In 1992, a small village owner became the richest man in the village by owning a car.

Chapter 257 Let me, a car mechanic, settle a lawsuit?

I don't know what happened to my black Mercedes. It suddenly stalled halfway through the journey and I couldn't start it no matter what I did. I had no choice but to ask a passerby to help push it to the side of the road and then take a taxi to get here.

When he arrived at the shop, he was about to call a friend to ask a mechanic to help him fix his car, but to his surprise, as soon as he walked in, his own employee started complaining endlessly, saying that a colleague had snatched a big order.

Since he hadn't witnessed it himself, he could only ask Xiao Liu at the gold bracelet counter: "Is everything your Sister Qin said true?"

Xiao Liu, the long-haired girl in charge of the gold bracelet counter, was feeling very uneasy. She was really unlucky; something that had nothing to do with her had suddenly gotten her into trouble.

Now look what's happened! If I were to tell the truth, I'd become the next Zhou Xiaofei.

Helpless, the long-haired girl could only point righteously at the sobbing Zhou Xiaofei: "Boss, it was indeed Zhou Xiaofei who stole Sister Qin's customer. I saw her lead the customer to my counter."

"I did lead them to your counter, but Sister Qin ignored that young couple the whole time!" Zhou Xiaofei felt extremely wronged, her eyes red as she looked at everyone. "You were all afraid of stealing Sister Qin's customers, so you just left that couple standing there at the door. And boss, it was clearly because that couple didn't buy any gold jewelry on their first visit that Sister Qin didn't want to deal with them anymore. It wasn't me stealing any customers!"

Zhou Xiaofei spoke while wiping away tears.

“You’d better take responsibility for what you said.” Li Fubao frowned, feeling that what Xiao Zhou said didn’t seem like a lie. Finally, he couldn’t help but look at the shop assistants, Xiao Liu and the others again: “I’m warning you, this is no small matter. If I find out who’s lying, you won’t be working here anymore! I don’t care if you’re new or old!”

Qin Yourong sneered inwardly. Did they really think she was easily intimidated? Everyone who was there before had already left, and the entire store was filled with her people. What could the boss do? There had to be evidence before doing anything.

Since he put it that way, let's take this opportunity to kick Zhou Xiaofei, that slut, out of the shop so she won't be an eyesore every day.

"Are you all sure you want to stick to your opinions?" Li Fubao's gaze swept over all the female shop assistants in the store, including Qin Yourong and Zhou Xiaofei.

Li Fubao hoped that this method would encourage some employees to come forward and explain the actual situation. He didn't really have any good ideas; being a technically-minded person, he wasn't very good at management. If his wife had been here today, this whole misunderstanding probably wouldn't have happened.

Now everyone is sticking to their own testimonies, and Li Fubao is at his wits' end. He thought that he should just divide the commission from this sale equally among everyone in the store, so that no one would have to worry about it, and he wouldn't have to suffer any more headaches.

"Forget it, boss, I don't want this commission." Zhou Xiaofei smiled bitterly. Seeing the boss's expression of trying to smooth things over, she completely lost the will to argue. "Also, I'm planning to resign. Please settle my salary later."

She suddenly felt that what she had done for the store was particularly worthless, and even a little ridiculous.

Judging from the boss's expression, he ultimately believed Qin Yourong and the others more. He was outnumbered and powerless, and at this moment, he was truly speechless.

"Knock knock knock!" Just then, a burly man at the door gently knocked twice on the glass door.

Even with the "lightest" touch, the entire glass door swayed slightly.

Only then did everyone turn their heads to look at the door. When Qin Yourong saw that familiar face, she immediately tensed up. Not only her, but also the surrounding shop assistants, all looked rather grim.

"It's him!" Compared to the others, Zhou Xiaofei was overjoyed and even couldn't help but shed tears again, because she knew that this person's appearance could prove that she had not lied at all!
Li Fubao was curious. The man at the door looked very similar to the one Lao Liang had described. He had thought Lao Liang's brother had left that morning; why was he only arriving now?

He was completely unaware that the atmosphere in the entire Fu Bao Gold Shop had become eerily quiet the moment this man appeared.

“You are…” Li Fubao opened the door and looked up curiously at the young man who was at least 1.8 meters tall.

"You must be Boss Li?" Yu Dawei had almost confirmed the identity of the short, middle-aged man at the door. He shook hands with him briefly. "I'm Liang Hongwei's buddy, Yu Dawei."

"Oh! You must be the little brother Lao Liang was talking about!" Li Fubao also warmly grasped the other's hand with his other hand. "It's my fault, it's my fault. Something happened at the shop today, so I had to lock the door. We're all brothers, so please don't take offense."

"No." Yu Dawei glanced at Zhou Xiaofei, who was wiping away tears and smiling at him, then at Qin Yourong, whose eyes were darting away, and at the other female shop assistants in the store.

He felt a little helpless. If he had known that coming back would end like this, he would have preferred to drive away. Lessons learned from his past life told him to never get involved in troubled matters.

“Brother Dawei, I’ve been friends with Lao Liang for decades. I used to go back to Laotun and visit him when I was a teenager.” Li Fubao let go of Yu Dawei’s hand and led him into the shop. “By the way, my dad is also from Heshan Village. Later, he went back to the city with my grandfather. After a few years, our family moved to Youcheng and finally settled down.”

“When I was little, my dad often took me back to the village to visit my mom’s relatives. I heard you’re also from Heshan Village, so we’re practically fellow villagers.” Li Fubao looked up at the group of shop assistants who were staring at him expectantly. He turned to Yu Dawei a little embarrassed. “Brother Dawei, wait for me a moment. I’ll take care of what I’m doing and then introduce you to the things in my shop.”

Upon hearing this, Qin Yourong and the other female shop assistants in the store all turned pale with fright.

The boss took the initiative to introduce the products to the other party, and his attitude was so polite. Someone who can make the boss show deference must be an ordinary person!
No matter what the other party says, it's enough to decide whether they continue working or leave with just one sentence.

Nowadays, there are only a handful of gold shops in the oil city that can afford to open one. The work isn't strenuous, the salary is decent, there are commissions, and they don't even require a degree...

If you really quit this kind of job, you'd be hard-pressed to find another one.

"Brother Li, my wife and I just finished buying the gold jewelry, and I overheard a couple of things at the door. I'm the husband of one of the couples they were talking about." Yu Dawei glanced at the pale-faced female shop assistants and sighed inwardly. They were all adults; everyone should be responsible for their words and actions.

Incidentally, I also felt sorry for this poor girl and decided to help her out.

It's nice that a person can still have a sunflower smile even in adversity. Yu Dawei always felt it would be a pity if they lost it because of some trivial matter.

"Huh? You, you're that young couple from before?!" Li Fubao was stunned for a moment. This was too much of a coincidence. Then, his face turned red, and he suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

If Lao Liang finds out about this, he'll probably laugh at him for the rest of his life. This guy already scoffed at the idea of ​​opening a gold shop, saying he was just a simpleton, good at technical things, but a complete idiot when it came to running a business.

If it weren't for his wife's help back then, he might have really lost everything. He could have been bragging to Lao Liang these past two years, but then he encountered such a terrible situation.

But now that the main person in charge has arrived, all other matters, regardless of face, can take a backseat. We need to resolve this issue of order-grabbing in the store first, since a commission of over ten thousand yuan is not low.

"Brother, this is really something you've come across as ridiculous." Li Fubao first made a polite gesture, then led Yu Dawei to the group. "But it's also a good thing, the store is in turmoil over this commission, you should quickly sort it out and find out what's going on so I can see how to handle it."

Upon hearing Li Fubao's words, the faces of the shop assistants turned even paler, as if a cleaver was about to slice off their necks.

Yu Dawei didn't mince words and briefly recounted the scene of being received by Qin Yourong on his first visit to the store, while also sincerely expressing his desire to compare prices from different stores.

The main reason he didn't hide his thoughts was because of his good relationship with Lao Liang. Otherwise, let alone telling the truth, Yu Dawei would have been more than happy to see the shop go out of business, given how badly one bad fish spoiled the whole pot of soup.

Later, Yu Dawei recounted how he stood at the store entrance the second time he came and no one paid him any attention, and how Zhou Xiaofei appeared when he was leaving, etc.

As Qin Yourong listened, she grew increasingly terrified, her body even starting to tremble uncontrollably. Meanwhile, Boss Li, standing to the side, grew increasingly grim, his eyes blazing with barely suppressed rage.

Zhou Xiaofei, who was quietly listening to Yu Dawei recount the true story, finally breathed a sigh of relief and felt deeply grateful.

In the eyes of Chinese people, this kind of thing—testifying for someone—is the most thankless and arduous task. Helping you is a favor, while not helping you is simply one's duty and there's nothing wrong with it.

Zhou Xiaofei will always remember the kindness of the person who helped her testify. No matter where she is in the future, she will never forget that a burly older brother helped her when she was most helpless and desperate!
After Yu Dawei finished explaining the situation, he, being a reasonable man, exchanged a few pleasantries with Boss Li and then wanted to leave. After all, his wife was still sitting anxiously in the car, and he had to accompany her.

But Li Fubao seemed to have other things to ask Yu Dawei, so he asked Yu Dawei to bring his wife over. He wanted to thank him in person and also ask him about something else.

(End of this chapter)