Chapter 36 Don't Block My View
Shenghua Middle School, No. 1 Middle School, and No. 4 Middle School are all located in this area. The three high schools form a triangle surrounding a commercial complex.
Su Wanman’s beauty salon is located in the complex near No. 4 Middle School. The shop is not rented, but is a real estate under the name of Meng Anran.
Originally, Su Wanman planned to find a small shop with cheap rent near a residential area. Since she was just starting out, there was no need to aim too high.
But after looking at it, the investor Meng Anran expressed dissatisfaction. He believed that the people living near the residential building were either workers or aunts and uncles who took care of children. The consumption level was too low and there was no business to do.
Besides, she has several empty shops that have not been rented out. Since she is responsible for the rent, water and electricity, she must save costs for herself.
So after much thought, I decided to give a small shop here to Su Wanman.
It’s not big, only about 15 square meters, but this is a prosperous business district and the center where three high schools gather. I can’t do business with students, but I can do business with their parents!
Isn’t this the passenger flow?
"Hello, auntie, hello, brother!"
It was only a ten-minute walk from Shenghua. Liu Zhi ran in excitedly, greeted politely, and then her eyes were glued to Meng Yushu's face.
Oh my God, how can there be someone so beautiful? He is like a banished immortal from heaven, untouched by worldly desires.
Ming Jing pursed his lips, his eyes filled with resentment. He moved sideways to block Liu Zhi's view, then said politely, "Aunt, we are An Ran's friends. We heard that you were opening a business today, so we came to join in the fun."
"Hello." Su Wanman smiled and poured the two children a cup of specially blended beauty tea. "This is red date rose tea, it replenishes qi and blood. Try it."
"Thank you, aunt." The two men took it politely. They were the best at speaking in official language, and they praised Su Wanman to the sky with just a few words.
Today is the soft opening day, and various scented teas are available for free tasting. There are quite a lot of customers coming to join in the fun, and the not very spacious store is packed with people.
Meng Yushu is also helping.
Liu Zhi stood by and admired Meng Yushu's handsome face the whole time, with a look of infatuation on her face.
Ming Jing rolled his eyes. It was bad enough that he was not as good as Meng Anran in Liu Zhi's heart, and he was also not as good as Qin Mu. But now even Meng Yushu was better than him!
His status was precarious, and the engagement might be cancelled one day if Liuzhi rose up in resistance and refused to surrender.
In the end, he could only be her childhood friend and good brother.
No, we have to think of a way!
"Hey, Liuzhi, do you want to go to the movies together this weekend?" Ming Jing moved his position imperceptibly, blocking the girl's view of Meng Yushu.
Liuzhi frowned and pulled Mingjing's sleeve to pull him away, "Just talk if you want to, don't block my view!"
Ming Jing: “…”
His burning gaze followed Meng Yushu. He took a break from his busy schedule to look back. After meeting Liu Zhihua's starry eyes, he smiled softly.
He was familiar with this look, and he knew that he had inherited his mother's genes and had an excellent appearance. He was secretly regarded as the most popular boy in the senior year of No. 1 Middle School in the city.
Otherwise, the interview at Yunchuan Film and Television on Saturday wouldn’t have gone so smoothly.
He was used to being stared at like that, but when that person was his sister's good friend, he felt a little embarrassed.
I casually brought up a topic: "You two seem to have a good relationship, are you childhood sweethearts?"
Liu Zhi shook her head and proudly put her arm around Ming Jing's shoulder. "We're childhood friends at best. If same-sex marriage wasn't prohibited, I would definitely marry An Ran off in a grand ceremony!"
Ming Jing held his forehead in shame. Wasn't he afraid of being mistaken for a lesbian by saying such things in front of Meng Anran's brother?
After knowing each other for more than ten years, he really felt that Liu Zhi was more like a boy than boys most of the time. No wonder she couldn't get along with other girls except Meng Anran.
Meng Yushu found Liu Zhi's straightforward and cheerful personality quite interesting, and couldn't help but laugh: "You haven't answered Ming Jing's question just now. Aren't you going out to play this weekend?"
"Do you want to go with us?" Liu Zhi asked excitedly. If she could bring Meng Yushu along, she could look at the handsome guy for a while longer!
Meng Yushu shook his head and said, "I have a part-time job this weekend. You can ask An Ran."
Liu Zhi immediately lost interest and curled her lips, saying, "She must be busy. The eldest lady is busy."
Meng Yushu was not sure what Meng Anran was busy with, but after spending some time together, he knew that Meng Anran had grown stronger. Even though he no longer had the surname Lu, he still had many unknown industries and forces.
She is not an ordinary seventeen-year-old high school student.
Seventeen years of experience couldn't be fully understood in just a few days, not to mention that it was Meng Anran's private matter. Meng Yushu didn't ask any further questions, but just smiled and said, "Then you can come to our house when you are free. You are welcome anytime."
Seeing that more and more people were coming into the store, Liuzhi and Mingjing tactfully stopped disturbing them.
The Ming family's car had been waiting on the roadside for a long time, but Liu Zhi asked the driver to go first, and then pulled Ming Jing into the Liu family's car and took him to her winery to help sort the newly arrived wine.
Ming Jing sighed helplessly. He and Qin Mu were both tools for their childhood sweethearts.
But it also seems... not quite the same.
…
As night falls, the glass curtain wall reflects the city lights like bright stars, and also reflects Meng Anran's listless expression.
It was this restaurant again. Perhaps it was because she had never had much appetite in the Lu family. It was rare that she once praised the strawberry mousse here for its good taste. So Lu Heng bought the place and brought her here to eat every time afterwards.
But human enthusiasm is limited, and people will get tired of it after a long time and too many times.
Just as she was tired of trying to please the Lu couple just for a compliment, and just as she later got tired of the Lu family's coldness and calculations.
"Why did you go to all that trouble to drag me out to dinner? What on earth do you want to say?"
After fighting for so many years, Meng Anran was too lazy to play around with Lu Heng anymore. He came to see her yesterday and took her for a walk for nothing. Today, he specially asked her to have dinner with him. They probably couldn't finish the conversation in just a few words.
Lu Heng took a sip of red wine and said slowly, "Are they treating you well?"
Meng Anran laughed when she heard this. He spent all this time just to ask her such a boring question?
"No matter how bad it is, it's still worse than being the daughter of the Lu family."
Lu Heng had no different expression. He put down his wine glass calmly and did not comment on her answer.
He knew that Meng Anran planned to escape from his control after she became an adult, but he still provided her with a lot of investment advice in the past two years so that she could hold more assets to protect herself.
But she didn't expect that she would return to the Meng family and live with those poor and worthless people.
It is obvious that with her current assets, if she takes care of them carefully, it will be enough for her to live a comfortable life for the rest of her life.
She was meddling in other people's business by helping the Meng family, wasting time and resources.
Lu Heng said succinctly: "I'm not leaving this time. If you don't want to go back to the Lu family, you can stay at my place."
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