After my divorce, I started to have good luck-Chapter 860 - 461: Warmth in the Heart

Only after the sound of the latch pausing, followed by the sound of the door opening and closing ended, did Chen Feng truly feel relieved and turn to walk out of the neighborhood.

What he didn't know was that, after Tian Xiaoman entered her home, she went straight through the living room to the window by the kitchen. From there, she could easily see Chen Feng's back as he walked out of the neighborhood.

Watching his retreating figure, Tian Xiaoman felt a sudden warmth in her heart, and that kind of moving happiness rose in her heart again.

If only he were my boyfriend or even my husband!

At that moment, the lights in the living room suddenly turned on, and she turned to see her grandmother, sleepy-eyed, coming out of the bedroom.

"Why are you back so late? You worried me for most of the day," Grandma muttered as usual.

Tian Xiaoman patiently explained, "I had a gathering with a few colleagues in the evening. After dinner, we went to sing, so it ended late. Didn't I tell you on WeChat before? I told you to go to bed early."

"With you coming back so late, how could I sleep soundly? Don't come back so late again in the future. Our neighborhood is pitch black at night, and there's not a soul around. It's not safe for a girl to walk home at night."

In the past, Tian Xiaoman wouldn't have taken her grandma's words seriously, after all, the place they lived was considered an urban area of the county, fully covered by surveillance with basically no blind spots, and for years not a whisper of any heinous crime.

But tonight's experience left a deep impression on her and made her somewhat scared.

"I know. This was an accident. I won't walk at night next time. Alright, Grandma, go to bed now."

"Okay, I'll go to sleep then. You should also go to bed early. You have work tomorrow."

After Grandma muttered, she yawned and returned to her room to sleep.

Seeing this, Tian Xiaoman first went to the bathroom connected to the living room to take a shower, then returned to her own room to sleep.

Her family's apartment had only two bedrooms, a unit left by her late grandfather, covering less than a hundred square meters. It had a history of three to four decades.

She had lived in this apartment until she was twelve years old, then her parents divorced, and she lived with her mother for a few years, until she got into university.

Later, her mother remarried, and after graduating from university, she returned to live with her grandmother.

As for her father, ever since the divorce, he was rarely home, roaming all over the country, supposedly doing business, but earning little and often relying on her grandmother and her, his daughter, for support.

Fortunately, her grandmother received more than five thousand a month in retirement funds or else relying on her father for old age would be impossible.

Due to her fragmented family, she was very cautious with relationships and choosing a partner, and had not yet dated anyone. She did not want to repeat her mother's mistakes and find someone like her father—ambitious but untalented, aiming high but accomplishing little, with appearances only and incapable of supporting a family.

Lying in bed, Tian Xiaoman thought about many things, from her unfortunate family to tonight's misfortune.

Tonight, she was first betrayed by a supposedly close female colleague who almost united with Qi Fulin to get her drunk.

Additionally, as a result of being invited to drink by that female colleague, she didn't drive, which meant that after the date with Chen Feng, she had to walk home, and unfortunately encountered those two drunks who nearly took advantage of her.

It was fortunate that Chen Feng appeared, timely helping her twice, saving her both times.

Thinking about this, Tian Xiaoman couldn't help but feel that she was really destined with Chen Feng.

Maybe Chen Feng really was her destined prince!

Even if this destined prince was quite the playboy, there was no denying his excellence. Besides, he was wealthy. He could at least afford a Cayenne and had a villa in Xiu Zhou.

The question was how to contact Chen Feng again and further develop the relationship?

Thinking about the things Chen Feng said to her before, it really wouldn't be easy.

Tian Xiaoman lay in bed, thinking back and forth, unable to fall asleep for quite some time.

...

After returning home, Chen Feng took a shower and almost fell asleep as soon as he lay down, sleeping soundly until daylight broke, awakened by an urgent knocking at the door by his mom.

"Get up and have breakfast! After breakfast, go to Yuelou Supermarket with me."

His mom's call suddenly woke Chen Feng up. He glanced at his phone; it was just after six in the morning, leaving him speechless.

But knowing his mom's temperament, he responded, "Got it, I'm getting up."

Then, several minutes later, his mom came knocking again: "Are you getting up or not? Look at the time. Hurry up."

This time, Chen Feng had no excuse to lie in bed longer, reluctantly getting up to wash.

Several minutes later, Chen Feng finished breakfast, then drove his mom and his conscripted dad to Yuelou Town to check on their supermarket's operations.

Actually, with his mom overseeing it, plus an accountant hired monthly for accounting and audits, there weren't really any problems, at least not enough for today's 'little aunt-in-law' Mao Xiaoling and her mother to steal too much.

If they didn't embezzle at all, it would be almost impossible; after all, this supermarket, while not large, couldn't be considered small either. With a vast array of goods, there were probably hundreds of items.

The two of them reporting losses of a couple of hundred worth of goods each day was considered within a normal range. Running a supermarket makes it tough to entirely prevent theft, understandable human nature.

Additionally, there were other more concealed embezzlement methods too, which couldn't be completely eradicated.

As long as they weren't too excessive, Chen Feng simply didn't care about the small earnings of this little supermarket.

When Chen Feng brought his parents over that day, his uncle, Mao Xiaoling, and her mother were all there.

It was apparent that after getting engaged, his uncle Zhao Guozhong seemed much more composed than before, looking healthier and carrying a smile of newfound happiness on his face.

"Ah Feng, I'm not a store manager for nothing. Look, most of these shelf items were organized by me. How about it?"

As soon as Chen Feng came over, Zhao Guozhong warmly took him to see the shelves in the supermarket.

Chen Feng let him lead him around to have a look, giving face as he was originally brought by his mom for an inspection.

"Not bad, organized quite well," Chen Feng casually glanced, then nodded in approval.

"Hehe, to organize these shelves well, I even went to observe and learn from the big supermarkets in the county." Zhao Guozhong said proudly.

Zhao Xiaolan then walked over and spoke up, "Good, then you will be in charge of managing the shelves from now on."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Guozhong was taken aback and was about to decline when Zhao Xiaolan sternly said, "You just said it yourself, you're the store manager. Besides, now you've registered your marriage with Little Ling, just settle down here with her watching the store, no more wandering around aimlessly like before. At your age, what's there to wander about outside?"

From the cashier counter, Mao Xiaoling also heard, loudly echoed, "Second Sister is right, Zhong, just honestly stay here with me to watch the store from now on. My mom is getting old and can't keep up with watching the store every day anymore."

Zhao Guozhong was initially pulling a long face, but upon hearing what Mao Xiaoling said, he immediately nodded and said, "Alright, from now on, I'll stay with you to watch the store and also help with organizing the shelves."

Zhao Xiaolan rolled her eyes at him and further announced, "From now on, Ah Feng's dad will also come to help at the store. Lifting and moving things will be his job. If there's any delivery of goods, Guozhong, you will be responsible for it. If there are many goods, your brother-in-law can go with you to help, as he used to do that."

Zhao Guozhong glanced at his brother-in-law Chen Dayong, who had a sour expression, and chuckled, "Sister, didn't brother-in-law say he retired? Why is he working again now?"

Zhao Xiaolan rolled her eyes at Chen Dayong and said, "That's because he's got too much free time, playing mahjong day and night, sitting for a whole day. No matter how good his health is, sitting like that and playing mahjong all the time will wear him out sooner or later."