The two locked eyes, their minds going blank for a moment.
There was no music, no bars, no influence; it was just a blank slate.
Time seemed to stand still at that moment.
A strand of Lu Jiuning's hair fell onto Bei Chen's neck, and the faint fragrance brought Bei Chen back to his senses.
With a beautiful woman in his arms, even he, who was usually very calm, couldn't stop his heart from racing.
Seeing Lu Jiuning's face up close for the first time, Bei Chen could only sigh in amazement: "So beautiful it defies description, it's like a masterpiece of heaven."
The wonder of the Creator was revealed in this moment.
However, he noticed their state and quickly released his arms from Lu Jiuning's waist: "Are you planning to spend the New Year in my arms?"
Bei Chen tried to cover up the awkwardness with a joke.
"Ah! I'm sorry!" Lu Jiuning quickly struggled to get up, even though her head was still a mess.
The masculine aura emanating from Bei Chen made Lu Jiuning's heart race non-stop.
Her face flushed red quickly, and the fever was completely out of control; she felt like she wanted to bury herself in a crack in the ground.
Both of them turned their faces away, avoiding looking at each other, in order to calm themselves down more quickly.
"I'm sorry about what happened earlier... Are you alright?" Lu Jiuning's speech was somewhat hesitant, and his voice was much softer than usual.
"It's nothing. Oh, by the way, I'll go make another drink. My mom took the Osmanthus Fragrance drink from me!" Bei Chen tried to start a conversation to escape the awkward atmosphere.
"Okay, go ahead!"
Hearing the door open, Lu Jiuning turned around.
Only when Bei Chen was not in the room did Lu Jiuning feel that he could breathe a little more easily.
"Oh my god, how embarrassing!"
Lu Jiuning never expected things to turn out this way. What's even stranger is that the scene from just now keeps replaying in her mind.
"Stop thinking about it, calm down, calm down..."
A few minutes later, Lu Jiuning pushed open the door.
"Xiao Ning is out! Come and have some snacks!"
Liang Guyin prepared some fruits and pastries; with guests present, she felt she should at least be mindful of etiquette.
"Hey, why is your face so red? Are you sick?"
Faced with Liang Guyin's concern, Lu Jiuning realized that the blush on his face had not completely faded.
"It's alright, Auntie, it's probably just that I felt stuffy wearing the mask!" In her haste, she made up a random excuse.
"You too, what's so great about wearing a mask? Xiao Chen can wear it, why are you getting involved?"
With such a beautiful face, there's no need to hide it; just be yourself!
Knowing that Liang Guyin meant well, Lu Jiuning simply responded without saying anything more; she had her own plans.
At 10 p.m., the sky darkened even more.
Bei Chen saw Lu Jiuning off, and Mai Zi had been waiting at the entrance of the residential area for a long time.
Neither of them spoke the rest of the way.
They seemed still embarrassed by what had just happened.
"Thank you for today, I had a lot of fun!" Lu Jiuning finally spoke when they reached the door.
"It's all a small matter!"
"I'm leaving now. I'll pick you up from the bar tomorrow!"
"Okay, be careful!"
It wasn't until the car started moving that Lu Jiuning felt like he was fleeing in panic.
A feeling was buried deep in her heart, indescribable and inexplicable...
...
September 22nd, the autumnal equinox!
Lu Jiuning has been busy these past few days, anxious about the new location for the bar.
Finally, she found a suitable spot on another street.
That was a food court near Tianyu Creek in Mingjing City.
Chibao was originally a famous food city, bringing together eight major cuisines: Shandong, Sichuan, Cantonese, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan, and Anhui.
The two cuisines share one floor, totaling four floors with a total area of 13,000 square meters.
However, due to the rise of food delivery services and the high rent for food stalls, businesses have had to raise prices.
As time went on, fewer and fewer people went to eat at the burger shop, and the business could no longer survive, so it had no choice but to withdraw.
As time went on, more and more businesses withdrew, and the burger became a mere shell of its former self.
Li Jin is now very distressed. He had his eye on Chibao's location and foot traffic, so he gritted his teeth and acquired it.
The past few years have been pretty good; we were making a fortune, and we've almost gotten back half of the money we invested.
But in the last two years, the business of eating burgers has failed. No businesses are coming to rent to him, so he has no profit.
In total, we recovered about 80% of the principal.
However, the business failed this year and never recovered. He was still unable to get back the 20% principal, which was causing him a lot of headaches.
Even if he rents it out at a low price now, no one is willing to pay attention to it.
The layout of the building is different from that of a typical office building, so companies are unwilling to take it on. The renovation would be troublesome and expensive, so who would want to do such a thankless job?
Many people came to look at the land, but no one was ever really willing to rent it.
Li Jin kept lowering the rent, but still saw no hope.
Until today, Lu Jiuning has arrived!
Instead of going to eat at the burger first, we walked around it. Backed by Tianyu Creek, the environment was much better than the current Beehive Bar.
There's a lot of foot traffic and plenty of food and drinks, but there's only one bar, and it's very small.
There's also an underground parking lot below the burger, which is very convenient for customers.
From a location perspective, it is acceptable.
After that, he went into the food court with Mai Zi and Hai Yang.
The layout inside isn't suitable for an office, but it does have certain areas divided up without being completely enclosed, making it very convenient for the bar's internal arrangements.
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