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Chapter 610: Chapter 610 Xue Yumei
After buying clothes, Tong Yao first took Guo Miaomiao to see Deng Wenwen. It was midday and the milk tea shop was not busy. Seeing someone entering, Deng Wenwen thought someone came to buy milk tea. Just as she was asking what they wanted, she realized it was Tong Yao and Guo Jinnian.
She was overjoyed, exclaiming: "Sister Yaoyao, Sister Jinnian, you’re back?"
Tong Yao smiled and nodded, pointing to Guo Miaomiao behind her, "Look closely who this is." 𝓃𝓸𝓋𝓅𝓊𝒷.𝓬𝓸𝓂
Guo Jinnian followed with a mischievous smile, "Hehe, don’t you recognize her?"
Deng Wenwen laughed heartily, running over to hold Guo Miaomiao’s hand, "Who said I don’t recognize her? Isn’t this cousin Miaomiao?"
Guo Miaomiao blushingly called out, "Cousin."
Guo Jinnian was curious, "It’s been years since you last saw Miaomiao. How did you recognize her?"
Guo Miaomiao doesn’t look the same as when she was a child. The saying ’girls change a lot as they grow’ fits Guo Miaomiao perfectly.
Deng Wenwen did not beat around the bush and simply said, "Uncle and aunt called and said that cousin Miaomiao is missing. They thought she might have come to Kyoto with you and asked us to help find her. I was curious as to why you didn’t tell them if she came with you. I thought they might be mistaken. But when I saw Miaomiao now, I knew she was indeed brought here by you."
Upon saying this, Deng Wenwen was puzzled, "Cousin, why did you secretly bring Miaomiao here? Uncle sounded really angry on the phone, very anxious."
If you wanted to bring Guo Miaomiao here, telling her uncle directly, he should agree, right?
Guo Jinnian said, "This matter can’t be explained in a few words. I’ll explain it to you later. Besides, if my parents call you again, just say you haven’t seen us and let them go find us."
Although Deng Wenwen didn’t understand what was going on, she saw that Guo Jinnian was not getting along with her family. She felt closer to Guo Jinnian than the uncle and aunt, immediately agreeing: "Don’t worry, cousin, I won’t say anything unnecessary."
Tong Yao looked at Deng Wenwen’s ’wouldn’t tell even if she died’ expression and laughed, "Wenwen, starting from tomorrow, let Miaomiao learn how to make milk tea here. Once she learns, I’ll arrange for her to work at another store. Miaomiao just came from her hometown. She is very young. I’m afraid if I directly arrange her to work in another store, people might bully her and they won’t teach her well."
Deng Wenwen immediately nodded, "Sister Yaoyao, don’t worry! I’ll definitely teach Miaomiao well."
Guo Miaomiao also quickly said, "Sister Yaoyao, I will also learn well from my cousin."
Guo Jinnian couldn’t believe how thoughtful Tong Yao was and gratefully held Tong Yao’s hand, "Yaoyao, I love you so much. From now on, my sister is your sister. If she doesn’t respect you, I’ll definitely teach her a lesson."
Tong Yao rolled her eyes, "Be normal, and stop being crazy."
Afterwards, she said to Deng Wenwen, "There is no one coming to drink milk tea now, let’s go out and have a meal."
Deng Wenwen agreed with a giggle, quickly tidied up some things, closed the door. The three of them found a nearby noodle house to casually eat some noodles. During the meal, Guo Jinnian briefly talked about some family matters.
Deng Wenwen listened wide-eyed and slack-jawed, completely not expecting that her uncle and aunt would be such people. She swallowed and said, "Sister Jinnian, you’re really capable! You actually secretly took little sister Miaomiao away. What if the uncle reports to the police?"
Guo Jinnian seemed unconcerned, "Don’t worry! We’ve been to the police station to change our household registration. Even if they report it, it won’t make a difference."
Tong Yao was thinking, "Your parents will realize they’ve been tricked before long and probably will come looking here. We should come up with a strategy in advance."
Guo Jinnian initially wanted to say that it wouldn’t matter if they came looking. Her parents couldn’t find her anyway, but then she thought if they couldn’t find her, they would probably make trouble at Si Chen’s workplace. So she said, "When the time comes, my arm would have healed. If they dare to make a fuss, I will directly buy train tickets and send them back to where they came from."
Hearing this, they all laughed.
After the meal, Deng Wenwen returned to work at the milk tea shop, and Tong Yao and Guo Jinnian took Guo Miaomiao to check out a milk tea shop in the mall. There were a total of four staff in the shop. One young man roasted sweet potatoes and fried chestnuts, while the other three women busied themselves inside the shop.
One of the twenty-five-year-old female clerks, named Xue Yumei, had been working in the shop the longest. Although Tong Yao didn’t explicitly ask her to manage the shop, she basically served as the manager. She was in charge of handling the money and accounts.
The other staff were very obedient to her and hardly talked back.
Tong Yao has not been to the shop for some time due to being busy. As she suddenly showed up, Xue Yumei, who was training another staff member, was a bit flustered.
"Boss, why did you suddenly come over?"
Tong Yao glanced at the staff member who was being reprimanded by Xue Yumei. The staff member glanced at Tong Yao anxiously with teary eyes, holding back her tears.
Tong Yao indifferently turned her gaze to Xue Yumei, "What did she do wrong that made you scold her?"
Xue Yumei was a bit nervous, but tried to keep calm, "Boss, she’s too stupid. She’s been working here for two months and still makes mistakes. The customer obviously asked for a large cup and she gave them a small one."
The scolded clerk defended herself in a low voice, "You just said ’a cup of milk tea’, you didn’t specify the cup size."
Xue Yumei saw the clerk talking back and gave her a death stare, shouting, "Who said I didn’t? It’s clear that you didn’t do it well and now you’re trying to shirk responsibility?"
The shout not only frightened the clerk, leaving her silent but also scared Guo Miaomiao. This woman was so fierce. Thinking that she would be working under her soon, Guo Miaomiao felt a little scared.
Guo Jinnian, with her arms folded, watched Xue Yumei with interest. This woman was interesting, daring to shout at staff in front of Tong Yao, the shop owner. If one didn’t know better, one would think she was the boss, even more assertive than Tong Yao.
Tong Yao calmly said, "It’s a small matter, just remind her to pay more attention next time, no need to pick on minor mistakes."
Then she turned to the employee, "It’s okay, just remember to be careful next time."
"Thank you, boss." The female employee looked grateful.
Xue Yumei felt that Tong Yao had undermined her authority and was a bit unhappy, "Boss, if you continue to spoil the employees like this, they will definitely become more and more disobedient. No one will be able to manage them later."
Usually when Tong Yao wasn’t in the shop and Wen Yun and Tong Yaohui had also left, she ruled the store as if she was the boss. Someone suddenly appeared and undermined her authority. Xue Yumei was not willing to accept it.
Tong Yao said lightly, "If you can’t manage them, just fire them."
In this day and age when hiring staff, there is no such thing as a contract. If you want to fire someone, you can fire them, and all you need to do is to pay off their wages.
