80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy - Chapter 518

80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy 
Chapter 518 – Selling machine tools (1) 

Translator : Moon Lee
Editor : Tea
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Gu Ye gave him a firm pat on the shoulder and said encouragingly,

“Don’t worry, one day you’ll be living better than him. Let’s see in ten years!”

“Mm.”

Yan Su smiled faintly. Suddenly, he felt a lot more confident. 

This Gu Ye fellow might be simple minded, but he had a strange kind of magic, like a shot of adrenaline that could quickly revive the spirit of those around him. 

Yan Su had already given up on himself, but this big, goofy guy had pulled him back up again.

After their meal, Gu Ye paid the bill. It was already 03:30 in the afternoon.

“You can return home, come back again tomorrow.” Yan Su said.

“Tomorrow is Sunday, no one will be at work.” Gu Ye reminded him.

Yan Su smiled.

“We’re not going to the factory, we’re going to that manager’s house.”

Gu Ye nodded. 

Since he didn’t have any better leads, he might as well follow Yan Su’s plan. 

There was something about this man that gave off the vibe of a general, Gu Ye had the feeling he could help him make the sale.

“Where are you staying tonight? Why don’t you stay at my place?”

Gu Ye suspected that his new ‘general’ was planning to sleep under a bridge that night. 

He had just spent fifty cents to have him scrubbed clean and smelling nice, he couldn’t have him go and dirty himself up again.

Yan Su looked a bit embarrassed. 

He really planned to sleep under a bridge. 

But now that he’d decided to turn his life around, that wasn’t an option anymore.

“Give me some money and I’ll stay at a guesthouse.”

“Sure!”

Gu Ye didn’t hesitate. He pulled out all the cash he had, around twenty yuan in a mix of bills, and stuffed it into Yan Su’s hands.

Yan Su gave him a look like he was some rich landlord’s foolish son, sighed, and warned, 

“You can’t keep doing this, you trust people too easily. Aren’t you afraid I’ll just take your money and run?” 

“You won’t.”

Gu Ye patted his shoulder with a smile, waved, and left, calling out loudly,

“See you tomorrow!” 

Of course, Gu Ye wasn’t a fool. 

A man could hide many things, but not his eyes, and Gu Ye could tell Yan Su wasn’t that kind of person. 

He trusted his ability to judge character.

Watching Gu Ye’s easygoing figure walk away, Yan Su smiled too, then turned and left.

When Gu Ye got home, it was still fairly early. 

He went to pick up Dabao and Xiaobao from school. 

In the evening, Chu Qiao was preparing dumplings, so she asked him to mince the filling and knead the dough.

“Qiao Qiao, I met someone really interesting today.” 

Gu Ye said as he chopped the filling. 

Without waiting for her to ask, he began talking about Yan Su and, in the process, told her all about Yan Su’s life story.

“That poor sister of his… And the police too, that bully deserved death! Why did they have to sentence Yan Su to fifteen years?” Chu Qiao sighed.

Gu Ye chuckled.

“Well, he did break the law, so of course they had to sentence him. Still, he was lucky, and only served eight years before being released. He’s still young, he can start over.”

Chu Qiao nodded, then asked curiously,

“And you really think he can help you sell the machine tools?”

“I think he can. I have faith in this guy!”

Gu Ye was brimming with confidence, he was certain it would work.

Chu Qiao had never met Yan Su, but she trusted Gu Ye. 

And from the sound of it, this Yan Su was an honest man, he wouldn’t trick Gu Ye for a meal or two.

As she rolled out dumpling wrappers, she mentioned the old man she’d met that day.

“Even the gatekeeper said our Xingda machines are inferior, and that Southern Machine Tools are better. I argued with him for half an hour, and he ate five of my Lüdagun.” 

-Lüdagun / Fried chop rice cake (驴打滚) : A classic Beijing snack of glutinous rice rolls coated in soybean powder, named whimsically after ‘donkeys rolling in dust’. 

But Gu Ye’s concern was elsewhere, he looked her up and down and asked,

“They didn’t set dogs on you, did they?”

These past weeks, he had been running around for a month, and nearly every day he’d been chased by dogs. 

Guard dogs at factories were usually fed raw meat, they were fierce and aggressive. 

He couldn’t exactly kill them, so each encounter left him looking miserable.

He could handle getting bitten, as he had thick skin. 

But Chu Qiao’s skin was delicate, if she got bitten, he would feel awful. 

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