the store and the gold ring that her mother treasured so much that she usually couldn't bear to take it out and wear it.
Therefore, Luo Chunyan couldn't immediately tell that the pearl necklace that Aqiang bought was not a cheap item.
Those in the know will recognize that the luster and size of the pearls indicate that they are of high quality.
Luo Chunyan, however, assumed it was just a counterfeit product from some random shop and asked, "Where did you get the money?"
Ah Qiang hurriedly replied, "I made money selling scrap metal. I made quite a bit of money this time in the city!"
Luo Chunyan had already made up her mind and didn't want to say anything more to A-Qiang. She said directly, "You can leave now. Take your things with you. I don't want your things either."
Luo Chunyan herself was advising Ji Wanmei not to marry a man from a poor background.
To avoid suffering later.
Look at Ah Qiang, he works hard every day collecting recyclables, his whole body is dirty, and after a month of hard work he only earns a few cents. If I really dated him, I can't even imagine what life would be like.
Do I have to follow him and become a scrap collector, wearing tattered clothes and eating dust in the scrap yard all day?
That was definitely not the life Luo Chunyan wanted.
"Don't come to the store to see me again unless you have to. This is a women's specialty store. Your presence is disrupting my business." After thinking it through, Luo Chunyan completely rejected A-Qiang.
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