Getting Rich is Hard? My Supermarket Connects Time! - Chapter 027

Getting Rich is Hard? My Supermarket Connects Time!
Chapter 027 – Dai Hengxin is trying to get close (1)

Translator : Virichime
Editor : Chu
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Grandpa Zhao strolled along, fanning himself with an old palm-leaf fan, clearly intending to see Dai Hengxin off.

In the village, there was an unspoken custom: once you passed the Yingchun Supermarket, you were considered to have left the village. Meeting or seeing someone off was generally done at that spot.

Fighting the urge to scratch his head, Xiao Yingchun grinned. “Grandpa Zhao, I just got back—had to run out for something.”

Dai Hengxin gave Xiao Yingchun a smile, then turned to Zhao Jiping. “Grandpa, I’m just going to buy a few things and then I’ll head out. Why don’t you go back first?”

Zhao Jiping glanced at Xiao Yingchun, smiled, and nodded. “Alright, then you should be careful on the road. I’ll head back…”

It was obvious that the water bottle wasn’t Dai Hengxin’s real goal.

As he casually picked up a bottle of water and set it on the counter, he asked, “…I didn’t eat enough earlier. Any recommendations?”

Xiao Yingchun pointed to the instant noodles. “How about grabbing a pack to make at home?”

Dai Heng chuckled. “That’s not nutritious. Have you eaten yet? How about I treat you to a meal?”

Xiao Yingchun understood: he wasn’t really here to buy anything—he was interested in her. Or at least curious.

And it made sense; anyone in his position would be curious after what had happened.

Oh well. Avoiding it wouldn’t solve anything. Better to face it head-on.

She nodded. “I haven’t eaten yet—let’s go.”

Dai Heng hadn’t expected her to agree. Overjoyed, he still remembered to pay for the water.

The two of them walked side-by-side along the road out of the village. Along the way, they ran into neighbors coming home from work. Seeing Xiao Yingchun walking with a handsome man, everyone greeted them, their eyes brimming with barely disguised curiosity and excitement.

Feeling awkward but unable to explain, Xiao Yingchun could only return the greetings with a stiff smile.

Once they finally left the village and reached the main road, she asked, “What do you want to eat?”

Dai Hengxin looked around. “I’ll go get my car—how about Wanda Plaza?”

“Sure,” Xiao Yingchun replied.

Dai Hengxin drove a Mercedes GLS. When he thoughtfully opened the door for her, Xiao Yingchun casually remarked, “That’s a nice car.”

-Mercedes GLS

Dai Hengxin smiled politely. “As long as you want, you could buy it anytime.”

Just the two gold ingots alone had brought Xiao Yingchun 1.6 million yuan in income— more than enough to buy this car.

Xiao Yingchun didn’t say anything.

Realizing she was keeping her guard up, Dai Hengxin also smiled and changed the subject. “What do you feel like eating?”

Xiao Yingchun thought for a moment. “Hotpot.”

So Dai Hengxin took Xiao Yingchun to Haidilao.

-Haidilao (Chinese: 海底捞), is a Chinese hot pot restaurant.

It had to be said, there was a reason Dai Hengxin could run a pawnshop— he swiftly eased Xiao Yingchun out of her earlier awkwardness and guardedness and the two began chatting and laughing.

Dai Hengxin first stated openly that he had indeed asked his grandfather about Xiao Yingchun’s situation, but he did not say that Xiao Yingchun was his client— only that they had met twice before.

Grandpa Zhao had clearly misunderstood his grandson’s meaning, thinking that he was interested in Xiao Yingchun, which was why he had insisted on seeing his grandson off to the gate of the Yingchun Supermarket.

This frankness made Xiao Yingchun lower her guard a little.

Then Dai Hengxin took the initiative to talk about his university days, the employment situations of his university classmates, and the reason he opened a pawnshop.

“Finding a job now is too hard. Back then, my uncle talked me into it, saying this was good to study, so I studied it. But when it came time to find work, I discovered it wasn’t easy.”

“The jobs in my field don’t pay much. For jobs outside my field, I don’t have the knowledge, and employers are picky…”

“So in the end I could only go into business for myself.”

Xiao Yingchun was curious about the scope of a pawnshop’s business. “Even though you studied cultural relic authentication, many relics are legally prohibited from being accepted. What do you do when you encounter that kind?” 

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