Chapter 33: I’m Your Future Daughter-in-Law

Gu Yunshu was truly exasperated. “Yueyue, your parents have been so dedicated to nurturing you, hoping you’d grow up happy, independent, and always confident. With this kind of love-brained thinking, you’ll end up digging for wild vegetables one day!”

She envisioned her daughter as someone fearless and bold, beautiful and fierce.

But the daughter in front of her was a crying mess, playing petty games, foolish…

She must have done something terrible in her previous life to be cursed with seven sons and a daughter who was a constant disappointment.

Lu Zhenting gently patted her back. “Alright, alright, don’t be upset. As long as we’re alive, our daughter won’t be digging for wild vegetables. I tried to set up a meeting with Old Zhan last time, but he wasn’t in the country. I’ll try again next time.”

Gu Yunshu sighed. “Forget it, I’ll handle this.”

…

Early morning, Xia Nanxi woke up needing to pee. After using the bathroom, she couldn’t fall back asleep, so she went downstairs.

“Mom, is there anything I can help with?”

Xu Xiufen looked up at her. “It’s only a little past six. You don’t have class until later, why are you up so early? We have everything divided up here, you don’t need to do anything. Go back to sleep.”

Xia Changyuan was responsible for mixing the dough and preparing the filling, Xu Xiufen handled the money, two workers were in charge of wrapping the buns, two others were responsible for serving customers, and one was dedicated to cleaning. There was really nothing for Xia Nanxi to do.

“I can’t sleep.”

Xia Nanxi took five yuan from the drawer. “I’m going to buy a pancake and sausage from the shop next door.”

“Alright, go ahead.”

Xu Xiufen smiled and handed her three coins. “Get two extra eggs.”

She was tired of eating buns every day, let alone her daughter.

As Xia Nanxi walked back with her pancake and sausage in one hand and the grilled sausage the vendor gave her for free in the other, she suddenly saw a beautiful woman standing at the entrance of her family’s bun shop, peering inside.

She was wearing ten-centimeter high heels and a pure white dress.

Her long straight black hair and slender waist made her look incredibly elegant from behind!

Xia Nanxi walked towards her, afraid of startling her, and said softly, “Are you here to eat, miss?”

The beautiful woman turned around and smiled. “Nanxi! It’s me!”

Xia Nanxi unconsciously took a step back. What bad luck! She had to see Zhang Yating first thing in the morning.

Without saying a word, she went inside.

But Zhang Yating, as if she didn’t notice her expression, followed her in. “Nanxi, Nanxi, I heard your family runs a bun shop, so I came to try it out.”

“If you want to try it, just buy some. Don’t follow me.”

There was no reason to turn away customers, especially with so many people around. Xia Nanxi didn’t want to argue with her.

She went to the kitchen, grabbed a bowl of soup, and found an empty table to eat.

But she didn’t expect Zhang Yating to follow her into the kitchen.

She acted very familiar and said, “Uncle, Auntie, hello. I’m Nanxi’s classmate, my name is Zhang Yating.”

Xu Xiufen was always welcoming to Xia Nanxi’s classmates and quickly smiled. “Hello, hello! Come sit down. What kind of buns do you want? Auntie will get them for you.”

“No, no, Auntie. You’re so busy here, I’ll help you out first.”

With that, she found a cleaning cloth and started cleaning up the dishes and wiping tables on her own.

“Oh my! You can’t do that…”

Xu Xiufen was about to stop her, but Xia Changyuan grabbed her hand.

“Don’t go.”

“What’s wrong?”

Xia Changyuan whispered, “Don’t you think it’s a little strange? She says she’s a classmate of ours, but our Nanxi doesn’t even acknowledge her. And even if they were classmates, no one would just come in and start cleaning up dishes and wiping tables.”