Yu Jiaojiao looked at Li Shangyan and said, “Mr. Li, Little Yang is no longer an employee of Zhou Xiaosheng, so you don’t need to worry about her.”
“We should sign the contract quickly. You can handle the rest of the business with me.”
Li Shangyan was so angry he laughed, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly.
He glanced at the bewildered Yang Jinxiu and sneered at Yu Jiaojiao, “I’m afraid that won’t work!”
Yu Jiaojiao was stunned and asked, “Why not?”
Li Shangyan smiled and said, “Like I said, I came here to cooperate with Store Manager Yang, not with you!”
“Since you’ve fired her, why should I keep cooperating?”
Yu Jiaojiao refused to give up and straightened herself up, her ample chest nearly spilling out completely.
In a suggestive tone, she said, “If you cooperate with me, we can definitely keep getting closer.”
However, Li Shangyan put the pen back in its case and set it down lightly.
He looked at the somewhat dazed Yang Jinxiu beside him and said gently, “Store Manager Yang, would you be interested in having a chat?”
Yang Jinxiu nodded and followed Li Shangyan out of Zhou Xiaosheng in a daze.
Yu Jiaojiao watched the two of them leave and said bitterly, “That shameless pair! Acting so smug in front of me.”
“That slut, Yang Jinxiu. I thought she was so pure, but when she saw a big client, wasn’t she still ready to spread her legs?”
Behind her, several clerks secretly exchanged glances, their expressions a little complicated.
…
At Xingke Coffee Shop.
Yang Jinxiu looked at Li Shangyan with gratitude and said, “Mr. Li, thank you so much!”
Li Shangyan smiled and waved his hand. “No need to be polite. And don’t call me Mr. Li. I’m still in school, so just call me Li Shangyan.”
Yang Jinxiu was a little surprised.
Although she knew the man in front of her was young, she had not expected him to still be a university student.
A trace of envy appeared in her eyes.
Li Shangyan asked, “What happened just now? Of course, if it’s private, you don’t have to say.”
A bitter look appeared in Yang Jinxiu’s eyes, but she did not hide it.
“To be honest, I’m not afraid of you laughing. That person is my biological brother!”
“My parents have always favored boys over girls and spoiled my brother terribly.”
“Even though our family was not well off, they still let him grow into someone ambitious but lacking in ability, spoiled, and lazy.”
“He stopped studying after high school and said he wanted to go out and start a business.”
“I never expected him to be cheated out of a lot of money and end up with hundreds of thousands in online debt.”
“My parents tried to fill that hole by emptying the entire family savings, and they still ended up owing a lot of money.”
“As for me, after graduating from high school, I no longer had money for college, so I had to drop out and go to work.”
“Originally, through my own hard work, I gradually worked my way up to become the store manager at Zhou Xiaosheng, and my income was pretty good.”
“Just when everything was finally looking up, bad news came.”
After saying so much in one breath, Yang Jinxiu paused, but her tears were already streaming down.
Li Shangyan silently handed her a tissue.
Those who have not suffered another person’s pain should not tell them to be kind.
All he could do now was listen quietly and let Yang Jinxiu vent the grievances in her heart.
“Just when we were about to finish paying off the debts, my mother was diagnosed with a tumor.”
“Fortunately, it was still benign at the time, but the doctor warned us to have surgery as soon as possible, or it might turn cancerous.”
“However, just as we were preparing to go to the hospital, we found out that my brother had racked up a lot of debt again.”
“The reason was that he had taken up the bad habit of gambling.”
“Over the past two years, he has become even more outrageous, borrowing money and cheating money from everywhere.”
“I originally wanted to save money for my mother’s surgery, but every time payday came, he forced me to hand the money over to him.”
At this point, her voice was filled with utter helplessness.
“Boo-hoo… Because of him, I never had the chance to go to college.”
“Because of him, I work desperately every month and can’t bear to spend money, yet I still can’t save even a little.”
“Because of him, my mother is in danger of losing her life at any moment, and yet he doesn’t care at all!”
“Sometimes, I even have extreme thoughts of wanting to die together with him.”
“But when I think of my parents, I feel unbearably sad and heartbroken.”
By then, Yang Jinxiu was sobbing nonstop, like an abandoned kitten.
This beauty’s suffering made Li Shangyan feel a wave of sympathy.
Of course, he was just an ordinary man.
If it were a man instead?
At most he would sympathize a little; he would not feel heartache.
Although this girl was a little older than him, her life had been so twisted and so full of hardship.
After a long while, Yang Jinxiu finally calmed down a little. She smiled awkwardly and said, “I’m sorry. I made a fool of myself.”
Li Shangyan shook his head and said, “I didn’t expect you to have gone through something like this. So what do you plan to do in the future?”
Yang Jinxiu fell into another daze and shook her head. “I don’t know either!”
“Ever since Yu Jiaojiao was promoted to our regional director, she’s never liked me and has made things difficult for me many times.”
“She also stole a lot of clients from me before, but today she went even too far.”
“But that’s fine. I don’t have to suffer her nonsense anymore.”
“It’s just a pity that my mother’s surgery will be delayed again, and who knows until when!”
After a moment of silence, Li Shangyan said, “Are you interested in helping me out?”
Yang Jinxiu was stunned and said uncertainly, “Help you? But I only graduated from high school. There are so many things I don’t understand.”
Li Shangyan had only felt sorry for Yang Jinxiu at first, but by now he realized that this idea seemed extremely feasible.
He looked at Yang Jinxiu with bright eyes and said, “I have some legal channels to obtain a lot of gold and silver, and I need to cash them out.”
“In addition, I also need to purchase jade, in unlimited quantities!”
“But to be honest, I don’t really understand this field, so I need a professional to help me.”
“And you already have very rich experience in this field. I believe you can do it!”
Hearing that Li Shangyan wanted to do business in her old field, Yang Jinxiu’s eyes instantly lit up.
She nodded without hesitation and agreed!
Li Shangyan was also very happy.
Yang Jinxiu not only had a good figure, she was also beautiful. Working with someone like her was always a pleasure.
More importantly, she was very professional and had a good character.
The only drawback was that she was a little soft and very easy to push around.
For example, her parents, her biological brother, and Yu Jiaojiao.
There was no way her parents did not know what her brother was doing.
But her parents would rather sacrifice their daughter’s happiness than make their fallen son change his ways.
At the root of it all, they still favored boys over girls too much and spoiled their son too much.
Li Shangyan said seriously to Yang Jinxiu, “I think very highly of you, and I hope you can come help me.”
“But there are some things I need to say up front so it won’t be troublesome later.”
Seeing how serious he was, Yang Jinxiu could not help feeling nervous and said tensely, “Please go ahead.”
Li Shangyan said, “As long as you come, I will give you generous compensation, at least twice what you were making at Zhou Xiaosheng, and even more in the future.”
“But! Yu Jiaojiao said something right. I hope your private matters won’t affect your work.”
Seeing that Yang Jinxiu wanted to explain, Li Shangyan waved his hand and said, “I can advance your salary so your mother can have the surgery as soon as possible.”
“But that money is only for your mother. If your brother takes it again.”
“I may not make you compensate me, but I will think your ability is limited and that you are not suitable to work by my side!”
“Also, drug addicts and gambling addicts are beyond saving. I hope you will stay away from your brother as much as possible in the future.”
“I’m not asking you to cut off family ties, but at the very least, don’t let him appear in front of me!”
“I hope you can live for yourself from now on, instead of carrying such a heavy burden.”
After hearing Li Shangyan say such warm things, Yang Jinxiu felt that even though the person in front of her was younger than she was, Li Shangyan was extremely steady.
Yang Jinxiu nodded firmly and said, “I agree! Thank you!”
After a pause, she asked, “When do I start?”
Li Shangyan smiled and said, “Now?”
“Then… what should I do?”
“Hmm… How about you help me register a jewelry trading company first?”
“?”
Yang Jinxiu instantly felt a little uneasy.
She had just thought this guy was reliable. Why did it suddenly feel like she had fallen into a trap?