Chapter 405: She Can Finally Speak

"You really have long hair and short insight!" Shen Lan held the three hundred yuan Li Xuan had given him. "The minimum capital they need to do business is at least one or two thousand yuan. What is three hundred yuan from you supposed to do?"

"Can I wholesale a few pieces of clothing?"

Li Xuan fell into deep thought. That's right, opportunities are always reserved for the wealthy.

One or two thousand yuan was nothing to Si Rong, but to them, it was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

It seemed she still had to continue earning money with Xiao Wen.

From just accompanying people at the very beginning, her bottom line had been lowered again and again for the sake of money; now, she was willing to do anything.

Although Shen Lan had never said anything, he was unwilling to sleep in the same bed as her anymore.

Li Xuan simply suspected whether he knew what she had been doing; otherwise, why would he suddenly refuse to touch her?

"How about you use this three hundred yuan to do some small business first?" Li Xuan advised him. "For example, selling some socks or hair ties."

The items are small and the wholesale price is definitely cheap; wait until you've earned some money before doing clothing.

But Shen Lan was unwilling, feeling that it was shameful for them to sell socks while Si Rong sold clothing.

There was no other way; Li Xuan could only work harder to accompany the big brother, taking two months to finally earn enough capital of one thousand yuan for Shen Lan.

Only then was Shen Lan willing to take the train to Guang City.

Shen Yuan:...

A person with high standards but low abilities; they can't accomplish anything.

Half a month later, just as Si Rong and Ming Zi had finished selling their first batch of spring styles and were moving on to the second, they saw Shen Lan and Li Xuan also starting to set up a stall to sell clothing.

And what they were selling was women's clothing, just like them.

"What a copycat!" Ming Zi was so angry she wanted to beat those two up.

Si Rong patted her shoulder to soothe her. "Nothing to worry about, let's wait and see."

They weren't doing business like people who actually knew how to do business; the styles clashed with theirs, and it was obvious they wanted to snatch their business.

"Hmph, I wonder where those two guys got the money?"

Ming Zi questioned.

Anyway, based on her understanding of those two, it definitely wouldn't have come from any legitimate channels.

Si Rong glanced at the shelves. "How much stock is left that clashes with theirs?"

Ming Zi took a look. "A few dozen pieces left."

"Anything that clashes with them, put it all on special sale; sell it only at the cost price."

For the same piece of clothing, when it first arrives, it is sold at double the cost price, then the price is lowered over time, and finally, they start a clearance sale.

Now, their price reduction was aimed specifically at Shen Lan.

Anyway, it was this cheap man who started the trouble first.

If he wanted to sell clothes, fine; each side could sell their own and mind their own business.

Since he insisted on being a jerk, they couldn't be blamed for fighting back.

The next day, Shen Lan discovered something was wrong; a customer angrily threw the clothes she had bought in front of him and demanded a refund.

"You have such a black heart! The same clothes are actually so much more expensive than theirs! And they can even alter the clothes for free; give me my money back!"

Shen Lan was stunned. "Who am I selling more expensively than?"

He had specifically inquired before; Si Rong and the others sold this style of clothing for thirty-five yuan.

"It's that Rongzi Clothing Store; for the same clothes, they sell them for twenty-five, and you sell them for thirty-five. Aren't you trying to scam people?"

Shen Lan specifically had Li Xuan go check again and found that Si Rong had indeed hung a special sale sign at the entrance of their clothing store.

"Really? How is this possible?"

He wondered if those two women had something wrong with their brains; the cost price for this style of clothing was twenty-five, and now they were selling it for twenty-five? What were they trying to do?

Could it be that she came out to do business because she was bored? That she had money at home and came out specifically to do charity?

Then how was he supposed to sell?

The middle-aged woman continued to curse incessantly; in order not to let her affect his normal business, Shen Lan had no choice but to refund her money.

But for the next two days in a row, he wasn't able to sell a single piece of clothing.

Even when he lowered the price of the clothes to twenty-seven yuan, just to cover his travel expenses, he still couldn't sell them.

"Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter." Ming Zi felt it was funny when she thought about how she had passed by Shen Lan's stall today and saw his bitter, deep-seated look. "I guess he didn't sell a single piece of clothing; he really deserves it! This is the price of trying to snatch business from us!"

Selling clothes is like this: all the capital is tied up in the clothes; if the liquid capital isn't enough and the clothes don't sell, then you can't buy new styles.

Now, Shen Lan was just that distressed.

"I know it, they must be targeting me on purpose!"

Shen Lan paced back and forth in the room irritably. "To spite me, is she not even wanting to make money anymore?"

Shen Yuan:...

Aba, aba...

Why can't she speak yet? If she can't speak soon, she's going to be bored to death by this pair of parents.

Li Xuan said unpleasantly, "At the time, I don't know what you were thinking? You insisted on selling the same clothes as them; maybe if you had listened to me and sold socks, it wouldn't be like this."

"Listen to you? In whose family does the woman not listen to the man? If I had listened to you, maybe the whole family would have to go out and sell themselves!" Seeing Li Xuan, Shen Lan thought of the dirty money she had given him and couldn't help but want to use the nastiest words to insult her!

He hadn't even looked down on her, yet she dared to start pointing out his faults.

Li Xuan was hurt so deeply by his words that it pained her. "Shen Lan, do you know everything?"

"Heh, of course you know; you've been to my maiden home and know they never cared whether I, their daughter, lived or died, so how could they possibly lend me money?"

"So you are spending my money while looking down on me?"

Shen Lan felt unnatural after being questioned by her. "Isn't it just spending a little of your stinking money? Once I earn money, I can naturally pay you back ten or dozens of times over!"

"And I am not looking down on you." Shen Lan didn't want her to think he was a scumbag.

"You don't despise me? Then why have you refused to touch me for so long?"

Li Xuan placed Shen Yuan toward the inside of the bed and prepared to take off her own clothes, pulling Shen Lan onto the bed as well while she was at it.

Shen Yuan:...

She covered her eyes, feeling completely speechless.

Don't continue! She felt that seeing this kind of scene would dirty her own eyes.

Because Shen Lan was unwilling to be with her, she slapped him a few times.

"Are you even a woman? We haven't even sold the clothes we brought in yet, and you're only thinking about these things?"

He had a cleanliness obsession in his heart; at this moment, Li Xuan was like a piece of chewed-up steamed bun in his eyes, and even if he were starving, he wouldn't be able to eat it.

In the end, Li Xuan actually tried to pin him to the bed to force herself on him, but she was kicked under the bed by Shen Lan.

"Wuwuwu... Shen Lan, you heartless thing, I did all those things for you and for money, how can you despise me? How could you?"

The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt; she was the only woman managing everything inside and outside the house, including raising their daughter and the Shen family members.

No matter what, she had to sleep with Shen Lan today, otherwise what was the point of all her sacrifices?

Shen Lan naturally refused, so the two of them started fighting on the bed.

Shen Yuan, who was inside the bed, watched in a daze.

If these two were going to fight, they should just fight, but if they accidentally crushed her, that would be a disaster.

"No! Don't, fight!"

Shen Yuan shouted with all her might, and only then did she realize: she could speak?

That's great, this way many things would be much more convenient.