BLALS Chapter 3
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Chapter 3
Coincidentally, a major investment project demanded Boss Lady's attention, leaving her with limited time to see Little Shopkeeper, which could just reduce the time to see Little Shopkeeper. Little Shopkeeper didn't seem to notice anything, occasionally crafting new items and arranging for their delivery through the takeaway brother.
Every time she would put a ‘coffee’ receipt to maintain the image of Boss Lady in front of everyone. In fact, Boss Lady didn't want to hide anything at all. Everyone gave her a label, thinking that she just liked drinking americanos without sugar; she was also desperate.
In short, she managed to keep away from Little Shopkeeper and her store for a while.
Until she heard the news that Little Shopkeeper’s shop was being troubled.
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The Little Shopkeeper has been in trouble recently and couldn't extricate herself from the difficult situation.
The reason was that a boy was pursuing her, squatting in the Little Shopkeeper’s shop every day, refusing to leave. He helped to greet the guests, tidy up the table, and actively got acquainted with the Little Shopkeeper.
Of course, Little Shopkeeper was not stupid, she could clearly see the other person’s intentions. She has already given him a very clear rejection and said that the other's behavior has caused her a lot of trouble.
However, the boy thought that this was merely a test of the Little Shopkeeper, and upped his unimpeded performance.
Little Shopkeeper had a headache for several days; the other person’s mindset was too different from that of ordinary people. It wasn’t as if she could beat the other person out with a broom, right?
As a result, something went wrong.
This boy had a girlfriend, and she was a childhood sweetheart who grew up together. The other party went to study in another place and did not know what her boyfriend was doing in City A. As a result, when she got back from leave, she heard her boyfriend was fawning over a woman at the milk tea shop.
How can this be tolerated?
However, the brain circuits of this couple were exceptionally magical. The first reaction of the girl was not to confront the boy to break up. She actually found people to trouble the Little Shopkeeper with great fanfare.
Little Shopkeeper did nothing and did not provoke others but was still hit by others' verbal attacks; she was outside passing out flyers when a mighty bunch of people came in.
The girlfriend didn't intend to be reasonable as she claimed, "You dare seduce my boyfriend?" Then she told the people who followed behind her to smash everything.
A few burly men began to lift things in the shop.
Little Shopkeeper frowned and quickly and quietly hinted that the guests next to her would call the police. She didn't know who the other party was or why they were causing trouble. This city was still relatively unfamiliar to her, so she must call the police quickly to protect her own safety.
Covering the guests and calling to the police, Little Shopkeeper dealt with the girl in a soft-spoken manner.
Who would have thought that the girl would be even more angry when she saw Little Shopkeeper acting like this? In a few words, she told Little Shopkeeper about her boyfriend's hooking up with her when she was studying in a university in another city. There was no lack of hints that her dad had a great status in the city, and that she’ll have to take the consequences.
Only then did Little Shopkeeper know where the source of the misfortune came from. She felt very helpless. Why was she always wrongly accused of being someone else’s mistress? This couple was really amazing, and it had caused her such a big trouble.
She clearly explained that she had nothing to do with the boy and clearly rejected him, but still kept being pestered.
Little Shopkeeper kindly persuaded, "For this kind of thing, you should go to your boyfriend to ask clearly, and you should go to him for accountability. This is a matter between you two, it’s not good to bring this trouble onto other people."
Who knows that the girl is even more annoyed by these words, and even the cruel words were thrown out without hesitation; she almost wanted to start beating Little Shopkeeper.
Little Shopkeeper barely managed to avoid it; even though she was a restrained person, she was now somewhat angry. However, it wasn’t good to directly fight with the girl, she still had several big guys by her side. There was nothing more important than safety, especially when there are guests here. Besides, Little Shopkeeper could also see what kind of person this girl was, no matter how many words she spoke, and no matter how patiently reasoned, she would not listen.
Little Shopkeeper turned to comfort the frightened guests. They were all regulars, and everyone was very considerate. They condemned the girlfriend while helping Little Shopkeeper.
Who knows that this infuriated the girl even more. Not only does Little Shopkeeper disrespect her, but the people in this store don’t even know the difference between right and wrong!! How can Little Shopkeeper be any good when she was the one who seduced her boyfriend?! The girl kicked over a table angrily, and cursed loudly at the people who supported Little Shopkeeper in the shop.
The customers in the store were all white-collar workers in the nearby business district, they were refined in manner and their style of conversation was out of the ordinary; they were all refined people. They had never engaged in such a shouting abuse in the street like a fishwife, furthermore, the other party had brought ‘bodyguards’, so they didn’t have the upper hand.
Someone recorded the video secretly and passed it to the company's colleague exchange group.
Everyone came to Little Shopkeeper's shop often, and when they saw this issue, they started to discuss it in the group chat.
It just so happened that the video recorder was from Boss Lady’s company. Thus when Boss Lady’s assistant unlocked his phone, he saw that everyone was discussing the trouble Little Shopkeeper had encountered at her store ‘Cozy’.
As the assistant of Boss Lady, the assistant naturally knew that his employer had a very good relationship with Little Shopkeeper .She often snuck into her shop for a whole afternoon. So he pretended to inadvertently mention this matter to Boss Lady.
Boss Lady who was about to go to a meeting: Someone bullies my Little Shopkeeper?
She couldn't care about keeping a distance or anything. Boss Lady called the security guards in the company's security department and walked across a block mightily.
The security guards who followed Boss Lady: Wow, exciting.
Boss Lady led the group of people across a block and arrived at the shop of Little Shopkeeper.
Little Shopkeeper was still in a stalemate with the girl. She saw Boss Lady, who she hadn’t seen for many days with a cold face, carrying a cold killing intent and striding in from the outside with great momentum. Behind Boss Lady was a uniformed, seemingly well-trained security team, who seemed to be at a much higher level than the big men causing trouble in the store.
Suddenly, Little Shopkeeper's helpless heart calmed down.
Boss Lady went up and had her men control the troublemakers. The girlfriend was then subdued by a security guard and trapped in the middle.
Only then did Boss Lady look back at Little Shopkeeper, who was standing there obediently, "Are you okay?" After seeing the little girl's pretty face again, did she release how much she had missed her.
Little Shopkeeper tilted her head, her voice was soft, sounding a little aggrieved, "I’m okay, I was just slightly frightened." It felt good to be supported by another, although it didn’t seem too elite to bring a group of security guards as if ready to start a fight.
Boss Lady reached out and touched her head. "It's okay. Be good, I'm here." Then she looked at the source of the accident aggressively.
The girl was also felt a bit weak. Her family had a bit of influence, so she recognized Boss Lady’s face. Boss Lady was even the object their family wanted to covet and curry favor to. No matter how unyielding she was, whether she was willing or unwilling, the girl was now lacking in confidence.
However, she still stubbornly wanted to argue. From the bottom of her heart, she thought she was right. As a girl, Boss Lady should understand her better.
So she repeated the remarks she had made when she came to the door, minus the outrageous insults.
Hearing the accusation that Little Shopkeeper seduced her boyfriend while she was out of town, Boss Lady couldn't help but sneered.
"Look at yourself. And think about your boyfriend’s appearance too. Seduce huh? You really have big galls." When she thought that the Little Shopkeeper had been pestered by shameless people for so long during her absence, Boss Lady became a little angry with herself.
The anger vented more to the perpetrator in front of her.
"You can’t control your own scumbag, so you come out to pester innocent people? I want to see who raised you to be unable to distinguish between right and wrong." The Boss Lady was very tolerant to girls, but she had no regard for girls who are this muddleheaded. She dealt with her as if the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves. Once she had the girl apologize, Boss Lady threw the situation to the assistant and police officers who had arrived at the scene.
Oh, well they only left after they provided their statements. It was troublesome but after patiently dealing with it, Boss Lady fled away with Little Shopkeeper.
After all, she spent money on employees to make the best use of them. If she had to do everything herself, then what was the use of her CEO title?
The shop was temporarily unable to open for the time being. It needed to be reworked now. Of course, the payment for all of this would be on the girl and her boyfriend.
Boss Lady took advantage of the trend and followed Little Shopkeeper back to her home.
Little Shopkeeper lived near the milk tea shop for convenience's sake. She wasn’t short on money, and she preferred quietness, so she rented a small apartment. Although her home was small, it was complete— the living room and kitchen were fully equipped and the layout was clean and warm. There was even a small vase of flowers under the beige curtains. Every place was decorated to perfection, it could be seen that the owner was a diligent person in life.
Boss Lady silently compared her room with her own room, which completely relied on her housekeeper for maintenance. Sure enough, Little Shopkeeper’s home was just like the Little Shopkeeper.
Little Shopkeeper still wanted to laugh at the moment, but what Boss Lady did today was really beyond her expectation.
Think about it, a domineering female president led a group of black suits across the street mightily. This really broke through her previous image.
"Call me next time if something happens." Boss Lady sat down and told Little Shopkeeper in an earnest tone. All the nonsense about keeping a distance was thrown behind her head. She naturally had the ability to look after the people she valued. No matter what, she cannot let others bully her.
"Mm, thank you for today." Little Shopkeeper smiled softly, "Try this, what do you think about my new cake?" She handed a handkerchief to Boss Lady to wipe her hands with and brought a small delicate cake on a white china plate. "You haven't been here for a long time, try it."
"Mnn, I have a big project on hand recently, so I've been a little busy." Boss Lady concealed her somewhat embarrassed conscience, and still tasted the cake calmly.
——So sweet.
Little Shopkeeper showed a clear smile in response.
Afterward, Boss Lady abandoned all her prior endeavors. The bond between them reverted to its former state, with an even deeper connection felt between the two.
