Chapter 104 Buying and Selling Books
The boss lady was eating fried rice, turned to me and said, "Xiao Tang, go and do the math!" When the boss lady started talking, I had no choice but to pick up a few books on the cash register and start doing the math.
Seeing me working seriously, Hua Jingjing leaned against the glass door and looked at me with a smile. Under her gaze, I didn't even dare to raise my head. I quickly calculated it with a calculator and said, "The total is 74 yuan, thank you!"
Hua Jingjing said "hmm" but didn't rush to pay. Instead, she said to the boss lady Zhuang Min, "Boss lady, I want to buy a few more books on women's beauty. Do you have any in your store?"
Zhuang Min said, "Beauty books? Yes, it seems to be on that bookshelf!" She pointed to a corner. Hua Jingjing smiled and said, "There? I just looked for it, but I couldn't find it!"
Zhuang Min said strangely, "No way? I remember putting it there. Xiao Tang, go over and help her find it!"
I knew Hua Jingjing did it on purpose, but since she was a customer, I had to serve her. I had no choice but to put down my computer and walk to the bookshelf to look for books on women's beauty. Hua Jingjing followed me immediately and cleverly blocked the boss lady's sight with her body.
I turned around and saw Hua Jingjing with a naughty and weird smile on her face, making faces at me. I lowered my voice and said, "Just take a look, pay and leave quickly, don't disturb me while I'm working!"
Hua Jingjing said, "That won't work! I still need to buy a lot of books. How can I find them all in less than an hour or two?"
I really know her too well. I know that Hua Jingjing is deliberately making things difficult for me. She must have some ulterior motive. So I said, "What do you want to do? Just tell me straight out. Don't play tricks on me!"
Hua Jingjing pouted and said aggrievedly: "I'm a customer! Is this how you treat customers?"
I got a little angry and said in a low voice, "Do you really want to make trouble here again? You don't take my words seriously, do you?"
Hua Jingjing opened her big innocent eyes and said in an even more aggrieved voice: "Did I... mess things up? Wasn't I buying books? It's you who has a bad attitude, and I haven't even said anything to you yet!"
I laughed out of anger, picked up a few books from the bookshelf at random, handed them to her rudely, and said, "Okay! My attitude is bad! Then go and complain about me, please!" Then I ignored her and went back to the cashier to eat.
Hua Jingjing followed over with a book in her hand, smiling, and said to Zhuang Min, "Boss, do you have any books on clothing, cooking, or family medicine? I want to buy a lot at once today."
Zhuang Min finally realized that a big customer had come, and hurriedly put down her chopsticks, and went to greet him with a smile, saying warmly: "Yes, yes! Come on! I'll take you to find it." Then she led Hua Jingjing all the way to find it. While Hua Jingjing was walking, she took advantage of the boss lady's confusion and immediately turned around and made a big face at me!
I could only smile bitterly! Hua Jingjing is already quite grown up, why is she still behaving like a child? She is the vice president of Green Lady Company!
As I was thinking, my cell phone rang again. I took it out and saw that it was Xu Shu calling. I picked up the phone and said, "Hello!"
"Tang Qian! My sister disappeared again half an hour ago!"
I asked curiously, "Why? Did you have a fight with her?"
"Not really! She kept yelling that she wanted to go out and play all day, but I didn't know that she was just using it as an excuse to see you. So I didn't agree, and she gave me a sour look the whole afternoon. I got so angry that I told her I would send her home tomorrow and not let her stay here. Then I took an international long-distance call and couldn't find her anymore."
"Your place is so heavily guarded, and you have so many bodyguards, how could she get out? I'm afraid she's hiding somewhere and sulking? Try to look for her again!"
"I have looked for her. I have just mobilized all my people to search inside and outside. They are still looking outside. But I think the damn girl has escaped by some means. Tang Qian! She is so desperate. She must be looking for you. Listen to me, as soon as you see her, call me immediately and I will come to pick her up right away."
"Okay!" I put down the phone and sighed. I felt sweet and sour in my heart. I didn't know what it felt like. The little witch ran away from home three times in a row. The first time was for unknown reasons. The second time was to take revenge on me. The third time, was it just to see me? I thought about some of my experiences with her in the past few days. From the beginning when she teased me, to now she has become attached to me. In just a few days, there have been earth-shaking changes. I just thought about it a little bit, and I couldn't help but smile.
I was also very strange, treating the women who also liked me. I felt guilty and pity towards Qiu Jieqin, and was terrified and troubled by Hua Jingjing, but for Xu Xin, I felt a sense of satisfaction from the bottom of my heart and pride that she fell in love with me. I don't know why I have these thoughts, but I am just happy! Maybe... Is it because she is Xu Shu's sister?
Hua Jingjing was far away from me, and although she kept looking at me absentmindedly, she didn't seem to hear what I was saying clearly. I found Xu Xin's number on my phone's received calls and dialed it, but the phone beeped: the other party's phone was turned off.
I changed my mind and thought, if Xu Xin really came out to look for me, she would definitely call me, so there is no point in me getting anxious. But Hua Jingjing in front of me is a headache. If she refuses to leave, I really can't do anything. She is also extremely rich. I'm afraid she won't even blink if she buys all the books in the store in one go. It will be even harder for me to get rid of her when the bookstore closes. What if Xu Xin suddenly appears in front of me? How can I explain it?
I thought about it and decided to walk out of the bookstore and call Hua Jingjing. The phone rang three times and then went through. Hua Jingjing smiled and asked, "What's the matter?"
I said, "Auntie! As long as you don't disturb me and leave this store quickly, I will be grateful to you and remember you forever, okay? Please!"
"I don't want you to be grateful to me. I haven't had dinner yet and I'm very hungry. What do you think I should do?"
"That's right! Then go eat. You see, I've already eaten, and it's still early for me to get off work. I'm afraid I can't accompany you. Let's talk about it next time!"
"No! I must have you accompany me. At worst, I can just endure the hunger and wait for you to get off work!"
How can I do that? I said with a sad face: "Auntie, please stop making trouble. If you wait here, others will get suspicious!"
"Humph! What's there to be afraid of? I'm not someone you want to be ashamed of."
"Oh! It would have been nice if we had greeted each other when we came in just now! Now I've been pretending not to know you for such a long time, and suddenly someone finds out that you were waiting for me. How do you want me to explain this to the boss lady?"
"No matter what, it's your business, solve it yourself!"
I was about to beg her when the shop owner suddenly called me, "Xiao Tang! Come over here and help me hold it!" I had no choice but to run in quickly. I saw Zhuang Min holding a pile of books in her hands. It looked like there were more than ten or twenty books, and she could hardly hold them. When she saw me coming, she hurriedly said, "Xiao Tang, take it over quickly and calculate how much these are worth first."
I agreed, quickly reached out to take it, and put it on the cashier's counter, while Zhuang Min dragged Hua Jingjing to continue choosing books. Hua Jingjing turned her head back and smiled at me provocatively from time to time, and I glared at her.
After about ten minutes, Zhuang Min and Hua Jingjing finally came back after shopping. She held a dozen books in her hands and piled them all on the cashier. I grabbed the calculator and calculated the total amount with great effort. After such a while, the two of them started chatting like old friends. From clothing to beauty, from beauty to hairstyle, and from hairstyle back to fashion. Hua Jingjing had no intention of leaving.
I counted twice, Hua Jingjing bought 39 books in total, totaling RMB 847. I knew in my heart that Hua Jingjing would not turn a page or read a word of most of these books after she got home, what a shameful waste!
Hua Jingjing didn't even blink, she casually took out a stack of money from her bag and counted out nine hundred-yuan bills to me. I thought, since you've paid, you should take the books and leave, right? So I immediately and attentively returned her fifty-three yuan, and put the new books she bought in two large plastic bags and placed them in front of her.
Unexpectedly, Hua Jingjing didn't even look at the books, but said to the boss lady, "Boss lady, I can't carry so many books. My car is parked outside. Can you help me carry them over?"
She just bought nearly 40 books in one go. For such a big customer, the boss lady Zhuang Min naturally agreed without hesitation and told me, "Xiao Tang, help this lady carry the books over. Go quickly!"
I just wanted to say a few words to Hua Jingjing, so I agreed, picked up two large plastic bags and walked out. The proprietress personally escorted Hua Jingjing to the door of the store, and shouted, "Come and buy books often when you have time!"
Hua Jingjing followed me and snorted when we were a little further away from the bookstore, "You've only been here for less than half a day and you're already calling me Xiao Tang Xiao Tang in a very affectionate way. No wonder you asked me to pretend I didn't know you. Are you afraid that I'll get in the way of your good deeds?"
I angrily said, "What good news? Don't talk nonsense, she has a husband !"
"Then why don't you let me recognize you? If you have nothing to hide, why do you do this?"
"Come on, Miss! In their impression, I'm a person who just got laid off and barely has food to eat. On my first day at work, a beautiful woman driving a Ferrari and wearing clothes worth tens of thousands of dollars came to see me. How do you want me to introduce you? Former boss? Others said that since your former boss was so nice to you and came to see you on your first day at work, why did you quit?"
When Hua Jingjing heard me praise her beauty, she laughed happily and said, "Then you can say I'm your girlfriend! You idiot!"
"You are stupid! How can a poor boy like me afford such a rich girlfriend? Who would believe me if I told others about it? Besides, isn't that just a lie ?"
"Humph! If you pretend you don't know me, then you're not lying?"
"I..." I was speechless and had to shut up. We walked to the Ferrari, Hua Jingjing took out the remote key and pressed it, unlocking all the switches on the car. Then she opened the trunk and asked me to put the book in.
As I put them down, I said to myself, "You bought so many books that you don't even read just to come and see me. What a waste! What a waste!"
Hua Jingjing suddenly leaned over and whispered in my ear: "Who said it's a waste? I think it's worth it! As long as... as long as you can accompany me more at night, I will do anything you want. Let me tell you! I will sit in the car waiting for you to get off work, but I haven't even had dinner yet. You can decide what to do!"
