Turning Antagonist to Protagonist: He is Both Soft and Fierce-Chapter 273 - 268: Sister-in-Law’s Status Declines Day by Day

Chapter 273: Chapter 268: Sister-in-Law’s Status Declines Day by Day

Upon hearing this, Song Tingfan frowned and then strode towards the back, pushing open Lin Qiao’s unlocked door directly.

Lin Qiao was startled, but thinking that it could only be Song Tingfan who would push the door open, she quickly calmed down and turned her head to look at the door.

A tall man strode in with an urgent look, and she thought something had happened, "What’s wrong?"

"Are you alright?" Song Tingfan looked at her worriedly, seeing her expression was normal, he breathed a little sigh of relief.

"What?"

Lin Qiao didn’t understand his meaning at once, only after a moment did she realize what he was saying, it must be Jiang Ming who told him about Niu Er’s visit.

This kid works efficiently but just has a loose tongue.

She shook her head, "It’s okay, I had someone chase him out."

"Why didn’t you have dinner?"

When he asked, Lin Qiao subconsciously explained, "I haven’t skipped it, I just thought of eating a bit later. I’m counting the silver coins, planning to deposit them in the Money Shop tomorrow."

Following her gaze, Song Tingfan looked over, seeing a pile of silver coins on the bed, with broken silver in one pile and copper coins in another.

He pressed his lips together, a bit stern, "You can count after eating, let’s eat first."

Lin Qiao, who likes to finish things in one go, said, "I’m almost done counting, just counted the copper coins to 3,400 cents." With that, she sat back on the bed, prepared to continue counting.

Song Tingfan didn’t like her ignoring meal times, usually eating after finishing her work, and sometimes not eating out of sheer exhaustion.

He stated word by word, "If you don’t go out to eat, I will carry you out."

Lin Qiao: "..."

She choked on her saliva, "Cough cough cough."

At the same time, she glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, seeing that he wasn’t joking, and she quickly got up, "I’m getting a bit hungry now, I’ll go out and eat."

She felt like her standing as a sister-in-law was diminishing by the day.

She still found the younger antagonist more likable, since he went along with whatever she said and never managed her.

The two of them left the room, finding an empty table in the corner of the main hall to sit at.

Not long after, Jiang Ming brought their meals, smiling at Lin Qiao, and jokingly said in a low voice, "It’s always the Boss’s words that work, we’ve called you out to eat so many times, but you didn’t come out."

He had an air of how the Big Boss and the Boss have a good relationship.

This child understands nothing but still feels he understands everything, adding hilariously to the occasion; Lin Qiao found it amusing and said, "Alright, go get busy, the sooner you finish, the sooner you can leave work. If there’s any uneaten food left in the kitchen today, divide it among yourselves to take home."

Sometimes the leftovers in the kitchen would spoil if kept until the next day and couldn’t be used again.

"Thank you, Boss." Jiang Ming’s smile stretched behind his ears; the food from the shop was better than what they had at home, which would definitely be good for his mom and sister’s health.

After he left, Lin Qiao turned back, to find her bowl already filled with rice, she: "..."

She held back for a while, couldn’t help it, and tried to negotiate, "Little uncle, I can’t eat so much, next time I’ll serve myself."

Eating like this would surely have her waist expanding soon.

Hearing her call him little uncle again, Song Tingfan corrected gloomily, "Call me by name."

Lin Qiao’s mouth twitched slightly, "Tingfan, I really can’t finish this much."

"Just this bowl, no more."

Song Tingfan was clearly not up for negotiation, so Lin Qiao had to pick up her chopsticks and eat.

Only when Song Tingfan saw her eating did he pick up his own chopsticks to eat as well. The two didn’t say much while eating, and after a while, there weren’t many people left in the shop; Jiang Ming and the others began clearing away the dishes and tables.

After Lin Qiao finished her meal, the accountant brought today’s accounts and silver coins to her. After confirming it together, today’s total was thirty-five taels and 432 cents.

Business was doing much better than before.

Not long after the accountant left, shortly after, the cook and the others also finished work, leaving only Jiang Ming still sweeping the floor.

Originally, Lin Qiao planned to hire a maid to clean up the shop, but when Jiang Ming heard this, he asked if he could do the cleaning himself and add the wages to his pay.

Seeing him diligently at work usually, Lin Qiao agreed, and he did indeed do the cleaning thoroughly without slacking.

"Brother." Suddenly, outside the shop came a skinny little girl of seven or eight years old.

Jiang Ming hurriedly ran over, mildly scolding but with deep concern, "Why did you come, didn’t I tell you not to come? What if someone takes you away?"

"No, I came here together with Granny Li," Jiang Yan said softly.

"Even so, that won’t do, come, I’ll take you back."

"I don’t want to go back, I’ll help you clean, brother. I’ll go back with you, mom’s already asleep, I fed her dinner."

Hearing the commotion at the door, Lin Qiao beckoned Jiang Yan over, "Little Yan, come and sit."

"Boss, I’ll take my sister back right away, and quickly return to clean up." Jiang Ming feared she might think he brought his sister to pity them.

"It’s fine, let her come over and sit."

Lin Qiao didn’t insist on sending her back, after all, she paid him for the job and expected him to do it.

Kindness alone doesn’t get you far in this world.

Seeing her friendly expression, Jiang Ming finally allowed Jiang Yan to go over, instructing her, "Be good and wait, it’ll be done soon, don’t talk unnecessarily."

"But brother, I want to help you clean." Jiang Yan, being diligent, looked at Jiang Ming.

Hearing this, Jiang Ming felt warm and touched her head, soothing her, "It’s okay, brother will finish cleaning quickly."

Although Jiang Yan was young, she was very sensible, sitting obediently, not looking anywhere else except at her brother.

Lin Qiao got up, grabbed some dry goods, and handed them to her, Jiang Yan’s bright eyes looking at her, sweetly saying, "Thank you, Boss."

Her brother said the Boss and Big Boss treat him well.

"No need to thank me, if you want to look for your brother in the future, just come and look for him." Lin Qiao said amiably.

After a while, Jiang Ming finished cleaning, "Boss, Big Boss, I’ve cleaned everything, see if there’s anything else that needs cleaning."

"It’s alright, you can go back now, and remember to take the leftover food from the kitchen with you," Lin Qiao reminded him.

Jiang Ming and Jiang Yan left the shop, and after walking for a while, Jiang Yan looked at the food in his hands, "Brother, does the Boss really not want so much food?"

"Yes." Jiang Ming nodded.

"Such a waste." Jiang Yan said innocently.

Jiang Ming ruffled her hair, "The Boss is intentionally giving it to us; you see, there are big bones. When we get home, I’ll cook them for you."

"Brother, the Boss is so nice, and also pretty."

"It’s true. The Boss even said we’d get a pay raise if we work well."

"Then I’ll work for the Boss when I’m older."

"No need, brother can support you and mom."

...

Fan’an Shop

Song Tingfan coming to her room every evening was something Lin Qiao had grown accustomed to, without asking why, "Tingfan, help me count this broken silver."

Song Tingfan nodded, sitting beside her bed, and the two quietly counted for a long time, while outside, the sky was entirely cloaked in darkness.

Upon sorting all the silver coins, the total came to 582 taels, which was quite a substantial pure profit since the shop opened.