Chen Chu let out a breath, while Shao Xiaohua reminded him not to be nervous, saying that men and women are actually playing a game of strategy, and whoever gets nervous first is doomed. For example, the phrase "be my girlfriend or boyfriend" is used to describe how whoever says it first is at a disadvantage.
It's usually the inexperienced man who speaks first, which puts him in a passive position.
It's very simple. If you pursued me, then you're out of luck. If we ever argue in the future, you'll be at a disadvantage. On the contrary, if I pursued you, then you'll have the upper hand.
Shao Xiaohua's intention was to keep Chen Chu calm and maintain an air of mystery for the woman...
Chen Chu wasn't exactly the kind of person who could be absolutely sure of himself, but since he had the jade thumb ring, he couldn't help but lightly touch it with his hand. He quickly calmed down, exhaled a couple of breaths, and realized it wasn't a big deal. It was just a woman's phone call. He could just pretend to be a peacock with its tail feathers spread out, even if it was just showing off.
Chen Chu opened the phone and was immediately taken aback. He thought to himself, "I wasted my breath trying to show off. It wasn't an unfamiliar number; the call was from Long Qi."
Chen Chu was incredibly disappointed. He'd thought he could use Shao Xiaohua's methods to pick up girls! And now, what was with Long Qi calling? Honestly, just thinking about Long Qi's triangular eyes made Chen Chu feel annoyed; the difference between him and a beautiful woman was just too great…
"Hey... Brother Long, what's up?" Chen Chu's enthusiasm vanished instantly, as if the temperature had dropped.
Shao Xiaohua also laughed; she found it amusing to see Chen Chu so nervous earlier.
Long Qi chuckled and said, "Hey... Brother Chu, I have some good news for you. My sister will be arriving in Hancheng tomorrow morning..."
Chen Chu let out a sigh of relief, thinking, "What does your sister going to Hancheng have to do with me? It's your sister going to Hancheng, not mine! And you call that good news? Pah!"
...That's not true for me.
Chen Chu couldn't help but yawn, thinking to himself, "Wouldn't Long Qi introduce his sister to me first? Damn it, there's no room for discussion. My wife, Liu Bingbing, is so beautiful. And Long Qi looks like that? Tsk tsk tsk... How beautiful can his sister be? She'll probably have triangular eyes, be all dark, and have a waist like a bucket, like a pickle jar that's come to life."
Chen Chu couldn't help but yawn and said, "Um... Seventh Brother, I still have things to do..."
"Huh? What's up? Hey bro, come pick up my girl with me tomorrow morning at the train station..."
"Achoo!" Chen Chu sneezed and quickly said, "Seventh Brother, look, I've caught a cold, this..."
Long Qi said sullenly, "Stop with the nonsense, just tell me if you're coming tomorrow morning or not!"
"Seventh Brother... I'm working at Joyoung Group now, and I guess I'll be starting work tomorrow too..."
"Going to work? Then I'll take the day off! Anyway, you'll come with me to pick me up at the station tomorrow!"
Chen Chu let out a sigh of relief. "This brainwashing is practically forced, isn't it? Pick up your sister, pick up your sister?!" But he still nodded, thinking that since they were brothers, he'd just have to trouble himself to go to the train station with Long Qi…
Chen Chu yawned and said, "Okay, but I can only take about half an hour off tomorrow... What time is your train? Oh, eight in the morning... Alright..."
Chen Chu listlessly put down the phone.
Shao Xiaohua asked with a smile, "Who is it? Picking someone up at the station? Male or female?"
"Sigh! A friend's sister, really, she doesn't want to pick me up..." Chen Chu sighed.
Shao Xiaohua chuckled again: "That's a good thing! Maybe it means your destined partner has arrived!"
"What do you mean, 'go to'?" Chen Chu grinned. "My friend is incredibly ugly, and his sister? Good heavens... she probably looks like Pigsy's second aunt, she's even more unbearable to look at. She'd probably throw up my dinner if she saw her..."
"No way! Is it that bad? You haven't even seen the person yet, there's no need to jump to conclusions so early."
"Hmph... It's definitely going to look bad, we'll just have to see how bad it gets. This is agonizing..." Chen Chu was also listless.
Shao Xiaohua chuckled and said, "You! Don't overthink it. Even if she's really that ugly, don't show it. Even ugly girls have friends and stuff, right? Can you guarantee she doesn't have any good-looking friends or classmates? You should treat her well. Maybe she'll think you're a good guy, and her pretty girlfriend next to her might like you... Besides, what if your girlfriend and your friend don't have the same parents? She might not be your biological sister, and maybe she'll be pretty..."
Shao Xiaohua kept analyzing, while Chen Chu just scoffed, thinking to himself that unless the sun rose in the west...
...
After making the call to Chen Chu, Long Qi was secretly delighted. He thought that as long as Long Jiu came, Chen Chu's soul would be completely in his grasp. Not to mention going to DL City, even if he went back to Southern Xinjiang, the kid would follow him. He was a big pervert and a big hooligan...
...
Chen Chu looked dejected.
Shao Xiaohua chuckled and comforted him, "Chen Chu, don't worry. I'm a woman, I understand women. That girl will definitely contact you within three days. You have to be patient and hold your ground. Don't let her lead you by the nose, or she'll become arrogant. You have to draw a line and then make her follow you..."
Chen Chu couldn't help but grimac, thinking, "It'll be several more days? That's so slow!" But thinking back to Shao Xiaodong's experience, it seemed like it took seven or eight days before the girl took the initiative to contact him. Although they exchanged numbers, Shao Xiaodong never contacted her; it was the female student who took the initiative, and then the two of them ended up living together.
Chen Chu thought to himself, this thing is really like hunting, just like fishing. You have to be patient and steady, you have to wait for the prey to slowly approach before you shoot, you have to wait for the fish to bite the hook, and even bite it tightly, before you pull the fishing line up. Otherwise, if you pull it when you are about to hook it, the fish may break free and get away.
If you want to eat fish and smell the fishy scent of a woman, you have to be patient... Just like when I used to peep at Liu Cui urinating. How many times a day can she urinate? I still managed to see her smooth, big butt...
Shao Xiaohua then said she wanted to eat more and went to buy snacks. Chen Chu breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that this woman really could eat a lot, at least Shao Xiaohua, with her small frame, ate quite a lot.
...
After dinner, Shao Xiaohua dragged Chen Chu out shopping. Hancheng wasn't a big place to begin with, and after wandering around Century Square a few times, they had basically seen all the good places in Hancheng. Hancheng also had a run-down park, which wasn't very interesting. Besides, it was winter now, and the artificial lake in the park was frozen over. The artificial hill was just a big mound of dirt, and no trees could grow on it. After a little rain, it would turn into a muddy mess that could even cause landslides.
It was covered with weeds, and looked like a big wasteland, like a big burial mound. I was scared to see it at night.
Chen Chu was speechless at Shao Xiaohua's shopping prowess. He considered himself to be in good physical condition, but compared to Shao Xiaohua, he was far inferior.
Shao Xiaohua chuckled, telling Chen Chu to practice his skills in shopping with girls. Chen Chu just grinned, thinking to himself, "I'm no good at shopping, but I'm good at sleeping with girls. If we practice sleeping together, I guarantee you'll have a blast."
...
At 1 p.m., which is also the time when Joyoung Group ends its lunch break and resumes work, the two arrived at the company at 12:50 p.m.
Joyoung Group is also located in the development zone of Hancheng. In recent years, they have been carrying out large-scale construction projects, tearing down everything that was previously built and then replanning and rebuilding it. It's like children playing with building blocks, destroying all the buildings that were painstakingly constructed and then rebuilding them.
In fact, politics is a lot like a child playing a game. It's all about building and tearing down buildings, and then rebuilding them all over again when a new leader comes in. That's what you call an achievement. Otherwise, how can you have achievements? How can you become an official?
The relationship between nations is like two children sulking and fighting. If you take my candy today, I'll curse you, ignore you, cut off all ties, and refuse to contact you. I'll draw circles to curse you, talk bad about you to other children, and make everyone ignore you and refuse to play with you.
After a while, the two of them started hanging out together again, then they argued again, and the old grudges resurfaced...
...
Hancheng is also undergoing a major construction project; the entire area has been bought by Joyoung Group and covers a considerable area.
Highways have been built nearby, and the 16-story office building of Joyoung Group stands here, surrounded by plenty of open space.
Shao Xiaohua said, "Look, these vacant lots were bought for 300 million..."
Chen Chu curled his lip and said, "Sister Xiaohua, are the people who bought this land crazy? So much money, for this stuff?"
Shao Xiaohua chuckled: "Little brother, you don't understand. This is called appreciation. Don't be fooled by spending 300 million to buy these empty plots. In a few years, hehe... maybe they'll be worth ten times more..."
"No way!" Chen Chu was dumbfounded. The most money he had ever seen was the 100,000 yuan that Ji Yang had given him, which he had distributed to Ji Yang's men. Hundreds of millions... He had never even imagined that so much money. It was like a myth. How many women could he have? How many times could he have gone to a hair salon?
Chen Chu felt dizzy.
Shao Xiaohua couldn't help but laugh again when she saw Chen Chu's country bumpkin-like expression.
"Little brother, you still need to broaden your horizons. Adults do great things and write big characters. You should learn from me and your sister Wang Yanan…"
Shao Xiaohua took out his magnetic card and swiped it on the glass door. The door opened immediately. Chen Chu grinned, thinking to himself that he wouldn't even be able to find his way in.
The interior was decorated like a crystal palace, mostly made of tempered glass, with transparent offices and such. Chen Chu sighed, thinking that this place wasn't a good place; if he were having an affair with some woman, people would see it.
If Shao Xiaohua knew what Chen Chu was thinking, she'd be furious.
The two took the elevator directly to the sixteenth floor. The elevator stopped, and the two stepped out. Chen Chu saw that the offices looked like honeycombs, or rather... a large area was divided into small individual rooms, and the small individual rooms were very low, where the staff worked.
Chen Chu felt that they were like pigsties.
Shao Xiaohua went directly to Wang Yanan's studio, which was larger and consisted of a separate room surrounded by tempered glass.
Wang Yanan, dressed in a sharp black uniform, sat in a black leather executive chair in a private room with transparent walls.
She wore a black business suit, her short hair was flying, and she wore black high heels and black, fine stockings that seemed to be rolled up to her upper thighs.
Although it was warm inside the building, it was winter outside after all. While everyone was bundled up, Wang Yanan was wearing a black short skirt and stockings.
Chen Chu swallowed hard, thinking to himself that Wang Yanan was just asking for trouble...