Brother Yuanqiu, it's me, Xuanxuan.]
I've already waited this long. Since Lu Yuanqiu won't get to eat one, I might as well buy one for Dad.
Bai Qingxia thought to herself.
Lu Tian had set Bai Songzhe's working hours from nine in the morning to five in the evening, with three meals a day and a monthly wage of five hundred.
It was not yet nine, and Bai Songzhe was still lying in bed, sound asleep.
The line for scallion pancakes ahead was gradually shortening. Bai Qingxia stepped forward, but just then, a curly-haired older woman noticed the growing gap in front of the girl in a school uniform and slipped into it as though it were perfectly natural.
The girl took a few steps back, unable to keep her little hands from clenching into fists.
Someone had cut in front of her!
When the people behind her saw this, they all objected. "Hey! You there! Why are you cutting in line?!"
"Exactly! We all came early and have been waiting this long, and you just help yourself to a spot in line?"
"Go to the back!"
Hearing the angry voices behind her, Bai Qingxia immediately gained some confidence. She looked over angrily too, trying to glare a hole in the woman's back with a "fierce" look that carried no threat whatsoever.
But the curly-haired woman ahead showed no reaction at all. She did not turn around or even say a word in retort, as though all she needed to do was brazen it out until she could buy a scallion pancake and leave.
Just then, a fair-skinned hand landed on the woman's shoulder.
"You really think nobody dares lay a hand on you?"
A crisp voice came from behind.
Bai Qingxia turned at the sound and discovered that a