Volume 7: Mr. Love, Elite Lawyer, and Two Conjectures about Marriage Chapter 498 Xue Kexin invites Yuan Xudong to drink
On the weekend, Yuan Xudong was not in the living room of the Rose Garden Villa, and only Shen Mingbao and Yang Manman were at home.
"Yang Manman, Yang Manman..."
Shen Mingbao sat at the table in the living room, counting the family's daily expenses while calling out to Yang Manman. At this time, Yang Manman poked her head out from the side and said in confusion:
"What?"
"Don't hesitate, come and sit down, hurry up, don't hesitate!"
At Shen Mingbao's urging, Yang Manman reluctantly sat in front of her, holding her chin with both hands, supporting her elbows on the table, with a look of despair on her face. After glancing at her, Shen Mingbao said directly:
"Tell me how much money you spent this week and what you bought?"
"Does it mean I am the only one who needs to explain, or does everyone in the family need to explain?"
"Everyone has to give an account. I'll do some statistics. Although the family is not short of money, we still need to be frugal."
“Oh~~”
Nodding slightly, Yang Manman confessed honestly:
"Actually, I didn't spend much money. I just bought a new phone. My old phone was given to me when my brother hit you..."
"Alright, alright, don't say anything more. I don't want to hear it. Can you keep the invoice?"
"Yeah, I'll keep it. Sister, don't you want me to mention my brother?"
"Nonsense, I've already divorced your brother, why should I still be friends with him?"
"Stingy, what's wrong with divorce? Can we still be friends after divorce?"
"What do you know, kid?"
"Why don't I understand?"
Looking at Shen Mingbao, Yang Manman smiled mischievously:
"Hey, sister, are you afraid that Yuan Xudong will mind?"
"Children, stay out of adults' business!"
Shen Mingbao couldn't help but give Yang Manman a blank look. Seeing her like this, Yang Manman curled her lips and said:
"I'm not a child, okay? Forget it, I won't talk to you anymore. I have something else to do so I'll leave first. Bye!"
"Why are you going?"
"I want to go to a concert, my idol's concert. She hasn't had a concert in three years, and I'm the leader of her fan club!"
"Wait a minute, I'll go with you and drive you there too!"
"Okay, thank you, sister!"
…
As Shen Mingbao drove Yang Manman to see her idol's concert, he said:
"Manman, when are you going to work at the company?"
"I haven't thought about it yet, let's wait for a while!"
"You've been thinking about it for almost a week, and you still haven't made up your mind?"
Seeing Yang Manman who just wanted to be lazy and not work, Shen Mingbao frowned and said:
"The employment rate of Chinese women is 74 percent, the highest in the world. Do you want to hold them back?"
"Is this true? Are you making this data up?"
When Yang Manman heard Shen Mingbao say that the employment rate of Chinese women was 74%, she was a little unconvinced. Before Shen Mingbao could continue to persuade her, she chose to lie down and said:
"Even if it really gets better, won't there still be 26 percent of wives and girls who don't have jobs at home?"
“You…”
Looking at Yang Manman who looked like a salted fish, Shen Mingbao was angry at her for not fighting back:
"You have to have long-term plans and career plans. Youth is great, but it will pass in a flash. What are you going to do in the future if you keep doing this day after day, year after year?"
"Life has no goal. Everyone's goal in life is death in the end. So why should I force myself to do something I don't like?"
"There's something wrong with your thinking!"
"What's wrong with my thinking? I am the master of my own life. Why should I live the way others want me to live?"
Glancing at Shen Mingbao, Yang Manman said speechlessly:
"Everyone can only live once, so why don't I live the way I want to live? Besides, I can't make much money if I go to work. Yuan Xudong is so rich, he gives me 100,000 yuan in pocket money every month. Putting aside the purpose of making money, who would like to work?"
"What if Yuan Xudong stops giving you money someday? Who will support you?"
"That's a good question. I've already thought about it. My mother once told me that if you want to capture a man's heart, you have to give birth to a child for him. When I give birth to a child, will he still not support me?"
"What kind of mess do you think about every day?"
"Then what I said is wrong?"
"Forget it, I don't care about you, just wish you the best and don't regret it in the future!"
"Okay, thank you, sister. Anyway, I will definitely not regret it!"
"I hope so!"
…
Meanwhile, at the Xue family, a week after breaking up with Chen Tong, Xue Kexin was still a little worried about him. After hesitating for a while, she called her ex-boyfriend Wang Zixuan and said:
"Zixuan, can you do me a favor?"
"Can you give your company's advertising business to Chen Tonggang? Just say that you admire his talent. Don't tell him that I called you. I'm afraid he won't accept it."
"Okay, give me a little more advertising fee, and I'll reimburse you later. Thank you!"
"Okay, I'll treat you to a meal when I have time, okay, okay , bye!"
After hanging up the phone, Xue Kexin couldn't help but sigh slightly. Thinking of the bet between her and Yuan Xudong, she couldn't help but feel that she had lost. After hesitating for a while, she called Yuan Xudong again. After a few beeps, the call was connected. Xue Kexin said directly:
"It's me, Xue Kexin. Are you free tonight?"
"Okay, nothing else. I'll treat you to a meal. Invite Shen Mingbao and Yang Manman as well. Okay, okay. See you tonight. Bye!"
…
In the single room that Chen Tong had just rented, he had become a little dazed since he separated from Xue Kexin. In broad daylight, he drew all the curtains, closed the door, and slept alone under the quilt. Just then, a new WeChat message alert sounded. He reached out from under the quilt, fumbled for his phone and took a look. It was a friend request with the note "Wang Zixuan".
Chen Tong just found out that Wang Zixuan was Xue Kexin's ex-boyfriend. He accepted the friend request and Wang Zixuan directly sent him a message:
"Playing games?"
After taking a look at the new message, Chen Tonggang replied directly:
"I'm 5,000 points in the Dota ladder, and I'm the king of guns in CrossFire!"
Wang Zixuan on the other side quickly replied:
"I didn't ask you that. I have a game company that is promoting a new game and I want to find someone to act as an advertising agent. Can your company do it?"
"advertise?"
Seeing that Wang Zixuan was looking for him to do advertising, and this was the first time Chen Tong had received an order, he immediately became alert, got up from the bed, and quickly replied:
"Of course we did. What kind of advertising does your company want to do and what is the budget?"
"New media promotion, the budget is..."
…
After talking with Wang Zixuan for a while, Chen Tonggang was instantly cheered up. Facts have proved that even a poor student has a heart that wants others to say that he is excellent. After getting affirmation from Wang Zixuan, Chen Tonggang instantly felt his own value. If he had a chance to turn things around, he would naturally want to prove himself in front of Xue Kexin and her father, to prove that they were wrong. He, Chen Tonggang, was also a capable person and could completely rely on himself to save the Zhirui Tianjie Company that was on the verge of bankruptcy. In short, he who knows others is wise, and he who knows himself is enlightened. It's a pity that Chen Tonggang did not have any of them. He was completely confused.
Although he received the order, he still couldn't do anything. He could only call Qi Wei to report the good news:
"Sister Qi, I've taken on a gaming client and we've already made some progress. Send two people to me. We're going to have a competition next week!"
"The generals are incompetent, and the army is exhausted. Everyone is looking for a new job. Where can I go to form a new team for you?"
"I'm really going all out this time. My intuition tells me that I will succeed this time. Sister Qi, you must help me!"
"Give me a reason to convince me why I should help you?"
"The boss of the gaming company is Xue Kexin's ex-boyfriend, I..."
"This is not a reason to help you, this is a reason to persuade you to quit, okay?"
"Sister Qi, this is my last chance. It's not to win back Xue Kexin, nor to show off in front of her father. I'm doing this for myself. I want to promote this game. I know that a defeated general's favor is as thin as paper. It's only natural that you don't help me. I'm not good at talking..."
"Alright, alright, why are you talking so much nonsense? If you have time to talk so much nonsense, you might as well tell us how much bonus we can get after the success. People without charisma should not think about convincing others with words, but with money. Money, understand?"
"I understand, Sister Qi, after this is done, I will definitely not treat you unfairly!"
"Okay, after saying so much nonsense, only this last sentence is reliable. Just wait, I'll go get them!"
"Okay, thank you Sister Qi!"
"No need to thank me, I'll help you this time for the money, bye!"
"Bye-Bye!"
…
As night fell, Yuan Xudong arrived at a theme restaurant as agreed. He saw Xue Kexin sitting there drinking alone from a distance. He walked over and said with a smile:
"What's wrong with you? You look unhappy?"
"I'm fine. Where are Shen Mingbao and the others?"
"They went to their idol's concert and haven't come back yet!"
As Yuan Xudong spoke, he sat down next to Xue Kexin, picked up the wine glass on the table, clinked it with hers, and said with a smile:
"Come on, I'll drink with you!"
"cheers!"
"cheers!"
After taking a sip of red wine, Yuan Xudong looked at Xue Kexin. Compared with Shen Mingbao, Xue Kexin was much more charming and enchanting. She was wearing a black translucent tulle skirt with lace patterns. Through the translucent tulle, Yuan Xudong could even vaguely see the bra inside, which was also black. It seemed that Xue Kexin liked black more.
She was leaning on the sofa, holding a goblet of red wine in her left hand, her head supported by her right hand and leaning back on the sofa. Her long chestnut hair was placed to one side, revealing a small section of her fair, delicate neck.
She wore a bracelet on her wrist, a chain-like bracelet made of pure gold. The golden luster made the skin on her wrist look even whiter like jade. She also applied lipstick that could attract men and had light makeup on her face. Although she was not the most beautiful woman in the world, she had a unique charm. At least she had a good figure and was charming. She and Shen Mingbao were not the same type of women, but equally attractive.
As if noticing Yuan Xudong's somewhat presumptuous gaze, Xue Kexin couldn't help but frowned slightly and said:
"Yuan Xudong, why are you always looking at me?"
"Nothing, I just want to see who is prettier between you and Mingbao."
Yuan Xudong smiled and looked away at the right time. Hearing him say this, Xue Kexin couldn't help but ask:
"So who is prettier, me or Mingbao?"
"Is that even a question?"
Yuan Xudong said as a matter of course:
"Of course Mingbao is more beautiful. Although you are also very beautiful, you are still a little bit behind."
"You're talking nonsense, what's wrong with me?"
Although she and Shen Mingbao are good friends, Xue Kexin still cannot tolerate other men saying that Shen Mingbao is prettier than her. Even if this man is Yuan Xudong, Xue Kexin still refuses to accept it.
"Then tell me, why am I inferior to Shen Mingbao?"
"Well..."
Yuan Xudong glanced at Xue Kexin's chest, and then said seriously:
"You are a little smaller than Mingbao. I like big ones..."
"I am a little bit younger than Mingbao?"
At first, Xue Kexin didn't quite understand what Yuan Xudong meant, but his gaze was so bold, and with a hint of teasing on his lips, Xue Kexin understood it all at once, and immediately said in shame:
"Yuan Xudong, you want to die, right?"
"Don't be angry, I was just joking. I saw that you looked depressed. Are you feeling better now?"
Yuan Xudong said with a smile, his eyes instantly became clear, as if he was really joking just now. Xue Kexin couldn't tell whether he was joking or not, but she was indeed very excited now, all because of Yuan Xudong's anger. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but glared at Yuan Xudong and said angrily:
"You rascal, how can you joke like that?"
"I apologize. It's all my fault, okay?"
"It was your fault in the first place!"
"Yes, yes, it's all my fault. I am guilty and I deserve to die. I shouldn't have offended the most honorable Miss Xue!"
With a joking laugh, Yuan Xudong looked at Xue Kexin and said with a slightly restrained smile:
"What's the matter with you inviting me to dinner? Let me make it clear in advance that except for borrowing money, everything else can be discussed!"
"Who wants to borrow money from you?"
Xue Kexin rolled her eyes at Yuan Xudong and was about to continue speaking when a young man's voice rang out beside her:
"Isn't this the eldest daughter of the Xue family? Do you have a new boyfriend?"
"Wang Zixuan?"
Seeing the person coming, Xue Kexin frowned slightly and said:
"What's it to you?"
"Are you turning your back on me?"
Looking at Xue Kexin who was still as aggressive as before, Wang Zixuan said with a smile:
"I just helped you, and this is how you treat your benefactor?"
"Then how do you want me to thank you?"
"Thank you for what? We've known each other for so many years. I thought you and Chen Tonggang were serious, but I didn't expect..."
At this point, seeing Yuan Xudong sitting next to Xue Kexin, Wang Zixuan felt that the following words might not be suitable to be said in front of Yuan Xudong, so he looked at him and smiled:
"I'm sorry, buddy. Xue Kexin and I have been good friends since we were young. I was just joking with her. Please don't mind it!"
"No, I'm Yuan Xudong, and I'm also Ke Xin's good friend and her creditor."
Yuan Xudong stood up and shook hands with Wang Zixuan and joked. Hearing him say this, Wang Zixuan was slightly stunned and smiled:
"Dude, I didn't expect you to be so humorous. I'm Wang Zixuan, and I thought you were Ke Xin's newest boyfriend."
"Does Ke Xin change boyfriends often?"
"That's about right. Anyway, I know about seven or eight of them. As for the ones I don't know..."
“Ahem~~”
Hearing Wang Zixuan and Yuan Xudong revealing her dirty laundry, Xue Kexin couldn't help but cough:
"Excuse me, my throat is a little itchy. Please continue. What are you looking at me for?"
“Ahem~~”
Yuan Xudong and Wang Zixuan also coughed twice, then sat down and chatted and drank. In fact, Yuan Xudong never expected that Xue Kexin had dated so many boyfriends. Is she a scumbag?
After a while, when Yuan Xudong and the other two were talking about the recent stock market conditions, they were actually mainly competing to see who was more miserable, not to see who had made more money, but to see who had lost less. This crappy stock market was so bad that even the stock god would cry for his parents. Even Yuan Xudong, a top student who graduated from the Finance Department of Tsinghua University, lost a lot of money. He insisted on value investing, and every stock he bought was very profitable. However, the financial reports showed how much money was made, but the stock price plummeted. Yuan Xudong even doubted his life. He originally planned to invest in the short term, but ended up being trapped as a shareholder. Now he has to live a simple life relying on dividends in the future.
This is a very sad story. Yuan Xudong used to think that keeping a woman was the most wasteful thing, such as buying cosmetics, clothes, bags, shoes, etc., but he never expected that investment was the most wasteful luxury behavior, and even billionaires couldn't bear it.
Just as they were discussing whether to fight to the death or to cut off their flesh to survive, another young man came over. Seeing him, Xue Kexin couldn't help but said in a bad tone:
"Why are you here?"
"To pick you up."
"How did you know I was here?"
"Is it difficult for me to know where you are?"
"Hey, who is this guy? He sounds quite arrogant, could he be Long Aotian?"
Wang Zixuan said with a smile, and after glancing at him, Yuan Xudong asked seriously:
"Who is Long Aotian? This name sounds so powerful."
"Crazy cool and domineering, you know?"
"I don't know, what does it mean to be crazy, cool and domineering?"
"Have you read the novel?"
"Of course I have read them, Dream of the Red Chamber, Journey to the West, 108,000 Leagues Under the Sea, etc. I have read quite a few novels."
"One hundred and eight thousand leagues under the sea? Isn't that twenty thousand leagues under the sea?"
"The genuine novels I read are 108,000 miles away, while the pirated ones are 20,000 miles away, which is a lot less."
“I see!”
…
After rolling her eyes at Yuan Xudong and Wang Zixuan who were talking nonsense in all seriousness, Xue Kexin looked at Zhong Qiming who came to pick her up and frowned:
"You go back first. I'll go back after my friends and I finish our meal!"
"Okay, I'll wait for you outside!"
After looking at Yuan Xudong and Wang Zixuan, Zhong Qiming turned and left. After he left, Wang Zixuan looked at Xue Kexin and asked with a smile:
"Who is this guy? He looks so powerful."
"My dad's new assistant is called Zhong Qiming. He studied and worked in the United States for a period of time. He is now the secretary of the board of directors of Kunbo Group. He is indeed a very capable person."
After listening to Xue Kexin, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"Speaking of the secretary, let me tell you a joke. There was a listed company whose stock price almost halved to 14 yuan. The secretary came out and said that he hoped everyone would cherish the 14 yuan stock because there would be no more in the future. Later, the stock price fell to 10 yuan, and everyone suddenly realized that this was what the secretary meant!"
After saying this, seeing that Xue Kexin and Wang Zixuan didn't smile, Yuan Xudong asked with some doubt:
"Don't you think it's funny?"
"What's so funny?"
"Fuck, I just bought her stocks and now I'm losing a lot of money. Am I going to laugh at myself?"
"This is a sad story. Come, let's drink this cup to the full. Cheers!"
"cheers!"
…
After drinking for a while, Wang Zixuan left. He had other things to do. Yuan Xudong and Xue Kexin had nothing to do. After finishing the wine on the table, Xue Kexin stood up and took Yuan Xudong out the back door:
"Let's go drink somewhere else!"
"good!"
