Chapter 418 Becoming the Behind-the-Scenes Boss
"Sister Qi, what were you doing the past two days? I haven't seen you at all."
Fang Luxue took a bite of food, then looked at Wan Qiqi with wide eyes, seeking clarification.
"I went to explore the spring!" Wan Qiqi said casually, as if she wasn't very interested.
"Tan Chun!?" Fang Luxue's eyes suddenly widened, then she pouted and said, "Hmph, Sister Qi, you didn't even invite me to Tan Chun, that's too much!"
"My husband Tan Chun and I, are you going to come along?" Wan Qiqi raised an eyebrow and a faint smile curved her lips.
“I…I can come too, let’s invite him along!” Fang Luxue pointed at Wu Gousheng.
Wu Gousheng had just bitten into a bone when Fang Luxue pointed at him, and he froze in place, looking somewhat dazed.
"It's okay, you can keep eating." Wan Qiqi waved her hand and said to Fang Luxue, "Gousheng is busy, I'll call you next time."
She did this because of Tang Qiwen.
What spring outing? She didn't do anything; she just stood and chatted with people for an hour or two.
"Okay!" Fang Luxue poked at the rice with slight dissatisfaction, seemingly not very interested in eating.
Wan Qiqi wasn't hungry either. She took a couple of bites and then stopped, asking, "What are your plans for the future? Are you still going to stay in town and learn manners from your grandmother?"
She knew it was just a gimmick; Fang Ziming had simply instructed Fang Luxue to keep an eye on Tang Qiwen.
Now that Tang Qiwen has disappeared, shouldn't Fang Luxue go back?
"Go ahead and study!" Fang Luxue replied. "I haven't finished studying yet, so of course I won't go!"
And her father didn't urge her to go back, so it's perfect that she's here.
In reality, she hadn't learned any rules; she was just using that as an excuse to have fun in town.
She had reached marriageable age, and many wealthy families who wanted to marry into her family came to her home to propose marriage, and the requests were endless.
She didn't want to go back to the county and be forced into marriage.
Wan Qiqi, however, had a completely different idea.
Fang Ziming did not recall Fang Luxue, perhaps because he did not want Fang Luxue to get involved in his struggles with others.
On the other hand, Fang Ziming was probably afraid that she would have too much contact with Xie Xing and side with Xie Xing, so he used Fang Luxue to keep her in check.
However, even if Fang Ziming was using his daughter, he didn't go so far as to trade away her marriage.
Wan Qiqi's eyes flickered, and then she asked, "Do you have other plans? Your own plans?"
She felt that Fang Luxue's life had always been arranged for her, as if she had no say in anything.
"What plans could I possibly have?" Fang Luxue asked casually.
Then, the light in her eyes dimmed.
Fang Luxue couldn't help but ask herself: Do I have the right to choose?
From birth until now, people have only told her what to do and what not to do, but no one has ever asked her what she wants to do.
Wan Qiqi is the first one.
But now she has lost her way, and all she can do is marry a loving husband, take good care of him, have children for him, and raise her children.
But she didn't seem to want to accept this kind of life, this kind of fate.
She was content to be a villager in a small village, where she could grow up freely, just like Wan Qiqi.
Fang Luxue had no idea how hard life was in the countryside, nor did she know that the current Wan Qiqi was not the original Wan Qiqi.
If everything had continued along the original path, Wan Qiqi would not have appeared in the public eye, nor would she have been able to meet Fang Luxue.
“Of course you can have your own plans.” Wan Qiqi saw the sadness in Fang Luxue’s eyes and smiled, “If you want to marry a husband who loves you, then you must choose carefully, someone who satisfies you, respects and supports you.”
"Even if you get married, you're not confined to the backyard. You can manage the servants, befriend other ladies, and sit with them doing what you enjoy..."
Fang Luxue seemed somewhat dazed as she listened to her words.
Isn't that her mother?
She didn't want it to be like this; this wasn't what she wanted.
Wan Qiqi noticed Fang Luxue's aversion to this and added, "Or you could learn from me and open a shop."
"If a woman shows her face in public, people will gossip about her behind her back!" Fang Luxue felt that if she did this, her father would lock her at home and immediately force her to marry someone, cutting off all her hopes.
After saying that, she remembered that Wan Qiqi had done the same thing, and blushed, saying, "No, I wasn't talking about you..."
Wan Qiqi ignored her words and continued, "You can be the owner of the shop, recruit managers and employees, and watch from behind the scenes. Who would know?"
Fang Luxue was somewhat tempted by what she heard.
If that were truly the case, she could find work and wouldn't have to worry about her father cutting off her allowance.
“Okay!” she replied happily, then her eyes dimmed again. “I don’t know anything about business, and I don’t know what kind of shop to open.”
"Didn't you say you wanted to cooperate with me before?" Wan Qiqi raised an eyebrow.
"That's what you said, but didn't you reject me?" Fang Luxue rested her chin on her hand, somewhat annoyed, then her eyes lit up as she said, "You mean you want to cooperate with me to open a shop?"
“I can consider it, but you’ll need to find the manager and the staff. As for what to do, I’ll think about it some more…” Wan Qiqi had a plan in mind, but hadn’t finalized the details yet.
The main issue is that the restaurant and land reclamation projects are not yet fully stable, and she needs some time.
"Okay, it's a deal then!"
After finishing the meal, Fang Luxue left in high spirits.
Wan Qiqi turned and went into the study, where she began to search through the account books since the business opened.
From the tenth day of the first lunar month until the end of January, she found at least five such cases.
There were also three cases where a third of the deposit was collected but the person did not show up.
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