Chapter 182: The Best Life for a Coquettish Lad

【Hello, dear listeners, and welcome to the Music Morning Express brought to you by Chengguang and Lele.】

【I’m Chengguang, I’m Lele…】

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Early morning.

Miss Jiang was riding a pink Xiaoning No. 3 electric scooter.

She had on the Panasonic Walkman she bought a few days ago while shopping with Qi Wen.

She rode along the roads of Jiangzhou, listening to the radio.

The morning air was incredibly fresh.

The sun was far less scorching than at noon.

It even felt a little warm on her skin.

Chengguang: 【Hey, have you heard? ‘Jiang Jiang’s’ “Green Light” has already landed at number 27 on the Hottest Music Chart.】

Lele: 【Really? Hasn’t this song only been out for half a month?】

Chengguang: 【That’s right, and it’s not just the Hot Songs Chart; it’s also on the New Songs Chart and Sales Chart. It’s a full-blown breakout.】

Lele: 【But seriously, “Green Light” is really good, and it has a strong rhythm. I listen to it every day when I drive.】

Chengguang: 【It’s a pick-me-up, right? Hahahaha…】

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Listening to the hosts playfully tease her song, Miss Jiang smiled knowingly, unconcerned, and continued riding forward.

Today was Sunday.

There weren’t many pedestrians on the road.

So Miss Jiang rode quite comfortably.

Breathing in the fresh air while listening to the radio in her ears.

It was quite a pleasant experience.

Chengguang: 【Alright, we’ve boasted enough. Now, let’s listen to the second song from ‘Jiang Jiang’s’ album.】

Chengguang/Lele: 【A song called “A Little Happiness,” dedicated to all our listeners.】

The next moment.

A gentle guitar sound suddenly came through her headphones.

Familiar melody, familiar rhythm.

At this moment.

Miss Jiang thought back to before recording this song.

At the time, she hadn’t decided what the second song on the album would be.

She sat in the recording studio, holding a red cedar guitar, tuning it on and off.

Liu Ming repeatedly told her to be careful, as if the guitar was precious.

This surprised Miss Jiang; although the mahogany guitar in her hand was expensive, there was no need to be so nervous, right?

Later, she asked Tang Tu and only then learned there was a little-known story behind it.

This guitar was a gift from Liu Ming’s first love.

The two met, knew each other, fell in love, and eventually broke up in college.

The story was cliché, but Miss Jiang could feel an indescribable emotional tale embedded within it.

Otherwise, why would a young man specializing in post-production be so dedicated to music creation?

Understanding this, Jiang Ning even felt the guitar in her hand seemed much heavier.

Then, on the back of the guitar, she saw a simple sentence.

—You are the happiness I most want to keep.

—Love Liu Danni

It was this sentence.

That made Miss Jiang instinctively play a musical prelude, and then…

【I hear raindrops falling on the green grass】

【I hear the distant school bell ringing】

………

【When I fell in love with you, I didn’t understand feelings】

【Only after parting did I feel it deeply ingrained】

………

【Turns out you are the happiness I most want to keep】

【Turns out we and love were once so close】

………

When the song finished.

Jiang Ning had also arrived at a spot less than five hundred meters from her mother’s shop.

Considering the walkman’s unsuitability for display.

Miss Jiang took off her headphones and put them in her shoulder bag.

This bag was bought for her by Qi Wen yesterday.

At first, Miss Jiang couldn’t stand the rose-red color.

But she couldn’t resist Qi Xiaoniu’s ultimatum.

Either choose this rose-red square shoulder bag.

Or go back to the first store and buy that pink puff-sleeve dress.

Needless to say, in the end.

She bought this shoulder bag.

But honestly.

With the shoulder bag.

Miss Jiang no longer had to put her keys, lip balm, and other items in her pockets.

She stuffed them all into the small bag.

Feeling much lighter.

A moment later.

When Miss Jiang arrived at her mother’s shop entrance.

A man was carrying a large, snake-skin-wrapped bag off a tricycle.

From his grunting and straining,

One could tell the bag was not light.

“Mom~”

Jiang Ning stopped her scooter and called out to her mother.

“Need help?”

Hearing her.

Tian Cuilan turned to look at her daughter and pointed towards the shop, annoyed.

“Go tidy up.”

Actually, Jiang Ning had just asked casually.

After all, for something so heavy, her mother would never let her, a delicate young master, move it around.

But she forgot there were things inside the shop too.

She could only say “Oh.”

She parked her scooter and walked towards the shop.

However, before entering the shop.

Jiang Ning tilted her head and looked into the neighboring cloth shoe shop.

When she saw that little rascal buried in his homework inside the shop.

She couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

He heard her, though.

And then gave a fierce little fist as a warning.

Oh.

It seemed yesterday’s ear-pinching wasn’t enough.

Miss Jiang shrugged disdainfully.

Then turned and went into the shop.

Pushing open the shop door.

The shop was a mess.

On the floor, on the shelves, clothes were scattered everywhere.

All sorts of colors.

And as for styles, don’t even mention it.

Jiang Ning even saw a pair of overalls.

Hmm.

Black pants with white straps.

If you call it fashionable.

It was quite trendy.

If you call it good-looking.

The color was quite striking.

At this moment.

Her mother pushed open the door and pointed to a corner, telling Jiang Ning:

“Hand me the bag.”

Hearing this, Jiang Ning held the clip, reached out, and took the bag, asking casually.

“How much?”

“80.”

“That expensive?”

“Exactly, he wasn’t even willing to help me drag the rest of the bags in.”

Her mother was full of complaints after taking the bag.

Not even willing to drag them in?

Are they expecting this old woman, who has no strength to tie a chicken, to do it?

Miss Jiang raised an eyebrow.

She jumped out of the pile of clothes.

“Mom, wait a minute!”

“Charging so much money and not even doing the job properly.”

“Watch how your son teaches him a lesson!”

Jiang Ning’s old-fashioned tone genuinely startled Tian Cuilan for a while.

Then.

As she followed her daughter’s footsteps out of the shop.

“Uncle.”

“This bag is so heavy.”

“Please help us mother and daughter~”

Tian Cuilan: “.”

As it turned out,

The skill of acting cute really was very useful.

Miss Jiang rarely used it,

But she managed to push the price down to 40.

And she even had them move all two remaining large packages into the small warehouse behind Mom’s shop.

After the worker happily pedaled his tricycle away,

Jiang Ning was surprised to find that Mom was looking at her a bit strangely.

She asked curiously,

“Mom, what’s wrong?”

Tian Cuilan sighed and reached out to brush off a piece of lint stuck to her daughter’s hair.

“My daughter has grown up.”

“She knows how to use her advantages now.”

Jiang Ning knew the reason for Mom’s sigh and chuckled, “Hee hee,” saying:

“Mom, it’s not about advantages.”

As she spoke, Miss Jiang pointed to her head.

“Your daughter’s advantage is here.”

For half the morning,

Jiang Ning and Mom were busy tidying up the clothes in the shop.

They sorted them by size, item number, and color, arranging them in this small shop, which was less than ten square meters.

After everything was done,

The shop immediately gave Jiang Ning a feeling of being crowded.

“Mom, seriously, how about we get a bigger shop next time?”

“You just brought in over ten thousand worth of goods, and this shop can’t even hold it all.”

“What will we do later?”

“You little girl, you’re quite bold,” Tian Cuilan said, reaching out to pat her daughter’s shoulder.

“We’ll figure out what to do later when the time comes.”

“First, let’s earn more money.”

“Otherwise, in the future, if you can’t even take out much money for your dowry, won’t you be laughed at when you marry into someone’s family?”

???

Laugh at me? Who would dare to laugh…

Bah.

Who the hell is getting married?

Is there nothing else in these middle-aged women’s minds besides this?

Jiang Ning really wanted to refute something.

But considering that some of Mom’s ideas couldn’t be changed in a short time,

She simply stretched.

“Mom, don’t worry about the marriage thing.”

“Your daughter is going to help Big Cousin now.”

After speaking, she stood up, ready to make a run for it.

“Aren’t you going to eat before you leave?” Mom tried to keep her with food.

But Jiang Ning wasn’t about to eat the food brought from home.

“Cousin said he’d treat me to something good to eat.”

“Save some money, money isn’t that easy to earn.”

“Okay, okay.”

Jiang Ning responded, then picked up her small bag and walked out of the shop.

But just as she got into her new BMW,

Mom suddenly pushed open the shop door.

“Ningning, come back tonight to eat together.”

“It’s your Aunt Chen’s birthday today, and she asked me to bring you too.”

Aunt Chen?

Oh.

Mom’s new friend.

Although Miss Jiang didn’t like this kind of gathering among elders,

She wouldn’t openly go against Mom’s words in this situation.

After all, she was free to go where she pleased.

If I don’t come, can she really come out and catch me?

“Got it! We’ll see!”
(End of this chapter)