Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 179: Someone’s Robbing

Chapter 179: Chapter 179: Someone’s Robbing

Today is not only the day Han Ming’s high school opens, but also the opening day for Siying School.

However, since Zhen Yu had already requested leave in advance, she didn’t plan to go to school. After all, she had already entrusted everything to Han Mingyue.

After cleaning the store with Li Li, the two sat down inside to chat.

"Sister Li Li, how did the last batch of goods sell?"

Sometimes Mrs. Zhen doesn’t go to Qi City to pick the goods herself, she directly calls to order. She asks Boss Jia to send the best-selling models from his side, just like the batch that came at the end of July.

"Very good! It just coincides with the change of seasons! Plus, this year everyone is into thick-soled ones, everyone is buying them," Li Li said smilingly.

"Are there many sandals left?"

"That’s decent, not too many left. Sister Cheng had asked me to put them away earlier."

"No one is buying sandals anymore?"

"Yes! It’s autumn now and they can’t be worn for many days, now everyone is buying single shoes."

"Are spring models sold together?"

"Yes! But more people are purchasing the new autumn models."

"Do you have large paper and a black marker?"

"No!" Li Li, somewhat curious, "What do you need that for?"

"To write big characters." Upon hearing there weren’t any, Zhen Yu got up, "I’ll go out and buy some."

Li Li blinked, a bit puzzled about what the young boss was thinking, why would she need to write in large characters?

——

Although it was just past eight o’clock and not many people were out shopping, the sun was already quite high.

Zhen Yu went to a nearby miscellaneous store, bought paper and a pen, and brought them back to Shoe City.

Then she tore six sheets of paper from the notebook and with a thick black marker wrote one large character on each page, "Massive Clearance Sale!"

After finishing the writing, she instructed Li Li to help her, and they moved some empty shoe boxes to the steps outside the door, stacking them about half a person high, and attached the five big characters facing the street side of the shoe boxes.

She personally took out a pair of each model of spring single shoes and all models of sandals, placing them on the shoe boxes under the steps.

"Boss, why are we suddenly having a clearance sale?" Li Li asked, puzzled.

Zhen Yu didn’t hide it from her, "Isn’t it because they’re going to demolish this area soon! And the styles are also outdated, we might as well sell as much as we can! Let me tell you the adjusted prices, and you jot them down..."

Zhen Yu directly cut down the profit margin of all sandals by half, and for some singular size items, she priced them at cost. It didn’t take long for Li Li to draft up a new price list.

Since it was the weekend, the customer flow quickly picked up. Additionally, the five prominent black characters with an exclamation mark outside Shoe City quickly attracted a crowd of middle-aged ladies.

Store owners from neighboring shops came out to watch, and as Zhen Yu directed customers into the store, she inadvertently turned her head and saw Ju Zhen holding her child.

In the towns of the 90s, there were no urban management officers, and everyone commonly believed that the area in front of their own store was their territory, even when it came to snow sweeping.

As long as the stalls didn’t obstruct someone else’s store entrance or the middle of the road, no one would interfere.

Perhaps it was the excited expressions on the aunties’ faces, or maybe it was hearing their loud exclamations, "Is it really that cheap?", some Boss Ladies could no longer control their steps and couldn’t help crowding forward too.

Boss Lady of the grocery store must have a good relationship with Mrs. Zhen, as she didn’t start off by asking about the price like the others, but rushed into Shoe City.

Instead, she grabbed Zhen Yu and asked her: "Little girl! Your mom hasn’t come back yet? Did she ask you to sell off the stock?"

"She has something else to do and won’t be back until tomorrow! So, I came back first." Zhen Yu dodged the latter question, only answering the former one and immediately began promoting, "Aunt Zhang, take a look at which pair of shoes you like?"

"Oh, let me see." Upon hearing Zhen Yu’s words, it seemed as if Mrs. Zhen had sent her back first to sell off the stock, so Boss Zhang from the grocery store didn’t think too much about it.

——

It was the transition between summer and autumn, and business was already good. The clearance sale boosted the sales even more, and Li Li and Zhen Yu barely had time for lunch, buying it whenever they could find a moment and eating it in turns.

During the evening tally, Li Li couldn’t help but exclaim, "Did we really sell this much today? It feels like I’m dreaming!"

"You might have to keep dreaming for a few more days." Zhen Yu said cheerfully.

It looks like she’ll have to call Mrs. Zhen tonight and tell her to make a round at Boss Jia’s place early tomorrow before coming back! To check if there are any unsold sandals and spring shoes left at Boss Jia’s...

Li Li handed over the income from the two days Mrs. Zhen was not home to Zhen Yu, and they both closed the shop together and went home as the sun was setting.

The sky at 6 PM wasn’t dark yet, just a bit dusky.

With thousands in ’big money’ in her bag, Zhen Yu, afraid that the day’s booming business might have caught the eye of someone with intentions, decided to hurry home.

But the more she hoped not to encounter anything, the more things happened! Just past the railroad tracks not too far, she saw a man squatting on a dirt road between two large pits.

He was just sitting boldly in the middle of the road, and when he heard Zhen Yu’s footsteps, he quickly looked up.

Their eyes met, and Zhen Yu’s steps momentarily faltered, but then she continued walking towards him. She wondered, what are the chances he’s not a bad guy? The answer is, zero.

A mask in this season! Squatting by a deserted pit at this time! Could he possibly be planning to commit suicide by jumping into the pit without anyone noticing?

As Zhen Yu’s mind wandered, the man suddenly shouted lowly, "Stop!"

Zhen Yu ignored him and kept walking, treating the man’s words as if they were air.

You tell me to stop, and I just stop? Have I no dignity? Besides, how can I fight you if I don’t come close?

"You, you, you! Stop! Don’t walk any further!" The man stammered out his words, making it obvious how nervous he was!

——

When Zhen Yu was only about four or five steps away from him, she suddenly heard a ’clang’ sound!

Until then, Zhen Yu hadn’t noticed, but now she saw that the man was holding a switchblade in his right hand, and the blade had already sprung out.

"!" Zhen Yu was alarmed but remained calm and stopped in her tracks.

"Quickly throw your bag over here!" The man said viciously, "Don’t make me lay hands on you!"

Zhen Yu’s mind raced.

Kick him into the pit? What if he drowns? She wouldn’t escape a charge of excessive self-defense!

Fight him? It was easy to get hurt! Last time she was cut by Ju Ming, and although it was winter and she was dressed thickly so the wound was shallow, she still had a faint scar remaining.

There was no one at home right now, and even if she ran past him back home, she wouldn’t have time to unlock the door and hide inside! Because he would definitely catch up if she delayed even a moment.

Where should she run to? Just as Zhen Yu thought about this, the man saw her not moving and furiously gestured forward with the knife, urging, "Hurry up! I have a knife in my hand!"

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