When Li Dewen saw that Du Chen's face looked strange, he immediately realized that Du Chen must have misunderstood, and hurriedly said to Du Chen with a bitter face.
"Du Chen, I really need your help with something, but don't worry, I'll help you if you're willing. If you're not willing, I'll definitely not say a word. Don't worry, I really don't have any ill intentions!"
Looking at Li Dewen with a wry smile on his face, Du Chen couldn't make up his mind for a while.
"Well, I want to hear what you want to do!"
After much deliberation, Du Chen decided to listen to what Li Dewen had to say.
Du Chen followed Li Dewen to a small table under the shade of a tree. Immediately, Li Dewen's younger brother handed them a bottle of chilled Jianlibao. Although it was the beginning of autumn, the weather was still quite hot. Du Chen opened the Jianlibao without hesitation, took a big sip, and then burped loudly.
"Brother Li, just tell me what you have to say!"
After burping, Du Chen felt refreshed and spoke directly to Li Dewen.
"Du Chen, let me, your little brother, explain this to you. He can explain it more clearly than I can! Come here, Xiami!"
Hearing the nickname Xiami, Du Chen couldn't help but want to laugh.
"Hello, classmate Du Chen, you can just call me Xiami!"
Xiami adjusted his glasses out of habit and said to Du Chen.
"Hello, Brother Xiami, just tell me what you want to say!"
Du Chen held back his laughter and said to the skinny shrimp in front of him.
"Student Du Chen, the thing is, my boss listened to your suggestion and wants to open a roller skating rink. We've been looking for a suitable venue these days. You saw it today. After searching for a long time, we think this place is suitable. To be honest, the rent is not expensive!"
Xiami spoke slowly to Du Chen.
"Yeah, I just checked it out, and this place is really nice. If you think it's good, just rent it. Why are you looking for me?"
Speaking of this, Du Chen already had a guess in his mind. Maybe Li Dewen's grandson wanted to come to him to beg for alms?
"Student Du Chen, the rent here isn't expensive, but you know us. We can't even afford dog meat, and we're doing nothing all day, so how can we afford it? We scraped together 12,000 yuan, but even though the rent here is cheap, it's still 20,000 yuan."
"Even if we rent it, we still have to renovate it, buy roller skates, and other miscellaneous things. So, financially, we're having some difficulties here!"
Xiami slowly told them about the difficulties they were facing.
"Then what!"
Du Chen asked Xiami expressionlessly.
"Student Du Chen, I've discussed this with the boss and would like to ask if you're interested in investing in the stock. Aren't you also quite optimistic about the roller skating rink project? We also understand your concerns, and to allay them, we can sign an agreement with you!"
Du Chen was greatly surprised when he heard Xiami's words. At first, he thought that the other party just wanted to make some money from him, but he didn't expect that the other party was directly prepared to let him invest and could sign an agreement.
Letting Du Chen invest was also the result of discussion between Xiami and Li Dewen. Since they knew that Du Chen was keeping his distance from them, and they also knew the fundamental reason, they decided to find a way to dispel Du Chen's concerns.
"And we understand your concerns, Du Chen. But don't worry, since we've decided to run a serious business, we won't touch the old tricks. We don't want to be afraid of anything when we can make money through honest business. We can sign a private agreement on these matters as our guarantee to you!"
Xiami spoke to Du Chen sincerely, and Li Dewen nodded repeatedly in agreement with what Xiami said.
"Right, right, right, Du Chen, that's exactly what I meant. Don't worry, we definitely won't cause any trouble! And to be honest, we don't want to cause any trouble! Besides, isn't your friend Ding Miaomiao's father a police officer? We definitely wouldn't and wouldn't dare do anything illegal!"
Li Dewen told Du Chen everything he could think of.
Du Chen looked at the two people in front of him and couldn't tell whether what they said was true or false for a moment. However, Du Chen looked at Xiami and thought that this person was quite interesting, so he decided to chat with Xiami first.
"Xia Mi, I see you're pretty good at conversation, why don't you find a class to join?"
These days, it's relatively easy to find a job. The competition isn't that fierce yet, and it's not that difficult to get a formal job if you're willing to spend money. Du Chen looked at Xiami and he didn't think he was a cunning person. One reason was to judge what Li Dewen meant, and the other was that Du Chen was quite gossipy, so he asked Xiami.
"Haha, Du Chen, let me tell you, Xiami has three kids, and he's the eldest. He even graduated from high school. He's pretty smart, and he's kind of our chief military advisor. Even though he's not very good at fighting, he's smart, so everyone's still willing to listen to his advice!"
Hearing that Du Chen was interested in Xiami, Li Dewen immediately introduced Xiami to Du Chen.
When Du Chen heard Li Dewen say that Xiami had three children, he started to imagine that as the eldest in the family and with a difficult family situation, he had given up his excellent academic studies for the sake of his younger siblings and went out to work to earn money for their studies.
"Oh, what? You're the eldest? Are the other two a boy and a girl?"
In order to verify his imaginary plot, Du Chen asked Xiami.
"I have a younger brother and a younger sister, and my younger sister is the youngest!"
"How are their academic performance?"
"They are all good, among the best in the grade!"
Xiami's words further confirmed Du Chen's own thoughts.
"Oh, then why don't you continue studying? Is your family in trouble?"
"That's not the case. I just think studying is boring. Besides, I've been in poor health since I was a child, so I can't do the heavy and tiring work and don't want to do it. That's why I just follow the boss to get by."
As a result, Xiami's casual words made Du Chen's mind stagnate. Damn it, it was just his own wishful thinking and overthinking. The reality is often so embarrassing. There is no such a big deal.
"oh……"
For a moment, Du Chen just said "Oh" dryly, and didn't know what else to say.
Li Dewen looked at Du Chen in confusion. Wasn't he quite interested in Xiami just now? Why did he suddenly stop talking?
"Du Chen, what are your thoughts?"
Looking at the silent Du Chen, Li Dewen had no idea what Du Chen was thinking, so he could only ask Du Chen carefully.
"I haven't thought about anything. Let's not talk about my side for now. Now I want to ask you how you plan to run the roller skating rink? Do you have any specific ideas?"
Du Chen came to his senses and asked Li Dewen and Xiami.
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