Chapter 520: Do you have a crush on a girl? Or a boy?
Seeing Boss Yang's expression, Chen Ci couldn't help but laugh and said, "Uncle Yang, let's not make this a scene. You've been in Longcheng for so many years, and you still can't get a permit for road construction?"
Hearing what Chen Ci said, Boss Yang showed a slightly embarrassed look: "Hey, if you don't deal with these people, you don't understand. Now this group of new leaders in Yangming District, how should I put it... is very difficult to deal with."
"Building roads is a good thing. Companies are willing to pay for road construction, so why wouldn't they give us approval?"
"That's true, but..." Boss Yang hesitated, then shook his head. "Forget it, there's no point in saying more. Since you've already brought it up, I'll do my best. Just wait for my news."
As he spoke, he looked at Shen Ci curiously and asked, "But do you have a definite plan for this project? What's the budget?"
“I haven’t made a budget.” Shen Ci said truthfully.
She had never done this kind of project before, and the cemetery was too niche. She had almost no examples to refer to, but she was certain that this project would make money.
"You're doing this again." Boss Yang said helplessly, "No matter how rich you are, you can't do whatever you want. If you really have an idea, you need to come up with a budget. At least you can set a range so the project doesn't get out of control."
"Uncle Yang, do you know any professionals who can design cemeteries?" Chen Ci asked.
Boss Yang immediately laughed and said, "What kind of underworld specialty is this? How could anyone possibly specialize in designing a cemetery? For something like this, you can just find an architecture professional to design it. I do have some connections in this area, and I can introduce you to someone if you need one."
“Okay.” Shen Ci smiled sweetly and said coquettishly like a junior: “I still have to rely on Uncle Yang to take care of me. I know you will definitely not ignore me.”
"Oh my, please don't flatter me." Boss Yang waved his hand in disdain. "If Xizi were here, I wouldn't be the first person you would think of."
Shen Ci covered her face, feeling a little embarrassed to be exposed in public.
Boss Yang was obviously joking, but his next words were a bit serious: "But honestly, I was quite surprised that Xizi took a liking to you and accepted you as her sister. Later, I saw that you two became closer, and I was secretly jealous."
"Really?" Chen Ci was a little surprised: "Uncle Yang is jealous about this kind of thing? Are you jealous of me or my brother?"
"Oh, it's all there, there's nothing wrong with admitting it." Boss Yang took a sip of red wine and then said, "So now that Xizi is away, I have to seize the opportunity to take advantage of him. When he comes out, our relationship will be even better, and then we can isolate him together!"
Shen Ci laughed when she heard this, because she knew that Uncle Yang was joking.
The next second, Boss Yang sighed softly, "Your brother's case will go to trial in less than a month. To be honest, I'm unsure and quite worried."
Shen Ci was the same, but she just didn't show it.
"Let's wait and see. Lawyer Qin said that if there is no murder and drugs involved, based on the criminal facts my brother has confessed so far, he will not be sentenced too severely." Shen Ci said softly.
Boss Yang pursed his lips, then smiled slightly: "We can only wait for the result, I hope it will be a good result."
When I got home after dinner with Uncle Yang, it was already nine o'clock in the evening.
The lights were on in the villa, and as soon as Shen Ci entered the door, she smelled the strong aroma of food. In the dining room, her mother and brother were having dinner.
Seeing her daughter come back, Shen Jingjing stood up and asked, "Would you like to eat some more?"
Shen Ci glanced at the dishes on the table, all of which were her favorites, but she really couldn’t eat any more.
He shook his head: "No more eating."
"Then have a bowl of mung bean soup." Shen Jingjing said as she opened the refrigerator and took out a bowl of iced mung bean soup to relieve the heat.
Chen Ci was slightly surprised: "Aren't you away from home in the afternoon? How come you still have time to make mung bean soup?"
"Your Aunt Deng's family made it, and they brought some for us. It's very sweet and refreshing. Your brother just drank two big bowls."
Shen Xing raised his head and grinned foolishly when he heard that. Chen Ci walked over to the seat next to him and sat down. She looked at him and asked, "What's going on with you? Didn't you say you were going to stay in school during the holidays? Why did you come back?"
I don’t know what happened to my younger brother. He used to stay at home even on weekends, but he rushed to school early on Monday morning.
Now I don’t even want to come back during the National Day holiday.
Shen Ci could only think of one reason.
Seeing her brother seeming to want to say something but hesitated, she couldn't help but ask, "Are you in love?"
This sentence caused Shen Jingjing to look up at her son.
Shen Xing blushed and subconsciously denied: "No..."
"So there's a girl you like?" Chen Ci asked again.
This time Shen Xing did not deny it, but he did not admit it immediately either.
Shen Ci blinked: "Is that the boy you like?"
"Sister!" Shen Xing shouted, making Shen Jingjing laugh.
Shen Ci shrugged innocently: "Why are you reacting so strongly? Our family is very open-minded. If you like boys, mom and I support you."
Shen Jingjing looked at her son with only deep maternal love in her eyes. Although she did not express her opinion on the spot, she obviously agreed with her daughter's words.
"Sister!" Shen Xing said with a smile, "Of course I like girls!"
"So you have someone you like? Are you pursuing him/her?" Chen Ci suddenly became energetic, picked up the mung bean soup and drank it while looking at his brother with expectant eyes.
Shen Xing no longer denied it and nodded: "I chased him, but I didn't catch up."
"Are there any photos? Let me see!" Chen Ci raised an eyebrow at the phone his brother had placed aside.
Shen Xing scratched his head a little embarrassedly, and then heard his mother say, "Mom, take a look too."
The four of them stared at each other, Shen Xing pursed her lips and unlocked her phone, and specially picked out the best-looking photo of the two of them to show her sister and mother.
It was filmed at the aquarium.
Shen Ci picked up the phone, and Shen Jingjing squeezed her head over. The mother and daughter looked at the people in the photo and showed the same expression at the same time, their eyes lit up.
Shen Jingjing couldn't help but say, "What a beautiful girl!"
Chen Ci had seen even more beauties, and they were all around her, but when she saw Sang Hui's appearance, she sincerely thought she was beautiful, the kind of beauty that was very spiritual.
"You have good taste. Are you going on a date?" Chen Ci asked.
"I guess so." Shen Xing said, looking at Chen Ci and asked, "Sister, Sang Hui's birthday is coming soon, and I want to give her a gift. Do you think it's better to give her a more expensive birthday gift or a more modest one for the first time?"
Shen Ci stared at his brother's face as he sought advice seriously, and then asked, "What do you think?"
"I think Sang Hui would prefer gifts that are more thoughtful. When we go out on a date, she always splits the bill with me. I don't think she's a materialistic girl."
Do you have to pay for every dollar on a date?
Chen Ci smiled and asked again: "So up to now, you have basically not spent any money on this girl?"
Shen Xing thought seriously for a while and then shook his head: "Basically not."
Chen Ci tilted her head back and drank the mung bean soup in the bowl to the bottom, then said to her brother, "What I want to say is that thoughtfulness and expensiveness are not contradictory. Since you are entangled in these two points, why can't you give a gift that is both thoughtful and expensive?"
(End of this chapter)
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