Hearing Su Wenjuan’s question, Ji Shuyu chuckled lightly and replied, “He Yuan told me.”
In reality, she knew the plot from the original book.
He Jiang and Li Cuihua didn’t end up divorcing, but they destroyed each other.
While He Jiang was away working, Li Cuihua, unable to endure the loneliness, got involved with her smooth-talking, penniless old bachelor of a first love.
They even had a daughter together.
Li Cuihua forced He Jiang to acknowledge the girl as his own and raise her.
He Jiang had thought Li Cuihua would settle down, but instead, seeing he would tolerate even wearing the green hat of infidelity, she became increasingly outrageous.
Finally, He Jiang could take no more. He held Li Cuihua’s daughter, grabbed Li Cuihua, and jumped into the sea with them.
Their struggle at the shore, of course, exposed the entire affair.
“Right, Third Brother sees things clearly. He must have known long ago but didn’t want to ruin Big Brother’s family, which is why he didn’t say anything,” Su Wenjuan said.
After Su Wenjuan finished speaking, Ji Shuyu smiled without responding.
She had something important to take care of tomorrow.
The large shipment for Director Wang was arriving.
She had already notified Director Wang in advance to receive the goods at the dock tomorrow.
So, she needed a good rest tonight.
Taking this opportunity, Ji Shuyu entered the Points Mall and exchanged for some prenatal milk powder and miscarriage prevention pills.
She basically consumed these things daily.
It was also thanks to these items from the mall that her body was now very strong.
She took out various certificates from her space, which would be needed for the inspection tomorrow.
She hoped this batch of goods would fetch a good price, so her future cooperation with Director Wang would continue to improve.
As Ji Shuyu pondered these matters, her gaze fell upon the hundred-year coral fragment in the corner of her space.
After she chose not to exchange it last time, the system had fallen silent.
But looking at this item, Ji Shuyu always felt it had great use.
It was a pity she didn’t know what it was yet.
After examining it carefully for a while, Ji Shuyu tossed the hundred-year coral fragment back.
Oh well, it might come in handy later.
Early the next morning, Ji Shuyu went to the seaside dock, catching a ride on the bicycle of a neighbor, Xiao Hua.
He Yuan had urgent tasks these past few days and couldn’t help her.
Otherwise, Ji Shuyu wouldn’t have needed to come.
Before even reaching the dock, she could see Director Wang from afar with several others.
They had driven Liberation CA10 trucks and were waiting there.
Director Wang, spotting Ji Shuyu, hurried over.
“Little Sister.”
“Director Wang, am I late?”
Ji Shuyu responded with a smile. Director Wang waved his hands repeatedly.
“Not at all, not at all, just on time.”
As they spoke, a horn sounded in the distance.
Ji Shuyu looked towards the sound and saw a medium-sized cargo ship slowly docking.
The boatmaster was a middle-aged man with dark skin. Seeing Ji Shuyu, he grinned, revealing a mouth of white teeth: “Comrade Ji, the goods are all here!”
Ji Shuyu nodded. Actually, she didn’t know this person.
It was probably arranged by the system. Those 500 points were spent so worthily.
Director Wang couldn’t wait to lead his men to inspect the goods.
When the first wooden crate was pried open, everyone present gasped.
“This… this is……”
Director Wang’s hand trembled as he touched the neatly stacked fabric inside the box.
It wasn’t ordinary cotton cloth, but Dacron printed with delicate small flowers, shimmering softly in the morning light.
Its quality was leaps and bounds better than the samples they had seen before.
Ji Shuyu said with a smile, “Director Wang, there’s even better stuff in this batch.”
She directed people to open another crate, which was filled with neatly arranged jars of snow cream.
The white porcelain jars, as pure as jade, were adorned with delicate pink plum blossoms. Even before opening them, a faint, subtle fragrance could be detected.
“Good heavens, this is Shanghai goods!” Xiao Zhou from the supply and marketing cooperative couldn’t help but exclaim.
Aside from the previous samples, Ji Shuyu had upgraded the quality of everything here, though the quantity was limited. These were premium goods.
They could be used to attract some high-quality customers.
Director Wang was already too excited to speak. He opened over a dozen crates in a row.
Besides fabric and snow cream, there were thermos flasks printed with peony designs, glass cups trimmed with gold edges, and even several brand-new sewing machines.
“Little Sister, you’re absolutely amazing!” Director Wang wanted to grab Ji Shuyu’s hands, but remembering He Yuan, he just clasped his own hands together instead. “These high-demand goods are even better than the previous samples!”
Ji Shuyu just smiled without speaking, but inwardly she was calculating how many points she could earn this time.
This round trip not only earned a substantial profit margin but also caused her mall points to soar.
It seemed she was getting very close to saving enough points to study materials science from this era.
Elementary knowledge was child’s play for Ji Shuyu.
She wanted to learn the more advanced stuff, which cost up to 10,000 points.
Her current progress was only about one-third of the way there.
Just as everyone was busy taking inventory, a sharp female voice suddenly cut in: “Well, well! Ji Shuyu, you’re engaged in speculative trading!”
Everyone turned to see Li Cuihua standing not far away, hands on her hips, her eyes gleaming shrewdly.
“Everyone, come look! This is all capitalist stuff! All bad things, remnants!” She rushed over in a few quick strides, pointing at the goods and shouting loudly, “Everyone, come see! Ji Shuyu is doing speculative trading!”
But Ji Shuyu, unhurried, pulled out a document stamped with a red seal from her bag.
“This is a special approval document from the General Supply and Marketing Cooperative. My goods all come through legitimate channels. But you…” She changed her tone, her gaze falling on the man who had been keeping his head down behind Li Cuihua.
The man looked to be in his early thirties. Though he wore patched work clothes, it couldn’t hide his somewhat greasy demeanor.
Ji Shuyu’s heart skipped a beat.
Wasn’t this Zhang Zhiyuan, Li Cuihua’s first love from the original book? Had they already hooked up this quickly?
Li Cuihua, feeling guilty under her gaze, raised her voice even higher: “What nonsense are you spouting! Comrade Zhang and I just happened to run into each other!”
“Oh?” Ji Shuyu chuckled lightly. “Running into each other at the dock so early? Quite a coincidence.”
Zhang Zhiyuan jerked his head up, his face pale.
Li Cuihua also panicked, stammering and unable to form words.
Director Wang, being a sensible man, immediately smoothed things over: “Alright, alright, it’s all a misunderstanding. Comrade Ji’s shipment is solving an urgent need for our supply and marketing cooperative. Li Cuihua, if you have nothing else to do, move along now. Don’t cause trouble here.”
Li Cuihua shot Ji Shuyu a fierce glare before slinking away.
But Ji Shuyu noticed that the moment Li Cuihua turned, Zhang Zhiyuan sneakily glanced back at the cargo ship, his expression complex.
It seemed this Zhang Zhiyuan had some ideas.
After the inventory was completed, Director Wang promptly paid the remaining balance in cash and vouchers.
Ji Shuyu felt her bulging wallet, her heart swelling with joy.
This money was enough for her to exchange for more goodies, and the points she earned…
She suddenly thought of the hundred-year coral fragment in her space.
Last time, the mall had hinted it was a rare material that could be exchanged for special items, but she hadn’t been willing to part with it.
Just as she was pondering this, the system’s voice sounded in her mind.
[Mall auto-upgrade initiated. Deducting 20 points.]
[Mall upgrade successful! Current Level: Lv. 3.]
[Exchange ratio upgraded: 1:50]
[New personal skill unlocked: Keen Eye for Quality.]
Ji Shuyu’s eyes lit up. A personal skill?
[As the mall levels up, different personal skills can be unlocked. Each skill use has a 24-hour cooldown. Currently unlockable skills: Keen Eye for Quality, Herculean Strength, Ocean’s Heart…]
Listening to the system’s explanation, Ji Shuyu glanced towards the direction the cargo ship had departed and suddenly froze.
Beneath that azure seawater, something seemed to be glinting with a dazzling light…
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