Reborn in the 80s: Everyone Falls For Me
Chapter 196 - 195: A Chance Encounter on the Bus (2 updates)

Chapter 196: Chapter 195: A Chance Encounter on the Bus (2 updates)

Xu Niannian looked down at Du Cui from a position of power, with eyes as cold as frost. Her usually soft voice was indifferent as the bitter snow of the ninth winter month.

"Boss Du, I gave you double the supply quantity three days past the agreed time. Not only did you take the opportunity to lower prices, but you also used rejection to threaten me. Since you don’t want it, don’t blame me for ending our cooperation. It seems you’ve forgotten who is the proactive party in our relationship. Whether I sell my products or not, it’s my call. If you keep making trouble, don’t blame me for being impolite."

Du Cui was a typical shrew. Although she was initially taken aback by Xu Niannian’s icy stare, her shrewish habits persisted.

She plonked herself down onto Xu Niannian’s chair: "You think you can scare me? When I started doing business, you, a little girl, hadn’t even grown all your hair yet."

"Today, I’ll sit right here in your store. If you don’t agree to supply, I’m not leaving. With every customer that comes in, I’ll broadcast how you lack integrity. If that affects your business, it’s not my fault."

Xu Niannian narrowed her eyes. A shrew, huh... The last thing she was afraid of was this kind of shameless clinging.

There is an eternal truth in this world: the soft are afraid of the hard, the hard are afraid of the shameless, the shameless are afraid of the aggressive, and the aggressive are afraid of those with nothing to lose.

Without saying a second word, Xu Niannian turned and entered the kitchen.

Previously, Du Cui had smelled the fragrance of Liuyue Su in the store, and only when she approached did she realize it came from the kitchen.

She thought Xu Niannian had gone to the kitchen to get Liuyue Su and smugly curled up the corner of her mouth. Humph, a young girl trying to compete with her? No chance at all.

Xu Niannian’s argument with Du Cui caused Zhao Pang and the others to worry, fearing that Xu Niannian would be at a disadvantage.

Xu Zhiqiang, however, was somewhat calmer, as he had to restrain himself several times from throwing this shameless woman out, all stopped by Xu Niannian.

While Du Cui was still feeling victorious, Xu Niannian came out of the kitchen, brandishing a cleaver and looking ferocious.

Du Cui, with her back to the kitchen, didn’t see this, but Zhang Dazhi, standing at the doorway, did.

He rushed over to Du Cui, pulling her to leave: "Go, go, go, let’s not bother with this."

Zhang Dazhi was typically averse to conflict.

Du Cui, seeing her own man being so spineless, spat impatiently: "Go where? I’m staying right..."

With a resounding "clang," Du Cui turned pale with fright.

Xu Niannian approached Du Cui with the cleaver, pushed her onto a table behind her, and "whooshed" the knife into the table beside her ear, sinking it halfway through with force.

This action frightened not only Du Cui half to death but also left Zhao Pang, Chen Xiaorou, and the others stunned, watching Xu Niannian and swallowing hard.

Xu Niannian gritted her teeth at Du Cui: "I’ll say it one more time, the product is mine, I’ll sell if I want to and nobody can force me if I don’t. If you want to make a scene and latch onto me, fine, I’ll indulge you. Sit here today and don’t even think about leaving."

She intentionally pressed the blade against Du Cui’s ear, the cold steel causing Du Cui to shiver uncontrollably.

Xu Niannian warned: "But I’m warning you, if you interfere with a single customer of mine, I’ll chop off one of your fingers. Don’t think I won’t do it. This store is my life. If you dare to mess with it, I will put my life on the line against you."

Du Cui, staring at Xu Niannian’s fiercely threatening face and feeling the cleaver that could chop off her ear at any moment, had already wet herself from fear.

Before Xu Niannian could finish her harsh words, she smelled the strong odor of urine. Du Cui was trembling and begging: "I... I no longer want your supply... also... also won’t interfere with your, your business. I beg you, please don’t kill me... "

She sobbed intermittently, shaking like a sieve, and the urine smell grew stronger, while her husband, Zhang Dazhi, had already fled the store and stood explaining anxiously at the entrance.

"Miss Xu, it’s none of my business."

Xu Niannian internally scoffed, both of them were so cowardly, how did they have the nerve to make trouble for others.

At Du Cui’s level, she was nothing more than shameless, not quite reaching the level of a true shrew.

Xu Niannian had one such shrew at home - her mother.

Compared to this one, her mother was the true shrew.

If her mother, Yang Cuihua, had encountered this situation today, she would’ve pushed her neck forward.

She’d even deliberately provoke: "Cut me then, come on, right here where there’s more blood, aim here and make as many cuts as you’ve got nerve for. If you don’t kill me, I’ll cling to you for a lifetime; if I die, you’ll spend yours in prison."

That’s right, Yang Cuihua was that fierce.

Thinking of her mother’s brazenness somehow made Xu Niannian feel inexplicably proud.

Stop, stop, dealing with the current situation is more important.

Having been scared to the point of urinating herself, and with that smell in the air, Xu Niannian frowned in disgust. To think she had the gall to come here.

"You’re not going to cling?" she asked.

Du Cui’s lips trembled: "No, not clinging anymore."

Xu Niannian nodded but didn’t withdraw the knife: "I’m warning you, don’t do anything sneaky behind my back. You better pray that my store’s business gets better and better. The slightest sign of trouble, and I’ll come to your house with a knife to chop you."

Du Cui was close to crying; she dared not pull any underhanded moves anymore.

Her muttering reached new heights of tremor as she pleaded: "I won’t dare again, never again. You are magnanimous, spare me this once."

My life was in someone else’s hands, and Du Cui dared not be presumptuous anymore.

Moreover, she was a coward with elderly and children at home, not daring to risk her life against Xu Niannian. She was afraid of death and pain, too.

When Xu Niannian heard that, seeing Du Cui already trembling like a sieve, she let her go.

No sooner had she put the knife away than Du Cui ran off as if tumbling and wetting herself.

Leaving behind nothing but a chair and a puddle of yellow urine on the floor.

Xu Niannian frowned, realizing that her meal was now ruined.

"Xiao Rou, Auntie Qin, clean this up."

Xu Niannian looked up and saw Zhao Pang and the other two staring at her dumbfounded, with vacant expressions as if they were looking at an alien.

Only Zhiqiang was slightly more composed.

Because the Xu Niannian from before losing her memory had always been this unyielding and aggressive at home, very much her mother’s daughter.

With Du Cui gone, Xu Niannian stopped pretending to be fierce and intimidating, her expression returned to normal, and she blinked in confusion.

"Is there something on my face? Why are you all staring at me?"

Her voice was soft and sweet, and she gave them a radiant smile.

Instantly, the image of the gentle and beautiful landlady returned to their minds.

Such a gap left them somewhat startled, almost doubting that Xu Niannian had just been possessed by a ghost.

They had thought their landlady, who seemed very easy to bully, could be so terrifying when angered.

Just now, they almost thought Xu Niannian was really going to hack the troublemaker, Du Cui, with the knife.

Seeing that the three were still staring at her in stupefaction, Xu Niannian realized she might have been too fierce.

She quickly tried to make amends, "I was just scaring her," followed by a sweet smile.

The three of them shuddered all at once, and Zhao Pang quickly said, "Clean up, I’ll clean up right away."

Xu Niannian: "..."

Her reputation collapsed in an instant.

Damn Du Cui, making her lose face both inside and out.

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After dealing with Du Cui, the next day Xu Niannian set off for home.

She left the shop under the care of Zhiqiang and three employees.

She had already given instructions that, during her absence, the shop would only sell buttered noodles.

There was a shuttle bus from the county town to the town.

Xu Niannian boarded the bus just as it was about to leave, rushing on quickly.

She didn’t pay attention to the people on the bus, taking the only vacant seat, until a voice beside her made her skin crawl.

"Niannian?"

Xu Niannian froze for a moment, turning her head stiffly.

Seeing Liu Wendong’s handsome face, Xu Niannian managed a dry smile, covering her rapidly pounding heart, "Hehehe... What a coincidence, you’re going home, too."

"Mhm." Liu Wendong gazed at Xu Niannian foolishly, his eyes full of infatuation and longing, the intensity of his emotions almost overflowing.

"You’re going home, too?" he asked.

"Yeah, there’s something I need to take care of at home," Xu Niannian replied casually, turning her head away and looking straight ahead, avoiding Liu Wendong’s gaze.

The shuttle bus rattled and shook the entire way, Xu Niannian felt as though her insides were being jolted out.

Her face was an unhealthy shade of pale, and the bus was filled with all kinds of smells.

Some were eating fried snacks, others were smoking dry tobacco, and some were even picking at their feet.

With the hot weather, the odors became even more intense; staying in such a space, Xu Niannian nearly vomited.

Just when she couldn’t take it anymore, a white and delicate hand appeared in front of her, holding a silver water cup.

The pleasant voice of Liu Wendong sounded in her ear, "Have some water."