Only after Xiao Yu moved aside a little did the young man nod in satisfaction. He whistled at Hu Feifei rather flippantly, gave a couple of strange chuckles, then turned to the girl inside the shop and said in a frivolous tone, "Sister Lin, your big brother's back. How's your thinking coming along on what I asked you to consider?"
"Um... well, sorry, but I don't want to change jobs. If I leave, there won't be anyone left to run this shop..."
"Oh, come on. If this lousy shop closes, let it close. What does it matter? Doesn't a job paying twenty thousand a month sound good? You work yourself to the bone in this dump for just one or two hundred a day. Even when you're lucky and get lots of customers, it's only three or five hundred. What's the point?"
"Well, thank you for your kindness, but I really don't want to change jobs."
"Hey, you stupid girl. You won't take the easy way, so you want the hard way? I'll be straight with you. My boss's patience has run out. He gave me strict orders: if you refuse again, he's going to get serious. Once my boss makes his move, this lousy shop of yours will never open again!"
The girl's face paled, and she visibly grew flustered. Her voice was pleading and tearful. "Please, let me go. I'm just some nobody who sells vegetables. Why would a big shot like your boss have his eye on me?"
"Heh, little girl, who told you to be so pretty? Why don't you ask around? There are so many schoolgirls out there crying and begging for my boss to keep them, and he doesn't give them a second glance. Don't be ungrateful!"
"I... but can't I just not want