Reborn as a Tough Army Wife

Upon hearing Luo Zhiyong's words, Fang Pingying suddenly remembered something from her past life—electric hand warmers with a small heating element that could be plugged in. You only needed to fill it with water, and it would retain heat.

Even if it got cold, just plug it in for a few more minutes, and it could be used for hours again. That thing was much more convenient than a hot water bottle.

Maybe she could try making such a device at this time. It was bound to make money.

Once this idea came to Fang Pingying, she took note of it, planning to find someone familiar with these devices one day to inquire about the capital needed to produce such an item and its profitability.

Luo Zhiyong, still worried about the safety of the glass bottle, wrapped the warm water bottle in several layers of cloth for Fang Pingying to hold in her hands before she got on the bus to the city.

Due to the poor weather, the bus was slow, turning the usual hour-plus journey into two hours to reach the city.

When they arrived at the shop, Luo Honglan and her group were just getting ready to prepare lunch.

Seeing Fang Pingying there today surprised both Luo Honglan and Fang Xiu.

Luo Honglan even jokingly touched Fang Pingying's belly, saying with a laugh, "Sis-in-law, you've got to be careful, don't come out in this cold weather and freeze my big nephew." Chapter source: My Virtual Library Empire (M|V|L4EMPYR).

Fang Xiu also smiled, "Exactly, big sister, with me and Honglan here to take care of the shop, don't you trust us? When you're pregnant, it's best to move around less."

"Mhm," Fang Pingying smiled in response, glanced around the shop, and asked with a smile, "Has everything been okay in the shop recently? Nothing's gone wrong, has it?"

Fang Xiu replied, "All's well, business is still good every day. Although there are fewer people buying pastries for breakfast because of the weather, with New Year's approaching, many people have started stocking up early for the holidays. So our business hasn't been too bad, and some items often sell out. I was actually thinking of telling Uncle Zeng's delivery guys tomorrow that we need to have more of certain items delivered daily."

"Mhmm, you two handle that. Whatever goods are in higher demand, just communicate that to Uncle Zeng's delivery people," Fang Pingying said, taking a seat in front of the cash counter and gesturing to Fang Xiu, "Right, bring me this week's ledger to look at."

"Sure," Fang Xiu complied, immediately taking out the account book from the drawer.

Just as Fang Xiu brought out the ledger and Fang Pingying was about to ask her to go in and cook, the shop door opened, accompanied by a man's voice, "Fang Xiu, I'm free today so I came over to help you work."

Hearing this voice, Fang Pingying trembled and froze on the spot; this man's voice was far too familiar to her.

She looked up and, sure enough, it was him—Liu Junting, the man who had ruined her entire previous life.

Liu Junting, at this time, appeared to be around twenty-five or twenty-six years old, slender in build, but with exceedingly fine features, a truly rare handsome man.

In her past life, she had been ruined by this very man.

In her previous life, she met him by chance and was bewitched by his good looks and honey-sweet words. During a period of estrangement with Luo Zhiyong, she took money from home and ran away with this man, telling Luo Zhiyong she was going out to work.

After living with this man for a while, she increasingly found him sweet-talking and caring, a total opposite of the dull Luo Zhiyong, so she didn't hesitate to come back and divorce Luo Zhiyong.

But what she never expected was that this man was just enjoying the feeling of being a kept man. Initially, seeing that Fang Pingying had some money, he was willing to follow her, occasionally spending a little to make her happy. However, once Fang Pingying's money ran out, he left her too.

Unfortunately, by that time Fang Pingying had already divorced Luo Zhiyong, and even if she wanted to return, there was no chance left.

Moreover, due to a temporary lapse of judgment, during her divorce from Luo Zhiyong, Fang Pingying didn't even give a proper look at her two young daughters. When she went back to see them later, the girls no longer recognized her.

And by that time, Xu He had already seized the opportunity and started a relationship with Luo Zhiyong.

So, in her former life, her latter years were spent in resentment and regret, with everything being either due to her own vanity or the misfortune caused by this man.

Liu Junting was actually lecherous at heart. Seeing that Fang Pingying was beautiful and staring intently at him, he even forgot about Luo Zhiyong standing behind him and flirtatiously raised an eyebrow to Fang Pingying, "You must be Sister Fang. I've heard Fang Xiu mention you before. Seeing you now, Sister Fang is not only capable, but also very attractive."

"Who are you?" Luo Zhiyong said, frowning unhappily and giving Liu Junting a deterrent glance before turning displeasingly to Fang Xiu, "Fang Xiu, is this person your friend?"

Perhaps intimidated by Luo Zhiyong's aura, Liu Junting shrank his neck and ran off, "Fang Xiu, I see you have company, so I'll leave now. I'll come by another time to help you out."

Fang Pingying finally came to her senses, her eyebrows frowning as she looked at Fang Xiu, "Fang Xiu, what's going on here?"

Fang Xiu was initially feeling a bit guilty, then stuttered in explanation, "He's just a customer who often shops at our store. We've become familiar, so he comes to help out when he's free. There are some heavy tasks in the shop that Hong Lan and I can't handle."

Luo Honglan wasn't good at reading people's expressions and was still smiling as she spoke well of Liu Junting to Fang Pingying, "Sister-in-law, this is Liu Junting. He seems to be a nice person. He comes to help out in our shop every day when he has time. We even tried to thank him with a meal, but he refused."

Hearing that, Fang Xiu instantly chimed in with a smile, "That's right, having such free labor at our disposal, we'd be foolish not to use it."

Upon hearing this, Fang Pingying grew suspicious, "Other than helping you move stuff around, has he ever been over to the cash-handling side? You usually handle the finances yourselves, right?"

"Yes, of course, I wouldn't let anyone else handle the money," Fang Xiu responded, yet her expression revealed a hint of guilt.

In fact, she and Liu Junting had already reached a level of familiarity beyond what most people could see. If Luo Honglan was in the shop, Fang Xiu feared that Luo Honglan might report her to Fang Ping or something, so even when Liu Junting came by, she would only let him carry or fetch goods for customers.

Liu Junting was charming, and the customers who came to the shop enjoyed chatting with him. Luo Honglan thought it was good for business as it helped make sales, so she let him be.

But whenever Luo Honglan wasn't in the shop, Fang Xiu would be quite lax, and sometimes when she went to the back room for work, she would leave Liu Junting in charge of watching the shop.

Seeing Fang Xiu's guilty demeanor, Fang Pingying knew she was lying.

With this, the reason why the shop's accounts had been somewhat off these days was probably about to be uncovered. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)