Seeing Liu Manqiong's expression lonely, Ye Chen suddenly felt a little sympathetic to the young lady of the top wealthy family in Hong Kong.
Although Liu Jiahui is rich, Liu Manqiong still fails to have a complete childhood.
Her father's betrayal and her mother's early death had long destroyed her childhood.
In this regard, Ye Chen and Liu Manqiong's experiences are somewhat similar.
Although his parents had a good relationship, after they passed away, Ye Chen's childhood completely fell apart.
Since then, Ye Chen has lived in the welfare home for ten years. Although he is taken care of by Aunt Li, it is still a painful ten years for Ye Chen.
Because in those ten years, he had to accept the reality of his parents' death again every day in the first five years, and in the next five years he was fighting against the sadness of missing his parents every day.
What truly cured Ye Chen for the next twenty years and kept him calm and did not go astray was the earnest teachings and beautiful memories left to him by his parents before he was eight years old.
I think Liu Manqiong's wonderful memories should be that when she was a child, her mother brought her here every day and used all her skills to coax her to eat. Later, the person who loved her the most was gone, so she could only come here to find her shadow.
At this time, a vendor wearing an apron on the roadside was stir-frying Niu River. When he saw Liu Manqiong coming over, he quickly smiled and said hello: "Miss Manqiong, you are here!"
Liu Manqiong came to her senses and quickly smiled and said, "Uncle Nan, why didn't you see you open the equipment two days ago?"
The vendor was so happy that he couldn't stop talking and said, "The daughter-in-law gave birth the day before yesterday. She was a fat boy, and she was a pound of 70%!"
"Wow!" Liu Manqiong said in surprise: "It's so great! I will definitely give the little guy a big red envelope next time I come!"
The vendor hurriedly said, "No Miss Manqiong, we receive your favor every year, how can we make you spend money?"
Liu Manqiong smiled and said, "Uncle Nan, why not do this? I will tell Manager Wan that you will be exempted from renting the room for the second half of the year. I will just treat it as sending red envelopes to the little guy."
The vendor said in fear and trepidation: "How can this work? Miss Manqiong, you haven't raised your rent for ten years and have taken great care of us. If it weren't for you, how could we still support our family here..."
Liu Manqiong laughed and said, "Uncle Nan, don't be polite to me. I'll tell Manager Wan later."
After saying that, she pointed to Ye Chen and said to the vendor: "Uncle Nan, I will take my friend to eat in there, so I won't bother you."
The vendor nodded gratefully, then looked at Ye Chen and asked with a smile: "Miss Manqiong, are you finally dating?"
"No..." Liu Manqiong shook his head quickly: "Ordinary friend."
The vendor looked at Ye Chen with a deep expression and said seriously: "I have been here for more than 20 years. You are the first boy brought by Miss Manqiong."
Liu Manqiong said in a panic: "Uncle Nan, he is really an ordinary friend of mine. Don't put smoke bombs here."
After saying that, he quickly greeted Ye Chen: "Mr. Ye, let's go."
Ye Chen nodded and signaled to the vendor, and then walked to the depths of the snack street with Liu Manqiong.
After setting a distance from Uncle Nan’s stall, Ye Chen asked her curiously: "Miss Manqiong, I heard what Uncle Nan said just now. Do you seem to be the landlord here?"
Liu Manqiong blinked, and his slender hands gestured along the direction of the food street, and said with a smug smile: "This whole street is mine!"
"Wow!" Ye Chen couldn't help but exclaim: "The boss is doing a big deal!"
Liu Manqiong smiled and said, "If you want to keep some people and things, you always have to pay some price."
As soon as he finished speaking, several vendors on the roadside saw Liu Manqiong and said respectfully: "Hello Miss Manqiong!", "Miss Manqiong, you are here!", "What do you want to eat tonight?"
Liu Manqiong greeted them one by one, and could even call out everyone's name.
After the social engagement, she said to Ye Chen: "The economy of Hong Kong Island has been growing rapidly in the past few years. This kind of place has been bought and is ready to be redeveloped. At that time, the owner of this street was to drive away these vendors.
After their lease expired, the rent increased several times overnight. Many vendors could not afford to pay the rent, so they withdrew one after another. So I went to ask my dad to buy it and give it to me no matter what.
, As long as he is willing to buy this place and give it to me, I will allow him to marry that woman in the door."
As he said that, Liu Manqiong spread his hands and smiled, "So I got my wish and became the boss of this street. All the stalls and shops on both sides of this street are mine! How about it, is it amazing?"
"Awesome." Ye Chen asked with a smile, "So you invited these vendors back after buying this street, right?"
"Yes." Liu Manqiong nodded and said, "I invited each of them over and promised that as long as they are willing to open a store here, I will never increase the rent. Not only that, they operate here, all the water, electricity, cleaning and
I also paid all the maintenance costs. Prices have risen sharply over the years. The rent they pay every year is actually not enough for the maintenance costs here. I also have to subsidize my dad's company every year."
Ye Chen smiled and said, "It seems that your dad is still good to you."
Liu Manqiong nodded: "He is very nice to me, because he has always wanted to exchange for my forgiveness for so many years."
As he said that, Liu Manqiong's expression gradually became cold and he said seriously: "But my mother was really painful when she left. Every scene from her illness to her death is vivid in my mind, so I will never forgive him in my life.
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Seeing Liu Manqiong's eyes flushed, it seemed that they had reveled some painful memories again, so Ye Chen asked, "By the way, Miss Manqiong, Uncle Nan said you didn't bring a boy here, why are you the first in your house today
When you meet, you will take me here for dinner?"
Liu Manqiong curled his lips: "Don't be self-indulgent, I didn't want to bring you here!"
Ye Chen hurriedly said, "Didn't you say at the dinner table? I'll take me some Hong Kong snacks tonight."
Liu Manqiong blurted out: "I said that, but I didn't want to bring you here. The reason I said that is to make you retreat. I didn't expect you to agree with shame."
As he said that, Liu Manqiong said again: "Besides, there are too many snack streets in Hong Kong. Since you agree, I can just find one and I can get rid of you."
Ye Chen asked in confusion: "Then why are we here now?"
Liu Manqiong couldn't speak at once, and his fair face was rosy because of nervousness or shame.
So she quickly said stubbornly: "The reason I brought you here is to worry that the Zhong family came to take revenge on you. If they really came here, I have so many acquaintances here, and I can still protect you."
Ye Chen curled his lips: "I don't believe it. Do you think I still need someone to protect me?"
Liu Manqiong gave him anger and said, "Okay, okay, you are the most powerful! Aren't you going to Lan Kwai Fong tonight? I'm waiting to see you kill all over the world in Lan Kwai Fong!"
Ye Chen asked with a smile: "Do you really want to see?"
Liu Manqiong said angrily: "Yes! I really want to see it! I'm afraid you can't cover it, so I have to find a way to ask someone to save you!"
Ye Chen snapped his fingers and raised his eyebrows and said, "Since you want to see, I must be what you want!"