Bai Ying didn't explain clearly. It was only after Sheng Jing elaborated that Yuan Tiantian understood that the store was up for sale.
Liu Xiaoqing's husband, Li Yuan, was showing the roadside fast - food restaurant to potential buyers. Sheng Jing and the others had also heard that apart from paying for their grandson's treatment, the Liu family also had to compensate a large sum of money to those who had food poisoning in the restaurant that day.
How did everyone know this? When Li Yuan was showing the store to buyers, he complained, and the news spread like wildfire.
"Has anyone bought it yet?"
So far, no one has. Yuan Tiantian guessed the reason. Due to the incident involving Li Yuan's family, the buyers were probably trying to drive the price down. Li Yuan hadn't agreed yet, but as the family's financial burden grew heavier because of Liu Xiaoqing's incident, he would probably cave in soon. Standing in the store and looking at the fast - food restaurant not far away that belonged to the Liu family, Yuan Tiantian had an idea. She wanted to buy the fast - food restaurant.
On Li Yuan's side, after being mocked by a buyer for refusing to sell at a very low price, he returned to the village and beat Liu Xiaoqing up. The neighbors heard Liu Xiaoqing's screams but just shrugged. Liu Xiaoqing deserved it, but Li Yuan was no better. It was simply a fight between two dogs.
Early the next morning, after Yuan Tiantian finished shopping for groceries, she saw Li Yuan showing the store to another group of people on her way back. After she and Sheng Jing put the groceries away, they came back to Liu Xiaoqing's fast - food restaurant.
As soon as they walked in, they heard an angry voice.
"500 yuan per square meter? You might as well rob me! I'm not selling!"
When Yuan Tiantian and Sheng Jing reached the door of the fast - food restaurant, they saw a portly middle - aged man being pushed out by Li Yuan. The man looked very angry. He glanced at Li Yuan and then said slowly,
"The price I'm offering is definitely fair. You should think it over. Your store is already hard to sell, and after what happened the other day, if you don't accept this price, I won't offer such a good one later."
Li Yuan stared at him with wide eyes and gritted his teeth. "I'm not selling. I won't sell!"
"Fine, don't sell. I'm not short of this place."
The middle - aged man walked away with his belly sticking out. Yuan Tiantian happened to hear his low - voiced words as he passed by and knew that the store still hadn't been sold.
When Li Yuan saw Yuan Tiantian and Sheng Jing approaching, his face darkened. He knew Yuan Tiantian. Ever since Yuan Tiantian opened her food store, Liu Xiaoqing had been criticizing Yuan Tiantian every day when she got home. So, it was impossible for Li Yuan not to know her. He definitely didn't have a good impression of Yuan Tiantian. But when he heard Yuan Tiantian's intention, his expression changed instantly, and he became obsequious.
Yuan Tiantian was secretly shocked. Well, only a man like Li Yuan would marry a woman like Liu Xiaoqing.
"Little boss, are you really planning to buy this fast - food restaurant? You're not kidding me, are you?"
After getting a definite answer from Yuan Tiantian, Li Yuan was excited. But when it came to the price, he was a bit cautious. "What about the price? Let's get this straight. I won't sell if it's too low."
Yuan Tiantian smiled. She didn't really want to drive the price down too much, but she still wanted to bargain a bit.
"1000 yuan per square meter. If that's okay, we can find the relevant people to handle this today."
1000 yuan per square meter? Li Yuan was overjoyed. This was the highest price he had received so far. The previous offers had ranged from 500 to 800 yuan. The reason Li Yuan refused to sell was that the cost of the store had been about 700 yuan per square meter. He wasn't willing to sell it for five or eight hundred. Yuan Tiantian's offer of 1000 yuan made him happy, but he wondered if he could get a higher price.
Yuan Tiantian saw the calculating look in Li Yuan's eyes and snorted inwardly. She roughly guessed what was on his mind. Sure enough, the next second, Li Yuan showed a fawning smile.
"Little boss, if you offer 1200 yuan per square meter, I'll definitely not raise the price again. Let's make a deal at this price!"
Yuan Tiantian didn't say a word. She just sneered at Li Yuan and then turned to leave.
"Hey, don't go. Don't go. We can talk this over!"
Seeing Yuan Tiantian about to leave without a word, Li Yuan reached out to grab her arm, but Sheng Jing blocked him. Li Yuan saw Sheng Jing's cold face and withdrew his hand awkwardly. But he still looked at Yuan Tiantian anxiously, trying to persuade her not to leave. Hearing his anxious calls, Yuan Tiantian finally turned around and looked at Li Yuan.
"1000 yuan per square meter. If you're willing, we'll continue to talk. If not, forget it. I don't have to buy this store."
This was the truth. Yuan Tiantian wanted to buy this store for two reasons. One was to prevent someone from buying it and opening a regular restaurant here, which would definitely divert some customers from her food store. The other was that she planned to renovate it and use it as private dining rooms later. It was definitely not enough to only have a dining hall. Some customers would always need private rooms.
She definitely wouldn't renovate the upper floor because the dimensional portal was on the second - floor balcony. Yuan Tiantian would still keep the second floor as a private space and wouldn't let diners go up.
In the end, Li Yuan agreed. He knew clearly that Yuan Tiantian's offer of 1000 yuan per square meter was probably the highest price he could get. The fast - food restaurant was 20 square meters in total. Li Yuan and Yuan Tiantian went to the relevant office in the town to handle the procedures. After receiving half of the deposit, Yuan Tiantian already had the key to the store. She would pay the rest of the money after all the formal procedures, such as the transfer of the property certificate, were completed.
When they got back to the store, it was already 11 o'clock. Fortunately, there were not many customers at noon today. Maybe because of what had happened in Liu Xiaoqing's store, the passing vehicles didn't stop to eat at all. The customers were all regulars, including Aunt Xia. Yuan Tiantian was surprised to see Lu Yuanyuan.
It turned out that Lu Yuanyuan had made a big scene at home the night before. She had said all kinds of things. During the quarrel between the young couple, Lu Yuanyuan even scolded Aunt Xia. The situation had been quite ugly. But because of this, Lu Yuanyuan also revealed the reason for her return. It was indeed Liu Xiaoqing who had called her and said some bad things, like how her mother - in - law had taken her son to a lousy restaurant.
After calming down, Aunt Xia sighed and analyzed for Lu Yuanyuan how unreliable Liu Xiaoqing was and how jealous she was of Yuan Tiantian's food store, using Lu Yuanyuan as a pawn. But Lu Yuanyuan hadn't believed it completely that night. Unexpectedly, the incident in Liu Xiaoqing's store happened the next day. Even if she was stupid, she understood something.
Today, Aunt Xia finally brought Lu Yuanyuan to apologize to Yuan Tiantian and to let her taste the delicious food.
"You'll have the right to speak after you've tasted it."