Wen Ci was utterly bewildered.
She hadn’t had any physical contact with Gu Che at all—the clothes were still in her hands. How could others make it sound like she was being handsy?!
They were ruining her reputation in public.
Immediately, she turned her gaze toward the source of the voice. Not far away, Jiang Ye and Jiang Chen were walking over. Jiang Ye’s jealousy was visibly obvious.
“Stop talking nonsense,” Gu Che said with a frown.
As Jiang Ye approached, she proactively linked arms with Gu Che and looked provocatively at Wen Ci. “I’m not talking nonsense. Wen Ci is a married woman.”
Wen Ci watched their intimate contact.
In an instant, she understood everything.
So, Jiang Ye’s boyfriend from high school was Gu Che.
Wen Ci rolled her eyes at the two of them, retracting her gesture of offering the clothes, and said calmly, “If it’s not needed, then I won’t offer them.”
After she spoke, Jiang Chen stared at Wen Ci in astonishment.
The truck before them contained at least several thousand pieces of clothing. He had a rough idea how much money their mother had given Wen Ci. His tone carried an undeniable authority: “Where did you get so much money?”
Wen Ci sneered, “What does it matter to you whether I have money or not?”
“You’re my sister. What’s wrong with asking a few questions?”
As soon as he said this, the family members who were selecting clothing styles nearby immediately turned their attention to Wen Ci. Earlier, when they saw the young woman following Captain Jiang, they had assumed she was his sister.
It turned out the young woman standing by the truck was his sister. A few people carefully compared the siblings’ faces, noting the resemblance, especially around the eyes, and said with a smile, “Is this a benefit arranged by Minister Jiang?”
Wen Ci denied it: “No.”
On the surface, she was indeed a daughter of the Jiang family, but this business venture had nothing to do with them. The reason she had come to the residential compound to sell was simply to build a reputation and open up the market.
Wen Ci curved her eyes into a smile. “Uncles and aunties, if any of your relatives want to buy, I’ll be at the market tomorrow waiting for everyone.”
“Will it still be five yuan?”
Wen Ci shook her head: “Five yuan is a special benefit for the families of the Beijing military district. The three-yuan price difference is subsidized by the military. Starting tomorrow, it will be sold uniformly at eight yuan per item.”
“Not bad, not bad. The fabric of these clothes feels exactly like the ones in the big shopping malls, but the prices are worlds apart.”
“Absolutely. Even at eight yuan apiece, it’s still worth it.”
Jiang Chen, seeing that Wen Ci was completely ignoring him, pointed at her furiously and accused, “Who said you could go into business? Did you get Mom and Dad’s permission?”
“I’m married. My husband’s permission is enough.”
As more and more family members gathered to watch, Jiang Chen knew that if he continued making a scene, it would only embarrass the Jiang family. He grabbed Jiang Ye’s hand and left.
“Who is that young woman?”
“I don’t know. She looks like Captain Jiang’s girlfriend.”
“Then why was that young woman holding another man’s arm?”
“Hard to understand.”
Gu Che was also pulled away from the gate by Jiang Ye. Although Gu Che was still a poor young man at this time, his future was boundless—he was destined to become the richest man in the country.
Several middle-aged women, after buying their clothes, returned to the residential compound. They brought out some melon seeds and snacks from their homes and chatted about Wen Ci.
“That Jiang family girl is so fair and pretty. She looks just like Mrs. Jiang, and she’s really capable too—following in Mrs. Jiang’s footsteps by going into business.”
“Just look at how many clothes she brought back from the south. This truck alone must have at least a thousand pieces. Even if we estimate an average of five yuan per piece, she must have made at least ten thousand yuan today.”
As the capital, Beijing had quite a few ten-thousand-yuan households. Moreover, the families who could live in the Beijing military residential compound all had some connections.
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