Volume 7: Mr. Love, Elite Lawyer, and Two Conjectures about Marriage Chapter 445 Yuan Xudong has really fallen
"Welcome to B&Q. We have many valuable diamonds in our store. Please come this way!"
Arriving at the most famous diamond jewelry store in Antwerp, a tall, white Belgian man in a suit and tie led Yuan Xudong and others into the wedding ring area. Looking at the various diamond rings displayed in the glass cabinet, Youyou hugged Zhang Mingyang's arm and shouted:
"Oh my god, such a big diamond, it must be four carats, so shiny!"
"Mingyang, come and take a look at this ring. It's the love of my life. It's so shiny and beautiful!"
"Mmmmm, beautiful!"
Zhang Mingyang was the exact opposite of Youyou, who was full of excitement. Looking at the room full of sparkling diamond rings, he felt that he was about to be unlucky. Sure enough, Youyou pulled Zhang Mingyang, who was hanging his head, to a wedding ring counter and hinted:
"Mingyang, come and take a look, this one is beautiful, and this one is also beautiful, a couple's rings!"
“Mmm, it looks good!”
Zhang Mingyang nodded his head frequently but ignored Youyou's words. His original intention was just to have a one-night stand and he didn't really want to marry her. He couldn't bear to buy such an expensive diamond ring to pick up girls. It was also his fault for being so talkative. Last night, in order to increase his success rate, he boasted to Youyou that he and Cheng Hao had opened a hospital together and they were not short of money at all.
But in fact, he and Cheng Hao did own a hospital, but it was just a small dental clinic, plus he had loans like mortgage and car loan, so he didn't have much money on him, and his entire net worth was only about four or five million. He would be crazy to spend tens of millions to buy diamonds for Youyou, his temporary girlfriend. But Youyou didn't seem to just want to buy a diamond ring, but really planned to marry Zhang Mingyang. She didn't choose those four-carat diamond rings that started at a million, but chose a pair of wedding rings that cost about three hundred thousand. She thought Zhang Mingyang could buy the pair of diamond rings, but Zhang Mingyang just wanted to have a romantic encounter, and he talked nonsense all the time. Last night he was just trying to coax her into bed.
Seeing that Zhang Mingyang could only make some noises, Youyou asked the diamond store staff to take out the diamond ring for her to try on. After putting on the diamond ring she had always dreamed of, she showed the back of her hand with the diamond ring to Zhang Mingyang:
"Mingyang, does it look good?"
“It looks good, really good!”
This is not asking me if it looks good, this is clearly asking me to pay. Zhang Mingyang smiled a little forcedly and said:
"Youyou, I don't think this diamond is suitable for you. Although this ring looks good, it's not very practical!"
"Why is it not practical?"
"Who would wear such a big diamond ring on the street for no reason? Wouldn't that make you a rich man?"
After saying that, Zhang Mingyang took off the diamond ring on Youyou's hand, replaced it with a plain ring for her to wear, and said with a smile:
"This plain ring is pretty good. Look, aren't the diamonds on it pretty nice too?"
"Isn't this too small?"
"Be low-key. Really rich people are low-key, understand?"
"But……"
"No buts. Think about it, if you wear such a big diamond ring, what if you lose it? This plain ring is good, it's both low-key and safe!"
"Okay, then let's buy this vegetarian one!"
“So good!”
"Hate!"
…
While Zhang Mingyang was coaxing Youyou, Yuan Xudong went to other diamond jewelry areas. He planned to buy a suitably priced diamond necklace for Jessica. It couldn't be too cheap, but it couldn't be too expensive either. It wasn't that he was reluctant, but he had to take it step by step. If he gave Jessica a necklace worth one million the first time, what would he do in the future?
Just as Yuan Xudong was looking at those sparkling diamond necklaces carefully, Youyou's best friend Chen Ruoyun was also looking at them. Seeing her here, Yuan Xudong couldn't help but walk over and said with a smile:
"Ms. Chen, do you like these diamonds too?"
"Mr. Yuan!"
Seeing Yuan Xudong, Chen Ruoyun nodded gently. Yuan Xudong walked over to her and said with a smile:
"Ms. Chen, I want to buy a diamond necklace for my girlfriend. She is about your age. Can you give me some advice?"
"I...I don't know much about diamonds!"
Chen Ruoyun said a little embarrassedly. As soon as Yuan Xudong came to her, she was so nervous that she was at a loss. Her face was red and she was holding her mobile phone in her hand. It was obvious that she suffered from social phobia. Seeing her like this, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"It's okay. I don't know anything about diamonds either. Just tell me which diamond necklace you like best!"
"All right!"
Chen Ruoyun nodded slightly in agreement, and then she and Yuan Xudong admired the dazzling diamond necklaces under the lights. After carefully selecting for a while, Chen Ruoyun took a fancy to a moderately priced necklace, with a slender necklace body emitting a silvery-white metallic luster, and three diamond butterflies hanging below, one large and two small. The large one was in the middle, and the small ones were on both sides. The price was about 30,000 euros, which was about more than 200,000 yuan. Seeing the desire and envy in Chen Ruoyun's eyes, Yuan Xudong walked up to her and said with a smile:
"like?"
"Yeah, I like it. I think it's pretty. I prefer butterflies!"
"Okay, let's try?"
"Me?"
"Of course, this is a necklace for girls, you can't let me try it, right? Can you help me?"
Yuan Xudong looked at the somewhat shy Chen Ruoyun and smiled as a matter of course. Although Chen Ruoyun was not a very beautiful girl, she gave Yuan Xudong a very clean feeling, from her body to the way she dressed, from her pure and innocent eyes to her somewhat timid temperament, all of which made Yuan Xudong interested in her. Unlike Jessica or Youyou, he had to treat Chen Ruoyun gently like spring rain, so as not to scare her away. It must be said that Yuan Xudong was really depraved.
"All right!"
Chen Ruoyun looked up at Yuan Xudong, hesitated for a moment, and finally agreed to his request. As long as it was not an excessive request, she would generally agree, or she would never refuse others at all.
Seeing that Chen Ruoyun agreed, Yuan Xudong asked the staff of the diamond store to take out the butterfly necklace that she liked. He did not hand the necklace directly to Chen Ruoyun, but planned to help her put it on himself.
Although it was their first contact, Yuan Xudong had already figured out the personality of this shy girl. He knew that she was a very docile girl who would not easily reject others and would accept things submissively.
"I'll help you put it on!"
Just as Yuan Xudong expected, Chen Ruoyun did not reject his decision. He untied the necklace, walked to Chen Ruoyun, put the slender diamond necklace on her neck, and then buckled it behind her neck. In this process, Yuan Xudong was inevitably almost close to Chen Ruoyun's body, and his fingers touched her skin inadvertently. There is no doubt that Chen Ruoyun is at least not disgusted with Yuan Xudong, and even likes him a little. When the two of them were in close contact, she just blushed more and more shy, and she didn't feel angry or disgusted. Yuan Xudong felt a little proud. Sure enough, girls are all obsessed with looks!
After putting the diamond necklace on Chen Ruoyun, Yuan Xudong stepped back in time. Taking advantage of someone unintentionally is called playing with ambiguity, and taking advantage and not letting go is called being a hooligan. You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry!
"it's beautiful!"
Yuan Xudong looked at the diamond necklace lying on Chen Ruoyun's chest and praised it. It was unclear whether he was praising the diamond necklace or Chen Ruoyun, the person wearing the diamond necklace.
Chen Ruoyun looked up at Yuan Xudong and saw that he was looking at her chest with burning eyes. She subconsciously covered her chest with her hand, but then she realized that maybe he was just looking at the diamond necklace, so she took her hand down again.
Yuan Xudong only took a glance and then turned his eyes away and said with a smile:
"Miss Chen, there's a mirror over there, go and see how it works?"
"good!"
After Chen Ruoyun left, Yuan Xudong looked at the diamond store staff and said:
"Hello, prepare three copies of that diamond necklace for me. Put the three boxes in a larger gift box!"
"Yes, sir!"
After Yuan Xudong bought the diamond necklace, he and Chen Ruoyun went to find Luo Yue and Youyou. Youyou was still acting coquettishly with Zhang Mingyang. After buying a plain diamond ring, she wanted to buy a necklace, earrings, etc. However, Zhang Mingyang always laughed it off and was unwilling to buy anything for her. After so much difficulty coming to the diamond store, she only bought a plain diamond ring, which made Youyou feel very aggrieved. It should be said that Zhang Mingyang was also stingy. You couldn't even see the diamond in the diamond ring he bought. It seemed that a man born in the 1980s wanted to play with a girl born in the 1990s, who was an international student, for free. This was really too much!
Yuan Xudong and Chen Ruoyun walked into the wedding ring area together, only to see Youyou pestering Zhang Mingyang and acting coquettishly, while Luo Yue and Cheng Hao stood aside. As Zhang Mingyang's good friend and business partner, Cheng Hao naturally knew Zhang Mingyang's background. This bastard always took girls to his house to do whatever he wanted whenever he picked them up, saying that he disliked the hotels being dirty and unsafe, but in fact he just wanted to save some money on the room. This bastard's girlfriends never had a shelf life of more than ten days, so it's really ridiculous how much money he is willing to spend on girls!
Seeing Yuan Xudong and Chen Ruoyun coming over together, Cheng Hao smiled and said hello. After greeting each other, he saw that Zhang Mingyang was still being pestered by Youyou, so Cheng Hao looked at Luo Yue and joked:
"Director Luo, you are not the legendary black tour guide who rips off tourists during shopping trips, are you?"
Hearing Cheng Hao deliberately slandering her, Luo Yue smiled and said:
"Mr. Cheng, didn't you ask me to take you to the most unique place in Belgium? This is the most unique diamond jewelry store in Belgium. Many celebrities and royal families have their jewelry customized here. It is absolutely a VIP service. Don't you look down on places that don't cost money?"
"Come on, do you think I don't know?"
Cheng Hao rolled his eyes and said:
"Diamonds are worthless. They are just for kidnapping naive, brainless girls like you. Men think women value diamonds for themselves, but they are wrong. What you value is that men would rather spend three months' salary and sell their blood and kidneys to buy you a symbol of love, right?"
"Mr. Cheng, I cannot agree with this point of view!"
Before Luo Yue could open her mouth to refute, Yuan Xudong spoke first:
"Whether a commodity is valuable depends not only on its actual value but also on the value people give it. Take a house for example. Is it valuable? If the price of diamonds is artificially hyped up, isn't it the same for houses? Life is only a short hundred years, or even less. Isn't it equally foolish to work hard and be in debt for most of your life just for a pile of reinforced concrete?"
"That's right. You said women who like diamonds are naive and brainless. What about men who like luxury cars and watches?"
After Yuan Xudong finished speaking, Luo Yue also refuted:
"Diamonds not only represent money, but also love. What's wrong with girls liking diamonds? And not all girls are crazy about diamonds. Don't generalize, and don't classify me as a naive person with no brains!"
Chen Ruoyun couldn't help but retort:
"I think it's everyone's freedom to like something. Some people like art, some like antiques, and some like diamond jewelry. You can't say others are naive and have no brains just because you don't like or understand something. For example, I don't understand art, but those priceless artworks, especially some sky-high priced oil paintings, are just paintings to me, but they are valuable!"
"Three of you, I was wrong. I was really wrong!"
Seeing that he had offended everyone, Cheng Hao decisively admitted his mistake. Luo Yue and Chen Ruoyun were both girls, so they naturally spoke up for the diamond. As for Yuan Xudong, didn't you see that he was still holding the diamond he had just bought? If he said that diamonds were worthless, then what did he buy? Was it a stone?
After staying in the diamond store for a while, everyone started to leave. Zhang Mingyang coaxed Youyou into walking at the back, only to see Youyou looking back at the window of the diamond store with reluctance on her face, muttering:
"Mingyang, look at that necklace and those earrings, they are so beautiful!"
"Ouch, okay, I won't watch it anymore!"
After leaving the diamond shop, everyone went to the Antwerp Brewery and Chocolate Workshop, where they drank and participated in making chocolates. They had a lot of fun. When they came out of the chocolate workshop and were about to go back to the Sete Hotel to rest, Zhang Mingyang suddenly covered his chest and said uncomfortably:
"Why do I feel like I'm having a bit of a breath problem?"
"No way?"
"Don't scare me, are you hurting somewhere?"
"What did you eat?"
Seeing Zhang Mingyang grunting and unable to speak, everyone was shocked. Cheng Hao quickly moved him into Luo Yue's car and ordered:
"Miss Luo, go to the hospital quickly!"
"Okay, is he ill? Is he allergic to chocolate?"
Luo Yue asked nervously as she started the car.
"No way?"
"Go to the hospital, quickly!"
"good!"
As soon as the voice fell, Luo Yue drove out in her Beetle sedan at high speed, took a shortcut and drove quickly to the nearby hospital. Yuan Xudong followed in Chen Ruoyun's car. Seeing Luo Yue's Beetle sedan driving in the opposite direction, speeding, and then disappearing at the end of the road, Yuan Xudong felt that he had underestimated the small and exquisite Beetle sedan rented by Luo Yue. It was a little small, but it ran very fast and left Yuan Xudong and Chen Ruoyun behind. Of course, it might also be related to Chen Ruoyun being a good kid. Looking at the anxious Chen Ruoyun, Yuan Xudong comforted her with a smile:
"Ms. Chen, drive slowly. Don't be in a hurry. The patient is not in your car anyway. It's useless to drive faster!"
"good!"
Seeing that Chen Ruoyun really slowed down the car very obediently, Yuan Xudong couldn't help but ask:
"Ms. Chen, you don't know how to refuse others, do you?"
"No, why do you ask?"
"Nothing, I just think you have a good personality, gentle, virtuous, quiet and reserved, just like the ladies from ancient China!"
"How can I have that?"
Hearing Yuan Xudong praising her like this, Chen Ruoyun blushed slightly and said:
"I am just more introverted. In fact, I envy Youyou. She is beautiful and has a lively and cheerful personality. Everyone likes her!"
"Sometimes what you see with your eyes may not be true, and what you cannot see may not be false. In my opinion, most of us Chinese are more reserved and tactful. What we show as love and affection may not be true. True love should be deep and graceful!"
Yuan Xudong stopped talking and looked at Chen Ruoyun to change the subject:
"By the way, I forgot to ask, what major are you studying?"
"Finance major, what about you?"
"What a coincidence! I am also a finance major. After graduation, will you return to your home country to develop, or...?"
"Return home!"
"That's great. I'm planning to open a financial investment company. When you return to China, can you come and help me?"
"I……"
Seeing Yuan Xudong being so enthusiastic, Chen Ruoyun felt a little embarrassed. She was introverted, but not stupid. She felt that Yuan Xudong seemed to like her a little, but she was not sure. Moreover, Yuan Xudong already had a girlfriend. If he didn't have a girlfriend, she would be happy for Yuan Xudong to pursue her. After all, he was really handsome and the type she liked.
Yuan Xudong only took one look at Chen Ruoyun and knew what she was thinking. He pretended to confide in her and said:
"Actually, you are the second girl I invited. The first one is my girlfriend, Jessica, from Belgium. She is a very nice person and I like her very much . But I don't want to stay in Belgium, and she doesn't want to move to China with me. You know how far Belgium is from China. Sometimes I can't help but wonder whether she and I can be together until the end, or whether this relationship will fade away with the distance and time, and finally disappear naturally."
After briefly revealing some personal information, Yuan Xudong changed the subject and said:
"Look at me, why am I telling you all this? I'm traveling to Belgium this time. After I return home, I plan to start my own business and open a small financial investment company, mainly investing in excellent companies that have been successfully listed or unlisted. I'm very confident about the company's future. How about you be my investment assistant?"
"I...I'll think about it again!"
"good!"
