Chapter 207: Gymnastics Uniform and Twin Tails

Night falls, starlight and city neon echo each other.

Tang Song leaned against the glass curtain wall of the living room, dazed, occasionally drinking a sip of cold whiskey.

His mind was full of Wen Ruan's appearance when she left.

This was the first time he had seen her cry.

No big noise, no hysteria; she was emotionally stable when she cried.

Precisely because of this, Tang Song could feel her inner struggle and pain more.

It cannot be denied that he liked her initially just because of her heaven-defying figure and outstanding appearance.

However, with contact and understanding, Tang Song's feelings for her had gradually deepened; saying he loved her was not an exaggeration at all.

Wen Ruan's personality was free and easy, her hobbies were extensive, and her life state was relaxed.

She had a powerful inner core that belonged to her, wouldn't be disturbed by the outside world, and was independent in both mind and economy.

She had always been a big sister image of tolerance and concern toward him, and didn't mind playing some interesting little games with him.

Knowledgeable, tactful, generous, and gentle as water.

Such a woman, few people wouldn't like, and Tang Song was naturally no exception.

However, he really couldn't give the other party the marriage she longed for most.

Actually, thinking about it, the name under which they met was "blind date."

Sighing, Tang Song put down his wine glass.

Coming to the study, he picked up his folk guitar and started plucking the strings on his own, changing the chord rhythm at will.

Occasionally humming along with the melody.

Singing until he was a bit tired, Tang Song sat on the balcony and picked up his drawing board and pencil.

As a professional sketch artist and guitarist, he had a strong desire for expression when his heart was fluctuating.

His mind seemed to have countless inspirations.

Thinking about it, he laid the drawing board flat on the desk, turned on the sports camera to aim at the drawing paper, and started filming.

Taking a pencil from the toolbox, he used a knife to scrape the pencil into layers of pitch-black powder, scattering it randomly on the snow-white drawing paper.

Pulling out a tissue, he wiped it hard on the drawing paper.

Soon, the snow-white drawing paper was dyed light gray.

Turning off the main light in the study, leaving only the cylinder light in the corner, the drawing paper instantly became pitch-black and blurry.

Tang Song picked up the eraser, his fingers sliding quickly on the drawing paper, the friction sound endless.

A few minutes later, Tang Song's slender, glowing fingers became dirty.

He casually dropped the eraser in his hand, turned on the atmosphere light beside him, pinched a corner of the drawing paper, and shook it lightly.

In an instant, the lead powder fell "rustling," and a portrait appeared on the drawing paper.

The Tyndall effect light, dancing hair, shrugged shoulders, eyes filled with tears…

Turning off the camera.

Tang Song stared at the sketch for a long time, gently touching her eye sockets.

……

June 5, 2023, Monday, sunny, 18~34°C.

North City Garden Residential Complex.

——————

"Do you like it? Qingqing."

Sunlight spilled through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, plating Tang Song's tall figure with a layer of golden brilliance.

His features were three-dimensional and deep, his brows revealing a sense of perseverance and confidence, as if he could see through everything in the world.

Xu Qing scanned the layout of the villa; the color scheme, decoration, and layout were all what she liked most.

He put a bunch of keys into her palm: "This villa is prepared for you. From now on, you will live here. I will arrange a nanny, driver, life assistant, and bodyguard for you. Of course, if you need, I can also appear here at any time."

"Cough, cough—" Xu Qing coughed lightly. "I like it very much, so I'll reluctantly accept it. That, arrange everything that should be arranged."

"As long as you like it!" His eyes were full of affection, as if looking at the most cherished thing in the world.

"By the way, and my best friend."

"No problem, your best friend is my best friend. I'll buy another big villa next door for her, so you can be neighbors for a lifetime."

"That won't be necessary, she and I can just live in this one."

"I listen to you, the three of us can live here together, as long as you are happy." Tang Song responded, directly going up to hug her.

Xu Qing let out a low cry, at a loss, her face flushed red.

——————

"Qingqing! Qingqing!" A fresh and healing voice rang in the bedroom.

Xu Qing let out an "Ah," sitting up from the bed with a shy face.

Looking at the best friend standing at the head of the bed, her gaze dodging: "What's wrong, Sister Yan Yan?"

Shen Yu Yan pinched her somewhat baby-fat face: "Get up quickly, the sun is shining on your butt, you're going to be late."

"Ah?" Xu Qing picked up the phone on the bedside table to look, exclaimed, and started changing clothes smoothly.

These past few days, she had been getting better and better, her grades were getting better and better, the new male lead was more popular than the previous CEO, and the reader feedback was getting better and better; she even had her own fan group.

She was too excited writing last night, didn't fall asleep until 1:00 AM, and overslept directly.

Also had a weird dream.

Sometimes reality, sometimes.

Sometimes Xu Yanqing, sometimes Xu Qing.

"What kind of beautiful dream did you have just now? I heard you hee-hee-hee laughing in there, and rolling around hugging the quilt." Shen Yu Yan looked at her suspiciously.

Hearing her best friend's question, Xu Qing's face flushed red, shrinking her neck, shaking her head: "I don't remember."

But her brain couldn't help but think of the scenes in the dream.

Because "Xu Yanqing" itself was a combination of "Xu Qing" and "Shen Yu Yan," by the end of the dream, it turned into the two of them and Tang Song moving into the villa together.

Too embarrassing!

Shen Yu Yan stared at her for a while and said: "You hurry up and tidy up, I'll drive you to the company later."

"Oh, oh, alright." Xu Qing responded, lowering her head and drilling into the bathroom.

Shen Yu Yan shook her head and smiled, returning to the bedroom to start putting on makeup.

More than ten minutes later, the two rushed downstairs and got into a black Mercedes-Benz E.

Xu Qing, sitting in the passenger seat, adjusted the seat position, curiously examining the interior: "Not bad, the car is very consistent with your identity as a big boss."

"Vroom, vroom, vroom"—Shen Yu Yan started the car skillfully and smiled: "If it weren't for going to participate in activities, I wouldn't be willing to rent such an expensive car."

Youjie Housekeeping was still a small company, cash flow wasn't abundant, and naturally, it didn't have the ability to equip executives with cars.

Even the agreement signed with the car rental company was just a short-term lease contract, meaning ordering only when needed.

For example, this Mercedes-Benz E, without a driver, the daily rent was 700 yuan.

It was a price she could accept.

This 【Yancheng Entrepreneurship Incubation Base】 activity was a support activity organized by the government, very friendly to their pure college student entrepreneurship team.

And there were also some investment institutions that would be present, which could be considered a good opportunity.

The two chatted, Xu Qing touched the chain handbag Tang Song sent, took out a Chanel lipstick from it, and started operating in front of the passenger seat's makeup mirror.

Shen Yu Yan glanced at her: "Still won't tell me who the boy chasing you is?"

Xu Qing's movements paused, her face red: "Just a friend relationship, my contact with him is also to help you pull investment."

Mentioning investment, Shen Yu Yan's eyes instantly dimmed.

For Youjie Housekeeping, she had sufficient fantasies, and she had also invested all her energy and time into it.

In the early stages of entrepreneurship, Zhang Tianqi provided channel business, Hou Shaoyuan provided main funds, and she was responsible for management and operation.

Everything went smoothly.

For two years, the company achieved stable profit and got on the right track.

However, in financing, she encountered unprecedented difficulties.

The company was stuck in a bottleneck, the project had no appeal, partners weren't active, investors gave cold shoulders…

Leaving her at a loss, not knowing how to go forward in the future.

"Ding-dong—" The WeChat notification sounded.

Xu Qing picked up her phone and took a look; first she was a bit pleasantly surprised, but when she saw the message, her furry eyebrows instantly frowned.

【Tang Song: "CPU: Intel i9-13900KS, Motherboard: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790, Power Supply: ASUS ROG Thor II 1600W…"】

There were more than a dozen items behind, what water cooling, chassis, fan, graphics card bracket, etc., making Xu Qing dizzy.

This… assembling a computer has so many things!

Sticking out her tongue, Xu Qing replied: "Received! I'll ask that alumnus to help order it."

The message was just sent.

"Ding-dong—"

【Tang Song: ", please collect payment"】

【Tang Song: "Thanks for your hard work, Qingqing, this set should cost about 40,000 on the market, the extra money is just for your hard work."】

"Ah!" Xu Qing covered her mouth and exclaimed, her pitch-black eyeballs widening instantly.

10,000 yuan hard work fee! Got rich! Got rich!

"What's wrong, Qingqing?" Shen Yu Yan looked at her suspiciously.

"Nothing, you focus on driving, I'm chatting with a friend." Xu Qing wiped her drool and quickly clicked the green collection button.

Immediately after, the interface jumped.

【You have collected payment, funds have been deposited into your balance. ¥50,000.00.】

Looking at that long string of numbers in her WeChat balance, Xu Qing trembled slightly with excitement.

Her brain turned quickly; there was still almost 50,000 in her bank card, plus the WeChat balance, it was only 600 or 700 short of 100,000!

No, there was still some money in her little golden pig piggy bank; if she smashed it and counted it in, it was definitely 100,000 in huge funds!

From childhood to adulthood, she, Xu Qing, had never been this wealthy!

It was a pity it was just a transit, and she had to buy messy computer accessories.

After brainstorming for a while, Xu Qing typed and replied: "Okay! I'll arrange it for you!"

After speaking, she forwarded it directly to her alumnus Liu Shuaibo, leaving a message: "Shuaibo, use your internal channel, see how much these cost!"

Fortunately, she had friends; market price 40,000, with Liu Shuaibo's help, maybe it could be done for 30,000-something.

In that case, the 14,000 4090 is back! Long live!

Then, Xu Qing looked at her good best friend, bit her lip lightly, and sent another message to Tang Song: "By the way, you should have read the business plan for Youjie Housekeeping, right? How does Tang Zong feel?"

After waiting for a while, still not seeing him reply, Xu Qing was so anxious she wanted to pee.

Although making money was very happy, her best friend's career was a big deal.

He had said before, as long as there was no problem with the company, he would invest.

No way, he definitely wouldn't lie to such a cute girl like her, right!?

"Qingqing, almost at your company building, get ready to get off," Shen Yu Yan parked the car on the side and tapped her on the head. "Why do I feel your legs are shaking?"

Xu Qing curled her lips, just about to speak.

"Vroom, vroom, vroom—"

【Tang Song: "No problem, I agree to invest by way of capital increase and share expansion. But I've been quite busy these past few days, in two days you arrange for Shen Yu Yan to come out, the three of us will have a meal together, and by the way, discuss the due diligence."】

Xu Qing's face flushed red, her head dizzy, and she quickly replied: "Alright, alright, thank you Tang Song, if there's anything you need my help with, just say it!"

Hahaha! I, Xu Qing, am indeed awesome! Chosen daughter!

The big thing my best friend has been worrying about for months was handled by me casually!

"Vroom, vroom, vroom—"

【Tang Song: "Nothing you need help with for now, if you must thank me, then send a photo of yourself. I remember you had a twin-tail hairstyle in college, do you have any cosplay photos with this hairstyle?"】

This request wasn't excessive, after all, Tang Song trusted her so much and helped her with such a big favor.

Xu Qing licked her lips, found a photo of herself in a gymnastics uniform with twin tails in the gallery, and shared it.

"Vroom, vroom, vroom—"

【Tang Song: "Very good, I've already figured out how to use that mirrorless camera, let's schedule a shoot later, you wear this outfit and do a cosplay, I'll be your photographer."】

What?

【Redacted】

Since her debut, she, Xu Qing, had never found a male photographer to take photos!

Thinking of having to pose in various shameful positions according to his requirements, Xu Qing shook her head hard.

No! No way! I, Xu Qing, don't want face?

But the investment hadn't arrived yet, she couldn't be willful!

For the sake of her best friend, it seemed she could only surrender under Tang Song's "lewd power."

After a fierce psychological struggle.

Xu Qing bit her lip and typed hard to reply: "Okay, no problem."

"Vroom, vroom, vroom—"

【Tang Song: "By the way, Qingqing, do you have photos of Shen School Beauty? Send me one too, mainly because I haven't seen her for a long time, recognize her first, convenient for future communication."】

Hateful! Little Song, you're pushing your luck!

Gritting her teeth, Xu Qing finally surrendered.

Found a photo taken when they went out to play yesterday and sent it.

Looking at the two photos in the chat box, Xu Qing pouted unhappily.

How come her best friend's looks so pure, and hers so sexy?

"Big silly Qing, what are you dazed for? Get off the car quickly, I still have to go to work." Shen Yu Yan parked the car and tapped her on the head.

Xu Qing raised her head, not in the mood to care about her address.

Holding her face with both hands, their eyes met, excited: "Shen Yu Yan, I've handled the investment for your company!"

"What do you mean?" Shen Yu Yan raised her long, slender eyebrows.

"Mua~" Xu Qing kissed her on the cheek, shaking her head: "It's the friend I mentioned to you, after he read your 'Business Plan,' he agreed to invest in Youjie Housekeeping, in a few days we'll have a meal together, he wants to discuss the due diligence with you."

Regarding due diligence, as a law student, Xu Qing naturally knew.

It was a comprehensive, in-depth, and detailed investigation of the target company's assets and liabilities, operating and financial conditions in capital operations such as acquisitions and investments.

It was one of the most important links in the corporate investment and acquisition process.

In other words, this matter had been confirmed by Tang Song and could basically be considered nailed down!

"This…" Shen Yu Yan looked at her in amazement.

She knew this best friend of hers too well; what she just said was absolutely serious!

"Who is he? What's his background?" Shen Yu Yan's eyes instantly shot out powerful vitality and light.

At this point, Xu Qing didn't intend to hide it from her anymore.

Since junior high school,

Xu Qing, who had always been suppressed, discovered Tang Song, this treasure of a boy, and decisively kept it to herself without telling her.

It wasn't because she had any sordid thoughts.

It was purely because she wanted to stand before her best friend one day and say impressively, "Look, I have my own circle of friends, my own connections and resources. Are you looking at me with new eyes now?"

The current scene perfectly matched her expectations.

Xu Qing laughed "haha" twice, hands on her hips, head held high and chest out.

She said in an excited tone, "He is our classmate from the same year, Tang Song from the Software Engineering major in the Computer Science Department!"

"Tang Song?" Shen Yu Yan widened her eyes, and a tall, straight figure appeared in her mind.

The technical lead of Weiguang Coffee, the stunning performance at the roadshow.

"How could it be him?" She then said with a suspicious look, "I remember asking you before, how did you answer? Also, you were wearing a JK uniform before, were you going on a date with him?"

The expression on Xu Qing's face paused, and she brushed it off, saying, "I don't remember, did that happen? Anyway, I'll put it this way now: Tang Song has agreed to invest in Youjie Housekeeping for my sake! You go back and prepare, and get ready to welcome the due diligence in a few days!"

"Qingqing, this is a big deal, you aren't joking with me, are you?" Although she knew her best friend's personality, Shen Yu Yan still wanted to confirm.

Xu Qing rubbed her face, "I'm not joking with you. Tang Song is exceptionally capable now; the car he drives is a Mercedes S-Class, he's not short on money at all! Oh my, you'll know once you meet him!"

Shen Yu Yan's gaze flickered for a moment, and she gently bit her lip, "Okay, I believe you."

Xu Qing excitedly hugged her neck, her eyes shining as she said, "Once your company finishes financing, it will definitely develop smoothly. When you get rich, that means I get rich too. We best friends will never be separated!"

……

30th floor of Yunxi Building.

Songmei Apparel.

Tang Song let out a "pfft" and laughed.

He originally just wanted to tease Xu Qing, this cute girl, but he didn't expect her to really go along with it and agree to everything.

He clicked on Shen Yu Yan's photo to admire it for a while.

On her narrow, oval face, there was plenty of collagen, and her features were large and well-proportioned.

A standard pure school beauty face.

Three years after graduation, her appearance hadn't changed much, but her temperament was indeed even better.

Her gaze was bright and spirited, her posture tall and straight, like a white swan.

Just standing there, she was a beautiful piece of scenery.

Putting down his phone, Tang Song's gaze turned to the computer screen.

It was the "Youjie Housekeeping Investment Research Report" sent by "Juqing Juqing Hui Jin" this morning.

The investment rating wasn't high; it was a very ordinary enterprise with average profitability, average standards, and the field it was engaged in didn't have much room for imagination.

For such an enterprise, it was indeed very difficult to get investment from venture capital.

Looking at the photos of Shen Yu Yan and Xu Qing again, Tang Song laughed nonchalantly.

These things weren't important.

University represented a part of his mediocre past.

Shen Yu Yan and Xu Qing represented fantasies that were once out of reach; interacting with them, changing their perception of him, feeling their shock, and reaping their favor.

It was very helpful for him to improve his self-confidence and charm rating.

Of course, more importantly, these two best friends were indeed good-looking.

Especially Shen Yu Yan.

He remembered that in the second half of his freshman year, a candid photo of Shen Yu Yan taken by a classmate went viral online.

It was widely circulated on school forums, Tieba, and QQ groups, and it was from that time that she got the title of school beauty.

At that time, after Lu Ziming saw it, he made up his mind to pursue the school beauty Shen; he didn't expect that after pursuing her for several years, he would eventually give up.

Thinking of Lu Ziming, Tang Song patted his head.

It was time to move his things out of Qingxin Garden, and he would treat him to a meal then.

After all, this roommate had taken good care of him.

…

"Knock, knock, knock—" A knocking sound rang out.

Immediately after, the voice of HR Zhang Ying came from outside the door: "Tang Zong, Mr. Liu has arrived and is waiting for you in the conference room."

"Okay, I got it." Tang Song replied, composed himself, stood up, and walked toward the conference room.

Pushing open the glass door, he saw a familiar figure.

Liu Mingchang was 30 years old this year, his skin was a bit rough, and his appearance was ordinary.

However, as a small boss who started from scratch, he carried a certain tenacious and pragmatic temperament.

"Brother Liu, good morning."

"Good morning, Tang Zong!" Liu Mingchang hurriedly stood up and shook hands with him.

The two exchanged pleasantries about their recent situations.

Tang Song sat face-to-face with him, chatted about his previous work and his understanding of the e-commerce business, and incidentally introduced the company's situation.

The special effect 【Leader】 attached to the role 【Songmei Apparel - President】 was triggered.

His keen intuition and insight allowed him to quickly reach a conclusion.

Tang Song said simply and directly: "I've already told you the basic situation over the phone; Songmei Apparel is about to undergo large-scale expansion.

I am about to start setting up the inventory and logistics management department. Brother Liu, you have work experience in warehousing and logistics companies, and you also started a company from scratch.

I appreciate your ability and character, and I hope you will be responsible for this part of the business; the compensation will satisfy you."

After speaking, his gaze turned to Liu Mingchang, quietly waiting for his reply.

Before contacting Liu Mingchang, he had entrusted Bocai Yingrui to conduct a simple background check on him.

It was very clean and met his requirements.

Liu Mingchang gritted his teeth, his gaze somewhat hesitant.

His current wallpaper renovation business was doing very ordinarily; calling himself a boss, he was actually just doing construction.

He was just a contractor, following behind renovation companies to make a living.

So after receiving Tang Song's call this morning, he didn't directly refuse, but took the initiative to propose coming over to communicate.

Songmei Apparel was a typical live-streaming e-commerce company and also one of the hottest fields right now, which was indeed very tempting to him.

But there were risks after all.

At 30 years old, he had to consider getting married and having children, and he also had parents to support.

Letting him just give up the company he had worked so hard to build to come here to work for someone else, he still felt somewhat uneasy in his heart.

"Da, da, da—" Tang Song's slender fingers tapped lightly on the solid wood tabletop.

He smiled at Liu Mingchang: "Brother Liu, you are in the renovation business, you should know Yunxi Building very well, right?"

"Yes."

"This floor, including the 1810-square-meter office area currently under renovation, is all mine."

Liu Mingchang's heart shook violently; he immediately stood up, his face flushed, and said: "Tang Zong, give me a week, and I will handle the matters on hand cleanly."