Gong Jun

"Miss Bing, you know this little girl?" The young woman interrupted.

"Of course! This little girl you're calling is our boss, the real owner of this store." Han Bingbing said looking proud while Qiao Ning Xi's lips twitched because before she bought this store, she made Han Bingbing promised that no one should now that she is the owner of this store but Han Bingbing revealed it so easily.

The young woman thought that Han Bingbing was only joking since she likes to joke around with her so she laughed. "You're so funny Miss Bing but really, who is she?"

Han Bingbing pouted, seeing that her employee doesn't believe her. "She is really the owner." She repeated which made the young woman stop laughing and asked.

"Seriously?"

Han Bingbing nodded.

The young woman felt like she was struck by a lightning and remembered how disrespectful she was to Qiao Ning Xi, who she called a little girl.

"Is she going to fire me? No! No! I can't lose this job." The young woman shouted to herself as if Qiao Ning Xi and Han Bingbing weren't with her.

Qiao Ning Xi realized how unique her staffs were. One is a woman who looks matured and luscious but acts clingy and childish, while the other one is a young woman, who looks smart but sometimes is clumsy that make her looks like an idiot.

Somehow, Qiao Ning Xi was embarrassed and covered her face with both of her hands, feeling tired.

Oh God..

She looked at the young woman who was still blubbering stuffs and sighed. "Don't worry, don't worry, I won't fire you." She said waiving her hands.

"Really?!" The young woman stop messing her hair and looked at her expecting. Qiao Ning Xi nodded which made the young woman squeal.

Qiao Ning Xi: "...."

Han Bingbing released Qiao Ning Xi from her hug and suddenly remembered. "Oh right! This is Bai Hei, one of my trusted and competent employee. She's only 17 years old so if you have a problem you can't talk about with me, you should go to her. She's quite clumsy sometimes and looks dumb but she's actually very smart. She's from the No. 1 High School and also the vice president of the student council. Also she's...." Han Bingbing keeps on babbling as if it was her achievement.

Qiao Ning Xi listened to it at first but when she realized that Han Bingbing wasn't stopping, she ignored her and faced Bai Hei.

"Nice to meet you, Sister Bai. I'm Qiao Ning Xi but you can call me 'Ning Xi'." She introduced herself then drag Han Bingbing upstairs after saying goodbye and leaving the shop in Bai Hei's care.

"Here is the legal documents so tell me why you're here missy?" Han Bingbing suddenly turned into a different person when they got to her office. This is her serious or business mode which is completely opposite of her usual personality.

Qiao Ning Xi looked at the documents. It's about the transferring of ownership of the store and the conditions including the person-in-charge legally will be Han Bingbing until she turns 18.

As she read every details and condition, Han Bingbing still couldn't believe that the person in front of her is a 12-year-old young girl who saved her and her salon. After reading every documents including the records and reports about the salon, they settled it and Qiao Ning Xi left a while later.

Qiao Ning Xi also decided to visit her milktea shop which is located at shopping center at the center of H City. When she got there, she couldn't believe that there were so many customers as in a lot. The line was long but there were only a few people who decided to dine-in or stay in the store, most of them immediately left after having their milkteas and went to the direction of the park.

She squeezed to the door and finally she manage to see the manager of her shop. "Brother Jun!" she called.

The manager is a man in his early 20s named Gong Jun, just like in her salon, Gong Jun is the acting-owner of her milktea shop. His major is business administration.

When she first met him, he was working at a restaurant as a manager but was fired because he didn't surrender to the shameless request of a customer to let a young part-timer to serve him privately. Coincidently that customer is a famous vlogger, who is known for his gentle behavior which is completely opposite of what Gong Jun and Qiao Ning Xi witnessed. Then he threatened the owner of the restaurant that if he didn't dismiss Gong Jun then he will post about their lack of service but if they dismiss Gong Jun and accept his request then he will praise their restaurant.

Of course, the owner sacrificed the young part-timer and fired Gong Jun. At first, Qiao Ning Xi didn't pay much attention to him but when she saw him again but this time working as a janitor, her impression of him greatly changed because that time he was working with a 4-year-old boy with him which she found out is Gong Jun's nephew. Apparently, the day when he was fired was his most unlucky day since his older sister who raised him had a car accident leaving his nephew and him alone.

Qiao Ning Xi approached him acting like a little girl and eventually found out that the famous vlogger was preventing him on taking other jobs except for being a janitor and he had no choice but to accept it since he had to raise his nephew because no one knows the father of his nephew except for his older sister.

Qiao Ning Xi didn't know if it was because of sympathy or admiration but she offered him to be the manager of her milktea shop so that's how she got him to be the acting-owner of the shop.

"Miss! What are doing here? You should have call or text me. Are you alone?" Gong Jun asked while guarding her from other customers. He was afraid that someone might bump her. In his eyes, Qiao Ning Xi is too thin and weak.

"Call me Ning Xi, Brother Jun. By the way, why are you so busy today? I don't think we had any promotion or sales today." She said while walking inside of Gong Jun's office.

"Don't try to change the topic. Aren't you reckless? A little girl going out by herself. Oh my. I already knew you're reckless when you offered a stranger to be the manager of your shop but aren't you afraid of danger?" He said while massaging his temple.

Qiao Ning Xi pouted. The reason why she called him 'Brother Jun' is because he acts and worries like a brother who's afraid of his sister causing trouble them attracting trouble but at the same time he also treated her like his boss when needed.

He looked at her and sighed. He knew she is one stubborn girl and also a unique little girl.

"Next time atleast tell me if you're going out."

"Okay, okay so can you answer my previous question?" She nodded then asked. He handed her a flyer. It's concert flyer of MuFestic, basically, a music festival concert that occurs every 3 years.

Qiao Ning Xi read the flyer and guessed the reason why they are busy today. It's because the MuFestic is today and the concert will take place at the park near the milktea shop.

"Why am I not informed about this?" she asked. She felt something was wrong since she is the owner of the shop so why was she oblivious about it.

Gong Jun understood it so he explained, "I send an email to you. Haven't you read it?" She shook her head and took out her phone searching her emails until she found it. After reading and confirming it she apologized.

"No, it's fine. I know it's not because you're suspicious of me but because you feel like it's your responsibility to know everything about the shop." He said then patted her head.

She smiled, she isn't sure if he really understand her or he is just trying dismiss the idea of her not trusting him.

"Do you want to watch the MuFestic?" He asked, trying to ease the awkwardness silence.

"No, maybe next time. I need to go because something fun is waiting at home." She said and stood up, planning to leave but Gong Jun stopped her. "Wait, Tantan wanted to give this to you." He handed her a folder full of papers with drawings of her.

Tantan is Gong Jun's nephew, Gong Tan, and he really likes Qiao Ning Xi since Gong Tan used to stay in the shop with Gong Jun when he's at work so she played with him to keep him entertained everytime she visits the shop but now Gong Tan is attending a nursery school so he rarely stays in the shop and if he did, Qiao Ning Xi might not visit so he missed her.

Everytime he misses her, he drew a picture of her to the point that Gong Jun managed to compile it all and asked him if he wants to give these drawings to her. Gong Tan was afraid that she might not like his drawing since it was a drawing of a kid but still wanted to give it to her so that she won't forget about him.

"Tantan drew this? Tell him it's beautiful but I'm more beautiful and thank you. I like it." She took the paper and left.

Qiao Ning Xi, who is currently inside the bus, was already expecting something was happening at home. She didn't know whether Grandma Qiao is already home or not but she is sure that the three-member-family, Father Qiao, Wei Ya and Qiao Hua are going home tonight.

She's worried about Mother Qiao but she also knows that Mother Qiao must overcome this and not just hide or ignore the problem.