Chapter 207: Sharing Experience of Bringing Her Home

Jiang Qin’s nonchalant remark left Cao Guangyu stunned and dazed.

“What the fuck does it mean it’s normal to bring a good friend home for New Year’s? That’s the New Year’s Eve dinner you’re supposed to have with family.”

“You bringing Feng Nanshu home for New Year’s Eve dinner is basically admitting you two are family, you know?”

“And Feng Nanshu definitely considers you two family too, otherwise she wouldn’t have agreed.”

“You… every day you claim you’re just good friends, so why are you progressing so much faster than me?”

Cao Guangyu was so envious his back molars were about to shatter, and he also felt an unresigned sense of being outdone.

If a girl visits your home to give New Year’s greetings on the first day, you can still insist she’s just a good friend without issue. But eating the New Year’s Eve dinner together? You call that good friends?

Pretentious. Blatantly pretentious!

Damn it, every time Old Jiang returns to school he has new material to flaunt, and he flaunts so swiftly and smoothly, basically allowing no buffer time. It’s really too much.

“Cao bro, I advise you to shut up. Don’t talk anymore, just calm down.”

Zhou Chao went to the bathroom, and couldn’t help but stop Old Cao’s chatter when he came back.

“Why? He’s flaunting at me, I need revenge!” Cao Guangyu still wanted to compete.

Zhou Chao sighed in exasperation, “Now that Jiang bro finished showing off, his next step is probably to get a free meal from you. How many times have you fallen for this combo move already? When will you learn?”

“?”

Reminded by Zhou Chao, Cao Guangyu instantly realized and felt a lingering fear in his heart.

Right, whenever Old Jiang flaunts, he usually uses combo moves. After showing off, he never runs, getting treated to a meal is always the finale.

Like before the new year, this bastard was getting tutored by Feng Nanshu outside, but after coming back pretended to be resigned, watching Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf every night.

The main idea was to appear calm, secretly skilled.

It’s fine that he didn’t fail any classes in the end, but he even said he turned in blank exams and might have to drop out, asking them to treat a farewell meal to commemorate their hard-earned brotherhood.

Cao Guangyu felt both touched and sad at the time, and was even going to ask his dad for money to treat an even better meal. If not for a sudden classmate reunion, he still wouldn’t know Jiang Qin didn’t fail any classes!

Damn it, you never know which of his sentences hide a deep pit. Carelessly responding is bound to cost money.

Trickery. All trickery!

Cao Guangyu took a deep breath, kept his mouth shut, and started making his bed, not responding no matter what Jiang Qin said anymore.

“That’s no fun, you all saw through my tricks. How can I play them in the future?”

Jiang Qin grumbled as he set down his pillow, “How about this, let’s skip the middle process. Old Cao, be sensible and directly treat us to a meal.”

“Old Jiang, are you hearing yourself? Is that human speech?” Cao Guangyu wanted to bite him.

“Look at how stingy you are. We brothers haven’t seen each other since the new semester started, isn’t it normal to gather for a meal? How about this, I’ll treat lunch, you all quickly get your things, let’s go to Food is Heaven.”

Cao Guangyu looked shocked, “Holy shit, did the sun rise from the west today?”

Jiang Qin just smiled without a word, swiftly soaking the bedsheets and quilt cover he took off in a basin, then moved a chair to the balcony and started basking with narrowed eyes.

Bringing Feng Nanshu home to eat the New Year’s Eve dinner means admitting she’s family?

Is that really a thing?

He tested it a bit, substituting in all the girls he knew, and found that no matter who it was, he wouldn’t accept eating the New Year’s Eve dinner with them.

But only that silly little rich girl of his was someone he couldn’t bear to let spend the New Year alone…

Well then, the power of friendship is truly great!

Jiang Qin gave his head a pat, not planning to think further, and peacefully enjoyed the boundless brightness of the approaching spring.

By the time the two in the dorm finished packing, it was already 11am and their stomachs had started growling.

Jiang Qin waved his hand grandly and led them out of the dorm.

This time Zhou Chao and Cao Guangyu were truly astonished beyond words, thinking there really are free lunches in this world?

“Don’t go yet, follow me to 208 first. I need to open the windows and air out the office a bit.”

“…”

“Old Zhou, can you help wipe my boss desk? It’s a bit dusty.”

“…”

“Old Cao, see if the mop is behind the door? How come this patch of floor is gray and hazy, give it a mop and see if you can clean it.”

“…”

“Old Zhou, since you already wiped, might as well wipe it all. Then you can eat a couple more bowls later.”

“…”

“Old Cao, since you already mopped, just mop it all. Otherwise it’ll look bad with patches of black and white, right?”

Half an hour later, Cao Guangyu and Zhou Chao exchanged glances, minds full of MMP. What damn free lunch, he made it sound so pure and lofty, but they didn’t skimp on a bit of work!

The key thing is, suddenly having to work is one thing, but they still don’t know why they did it so willingly.

Cao Guangyu leaned on the mop, gnashing his teeth as he analyzed it, and realized Jiang Qin used the lunch treat as bait to first make them voluntarily leave the dorm, even feeling grateful.

Then he used the excuse of opening windows to air the room to make them follow him to 208 without any defenses.

After that it was guiding speech like “help wipe a bit” and “help mop a bit”.

When someone invites you to eat, can you have the nerve to not help at all? Lending a small hand is perfectly reasonable.

And so, things turned into how they are now.

Well damn, no wonder his business is so successful, with pit-digging skills like this, what’s Forbes?

“Alright alright, that’s about enough. Let’s go, time to eat.”

“Damn it Old Jiang, you’re not human. I won’t let you off today until I eat you broke, or my name isn’t Cao!”

“Eat then. Today order whatever you want, if I stop you even once then my name isn’t Jiang.”

The three walked out of the school and arrived at Food is Heaven. Cao Guangyu, filled with resentment, went wild with the ordering, getting a whole tableful.

While the dishes were being served, Jiang Qin went to the side to take a call. When he came back, he was all smiles, as if bathing in the spring breeze.

Cao Guangyu wanted to see a pained expression on his face, but discovered he was smiling, making him feel extremely indignant.

“I ordered so many dishes and spent so much of your money, how can you still smile?”

Jiang Qin tossed his phone on the table and grabbed the wine bottle to pour a glass, “It’s nothing, just heard some very good news.”

Zhou Chao looked up, “Is it that Feng Nanshu returned to school?”

“No, but it’s as good as that news. This semester I plan to promote the forum and group-buy at the University of Technology and Normal University. Xitian will go scout it out first. Supervisor Li just called me and said a store space opened up on campus, we can open a milk tea shop. He told me to go check it out when I have time.”

Jiang Qin’s business was growing and starting to cover the university district, but Zhou Chao and Cao Guangyu weren’t clear on the details, so they didn’t know what was so good about this news that it could be mentioned in the same breath as Feng Nanshu.

But they also didn’t want to understand, their only thought was to eat!

Because they had just finished working at 208, the three of them had quite the appetites and ate with great relish, not wasting anything.

While eating, Cao Guangyu couldn’t help but ask a few questions.

The questions all revolved around Jiang Qin bringing Feng Nanshu home for the New Year.

Although it felt suffocating like being directly slapped, Old Cao still wanted to get some experience in preparation for bringing Ding Xue home next New Year’s.

“How did you invite Feng Nanshu to go home and eat the New Year’s Eve dinner?”

Jiang Qin thought for a bit then shook his head, “Didn’t say anything. She’s very obedient, wherever I take her she goes. So until I brought her to my doorstep, she was a silly goose and probably didn’t expect I would bring her home to eat.”

Cao Guangyu choked a bit, feeling outdone, “Then what about your mom? What was her attitude towards Feng Nanshu?”

“Coaxing and doting on her, saying she’s well-behaved and pretty, the more she looked the more she liked her. That night, I was like the only outsider in my own home.” Jiang Qin replied while drinking.

“Did she give Feng Nanshu a red envelope?”

“She did, a pretty thick one too. Probably put my share inside as well.”

Cao Guangyu stopped asking, because he found Jiang Qin’s experience was completely useless for him.

Feng Nanshu is obedient so of course his family would like her. But his Ding Xue is the polar opposite of obedient. She wouldn’t even yield to the Bull Demon King, she’d kick him and pull off his nose ring to play with for a couple days, maybe not even returning it.

“Old Jiang, you’re not human at all.”

Jiang Qin raised his eyebrows, “Fuck, what did I do to offend you this time?”

Cao Guangyu took a bite of food, only feeling incredibly sour, “Can’t your life have some setbacks to make me happy?”

Jiang Qin squinted in thought, “Like if I try to pay later, you stop me and say if I take out money you’ll hit me?”

“Forget it, pretend I never said anything.”

Zhou Chao emerged from his immersive eating and glanced at Cao Guangyu, “I told you, talk less and eat more. Look, you almost got tricked again.”

“Old Zhou, I’ll listen to you from now on. I won’t blabber anymore.” Cao Guangyu felt a lingering fear.

“Mm, that’s more like it.”

After lunch, the three of them were all stuffed and lethargic. Cao Guangyu went to the train station to pick up Ding Xue, Zhou Chao went to the bathhouse, and Jiang Qin returned to 208.

Su Nai and Wei Lanlan had already arrived and were chatting in the room. The two of them had new hairstyles. The former got air bangs, looking much softer and cuter. The latter permed big waves, appearing more mature.

“Boss, I already made contact with the owner of the Vienna Hotel chain.”

“The hotel chain that covers the whole city, right? Any chance for cooperation?”

Wei Lanlan pursed her lips, “We made a few appointments, but when he heard we were a university entrepreneurship project, he kept making excuses that he had no time.”

Jiang Qin reached out his hand, “Let me listen to your call recordings.”

“Oh oh, okay.”

Wei Lanlan took out her phone and handed it to Jiang Qin.

Over the past month of winter break, Jiang Qin would train the marketing team on various sales techniques every night through QQ, in order to extract useful information from potential partners.

It seems those trainings weren’t in vain.

Although Wei Lanlan wasn’t able to make an appointment with Wang Peixiang from Vienna, she still extracted quite a bit of usable information, she just didn’t realize it herself.

After a while, Jiang Qin returned the phone, “She said she’s going to a beauty salon called Umanzi tomorrow for a facial, so she doesn’t have time to see you?”

“Right.”

“How about this, you go inquire at this beauty salon first, see what time her appointment is. A facial usually takes two hours, during which she can’t move and will be very bored. Having someone to chat with is a good thing. Build rapport first, then talk business.”

Wei Lanlan widened her eyes slightly, “That works too?”

“Doing business, you have to make an opportunity even if there isn’t one. But you must be sincere. Compliment her beauty a lot.”

“I understand. I’ll go look into it right now!”

Jiang Qin watched her leave, then turned to Su Nai, “What about you? Anything to report to the boss?”

Su Nai pushed up her glasses, “Boss, I accidentally deleted one of the bookmark folders in your account.”

“…”

“Hehe, you were also pretty busy over the New Year, huh? Very good, very good…”