Chapter 116: First Time Riding in an Iron Box
A group of shop owners came to the street demolition office holding signs, clamoring to see the leader.
Meng Shuyue and Li Bin also followed the group to ask for an explanation.
Li Bin was also quite anxious at this time. After all, he had originally planned to use part of the demolition compensation to buy hearing aids imported from abroad at the hospital. Now that his hopes were dashed, he was already at a loss.
Amidst the noisy voices, the leader of the demolition office reluctantly appeared and explained the reason why their street was not included in the demolition. It was because the investor from Hong Kong City suddenly changed the drawings and said that they wanted to build another dock, which interrupted the demolition plan of North Street.
After asking around, several landlords found out that the demolition compensation for their area was paid by the Bai family, the richest man in Hong Kong and the former owner of Fengyue Department Store on Central Street.
The leaders were helpless and could not help.
Just when everyone was at a loss as to what to do, the owner of the wonton shop next door suddenly brightened up and suggested, "Doctor Meng, aren't you familiar with Manager Song from Fengyue Department Store? Ask him to talk to Boss Bai!"
Suddenly, nearly a hundred landlords who were at a loss turned their eyes to Meng Shuyue's face.
Li Bin was the first to frown and stood in front of Meng Shuyue. "With so many of us, how can we let a woman figure out a solution?"
"Then Boss Li, please find a way. We don't have any connections in that circle."
"That's right. I have no choice. Besides, Boss Li, I heard that Dr. Meng's husband is back. It has nothing to do with you!"
"How about you, Doctor Meng, ask your husband to find a solution..."
A large group of people were talking at once, which was like putting Meng Shuyue and Li Bin on the fire.
In desperation, Meng Shuyue had to agree. After all, cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing their parents.
After all, everyone, including her, has been thinking about this demolition compensation for a whole year. Now it’s gone just like that. Who can bear it?
But she just told everyone to find out why the Bai family suddenly changed the drawings and cancelled the demolition of North Street.
That night.
Meng Shuyue wore a pastel pink dress and came to Jinke South Garden where Song Shixuan was staying with some trepidation.
I heard that Song Shixuan has been living in Jinke South Garden for the past three years and has almost no contact with the Song family.
To be honest, among the three brothers of the Song family, she didn't hate Song Shixuan. On the contrary, she felt guilty about him.
She always felt that it was because of her that he, who originally had a bright future, chose another path and became estranged from his family.
I spoke to him the harshest before because I wanted him to get out of this unworthy relationship, marry a good girl and live a good life.
She was a little hesitant, but for the sake of the wallets of everyone on the street, she had to be thick-skinned and come to him after scolding him.
In the suite on the fourth floor of Jinke Nanyuan.
Song Shixuan hurriedly put on his clothes and looked for his shoes. He fiddled with it in front of the mirror and was so excited that he even buttoned his shirt wrong.
Bai Qingfeng held a glass of pure white milk in his hand, opened the gap in the curtains and looked down.
The woman had her black hair tied up high, with only a wooden hairpin holding it down. From his angle, he could see more clearly her slender figure underneath her pastel-colored dress.
He stared at the woman, but he nonchalantly told Song Shixuan, "Don't act like you're just trying to get her for free. You need to play hard to get, okay?"
"Don't promise her later. Bring her to see me. Do you understand?"
Song Shixuan didn't suspect anything and quickly re-buttoned the wrong button and ran out of the room without looking back.
Bai Qingfeng stared at the woman downstairs without blinking. For some reason, his mouth felt dryer than ever before.
He raised his head and drank the milk in his hand. He wiped the milk stains on his lips with his thumb. When he looked at the woman outside the window again, his narrow eyes narrowed slightly...
In the elevator.
Meng Shuyue held the handrail and stared at the changing red floor numbers, swallowing nervously.
Song Shixuan stood beside her, his fingers hanging at his side only a few centimeters away from hers.
He could touch it as long as he stretched out his hand slightly.
"Don't be afraid, it's safe."
"Well, it's just... my first time sitting here. I think this iron box wasn't installed before."
"Yes, it was installed just this year."
Song Shixuan didn't dare to look at her, but just answered himself.
Meng Shuyue, however, still pulled at the hem of her knee-length skirt awkwardly, feeling very uncomfortable.
There was a waitress sitting in the elevator with me, covering her lips as if she was laughing.
Song Shixuan glared at the waitress, and she quickly slipped down when the elevator door to the second floor opened.
Meng Shuyue was extremely embarrassed and knew that he must have said something funny just now.
Compared to the waitress in the short skirt just now, she looks like a real bumpkin.
The elevator dinged.
Meng Shuyue tiptoed out in her little leather shoes, looking like a frightened kitten.
Song Shixuan looked at her lively and reserved appearance, and followed her while trying hard to suppress his smile.
In the center of the huge living room, there is a model of a large beach resort.
Bai Qingfeng was sitting on the leather sofa in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, holding a goblet in his hand and gently shaking the red wine in it, looking like a romantic and elegant young man.
Meng Shuyue's eyes fell on the magnificent resort model, as if the door to a new world had been opened.
When she thought about the fact that the pier they were at now would become a resort of such a scale, she really felt that her small shop was a well in it, and she was just a frog in the well.
"Qingfeng, Doctor Meng said he wants to see you."
Song Shixuan spoke first, signaling Bai Qingfeng with his eyes not to embarrass her.
Bai Qingfeng curled the corners of his lips slightly, raised his eyelids, and his eyes inadvertently fell on the pair of straight long legs under the woman's pink skirt. He even forgot to look away for a moment.
"Mr. Bai, long time no see. I'm here today to..."
As soon as Meng Shuyue opened her mouth, she noticed the man staring at her legs. She unconsciously pulled the hem of her dress again, wishing she could wrap up her legs completely.
She used to wear long skirts when she was pregnant, but she never wore a skirt again after giving birth and Shen Jinxiao's accident.
Today was the first time she wore this knee-length skirt, and the lady selling clothes on the same street just gave her a shorter skirt.
She was asked to wear this skirt to this occasion, saying that dressing up nicely was a sign of respect for others.
But she really didn't dare to wear it, so she wore the dress that Shen Jinxiao bought for her and that she treasured.
Thinking about wearing this skirt to meet Shen Jinxiao later.
But I didn't expect that after not seeing Bai Qingfeng for many years, this man is still a hungry wolf.
Meng Shuyue briefly explained his purpose and advised him that rebuilding the dock would be time-consuming and costly, and hoped that he could carry out the demolition according to the original drawings.
That’s all.
Bai Qingfeng finally came back to his senses and moved his gaze to the woman's lightly made-up face.
"Doctor Meng, I don't know what you're talking about. Do you think a busy businessman like me who earns tens of thousands of dollars an hour would pay attention to these details?"
He spoke nonchalantly, took a sip of the red wine in his hand, crossed his legs, tapped his legs rhythmically with his fingertips, and actually felt a little tipsy.
Song Shixuan frowned unhappily, dissatisfied with him deliberately making things difficult for her, but the next second, the man changed the subject and his tone suddenly became serious, "However, as long as Dr. Meng can agree to one of my requests, I might consider it."
Meng Shuyue's eyes lit up and he agreed without thinking.
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