“Mmm, it’s indeed a good tonic. Just buy it then. Give it to Aunty Han as a gift to nourish her health. It’ll definitely be very useful,” said the girl in the white dress as she smiled gently.
The girl in yellow nodded. “Then, this is it. I’ll go pay right away.”
As she said this, she closed the brocade box and was about to go pay for it when Sis Wang blocked her way. She quickly grabbed the brocade box back from the woman. “Apologies, ladies. I already picked this ginseng. In fact, I’ve been issued the receipt. I just haven’t paid, so my apologies!”
“What do you mean you picked it? I saw it two days ago. Besides, you haven’t paid, have you? This ginseng is very important to us. We’ve been looking for it for a very long time. Today, we’ve come just to buy it, so it should be ours!”
The girl in yellow immediately looked irritated as she shot Sis Wang a glare and reached out to snatch the brocade box back. However, Sis Wang very quickly reacted and evaded while complaining, “Why are you like this? I’ve already said that we’ve taken this. Do you know what ‘first come first serve’ means? Why are you being so unreasonable?”“Unreasonable? Right now, haven’t you not paid for it yet? Boss, we can buy this ginseng for twice the price. Quickly pack it up for us!”
“Well…”
The shop assistant at the front desk looked at the girl in yellow, seeming a little troubled. She said softly, “Excuse me, Miss. This lady was indeed about to buy this ginseng and I was preparing to pack it up for her. How about you look around the store to see if there’s anything else that you might fancy?”
The girl did not want to give up. She frowned and shot Sis Wang a mean look, then she said to the person at the front desk, “We’ve locked onto this ginseng, boss. Three times! Three times the price. That should do it, right?”
The girl in the white dress who had not said anything gently pulled on her friend. “Shanshan, don’t be like this. They did see it first and this is a public place. Let’s not gossip for people to talk behind our backs, got it?”
“Xinyi, we’ve looked for it for a long time. Besides, my aunt likes to drink tea with ginseng. If you present her with this ginseng, she’ll definitely feel that his future daughter-in-law is considerate and thoughtful. Also, Aunt has been worried about you these past few days about you and Cousin’s engagement. She’s definitely very worn out. Giving this to her would be just perfect!” Huang Shanshan said to Xi Xinyi anxiously.
Xi Xinyi nodded and smiled with tenderness. Gratefully, she said, “Thank you, Shanshan. I know you’re doing this in the best of my interests.”As she said this, she suddnely turned around and a very elegant smile appeared on her face. She said softly, “Excuse me, older sis, I know that you saw this ginseng first, but it’s very important to us. Could you please let us have it? We can buy it from you for five times the price. How about that?”
“I’m very sorry. Even if you offer me a hundred times the price in exchange for it, I won’t let you have it. We bought this first.”
Sis Wang looked repelled by the two people, then she turned around to pay. She insisted as she passed the brocade box to the shop assistant, “Quickly pack this up. We’re in a rush.”
“Hey, how can you be like that?!” Huang Shanshan immediately walked up to the cashier angrily but Xi Xinyi held her back.
Across her, Xi Xiaye, who had been reading the magazine on the sofa, had taken everything in. She watched as they frowned at Sis Wang like two clowns. Then, in the corner of her mouth, a cold sneer of disdain curved downward.
She naturally knew the girl in yellow. It was Han Yifeng’s cousin, Huang Shanshan, who was a slightly famous jewelry designer, called Han Yifeng’s mother, Huang Ziyao ‘Aunty’. She had always disliked Xi Xiaye and always told tales about her in front of Han Yifeng. However, she got along with Xi Xinyi extremely well and the two of them were the best of friends.
Huang Shanshan had always found Xi Xiaye cold and uninteresting besides being very unfriendly towards Xi Xinyi. Many times, she had fought with her about Xi Xinyi’s things. She had even said that if she ever saw her making Xi Xinyi sad again, Xi Xiaye would get it from her. In fact, Xi Xiaye vaguely remembered that Huang Shanshan’s older brother, Huang Jiancheng, had always adored Xi Xinyi. Sadly, the love went unrequited.
She did not want to spoil her mood by looking at the two of them, so she put the magazine in her hand down, stood up, and was about to walk out to wait for Sis Wang.
However, the sharp-eyed Xi Xinyi noticed her.
“Sis, why are you here too!?”
Xi Xinyi’s surprised voice entered her ear. Before she could react, Xi Xinyi had already walked swiftly right up to her. Her sweet-tempered voice was filled with concern. “How’s your injury? We really didn’t mean that, Sis. You’re just being too serious. That day…”
“Xi Xiaye! It’s you!”
Before Xi Xinyi could finish, Huang Shanshan had rushed right up and tugged Xi Xinyi behind her as if afraid that Xi Xiaye would hurt her. “Xinyi, how many times have I told you that you should stop being so nice to a cold person? Did you forget that it was she who pushed you until you sprained your leg? Don’t forget the pain just because the scars are gone!”
“No, Shanshan, my sister didn’t do it on purpose. She’s still hurt. I won’t allow you to talk about her like this! Do you hear me!?” When Xi Xinyi saw this, she frowned and quickly explained to Xi Xiaye, “Sis, don’t blame Shanshan. She’s just frankly worried about me. I know that you didn’t do it on purpose. How are you now? The other day, when I saw you leaving wounded, we were all very worried about you. Grandmother even sent people out to look for you, but we couldn’t find you anywhere…”
Before she could even finish, the phone in Xi Xiaye’s pocket suddenly rang. Xi Xiaye looked down nonchalantly and took out her phone. When she saw who was calling, she answered the call.
