Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties
Chapter 314 - 313: Something Fishy

Chapter 314: Chapter 313: Something Fishy

Lin Yu listened intently, and following what was said, her eyes lit up, "It will definitely make a lot of money! The city is so big, even opening several more stores would attract buyers..."

Chen Gang had an idea form in his mind, "I’ll go back and discuss it with my family, maybe I should open one too?"

Lin Yu was delighted at heart, this was great news, "Sure! Brother Gangzi, then my aunt won’t keep nagging you..."

Soon, a store diagonally opposite Lin Xia’s family started to clean up and renovate.

Ding Ling was a nosy person, and after making rounds outside she found out that this family planned to open a cosmetics store.

"Sister Lin! What do we do if they want to open the same type of store as ours?"

Lin Xia wasn’t too concerned about this, as what right did she have to stop others?

Moreover, the more shops there are in one area, the better; after all, that would attract customers to come here for shopping.

"It’s fine! Let them do their thing, we just need to do ours well!"

Lin Xia stood at the door and looked diagonally across, unexpectedly seeing Lin Yu coming out of the store.

The sight of each other was particularly irksome for the enemies.

Surprised, Lin Xia stared at Lin Yu, noting the great change in her appearance; she looked fashionable yet also mature.

Lin Yu glowered back fiercely at Lin Xia, wishing she could rush over and have a huge fight, grinding her to dust.

But the situation was different now; how would the neighbors view her if she behaved like this once the business started?

Chen Gang would also be displeased to know about it.

The facade she maintained in front of Chen Gang had always been one of gentle gracefulness—how could she reveal a shrewish side?

Lin Xia rode away on her bicycle, aware that Lin Yu was connected to the store opposite, and that there wouldn’t be peace in the future.

But she wasn’t too fearful.

After all, when running a business, anything can happen.

Lin Qiu was aware that Lin Yu had appeared, and that she had opened a store diagonally opposite her house, which worried her.

"Sister! What’s her relationship with that store? She shouldn’t have enough money to open a store, should she?" Lin Qiu knew her sister had spent a significant amount on buying the place, refurbishing it, and stocking it, almost emptying their savings.

Lin Xia had also considered this, "She probably doesn’t! But you never know about others! Anyway, let’s wait and see. She hates us, so she’ll definitely try to make life difficult for me in the future!"

Lin Qiu served Lin Xia dinner, "Sister! We’d better be cautious anyway!"

"I know! Xiaoqiu, relax your brow, it’s no big deal, ha, she has hers, I have mine!" Lin Xia, worried her sister might be stressed about this issue, quickly reassured her.

The cosmetics store diagonally opposite had its grand opening; it was called Beautiful Cosmetics Store.

On opening day, many people came.

Lin Xia looked out from her own shop and saw a not-so-tall young man hosting the crowd; she also noticed an elderly couple shaking hands with other guests, guessing at their identities.

Lin Yu stayed inside the store all the while, busy with managing the inventory, and besides, there were plenty of people around, making it difficult for her to step outside the counter.

Chen Gang’s store opening attracted not just his parents’ friends and colleagues, but his own friends as well, including Miao Xue.

Miao Xue knew clearly about Chen Gang and Lin Yu’s affair. She originally thought that after Chen Gang slept with Lin Yu, he would get tired of her in a few days and dump her, and what fun it would be for her to watch the drama from the sidelines.

But unexpectedly, Chen Gang was quite devoted. After sleeping together for so long, they were still together and hadn’t broken up.

"Brother Gangzi! Have you forgotten what you told me?" Miao Xue whispered to Chen Gang while their friends were all gathered around looking at the merchandise in the store and Lin Yu was busy with her head down.

Chen Gang licked his lips, "Brother Gangzi hasn’t forgotten! But Xiao Xue, you see now, I have opened this store, and I need someone to help me keep an eye on it! Don’t worry, Brother Gangzi knows what he’s doing, she can’t escape my grasp!"

In fact, it wasn’t that he hadn’t been with other women, but Lin Yu was a virgin when she was with him, and only he knew the taste of it, at least for now he didn’t want to let go.

"Alright then! I’m just looking out for you, Brother Gangzi! No one knows better than me what kind of person she is! If it hadn’t been for someone telling me, I’d still be being played by her..."

Miao Xue was still somewhat unhappy. Her original intention was for Chen Gang to sleep with Lin Yu and then dump her, but now she had legitimately become his girlfriend, and she noticed that Chen Gang’s parents didn’t seem to object to Lin Yu so much.

What if one day, Lin Yu married Chen Gang? Then her previous words to Chen Gang... The couple would definitely unite against the outside world!

Therefore, she couldn’t let them end up together based on this fact alone.

What Miao Xue didn’t know was that her words had been overheard by someone with intent, and later, they were relayed exactly to Lin Yu.

They left together after setting off a lot of fireworks, with piles of red firecracker paper scraps on the ground by the store entrance.

At that moment, Lin Yu came out of the store, directing a young girl to sweep the entrance, but her eyes were fixed on Lin Xia’s store, determined not to make her life easy from now on.

Lin Xia, seeing Lin Yu come out, curved the corners of her lips, guessing that Lin Yu and that young man must be in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship?

A new store opened diagonally across the street, which was sure to impact Lin Xia’s store, but she calmly instructed Ding Ling to just focus on their own work and ignore the store across the street.

However, the tax office had been frequenting Lin Xia’s place these past few days.

Every time, two or three big men would come, stand in the store, and chitchat for a long while before leaving, and every time, they managed to "borrow" some lighters, pocketing several each visit.

Lin Xia wasn’t too bothered about the lighters, but their presence affected business as customers didn’t like to come in when they saw three men in uniform inside.

She felt something was fishy.

Why weren’t there such issues before Lin Yu came here?

Also, those few people specifically never went to the store diagonally across?

Chen Gang and Lin Yu were standing at the entrance of the store diagonally opposite.

The two watched as the tax officials left Lin Xia’s store again.

Chen Gang wrapped his arms around Lin Yu and went inside the warehouse, both looking at each other and chuckling, "Lin Yu, don’t say, this trick really works well!"

"Brother Gangzi! It’s not just that, it’s your relative who really does the trick!" Lin Yu was very happy seeing Lin Xia thwarted.

Especially since this whole ordeal didn’t even require her to exert much effort.

In fact, when Chen Gang said he wanted to open a store, she had already planned that as long as Chen Gang also became Lin Xia’s rival, it wouldn’t be difficult to ruin her.

And indeed, it happened just as she had predicted.

Originally, when Chen Gang went home one day and talked about opening a shop, his family thought he finally had something serious to do instead of loafing around all the time, so they were willing to support him financially to start the business.

But his mother worried he might squander the money meant for goods on eating, drinking, and playing around, so she agreed on a daily settlement of the cash with him...