Free Web NovelChapter 115: Chapter 115: Smashed
"You want another school uniform?" Su Li looked at Qin Shanshan, an indescribable expression on her face.
Looking mortified, Qin Shanshan nodded.
"Didn’t you say you were too good to wear it?" Su Li paused. "What happened to the one you had before?"
Qin Shanshan gritted her teeth. "Just tell me if you have one or not."
’If my back wasn’t against the wall, I would never have come to Su Li!’
Su Li thought for a moment. "I do."
Qin Shanshan’s eyes lit up. "Really?"
"Yes. Do you want to buy it? How much can you offer?" Su Li asked coolly.
"What?" Qin Shanshan couldn’t quite process that.
’She had expected Su Li to mock and ridicule her before saying that even if she had a uniform, she wouldn’t give it away. After all, if their roles were reversed, that’s exactly what she would do.’
’But she never imagined Su Li would ask her how much she could pay!’
A crack appeared in Qin Shanshan’s composure.
"I’m asking how much you’re willing to pay for the uniform. If I’m satisfied with your price, I can sell you a set."
Aside from the set she had bought from the school, Su Li also had two girls’ uniforms and one boys’ uniform left over from the initial sample production, which she had kept in storage.
’Since I have two sets of the girls’ uniform, it’s no big deal to sell one to Qin Shanshan—as long as she can offer a high price.’
Qin Shanshan finally processed the situation. "Aren’t the uniforms... seven yuan a set?"
Su Li shot her a cold glance. "The door’s over there. Get lost."
’The farther the better!’
Qin Shanshan’s face went pale, then red. Forcing down her anger, she ventured, "Ten yuan?"
Su Li rolled her eyes.
"Fifteen?"
"Twenty?"
"Thirty?" Qin Shanshan was about to explode.
Su Li finally glanced at Qin Shanshan but still said nothing.
Qin Shanshan gritted her teeth. "Thirty yuan is my entire life savings. It took me years to save up that much New Year’s money."
"Why are you telling me this? It’s not like I’m forcing you to buy it. If you don’t want it, then leave," Su Li said coldly.
’If I don’t fleece her now, when will I get another chance?’
Qin Shanshan stood up and walked to the door, only to stop and force the words out through clenched teeth. "Thirty-five. Thirty-five is my absolute limit!"
’Thirty-five yuan! I could buy five whole sets for that price!’
Su Li raised an eyebrow and finally nodded. "Cash first, then you get the goods."
’For thirty-five yuan, if Qin Shanshan didn’t buy from me, she could probably buy one from a classmate or even pay someone to make it for her.’
’Better for me to make the money than let someone else have it.’
’It was two months of my salary, after all.’
It was clear that thirty-five yuan was everything Qin Shanshan had.
’Taking all her savings and making her sick with rage in the process... not a bad deal at all.’
The transaction was finally completed with Qin Shanshan swallowing her bitter anger and resentment.
After buying the uniform, Qin Shanshan rushed back to school that very night. freewebnovёl.ƈom
The college entrance exams were in July, leaving her just over a month. She couldn’t afford to waste any more time!
Having made a nice little profit, Su Li was in a good mood. Even when Miao Fenghua and Su Dan came to the Tang Family’s home to cause a scene, her spirits weren’t dampened.
The news that Su Li was the real boss had spread from Xinghua Village to Su Family Village.
The people of Su Family Village knew Su Li very well—even better than the people of Xinghua Village. As soon as they heard the news, they immediately sought out Miao Fenghua and Su Dan.
Once Miao Fenghua and Su Dan heard, how could they possibly wait? Blinded by greed, they cast aside all their previous hesitation and fear and went looking for Su Li.
Their greed was far greater than that of the people from Xinghua Village.
They weren’t thinking about just making clothes for wages. They wanted to be the bosses and split the profits. Following their usual line of thinking, they planned to claim everything Su Li owned as their own.
With such delusions, they arrived at the Tang Family’s home.
Naturally, their sweet dream was mercilessly shattered by Su Li.
Su Li was even colder to the pair than she had been to the people of Xinghua Village. Without saying a word, she immediately brought up Fang Luo.
"Fang Luo told me your criminal records are already on file. If I call the police and you get arrested again, you won’t be getting out for at least three to five years."
"All the money in the world is useless in prison. Think carefully about that."
The moment Miao Fenghua and Su Dan heard Fang Luo’s name and the threat of prison, their legs started to tremble.
The two of them finally backed down, asking only to let the people of Su Family Village work for wages, but even that request was denied.
They had arrived full of excitement, only to return dejected and empty-handed.
’The people of Su Family Village and Xinghua Village are all the same to me. My resentment toward them runs deep. How could I possibly change my mind?’
In the end, over a hundred people came to plead with Su Li, and even the village chief made several trips, but Su Li refused to budge.
No matter how much the people of Xinghua Village tried to restrain themselves, discontent began to stir.
Fang Yulan, who had been cursed out by the entire village for days and bad-mouthed wherever she went, finally felt vindicated.
She went back to bad-mouthing Su Li behind her back, telling the people of Xinghua Village that Su Li was heartless and had never intended to let them work for her.
"No matter what anyone says, she refuses. She’s too vicious. She won’t change her mind, which means she’s either doing this on purpose, or she’s not really the boss at all!"
Fang Yulan’s words successfully stirred the emotions of the villagers; every sentence resonated deeply with them.
Once her standing in the village improved, Fang Yulan spared no effort in disparaging Su Li.
"What future can a middle school graduate possibly have? She’s rotten to the core. Someone like her isn’t fit to be a teacher! A real teacher should be someone like my Zhao Wenming!"
"And the girl my Zhao Wenming is with, now *she’s* impressive! She’s the daughter of a coal boss. Su Li might seem like a big shot to some, but compared to a coal boss’s daughter, she’s nothing. A single word from her could crush Su Li!"
Fang Yulan truly hated Su Li’s guts. Seeing that everyone was on her side again, she grew increasingly bold with her words.
Eventually, whispers spread through the village that Fang Yulan was going to teach Su Li a lesson. The threats she’d made were repeated almost verbatim.
"She still thinks she’s a big shot? Daring to treat me—the future in-law of a coal boss—like this? I’ll make her pay! We’ll see if she can stay in business then!"
This rumor only reached Su Li’s ears later. Less than an hour after she heard it, Yin Cuihua rushed to Xinghua Village to find her, saying Pinjun’s temporary office had been trashed.
The perfectly good office was completely wrecked, and the building itself was half-demolished.
A batch of fabric stored inside that hadn’t been shipped out yet had been splashed with ink and slashed to pieces. It was all ruined.
"Luckily, Hong Qin came and moved the bulk of the fabric the day before yesterday. Otherwise, the loss would have been devastating."
Yin Cuihua’s hands were trembling as she spoke.
After seeing the disastrous state of the office, she had frantically called the police before coming straight to find Su Li.
Su Li reassured Yin Cuihua, "It’s alright, don’t panic. The important thing is that no one was hurt."
’This incident... The timing is too suspicious, too convenient.’
’I’d just heard Fang Yulan’s vicious threats, and now the office has been trashed. I wouldn’t believe for a second that the two aren’t connected.’
’That temporary office was in the suburbs, just an ordinary farmhouse. Who would go out of their way to smash it up for no reason!’
"Fang Yulan! Zhao Wenming!"
Su Li slowly spat out the two names.
