Chapter 152: A Dream

The Mercedes drove slowly out of the building.

Xu Qing sat in the passenger seat, feeling itchy all over.

She peeked at Tang Song beside her from time to time.

In the end, the two weren't exactly close.

There was no substantial interaction during college, and they had only met once at work.

Especially since she had mistakenly sent him cosplay photos two days ago, being alone together was a bit awkward.

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Noticing the glances coming her way from time to time, Tang Song smiled and pointed to the glove box in front of the passenger seat, "There's a small gift prepared for you inside, see if you like it."

Dating a pretty girl, especially a female classmate who was very popular in college, Tang Song didn't mind making the process more romantic.

There's a gift too?

Xu Qing was stunned, her face blushing, "This is so embarrassing..."

As she spoke, she had already opened the glove box.

Inside, a black gift box was lying quietly.

The light gold "CHANEL" logo was full of temptation, making her unable to look away.

Chanel!

She suppressed the urge to raise the corners of her mouth, trying not to look too surprised, and opened the gift box gently.

An exquisite and fashionable gold bracelet came into view.

It presented an elegant luster and texture, and on both sides of the chain, exquisite double-C logos were embedded, covered in diamonds, showing a sense of luxurious beauty.

Xu Qing, who was receiving such a valuable gift for the first time, felt her heart pounding "thump, thump, thump."

"It's summer now, and a beautiful bracelet can really accentuate the lines of a bare wrist. I felt this one would suit you very well. Do you like it?"

"I like it, thank you for the gift." Xu Qing's tone of voice couldn't help but rise.

Her eyes sparkling with bright light, when she looked at Tang Song beside her again, her expression had completely changed.

The former college alumnus, the luxurious Mercedes business sedan, the gentle and handsome business elite, the luxury gift, the five-star hotel.

Good heavens! It was exactly as she had set it up in her novel!

In the car, the two chatted about legal work topics.

Tang Song looked at Xu Qing beside him, feeling somewhat strange.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he saw the shadow of that school beauty Shen Yu Yan on her.

The beige casual suit dress, gold heels, and mature makeup set her off as very intellectual and fashionable, quite different from the her in his impression.

Xu Qing, who had gradually relaxed, quietly put on the beloved bracelet.

The texture was tough yet light, both comfortable and beautiful.

Taking out her phone, she took a photo of the bracelet and searched for it, biting her lip in surprise.

Chanel classic double-C bracelet, retail price 4200 yuan.

And this was just a small, ordinary first-meeting gift.

The male lead number two really didn't disappoint her.

She took a few more photos, then satisfied, carefully closed the gift box and stuffed it into her Coach bag, making it bulge.

Her eyes rolled, and Xu Qing opened the "Two-Dimensional Beauty" group chat.

She shared the photos.

Although she had posted many story contents in there, this was the first time she had posted photos.

Recently, her story had reached the climax, and the attention in the group was immense.

Not long after the photos were sent, the group instantly exploded.

【Sisi: "Wow! The Chanel bracelet is really beautiful!"】

【Ling Ziyue: "First time seeing Qingqing's photos, her hands and legs are also beautiful, perfectly matching the image in my mind!"】

【Bai Zhigu: "The background of the photo is in a car, right? The interior looks so high-end!"】

【Yunyu: "It's a Mercedes S-Class; I've sat in the passenger seat a few times when accompanying my boss on business trips. As expected of a great lawyer."】

【Yan Su Su: "@Qingqing, Big Boss, aren't you going on a date with your devoted classmate today?"】

With the embellishment of these elements, the group instantly entered the story she had told before.

They began to ask about the details of her date.

Xu Qing's mouth was almost stretched to her ears.

Clicking on the input box, her fingers tapped rapidly.

Lanfeng International Five-Star Hotel.

Walking into the magnificent hotel lobby.

Xu Qing subconsciously moved closer to Tang Song, following the usher to the Lanyue Chinese Restaurant on the 3rd floor.

What came into view was a luxurious courtyard-style lobby with a huge area.

It retained traditional Chinese elements while incorporating a modern minimalist style, elegant and grand.

Walking forward along the brightly lit corridor, they stopped at a window seat on the inner side.

After the two sat down.

Tang Song smiled, "Order whatever you want to eat, you're in charge today."

"Thank you." Xu Qing took the menu, flipped through it like a pro, and said directly to the waiter beside her: "Black pepper snowflake wagyu cubes, crab roe peony shrimp balls, Lanyue crispy skin chicken, pistachio almond dew."

After ordering the dishes she had been craving for a long time, Xu Qing handed the menu back, somewhat embarrassed, "The portions here aren't large, so I ordered a bit more, is that okay?"

"Of course it's okay." Tang Song winked at her and added two signature dishes, casually asking, "Is there anything you want to drink?"

"Yang Zhi Ganlu is fine."

"Alright, then add two glasses of Yang Zhi Ganlu, that's all."

"Alright, please wait a moment." The waiter nodded politely and pulled open the semi-transparent carved screen to the side.

While waiting for the dishes.

Tang Song asked curiously, "Xu Qing, are you still living with Shen Yu Yan?"

Xu Qing nodded quickly, "Mm, in the Beicheng Garden residential area in Yuhua District."

"I've heard Lu Ziming mention that she started a business, right? What project is she doing?"

Tang Song had a very deep impression of this former school beauty.

Pure and beautiful, confident and generous, multi-talented, with strong personal ability.

However, at the time, he wasn't in the other party's circle of friends.

His understanding of Shen Yu Yan was mostly through others' descriptions and two simple contacts at Lu Ziming's birthday party.

"Mm, Shen Yu Yan has been in business for almost two years. As for the project, you definitely wouldn't imagine it—it's housekeeping services." Xu Qing couldn't help but remark, "At first I thought she was joking, but I didn't expect her to really make it work. Now they are negotiating financing and plan to expand the business to the whole province."

"Housekeeping?" Tang Song raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Xu Qing nodded and began to narrate.

After graduating from college, relying on her outstanding personal ability and a senior's internal referral, Shen Yu Yan entered a well-known foreign company to work in HR.

Later, she heard that college classmate Zhang Tianqi was preparing to start a business, and after learning about his business plan in detail, she decisively resigned and joined.

Zhang Tianqi's uncle was a high-level executive at a large property management company, and their housekeeping company relied on the promotional cooperation of this property company in the early stages, obtaining their first batch of customers and gradually stabilizing the business.

Then, they found a rich second-generation alumnus, Hou Shaoyuan, to do seed-round investment, gradually expanding the scale.

The current model used is online promotion to acquire customers, and offline self-operation + agency.

Shen Yu Yan is mainly responsible for online operations, often filming various deep cleaning videos, and has quite a few fans on platforms like Douyin and Xiaohongshu.

After briefly explaining Shen Yu Yan's entrepreneurial experience, Xu Qing suddenly smiled, "By the way, there are quite a few alumni of ours in this company, including Wang Ning from your major, who is now in charge of the company's technical department."

Hearing this familiar name, Tang Song was slightly stunned.

Wang Ning was his class monitor in college, and his professional level was quite good, but he was particularly slippery; he had a bureaucratic air at a young age, and his speech and actions were very affected.

Tang Song during his college years was closed off, didn't like socializing, and focused on his studies, so he didn't take this class monitor seriously, and the relationship between the two was very average; Wang Ning didn't miss any chances to mock him with his words.

The dishes were gradually served, and Xu Qing looked at the exquisite dishes, her eyes sparkling.

She only had light food at noon, and now she was starving.

After being polite to Tang Song for a few words, she couldn't wait to feast, excitedly tapping her feet, and from time to time she would describe the taste of a certain dish to Tang Song with curved eyes.

The novel heroine temperament she had disguised completely vanished.

Looking at the lively and cute Xu Qing in front of him, Tang Song's mind once again surfaced with her from his college days, gradually overlapping the two figures.

College was a stage where hormones were exploding; in such an environment, what was discussed most in the dormitory every day was the pretty female classmates.

Although Xu Qing wasn't as dazzling as Shen Yu Yan, she had a good personality and loved cosplay, so she was equally popular.

Plus, the two were often seen together, so the temptation to the male students was imaginable.

Tang Song at the time, although yearning for the "white moonlight," occasionally had some unrealistic fantasies.

Outside the gate of Beicheng Garden residential area.

Xu Qing picked up her bag, pushed open the car door, and waved, "Thanks for the big meal and the gift today, I'm very happy, bye, drive carefully on the road."

After a meal, the relationship between the two had quickly become familiar, and Xu Qing's performance was much more natural.

Tang Song looked at her beautiful face and suddenly said, "Xu Qing, if you have any good-looking cosplay photos next time, you can send me a copy; the set from last time was really good."

Hearing this, Xu Qing's body tilted, and a blush instantly rose on her face.

Damn it! This young lady is dressed so cool today, and you still can't forget those edge-ball photos!

"Bye~" Tang Song waved at her and accelerated away.

Xu Qing waved her fist hard in the direction he left, and turned to walk into the residential area gate with a face full of shame and anger.

Just as she approached the unit door, she saw two familiar figures downstairs.

She walked a few steps quickly, hugged her good best friend, and laughed, "Shen Yu Yan, what a coincidence, we arrived together."

Then she turned to Hou Shaoyuan opposite, "President Hou, good evening, are you two out shopping and dating again? Let me see what you bought."

As she spoke, she reached out to grab the shopping bag in her best friend's hand.

Shen Yu Yan slapped away her mischievous hand and said angrily, "Don't get it dirty, this is clothes bought for tomorrow's negotiation meeting."

"Fine." Xu Qing pouted, but she knew the importance and didn't mess around anymore.

Shen Yu Yan smiled at Hou Shaoyuan, "Shaoyuan, then I'll go up with Qingqing first, drive carefully on the road."

Hou Shaoyuan looked at her and smiled, waving his hand, "Looking forward to your wonderful performance tomorrow, just do your best, even if you don't reach an agreement, it doesn't matter."

"Alright, bye."

"Bye."

Watching the pure and seductive school beauty and her pretty best friend leave, Hou Shaoyuan took a cigarette out of his pocket and lit it.

He took a deep breath and exhaled a long smoke ring.

There weren't many companies participating in this roadshow, and there were only 3 investment companies, and they weren't very interested in their housekeeping company.

Although they passed the preliminary selection through Lu Ziming's relationship, the hope was still very small.

But that was fine too; if they failed a few times, he could take the opportunity to bring Shen Yu Yan to see his father to seek financing.

Of course, for the sake of the success rate, it was best to do it as a girlfriend.

Returning to the rented house.

After joking around with her good best friend, Xu Qing simply washed up and changed into comfortable pajamas.

Excitedly, she sat at the desk and turned on the computer.

The sound of "da-da-da" typing was endless, and lines of text appeared on the screen.

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He stood quietly downstairs at the building, stepping on the light of the dusk, his gaze toward Xu Yanqing full of words left unsaid.

They stood there quietly like this, as if time had frozen at this moment.

Outside the window, the wind was rushing, and inside the car, it was quiet and warm.

Xu Yanqing turned to look at Tang Song, who was driving; his side profile contours were as if they had been carefully carved, appearing exceptionally handsome.

His nose was high and elegant, like a mountain peak standing proudly on his face, and the slightly turned angle added a touch of mystery to him.

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Recalling today's scene in her mind, Xu Qing's inspiration burst forth, and her writing was like a god's.

It only took her two hours to complete today's task.

Clicking publish, her whole body instantly relaxed.

Lying on the bed, her calves raised, she took out her beloved Chanel bracelet and looked at it again and again.

She muttered and mumbled to herself for a long time.

Sleepiness surged, and she fell into a deep sleep at some point.

At night, she had a long dream.

The gentle and devoted male lead number two was deeply in love with her, swearing he wouldn't marry anyone but her.

After experiencing many hardships, under the aurora in Northern Europe, he knelt on one knee and confessed his deep love to her, crying bitterly.

In an instant.

The sky turned pink, heart-shaped bubbles floated in the air, and roses covered the earth, wrapping them up.

The stars in the sky turned into meteors cutting through the night, and the moon sank to their side, emitting a soft light.

Just at this moment, the cold and domineering president drove a dump truck and rushed over... ===== CHAPTER 153 =====