Chapter 156: Scumbag
At the end of August, clothing stores began to hold end-of-season clearance sales, and Mubo store was no exception.
At the end of the season, the stores’ summer products have already been sold out. Some of them cannot be returned to the manufacturers and are piled up in warehouses taking up space. They will be even less valuable next year, so we have to hurry and get rid of them.
Take advantage of the season change to cash in on your goods, and use the cash to buy new models.
In the words of the clothing store owner: Where are the goods? They are sold. Where is the money? They are purchased. Where are the goods...
This cycle is the shop owner’s daily routine.
At the end of the season, the streets are filled with promotional audios, "Clearance sale, take a look, don't miss it if you pass by..."
In the midst of all the hustle and bustle, Ye Zhenzhen received a call from Ye Mao.
After hanging up the phone, Ye Zhenzhen sat on the second floor of Mubo for a while, then stood up and fixed her makeup in front of the dressing mirror, and picked out a bright red matte lipstick from her makeup bag.
Driving along Xiaochang Road, the Lotus Community has been reduced to a pile of ruins. Construction companies have already started work on the site. The development of Yuncheng can be described as changing with each passing day.
Ye Zhenzhen parked the car in front of the hotel and Ye Mao walked out of the store.
He walked over quickly and opened the car door considerately, feeling a little embarrassed: "Sister, he insisted on asking me to see you and contact you."
Ye Zhenzhen stared straight at the windshield in front of her, her expression normal. She didn't say much, just said, "Well, I understand."
She picked up the gray Princess Diana bag from the passenger seat and slowly got out of the car. Ye Mao closed the door for her.
Ye Zhenzhen took a step forward and saw someone walking quickly towards her.
The man was dressed in a suit and carrying a floral briefcase, looking very proud of himself.
The moment their eyes met, Yu Hui smiled and said, "Zhenzhen, are you okay?"
Ye Zhenzhen was in a daze for a moment. She could no longer remember Yu Hui's appearance, and even her voice was unfamiliar.
It was only when Yu Hui affectionately called her by her nickname that she remembered that the person in front of her was her first love whom she had not seen for many years.
Ye Zhenzhen came back to her senses and said politely: "Hello, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Yu Hui was stunned for a second, as if a little surprised by her reaction, with a complicated expression on his face.
However, Yu Hui's expression quickly returned to normal, "Zhenzhen, I do have something to talk to you about."
There were passers-by passing by from time to time, and the three of them standing at the door like wooden statues always attracted attention.
Ye Mao said, "Let's go into the store and chat." Then he invited the two of them into the store and arranged a private room for them.
After entering the private room, Ye Zhenzhen sat down near the door and placed her bag on the dining chair next to her.
Yu Hui tried to sit next to Ye Zhenzhen. Just as he put his hand on the back of the chair, Ye Mao quickly walked to the main seat, pulled out a chair, and said with a smile, "Brother Hui, please sit here."
Yu Hui had no choice but to obey and sit in the main seat.
The waiter brought tea, handed over the menu with both hands, and asked Yuhui if she wanted to order.
Ye Mao waved his hand to signal the waiter to go out first.
Seeing that the two seemed to have something to say, Ye Mao knew that it was not convenient for him to be there, so he said hello to Yu Hui and left the box.
Ye Mao stood at the door of the box, crossed his arms, thought for two seconds, took out his cell phone and sent a message.
They sat opposite each other at the two ends of the round dining table, with a distance of nearly three meters between them. They sat at the same table, but it felt like they were sitting at a negotiation table.
My first love, separated by five or six years, is as strange as a passerby passing by.
Ye Zhenzhen was a little impatient: "What on earth do you want to talk to me about? I'm a little busy at work."
Yu Hui moved the teacup in front of him, looked directly at her and said, "Zhen Zhen, I want to know how you are doing?"
Ye Zhenzhen maintained a polite smile: "As you can see, I'm fine."
Yu Hui ignored her estrangement and said to herself, "I'm on a business trip to Shanghai, and I came to Yuncheng to see you."
Ye Zhenzhen really wasn't in the mood to reminisce about the past with him. The store was busy and she still had a lot of work to do.
She silently calculated in her mind how much inventory could be cleared this time, how long it would take the advertising company to complete the promotional posters, and whether the old customers who purchased at the original price would have any objections if the discount was too big.
From Yuhui's perspective, she had delicate makeup on and was wearing a light grey sleeveless suit dress. Her long dark brown hair was smooth and shiny, with slightly curled ends. Her childish look also transformed into a cold expression.
She became more and more graceful, and her clear and cold temperament seemed to have a sense of being unattainable and distant.
Seeing that she was unmoved, Yu Hui said, "Zhenzhen, I was such a jerk in the past. I'm sorry for you. Please forgive me."
Ye Zhenzhen suddenly raised her eyelashes and stared at the person opposite her motionlessly.
Yu Hui's eyes were moist, and she said, "I now realize how much of a jerk I am. Why did I treat you like that? I'm sorry. I was wrong all these years..."
"Ye Zhenzhen, I owed three million in gambling debts. When you met me, I was at my lowest point. I was obsessed and wanted to take shortcuts, so I cruelly abandoned you."
"I swear I won't gamble anymore. Now I have 30 million in assets. We can live the ordinary life you want."
"Shall we start over?"
Ye Zhenzhen thought back to the past, when they had had beautiful moments, kissing each other so madly that they were almost suffocated. Every time they stopped at the last step, Yu Hui would say, "Zhenzhen, don't be anxious, wait until the day we get married."
That winter, Yuhui picked her up from get off work one day and it suddenly started to drizzle. Yuhui insisted on taking off his coat and covering her head with it. After returning home, Yuhui took a shower and hid in the quilt shivering. That night, the air conditioner and electric blanket were turned on very hot, but Yuhui was still shivering.
When Ye Zhenzhen woke up the next day, her lips were dry and cracked, and her body was covered with dandruff.
...
Yu Hui stood up and walked to her side, pulled out a dining chair and sat down, looking at her tenderly and saying, "Zhenzhen, I really miss the past when we ate egg fried rice together. Fortunately, everything is over, shall we start over?"
Ye Zhenzhen suddenly raised her hands to cover her face.
...
Downstairs in the hotel, Wen Baijing was sitting in the car and saw Ye Zhenzhen and Yu Hui walk out of the hotel at the same time. They got in the car together, and a few seconds later Ye Zhenzhen's white car drove out of the parking lot.
The driver subconsciously turned around and asked silently with his eyes whether he wanted to follow Ye Zhenzhen's car.
Wen Baijing looked unhappy and nodded with difficulty.
The driver followed the white car through the streets until it drove into the underground parking lot of a five-star hotel in Yuncheng.
Wen Baijing did not let the driver follow into the parking lot, and told the driver to turn around and go back to Guanlanju.
The next day, after lunch, Lu Yu came to Wen Baijing's office and carefully handed Wen Baijing a very thin kraft paper envelope, explaining: "Ye Zhenzhen asked me to pass it to you. I asked her to give it to you in person, but she refused."
Wen Baijing's eyes stopped on the paper envelope, then he looked up at him with a complicated look, but he never reached out to take the envelope.
Lu Yu whispered, "I heard from Zhongli that her first love came back yesterday..."
Wen Baijing was silent for a long time, looking really unhappy. He hesitantly stretched out his hand to take the thin envelope without saying anything.
His eyes stayed on the envelope. There were five words written on the front - From Wen Baijing himself.
There is no zip code in the upper left corner, no stamp in the upper right corner, and no recipient or sender address.
Ye Zhenzhen didn't lie, she was an absolute poor student.
He can't even write the simplest letter format.