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At eight o'clock in the morning, the sun was high in the sky, and the orchard was deserted. The open ground was piled with baskets full of lychees that should have been taken away earlier that day.

Even now, she still doesn't regret confronting He Ping at the village committee that day.

No matter how many times she tried, she would never give He Ping a kind look.

Before long, the fruit vendors who came to buy fruit arrived in vans or tricycles.

"Sister, do you have any friends who want fruit? Introduce them to us. If you buy in bulk, we can give you a discount." She said with a smile as she handed the fruit to the vendor.

The fruit vendor agreed, "I'll go back and ask, and then I'll let you know."

"Okay, thank you sister."

"Every little bit helps, we'll sell them all eventually," He Qiaoyun kept encouraging herself.

Fruit vendors came and went one after another, while He Qiaoyun sat in the tin shack flipping through the phone book.

As the sun rose higher, the temperature inside the small house increased, prompting her to turn on the dusty electric fan, but she didn't have time to wipe the dust off herself.

Around noon, Sister Xia came to find her after finishing her work in the fields. "Qiaoyun, I heard that He Ping actually ruined your cooperation agreement with the wholesale market."

When He Qiaoyun saw Sister Xia come in, she got up and poured her a glass of water. "Have some water."

Sister Xia took the water glass. "He's so arrogant and goes too far. Let's go to the village committee and ask the secretary to stand up for us."

"Sister Xia, there's no rush. Do you have any friends who want to buy fruit? The price is negotiable," He Qiaoyun changed the subject.

She knew that now was not the time to seek revenge; she needed to find someone to collect the fruit immediately.

Sister Xia sighed, "What should we do..."

He Qiaoyun smiled and comforted her, "There will always be a way. I'm making arrangements with the fruit merchants. They said they'd come to see the goods in person. Don't worry, we'll definitely be able to sell them."

Actually, I was just trying to comfort myself.

A short while later, a pebble hit the tin house. The sound startled them, and they got up and went outside, where they saw He Ping standing outside the door.

He Qiaoyun asked coldly, "What are you doing here?"

He Ping looked at her, then at the baskets of lychees, his schadenfreude barely concealed: "He Qiaoyun, looking at all this unsold fruit, you must be so worried you can't sleep. Look at you, tsk tsk tsk, you're getting dark circles under your eyes, so pitiful."

He Qiaoyun subconsciously touched her lower eyelid.

He Ping thought his words had worked, so he pressed his advantage, "I told you before, if you sell me these lychees, the Feng Group has tens of thousands of employees, I'll take as many as you have."

He Qiaoyun remained indifferent and didn't respond. Sister Xia nudged her and whispered, "You have so much fruit, why don't you just sell it to him? Losing a little is better than letting it rot in the field..."

Hearing Sister Xia support him, He Ping chimed in, "A wise person knows when to yield. Don't make things difficult for yourself. Sell it to me, and at least you'll break even."

He Qiaoyun ignored him, picked up her phone to check messages, and completely disregarded He Ping.

He Ping was furious, frowning as he scolded, "He Qiaoyun, have I been too kind to you? The fact that I'm here to collect your fruit shows my magnanimity. Don't be ungrateful!"

He had already agreed to He Zhenxing's offer, and suddenly going back on his word would make him lose face. Besides, He Zhenxing's quote had already been submitted, and now all that was left was to sign the contract and get the deal done.

But he seriously underestimated He Qiaoyun. She used to be just a slightly strong-willed woman; how did she suddenly become so assertive...?

Seeing that He Qiaoyun was still ignoring him and was about to turn back to the small tin house to turn on the fan, his temper flared up instantly. He couldn't help but raise his hand to grab her hair and teach her a lesson.

Suddenly, a black new energy vehicle stopped outside the orchard, and two young people got out.

The three of them turned around at the same time, and He Pingyang's raised hand fell down, missing He Qiaoyun.

He Qiaoyun caught He Ping's hand, her brows furrowing coldly. "He Ping, I said I won't sell it to you. Can't you understand human language?"

He Ping pointed at her and chuckled, "He Qiaoyun, just wait until your fruit rots on the ground! Even if you kneel down and beg me, I won't accept your fruit!"

The two young men spoke up at this moment, "Who said the fruit is going to rot on the ground?"

The three turned to look at the two young men, and Sister Xia asked, "Who are you?"

One of the young men asked, "Excuse me, which of you is He Qiaoyun?"

He Qiaoyun: "Yes, that's what you were saying just now..."

The young man took out a business card, handed it to He Qiaoyun, and said with a smile, "Hello Ms. He, we are from the purchasing department of Feng's Group. We would like to purchase your lychees for the group's anniversary celebration in a few days. We will purchase them at the current wholesale market price. Is that alright with you?"

Another young man took out a contract and said, "This is the contract we prepared. Take a look and see if there are any changes. We'll negotiate them on the spot."

He Ping was dumbfounded and couldn't speak for a long time. "You guys, you're not here to scam people, are you?" As he spoke, he suddenly realized, "You are just pretending to be employees of the Feng Group to scam people."

The young man looked at He Ping seriously. "Sir, please don't talk nonsense. We are employees of the Feng Group." He took out his employee badge. "This is our employee badge. Alternatively, Ms. He, you can come back to the group with us to discuss procurement cooperation."

He Qiaoyun took their name tags and said, "I'm a little curious, how did you find us?"

The two young men smiled faintly and explained, "Because the previous employee was fired, we're here to finish up the work he didn't complete."

He Ping had a bad feeling and subconsciously asked, "He Zhenxing, was he fired?"

A young man raised an eyebrow. "Do you know our employee who takes kickbacks?"

Another young man added, "Luckily, our chairman was merciful and didn't pursue the matter. If they had investigated, this employee might have ended up in jail."

He Qiaoyun, observing He Ping's terrified expression, believed that the two young men were employees of the Feng Group.

She added chillingly, "You have to be an honest person, or you'll get your comeuppance one day."

The two young men nodded. "You're right."

Xia Jie glanced at the bewildered He Ping, feeling a strange sense of satisfaction. Finally, He Ping had his moment of embarrassment; she truly hoped the whole village would witness him in this state…

He Ping glanced angrily at He Qiaoyun, feeling a mix of emotions.

This is something no one would be happy about. Originally, they wanted to team up with the Feng Group to target her, but unexpectedly, their bad intentions backfired, and people took the initiative to sign orders with her.

Damn.

She got off too easy.

After reviewing the contract and confirming that everything was correct, He Qiaoyun signed her name.

The Fung Group not only forgave past grievances but was also exceptionally generous. The wholesale price they mentioned was not the bottom price, but rather the price at which the wholesale market would resell the fruit after obtaining it from the farmers.

In other words, she even made money off the middlemen.

"Ms. He, then I wish us a pleasant cooperation. I'll take the contract back and have the finance department transfer the deposit to you as soon as possible, so you can focus on the subsequent harvesting work. Also, we'll send a truck this afternoon to transport your batch of fruit back for packaging. Is that alright with you?"

He Qiaoyun nodded, "Of course."

Although she had been scammed last time, she chose to believe them because they seemed so sincere.

If you don't have this much courage when it comes to doing business, you're really going to fail.