After being kicked out of the wealthy family along with her yandere childhood friend

Qiao Yue was cleaning, putting several rows of gel nail polish back on the shelf, with a few pairs of slippers piled up next to her that hadn't been put away yet.

Bai Tao looked at the scattered express delivery boxes around her, bent down and piled them together one by one.

Qiao Yue looked up at her.

"My shop has only been open for three days, and there aren't many customers. Why don't you come with me this afternoon to hand out flyers and take some videos to promote it?"

Bai Tao nodded.

This was Qiao Yue's first time being a boss, and she didn't have much experience. Seeing Bai Tao so reserved, she wondered if she had been too harsh on Bai Tao...

"I don't provide lunch here, little sister, but if you don't want to leave at noon, you can eat here."

"There's a place to sleep upstairs. If you don't mind, you can sleep with me."

Bai Tao nodded. Her phone vibrated twice in her pocket. She glanced down and saw it was a message from Pei Jin.

I just went to take care of the baby.

I told you not to rush into moving; I'll wait until tomorrow, my day off, and we can move together.

Bai Tao stared at the line of text for two seconds before realizing that she had just forgotten something.

She looked up.

"Sister Yue, do we have a normal two-day weekend here?"

Qiao Yue was stunned for a moment... No, was she genuinely unaware or pretending not to know...?

"No... four days off a month, you can't choose Saturday or Sunday, and holidays will be adjusted according to the situation. If you have something to do, please ask for leave."

Bai Tao was silent for a moment, then looked down and took a picture of the nail salon and sent it to Pei Jin.

[Pei Jin, I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear?]

Pei Jin had just returned to his office and stood in front of his desk when he looked down at the message that popped up on his phone. He frowned and stared at it for a few seconds.

What bad news?

To his surprise, he immediately initiated a voice call.

When the phone rang, Bai Tao was startled and went outside to answer it.

"Feed?"

"What's wrong?" Pei Jin's voice came through the receiver. "What bad news?"

Bai Tao thought for a moment,

"You should ask me for the good news first. If I don't tell you the good news, you won't understand the bad news."

Pei Jin chuckled on the other end of the phone, the laughter coming through the receiver. She felt a little itchy.

"Oh? Tell me, baby, what's the good news?"

"The good news is, I found a job!"

Bai Tao's voice was filled with barely suppressed excitement, and Pei Jin was stunned for a moment after hearing it.

"And the bad news?"

Bai Tao stammered, her voice lowering.

"The bad news is that my job doesn't offer weekends off; I only get four days off a month... and I can't choose Saturdays or Sundays."

Pei Jin's somewhat helpless laugh came from the other end of the phone.

...Aren't these two pieces of bad news?

"What are you laughing at?"

"It's nothing."

Pei Jin paused for a moment,

"Why does the baby suddenly want to go to work? Where does the baby work?"

"I was just so bored at home. Um—I was at a nail salon in the university town next to the transfer station from the basement to your company."

"Okay, baby."

"I'm not talking to you anymore, Pei Jin. I'm going inside first."

"Okay, love—"

Before Pei Jin could finish saying "I love you," Bai Tao hung up the phone.

He stared at the computer screen in front of him and sat quietly for a while.

Why do you suddenly want to go back to work, baby? Is it because you think he's not earning enough money?

Qiao Yue's nail salon has three workstations. She originally wanted to hire two more people, but since not many people are coming, she hired Bai Tao to help her out.

When Bai Tao returned after finishing her phone call, she sat at the worktable, her chin slightly raised.

"Boy friend?"

Bai Tao nodded and smiled.

Qiao Yue smiled too. Being in love is so wonderful.

She pointed to the worktable next to her that hadn't been tidied up yet.

"Come on, sit here. Even though we can't take holidays all the time, you can play on your phone when there are fewer people around."

"But you haven't learned it yet, you'd better watch more videos related to nail art."

Bai Tao nodded and sat down where she indicated.

Qiao Yue pulled out a prosthetic hand used for nail art training from under the table.

"You see, when we do a manicure for a customer, we usually need to do a pre-treatment..."

She placed the prosthetic hand in front of her and demonstrated it while explaining. Her movements were very slow, and Bai Tao leaned her face closer.

At noon, they ordered takeout and ate it at the restaurant.

The delivery guy brought over a bunch of colorful papers. Bai Tao leaned over to look and saw that they were promotional cards written by Qiao Yue.

Qiao Yue handed her a stack of papers.

"How is it? How is it?"

Bai Tao took it and flipped through it. The prices were clearly marked: regular style 69.9, nail tips 129.9, hand-painted and special styles are priced separately.

She read it twice before speaking.

"So cheap..."

Back in the Bai family, a single nail treatment cost two thousand yuan.

"It's alright. The main problem is that most of the people around here are students, and they don't have much money. We're just going to sell in bulk, as long as we don't starve."

Bai Tao nodded and neatly stacked the flyers on the corner of the table.

Qiao Yue took a bottle of sunscreen spray from the cabinet.

"Should we put on sunscreen? We're going out to hand out flyers later."

Bai Tao nodded.

"it is good."

She's never done anything like this before; it sounds very interesting.

Qiao Yue then found a mask and a sun hat and handed them to her.

"Don't get a tan."

"Hehe, thank you, Sister Yue."

Bai Tao took the hat and kept smiling as she bent down to adjust the brim.

She has never had many friends growing up.

During high school, she went to intensive art training, and when the exams were approaching, she had one-on-one tutors.

Ultimately, she and Pei Jin were both people who couldn't fit into those circles.

Especially after she was kicked out of her home in her previous life, none of the girls she used to talk to paid any attention to her.

Qiao Yue squatted down and sprayed sunscreen on Bai Tao's ankles twice. When she looked up, she saw Bai Tao staring at her with a sad and pitiful look in her eyes.

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing~ Sister Yue, thank you."

Qiao Yue was stunned for a moment by her words.

Because of her aggressive appearance and her reputation as a womanizer in school, girls didn't like her from a young age, and she wasn't good at interacting with girls.

She didn't know how to respond, so she screwed the cap back on the sunscreen spray, stood up, and patted Bai Tao's arm.

"Let's go, let's get to work."

After breaking up with Zhou Yan, she moved from the south and opened a nail salon.

I vowed to start anew and treat my next partner well.

She lowered her head, slung the bag full of flyers over her shoulder, zipped it up, adjusted her mask in front of the mirror, looked at her slightly reddened eyes, and then resumed her usual sharp expression.

"Alright, Peach Baby, let's go."

This was the first time someone had called her Peach Baby.

Bai Tao paused for a moment, then smiled and strode after him.

"Here you are, Sister Yue~"

Before leaving the store, Bai Tao stood in front of the mirror, pulled her mask up, and pressed down the brim of her hat to make sure she was covered up completely, with only her eyes showing.

She took a picture of herself in the mirror and sent it to Pei Jin.

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[Pei Jin, I'm going out to hand out flyers!]

She stared at the chat history for a while, feeling a little embarrassed, wondering if Pei Jin would accept her doing this kind of work.

A moment later, my phone vibrated.

Don't overwork yourself, baby.

Bai Tao looked at the words, put her phone in her pocket, slung the other bag Qiao Yue had prepared for her over her shoulder, and walked out the door.

Several schools in the vicinity require facial recognition for entry, and since most college students nowadays say no, Bai Tao and Qiao Yue didn't manage to send out many photos all afternoon.

Bai Tao squatted under the shade of a tree, fanning herself with a flyer, feeling like she was about to be dried out by the sun.

Qiao Yue stood up, dusted herself off,

"Let's go, stop posting, let's go back! Let's go back and shoot some videos to promote it."

Bai Tao nodded and followed Qiao Yue slowly back.

At 17:00 PM, Qiao Yue glanced at the time.

"Little Peach, it's time to get off work."

Bai Tao lifted her head off Qiao Yue's spare phone and rubbed the back of her neck.

Qiao Yue just posted a video with her location tag, saying she'd be giving away free manicures to three girls in the comments section.

Unexpectedly, it went viral instantly, with comments flooding the comments section. Bai Tao replied to each one, trying her best to clean up the messages asking about prices, addresses, and times as quickly as possible.

She stood up and tidied herself up in front of the mirror.

Pei Jin doesn't get off work until six o'clock, so it's perfect for her to take the subway to pick him up now.