Chapter 88 [88] Not only are you useless, you are also poisonous. ...
Qian Fei felt a piercing pain in his heart. He hugged his thigh and cursed angrily, "Tang Yuanyuan, why don't you just die!"
"I have no grudge against you, why do you keep hurting me again and again!"
Tang Yuanyuan felt that this person was extremely bad. It was as if he was blind and could never see his own faults. He always attributed the root of everything to others.
"Without me, you'd still be slaughtering pigs in a pork factory, with only eight yuan a month for food and no money for travel. You should be grateful to me for coming to Shanghai, but you've turned your back on me and even tried to kill me."
Qian Fei: "Bah!"
"You've ruined my life. You're giving me a thousand dollars because you're guilty and scared."
"If it weren't for you, I'd still be studying in town. I wouldn't be moving bricks or butchering pigs, and I wouldn't have to come to Shanghai. I certainly wouldn't be a thief. I'd be the only college graduate in my family. It's all because of you. Why are you meddling in other people's business? All this is because of you!"
The Shanghai stock market was not good at all. He could only live in a dormitory with more than a dozen people, eat cabbage, work in shifts for twelve hours a day, and the team leader sometimes even scolded him.
He changed six factories in ten days, but didn't want to work in any of them. He quickly squandered the thousand yuan and had no choice but to steal money, which is how he met his current companion.
It’s still easier and faster to rob money.
It feels so good to spend money!
At first he was just a petty thief, but later he met his current companion and was taken to live with a godfather, who taught him real stealing skills, from picking locks to how to find targets, pick safes, and where the rich people are concentrated.
He himself was just a petty thief, stealing a few dozen dollars at a time, but his godfather made them do things that would get them shot. Their targets were all rich people, such as luxury cars, luxury houses, kidnapping, and everything else.
He was very scared, but his eyes had been opened, and he looked down upon petty thieves. Moreover, his godfather would not allow anyone to betray him. If anyone dared to escape secretly, he would chop off his hands and take back his skills if caught.
He was afraid in his heart, but when he got a large sum of money, he spent it lavishly in revenge.
On the one hand, he is a shady rat, but once he changes his identity, he can act as the big boss in the hair salon and karaoke bar, making people serve him with fawning and nodding, living a life of drunkenness and dreams, as if he has been split into two people.
On the one hand, they are afraid of the knife hanging over their heads, not knowing when it will fall, and on the other hand, they are enjoying a luxurious life.
He was twisted and contorted. It was all Tang Yuanyuan's fault that made him so miserable.
Tang Yuanyuan: "With your rubbish grades, how dare you say you can get into university?"
"When I saved up 500 yuan, I was able to sell goods on the street and open a store. But you, with 1,000 yuan in your hand, became a thief, robbing and killing people. Don't fool yourself, you are a loser!"
"If you are useless at studying, you will be useless in society."
"Not only are you useless, you're also poisonous."
"You are not even as good as a finger of your sister."
Qian Fei: "You're talking nonsense! If I could study, I would definitely be admitted to university. It's all because of you, all because of you."
Tang Yuanyuan: "That's your fantasy."
"When your sister was in school, she would carry four water bottles at once to earn money for food. She didn't care if people laughed at her. She would just wipe the sweat off her face and go get some more water."
"When she was helping me with the work, she would carry hundreds of kilograms of magazines, the plastic ropes cutting into her flesh as she walked for two or three kilometers without a word. She even set up a stall outside in the snow and ice without complaining a word."
"After she finishes work, she won't even watch the TV series in the living room. She'll open her exercise book and study until midnight. Do you think she really enjoys herself while studying?"
"People like you are afraid of hardship and lazy. Do you really miss studying? No, you miss the days when you were pampered by your whole family and only needed to study without worrying about life."
"You always assume that if I hadn't helped your sister, your life and your sister's life would be swapped. But in reality, you can neither endure the hardships of society nor the hardships of studying. What you fantasize about is having your sister sell her life for you!"
"You're just a leech, wanting to suck your sister's blood for the rest of your life and have her bear the weight of life for you."
"You are nothing but a beast, worse than pigs and dogs."
Shen Yu asked: "Has he ever hurt you before?"
Tang Yuanyuan nodded. "I guess so. They put oxytetracycline in the egg cakes. Luckily, I didn't eat them. But Qian Tingting was unlucky. She ate several and didn't dare to eat or drink on the first day of the college entrance examination."
She suddenly remembered that day, Shen Yu had called her specifically to give her instructions.
In fact, he had cared about himself a long time ago.
"I haven't thanked you yet. Thanks to you for reminding me that day."
Shen Yu was silent, looking at her deeply in his eyes, "Luckily, you got into Shanghai."
Uncle Hua did not dare to conceal the fact that Shen Yu was attacked. Mr. and Mrs. Shen rushed to the police station immediately. They waited for a while before their son came out after finishing his statement.
Mrs. Shen checked Shen Yu up and down, left and right, front and back, and breathed a sigh of relief. "Fortunately, you're okay. This is a blessing in disguise. I was almost scared to death by you."
Shen Yu pulled Tang Yuanyuan's arm and pulled her to his side: "Mom, this is Yuanyuan. Thanks to her, I am safe and sound."
Mrs. Shen then saw Tang Yuanyuan. The little girl's eyes were clear and bright, and her whole body exuded a sense of strength. She said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "Hello, Auntie."
Mrs. Shen's eyes curved up, and she happily grabbed Tang Yuanyuan's palm and looked her up and down: "Are you hurt?"
Tang Yuanyuan shook her head: "I'm fine too."
Mrs. Shen naturally took her in her arms: “Good girl, you were scared today. When I went out, I asked my aunt to make some soothing soup. Come back with me. I will drink a bowl before going to bed. I promise you won’t have nightmares.”
Tang Yuanyuan was not used to it: "I'm not afraid, Auntie. It's already late. I won't bother you anymore. I'll go back to school."
Mrs. Shen directly put her arm around Tang Yuanyuan's waist and half hugged her in her arms. "When Auntie heard about this just now, my heart was pounding with fear. You are so brave at such a young age. Xiaoyu has good taste. Auntie likes you very much."
"But you can't be careless just because you're young. Let me tell you, my auntie's soup is really good. It warms you up after drinking it..."
Mrs. Shen had a light perfume scent on her body, and she was very warm, like a mother protecting her child, and she spoke softly and gently, as if coaxing her own child.
Mr. Shen glanced at his son and teased him, "Your mother has to come out again. Look at you, you can't even bring your sweetheart home."
Shen Yu: "My mother is really amazing. She has been able to take care of you your whole life. She is really capable."
Mr. Shen: “…” This unlucky kid, how could he talk to his dad like that!
Sons are just not as caring as daughters!
Mrs. Shen pressed Tang Yuanyuan down on the dining table to drink a bowl of lily and lotus seed soup, then went to find her pajamas and said, "These are all new. I haven't worn them yet. Feel free to wear them. What pattern do you like? Auntie will buy you new ones tomorrow."
"What kind of pattern of four-piece suit do you like? We women, we don't like this..."
Mrs. Shen greeted Tang Yuanyuan again, and was a little overwhelmed by her enthusiasm.
As a wealthy family, don’t you have any requirements for your son’s other half?
Shen Yu stirred the lily porridge, his eyes curved slightly. "Our family doesn't have that many rules. Our children's marriages are based on their own wishes, and parents won't interfere too much, except for the prodigal son, of course."
Tang Yuanyuan was quite surprised.
Mr. Shen and Mrs. Shen also seem to have a very good relationship. Just now, Mr. Shen gave Mrs. Shen some beauty capsules to eat.
Shen Yu said: "Our family is easy to get along with, you will know once you get to know them."
Tang Yuanyuan lowered her eyelids and drank her porridge uncomfortably.
Shen Yu noticed that she didn't refute and the corners of her lips curled up.
He got up and went to the wine cabinet and opened a bottle of wine himself.
"Have you ever drunk alcohol before?"
Tang Yuanyuan nodded. "When I was very young, during Chinese New Year, my dad dipped a little white wine with his chopsticks and tricked me into thinking it was soda. I took a sip. I don't remember the details, but I do remember my mom's face turned pale. She kept slapping my face while she cried. Luckily, the doctor saved me."
"After that, my mother wouldn't let anyone tease me with baijiu, not even a drop."
Veins bulged out of Shen Yu's forehead. What kind of father was he, feeding a child white wine?
What's going on in his head?
For the first time in his life, Shen Yu wanted to curse: "...Can you not have a father like this?"
“That’s what I did.”
Shen Yu drank a glass of wine in one gulp and was silent for a while before his expression looked better.
"Try it. It's sweet, almost like champagne."
Tang Yuanyuan took a small sip first, and it was indeed quite sweet, so she slowly drank half a cup.
In the bathroom, even the toothpaste was squeezed out, there were new towels and bath slippers.
Mrs. Shen opened the outer packaging of the cosmetics for her: "This is what my daughter uses, Xiaoyu's second sister. She is only a few years older than you, so she shouldn't suffer from acclimatization easily."
“Mrs. Shen, I’m used to doing these little things myself, so you don’t have to bother me.”
"How is this a trouble?" Mrs. Shen said gently, "Xiao Yu said that your mother... I'm sorry, did I mention something sad for you?"
"fine."
"In short, it's a very pitiful thing to not have a mother." Mrs. Shen's mother passed away in her seventies. Even though she has a happy family and a successful career, her mother is the most important relative in her life. When she thinks about it now, she still feels sad and uncomfortable: "I have to take good care of you. Just treat this place as your own home and be a child at ease."
What does it feel like to be a child?
Tang Yuanyuan's heart felt like melted ice cream in an instant, soft and shapeless, with a cold touch.
Mrs. Shen combed Tang Yuanyuan's hair. "You kid, haven't you eaten well? The ends of your hair are a little dry and yellow. You're not getting enough nutrition, and you're too thin. Anyway, it's winter vacation now, so you should just stay here and eat more fish maw to replenish your body. Go to the hairdressing shop more often. The hairdresser I know is very skilled. He will make sure that your hair grows back and you can be as plump and tender as a pig."
Tang Yuanyuan: "..."
The comb passed through the roots of the hair, and her gentle fingertips touched the soft scalp from time to time. Mrs. Shen was really a gentle mother, and in this respect, she was very similar to Zhang Lancao.
In the dressing mirror, a figure was reflected, and the orange ceiling light blurred Mrs. Shen's face.
Unconsciously, her facial features changed and she saw Zhang Lancao.
"Our Yuanyuan has such nice hair, so thick and shiny."
The Tang family doesn't use shampoo, let alone expensive appliances like hair dryers. Zhang Lancao boils soapnut water. She bends over while her mother wrings her hair dry and then straightens it.
The sun shone on the mother and daughter. The afternoons at that time were always very long, and once made her feel that there was no end.
Shen Yuke is so happy, so happy that it makes people jealous, she thought.
When Mrs. Shen came out of the room, she saw her son drinking alone, looking a little depressed.
"Your sweetheart has gone to bed. Are you celebrating or feeling bad?"
Shen Yu twirled the ring on his middle finger. He felt closer to his mother than his father. "Both."
Mrs. Shen: “What do you mean?”
Shen Yu's eyes revealed a fragile heartache. Almost half an hour had passed, and the slight pain and aches in his heart still hadn't subsided. "I just feel a little regretful." If only he could have met her earlier.
If only they could live in a city.
If she had a better family, she probably wouldn't be so covered in thorns.
She might become like her sister, a little naughty and know how to act coquettishly and complain to her parents.
"In short, be nice to her. She is a person who really needs love."
Mrs. Shen took his wine glass and wine: “Go to bed early, don’t stay up late.”
Tang Yuanyuan was lying in a cloud-like quilt. On the bedside table, small lilies were emitting a delicate fragrance. She fell asleep in the elegant aroma of flowers and woke up in the same fragrance.
When Tang Yuanyuan arrived in the living room, Mr. Shen was reading the newspaper and drinking coffee. Shen Yu was playing indoor golf. Seeing her, he put down his clubs and asked, "Did you sleep well last night?"
Tang Yuanyuan nodded: "Very good, where is Mrs. Shen?"
Shen Yu said: "My mom won't get up before 10 o'clock. She calls it her beauty sleep. Before she gets up, our whole family won't make any big noise."
No wonder Mrs. Shen doesn't look like a grandmother at all. Some people even believe that she is Shen Yu's sister.
Mr. Shen put down the newspaper and said, "My wife's health-preserving method is excellent. I suggest you try it more often."
Tang Yuanyuan found it unbelievable that the whole family was used to Mrs. Shen sleeping until ten o'clock.
Why does it seem like the whole family loves Mrs. Shen very much?
For the first time, Tang Yuanyuan realized that a married woman could be so happy.
She had originally wanted to leave after breakfast, but now, it would be so rude if she left without saying anything.
After breakfast, Old Shen went back to practicing Tai Chi leisurely.
Tang Yuanyuan, holding a golf club, stood on the green artificial lawn and asked softly, "Dad, doesn't he have to go to work?"
"It's his annual leave now, but he usually only works three days a week, three hours every morning. He says it's to train the three of us siblings," Shen Yu said in a low voice. "I suspect it's because my mom wants him to semi-retire and spend more time with her."
Tang Yuanyuan: “…” I didn’t expect that Mr. Shen is still a henpecked husband.
There is still half a month left before the Chinese New Year, and people have already started enjoying their annual leave. These days are so comfortable.
Shen Yu asked, "Would you feel uncomfortable? Let's go to the rooftop. There's golf and swings there too."
Mr. Shen is not the kind of person who forces himself to talk to the younger generation. He just does his own thing freely. Tang Yuanyuan doesn't feel uncomfortable, but she thinks it's worth going and seeing.
The rooftop is built into a pure glass sunroom, with a swing and rattan chairs, and a whole rose garden, just like midsummer.
It rained a little today, and the fine raindrops fell on the surface, like a mirror made of pearls, shining with blingling light. People seemed to have become fish in an aquarium, living under the water.
After playing on the swings and golf for a while, two hours passed in a flash. Tang Yuanyuan went downstairs and found that she still hadn't seen Mrs. Shen.
It's already ten o'clock.
Shen Yu saw her looking at the watch on her wrist and said, "My mom wakes up at 10 o'clock, which is the earliest time. She always sleeps until she wakes up naturally and puts on her makeup before leaving the room. Are you worried about the store? Why don't you give her a call?"
Tang Yuanyuan had this in mind, but when Qian Tingting said that the business in the store was good, Tang Yuanyuan felt relieved.
Then he followed Shen Yu to the study and picked up a book to read. When Mrs. Shen appeared in the living room, it was almost eleven o'clock.
Her face was delicately made up and even her hair was combed meticulously.
"I'm so happy," she said, holding Tang Yuanyuan intimately. "I just called the hairdresser. Let's eat first. Auntie will take you to get your hair done later."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Auntie, no need to bother, I don't need to do my hair."
"Good child," Mrs. Shen stared at Tang Yuanyuan pitifully: "My only daughter is married, and it's so lonely to be a nurse alone. Can you bear to let me go alone?"
Mrs. Shen is as beautiful as a rose, but she is also more delicate than the flower. Her soft voice and coquettish look have a unique lethality.
Tang Yuanyuan felt that it would be a sin to reject her.
No wonder Mr. Shen still protects her like a treasure at this age.
"Oh well."
Shen Yu coughed at the right moment: "Mom, she's not interested in these things, so don't make things difficult for her."
"She has something else to do in the store."
Mrs. Shen put a big red envelope in Tang Yuanyuan’s bag: “Good boy, I know you are a cautious child who doesn’t want to take advantage of others.”
"But according to our Shanghai custom, the man has to give a gift when the woman comes to visit for the first time."
"This is our courtesy, and it's also our sincere token of our appreciation. Just accept it."
Tang Yuanyuan could refuse Shen Yu, but facing Mrs. Shen, she had no choice but to accept it.
Shen Yu silently gave her mother a thumbs up.
Over the year, the cake shop in the department store was doing brisk business. During the Lantern Festival, the shop in the office building also opened. This time, its reputation had spread thoroughly, and long queues formed as soon as it opened.
Liu Lijuan had a very leisurely New Year. Not only her, but several members of the project team became hands-off bosses. During the New Year period, they completely handed the store to the manager and the kitchen staff and were all enjoying the holiday. They had no idea that the store staff and the kitchen staff were also lazy and some were late and left early, some were playing cards in the store to kill time, and they didn't even pay attention to the cakes they made.
I was shocked by this when I just arrived at school. They actually opened three stores!
When I checked Sweet's accounts during the Chinese New Year period again, my face turned ashen.
I was losing money every day, and in just one year, I had lost more than four thousand yuan.
Yunduo was different. Even though the students were on vacation, Tang Yuanyuan did not relax the store's operations. Everything was managed normally. He also promoted the store by giving away free Spring Festival couplets. Not only did he get some free publicity, but he also released new reunion cakes to celebrate the New Year and sold the cakes to ordinary people for their New Year's Eve dinner.
Sweet’s business, which was originally limited, has now been almost completely taken over.
Liu Lijuan didn't dare discuss this month's accounts with anyone. She spent two days and two nights alone revising the branch plan and submitted it to Shen's. However, the secretariat directly rejected it: "Sorry, this project does not meet expectations. Mr. Shen has decided not to provide further financial support."
Liu Lijuan almost fainted!
She suppressed her inner turmoil and pretended nothing had happened. She called her team members and organized a dinner, only then revealing the true situation in the store: "...This project is taught in the department and has been approved by several CEOs. If it fails, none of us can afford to lose face."
"The only solution now is to open a branch and start over. As long as we can reopen the store, our project will be saved. Tang Yuanyuan, you don't want to lose such an important project on your resume, do you?"
Tang Yuanyuan estimated that Sweet's situation would not be good, but she did not expect that he would suffer such a huge loss.
After all, whether it is decoration or cake, sweet is more refined than Yun Duo and more in line with the high-end market.
In fact, if Liu Lijuan had not blindly copied her style, Tang Yuanyuan would not have been able to snatch high-end customers.
But she got impatient first. Before the promotion period of Yunduo was over, she changed her taste as the price dropped.
"I'm just a relative of Mr. Shen. Businessmen always choose to do things based on profit. It's impossible for him to use real money to do a losing business just because of a few words from me. It's impossible."
Liu Lijuan said, "We won't lose money. Sweet had a great start. No cake shop can make that much money on its first day. It's all because of Yunduo's price war. If we weren't opening next to Yunduo, we wouldn't lose money. We'll choose another location for the new store. I promise you, we'll definitely make money."
Tang Yuanyuan: "That's just your fantasy. No one would invest in a second store when the first one is on the verge of bankruptcy after just four months. If it were your own money, would you waste it like that? Similarly, I can't bring myself to do that either."
Liu Lijuan: "Tang Yuanyuan, this project concerns the future of all of us. Why don't you give it a try first? What if Mr. Shen agrees?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "Sorry, I won't go."
Zhang Li stood up with a thud. "Tang Yuanyuan, I can see you don't want to help at all! Whose side are you on? Why are you always saying bad things? You've been making sarcastic remarks since the very beginning of this business. Now that I see the business is failing, you're still so happy, aren't you?"
Tang Yuanyuan didn't want to eat this meal at all. "Are you saying that I was the one who brought bad news to this restaurant?"
"Didn't it plant many hidden dangers from the very beginning?"
"This is a school, and its main customer base is students. How many students have ever been to Bulgari? Winter and summer vacations are slow seasons. Haven't you thought about how you're going to keep the store open during these three months?"
"Let's talk about personnel. You're poaching a chef from Bulgari. Not only is the cost high, but you're also using him as your assistant. Is he responsible? From the kitchen staff to the store manager, is there anyone who can actually get things done?"
"These are all problems, but you don't see any of them. You only know how to suck up to the team leader. What real work have you done? No one was in the store during the winter break, and you really think the employees can treat these as their own careers? What a dream!"
"You finally came to this conclusion because I made some sarcastic remarks."
"I am ashamed to work with a teammate like you. I quit."
After saying this, Tang Yuanyuan strode out.
Liu Lijuan's face turned the color of liver with anger!
Zhang Li: "Team Leader, look at her. I've always said that she and we are not on the same page at all."
Liu Lijuan glanced at Zhang Li coldly: "Shut up."
Tang Yuanyuan was right about one thing. She admitted that Zhang Li was indeed a corrupt official who did nothing practical.
One of Liu Lijuan's advantages is that she is good at self-reflection.
Sweet's situation gave her a wake-up call. She suddenly realized that she had become complacent after being promoted to vice chairman and leading the project team.
She was not like this when she worked under her senior sister before. She also worked diligently and thought seriously.
In just half a year, she learned to be a hands-off boss, accepting flattery, refusing to listen to the truth, and being self-centered.
She stood in front of the clouds, feeling the cold wind for an hour, and suddenly figured things out.
I also went to Yunduo's other two stores to record the business and concluded that Yunduo's model is indeed brilliant and very suitable for developing a super-large mid-to-high-end cake market.
So she stayed up all night, copied all the key points, made a plan, and placed it in front of Mr. Chen.
"Mr. Chen, according to this plan, we can replicate a similar Yun Duo. With your financial resources, we can quickly expand all over Shanghai. You can then seize all of Shanghai's cake market and expand nationwide. This will be a considerable fortune."
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