Chapter 458: Chapter 222: The Senior’s Dream (Part 3)

Still, the reasoning behind it was understandable.

After all, the location was prime, right in the heart of a major commercial district. Selling retail would definitely be more profitable than running a Cat Cafe.

Qin Yuenan strolled around the shop and noticed that with the price of admission, they also gave you a small sample packet of Shennan pet food.

This kind of promotional tie-in was a pretty good idea.

Qin Yuenan went to the front counter and, just as she had at the first Shennan Pet Society, asked the employee to get the store manager.

When Lin Ping heard this, her heart leaped with joy. She thought Lin Shen had arrived, so she came running out without a moment’s delay.

But the eager anticipation in her eyes turned to stunned disbelief the moment she saw Qin Yuenan.

’A woman?’

"You’re the manager of this shop, right?"

Qin Yuenan introduced herself.

"My name is Qin Yuenan. I’m Lin Shen’s girlfriend, and also his business partner."

’Girlfriend?!’

Lin Ping’s heart trembled. She quickly reached out to shake Qin Yuenan’s hand.

"Hello, hello! My name is Lin Ping. I’m the manager of this shop."

"Could you bring me the shop’s account books to look at?"

"I can, it’s just..."

Seeing Lin Ping’s hesitant expression, Qin Yuenan took out her phone again, using an intimate photo with Lin Shen to prove her identity. She couldn’t help but complain to herself.

’I should’ve just dragged Lin Shen along!’

’Now I have to prove who I am. What a pain!’

"Is this good enough?"

"Yes, yes!"

After confirming that Qin Yuenan was indeed Lin Shen’s official girlfriend, Lin Ping—as Lin Shen’s mistress—felt the panic of a side chick meeting the main woman. She immediately ran to the back of the shop, grabbed the account books, and invited Qin Yuenan to have a seat.

’So she’s President Lin’s girlfriend...’

While Qin Yuenan was examining the books, Lin Ping, standing to the side, secretly sized her up from head to toe.

Exquisite facial features so beautiful they could have been crafted by the heavens, long, straight, silky black hair cascading over her shoulders, and a pair of slender, gorgeous legs crossed one over the other.

It was safe to say that Qin Yuenan herself, whether in terms of looks or figure, was a one-in-ten-thousand kind of outstanding among women.

She even outshone some female celebrities.

You could tell just by the reactions of the customers around them.

Qin Yuenan was just sitting there, dressed very simply, yet quite a few people were already sneaking glances at her.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say she was the center of attention.

Lin Ping nervously wrung her hands in front of her, a deep sense of inferiority suddenly welling up inside her.

Before, she’d had the courage to imagine a head-to-head comparison with Lin Shen’s girlfriend, because she thought she wasn’t half bad herself.

She might have been married before, and her age might not be an advantage.

But among women, her looks and figure were still in the top tier.

In fact, after just a few days of managing the shop, many customers had already asked for her contact information.

And on top of that, there was the "stat bonus" that came with her status as a "young married woman."

Therefore, Lin Ping had felt that she wouldn’t be that much worse off than Lin Shen’s girlfriend.

But now, after seeing Qin Yuenan in person, she finally understood the saying, "there’s always someone better."

’She’s just too beautiful!’

As Lin Ping marveled sincerely, a bitter smile touched the corners of her lips.

’With someone so outstanding above me, I can forget about using any crooked schemes to get ahead.’

’I should just resign myself to being his secret lover.’

SLAP—!

Just as Lin Ping’s mind was wandering, Qin Yuenan snapped the account book shut, handed it back to her, and asked casually,

"How are things at the shop?"

"They’re quite good."

Lin Ping quickly recounted recent events at the shop, but her words were tinged with a slight tension and unease.

Qin Yuenan noticed this small detail, and her eyes narrowed slightly.

"Lin Shen arranged for you to be the manager of this shop?"

"Yes."

"Then what is your relationship with him?"

!?

Pinned by Qin Yuenan’s narrowed gaze, Lin Ping’s heart hammered in her chest, and she was suddenly flustered and at a loss.

After a moment, she finally stammered out a reply.

"President Lin and I just have an employer-employee relationship."

"Is that so."

Qin Yuenan was skeptical. Although Lin Ping seemed gentle and virtuous, and was a bit older,

she couldn’t help but feel a little hostile toward the beautiful young woman before her.

A woman’s sixth sense told Qin Yuenan that this Lin Ping’s relationship with Lin Shen was anything but ordinary!

After all, this flagship store was the absolute core of Shennan’s physical locations. Its daily revenue was even double that of the first shop!

For such an important shop, the manager, Lin Ping, ought to have some unique abilities.

But it didn’t seem like she did.

Judging from the way she spoke, her education level probably wasn’t high. She did have a lot of experience managing a Cat Cafe, but at best, she was just a standout employee who had worked her way up from the bottom.

It wasn’t that Qin Yuenan was discriminating against Lin Ping, but she felt that, compared to Qi Hao, Lin Ping’s capabilities were severely lacking.

She was far too ordinary.

Her only strengths were probably that she was quite pretty and had a good figure—the sexy, voluptuous, young-married-woman type.

’A woman like that is dangerous to have around Lin Shen!’

Qin Yuenan’s eyes narrowed. She had a feeling there were some unspoken rules involved in Lin Ping becoming the manager.

But she had no proof.

’But who cares? So what if there are?’

’As long as she’s no threat to me, it’s fine.’

Qin Yuenan calmly continued to make small talk with Lin Ping, whose every reply was carefully considered, her tone trembling with an anxious heart.

’Has my relationship with President Lin already been exposed?’

Fortunately, however, Qin Yuenan didn’t seem very interested in that subject. The conversation focused mainly on the shop’s business operations.

After asking a few more questions and getting a general understanding of the situation, she stood up to leave.

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