Chapter 172: One hundred seventy-two Send daughter-in-law Phone_1 Chapter 172: One hundred seventy-two Send daughter-in-law Phone_1 Upon hearing this, the middle-aged woman promptly stood up and walked over to Gu Chen.

She was fashionably dressed and carried herself with grace.

“Hello, my surname is Li, Li Aifang, and I specialize in the fruit business.”

“Just now, my daughter gave me a cherry, saying it was from you. I wanted to ask about the specifics.”

Because of her nervousness, the smile on Li Aifang’s face looked a bit stiff.

However, it wasn’t really her fault, since she was holding onto stocks worth over twenty thousand yuan— a whole two thousand kilograms!

For a fruit store,

the number two thousand kilograms really is significant.

The fact that she could smile at all was entirely due to her good psychological quality.

Gu Chen then apologised with an embarrassed smile.

“This… you’re putting me in a bit of a difficult position.”

Not to mention that Gu Chen’s fruits were grown in his own unique space, one of a kind in the world.

Even if he did have some supply channel, there was no way he would tell her, given they were both in the fruit business.

Telling her would be the same as cutting off his own income, wouldn’t it?

That would be unimaginable; only a fool would do such a thing.

The middle-aged woman also realized that what she said was somewhat inappropriate, slightly nodded in acknowledgement, and gave an apologetic smile.

“It’s like this, I’ve purchased two thousand kilograms of cherries, banking on them to make a fortune, but I was really taken aback when I saw your goods today. My question earlier was a bit abrupt, my apologies.”

She explained, her tone filled with helplessness and disappointment.

The sudden and immense impact on her was dealt with as calmly as she could possibly manage at the moment.

“No worries, in fact, with things like this, everyone makes their own purchases, it’s nothing serious…”

Although Gu Chen was comforting her with his words, he himself didn’t believe what he said.

After all, Haicheng was not considered a large province.

Not to mention Huangxian where he was currently located—a mere county town where you’d meet an acquaintance every hundred meters; it really wasn’t an exaggeration.

How could it not have an impact, with the population numbers right there?

“Impossible,” the middle-aged woman laughed, “I may not be well-educated, but I’ve been in business for many years.”

She knew there had to be an impact, and quite possibly a significant one.

Li Aifang pursed her lips and tentatively spoke up.

“I was wondering if I might have the honor of having your contact information.”

Her mind was a bit scrambled at the moment, and she needed to first head back to sort things out urgently,

Quickly figuring out a perfect solution to the problem.

But no matter how much she thought about it, she knew that she would end up contacting Gu Chen eventually.

So it was essential to get his contact information.

However, when she asked this, Gu Chen remembered another matter—that he had bought mobile phones. Not just for himself, but also for his wife!

He pulled out two mobile phones from his pocket, handed the black one to the middle-aged woman, “This is newly bought, I haven’t memorized the number yet, you can dial it and it should come up.”

Then he passed the other white one to Ji Pianran, with a smile on his face.

“Wife, this one is for you.”

Ji Pian Ran was stunned for a moment, not expecting Gu Chen to have bought her a mobile phone as well.

She was somewhat surprised at the moment.

A mobile phone would cost several thousand at least, wouldn’t it? It would have been fine for him to buy one for himself, so why did he get one for her too?

She wouldn’t have needed it since in the village everyone just visited each other’s homes if there was something to discuss. The village was small, and everything was just a few steps away—she wouldn’t ever need such a device, and having a landline was considered luxurious enough.

To actually have mobile phones in their household, and two at that,

was something she had never imagined or dared to dream of.

Undeniably, Gu Chen had a good taste, the white mobile phone indeed looked very attractive.

Seeing her clutching the phone, looking astonished yet hesitant to speak,

Gu Chen quickly extended a finger to his lips and gave a gentle “shush,” his deep eyes sparkling cleanly and purely in that moment, the corners curved into crescent moons, brimming with laughter.

“Let’s not talk about wasting money, okay? Just this once, and not a precedent, deal?”

His voice was incredibly soothing, filled with tenderness.

Gu Chen understood Ji Pianran, knowing she was about to rehash the old topic of feeling that it was a waste of money.

Ji Pianran’s eyelids twitched.

Her heartbeat uncontrollably skipped a beat.

Gu Chen, was he, just now, was that acting coy with her?

He seemed like a child.

She blinked, a bit at a loss.

Caught off guard, Gu Chen charmed her completely.

The feeling was blissful, tinged with a sweet, helpless delight.

She had no way to counter him.

The warm, pleasant afternoon sunlight fell upon her face.

Ji Pianran blinked and then pursed her lips, revealing an involuntary smile.

It was different from her usual smile.

If her past smiles were composed and dignified, like the first thaw of ice and snow,

Then this smile was like the morning dew, bursting with freshness that hit you directly, overflowing with boundless tenderness and beauty.

It made one’s heart quiver.

“Thank you,” she said with a smile.

Although Ji Pianran didn’t know why Gu Chen was so kind to her now,

She was extremely grateful, thankful for Gu Chen’s repeated warmth.

Thankful for giving her a chance to understand him again, to get to know him anew.

Thankful that she had finally waited for this wonderful life.

Gu Chen’s heart trembled.

Looking at the radiant smile on her face, he suddenly recalled the first time he saw Ji Pianran.

Back then, she was in ragged clothes, dirty-faced, lying on the narrow wooden cot, no more than a meter two, in his small house.

Gu Chen didn’t want to go and give her medicine, but his mom said she would give him two yuan if he did.

For the sake of the money, Gu Chen eventually took the job with a happy heart.

After all, he was never one to refuse money.

He still remembered that peculiar, bitter smell of the herbal medicine, so bitter that just smelling it made you want to pinch your nose and frown.

Yet oddly, when Ji Pianran took the medicine, she didn’t look pained at all; instead, she smiled at him as she gave back the bowl.

That smile, just like now,

Full of sheer freshness, like mountain dew and the first bloom of a snow lotus, beautiful enough to make one’s heart flutter.

Smiles and memories overlapped, the past and the present merged.

For a moment, Gu Chen almost believed that someone had tampered with time.

He was back to the moment they first met.

This strange and profound feeling, impossible to articulate in words, was left with a deep emotion and a lingering sense of being moved.

“Sir, here’s your phone back.”

The middle-aged woman walked up with an embarrassed expression and handed back the Nokia 5100 he was holding.

If she didn’t remind him, he would forget that he even had a phone.

After all, standing here with someone else’s phone in his hand really wasn’t a good look.

“Oh, and this phone number is mine; let me reintroduce myself, my name is Li Aifang.”

She knew she would seek out Gu Chen again, and by saying this, she aimed to leave a stronger impression on him.