Chapter 356: We are about to cross paths
The roar of the engine echoed in the mountains.
The tires ran over the yellow-brown dirt road, raising a piece of flying dust to form a long "yellow dragon" behind the car, which lingered for a long time
The bright white Jeep Wrangler passed through the rolling hills.
Outside the car window, the distant scenery is looming under the clouds, like a blurred ink painting.
“Wow! That’s so cool!” Jiang Yourong, who was sitting in the passenger seat, shouted out the window.
Seeing the dust floating over, I quickly closed the car window again.
The seat belt passed through her mature and plump body, outlining her towering breasts, which rose and fell with the bumps of the car.
Her face was flushed with excitement, and she looked at the driving position, "Shu Yu, I have to admit that driving cross-country is really fun. Unfortunately, it is summer now, and many camping spots and scenic spots are too hot. How about we go there again on October 1st?"
“You also know that October 1st is my busiest time every year, but I can lend you my car for fun.”
“No, I’m a poor man, and I can’t afford to pay for it if it’s damaged by you.” Jiang Yourong shrugged helplessly.
Her annual income is just over 200,000 yuan, and she just bought a house a few years ago, and she has to supplement "horizontal scientific research funds" from time to time.
There are very few real disposable savings.
The landing price of this Wrangler is 520,000, and even second-hand it costs more than 300,000.
“Haha, you don’t have to pay for it. I don’t have time to play off-road in Yancheng, so I only go back to my hometown to drive occasionally. It’s your summer vacation now. If you like, I can let you play.”
“Forget it, I’m not confident in my driving skills.”
“Pay attention, the top of the mountain is coming soon.”
Switching the gear to low-speed four-wheel drive mode, Xie Shuyu stared closely at the slope ahead, with excitement and excitement in his eyes.
“Rumble—” Step on the accelerator slowly but firmly.
The tires bite the ground tightly, gripping the rough rocks and mud, and the wheels spin rapidly, bringing flying debris.
After driving for a while, the car stopped next to Yunxiao Pavilion on the top of the mountain.
Jiang Yourong unbuckled his seat belt, opened the door and jumped out.
Located on a high mountain with an altitude of 1,488 meters, you can see the sky full of clouds and the beautiful scenery of Taihang.
"Shu Yu, come here quickly and take a picture for me!"
She turned around and shouted to the Wrangler next to her.
Immediately afterwards, I saw a somewhat dirty car door being pushed open, wearing a rose red sports vest, loose overalls, and brown sunglasses.
The long hair like black satin was blown away by the mountain wind. Under the high bridge of the nose, the slightly raised corners of the mouth carried a faint smile.
With a tall and sexy figure, coupled with the tall Wrangler off-road vehicle behind him, the whole person looks confident and sassy, and has the charm of a heroine.
Jiang Yourong couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth, "Don't take pictures with me for a while, I'm afraid I'll drop my phone. Why can't you gain weight! It's not fair!"
She is already slightly fat, and it will make her look even fatter on camera.
If there is another 175CM/51kg Xie Shuyu as a foil, she will really become "Jiang Xiaopang".
“Let me explain to you, you don’t have the perseverance.”
“Click——” “Click——”
The sound of taking pictures kept ringing.
Both of them are first-rate beauties, one is tall, thin, sexy, beautiful and sassy, the other is plump and mature.
Appearing in front of the scenic spot on the top of the mountain at the same time, naturally attracted a series of burning eyes.
But there are very few people who dare to come up and strike up a conversation.
The main reason is that Xie Shuyu’s temperament is too fierce, with a strong sense of cold majesty.
The wind blew for a while on the top of the mountain, and with the roar of the huge engine, the white Wrangler started again.
Slowly go down the mountain road, gradually intertwining with the surrounding vegetation and rocks.
Xie Shuyu slowed down the car, opened the window, and let his long black hair dance gently.
The mood gradually became comfortable and bright.
She has always been an independent, confident, and perseverant character.
Her attitude towards career and life is the same as towards cross-country.
No matter how bad the road conditions are, we will move forward bravely without flinching.
She also enjoys the sense of accomplishment of conquering the "mountain".
More than half an hour later.
The car arrived at a campsite at the foot of the mountain.
Xie Shuyu glanced around and stopped the car next to a black Hummer H2.
It was an old Hummer from 2008, with rough and powerful body lines and a unique charm of hardcore off-road.
A different kind of charm shines among the green mountains and green waters.
The two walked forward for more than ten meters and saw a man and woman eating barbecue in the shade of a tree.
“Qingchuan, Shanshan.” Xie Shuyu smiled and greeted the two of them.
"Xiao Yu, Professor Jiang, the big meat skewers have just been grilled, come and try our Qingchuan craftsmanship!" Susan, wearing Martin boots, stood up and shook the meat skewers in her hand.
“Thank you, thank you both for your hard work.”
The two took the meat skewers and sat down on the chairs opposite them.
“Ding, ding, ding—” the collision of glass bottles sounded.
The four of them were eating barbecue and drinking Arctic Ocean, and the atmosphere was very pleasant.
“I made an appointment with some sisters to go to the spa together in the evening. Will you and Professor Jiang go?” Susan invited: “My treat! The buffet inside is super delicious, and the fruits are also great.”
Xie Shuyu shook his head and said: "Not tonight, there is a small party at my house. My cousin came back from abroad and brought a foreign boyfriend with her. My parents asked me to go over to attend the party."
Jiang Yourong thought about it, but still couldn't resist the temptation of spa + food, "I have been traveling recently, and I really want to have a beauty treatment."
"Okay, I will pick you up that night."
Tang Qingchuan put it down Drink and said: "Shu Yu, I have already mentioned it to several friends about your financing. I will inform you in time if there is any news."
"Thank you, but I have looked away now. It doesn't matter if I can't get financing. There must be a road to the mountain." Xie Shuyu smiled and shook his head.
Tang Qingchuan is the husband of her high school classmate Susan and one of her good friends. They have known her for almost 10 years.
He is a standard second-generation rich man who loves off-roading very much. He also opened a road patrol off-road club in Quancheng.
The main business of the family is earthwork engineering, mainly undertaking government infrastructure projects, and also involves the real estate field.
He is a very well-connected person in the entire Quancheng.
For example, the one-story house with a garden she bought for her parents was due to her relationship with Tang Qingchuan.
There are also some relatives’ jobs that Susan helps arrange.
But his network of contacts is mainly in the engineering field and has nothing to do with consumer chain stores like Shimmer Cafe.
Moreover, Tang Qingchuan is currently in a critical period of succession.
Xie Shuyu will not shamelessly solicit friends to invest in him.
"Okay, it depends on the situation." Tang Qingchuan smiled and said: "We are not qualified to give advice to a strong woman like you."
Susan immediately nodded and said: "Yes, Xiaoyu was special in high school. Be strong and do your best in whatever you do. After graduating from college, she built her fortune from scratch and became the most outstanding independent woman I know."
She really admires her good friend, who is not like her who relied on her parents before, but now relies on her husband.
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Tang Qingchuan and Susan were both startled, "Professor Jiang knows Jin Meixiao?"
They had only met Jiang Yourong a few times and had not had much contact with her.
Jiang Yourong, who was enjoying the meal, smiled and pretended to be nonchalant and said, "I once worked as an assistant to Director Jin."
This sentence has almost become her mantra.
As long as she says it, she will become the most beautiful girl in the room.
Sure enough, for more than half an hour, the two kept asking about the stories and rumors about Director Jin.
“When I left my job in 2017, Director Jin’s car was a silver and black Maybach S680. Speaking of which, I rode it a few times.”
“What about the driver? Is he a powerful veteran? He is 1.9 meters tall, handsome and wearing sunglasses.”< /p>
“Pfft——” Jiang Yourong couldn’t help but laugh a few times, and then said: “Of course not, Director Jin’s drivers and assistants are all women. For example, when I was there, there was a female driver who just came with an interesting name, Liu Jiayi, she was a cold and sassy girl, and she won the national martial arts championship.”
Speaking of his former colleagues, Jiang Yourong felt sour in his heart again.
Because she was "too lazy to eat" and "enjoyed", she gave up her job as an assistant and chose to take the Ph.D. exam and become a teacher in university.
In fact, the career of a university teacher is very good, with high social status, relatively easy work, and winter and summer vacations. It was her ideal career.
But the problem is, I am afraid of comparison in everything.
Also an early assistant.
Some people have become directors of listed companies, some are dominating overseas, and some have stayed with Director Jin to manage Smile Holdings.
Now that she sees these people, she is not even qualified to talk to them.
Even the driver Liu Jiayi, I heard, later went to Jindun Security to become the leader.
Destiny is so fucked!
…
It’s past 5 p.m.
“Ding-ding-ding--” the cell phone rang.
Tang Song, who was chatting with his parents, picked up his phone, looked at it, and answered the call, "Hey, Zhang Lei, are you done?"
"Well, I just left the client company, where are you now? Are you free?"
"You are at home, you are free, let's have some drinks together tonight?"
"Of course! You have been drinking too, right? I asked a guy to drive for me, and now I will drive to the town to pick you up. You are at the bus stop at the intersection. Just wait for me there, I'll be there in about 10 minutes. "
"OK, see you later."
After hanging up the phone, Tang Songchao said to his parents, got up and walked out.
I haven’t seen Zhang Lei for more than 6 years. He used to be busy studying and working, and he did neglect a lot.
Now that I meet my old classmates again, I feel quite emotional.
We walked along the smooth cement road to the intersection and waited for a few minutes.
“Didi——” The car’s horn sounded.
Immediately afterwards, a dirty Harvard h6 stopped next to him.
The passenger window lowered, revealing a face that was shiny and stained with sweat.
Zhang Lei patted the car door and said with a smile: "Let's go, Tang Song! Get in the car!"
Tang Song nodded, opened the rear door and got in. The smell of alcohol, cigarette, and sweat instantly poured into his nose.
"This is my buddy Wang Chaofei, Chaofei, this is my junior high school classmate and good friend Tang Song." Zhang Lei introduced briefly.
The two greeted each other.
The car started slowly.
Tang Song asked casually: "By the way, where should we go to drink?"
"How about going to Quancheng?" Zhang Lei said sideways: "Don't you want to ask about Zhang Yan? Liu Shasha is also working in the city now. , She is very busy with her work, and she is free on the weekend today. ” “Okay, no problem.” Tang Song nodded lightly, and then said with a smile, “You two know me so well, is there something going on? ”
He only has a little impression of Liu Shasha, an old classmate, and he probably won’t even recognize her when he meets her.
But judging from Zhang Lei’s attitude, it is obvious that he has a close relationship with Liu Shasha.
“It’s nothing.” Zhang Lei quickly denied: “I just live in the same community now and have more contacts.”
The two chatted for a while about the memories of junior high school.
Zhang Lei took out his phone and checked the time, "Well, let me call Liu Shasha first to confirm the specific location."
"Well, okay."
Zhang Lei rummaged through the contacts and dialed directly, "Hey, Shasha, let's have a drink tonight?"
"Oh my god, you are so narcissistic, I really don't want to chase you."
"I won't bullshit you, a junior high school classmate is back, I want to Let’s have a drink and chat with you. ”
“I won’t tell you, but you’ll know who it is if you come.”
“Um... ok, let’s go to the Snail Tavern around 6 o’clock.”
Hang up the phone.
Zhang Lei said a little speechlessly: "Liu Shasha and Zhang Yunpeng are together. They said they would come together in the evening."
Tang Song smiled nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter."
With his current temperament, he naturally wouldn't care about this "bad student" who was once in the class.
What’s more, we haven’t seen each other for more than ten years, so we are completely strangers.
“Zhang Yunpeng has now become an Internet celebrity and said that he knows many big bosses. I guess Liu Shasha wants him to help introduce jobs, so whenever she has time, she goes to their studios to hang out and get close.”
“There is no other way. It’s hard to find a job now, especially for someone like her who has no skills and no connections.”
Zhang Lei leaned on his seat and chatted with Tang and Song.
Unconsciously, the car drove into downtown Quancheng and stopped in a bustling commercial street.
The two got out of the car.
Zhang Lei pointed to a bar called Snail Tavern facing the street and said: "It's right here. You can eat, drink, and watch movies. Let's go in first."
"Let's go." Tang Song patted his shoulder and strode into the tavern.
There was soft music floating in the air.
The walls are covered with posters of various classic movies, and the decoration style is full of leisurely atmosphere.
Behind the wooden bar, a dazzling array of drinks looks colorful under the light.
Since it has not yet reached the peak period, there are very few customers in the bar.
The two of them sat down in a booth near the back and casually ordered some beer, snacks, and fruit plates.
“Ding——” The sound of the collision of wine bottles sounded.
As the cold wine slid down his throat, Tang Song sat comfortably on the sofa and asked curiously: "By the way, Zhang Lei, I never asked you, what are you doing now?"
"Hey." Zhang Lei smiled self-deprecatingly, "I'm too embarrassed to tell you that we are completely in decline now. We are currently selling through food and beverage channels, and our customers are supermarkets, stores, and grocery stores around Quancheng..."
Then Zhang Lei seemed to have opened up a chat box. While drinking with Tang and Song Dynasties, he talked about his situation in the past few years.
After graduating from high school, he attended a local junior college.
During college, I was not short of money, lived a very cool life, and even had an unforgettable love.
Unexpectedly, just after graduation, his father’s business had a big problem.
Party A defaulted on the project payment and later ran away.
The family lost everything and owed the bank a large amount of money.
My father was so angry that he was hospitalized and his health plummeted.
He could only work hard to pay off his debts, and his girlfriend naturally broke up with him.
Listening to his experience, Tang and Song were filled with emotion.
Wait until he finally stopped.
Tang Song asked: "Zhang Lei, have you ever thought about going to Yancheng to develop?"
Zhang Lei was startled and said with a smile: "Of course I have. In addition to reminiscing about old times, I have thought about drinking with you this time. I just want to tell you that I will go to Yancheng to work in a while, and I will have a drink and dinner with you then. "Oh?" Tang Song said in surprise: "Have you found a job?"
"No, it's because I performed well and had some connections, so I'm going to be transferred to the company headquarters." Zhang Lei took out a box of business cards from his wallet, took one and handed it to Tang Song, "My current job was introduced by a relative at home. Although it's a bit hard and tiring, I make a lot of money, and it's a serious big company with complete promotion channels and space."
Tang Song took the business card and glanced at it, his eyes slightly stunned, "Zhongcheng Group?"
Zhang Lei said with some pride: "Well, it is also a well-known industrial group in our Yan Province. I go to the headquarters to do sales, but I am responsible for expanding contacts with some big customers. At least I don't have to run around every day like now."
For him, a college graduate, it is absolutely a great luck to be able to work at the headquarters of Zhongcheng Group.
Because of the debt problem in the past few years, he has really been fighting for his life. His performance has always been among the top in the branch. In addition, his uncle is the leader of the company, so he got this precious opportunity.
"Very good, food and beverage are the pillar business of Zhongcheng Group, and your work has great potential." Tang Song clinked glasses with him, "When you get to Yancheng, remember to contact me. If you need any help, just ask."
He is very familiar with Zhongcheng Group. After all, the father of his contrasting girlfriend Xiaojing is the managing director of Zhongcheng.
Originally, he wanted to help this old classmate. Since he has been working in this industry for 3 or 4 years, let him stay in Zhongcheng Group.
Just wait until Zhang Lei arrives at the headquarters and ask Xiaojing to help.
Zhang Lei took a deep breath and said sincerely: "Thank you, Tang Song."
He could also see that Tang Song wanted to support him when he asked him if he wanted to go to Yancheng to develop.
In the past few years, he has been through a lot of hardships and experienced too many bullshit.
Some of the so-called good friends from the past basically disappeared after they were in trouble at his home.
At this time.
"Ding-ding-ding-" the cell phone rang.
Tang Song took out his cell phone from his pocket, looked at it, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said to Zhang Lei, "I'm going to answer the phone."
After saying that, he stood up and answered the phone, "Hello, hello."
Immediately afterwards, a clear and crisp voice came from the receiver: "Hello, Mr. Tang, I am Liu Jiayi from Golden Shield Security. I will also be the security person in charge and exclusive driver after you. I have arrived in Quancheng. Where are you now?"
I felt that it was very familiar when I looked at my mobile phone number before.
As expected, his driver and Rolls-Royce Phantom arrived.
Liu Jiayi?
Tang Song thought for a moment, and a figure quickly emerged in his mind. She was a beautiful and sassy young lady.
After the Mercedes-Benz S450L car cover was damaged, she was the one who came to deliver the car to me, and her business card is still on the car.
I didn’t expect that the driver arranged by the system would be her.
Or rather, it is the driver arranged by Secretary Jin.
After all, the specific implementation still has to be implemented by the individual, and in the game, Secretary Jin is the person in charge of all affairs.
Secretary Kim really won my heart!
“I’m drinking with friends at the Snail Tavern in downtown Quancheng. I don’t need a car for the time being. Just find a place to rest first.”
“Okay, Mr. Tang! I won’t disturb you then. Goodbye! "
"Goodbye."
...
Yuxiuyuan Community.
Xie Shuyu put down the phone and said to Jiang Yourong, "Susan has arrived at the south gate of the community."
"okok, then I'm going to go to the spa! Uncle and aunt, bye, I wish you a happy dinner at night!"
Jiang Yourong said goodbye, picked up his bag and walked out.
Passing through the tree-lined community landscape, as soon as she walked out of the gate, she saw Susan standing on the roadside waving to her.
“Thank you Shanshan for coming to pick me up.”
“Okay, Professor Jiang, don’t be so polite to me.”
After a few polite words, the two of them got in the car one after another.
The Porsche Cayenne turned on its left turn signal and slowly merged into the main road.
They are both women in their early 30s, so there is no shortage of common topics between them.
After chatting for a while about the experience of beauty and skin care.
Susan pointed to a commercial street in front of her: "We'll be there soon. This store was just opened by a friend of my husband's. The environment is great, but it's a pity that Shu Yu has never been available."
"She is a busy person." Jiang Yourong pursed his lips and chuckled, looking through the car window towards the street.
The sky is getting dark, the neon lights are rising, and the streets are crowded with people, full of prosperous life.
Immediately, her gaze trembled and her eyes suddenly widened.
“Shanshan, stop!”
“What’s wrong?” Susan stepped on the brakes in surprise and slowly pulled the car over to a stop.
Jiang Yourong's plump chest heaved, "I'm sorry, I saw a friend I haven't seen for a long time. You go to the spa first, and I'll catch up with her before I go find you."
"Uh... Okay."
Although it felt a little strange, Susan didn't ask any more questions. After all, they weren't very acquainted, and Jiang Yourong obviously didn't want to say more.
“I’m really sorry, bye.” Jiang Yourong apologized again, opened the car door and walked out.
Taking a deep breath, she stared in one direction.
In the paid parking lot on the street, a black Rolls-Royce Phantom was parked quietly there.
The iconic Parthenon-style air intake grille and the statue of the Goddess of Ecstasy standing at the front of the car show a calm and majestic sense of power and nobility.
Attracting complicated eyes.
Of course, what really caught her attention was the figure standing beside the car.
Wearing a well-fitting shirt and trousers, standing upright, and the skin shows a healthy wheat color.
She wears a neat low ponytail, revealing her smooth forehead and three-dimensional face.
Looking at that familiar face, Jiang Yourong’s body trembled slightly with excitement.
Oh my God! Liu Jiayi! Driver Liu Jiayi is actually in Quancheng!
What about Director Jin! ?