Free Web NovelChapter 187: Chapter 187: The Freeloader
"Even if you know, don’t go spreading it around. For now, our relationship is completely platonic."
Yun Zijin really didn’t want any messy rumors getting out.
"Okay, if anyone brings this up in front of me again, I’ll definitely help you explain things to them."
When it came to rumors, it was always the woman who got the short end of the stick. Su Mengyao completely understood Yun Zijin’s position.
Then again, only Yun Zijin could be so clear-headed and rational about being linked with Lu Yunque. Anyone else would probably be desperate for the rumors to get even wilder.
Just then, an employee came over with the Wangyou Milk Tea that Su Mengyao had just reordered.
Su Mengyao’s eyes lit up at the sight of the Wangyou Milk Tea.
She had been so busy with opening her store that she hadn’t had a Wangyou Milk Tea in a long time. This was her first one in ages.
Tasting Wangyou Milk Tea again after so long, she was still blown away by it.
"By the way, are you guys going to release any new products? Like another new product on the level of Wangyou Milk Tea."
Yun Zijin raised an eyebrow. That wasn’t up to her; it all came down to luck.
The rewards she’d received for completing her consumption tasks recently had mostly been real estate, followed by Lingwu tea and a tooth-whitening toothpaste.
As for a new milk tea recipe, there hadn’t been even a hint of one.
But while Wangyou Milk Tea wasn’t getting any new varieties, they had released quite a few new regular-flavored milk teas.
Yun Zijin and Qin Sitong were generous with employee salaries and bonuses, so the staff felt a sense of belonging to the Wangyou Milk Tea Shop. They had even developed several delicious new products recently.
They were basically rolling out a new product every seven days on average.
"I’m not sure about that yet. Let me work on it. The moment there’s a new product, you’ll be the first to know."
As for when that would be, it all depended on when she got a new recipe.
"Okay! I’m going to head back then. The grand opening is on the 1st. Are you coming to the ribbon-cutting ceremony?"
Since Su Mengyao was opening a store, of course she had to go big with the opening ceremony. She planned on inviting everyone from her group of girlfriends to attend.
’Once they’re there, it would be awkward for them not to give an opening gift.’
’And since we’re all friends, I can’t let them walk out empty-handed, can I?’
With the effects of the Whitening Moisturizing Rose Essential Oil, Su Mengyao was confident that anyone who bought it would become a repeat customer.
By then, her status in her social circle would definitely skyrocket, and she’d become someone everyone wanted to be on good terms with.
Su Mengyao felt a thrill just thinking about that scene.
’This outrageous fortune has finally landed in my lap.’
Yun Zijin, however, didn’t have as many convoluted schemes as Su Mengyao. As one of Dijing’s low-key landladies, Yun Zijin had always believed in keeping a low profile.
"I’ll skip the ribbon-cutting ceremony. You should ask someone else."
Right now, with so many people trying to ride her coattails because of her blind date with Lu Yunque, Yun Zijin felt it was best to avoid appearing in such public venues as much as possible.
"You don’t have to go on stage, but you should at least show up, right?"
Su Mengyao felt that since it was a store they were opening together, it wouldn’t be right for Yun Zijin not to participate at all.
"We’ll see when the time comes. I might not be free."
"You don’t have a job and you don’t run a company. What could you possibly be busy with?"
In any case, Su Mengyao couldn’t think of anything that would keep Yun Zijin busy.
"There are plenty of things to be busy with."
She was a senior in college and had to start choosing a topic for her thesis. That alone was enough to keep Yun Zijin occupied.
But Su Mengyao just looked at Yun Zijin with a face full of doubt.
Yun Zijin remained noncommittal. ’Let her think what she wants. Whether I go or not will depend on my schedule anyway.’
Faced with this side of Yun Zijin, Su Mengyao found she had no way to handle her and could only compromise in the end.
"Fine, I’m really leaving this time. I have to go back and make more batches to fill the entire warehouse for the grand opening."
After Su Mengyao left, Qin Sitong’s work also came to a stopping point. After a few words with an employee, she walked over to Yun Zijin.
"Miss Su left?"
Yun Zijin nodded. "She went back to make Rose Essential Oil."
"Where is she opening her shop? I’ll go show my support when it opens."
Thanks to the Wangyou Milk Tea Shop, Qin Sitong had earned a decent amount of money recently. She certainly had enough to support a friend’s business.
"At Wanyuan Square. You’ve probably heard of it."
Although it wasn’t as famous as Jinsheng Mall, it was still considered one of the top five malls in Dijing.
"The rent at Wanyuan Square isn’t cheap. She’s really willing to spend."
’To choose a prime location with killer rent for her first store...’
"Wanyuan Square belongs to her family, so she doesn’t have to pay rent."
Yun Zijin had no intention of hiding this; it was a fact, after all.
"Well, it’s true what they say. Poverty really does limit one’s imagination."
"Our milk tea shop doesn’t have to pay rent either, have you forgotten?"
Yun Zijin tried to comfort Qin Sitong.
"Oh, right, because all the shops on this street are yours. I’m just a freeloader."
Qin Sitong had come to this realization long ago.
In any case, after her experience with the Wangyou Milk Tea Shop, Qin Sitong was starting to understand the appeal of being a kept man.
’Mooching off someone is surprisingly easy to get addicted to.’
"No, no, no. If you were really freeloading, you’d be living in my house and wearing my clothes, all on my dime. You’re not doing any of that."
"What we have is... a win-win partnership!" Yun Zijin didn’t want Qin Sitong to get the wrong idea about being a freeloader. If she developed a complex over it later, that would be completely unfair to her.
"Boss Yun, I just heard Boss Qin say that all the shops on this food street belong to you?"
The speaker was a regular customer of the Wangyou Milk Tea Shop. Yun Zijin remembered his name was Chen Chuan, and he worked for some kind of entertainment company.
Hearing his question, Yun Zijin nodded.
It was a fact, so there was no reason not to admit it.
"Boss Yun, our company has a film crew that wants to rent a shop to shoot a TV series, and I was wondering..."
"I don’t handle the rentals myself. I can give you a number, and you can call them to discuss it."
"Okay, okay, we’ll contact them ourselves."
Chen Chuan hadn’t expected that coming to buy a Wangyou Milk Tea on a whim would so easily solve a problem that had been plaguing the film crew for a month.
Renting a shop wasn’t hard; what was hard was finding one that met the script’s requirements.
Their crew had a limited budget, and filming elsewhere would present a financial challenge.
As long as it could be found in Dijing, they tried their best to complete the filming within the city.
Yun Zijin gave Mei Lin’s phone number to Chen Chuan.
"She’s pretty busy, so she might not be able to answer your call right away."
"That’s fine. The crew has already waited this long; another day or two is no big deal."
"Thank you, Boss Yun! I’ll treat you to a meal next time I have the chance!"
Chen Chuan was genuinely grateful. Finding a suitable location in a timely manner would save the production a significant amount of money.
Yun Zijin waved her hand, not thinking it was a big deal.
’The shops have to be rented out anyway. Renting to them is the same as renting to anyone else.’
"What production are you from? Are you going to be filming here on the food street?"
Qin Sitong was a little curious. She had never seen a film set before!
