Chapter 14: Watch Your Step—A Threat?

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Boss, it’s this lady.”

The boy servant made the introduction and then tactfully left.

“Do you need something from me? What kind of fabric would you like to look at?”

Lady Boss, Yun Niang, had a faint smile on her face. This was her usual way of treating customers.

Longyue took a handkerchief from her basket and handed it over. “Lady Boss, this is an embroidered handkerchief I made. Do you want it?”
“This embroidery…”
The boss, Yun Niang, only took a quick look at it and knew that the embroidery work was very exquisite, not inferior to those from the embroidery workshops in the provincial capital. She was about to ask how much she planned to sell it for when she heard a sarcastic voice from the side.
“Yo, as the daughter of a rich family, she should be living a luxurious life. In the end, she had to show her face in public and sell embroidery. How regrettable!”

Longyue frowned. She hated this sarcastic tone, and the voice sounded a little familiar.

She looked over and saw a young girl in a pink dress standing not far away. She had a sharp chin and a proud, disdainful expression. “Isn’t she the Miss Lu I met last time she thought.

At that time, she had mocked Longyue but she ended up being cornered by Li Qingmu and reprimanded by Young Master Xiang and losing face.

So she was bearing a grudge. When she saw Longyue in dire straits, she couldn’t wait to mock her.

Longyue smiled and said calmly, “So what if I show my face in public? Is it for you to care? Oh, or do you feel sorry for me because you think you’re my daughter? Heh heh, then thank you very much!”

“You…”

Losing the verbal combat to Longyue, the petty Miss Lu gritted her teeth in anger. She glared at Li Qingmu and said, “That’s because your man is useless and has to rely on women to earn money. I… I really think standing under the same roof as you guys is a form of humiliation. Hmph!”
As she spoke, she took a few steps forward. Li Qingmu, who had his eyes lowered, looked up suddenly and said softly, “Miss, watch your step.”

“Hmph, I don’t need you to remind me. I can see!”

As Miss Lu spoke, she took another step forward. As a result, she stepped on something and jumped forward.

“Ah”

She cried out in pain and fell flat on her face.

“Ah, Miss!”

‘When the servant girl who was carrying cloths saw Miss Lu rolling on the floor, she quickly went up to help her. Instinctively, as a businesswoman, Yun Niang quickly ordered the boy servant to help.

“Ttold you to be careful, but you just wouldn’t listen. Sigh!”

Li Qingmu said softly. Longyue’s lips twitched. This person was really… She would not have fallen down if she had been walking normally, but she was shouting and accidentally stepped on a small rock beside her, causing her to trip.

“Wife, we’ve already done our part. She can’t blame us for this. Let’s continue with what we were doing!”

As he spoke, he handed an embroidered handkerchief to the lady boss.

Yun Niang was originally unhappy that her fabric store had become a battlefield for others. However, when she saw the embroidery, she was delighted and looked at it admiringly.

“Double-sided embroidery? Do you actually know how to do double-sided embroidery? We don’t have any in our shop. Your embroidery work is so exquisite and well laid out. This is a superior embroidery piece…” She looked at Longyue in surprise. “You really plan on selling these embroidery pieces to
me?”

“Yes, if you like it, I’ll make more in the future.”
Longyue took out the rest of the embroidered handkerchiefs.

“It’s all double-sided embroidery?” Yun Niang looked at them repeatedly and became more excited. Her tone was a little anxious. “This is good stuff. In the past, such finished products could only be obtained from the embroidery workshops in the provincial city, but quite often, we could not get the goods.
But you can make them yourself… This is really great!”

As she spoke, she quickly instructed the accountant to get the money. She turned around and asked, “What’s your name? Are you willing to work in my store?”

Longyue looked at the boss lady’s reaction and knew that she had a direct personality with well-defined likes and dislikes, unlike the boss of the medical center who would hide his emotions and trick you.

Both parties had a good impression of each other, so the rest of the matter was easily settled. Longyue gave eight embroidered handkerchiefs to Yun Niang in exchange for two taels.

This price was close to what Longyue had expected, so she happily accepted it.

“Your embroidery skills are so good that they are wasted on odd bits of cloth and ordinary embroidery thread. Oh right, I have some superior silk threads and silk handkerchiefs. Take them and send them over after you’re done with the embroidery.”
Yun Niang enthusiastically took a basket of silk handkerchiefs and embroidery threads and handed them to Longyue.

Longyue didn’t stand on ceremony. She took it and said, “When I’m done, I’ll bring the handkerchiefs over. Then you can deduct the money for these threads and cloths.”

“Alright, it’s cash on delivery then.”

Both parties were businesswomen, and knew it was not a bad idea to stick to business and settle the accounts without ambiguity. That way, neither party would lose out.

“Oh right, I want to buy two sets of clothes. Does the lady boss have ready-made clothes?”

Longyue was just about to step out of Jinxiu fabric shop when she suddenly remembered that she was wearing clothes made from rough fabric that had white and yellow stains from washing and starching. She wanted to get new sets of clothes.
Yun Niang nodded. “Yes, I just made some. It’s in the inner room. Do you want to go in and take a look?”

“Alright, let’s have a look!”

Longyue entered and chose a set of light blue and a set of light pink clothes. Each set consisted of a blouse and a skirt. They were made of ordinary rough cotton, so they were not expensive. Two sets only cost 300 copper coins.

Longyue picked up a new set of clothes and tried them on eagerly. She stood in front of a large bronze mirror and turned around. In the mirror, she looked young and beautiful, and full of vitality. Longyue smiled happily.

This smile made her appear even more charming. Coupled with her new clothes, she looked like a fairy that had walked out of a painting. Li Qingmu stood at the side and could not help but be stunned.

Meanwhile Miss Lu had recovered from her fall with the help of the servant girl. When she thought about how she suddenly fell while walking, she felt that this adulterous couple was behind it. She was so angry that she started scolding them.
“B*tch, no matter how you dress up, you’re still a featherless phoenix. You’re worse than a chicken! Hmph!”

“although a phoenix is down and out, it’s still a phoenix. One day, a phoenix will undergo nirvana and soar through the nine heavens again. As for you, you’re just a chicken. You’ll never be a phoenix!”

“You…”

‘Miss Lu was defeated in her several confrontations with Longyue. It made her so angry that she was going berserk. She wanted to rush up and rip that little b*tch, Longyue’s mouth apart!

But when she looked up at Li Qingmu, who was beside Longyue, a hint of coldness flashed across his deep eyes. She caught his look and felt a chill run down her spine. Only then did she remember that Young Master Xiang had said that he wanted to keep a respectful distance from this person and that he
did not want to offend him.

Then she recalled how Young Master Xiang suddenly went crazy after he went home that day. He held a kitchen knife and chased after someone at his residence. She herself had a fall right after Li Qingmu called her name. She thought, “You demon, was it you who caused Young Master Xiang to go crazy?
That’s right, it must be you.. I want to report this to the officials and get them to arrest a demon like you and get rid of evil for the people!”