My Co-renting Lady Boss
Chapter 134 - 0134: Let Tang Ming Accompany You Back

Chapter 134: Chapter 0134: Let Tang Ming Accompany You Back

"Fine, eating at her place is just the same."

The chubby guy smiled and said, "Tang Ming, you mentioned their store is closing. Do you think they will cancel the buffet?"

"All the better if they cancel it. They rely on their wealth to harm others with their capital. If it came down to fair competition, they might not necessarily be a match for the Xia Family."

Tang Ming and the chubby guy headed to the Xia Family’s cold drinks shop.

After they entered, they moved about with ease. The chubby one helped sell popsicles at the counter while Tang Ming was in charge of making diet popsicles in the back room. As for Xia Wei’er, she handled the cash and cleaned up.

Xia Wei’er watched Tang Ming, who acted as if he owned the cold drinks shop, with some speechlessness. The guy just walked in and started making popsicles without a greeting. Anyone who didn’t know better might think he actually worked there!

However, Xia Wei’er, upon seeing the cold drink hall across the street shut down, felt quite vindicated. She thought it was Tang Ming’s doing. It turned out he wasn’t just greedy for food, but also sabotaged their business!

Thinking of how Tang Ming had helped her family and even avenged them, she felt complicated... Was he considering himself her boyfriend? He was always so enthusiastic, and now he was even familiar with her mother... Ah!

She had told him already, so why was he still like this... Xia Wei’er felt a bit of silent resentment... This guy was really forcing his help on them!

An hour later, Tang Ming had finished making the diet popsicles. At the shop’s entrance, Xia Wei’er said softly to her mother, "Mom, I want to go back to the shanty area to look for some books and clothes."

"The houses have been demolished, what books and clothes could you find there?"

Wei’er’s mother was startled, then said, "Wei’er, do you plan to search through the ruins of our home?"

"Yes."

Xia Wei’er nodded and replied:

"I’ll go have a look. If I can find the books and clothes, we won’t need to buy new ones. Dad needs money for medical treatment, and I’ll need money for university in the future, so we should save wherever we can."

"But the ruins are all bricks and soil, what can you, a girl, dig out? You don’t have much strength either."

Wei’er’s mother said, worried.

"Mom, I’ll be careful, it’ll be fine."

Xia Wei’er replied.

"No, it’s settled. I’ll close the shop and go with you."

Wei’er’s mother hastened to say.

"Mom, you really don’t need to. I can manage by myself. You still need to sell cold drinks in the shop, and you have to take care of Dad. Business is just picking up again, how can we close now?"

Xia Wei’er stubbornly refused.

Wei’er’s mother knew her daughter’s temperament, thought for a moment, and said, "Alright then, I won’t accompany you, but please be very careful."

"I know, Mom. I will be."

Xia Wei’er cheered up.

Wei’er’s mother was still worried. As she entered the shop, Tang Ming just happened to come out of the preparation area, having finished with the diet popsicles, and was drying his hands with a cloth.

Seeing him, Wei’er’s mother had a flash of inspiration and said, "Little Tang, I need to trouble you with something again."

As soon as Xia Wei’er heard it, she knew something was wrong. Her mother was definitely going to have Tang Ming accompany her, so she quickly said, "Mom, I can go on my own."

"Auntie, what’s the matter? It’s no trouble at all, I’m very familiar with the place anyway," Tang Ming said nonchalantly.

"That’s great."

Wei’er’s mom glared at her daughter and said with a smile, "Wei’er wants to go back to the ruins of our home in the shantytown to look for some things, maybe find some of her old textbooks, books, and clothes. But that place is very chaotic now. The people from the demolition company are all thugs and hooligans, and you know that without me saying. So I was thinking... to have you accompany her for the trip."

"That’s fine."

Once Tang Ming thought about how Xia Wei’er was a delicate girl, and it really wasn’t suitable for her to go alone to the shantytown, which was chaotic as a pot of jumbled porridge. Furthermore, those from the demolition company had long wanted to target her; her going alone was like walking right into their hands. Now that her mother was asking for his help, it wasn’t a problem to lend a hand.

But Wei’er’s mom was very stubborn. No matter what Xia Wei’er said, she wouldn’t change her mind. With no other option, Xia Wei’er could only let Tang Ming accompany her back to the shantytown.

When they left, Tang Ming told the fatso that he was going to take Xia Wei’er to the shantytown and asked him to go home by himself later.

The fatso agreed with a laugh, "Okay, Brother Ming, then seize the opportunity."

"What are you talking about? I’m just protecting her safety," Tang Ming said, half laughing and half crying.

Xia Wei’er also glared angrily at the fatso for saying such nonsense!

"Alright then, you take good care of her. I’ll sell some more ice popsicles to help Auntie, then I’ll head back," said the fatso, with a lecherous wink in his eyes.

Xia Wei’er and Tang Ming walked out of the cold drinks shop together. Xia Wei’er, worried about being misunderstood, walked quickly ahead, trying not to walk side by side with Tang Ming.

As for Tang Ming, he was indifferent and just followed behind, as long as he could see Xia Wei’er’s figure.

The two of them got on the bus one after the other and headed straight for the shantytown.

Originally, there were empty double seats on the bus, but Xia Wei’er still chose to sit with an old lady. She was afraid of being seen by her classmates and misunderstood, afraid that people would think she was dating Tang Ming. The rumors had already spread throughout the school. Many believed that Tang Ming often went to her family’s store to help out in order to chase after Xia Wei’er. There were even stories about him beating up School Bullies Chen and Ma for her. Anyway, there were countless versions, all told as if seen with their own eyes.

As a boy, Tang Ming naturally didn’t mind, but Xia Wei’er, with her thin skin, was really afraid of being misunderstood.

The shantytown was originally a dirty, disordered, and poor area. Now, with the entry of the demolition company’s people, whether it was large machinery or a large number of construction workers, the shantytown had become even dirtier, more disordered, and crowded than before. Huge trenches filled with puddles covered the ground, and passing cars splashed up large amounts of dirty water.

Chen Shuang’er, wearing a hoodie, walked through the shantytown. Out of money again today, she had to find an easy mark to pick some cash from.

The streets of the shantytown were full of potholes. Additionally, she and her sisters usually lived here, so she generally wouldn’t strike within the shantytown.

If Tang Ming were already in the shantytown by now, he would definitely recognize that the female thief he ran into on Herbal Medicine Street last time was this very Chen Shuang’er!

"All of you be careful, hurry up with the demolition," shouted Fire Brother, overseeing the workers demolishing a building nearby.

Chen Shuang’er knew the family that lived in this house—named after Zhang Zili—a usually honest and submissive family. Somehow, they were forced by Fire Brother’s men to sign a contract, accepting less than a hundred thousand yuan in compensation. Now, with the people forced out, naturally, the house had to be demolished as well.

Fire Brother, with a cigarette in his mouth, shouted at the onlooking residents of the shantytown, "See that? You still think you can hold out for something better? I’m telling you, if you sign the contract and move away now, we’ll compensate according to the price listed in the demolition contract. But if you don’t sign and drag this out, we will have to forcibly demolish later, and I can assure you, the money you’ll get will definitely be less than what you’re offered now."