Chapter 2723: Not Intentional

Zhao Desan nodded with a smile. After dressing neatly, he kissed Su Qing on the face, flashed out of Su Qing's house, started the car, and returned to the district with a body full of fatigue.

In these few days, on Tong Lan's side, the waves were gone on the surface. She had been looking at storefronts and choosing places everywhere these few days, preparing for the preliminary investigation work for opening a bar. As for that old rascal Jin Qianbao, although he never looked for Tong Lan for anything again, he couldn't swallow this breath in his heart at all and had been secretly inquiring about Zhao Desan's background, trying to find a way to deal with him. After some secret investigation, this old rascal Jin Qianbao learned a secret through some official channels, which was that the Director of the Provincial Construction Committee, Zheng Tulu, had had a conflict with Zhao Desan. This old rascal planned to use this to borrow a knife to kill someone, get some leverage on Zhao Desan, and then hand it over to Zheng Tulu.

This Saturday, Zhao Desan had no arrangements, so he called Tong Lan in advance, then drove to the city, found a coffee shop, and sat down to discuss opening a bar.

Sipping coffee, he asked Tong Lan very straightforwardly, "Sister Tong, Jin Qianbao shouldn't have looked for you again these few days, right?"

"No." Tong Lan shook her head, suddenly thought of something, and continued, "By the way, he called me once to make peace and also asked about you."

"That old thing wants to find out what my background is. I guess he definitely hasn't swallowed that breath in his heart yet," Zhao Desan said with a cold sneer.

Hearing Zhao Desan say this, Tong Lan frowned slightly and asked with some worry, "Then will there be any trouble?"

Zhao Desan smiled as if nothing had happened and said, "Don't worry, that old thing doesn't dare to do anything to me." Saying this, he cut to the chase and asked her, "How is the place looking? Have you found a suitable one?"

"I've been looking everywhere these few days. I did take a fancy to one, but I haven't really talked to the owner yet. If you have time today, why don't we go take a look together?" Tong Lan couldn't make up her mind alone and hoped Zhao Desan could help her with some reference. After all, the investment in opening a bar was very large, and with so much money, she couldn't be too casual.

Zhao Desan thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "That's fine. Why don't we go in a while?"

"Let's call Lulu again," Tong Lan said.

"Why call her? That girl doesn't understand these things, and following us will only add to the chaos." Zhao Desan only wanted to be alone with Tong Lan, this woman who had the aura of a famous courtesan from the Republic of China era. He felt Jin Lulu following them was troublesome, getting in the way, and some things wouldn't be convenient to do.

"It's better to call her. After all, Lulu is putting up so much money, so we also need to ask for her opinion and views. This is better." Tong Lan felt that since Lulu was going to buy shares, they needed to be fair and democratic from the beginning.

Her words made a lot of sense, leaving Zhao Desan not knowing what to say for a moment. Helplessly, he nodded and said, "Then Sister Tong, you contact Lulu." The reason Zhao Desan didn't call the wild little beauty himself was that he wanted to be opportunistic. He knew that if he called, the girl would definitely come, but if Tong Lan called her, she might not necessarily come. From Zhao Desan's heart, he naturally didn't want this wild little beauty to come and mess up his good deeds.

However, the facts disappointed Zhao Desan. After Tong Lan made the call, the wild little beauty actually agreed to come, which made him feel a bit of a headache, and he couldn't help but groan in his heart.

In less than twenty minutes, the wild little beauty arrived at the coffee shop. Once she arrived, Zhao Desan didn't dare to flirt with Tong Lan anymore, and didn't even dare to speak randomly. Not long after being in the coffee shop, Zhao Desan suggested going to see the place Tong Lan had chosen first. So, the three of them walked out of the coffee shop one after another. As soon as they arrived at the car, Jin Lulu directly opened the front passenger seat and drilled in, which left Zhao Desan dumbfounded.

"Sister Tong, has that Jin Qianbao troubled you anymore?" Jin Lulu turned her head and asked Tong Lan, who was sitting in the back seat, with concern.

Tong Lan smiled and shook her head, saying, "No."

Jin Lulu dropped a harsh word, saying, "If he troubles you again, tell me, and I'll teach him a lesson for you."

Zhao Desan reminded the wild little beauty with a smile on the side, "We're all our own people, and you're still saying 'I' all the time. Can't you be a bit more subtle?"

"None of your business!" Jin Lulu not only didn't repent for Zhao Desan's kind reminder but instead rolled her eyes at him.

Seeing the two of them bickering again, Tong Lan, who was sitting in the back, smiled and didn't speak. Actually, she wasn't happy at all in her heart, because from Jin Lulu's attitude toward Zhao Desan, she instead saw another phenomenon. As a woman herself, Tong Lan understood the true thoughts in Jin Lulu's inner world very well. In her view, for a girl to always be so unreserved in front of a man, and also like to get angry and lose her temper, didn't this just show that this girl had some feelings for Zhao Desan? Invisibly, there was one more competitor who was younger and prettier than herself, which made Tong Lan feel a sense of precariousness again. Sitting in the back seat thinking about these things made her appear somewhat lost.

"Fine, fine, fine, I won't care! It has nothing to do with me!" Zhao Desan also retorted to Jin Lulu unpleasantly.

Just at this moment, Zhao Desan's mobile phone rang once. It should have been a text message. He was driving with one hand, freed up the other hand, took out his phone, and saw it was a message from a strange number. Opening it, he was shocked. He saw the content of the message as follows: Brother, do you have to go against my big brother? Is there anything that can't be sat down and talked about? Do you have to forge such a deep hatred?

Zhao Desan was startled at first, but then looked again. This was an out-of-town number; it must have been a wrong message. So he deleted the message nonchalantly and put away his phone.

Not long after, under Tong Lan's guidance, Zhao Desan drove the car to the most prosperous East Main Street in Xijing. After parking the car, the three of them got out, and under Tong Lan's leadership, they went to the place she had taken a fancy to. It was a newly built high-rise commercial and residential building, with the first and second floors being commercial shops. The one Tong Lan took a fancy to and was suitable for opening a bar was on the second floor. Several people stood downstairs and looked at it. Tong Lan said, "The flow of people around here is very large, it's right in the city center, very prosperous, and this building was just built and is still recruiting tenants. What do you think?"

The wild little beauty was the first to express her opinion, "This is the most prosperous place in Xijing. The location is very good. I think it's here."

Tong Lan smiled gently and asked Zhao Desan, "Xiao Zhao, what do you think?"

Zhao Desan said, "I think it's not bad either. The location is good, and it was just built and is recruiting tenants directly, so there's no need to pay extra transfer fees. It's quite good." This time, he didn't sing a different tune from the wild little beauty. ===== CHAPTER 2724 =====