Chapter 502 Secret Investigation
Li Nuo hadn't been to Wudaokou for a long time. She handed over the luggage store to a distant relative in her hometown and concentrated on running her B&B.
Li Nuo's homestay is located in a small village called Shanquan Village halfway up a mountain in the suburbs. Shanquan Village has a small population, as all the young people have moved to the city, leaving behind some elderly people.
The roadsides of Shanquan Village are lined with fruit trees, including peach trees, apricot trees, cherry trees, and walnut trees. The most famous thing here is the mountain spring water. The spring water seeps all the way from the top of the mountain, gathers into streams in the valley, flows down, and merges into the reservoir of Shanquan Village.
A corridor has been built around the Shanquan Village Reservoir, and a bridge has been built over the reservoir. It has become a well-known tourist attraction.
Every weekend, people from the city come to the village in groups, drink mountain spring water, climb mountains, and enjoy the village like a paradise.
I have to say that Li Nuo had a good vision in choosing this place to run a B&B.
On a hot summer day, Su Jiaojiao sat in a rocking chair under the Zhenfeng Nuonuo corridor, letting the mountain breeze blow past her freely, making her feel cool and refreshed: "Your place is really great. I don't want to leave now that I'm here."
There are birds singing and flowers blooming all along the way.
The fruity aroma is everywhere, it’s so good!
"I asked you to invest with me, but you refused. Do you regret it?" Li Nuo also sat in the rocking chair and rocked slowly. "Now I'm giving you a chance. Will you invest?"
"No investment." Su Jiaojiao did not regret it. People cannot make money beyond their cognition, not to mention that she does not have that much money to do this.
This place is good, but there are mosquitoes.
Her ears were buzzing, and she had been bitten several times on her body after sitting there for only a few minutes.
"Huh, I knew you would say that." Li Nuo handed a palm-leaf fan to Su Jiaojiao. "I'm old enough, but your mentality is even older than mine."
Su Jiaojiao just smiled.
"How's your talk with Lu Jingyou going?" Li Nuo was wearing a sun-protective jacket, wrapping himself up tightly, leaving only his eyes exposed. "When are you getting married?"
"It's not decided yet!" Su Jiaojiao fanned herself back and forth, shooing away the mosquitoes that were frantically flying towards her. "We'll talk about it later."
She knew the Lu family was anxious.
But you have to wait until you graduate before considering it!
"Lu Jingyou probably can't wait any longer, right?" Li Nuo teased Su Jiaojiao, "You can't keep him hanging all the time. You have to give him some sweet treats, but you can't give them all the time either. If you give too much, he'll lose interest."
"Then it's better not to give it." Su Jiaojiao understood what Li Nuo meant and asked her, "What about you?"
Last time, Li Nuo said that Lu Jiahe introduced her to a girl.
It's been so long, and I haven't heard any movement.
"Hey, how could a divorced woman like me meet a good man?" Li Nuo smiled indifferently. "Come to think of it, you won't believe it, but the man Lu Jiahe introduced to me seemed pretty good. He helped me a lot in opening this B&B, but he eventually fell for my partner and fell in love with someone else."
Su Jiaojiao: “…”
"Then, I met a few more. Of the good ones, few were sincere towards me, and the bad ones just wanted me to help them out of poverty." Li Nuo shook his head and said self-deprecatingly, "I'm no longer in the dating age. If I can meet a man with similar conditions and similarities in all aspects in the future, maybe we can start a family. If not, forget it."
"Actually, this is all about fate. When fate comes, everything will come." Su Jiaojiao didn't even understand her own relationship, let alone comfort others. "Since fate isn't here, why not improve yourself? You have to believe that that person will definitely be waiting for you on the road ahead."
"Thank you for your good wishes." Li Nuo took off his hat and fanned himself with a fan. "You came to see me today, you definitely didn't come to chat with me. Is there anything else?"
"Yes." Su Jiaojiao told Li Nuo about Qin Xiuming and Yu Mingyu, "Please keep an eye on them for me and see what they are doing."
"It's just a small matter, is it worth your trip?" Li Nuo stood up and greeted her, "It's too hot outside. Let's go inside. I'll treat you to roast lamb legs."
"Okay." Su Jiaojiao followed her into the house. There was an air conditioner and fan in the house, so it was much cooler. Li Nuo's partner was the chef. If there were no guests who had made reservations in advance, he would come over at mealtime.
On weekdays, two women from the village help her manage the B&B and cook for her. Over time, their cooking skills have improved a lot, and they can even make roasted lamb legs without the presence of a chef.
It was too hot, so there were hardly any people at noon, as most of the reservations were for dinner.
Su Jiaojiao enjoyed a roasted lamb leg comfortably without being disturbed. She didn't like eating lamb on weekdays, but Zhenfeng Nuonuo's roasted lamb leg tasted unique.
In the afternoon, calls came in one after another for table reservations, and Li Nuo started to get busy. Only then did Su Jiaojiao leave Shanquan Village. Before leaving, Li Nuo gave her two large buckets of spring water and asked her to go home and make tea.
He also told her that Lu Jiahe often came to get mountain spring water, saying that the old man of the Lu family liked to drink it.
When Su Jiaojiao returned home, Chen Guilan had just finished a phone call with Chen Guisheng. Chen Guilan told Su Jiaojiao that Chen Juan's wedding was scheduled for September 9th, and asked the mother and daughter to go back then.
"Of course I have to go back. I have to be a bridesmaid!" Su Jiaojiao agreed happily.
"Grandma Xiao Lu and that Song Xiangyun were here and just left." Chen Guilan pointed at the fruit on the coffee table. "Grandma Xiao Lu also said that Grandpa Xiao Lu asked Song Xiangyun to act as a matchmaker to help him find dates and other things. He also asked about your birth date in detail. As you know, you can't tell your birth date to anyone casually, so I said I forgot and only remembered that you were born in the morning."
"When Lu Jingyou comes back next time, I will tell him that it's not too late to discuss these things next year." Su Jiaojiao felt that the old couple of the Lu family were too enthusiastic about this matter and even found a matchmaker. Anyway, no matter how enthusiastic they were, she was not in a hurry.
"The old lady in their family is quite interesting. She said that Grandpa Xiao Lu is old and in poor health." Chen Guilan didn't understand why their family was so anxious. "Although Xiao Lu is a few years older than you, he doesn't have to get engaged this year. From what I see from their family, they are eager to get married this year. I'm not trying to make things difficult for them. I just want to wait until you graduate."
"Yes, I won't graduate until June next year." Su Jiaojiao also found it incredible.
The two new summer clothes designed by Marco Bo sold very well in Wudaokou. They were not big hits, but judging from the wholesale and retail data, they were already a small hit. Even the dusk gradient short-sleeved shirt he designed sold forty or fifty pieces in succession, which made his money back.
The hot-selling item this summer is still the floral shirt. There were more than 10,000 pieces left in stock last year, and more than half of them have been sold.
Now the new factory is mainly producing the short-sleeved shirts and skirts designed by Marco Bo. His orders are all small, at most 100 pieces. He will only increase the quantity if the styles sell particularly well.
All of a sudden, Marco Bo gained confidence and began to prepare a series of the twenty-four solar terms, vowing to go to Guangzhou to participate in the annual fashion design competition.
Su Jiaojiao still couldn't completely trust Marco Bo. She didn't want to see her investment of 50,000 yuan go to waste.
Since the holiday, she has been participating in the research and development of new products in the new factory every day, controlling the costs of fabrics and accessories. Marco is a person who pays attention to perfection in everything. If she hadn't restrained him, he would have been able to maximize the costs.
Pei Lan divorced Wu Jingbo after all. The next day after the divorce, she found Su Jiaojiao and said, "Even though I can transfer it to anyone, I still want to transfer it to you."
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