After four years of living alone after marrying far away, he went back to his parents' home and

Finally, at Lan Yujuan's urging, the master and apprentice reached a temporary reconciliation.

Qi Lei glared at his apprentice, then said irritably with a stern face, "Fine, then let's keep those three people here for a month."

To solve the accommodation problem, Lan Yujuan rented a three-bedroom, two-living-room apartment near the coffee shop to use as staff dormitory.

The master bedroom and the second bedroom each have two single beds, and the smallest bedroom has one single bed.

Unexpectedly, on their first night at the company, two of the three new employees got into another argument in the dormitory.

Lan Qingqing was completely bewildered after receiving the call.

Because the dormitory was full of girls, it was inconvenient for Qi Lei to go there at night, and Lan Qingqing's place was too far from the city center.

So, as a last resort, they called Lan Yujuan.

When she received the news, Lan Yujuan had just been freed from her desk and was about to get up and stretch.

After hanging up the phone, she picked up her phone and bag and prepared to leave.

"Where are you going so late?"

Chen Mo was in the living room, playing house with his daughter.

Seeing that Lan Yujuan was about to leave, he immediately got up and followed her to the door.

As Lan Yujuan changed her shoes, she explained, "We hired three new intern baristas today, and two of them got into a fight in their dorm room."

"I heard it's getting pretty bad. Qingqing told me to go check it out, just in case it escalates into something serious."

Upon hearing this, Chen Mo immediately turned around, went back to the living room, picked up his daughter, and took her to apartment 802 next door.

Qin Shuyi and Li Le were engrossed in writing their exam papers when they heard the door open. They looked up one after the other, their brows furrowed so deeply they were almost knotted together.

"Uncle, what's wrong?" Qin Shuyi asked subconsciously.

Chen Mo put his daughter down on the ground, handed her a brand new quiet book, and casually reminded her:

"We're going out for a bit. You two continue with your homework. Xiaoman will play by herself."

Then, before the two students doing their homework could react, he closed the door and left.

Lan Xiaoman was used to this kind of scene. She happily hugged her quiet book and ran to the table.

Li Le stood up, picked her up and put her in a chair, adjusted the distance between the table and chair, and gently rubbed the little one's head.

"Thank you, brother~" Lan Xiaoman looked up and smiled sweetly.

Hearing "brother" from Li Le, he was quite pleased, and his expression clearly brightened.

Qin Shuyi sat diagonally opposite, twirling a pen while laughing.

"You two are hilarious!"

"You call my uncle 'brother,' and Xiaoman calls you 'brother,' so how does this generational hierarchy work?"

Li Le raised an eyebrow, laughing nonchalantly, "Hehe, whatever, we'll each talk our own thing!"

Soon, the three of them got back to their own busy work.

It's quite close from home to the girls' dormitory; it only took about ten minutes to get there.

When Lan Yujuan and Chen Mo arrived, the dormitory door was wide open, and the neighbors above and below were all gathered in the hallway to watch the commotion.

The argument inside the house had not yet stopped.

Lan Yujuan had just reached the door and hadn't even had a chance to go inside when a brand new lipstick shattered at her feet with a "crack".

"Zhang Fengjiao, have you no shame at all?"

"Back when we were at the teahouse, you stole my customers and my commissions!"

"Now that you've changed jobs, you still want to fight me for a dorm room?"

"Let me tell you this today: before, with Brother Xie backing you up, I let you have your way! But now, I won't tolerate that!"

Judging from his tone, it's as if all the old grudges and hatreds have been building up!

However, it was clear that the girl named Zhang Fengjiao was no pushover either; she casually smashed a bottle of foundation in response and immediately retaliated:

"Who's shameless here? This dorm bed doesn't have your name on it, so it's first come, first served!"

"Back in the teahouse, what do you mean I'm stealing your customers? Stealing your commission? Those are the shop's customers; we serve everyone the same!"

"It's clearly your own incompetence that's causing trouble! The store has good stuff and quality customers, but you can't sell it yourself, and instead you blame me for beating you to the punch?"

"We both joined the store around the same time. Brother Xie is the boss, so naturally we're his employees. Whoever is capable of making money for him, he'll protect!"

"I earn my money through my own hard work, so why do your words sound so awful?"

Lan Yujuan looked at the shattered glass bottle at her feet and subconsciously closed her eyes to cover her face.

Chen Mo, standing to the side, quickly stepped aside to pull the person into his arms, frowning as he spoke to stop him:

"What are you doing!"

"If you can do it, do it; if not, get out!"

"This is the staff dormitory, not a place for you to throw tantrums and cause trouble!"

The two people who were arguing loudly inside the house were startled and froze on the spot when they heard the man's voice at the door.

Lan Yujuan was also very troubled, she didn't expect such a thing to happen on the first day after the recruitment.

She gently pushed aside Chen Mo's hands that were protecting her, took two steps forward, and said in a deep voice:

"Now, I'll give you two minutes to think it over."

"Should we stay, get along well, and work together? Or should we take advantage of the current situation, change our minds, and leave?"

"If you choose to leave now, I can refund your 1,000 yuan accommodation deposit right here and now!"

There is no deposit required to work at the coffee shop.

However, after moving into the staff dormitory, Lan Yujuan bought a lot of daily necessities. Although the landlord's house was not brand new, it was relatively clean and not old.

Since they were not familiar with each other, Lan Yujuan was worried that if they stayed for a few days, they would leave her with a mess.

So from the moment they checked in, each person was charged a deposit of one thousand yuan.

This deposit can be refunded either after one year of being a full-time employee or when you leave the company.

Of the three new intern baristas, Zhang Fengjiao is the prettiest.

Lan Yujuan subconsciously thought that pretty girls would be the least able to stand such an environment and the least able to suffer losses.

But unexpectedly, Zhang Fengjiao was the first to stand firm. After stopping the fight, she crossed her arms in front of her, picked up a chair, sat down at the door of the small room, and coldly said:

"I finally found this job, it includes room and board, and the pay is good, why should I leave?"

"I'm not leaving my job unless they fire me!"

More importantly, she finally managed to snag this small, sunny single room, complete with air conditioning, heating, a dressing table, and a wardrobe. It's close to her workplace, and she doesn't have to pay rent herself.

She doesn't want to leave!

The girl who had just argued with Zhang Fengjiao now looked at the shattered foundation bottle on the ground, her eyes red-rimmed.

As if she had made up her mind, she looked up at Lan Yujuan, her eyes red, and asked through gritted teeth:

"Boss lady, are you sure you'll return my 1,000 yuan deposit on the spot if I leave now?"

Lan Yujuan nodded. "Of course."

After saying that, he pointed to the neighbors watching the commotion at the door behind him and said, "So many people are watching; they can all be witnesses."

After hearing this, the girl immediately returned to the master bedroom, took out a suitcase and a backpack from the room, and was about to leave.

As he passed by Lan Yujuan, he casually showed her the QR code for receiving payments on his phone.

"Okay, then scan it for me now!"

Without hesitation, Lan Yujuan picked up her phone and transferred 1,000 yuan, carefully noting the purpose of the money in the transfer notes.

Everyone thought that things had progressed to this point and it was about time to end.

But to everyone's surprise, the girl who had just stepped out the door and was about to leave turned back openly in front of everyone and said:

"Boss lady, you're pregnant now, so many things are inconvenient for you."

"You'd better be wary of some vixens! After all, she has a history of such behavior back in the tea house."

After the girl finished speaking, she seemed to finally exhale a breath of pent-up anger, raised her chin, and left happily.

Lan Yujuan raised her eyebrows upon hearing these words.

The proprietress? She's clearly the only owner of the coffee shop, so why call her the proprietress?

The man next to me isn't the owner of the coffee shop; you should call him the owner's husband!

However, before she could say these words, the other person quickly went downstairs and left.

Even if she had the chance, Lan Yujuan probably wouldn't be embarrassed to bring it up in front of so many people.

Zhang Fengjiao, who was sitting at the door of the room, finally realized belatedly that the other party was digging a pit for her before leaving, just waiting for Zhang Fengjiao to jump into it!

This infuriated Zhang Fengjiao, who immediately got up and angrily chased after him!

"Stop right there!"

"What nonsense are you spouting? I'll tear your mouth apart!"

"If you're so capable, then produce the evidence, and we'll confront each other!"

But by the time she realized what was happening and tried to chase after him, he had already left the crowd with his luggage.

Only the new neighbors at the door came forward to comfort Zhang Fengjiao, telling her that there would be plenty of time in the future and that these were all minor matters, so she shouldn't take them to heart...