After Huo Jin left, he had to be the first to pull himself together, be the apple of his parents' eyes, and help them recover from the grief of losing their daughter as soon as possible.
Susu also said to Huo Zheng, "Let's continue. We're only a little bit away from verifying all these goods."
Neither of them could bear to disturb Chang Qingchuan, who was wandering alone and lonely in the shop, trying to find the lingering presence of Huo Jin.
After walking around the shop, Chang Qingchuan left silently, holding the box containing the wedding dress.
Susu pretended not to notice, finished verifying the last order, and handed the recorded order form to Huo Zheng, saying, "Alright, everything is accounted for. You should notify the customers one by one according to their contact information. For overdue orders, you need to provide corresponding compensation to the customers, understand?"
"I understand. The workload will be quite heavy when we start operating tomorrow," Huo Zheng said, looking through the orders.
"I won't have time to help you tomorrow. You should notify the store staff today and ask them to resume normal working hours tomorrow," Susu suggested.
Huo Zheng said, "I didn't expect running a boutique to involve so many things. That old man manages the Huo Group, so how much work must he have every day?"
"A good manager doesn't have to do everything personally; as long as the entire group has a perfect operating system, that's enough," kAnshu伍.ξà
"Sister Susu, you understand business management too?" Huo Zheng looked at her with admiration.
Susu couldn't stand his puppy-dog expression and said, "I only understand some principles, and I haven't truly managed a large group. If you want to share your father's worries, you have to learn many things."
Huo Zheng said helplessly, "I never thought about these things before. I thought no matter how useless I was, my elder sister could inherit the Huo Group. If my elder sister married someone who would form a strong alliance, then I would have even less to do. I just wanted to live the life I wanted, but I didn't expect it to be like this now..."
As Susu listened to him, she suddenly asked, "Your parents don't approve of your sister marrying Qingchuan?"
Huo Zheng glanced towards the door, confirming that Chang Qingchuan had already left, and then said, "Of course, they don't approve. Because I was useless before, my parents wanted my sister to inherit the group, so her marriage should have been a strategic alliance for the group's future. But my sister insisted on liking her brother-in-law."
Susu said, "Then your parents could only agree."
Huo Zheng shook his head and said, "They pretended to agree, and they didn't plan to let my sister and brother-in-law get married smoothly. Now, all their plans are in vain."
"How did they plan to stop it, and did your sister know about it?" Susu asked.
Huo Zheng said, "They planned to make my sister have a relationship with someone they approved of before she married her fiancé, and then force my sister to accept the son-in-law they wanted. I overheard it by chance. I was going to tell my sister so she could prepare early and elope with her fiancé. But fate is unpredictable. If my parents knew this would happen, they would definitely have fulfilled my sister's wishes."
Susu sighed, never expecting that even if Huo Jin hadn't met with an accident, the wedding wouldn't have gone as smoothly as they thought.
"Who did your parents approve of?"
"I don't know exactly who, but it must be someone from a family of equal social standing," Huo Zheng seemed to have accepted it.
He now understood the helplessness of being the only son of the Huo family. Pointing at the account books, he said, "Sister Susu, let's not talk about this anymore. Teach me how to read account books. Are there any methods to quickly go through these account books and understand the operating costs and profits? My old man wants me to organize the accounts and give him a report before the reopening. This is simply too difficult for me."
Susu glanced at the account books and said, "I'm also terrible at accounting, but there's someone who's very good at reading account books. I'll ask her for you."
"Quickly help me ask her. If I can't produce a financial report tomorrow, my old man will close down this boutique." He really wanted to help his sister manage it.
Susu had to ask Ya Nan for help. Ya Nan told them about several simple and easy-to-use financial software. They just needed to input the data from the account books into the software, and it would automatically generate financial reports.
This method was simple, but inputting the data was a bit tiring.
Susu had Huo Zheng use the software as Ya Nan taught him, and she watched from the side, helping him find and fix errors. Unknowingly, they worked until it was dark.
Susu's phone rang. To avoid disturbing Huo Zheng, she walked aside to answer it.
"I'm off work. Are you in the studio? I'll pick you up, and we'll go to a nice place for dinner tonight," Qin Tianyi said on the phone.
Susu saw that Huo Zheng's financial report wasn't finished yet, and she felt bad about leaving him to go by herself. She said, "I'm not in the studio. I'm at Huo Jin's former shop. Huo Zheng needs to take over Huo Jin's shop, and he has many things he doesn't understand, so I'm helping him here."
Qin Tianyi said "oh," and felt that Huo Zheng had impure intentions towards Susu. He then asked, "Are you guys done yet? I'll go to the shop to pick you up."
"No need, we're almost done. Send me the address, and I'll take a car to find you later." Susu didn't want him to run around too much.
Qin Tianyi asked, "Didn't you drive out today?"
"I got a ride from Xiao Lin to take Xingxing to kindergarten today. I thought I could talk more with my son in the car."
Qin Tianyi reminded her, "It will be rush hour later, and it will be difficult to get a taxi. I'll have Xiao Lin pick you up..."
"No need to trouble him. I'll just call a ride-hailing car. It doesn't matter whether you or Xiao Lin pick me up; we'll still get stuck in traffic."
"Alright, then I'll go to the restaurant and wait for you. Don't be too late." Qin Tianyi thought about it and realized that wasting time on the road was not as good as him preparing at the restaurant. Even if he didn't trust Huo Zheng, he should trust Susu.
They had been through so much together; nothing could separate them except death.
Huo Zheng was Huo Jin's brother, and they were all friends. As long as Huo Zheng didn't overtly break the unspoken boundary, he should respect Susu.
Susu hung up and soon received the location sent by Tianyi.
Huo Zheng didn't hear clearly who Susu was talking to on the phone, but he guessed it was Qin Tianyi.
He had also seen how deeply in love Susu and Qin Tianyi were, and he knew he had no chance to intervene, so he gradually gave up that idea.
However, his good feelings and liking for Susu couldn't just disappear. Even if he was persistent, he knew his limits.
In his heart, he set Qin Tianyi as his goal and wanted to become a prominent figure in the business world. At that time, Susu would at least not look down on him.
"Your husband is looking for you, so you should go back quickly. With this software, I can do the financial reports myself," Huo Zheng said understandingly.
Susu looked at him as if seeing something strange, feeling that he had truly changed and improved a lot.
Huo Zheng asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Susu said with a smile, "Young Master Huo, don't you need me to finish cleaning the shop for you?"
"Sister Susu, don't bring up my past embarrassing moments!"