Wine-scented Beauty

Chapter 90: Awkwardness

After Li Ming left, everyone in the greenhouse stood still, knowing full well that Li Ming was just fobbing them off, but they didn't know how to refute him.

Qiu Jiaming, who had been feeling uneasy about Ji Meiqing, saw this as a good opportunity and walked over, whispering, "I have a plan, do you want to hear it? Don't worry, if this plan works, Ji Meiqing definitely won't dare to do such a thing again. Then we can keep our jobs."

"Oh? What method?"

Upon hearing about a solution, they all crowded around.

Qiu Jiaming looked around and, finding no one, said to them with relief, "Ji Meiqing is hiring because she thinks we're too slow. Let's just slow down and let her know that now is the time when we need people and we can't lay them off anymore."

After he finished speaking, his eyes darted around. Seeing that they seemed thoughtful and didn't immediately agree to his plan, he added, "Since we're short-staffed, she naturally won't consider firing anyone. If we do this, we can keep our jobs."

"Hmm... what if they think we're not good enough and they find someone else?" someone asked.

Qiu Jiaming grew anxious. He raised his voice and said angrily, "Who else is around this village? If she drives us all away, where will we find anyone?"

"That's true..."

Seeing that his idea had been adopted, he hurriedly asked for their opinions. In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, they had tallied the number of people and decided to do as Qiu Jiaming had suggested.

For several days in a row, he deliberately slowed down his work. After seeing this, Li Ming immediately went back and told Ji Meiqing about it.

The consequence of the slow progress is that the exact amount cannot be delivered when it's time to pay. Ji Meiqing felt a little nervous upon hearing this.

"The delivery deadline is fast approaching, and less than half of the goods have been completed. What do you think we should do?"

She stood up from her chair and asked for his opinion. Li Ming thought for a moment and then recounted what had happened over the past few days.

Ji Meiqing thought about it carefully and finally said, "Someone is definitely sabotaging this. Go back and tell those people to set a daily quota, and anyone who doesn't meet it can get out of here. Don't think I can't find people. Once the dormitories are built, you'll arrange for those who need to move in. And you'll leak this information to me."

Li Ming hesitated for a moment, "This... isn't a good idea."

"People are just inherently stubborn; sometimes you have to be tough." She scoffed. Did they think she was too weak and easy to bully?

Li Ming felt somewhat helpless, but in the end he still left.

He briefly explained Ji Meiqing's meaning, and the others were slightly surprised. They had thought that doing this would make Ji Meiqing back down, but they hadn't expected her to stand up to them. This was indeed a bit tricky.

Seeing the commotion and realizing the situation was getting out of hand, Qiu Jiaming immediately stepped forward and egged them on, saying, "Don't think we'll back down just because of this. I don't want this job anymore!"

"Don't want to?" Ji Meiqing appeared out of nowhere, staring sharply at him. "According to our previous agreement, you can leave now, but you can forget about this month's wages."

Qiu Jiaming was furious. "You just use your status to oppress us ordinary people."

"I'm bullying you?" she sneered. "If you worked hard, you would not only get what you deserve, but you would also get extra. It's just a pity that you insisted on courting disaster, so you can't blame me for that. Tell me, what exactly did I do wrong to you?"

Her words silenced everyone inside. Logically speaking, Ji Meiqing's situation was far better than others. Although she hadn't done much work, she had a regular workday and received a generous monthly salary.

“These past few days, several new bosses have wanted to work with us. If you're letting me down now and want to leave, I have no problem with it; it's just a loss of some money. We can find new people, but where will you find such good jobs again?”

After she finished speaking, she stared straight at them, pointed towards the front door, and said coldly, "Those who don't want to make money, hurry up. Don't get in my way."

Ji Meiqing's words silenced the group. Leaving was easy, but finding another job of similar quality would be more difficult.

They looked at each other in bewilderment. Seeing that there was a chance for things to turn around, Ji Meiqing immediately turned to look at Qiu Jiaming and said provocatively, "Weren't you leaving? Why aren't you leaving yet?"

"I..." Qiu Jiaming had lost her support and was now completely isolated and helpless. She looked around, unsure of what to do. If she gave in, she could stay here, but it would be a matter of pride...

Ji Meiqing continued to provoke, "What's wrong? Weren't you saying you wanted to leave?"

Forced by her actions, Qiu Jiaming could only turn his sleeves and leave in a huff.

After he left, Ji Meiqing turned to the remaining people and said seriously, "The delivery is due soon. Before then, please make up for any delays. Otherwise, this month's wages will be halved!"

Her words caused a stir among the people below. They had initially thought they could gain something, but now they realized they had fallen into another trap.

Seeing them like this, Ji Meiqing felt much better. She handed over the rest of the work to Li Ming and then went home.

As soon as I entered, I saw Lu Yu coming out of the room, completely naked, showing off his chest, abs, and biceps...

She stared blankly, her gaze moving down him, and then her eyes flushed red.

Lu Yu was also a little embarrassed. He stammered, "I...I...took the wrong clothes..."

She turned around hurriedly, saying in a panic, "I didn't see anything, I didn't see anything..." and then ran to her room.

Lu Yu stood there, recalling her shy appearance just now, and felt a strange sense of transgression in his heart. Then he turned around and went to get his clothes to change.

Standing in her room, she patted her cheeks. Just now… she'd had a glimpse of something special, and lost in thought, her nose suddenly felt hot.

She touched it, then looked at it in front of her... and almost screamed. Blood was streaming down her nose like crazy, and Ji Meiqing had no choice but to tilt her head back and look around for something to plug it.

In a panic, he stuffed his nose with a piece of silk cloth, then pounced on the table to find some cold tea, but there was nothing in the teapot.

She had no choice but to look up and go downstairs to the yard to pour water.

Lu Yu walked over and noticed her strange expression. "What's wrong?"

Ji Meiqing glanced at him and suddenly felt an even stronger rush of blood to her nose. The white silk cloth was quickly stained red. Lu Yu became anxious when he saw this.

"what happened to you?"

"Don't come any closer!" Ji Meiqing reached out her hand to stop him from getting near.