Xia Xiaolan had spotted Xia Hongxia’s group of four long ago.

From her elevated position, she had a clear view of everything happening in the plaza.

Du Zhaohui had thrown himself completely into the work, so busy that he didn’t eat until 1 PM. This time there was no leisurely morning tea – he just grabbed a quick bite.

There was no choice – too many people had flooded into Chengrong Plaza!

“This is stimulating consumption.”

Du Zhaohui watched the crowds lingering in the plaza.

He felt both excited and scared.

Wasn’t marketing all about understanding, stirring, and utilizing people’s hearts?

In this aspect, Xia Xiaolan was truly a master.

What exactly was in her mind?

The excitement came from the plaza’s auspicious opening.

The fear came from realizing how different he was from Xia Xiaolan in this area… but he only felt scared for a moment, then decided there was no need to compare his weaknesses to her strengths.

He had his strengths after all.

“The crowd will keep growing. We absolutely cannot have any security or order issues. If there’s a stampede, all of today’s success will be wasted.”

The number of people currently staying in the plaza must exceed 4,000, right?

Xia Xiaolan was a bit worried.

Du Zhaohui called Ah Hua over:

“Have you contacted the city? What did they say?”

“Young Master, they’re sending more personnel. Currently, everything seems under control. I’ve also had people watching for anyone trying to deliberately stir up trouble.”

Xia Xiaolan interjected, “Provide them with free tea. People might skip meals to watch the excitement, but they can’t go without water!”

Free water was there for the taking, and after drinking, people would need restrooms. This would naturally create movement around the lottery stage, improve air circulation, and prevent people from fainting due to overexcitement.

“Go do it right away!”

Du Zhaohui waved Ah Hua away. Everyone was especially busy today, having to work more efficiently than usual.

Even Du Zhaohui had little time for pleasantries.

News of the shopping lottery had spread throughout Shenzhen. Spectators, bargain hunters, and people with various motives were flooding in—

The real climax came around 6 PM when over ten thousand spectators in the Chengrong Plaza witnessed someone win the “First Prize”!

The person who scratched the ticket was stunned.

The host shouted until hoarse:

“Won! The first prize ticket has been scratched! Our first prize is a car…”

Ten thousand people’s eyes turned red with excitement.

If not for the many police maintaining order, someone might have rushed to grab the ticket. The lucky winner who scratched the first prize was escorted to the stage with plaza security guards surrounding them.

Wang Jingui’s eyes were red as she fought back tears.

Not from being touched, but from excitement and envy. She complained to Xia Hongxia:

“You wouldn’t let me buy anything – if I had, that car might have been mine!”

Could she have been that lucky?

Xia Hongxia massaged her waist.

After selling out the first 500 boxed meals, Xia Hongxia brought back just ingredients. There wasn’t time to cook at home, only to wash the vegetables before bringing them to cook and sell fresh on the street by Chengrong Plaza.

She’d lost count of how many meals they’d sold.

At any rate, they’d used up several days’ worth of stored ingredients, and not even a potato remained. Hadn’t they sold over a thousand boxed meals?

“Now that the grand prize is won, these people should disperse, right?”

This was Xia Hongxia’s main concern.

Wang Jingui’s eyes darted around, “Not necessarily. There’s still a second-prize motorcycle that hasn’t been won. I think this plaza’s owner must hate money, determined to give away all the prizes!”

“The plaza’s owner is Du Zhaohui!”

Does Du Zhaohui hate money?

He simply had too many ways to make money – a young master born with a silver spoon who didn’t care about such small amounts.

Anyone who read newspapers or watched the news would know Chengrong Plaza was built by Du Zhaohui, but Wang Jingui wasn’t the type to pay attention to such news.

Neither was Xia Hongxia.

However, since Xia Xiaolan recruited her as a spy, Xia Hongxia has been paying more attention to the Du family’s movements, trying to see if Xia Ziyu, the fifth concubine of Chengrong Group’s Chairman Du Chengrong, had any recent activities.

Hong Kong gossip magazines, collected meticulously as Young Yu did, might be more helpful.

Xia Hongxia, a mere boxed meal vendor, got hold of two outdated gossip weeklies. Though she couldn’t find much about Fifth Concubine Xia Ziyu, the Du family’s scandals were written about repeatedly, clear enough for even fools to understand.

Xia Hongxia’s two brothers were exhausted today, having helped plenty with peeling and preparing vegetables.

With the first prize won, Xia Hongxia figured people would disperse soon, and said despite her pain:

“Whatever you want to eat, we’ll eat out today before going home.”

There was nothing to eat at home anyway, and they were too tired to move. Xia Hongxia decided to be generous for once.

Even with ingredients available, Xia Hongxia couldn’t sell anymore – it was time to pack up.

Xia Junshan said he wanted dumplings, and Xia Junfeng wanted meat… In Shenzhen, some seafood was cheaper than meat, but meat was filling. Xia Junfeng, being the youngest, just wanted meat.

“Let’s eat!”

Xia Hongxia wanted meat too – she was only industrious because life forced her to be, how could she change her love of good food? If not to eat better, why work so hard to earn money?

“Sis, Sis, look quickly!”

Xia Junshan suddenly shouted.

Xia Hongxia and Wang Jingui looked over to see Du Zhaohui and Xia Xiaolan coming out of the plaza, chatting and laughing. A car waited at the roadside, and Du Zhaohui opened the door for Xia Xiaolan.

Xia Xiaolan had also noticed them, nodding slightly in their direction before getting in the car.

Du Zhaohui followed her in.

Xia Junshan made a big fuss:

“Wasn’t that Sister Xiaolan?”

Xia Junshan was probably the first in the Xia family to change his attitude toward Xia Xiaolan – children admire strength, and Xia Xiaolan was incredibly strong.

Only Xia Hongxia and Wang Jingui knew about Xia Hongxia working for Xia Xiaolan; others didn’t know.

Xia Junshan’s excitement was obvious.

Xia Hongxia slapped him: “You saw wrong!”

“I couldn’t have seen wrong, that was Sister Xiaolan…”

Under his tiger sister’s gaze, Xia Junshan’s voice grew increasingly small.

He hadn’t seen wrong, why was his sister insisting it wasn’t Sister Xiaolan?

Xia Hongxia thought, what would this kid know – what spy would meet contacts in public? Spies couldn’t let others be suspicious— but this was Chengrong Plaza’s opening day, why was Xia Xiaolan with Du Zhaohui?!

Xia Hongxia’s mind was also in a muddle.

…

Du Zhaohui hadn’t noticed Xia Hongxia’s family, and even if he had, he might not have recognized them. A person’s brain only had so much capacity – ugly people without any special talents weren’t worth Young Master Du’s effort to remember.

Du Zhaohui’s current mood was like walking on clouds, light and airy.

“We’ve already issued 12,000 lottery tickets, meaning we’ve had over 1.2 million in sales today… Is Du Zhaohji still not admitting defeat?”