Chapter 304: One thing conquers another
On the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year, the sky became overcast and it started snowing at noon and didn't stop until the evening.
The ground and the roofs were covered in white. Laughter and joyful voices could be heard from outside the window from time to time. The children in the community were happily making snowmen and playing snowball fights in the small square, having a lot of fun.
Su Jiaojiao and Chen Juan also took Xiao Suisui downstairs excitedly and built a snowman at the door. Xiao Suisui jumped for joy. She took off her hat and put it on the snowman, saying that it was cold. She also gave it a carrot to eat, saying that it was hungry.
Chen Guilan and Xu Yue'e stood by the living room window and told Su Jiaojiao and Chen Juan to put a hat on Xiao Suisui and come back quickly, saying that it was too cold outside.
Actually it’s not cold, it’s just that the snow is too heavy. The roads will definitely be slippery tomorrow, and we won’t be able to go out and go to Qingyuan.
Unable to go to Qingyuan, Su Jiaojiao also didn't want to visit her uncle's house. No need to guess, their topic was still about Chen Jiang and Cheng Yu, and she didn't want to listen.
It’s okay for relatives to visit each other occasionally. They don’t need to be together every day. Frequent contact will lead to conflicts.
Su Jiaojiao didn't want to go, and Chen Juan didn't want to go either.
The two of them simply stayed at home and slept.
Chen Guilan did not force them. Early in the morning on the third day of the Lunar New Year, she went to Chen Guichang's house with Chen Guisheng and Xu Yue'e, carrying Xiao Suisui.
At noon, Wang Yunying asked Chen Ju to bring food to Su Jiaojiao and Chen Juan.
Chen Ju felt embarrassed when she learned that Wang Yunying had asked Su Jiaojiao and Chen Juan to persuade Chen Jiang. She said, "Don't take my mother's words to heart. She might be going through menopause and saying whatever comes to her mind."
"Second sister, we have no right to interfere in our cousin's affairs." Su Jiaojiao knew that Chen Ju was on Chen Jiang's side.
"Yes." Chen Juan agreed.
"Only my mom and my eldest sister disagree at home." Chen Ju said embarrassedly, "I think Cheng Yu is a good match for Chen Jiang. Chen Jiang looks honest, but he's very powerful when he gets angry. But when Cheng Yu talks to him, he becomes silent. There's always someone to conquer!"
Su Jiaojiao and Chen Juan smiled at the same time and said nothing.
The bottom of every family’s pot is black, who would want to listen to their bad stories!
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"Okay, I'll go. I will definitely go this time." Lin Manli put down the phone, feeling confused. Meng Shiliang had called her several times to ask her to have tea together, but she declined again and again. If she didn't go, she would seem petty.
She knew that Meng Shiliang came to her to ask about the land.
This made her very embarrassed. She knew that this matter could not be concealed at all. Sooner or later, Meng Shiliang would find out that Lu Jingyou was the boss behind the scenes.
Meng Shiliang has a very close relationship with Yan Xuewei's father, and he is also the elder who watched Yan Xuewei grow up.
If Meng Shiliang knew that Lu Jingyou appointed Su Jiaojiao as the legal representative, he would definitely know the relationship between Lu Jingyou and Su Jiaojiao. If he knew it, the Yan family would also know it.
Jiahe Group and the Yan family have cooperated on several projects. If they break up because of this incident, the losses will be huge.
She couldn't tell Meng Shiliang not to let Yan Xuewei know about this.
"Now that things have come to this, we might as well tell the old man." Wang Ya knew Lin Manli's predicament. "The truth will come out sooner or later. If the old man finds out from someone else, he'll be even angrier."
"I should talk to the old man, so why not let Jingyou go and talk to him himself?" Lin Manli frowned and said, "You've seen how Jingyou has treated me these past two days. If I go and talk to him, he'll think I'm complaining to the old man. Wouldn't he hate me even more?"
"But this matter can't be kept secret!" Wang Ya, who never treated herself as an outsider, looked at Lin Manli with wide eyes. "Eleven million is not a small amount, and there's also the later construction and so on. It will make a huge fuss."
"I really don't know what Jingyou is thinking..." Lin Manli shook her head. "I wanted to talk to him, but he ignored me. I know he blames me for going to Su Jiaojiao."
Su Jiaojiao must have said something to him.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be so angry with her!
"Mr. Lu is not a rash person. I think he has his own ideas." Wang Ya comforted Lin Manli, "Since the incident has already happened, we should deal with it as it happened. As a parent, we should always provide for our children."
"The main thing is that I can't cover his bottom line..." Lin Manli couldn't raise so much money for him at the moment, let alone cover his bottom line. After thinking about it, he called Lu Jiahe again and asked him to come back to accompany her to meet Meng Shiliang.
She was not afraid of Meng Shiliang, she was just worried that Yan Xuewei would know about this.
Lu Jiahe was playing chess with his grandfather in the old house. He ran back home after receiving a call from his wife.
Lin Manli told him about Meng Shiliang asking her out for tea. Lu Jiahe looked at her warily: "How many times has he asked you out?"
"Don't overthink it, we're just interacting normally." Lin Manli rolled her eyes at him. "If I had anything to do with him, would I be able to call you back to go with me?"
"If they invite you, it wouldn't be appropriate for me to go along, right?" Lu Jiahe thought so too. Lin Manli stared at him, making Lu Jiahe feel uneasy. "You can't say we just met on the street, right?"
"Yes, that's what you said." Lin Manli's eyes lit up, and she stepped forward, took his arm, and said softly, "You have to step forward in this matter and play a double act with me..."
"How to sing?" Lu Jiahe didn't understand.
"We'll talk on the way." Lin Manli took Lu Jiahe's arm as they walked out. "Anyway, you play the bad guy and I play the bad guy. Remember this."
"It's not a big deal, why are you playing double-act?" Lu Jiahe said confidently, "Leave it to me, you don't have to worry about it."
"Sorry, I was really busy the past few days." Lin Manli apologized as soon as she entered the door. Lu Jiahe smiled and said, "I just happened to meet you at the door. Do you mind if we have some tea together?"
"Haha, I actually wanted to ask Mr. Lu out, but I'm afraid I can't." Meng Shiliang was a little surprised to see Lu Jiahe coming too, but since he had already asked his wife out, he couldn't tell her not to come. He smiled and said, "It's New Year's, everyone's busy. I'm sorry for being so abrupt."
He was determined to get the land and thought he could get it for sure with 9 million. But Su Jiaojiao suddenly showed up. He didn't know Su Jiaojiao's background, so he didn't dare to confront her. He was also worried that she was a sting, so he missed the opportunity.
Only later did he find out that Su Jiaojiao was not a shill, but just a female college student.
He felt very embarrassed to lose to a female college student. These days, Global and Fengxing have also been talking about this piece of land and the girl from Jiuzhou.
They knew that a female college student could never have so much money to invest in that piece of land, and there must be someone behind the scenes.
As for who is behind this, they don't know yet.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, there were not many people in the teahouse and it was very quiet.
Very suitable for talking about things.
"I've been so busy these days that I didn't have time to ask Jingyou. I only remembered it when you called me." Lin Manli glanced at Lu Jiahe. "Jiahe happened to be with Jingyou, so I asked Jiahe to ask..."
"If you hadn't mentioned this, I wouldn't be angry. Speaking of this..." Lu Jiahe hesitated, "I didn't have time to tell you that I just scolded Jing You."
"What's the matter?" Lin Manli pretended to be ignorant.
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