Reborn as Tycoon's Wife in the Countryside
Chapter 174 Do we look like thieves? (First update)

Chapter 174: 174 Do we look like thieves? (First update)

At the crucial moment, Xiaofeng pinched Ye Cheng’s philtrum, attempting to wake him up quickly.

Ye Cheng: ——.

Unable to feign unconsciousness any longer, Ye Cheng gradually woke up, his eyes looking confusedly around as he asked in a hoarse voice, "What happened to me?"

Xiaofeng really wanted to step on his foot, Are you not aware of what happened to you?

She looked at him with annoyance, trying to mask her discomfort, "Don’t touch me again in the future. I heard from the boss that you get sick every time you touch a woman. You just fainted for no reason at all."

Ye Cheng rose from her shoulder and touched his nose, "I’m sorry for being a laughingstock."

It wasn’t her that wished for his illness. Xiaofeng thought for a moment; it would be enough for him to stay away from her in the future, "Have you been like this since childhood?"

Xiaofeng pondered to herself that if it wasn’t a condition he had since childhood, maybe it was related to his past romantic experiences.

Ye Cheng shook his head, "It didn’t start from childhood. It probably began when I was around eleven or twelve years old."

Seeing someone approaching, Xiaofeng walked in front of Ye Cheng, gaze fixed straight ahead, continuing to move forward. Hearing Ye Cheng’s words, she paused, Eleven or twelve years old—could it be caused by an early romance?

She glanced at Ye Cheng, her inside churning tumultuously, wondering if starting to date at eleven or twelve years old was too early.

"Was there some sort of unpleasant memory from your childhood?"

"Indeed, there is a period of unpleasant memory," Ye Cheng suddenly stopped wanting to continue, "When are we going back? Do you want to check out other places as well?"

Not being one to press the issue, Xiaofeng noticed that Ye Cheng was obviously trying to change the subject and clearly did not want to talk about it anymore, "I had originally planned on visiting a few more places, but I’ve changed my mind. Let’s wait and see Lida’s reaction first. Have you finished what you needed to do?"

"I just went to the provincial hospital to get some medicine; there wasn’t anything else."

"Okay, we were tired all night yesterday, let’s find a place to stay this evening, and set out early tomorrow morning."

The sales plan at Lida Department Store was scheduled for half a month later, so she needed to go home and prepare well within this half-month. If the product was successful at Lida Department Store, everything afterwards would become much easier.

Therefore, the first battle of sales had to be fought well.

"I may need to come back to the Provincial City once more. Let me know when you are coming, and we can come together."

"That would be great," Xiaofeng smiled, "Hey, does this bag look good?"

The two of them had gone up to the second floor to a bag shop. Xiaofeng saw a backpack and asked Ye Cheng for his opinion.

Following her gaze to the backpack, Ye Cheng nodded, "It looks good."

"I think so, too." Taking the backpack and examining it, Xiaofeng found the quality to be good, "I’ll take one, how much is it?"

The sales clerk’s eyebrows danced with joy upon hearing her request, "Miss, you have a really good eye. This is the latest model that just arrived from Haicheng. It’s said to be especially popular there. Fifteen yuan."

Xiaofeng took fifteen yuan out of the Small Flower Bag and handed it to the clerk, then casually put the Small Flower Bag into the backpack and slung it over her shoulders.

At the neighboring counter, a young couple was choosing a shirt. Observing Xiaofeng’s actions, the woman gently nudged the man, "That woman’s Small Flower Bag seems to have quite a lot of money in it. I’ll draw the man away later, and you seize the opportunity to grab her backpack."

The man nodded, "Okay, you distract that man, and I’ll take care of the woman."

They had been lingering here and finally found a target.

The woman approached the bag counter with the man and suddenly exclaimed, "Honey, this bag is really pretty. I want one too."

The woman spoke while looking at Xiaofeng with a giggly expression, "Miss, the bag you’re wearing is so pretty, can I take a look?"

Xiaofeng didn’t budge and glanced at the other, kindly reminding, "Sorry, I’ve already bought this bag. You should take a look at the others."

The man, hearing Xiaofeng’s words, seemed displeased, "Look here, miss, my wife just wanted a look at your bag. Why so stingy, making it seem as if we wanted to claim it for our own."

Hearing the man’s words, Xiaofeng found it amusing, "I’ve already told you, I’ve bought this bag, and yet you still insist on looking at it. Could it be you’re interested in something inside?"

With so many other bags around, they were fixated on hers, their intentions too obvious.

"Hubby, never mind, let it be. If she’s unwilling, then so be it, I don’t have to see it," the woman quickly smoothed things over, "I’m sorry, I’m really sorry, I took a liking to that bag of yours at first glance, it was rather presumptuous of me, truly sorry."

"It’s not such a big deal. If you like it, you can ask a sales associate to order another one for you," she wasn’t an unreasonable person, "Ye Cheng, let’s go, we’ll have a look around up ahead."

"Ah," the woman behind suddenly called out to Ye Cheng, "Sir, have you dropped something?"

On the ground lay a wallet, black leather, bulging, seemingly filled with quite a bit of money.

Ye Cheng shook his head, "It’s not mine."

The woman picked it up and approached, intending to return it to Ye Cheng, "It’s yours, I saw it fall out of your pocket."

She proceeded to try and put the wallet back into Ye Cheng’s pocket.

What could one say, the act was inappropriate no matter how one looked at it.

Elsewhere, the man took the opportunity to approach Xiaofeng from behind, skillfully unzipped the zipper, and pinched out a Small Flower Bag from inside.

A hand caught his, and he met a pair of eyes brimming with smiles, "So you really took a fancy to my Small Flower Bag."

There was a vicious look in the man’s eyes as he grabbed the Small Flower Bag and tried to run off.

"Ah," a woman’s scream erupted on the second floor.

The man, hearing his companion’s voice, instinctively stopped, turned his head for a look, and saw his companion thrown out, face down on the ground, a gruesome sight.

"Thief! There’s a thief!" Customers and sales associates, hearing the commotion, all turned to look in their direction. Upon seeing the situation, it was clear they had encountered a pickpocket.

The crowd instantly blocked the man’s escape, leaving him with no way out.

Panic flitted across the man’s face, but he quickly regained his composure. He rushed over to the woman, asking with concern, "Wife, what’s happened to you?"

The woman was lying on the ground, unable to get up, groaning, "Hubby, I can’t get up, my whole body hurts."

The man discarded the Small Flower Bag in his hand, just as a bystander was about to pick it up, Xiaofeng stepped on the person’s hand, looking down sweetly, "I’m sorry, this Flower Bag is mine."

The would-be picker, not having secured the bag, quickly retreated into the crowd and disappeared.

The man got to his feet, ready to charge at Ye Cheng, "You dare to hit my wife, who the hell do you think you are?"

The man began to shout loudly, "Let’s have a fair judgment here, all my wife did was show interest in that backpack behind the miss, and wanted to borrow it to have a look, but this man threw my wife out without rhyme or reason."

"We clearly saw you stealing money, and now suddenly you’re playing the victims? Are my eyes deceiving me?" a customer questioned.

"Stealing money?" the man sneered, "That’s absolutely not possible. Do we look like thieves?" he spread his hands to show he had nothing on him.

Pointing at Ye Cheng, "But this man, resorting to physical violence against a woman, does everyone think that’s appropriate?"