Searching for Treasures in the Clouds

Chapter 446 Stealing Customers

Ming Shi successfully lost weight and could no longer fit into many of her old clothes. Today, having some free time, she dragged Yu Ru shopping. Before that, they had to dress up nicely.

Yu Ru wandered around the dressing room, finally choosing a light blue sleeveless princess dress. The dress was made of light blue tulle with a delicate floral print, featuring a cute Peter Pan collar, a sleeveless design that revealed her shoulders and neck, and a high-waisted cut paired with a flared A-line skirt that reached her calves. The floral pattern was small and soft, neither too bright nor too tacky. The overall silhouette was light and airy, making her look like a pure, sweet, and gentle girl straight out of a fairytale.

This dress is quite simple; putting it on and taking it off is just a matter of zipping up the back, making it convenient to try on clothes when going out shopping. As for Ming Shisui, she didn't have any suitable clothes, and Yu Ru's clothes were too small for her, so she had a one-piece dress made for her on the spot.

Their skin is so good now that they don't need makeup. Just changing into a dress is enough for them to be dressed up, and that's how they went out.

The two arrived at the largest high-end clothing shopping mall in Shuicheng. Ming Shi was good at makeup, but not much knowledge about clothes, so she listened to Yu Ru in this regard. Yu Ru took her to a store that suited her style.

"Wow, baby, all the dresses here are so pretty!" Ming Shi Sui looked around the dresses in the store with sparkling eyes.

"Choose one, I'll pay if you don't have enough money."

“Honey, how could I let you pay? I’m rich now! I already have a house and a car, I can buy whatever I want.” Ming Shi said with a grin.

“Okay.” Yu Ru nodded.

The two women looked at the dresses separately. Ming Shi quickly picked out a dress she liked and reached out to pick it up for a closer look, but then another hand reached out from the side. She turned her head and saw it was her colleague from the company, who was also the teacher who had just terminated her contract with Wei Xingzhi.

While she was still in a daze, Meng Nianxi took the dress and put it in her own hands. "Teacher Ming, this dress doesn't suit you. I really like it, so please let me have it."

Although Ming Shi was a little unhappy that her dress had been suddenly taken, it was just one dress. There were so many nice dresses here that she couldn't possibly look at them all, so she didn't say much. "Then you can have it."

Ming Shisui went to look at other dresses, but after she picked out a second one, Meng Nianxi came and tried to take it from her. This time, Ming Shisui was really angry. "Teacher Meng, why do you always try to take my dresses?"

Meng Nianxi sneered, "Teacher Ming, I'd like to ask you why you always try to steal my clients? I was doing a great job as that child's tutor at the Wei family's house, and as soon as you came back, I had to give up my position. What kind of nonsense is this?"

She had wanted the Wei family's tutoring job for a long time. Hearing that Wei Jiangshan was still unmarried, she thought she could get to know him by tutoring the Wei family's children, and maybe she could become a daughter-in-law of the Wei family. She finally managed to get this opportunity, but as soon as Ming Shi returned, she was kicked out, which made her so angry that she couldn't sleep for three days.

"Where did I steal your clients? Your contract had already expired, and you were supposed to leave. The kid from the Wei family didn't want you to be their teacher and wouldn't renew your contract, so I continued to be their teacher. I've already asked them; they signed a short-term contract with you and never mentioned any intention to renew. They didn't violate the agreement, and I didn't steal your clients. It's not like I didn't want to renew your contract. If you wanted to continue being their teacher, you could have asked the kid's uncle to renew your contract. What's the point of you coming to scold me and try to steal my clothes?" Ming Shisui looked at the person opposite him with a strange expression.

These words seemed to have struck a nerve with Meng Nianxi. Her jawline tightened abruptly, as if she were clenching her teeth, and her brows furrowed almost imperceptibly. "If it weren't for your nonsense, you former tutor, how could they not renew my contract if I taught so well?"

"How should I know? I'm not the one who signed the contract with you. You're not mentally sound. I'm not talking to you anymore."

Ming Shi turned to leave, but Meng Nianxi grabbed her arm. "Stop right there! Don't go!"

Yu Ru noticed what was happening and rushed over, slashing Meng Nianxi's wrist with her hand. Meng Nianxi winced in pain and released Ming Shisui's arm.

"What's wrong?" Yu Ru looked back and forth between Ming Shisui and Meng Nianxi.

“Honey, this person also wants to be Xiaozhi’s teacher. Her contract expired, and Xiaozhi didn’t renew it. He asked me to continue being his teacher. She said I stole her client.”

Meng Nianxi's nostrils twitched slightly, her voice suddenly rising a little before she forcefully suppressed it, "Isn't that right? Ming Shisui, my feedback was so good before, why didn't they renew my contract? Besides you messing around, what else could it be?"

Yu Ru stood in front of Ming Shisui, looked directly into Meng Nianxi's eyes, and calmly said, "There are clients of the same level as the Wei family. Are you so obsessed with the Wei family because you want to marry Wei Jiangshan by becoming their tutor?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Meng Nianxi blushed.

Yu Ru looked at her without any emotion, as if stating a common fact, "It's not shameful to seek opportunities to get in touch with the upper class in order to marry into a higher social class, but you shouldn't attack innocent people. You've been teaching at the Wei family for a year and haven't managed to win over Wei Jiangshan, or even have the idea of ​​getting him to renew his contract. It seems that continuing to teach him will be fruitless, so you might as well change your target."

"When pursuing a man, you should see progress within three months. If it doesn't work out, move on to the next one; otherwise, it's a waste of time. A woman's youth is precious and should be cherished. If you really want Wei Jiangshan, you should go to the Wei family yourself and give them a reason to continue employing you, instead of attacking Ming Shisui here. Ming Shisui didn't interfere; she only signed the contract after your previous contract with the Wei family ended. If you still don't understand this, I'll slap you until you come to your senses."

Meng Nianxi pursed her lips, still looking unconvinced, but she didn't argue anymore and stormed out of the store.

The next day,

Ming Shisui has no classes this morning, but he has to go to the company for a meeting and also organize some course materials.

As usual, she returned to her workstation after the meeting, but the people around her made her feel strange. Their gazes seemed to be subtly fixed on her, making her feel somewhat uncomfortable. When she looked up, they quickly looked away, as if she were just overthinking things.

After sitting restlessly at her desk for an hour, she got up to go to the restroom. As soon as she left, the chatter among her colleagues grew louder.