Chapter 35
Lunch was takeout ordered by Liu Da, from a French restaurant. Looking at the name on the box, Yan Qing glanced at Ming Xu.
As Liu opened the package, he introduced it to everyone: "This French restaurant doesn't do takeout. I asked someone to buy it from the store and take it home. I personally think this is the best French food in Haicheng. My niece is back from abroad, so I think it will suit your taste. Come and try it."
Yu An had been to this shop many times. She looked at Yan Qing and said, "Your uncle confessed his love to him in this shop. When it first opened, there was a long queue. Your uncle made a reservation a week in advance."
As they spoke, a strong love began to emanate from the two of them, as if they had returned to that day.
At the dinner table, Liu Cixin was responsible for livening up the atmosphere. Yan Zheng and his girlfriend were being affectionate with each other and ignoring him, so he went to find another person of the same kind at the table. After all, Ming Xu and Yan Qing looked more normal.
Liu Da: "Your last name is Ming? What about Mingli?"
Ming Xu: "My brother."
"No wonder, there are only two families with the surname Ming in Discovery Bay." Liu felt that he was a bit abrupt just now, and began to use some things that everyone knew to bring the two closer.
Ming Xu didn't feel offended. Although he didn't actively socialize, he had an exceptional memory. He had seen Da Liu twice at company parties a few years ago, and when they met today, he recognized him immediately. The Liu family had business dealings with his uncle's family, so Ming Xu kindly reminded him, "Ming Weizhong is my uncle."
This is the other owner named Ming mentioned by Liu Cixin.
Although Yan Zheng's eyes were full of his girlfriend, he also heard a lot of their conversation. He didn't expect Ming Xu's family background to be so prominent.
But then he thought again, although his family is not like that, his children are all outstanding in various fields. However, he doesn't know what his family members are like. He should ask Liu Da about it. What if they are difficult to get along with? Then Xixi will suffer in the future. If that is the case, he must be the bad guy.
Seeing her boyfriend's distraction, Yu An gently nudged him and whispered, "What are you thinking about? You're so lost in thought that you didn't even eat."
"fine."
In the afternoon, the group set out to look at houses again. Mingxu drove Yan Qing, and the other three took a car. This time, Da Liu acted as a driver.
As soon as he opened the car door, he saw a pile of clothes on the passenger seat. Yan Qing looked at Ming Xu suspiciously. Seeing this, Ming Xu immediately picked up the things on the pile, crumpled them into a ball and was about to throw them out.
In an instant, a voice came out of nowhere: "Ming Xu!"
Looking for the source of the sound, she saw a man standing at the door. Then she realized that Mingxu had parked his car right in front of his house.
Ming Xu was not to be outdone. A ball drew a beautiful parabola in the air. This beauty only lasted for two seconds before it came to an abrupt end. The object in the air fell to the ground and scattered.
The shouting succeeded in calling out to the rest of the family.
The two men hurried out of the house, but stopped abruptly when they saw the girl next to Ming Xu. They looked at each other, as if they didn't see anything, and went back into the house, dragging away the eldest son who was standing at the door angrily.
The drama ends.
Ming Xu pursed his lips and explained, "Don't pay attention to him." Then he let Yan Qing get in the car.
After getting in the car, Yan Qing suddenly thought of the thing still lying on the ground and pointed in its direction: "Those?"
"He'll come out and get it after we're gone."
Liu Da and his group's car set off first, but because of a small incident, Yan Qing and Ming Xu were a little late.
"Traffic jam." Yan Qing explained casually.
Yan Zheng obviously didn't believe it, "There was no traffic jam when we came here." After saying that, he was kicked by Yu An.
The house I looked at in the afternoon was also in Liujiang, in another villa area. The surrounding area was more lively and the prices were relatively lower.
It is a townhouse, which is relatively dense and has a relatively small yard.
The greenery and lighting are very good, and the location is good, with the subway entrance just outside the door. However, the house is relatively old, and it would be expensive to renovate it.
Yan Qing glanced at Ming Xu, who lowered his head: "Don't like it?"
She didn't say anything, but Da Liu spoke up: "The house here is going to be re-managed soon, so it's a mess. If you're in a hurry, I don't recommend buying here. The decoration style is from more than ten or twenty years ago. There are few major problems, but a lot of minor ones."
After taking a quick look around, the few of them prepared to go back.
The housekeeper of the first house called and said that the owner had returned and agreed that the price could be negotiated if he really liked it.
A few people decided to go back again.
"Anyone you like?"
Yan Qing raised his eyes, looking a little tired: "The second set is good."
When we returned to the house with the property staff, we saw several people standing inside. When one of them saw us coming, he hurried over. I guess he was the property manager.
The homeowner also heard from Manager Zhang that this group of people wanted to buy the house, so he decided to come and take a look. Although he was the seller, he still had requirements for the new owner of the house, and not everyone could buy his house just by paying money.
The first people to come in were a man and a woman. The landlord took a few glances and felt that these two young people were not the ones who could make the final decision. He then saw that there were still two young men and women following them, but they looked older.
"You two are the ones who want to buy my house?" As he said that, he walked past Yan Qing and Ming Xu and came in front of Yan Zheng.
Yu An wanted to refute, but was stopped by Yan Zheng.
He also looked at the homeowner a few times, nodded, and said seriously, "Your house is too expensive. It's much higher than the average price in the surrounding area."
Homeowner: "As long as you like it, price is not a problem."
But after a few words, Yan Zheng wanted to leave. He glanced at Yan Qing who had been silent and shook his head.
Manager Zhang next to him looked as if he had eaten something, with a very ugly expression. He had just hinted a lot, both overtly and covertly, that the person looking at the house was not an ordinary person, so why didn't this person get it?
"Lao Wang, didn't you say the price is negotiable? Why don't you just tell me your desired price? We won't beat around the bush."
"Twenty-eight million, one price."
Big Liu rolled his eyes and signaled Yan Qing and the others to leave quickly without saying a word.
As I was leaving, I heard the homeowner yelling, "Why buy a house if you don't have money? You'll regret missing out on my house. Dream on if you think you can get a bargain at a low price. If I, the seller, have any requirements for buyers, I won't sell it to you even if you raise the price."
In the elevator, Yan Qing and Ming Xu both had blank expressions on their faces. Yan Zheng had a dark face. If Yu An hadn't held him back, he would have wanted to beat up that old man.
Da Liu was also comforting them. He didn't expect the landlord to do such a thing. Manager Zhang had promised him on the phone that they could sit down and have a good talk, but he left just three minutes after entering the door.
Just then, the phone rang. Liu took a look and saw it was Manager Zhang. He picked up the phone with a frown, "What's the matter?"
Manager Zhang stood at the door of the unit, trembling with fear, afraid that he had offended the prince. He quickly called to apologize: "Boss Liu, this is my fault. The old man was just saying it well, but who knew he would change his mind so suddenly."
Da Liu didn't blame Manager Zhang. "I don't blame you. This house is hard to sell. You should stay away from this kind of stuff in the future."
"Yes, yes, don't worry. I'll go back first." After hanging up the phone, Manager Zhang breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing this, the staff member next to him took out a bottle of water and handed it to him.
"If only that old man had a third of your eye for detail."
It didn't take long to look at the house, but we spent quite a bit of time on the road.
Back in the basement, Yan Qing said, "I need to go back and discuss this with my parents."
Liu also understood that buying a house was a big deal: "If your parents want to see the house, just ask your uncle to talk to me and I'll take you to see it."
Yan Qing felt embarrassed: "I'm sorry to bother you."
Da Liu had something to do in the evening, so he left first, taking Yan Zheng and Yu An with him.
As soon as she got in the car, Yan Qing's phone rang. She took a look and said, "It's my mom."
Mingxu turned off Bluetooth.
"Mom, I looked at several houses, but the first one didn't suit me. The owner wasn't interested."
"Mom thinks the second one is good. It's unfinished. We can decorate it ourselves. You can decorate it any way you like. When you get married, you and your husband can live here too."
Talking about marriage again, Yan Qing shouted "Mom" loudly, and Yan's mother went back to the house.
The two talked for a few words and then hung up the phone.
Mingxu glanced at Yan Qing while driving and offered his opinion: "The houses in Discovery Bay are all good. If your budget allows, you can buy a large one just in time to bring your parents over."
After being secretly urged to get married just now, Yan Qing was a little unhappy: "If my mother could jump for joy when she heard you say this, I won't live with them."
Mingxu noticed her annoyance and said, "My parents nag me every day at home too."
"Are you also urging me to get married?"
He just laughed and didn't answer.
Yan Qing didn't understand what he meant.
"I used to push for it, but I stopped pushing it later."
It's always easy for two people to fall into silence.
Ming Xu: "Can I tell you about the things my parents did to get me married?"
"Okay!" Yan Qing became interested.
These are all very good inspirations.
"The first time I was urged to get married was when I had just graduated. My career was at a low point at the time. My father didn't approve of me doing this. When he heard about these things, he was extremely happy. I was unaware of it."
"When I went home for Chinese New Year, they had dinner with friends. I hadn't planned to go, but Mingli kept pestering me. Looking back, I realized he was also an accomplice."
Yan Qing half-reclining on the seat: "Blind date?"
"I was young and impulsive at the time, thinking no one could control me. Not even my parents could stop me if I didn't want to. After guessing their intentions, I turned around and left. My dad suppressed his anger for several hours, and only kicked open the door of my room when he came back that night." He glanced at Yan Qing and said, "I've already boarded the plane to North City."
Yan Qing felt that he was saying these seemingly dramatic things so seriously.
"And then?"
"The matter was dropped. My dad has a bad temper, but a few days later he actually called me to apologize. Then I heard at a family dinner that something had happened to my dad's friend."
Yan Qing thought of a hundred possible accidents in his mind.
But I didn't expect that Mingxu was talking about a completely different accident.
She was surprised: "Uncle really wants to apologize to you. If you really succeed, won't your family be implicated as well?"
Ming Xu didn't think so: "Even if nothing happened to his family, it would not have been possible."
Yan Qing had been gone for almost half a year at that time. Although he was angry, he would still do what he had decided in his heart, even if Beicheng Bantian continued to lose money and even if Yan Qing would never come back.
"Have your parents never urged you since this incident?"
"I urged it several times." Ming Xu laughed, "but my eldest brother always ruined it."
Thinking of Mingli's appearance, Yan Qing became even more suspicious. He didn't expect that his two brothers would do such a thing.
Ming Xu explained: "At that time, he asked me to help fight a boss, and the condition was to ruin all my blind dates."
Yan Qing wasn't concerned about that anymore: "Haven't you ever been to any of those blind dates?"
“Never.”
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