"All right," Wang Zhizheng thought for a mont and said.
After a pause, "By the way, godmother, I’ll move to Zhi Xin Garden. It’s not nice to keep bothering you here all the ti."
Lin Xiaoguai seed sowhat unhappy upon hearing this but still said, "Okay, but you’ll stay here for a few more days."
"Sure."
When the quadruplets returned in the afternoon, they were thrilled to see Wang Zhizheng, their god sister, and started chatting excitedly around her, including the usually mature Han Yiheng.
Wang Zhizheng had always been popular, liked by all five siblings of the Shen Family and having a wide circle of friends in school.
If she had been a bit more scheming, her achievents would certainly not be so limited.
In the evening, when Shen Chi ca back and saw Wang Zhizheng at ho, his expression also relaxed, but he quickly straightened his face and scolded her. Wang Zhizheng, being in the wrong, had no choice but to take it on the chin.
"Where’s Little Niangao? Isn’t it sumr vacation now?" Wang Zhizheng asked curiously during dinner.
Lin Xiaoguai sighed, "He’s off to do an internship on a warship with his advisor. He won’t be back until a week before school starts."
"I see," Wang Zhizheng was a bit disappointed, "I even brought a gift for him."
"No worries, you’ll definitely see him eventually since you’re not going back right away," Lin Xiaoguai comforted.
Considering Wang Zhizheng had previously expressed her fondness for the gift shop, the next day Lin Xiaoguai imdiately took her there.
"Pick a few things you like, I’ll foot the bill," Lin Xiaoguai grandly declared.
Wang Zhizheng did not hold back, but she only chose a few items that weren’t too expensive—a couple of peach-scented handmade soaps, a cartoon mug, and a pair of silver stud earrings.
The most expensive silver earrings cost just over two hundred yuan.
—In recent years, as the custor base of the gift shop beca more diverse, the number of less expensive items has increased. Silver jewelry, for example, was sothing that the shop had never carried in the past.
"Don’t you want to pick a couple more?" Lin Xiaoguai asked after paying.
"No, thanks," Wang Zhizheng shook her head, "Let’s just say these are consolation gifts for my breakup from you. Any more and I’d be too shaless to accept."
"What do you an too shaless? I think you’re plenty thick-skinned. Breakup consolation?" Lin Xiaoguai teased, pinching her cheek.
"Ouch, godmother, I know you understand, why say it out loud?" Wang Zhizheng laughed while putting her arm around Lin Xiaoguai’s waist.
Lin Xiaoguai was about to reply when she saw Wang Zhizheng suddenly withdraw her hand, stand up straight, and look toward the store entrance.
"Mrs. Ma?" Lin Xiaoguai turned her head and instantly smiled, "Are you here to check on the progress of your custom order?"
"No," Mrs. Ma said with an embarrassed expression, "Actually, I wanted to ask if I could cancel my custom order and get my deposit back?"
Lin Xiaoguai raised her eyebrows, sowhat unsurely, "Mrs. Ma, did I hear you right? You want to cancel the custom service?"
Mrs. Ma nodded slowly.
"From what you’re saying, it seems you don’t want to change for another custom product either?"
Mrs. Ma nodded again, "You’ve probably heard about my family’s situation. If I weren’t really out of options, I wouldn’t brazenly do such a thing."
I actually have no idea about your family’s situation.
Thinking this, Lin Xiaoguai still said, "Mrs. Ma, you’re in luck because so personal matters I had this year ant your custom product hasn’t started production yet, so I can refund your deposit. But please make the situation clear to others, otherwise everyone might think that custom orders in the shop can be canceled at will, which would not be good." In fact, she was not happy with this custom order—large embroidery pieces aside, the request for double-sided embroidery combining both Su and Xiang embroidery styles was a real hassle. If she hadn’t worried about damaging her store’s reputation, she really wouldn’t have wanted to take on the job.
Now things had worked out just the way she wanted.
But she still felt the need to make a point.
Mrs. Ma’s face turned various shades of white and green, but she could do nothing but nod her head in the circumstances.
"Xiao Ting, do you know what happened to Mrs. Ma’s family?" Once Mrs. Ma left with her deposit, Lin Xiaoguai imdiately summoned Lu Xiaoting and asked softly.
The gift shop had grown from initially two employees to now more than a dozen, with each person responsible for a different section. Old-tirs Lu Xiaoting and Xiang Yun handled the A-grade area and managed the other employees.
With many of the shop’s custors being either rich or noble, those who spent a lot of ti in the shop got to know the employees and would often share tidbits of high society gossip.
"I’m aware," Lu Xiaoting whispered, "It seems Mrs. Ma’s son developed a gambling addiction and racked up millions in debt in one go in Macau. He tried to avoid paying it back, and the debtors chased him all the way here, inflating the millions in gambling debt into tens of millions with compounded interest."
Lin Xiaoguai frowned, "Even for loan sharks, it would take so ti for millions of gambling debt to turn into tens of millions, wouldn’t it?"
"That’s why I say those people dared to make such exorbitant demands because they were sure the Ma family, considering their reputation, wouldn’t dare cause too much of a scene." Lu Xiaoting sympathized, "I’ve t Mr. Ma before, he graduated from a prestigious university and was quite promising, but who would’ve thought he’d fall so easily."
Lin Xiaoguai was speechless for a mont before instructing, "Keep this to yourself, don’t spread it around. No matter how much the Ma family has fallen, they’d still find it easy to deal with you."
"Don’t worry, boss, I’m aware of the store rules, I wouldn’t even tell my parents," Lu Xiaoting assured with a serious tone.
"That’s good, you can get back to your work."
"Godmother, will the cancellation of the custom order have a bad influence on the store?" Wang Zhizheng asked, concerned.
"Don’t worry," Lin Xiaoguai patted her shoulder, "I’m happy to have one less thing to work on. Everyone knows the situation with the Ma family, and why the order was cancelled. It won’t impact the store." (To be continued. If you like this work, I welco you to Qidian to cast your recomndation votes, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian)
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