After Transmigration: Unexpectedly Wed the Ruthless Tycoon-Chapter 117 Feeling unwell

"Come and take a look." That Mr. Wang was wearing gray pants and a white shirt on his upper body, looking quite refined and elegant.

The shop assistant seemed to know Mr. Wang quite well and quickly said to him, "I thought you were coming over to check the accounts today."

Mr. Wang smiled gently and said, "I trust the way you handle things."

Gu Fuqiao overheard this and couldn’t help but feel a bit puzzled. Isn’t this supply and marketing cooperative state-owned? Could it be that Mr. Wang is some big shot from the higher-ups?

Meanwhile, Chen Bajin had already chosen a pen. She pointed to a Hongmei brand pen inside the counter and asked, "How much is this pen?"

The shop assistant immediately came over after hearing Chen Bajin’s question, took out the Hongmei brand pen, and said, "This pen works very well, and we sell it quite a lot, three yuan each."

"Three yuan... that’s expensive." Chen Bajin hesitated upon hearing the price.

Chen Bajin reached out to touch the pen and still very much wanted it. She hesitantly looked at Gu Fuqiao and said, "Ah Jiao, I only brought two yuan with me. Could you lend me one yuan?"

Chen Bajin probably hadn’t borrowed money from anyone before, so her voice grew softer towards the end.

Gu Fuqiao nodded and said, "No problem, I’ll lend it to you." Actually, she wouldn’t even mind if it wasn’t repaid since Chen Bajin was the first friend Gu Fuqiao had made here. Plus, her novels recently have had a very good acceptance rate, and in this era, manuscript fees were much higher than salaries. So, from a certain perspective, Gu Fuqiao could be considered a small rich woman.

"I remember this Hongmei brand pen has a certain price fluctuation." Just at this moment, Mr. Wang, who had greeted the shop assistant earlier, walked over and said.

The shop assistant smiled upon hearing Mr. Wang’s words and said, "I almost forgot, this pen does have price fluctuations; we can offer a discount, two yuan is fine."

Gu Fuqiao figured it out; these days, things like rice and oil definitely couldn’t be cheap, but pens are bought by fewer people anyway, so they count as... valuable items!

Since they’re valuable items, the price must be negotiable.

Chen Bajin was delighted to hear the shop assistant’s words and immediately handed the money to the shop assistant, saying, "Here, two yuan."

The shop assistant took the money, wrapped up the pen for Chen Bajin, and handed it to her.

Having bought the pen, Chen Bajin was quite pleased and walked out cheerfully with Gu Fuqiao, but Gu Fuqiao felt something was off. She couldn’t shake the feeling that someone was watching her.

As Gu Fuqiao reached the entrance, she glanced in the direction where she felt someone was watching her and discovered it was Mr. Wang staring at her. When he saw her looking over, he slightly lifted the corners of his lips and revealed a gentle smile.

If it were an ordinary girl, she would surely be drawn to Mr. Wang’s refined appearance and modest demeanor.

But Gu Fuqiao had absolutely no liking for him... after all, Ouyang Xuan was that type of person!

He seemed very talented, but... what kind of good person would stare at girls like that?

Gu Fuqiao furrowed her eyebrows and quickly pulled Chen Bajin out of the supply and marketing cooperative.

After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, Chen Bajin was still happy and said, "We really met a gracious person today! That Mr. Wang was so nice. If he hadn’t reminded us, the shop assistant wouldn’t have given me a discount. I always thought things in the supply and marketing cooperatives weren’t negotiable, but it turns out pens can be bargained for!"

Getting the pen for two yuan, Mr. Wang’s contribution couldn’t be overlooked, for Chen Bajin hesitated for a long time after hearing the pen cost three yuan. If the shop assistant had intended to tell Chen Bajin about the price reduction, she would have mentioned it earlier; why wait until Mr. Wang came along?

But even so, Gu Fuqiao still felt no goodwill towards the very creepy, staring Mr. Wang.

However, she saw what Chen Bajin said, so she could only smile twice and say, "Maybe so, should we still go to the vegetable market now?"

It wasn’t very early, actually, and the vegetable markets in this era were usually closing early, so if they went now, they wouldn’t be able to buy much.

Chen Bajin checked the time and said, "Let’s still go, but not to buy vegetables. I want to visit Sister Bei, I haven’t seen her for a while, and I want to eat her buns."

After saying that, she made a swallowing gesture.

Gu Fuqiao hadn’t eaten Sister Bei’s buns before, not to mention it had been a while since she last had buns, and she too was craving them. So she nodded and followed Chen Bajin to Sister Bei’s shop.

Upon arriving at the shop, they saw Sister Bei busy steaming things, and inside sat a rather large lady who was chatting with Sister Bei while eating sunflower seeds, "I’m telling you, a woman should find someone to marry. Sister Bei, you’re not young anymore; almost thirty, moreover, you see, even though Xiong Laoer is just a butcher, his family has long been millionaires, not lacking money. You should consider it."

Gu Fuqiao felt the lady was being too meddlesome.

Sister Bei’s aura didn’t seem like she could only marry a butcher... it just didn’t fit at all.

"Mrs., I appreciate your concern, but I don’t want to think about it for now, really." Sister Bei took out some steamed buns she had prepared earlier and placed them on the table.

The lady heard Sister Bei’s words and immediately showed a displeased expression, saying to Sister Bei, "Sister Bei, it’s not like I’m nagging, but the longer a woman delays, the less valuable she’ll be! Besides, your face..."

"Who says the longer a woman delays, the less valuable she becomes? As long as one is diligent, life will be good, and besides, you can’t put a monetary value on women." Gu Fuqiao really couldn’t stand it any longer and interjected.

The lady glanced at Gu Fuqiao, full of dislike, but seeing Sister Bei also showing a face of rejection, she angrily said, "Sister Bei, whenever you change your mind, feel free to come find me to help matchmake, though many young girls like Xiong Laoer, you better seize your opportunity!" After saying this, the lady walked to the shop entrance, grabbed a hot bun, ate it, and left without paying!

"That old woman is really annoying." Chen Bajin watched the lady’s back and couldn’t help but frown and say.

Gu Fuqiao nodded and said, "Yes, she’s really meddling; but luckily Sister Bei is kind, if it were me, I would’ve kicked her out long ago!"