Chapter 141 I Just Cooperate

Long-term business?

Xia Wu became interested. "My last name is Yang. What's your last name, sir?"

"My last name is Zhao, Zhao Mingxuan. How about we find a place to chat?"

Zhao Mingxuan looked at Ji Yunzhou who was standing beside him and said, "You two should go to my place. It just so happens that the meal hasn't started yet. Let's have lunch together."

Xia Wu looked at the time. It was almost ten o'clock, and it was time to find a place to eat. She asked Ji Yunzhou, "How about going there?"

Ji Yunzhou nodded and said, "Go ahead."

Zhao Mingxuan helped Xia Wu pack up his things. He noticed that Ji Yunzhou was not moving very smoothly, but he did not ask any questions. He was tall and strong and worked quickly. He led the old man onto the Hummer, carrying a watermelon, and asked Xia Wu and Ji Yunzhou to follow behind.

The restaurant opened by Zhao Mingxuan is called Yuejixian Unlimited Buffet. It is located on the sixth floor of a shopping mall and covers an area of ​​500 to 600 square meters. There are rows of waiting benches outside. They start serving food at 11:00 am and the restaurant waiters are busy cleaning up.

Seeing Zhao Mingxuan, the waiter at the door greeted him: "Hello, Boss!"

"Find a private room for these two guests. Take the watermelons to the kitchen, open one, cut it and bring it up to me, and don't touch the other two watermelons," Zhao Mingxuan instructed quickly. The waiter led the way and brought them to a wooden door. When it was opened, there was an independent private room of about three square meters.

Walking from the door here, Xia Wu also figured out some of the tricks. Whether it was the meals placed on the table for people to enjoy unlimitedly, or the waiters in the restaurant, the merits of Yuejixian could be seen from some details.

Zhao Mingxuan asked them to sit down, poured them each a cup of tea, and handed them the menu. "Take a look at this, my restaurant has three set meals. The lowest is 288, and you can eat everything on the outside. The next one is 388, and you can eat abalone, lobster, and small blue dragon, but the quantity is limited. The next one is 688, and we can provide more high-quality seafood."

Xia Wu opened the menu. It was five or six pages long, and even the dishes in the 288 set meal were very tempting.

After a while, Zhao Mingxuan went out and came back in, carrying two fruit plates. Xia Wu could tell at a glance that one of them was the watermelon from her own family. She could tell the difference just by looking at the appearance.

The watermelon Zhao Mingxuan bought had red flesh and more seeds than the ones she bought at home. She picked up a piece with a fork and it didn't taste particularly good, but it was sweet, very sweet, and had a strong watermelon flavor.

Zhao Mingxuan also ate them and compared them, and found that the watermelon that cost six or seven yuan per pound was not as good as Xia Wu's. He asked the waiter to serve the two of them, intending to discuss business at the dinner table.

"You can see my restaurant is quite large. During peak hours, there are at least hundreds or even thousands of people dining there. There are even lines outside. I use thousands of kilograms of watermelon every day. At three yuan per kilogram, this is a business worth thousands of yuan. What's more, it's a continuous business. It doesn't matter who Miss Yang sells to."

Xia Wu nodded continuously. This was indeed the truth. It was not that she didn't want to sell it, but Yanggou Village was as far away from Tong City as the Garden of Eden, and it was impossible for her to go to Tong City every day.

I told Zhao Mingxuan about the situation.

Zhao Mingxuan took out his cell phone and searched. It was not too far from Donghua Town to Tong City, more than a hundred kilometers. He could find a truck that could carry four to five thousand kilograms at a time and make the trip every few days. However, the money saved from buying melons far outweighed the expenses.

Zhao Mingxuan made a prompt decision and said, "I'll go pull it myself, but you have to find someone to help me stack the watermelons. I won't say anything else. Can you see if you can make it cheaper?"

Xia Wu breathed a sigh of relief. Zhao Mingxuan was quite easy to talk to, understanding, and a nice guy. She extended her hand and said, "Boss Zhao, let's be friends. If you come to pick the watermelons yourself, I can give you a discount. 2.8 per pound of watermelon."

Don't underestimate these two cents. Even if it's 3,000 kilograms, it will be 600 yuan.

Zhao Mingxuan bared his teeth, hummed a "Hey," and extended his hand. "You're quite an interesting girl, so straightforward! I'm your friend. I've asked someone to go to the warehouse to count the watermelons. Add your contact information. Send me the address and I'll go pick them up myself later."

The deal was finalized, and Zhao Mingxuan asked the waiters to keep serving dishes. The dishes tasted pretty good, and the portions were not too big, just enough for one or two bites per person. That's what a buffet is like, with a wide variety of food and a rich variety.

After dinner, Zhao Mingxuan and Xia Wu got to know each other better. When Xia Wu and Ji Yunzhou were about to leave, Zhao Mingxuan accompanied them to the elevator and asked them to go slowly.

Sitting in the car, Xia Wu flipped through her phone. It was only a little after eleven o'clock. Ji Yunzhou asked her, "Do you want to go home?"

"There's no rush to go back. It's okay to go back too early. Let's go play."

Ji Yunzhou nodded, his lips curled up. As long as he was with Xia Wu, it didn't matter where he went.

If people who knew him knew that Ji Yunzhou was attending a dinner party and discussing the business of selling thousands of kilograms of watermelons for less than ten thousand yuan, their eyes would probably pop out.

Xia Wu took Ji Yunzhou to a five-star hotel in the city. She booked a room and received the room card. In the elevator, Ji Yunzhou unconsciously raised his eyebrows and asked, "When you said take me out to play, you mean take me here to play?"

Xia Wu smiled evilly. The elevator arrived. She held Ji Yunzhou's hand, walked on the thick and soft blanket, found the room, and swiped the card to enter naturally.

The moment they stepped into the room, the lights in the room gradually lit up, and the curtains on the three floor-to-ceiling windows automatically opened, leaving a layer of gauze.

They were on a very high floor, with almost no buildings nearby. In front of the floor-to-ceiling window on the far right, there was a bathtub filled with water. Soaking in it, one could overlook the entire city.

Xia Wu took off her shoes, threw away her bag, and quickly jumped onto the big white bed. The bedding was as soft as clouds. For two or three thousand yuan a night, everything was the best.

She had forgotten how long it had been since she had lived in a place like this. She had spent half of the money she earned from selling watermelons today.

“So comfortable~”

Xia Wu was buried in the quilt, waving at Ji Yunzhou with her face turned sideways, "Come, lie down with me."

Ji Yunzhou walked over slowly, sat down beside the bed, and slowly lay down next to Xia Wu, looking at Xia Wu with his face sideways.

Both of them were smiling. Xia Wu placed her hand on his chest, slowly moving it upwards to touch his brow bone, then sliding it down to touch his straight nose bridge and rosy thin lips.

Ji Yunzhou just looked at her and let her do whatever she wanted.

It seemed as if he would not resist no matter what she did to him.

Xia Wu became inexplicably excited when he thought of this, and laughed like a bully who robbed a man.

"It's so comfortable. I'm going to take a shower first and then we can take a nap. How about that?"

Ji Yunzhou's expression didn't seem to change, but when he heard her say to take a nap, his pupils contracted unconsciously and his Adam's apple moved slightly. Finally, he said in a hoarse voice, "Okay."

The next second, I looked around the room. The room was huge, but the bathroom...

"I'll go out for a while," he looked at the bathroom without any cover, without even a frosted glass, the entire space was open, he was afraid that Xia Wu would be scared.

Xia Wu had already started taking off her clothes and replied casually, "No need, just turn your head away. I trust you."

Ji Yunzhou turned his head away in embarrassment, staggered hurriedly to the sofa and sat down. He could no longer see the bathtub from here.

Xia Wu's soft laughter came from behind. She was very happy to see Ji Yunzhou in such a miserable state, and had no idea that she was provoking a wolf.

Ji Yunzhou sat there. He had never felt that his hearing was so good that he could clearly hear the sound of clothes falling to the ground. At this moment, it seemed as if his ears had eyes and could easily outline the picture.

Hearing the sound of water, Ji Yunzhou breathed a sigh of relief and took out his cell phone to look for something.

Xia Wu filled the bathtub with water, but she felt that just taking a bath was not enough. She suddenly felt like drinking.

Ji Yunzhou easily helped her realize her wish. He called the hotel waiter to send a bottle of red wine, which she opened and slowly let her sober up. His body had not yet fully recovered to the point where a normal person could walk freely, and it was a little inconvenient for him to bend down and squat. However, he still bent down and picked up all the clothes that Xia Wu had kicked to the ground.

The hotel has a dry cleaning service, so he washed Xia Wu's underwear by hand and hung them in the drying area.

Xia Wu blew a pool of bubbles, surrounding her, and asked loudly, "Are you sober now?"

"Okay, do you want to drink now?"

"Hmm! Bring it to me~"

Ji Yunzhou brought the wine over. He had already prepared himself to look straight ahead, but the view was obscured by the bubbles.

Xia Wu lay on the edge of the bathtub, laughing, "Isn't it a bit regretful that you didn't see it?"

Ji Yunzhou didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Xiao Wu, stop teasing me."

"I'm not disturbing you, Ji Yunzhou. Do you want to come down and take a bath together?"

Xia Wu winked at Ji Yunzhou, playful and cunning. Although the bubbles obscured the underwater scenery, her round, white shoulders were still visible to outsiders.

She is slender but not thin, with full arms, and clear lines appear when she exerts a little force.

She is like a goddess from ancient Greece, full of the dual radiance of girlishness and divinity, so beautiful that one can't take their eyes off her.

Did Xia Wu know or not, for a man, how tempting it was to have his beloved playing around in front of him like this?

Whether she knew it or not, Ji Yunzhou was happy to do it.

Xia Wu didn't allow him to leave, so he didn't leave and was always at Xia Wu's disposal.

He sat by the pool, letting the splashing water soak his trousers and legs. He leaned sideways, supporting his body with his long, warm hands, letting Xia Wu hold them in his hands and play with them.

Xia Wu stroked his fingertips and held their fingers together. Her face, which was a little cold, was pressed against the palm of his hand. It felt like a peeled egg, or a bright rose blooming in the morning sun.

Ji Yunzhou tried hard to focus his attention on what Xia Wu said, but he couldn't. When he smelled the fragrance on Xia Wu's body, his self-control collapsed.

After soaking for an unknown amount of time, the bubbles began to dissipate. Xia Wu yawned, finally feeling tired. "When I have money, I will fix up the hot springs on the mountain and reserve a pool for myself. I will go there every day. You come with me. I wonder if soaking in a hot spring will be good for your recovery? How about we go back and find a hot spring to try it out? I'm done, I'm going out now."

Ji Yunzhou finally regained his senses. After hearing these words, he cried out and wanted to get up, but it was too late. Xia Wu stood up from the pool with a splash of water. The next second, her warm body was pressed against Ji Yunzhou's back.

"Ji Yunzhou, your clothes seem to be wet too, do you want to take them off?"

If you don't take it off, you're not a man.

From the entanglement in the bathtub to the bedside, Xia Wu was restrained in pushing Ji Yunzhou down, for fear of hurting him in the slightest.

Ji Yunzhou used his remaining sanity to pull up all the curtains. The lights in the room were dim. Xia Wu was like a little fox that had just become a spirit. She didn't know that women in the world cannot be naked. She sat lightly on Ji Yunzhou, and wherever her fingertips touched, a raging fire ignited.

Xia Wu was the complete leader. She didn't allow Ji Yunzhou to make any violent movements. She was like a water snake, tightly wrapped around the stone. Not only did she not laugh at him for being ignorant, but she whispered in his ear and was deeply in love with him.

…

An unknown amount of time had passed, but Xia Wu felt as hot as if he had been washed by water. He let out a long breath, and the moment he turned over and fell, someone picked him up with long arms and held him in his arms, their skin touching. Xia Wu lazily found a comfortable position, his eyelids drooping with fatigue.

"Go to sleep," a clear voice sounded in my ears, floating and sinking, coming from near and far.

Even when she fell asleep, Xia Wu could still feel someone touching her and washing her. Knowing it was Ji Yunzhou, she stretched out comfortably and let Ji Yunzhou do the work.

She slept soundly, as if she wanted to make up for the lack of sleep she had gotten. When Xia Wu opened her eyes, the day and night changed outside the window, the neon lights in the city were on, and Ji Yunzhou was sitting on the sofa, as if he was making a phone call, but his voice was too clear for Xia Wu to hear clearly.

The washed and dried clothes were placed next to her, neatly folded. Xia Wu put on her pajamas and got out of bed. She felt a little uncomfortable, but it was okay.

Holding Ji Yunzhou's neck with his arms, he looked up at Xia Wu: "Are you awake? Are you hungry?"

Xia Wu looked at his phone and saw that he was indeed on a call. She put her ear to his other side and whispered, "Aren't you answering the phone?"

Is it okay to talk to her?

Ji Yunzhou turned up the volume of his phone. The person on the other end of the line was Ji Hong, his biological father.

"You've recovered now. Since you can move, why don't you come back? You really make me..."

"Do you have someone over there? Who is it? Is anyone hungry?"

"Yunzhou! Dad is talking to you!"

"Aren't you home?"

Ji Yunzhou lowered his voice, "My dad, don't worry about him."

Ji Hong: “???”

Xia Wu smiled and said, "If you have anything to say, just talk to your uncle. I'm hungry. I'm going to order food. You can talk first."

She left space for the father and son to talk.

Ji Yunzhou watched her walk away, her graceful figure was so charming that it was hard to take your eyes off her. He said to the other end of the phone, "That was my girlfriend, my future wife. I was with her."

Ji Hong was stuck. His son had a girlfriend, and as a father, how could he not know about it?

"Whose girl is this? Where did you meet her? Do I know her? Are you being deceived? Is it because of her that you won't come back?"

There seemed to be more questions. Ji Yunzhou sighed softly, "Dad, I can't go back. Let's talk about other things later. Hang up."

After saying that, he hung up the phone and turned off the phone.

If he doesn't do this, he might not have any peace from now on.

"Is the meal ready?"

"Well! My order is ready, what do you want to eat?"

"It's the same as yours."

"I knew it. I'll order something different for you. I heard his food is pretty good. This way you can try it."

Xia Wu ordered her meal on the tablet, poured herself another glass of unfinished red wine, sat cross-legged on the sofa, and took out her cell phone. In just one afternoon, quite a few people came to see her.

Ji Yunzhou sat beside her, hugged her waist, and watched her reply to messages.

"I saw you were sleeping soundly, so I didn't wake you up."

"It's okay, just tell my mom," Xia Wu typed. Liu Guizhen and Yang Guojun had called her many times, and she had sent more than a dozen messages. Xia Wu rubbed her nose guiltily. Just after sending a message, Liu Guizhen called. "Hey, Xiao Wu, why haven't you answered the phone in so long? I was so worried. Are you okay?"

"Ah, Mom, what could have happened to me? I was selling watermelons and met someone who insisted on buying watermelons from us. I drank a little while discussing business with him and couldn't drive, so I found a hotel to sleep in. I didn't expect to sleep until now."

Liu Guizhen breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest. "That's good, that's good. We were so worried that your dad almost went to the city to look for you. Next time if you don't come back, please send us a message in advance."

"Okay, I'm sorry, Mom. I get it."

Xia Wu smiled embarrassedly, and Ji Yunzhou also laughed, as if laughing at her for lying about military intelligence.

"It's okay. Are you still in the hotel? Have you eaten? Is it safe? Are you coming back tonight?"

It was already seven or eight in the evening. Xia Wu thought for a moment and said, "I'd better not go back. I'll go back early tomorrow morning. I just ordered food and will eat it soon. Don't worry, the hotel I chose is a star-rated hotel, so it's safe."

"Okay, then Mom is relieved. If you have anything, just call Mom."

"Okay, I understand. Tell Dad and Grandpa so they can rest assured."

After hanging up the phone, Xia Wu breathed a sigh of relief. "Looks like I'll have to think of other ways in the future. I can't always be treated to drinks when I come to the city."

Ji Yunzhou couldn't help laughing, "What should we do then?"

Xia Wu thought about it carefully, but couldn't figure it out.

Although everyone knew that she and Ji Yunzhou were in love, it was obvious that she and Ji Yunzhou did not return home at night. Doesn't that tell everyone that they were going there?

Xia Wu was still a little embarrassed.

"Let's talk about it later. I will definitely find a way!" Xia Wu was extremely determined. She had finally been able to eat meat, and she couldn't eat vegetarian food again.

After a while, the food they ordered arrived. The table was filled with delicious food. Xia Wu and Ji Yunzhou ate and chatted, exchanging food. From time to time, Xia Wu would look up and kiss him, wishing she could stick to him.

After dinner, Ji Yunzhou lay on the sofa, and Xia Wu lay beside him, playing with his cell phone.

Xia Wu introduced him to a forum created by netizens and asked him to join in and take a look at the fun, as it was quite interesting.

She had just finished selling melons in the city today when netizens posted their feedback.

[As soon as I got off work, I ate the watermelon that Xia Xia grew. I couldn’t help but share it with everyone.]

"The dream watermelon is indeed a dream watermelon, so delicious! Summer is the perfect time to eat delicious watermelon. I've already imagined doing nothing on my weekends, just lying at home with half a chilled watermelon in my arms, watching TV. I'm sharing the pictures with everyone, and if you have friends in the same city, please share them too!"

1L: Let me share! Three generations of my family, every one of them said it was delicious. Even my dad, who's so stubborn, said the melons we bought this time were great.

2L: It’s so hard to have an npd dad. I’m so envious of those who are not in Tong City. When will he start a courier business? I also want to try watermelon!

3L: Don't be envious. I didn't get to eat the melons in Tongshi either. I was so angry. When Xia Xia posted, I was working overtime and didn't have time to slack off on the forum. I missed it. By the time I saw the post, the melons were sold out. Not only did I not get to eat the melons, but I also got scolded by my boss. What a life!

4L: Don't be afraid, 3rd floor. If you want some watermelons, I'll share one with you. I took a day off today to buy some watermelons. I was so excited to see Xia Xia that I bought five watermelons. When I got home, I remembered I was alone in Tong City and didn't have any relatives. A watermelon weighs at least 10 pounds, and I can't finish it all by myself...

5L: Oh my god, is this true? Where are you? If I had time, I would go buy you some melons right now!

The fourth and fifth floors disappeared. They found each other in the group and probably met offline after chatting privately.

The post was bustling with all kinds of beautiful pictures of watermelons, which made people dazzled. Some people even noticed Ji Yunzhou.

"Who is this handsome guy next to Xia Xia? This guy is so handsome, could he be the legendary master photographer?"

"Is the person above face-blind? Although this guy and the photographer are both handsome, they're clearly not the same type. Is he a new NPC in the village?"

Enthusiastic fans treated Yanggou Village as Stardew Valley, and the villagers were NPCs in their mouths. The forum was created less than a month ago, and Ji Yunzhou had just returned. He was only mentioned occasionally in the posts, but no one knew his name.

People who have been to Yanggou Village rarely see Ji Yunzhou and Xia Xia appear at the same time.

Seeing them secretly photographing Ji Yunzhou, Xia Wu helplessly held his forehead and said to Ji Yunzhou: "It's a lie. I guess everyone will know it soon."

Ji Yunzhou held her hand and asked, "Don't you want others to know?"

"No, my parents know that we are in love. Actually, it is normal to do this, but I am afraid that they will pressure us to get married."

Xia Wu told the truth.

"Don't you want to marry me?" Ji Yunzhou looked at her expectantly.

Xia Wu glanced at him sideways, "You ask the right question. Marriage is definitely necessary, but if many issues haven't been clarified, how can we get married?"

"What's the problem?"

"Emmm," Xia Wu was actually asked by Ji Yunzhou. She thought about it, "We haven't understood each other well enough to get married yet. Besides, when it comes to some major life events, who will take the helm is also very important."

Ji Yunzhou: "What kind of life event?"

"Where should we live? How many children should we have? Do we have any common hobbies..." Xia Wu counted on his fingers, feeling more and more guilty the more he spoke.

It seemed like she didn't know Ji Yunzhou very well, and she actually slept with him like this!

What if Ji Yunzhou is also the kind of person who is two-faced? Wouldn’t she be sorry for Ji Yunzhou?

Xia Wu sighed. Was she a little too bad?

Ji Yunzhou smiled and looked at her seriously, "Don't worry about these, I'll listen to you."

"If you like Yanggou Village, we will stay here and live."

"You decide whether to have a child or not, and I'll just cooperate."