I just want to be a good person

Chapter 143 Waiting For Hopeless Love
The next day, Saturday.

According to the almanac, today is an auspicious day for collecting money, opening the market, and trading for a new store.

At ten o'clock in the morning, two strings of [-]-shot firecrackers were lit in front of the "Hope Fresh Fruit Shop", and the "cracking" sound immediately attracted the attention of many passers-by.

Ding Ya was standing in front of the store wearing a brown overalls, with a smile on her face but a little lonely.

"Sister Ding Ya, why are you unhappy?"

A girl next to him who was also wearing brown work clothes asked curiously: "Today is a great day for us to open a store!"

Ding Ya smiled and slapped the girl: "I'm not unhappy, Xiao Huang, after the firecrackers are set off, you can put out the big opening signboard."

"Good lady!"

The girl surnamed Huang didn't look very big, probably about fifteen or sixteen years old. After agreeing, she looked at the firecrackers that were still burning, and said enviously:
"Sister Ding Ya, do you know? My dream is that one day I can save money and open a small shop by myself! I have also experienced the addiction of being a boss!"

Ding Ya covered her mouth and smiled, "You... how many times have I told you that I'm not the boss."

"I know, the boss is Brother Shen, sister Ding Ya is your boyfriend!"

The girl made a grimace, smiled and avoided Ding Ya's waving palm, and then continued with some anger:
"But sister, it's not that I'm short-sighted... You always say that Brother Shen is busy, so it's fine if he hasn't been here once, but he won't come when we open today..."

"he……"

Ding Ya had mixed feelings on her face, and she didn't know how to answer.

But luckily at this time, there happened to be two people walking over with flower baskets not far away, and Ding Ya rushed to meet them.

When the new store opened, some shops around would send a flower basket to show their friendship. Ding Ya had already received several this morning, so she thought it would be the same this time.

"Thank you, let's drink some water."

Greeting with a smile, Ding Ya handed over two bottles of mineral water.

But the two who were holding the flower basket waved their hands.

"We are from a flower shop, and we just came here to deliver flowers. Here, this little girl bought the flowers."

The two put the flower basket on the ground, and pointed at Tong Liping who was just blocked by the flower basket.

"Ah, that was hard work!"

Ding Ya was taken aback, but still forced the mineral water into the two, then turned her head and smiled at Tong Liping: "Hello, which store are you from nearby? Thank you for coming..."

"shop?"

Tong Liping said suspiciously: "I'm not, you made a mistake."

"Huh? Then you are?"

"It was Mr. Shen who asked me to come."

"Mr. Shen..."

Ding Ya immediately understood who the "Boss Shen" Tong Liping was talking about, and there was a bit of joy on her face but also a little bit of anxiety.

"Shen, Shen Wang, how is he doing recently?"

"Oh……"

Tong Liping kept in mind the principle of "indifference" that Shen Wang instructed, and said with a blank face: "Our Mr. Shen is very good, he just asked me to send two flower baskets here today, so it is inconvenient for me to say too much."

"You put away the flower basket, and I'll go first."

After speaking, Tong Liping turned her head and left regardless of Ding Ya's reaction.

Ding Ya opened her mouth, but didn't say anything after all, just watched Tong Liping's figure disappear at the end of the road in a daze.

But the little girl surnamed Huang next to her jumped out all of a sudden, her face full of doubts and anger.

"Sister Ding Ya! Brother Shen, he's gone too far! Wouldn't he give you a few words of heart-warming words when he asked someone to send a flower basket?!"

"That girl should be Brother Shen's secretary or something! Doesn't she know that sister Ding Ya is the proprietress? She dares to show you with a straight face!"

"Sister Ding Ya, that means you have a good temper. If it were me, I would ask Brother Shen to fire her right away!"

"Fortunately, she looks far worse than you, sister Ding Ya, or else..."

The little girl surnamed Huang stopped talking suddenly, and her tone was full of nervousness.

"Sister Ding Ya, you, don't cry, it's all my fault, oh, it's okay if I don't talk..."

The little girl was at a loss for a while, and stepped forward to wipe Ding Ya's tears.

But Ding Ya gently pushed her away and turned around.

"I'm not crying, it's just sand in my eyes...Xiao Huang, take these two flower baskets to the back room, and don't block the guests later."

"oh oh……"

The little girl didn't know what to say at this time, so she lightly slapped herself in the mouth and then ran to prepare a flower basket.

"Wait, wait a minute."

But before she picked it up, Ding Ya suddenly ran over and stood in front of the flower basket.

Tong Liping bought a very ordinary opening flower basket, with many flowers on the large green leaves, most of which were bright red and yellow.

Ding Ya reached out and caressed the white lilies, red roses, yellow tulips... Finally, she picked off two bunches of light purple lavender that served as a foil in the far corner.

These bunches of lavender are hidden in the corners, it seems that the florist randomly added them to the flower basket to make up the number or cover up the blemish.

Ding Ya didn't know why she took these bunches of lavender away, she just suddenly felt that they were very similar to herself, and they would always only exist in the corners of other people's lives.

"Okay, Xiao Huang, take the flower basket away."

Watching the little girl take the flower basket away, Ding Ya was stunned for a while, then suddenly raised the lavender in her hand, and then whispered softly:
"Thank you for sending me the flowers, I like them very much..."

Slowly, a smile appeared on Ding Ya's face. She gently inserted the lavender into an empty bottle and added a little water.

After finishing all this, Ding Ya came to the door with a big sign that said "On the opening day, all fruits are half price", covered her hands like a trumpet, and shouted with all her might:

"I hope that the fresh fruit store will open today, a big bargain! All fruits are half price!"

"Everyone, come in and have a look! Everything is half price..."

The crisp yelling and the "half price" discount quickly attracted many customers, and within 10 minutes the fruit shop became lively.

Ding Ya smiled and weighed fruit for the guests, and was very busy at the checkout. At the same time, she often refused some male customers who wanted to contact her.

"I have a boyfriend."

This is her usual rhetoric. If the other party is still pestering, then Ding Ya will add another sentence.

"He has a bad temper."

Generally, when it comes to this, most people will retreat in spite of the difficulties, but if they meet a few people who are shameless, Ding Ya will look at the other party seriously, and "threat" said:

"If you don't leave, I'm going to call him."

Although this threat is very effective, Ding Ya's hand trembles slightly every time she holds up the phone.

Because she knew that Shen Wang hadn't answered her phone for a long time.

But so what?

Shen Wang didn't forget her, and even gave her flowers.

In her spare time, Ding Ya would take a few glances at the lavender in the bottle, look at their pitifully small light purple petals, and then feel a little happier.

It's just that she didn't know that Shen Wang had never liked her at all.

She also didn't know that the flower language of lavender is...

Waiting for hopeless love.

(End of this chapter)