Chapter 253

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"Just chat with her more; as you keep chatting, a good impression will naturally come."

Wang Dashan spoke like this.

In his view, getting a woman to like you was just that easy.

Wang Erhai, however, gave a bitter laugh:

"I'd love to chat with her more, but I say ten sentences and she doesn't say a single one — it's hard to keep the conversation going."

Wang Erhai had indeed not been shy about actively seeking out Xiao Mei to chat, but Xiao Mei gave him the cold shoulder; he kept awkwardly chatting away by himself, which was rather embarrassing, so later he gradually rarely took the initiative to speak to her.

"Big Brother, do you think I should buy Xiao Mei some gifts, create some surprises?"

Wang Erhai suddenly raised this question.

Wang Dashan's heart couldn't help but freeze for a moment; come to think of it, he seemed to have never bought Du Xiaojuan any gifts either — only when he confessed did he create a romantic scene, but that was just singing her a song and giving her a single rose; he didn't give her any actual gift.

"No need. Just pick a time, carefully arrange a venue, invite a few friends to back you up, and then confess to her."

Wang Dashan spoke from his own experience.

Wang Erhai, however, hesitated a bit:

"What if she doesn't agree?"

Wang Dashan said:

"Impossible, right? As long as you put your heart into it and give her a big surprise like that, she shouldn't possibly refuse you in front of so many people, right?"

Wang Erhai had no confidence in his heart, but still said:

"Okay, then I'll take advantage of the Spring Festival period, find some time to go confess to Xiao Mei! Big Brother, you might not know yet — Xiao Mei is also from our county town!"

Wang Dashan immediately said:

"What a coincidence; put that way, you and Xiao Mei really have quite a fateful connection!"

Wang Erhai nodded:

"I think so too. Big Brother, when the time comes, will you back me up?"

Wang Dashan said with a laugh:

"Sure, I'll bring your Eldest Sister-in-law along, and we'll go back you up together! Oh right, if Little Brother has time, bring him too — let him broaden his horizons, he can't just bury his head in dead books all the time!"

Wang Erhai laughed: "Okay, it's settled then!"

He felt that with his Big Brother backing him up and scheming from the middle, it should raise the success rate.

The long-distance bus wound through the Guangzhou urban area like a slowly crawling little worm; after more than half an hour, it finally exited the urban area.

But just as it got on the expressway, it ran into a traffic jam again.

"Well, looking at this traffic situation, it's probably going to be jammed for half a day!"

Wang Dashan gazed through the window at the traffic ahead, constipated in its flow, and couldn't help but let out a sigh.

Wang Erhai then said:

"Who knows when we'll be able to get back."

Then he asked:

"Speaking of which, the roads are already this jammed now; Eldest Sister-in-law left later than us — won't it be even worse for her?"

Wang Dashan gave a dry laugh:

"Who knows..."

Wang Erhai couldn't help but worry:

"If Eldest Sister-in-law gets stuck on the road too long, by the time we reach our hometown it'll probably be deep into the night..."

Wang Dashan stopped speaking.

He harbored the same worry in his heart.

He took out his mobile phone, opened WeChat.

Sent a message to Du Xiaojuan:

"About what time will your meeting with the partner wrap up?"

After ten-odd minutes, Du Xiaojuan finally replied:

"We agreed to meet at ten in the morning to negotiate; barring accidents, it should wrap up before noon, and then I can get to your place in the afternoon."

Wang Dashan replied:

"The roads are badly jammed right now; I'm afraid if you leave late it'll get even worse later — try to set off as early as possible."

"Mm-hmm, got it."

Du Xiaojuan put away her phone, couldn't help but let out a sigh.

During the Spring Festival travel period, the roads would jam — how could she not know that?

But doing business, one often has no choice.

Who doesn't want to rest early for the New Year and go home early? But if you want to earn other people's money, you have to pay a certain price.

She collected her composure, summoned her full spirit, because General Manager Xu was about to arrive.

Today she had to land General Manager Xu's order.

Because this concerned her company's future fate.

Just then, a middle-aged man walked in.

Although he had a fat head and big ears, he wore a suit and leather shoes, and his aura was imposing.

"Du Xiaojuan, good morning!"

General Manager Xu greeted with a laugh as soon as he entered.

This middle-aged man appeared harmless on the surface, but in reality he was a treacherous merchant.

As the saying goes, no merchant without treachery; if he weren't treacherous, it would be impossible for him to have climbed from the very bottom to his current position.

Like Du Xiaojuan, he also had a rural background.

After decades of scrambling and struggling, he had accumulated a certain amount of wealth.

"General Manager Xu, good morning!"

Du Xiaojuan greeted with a smile:

"Sit here, I'll go pour you a cup of tea!"

Du Xiaojuan personally brewed a cup of tea for General Manager Xu.

After General Manager Xu took a small sip, he cut straight to the point:

"I know Du Xiaojuan you're in a rush, I don't want to say much idle talk or polite talk either, let's just talk directly and get straight to the point. The cooperation details you proposed, I've already examined carefully."

Du Xiaojuan said with a smile:

"I just like doing business with straightforward people like you, General Manager Xu. Since you've already looked over the cooperation details I proposed, what do you think of them? Is there anywhere that needs improvement?"

General Manager Xu then said:

"I think it's quite good. The cooperation details you proposed can be called mutually beneficial and win-win, I can accept all of them. However, I have one condition."

"What condition?"

General Manager Xu smiled faintly at this moment:

"Miss Du, actually I've admired your beauty for a long time."

As soon as General Manager Xu spoke these words, Du Xiaojuan couldn't help but tremble all over.

As someone who had scrambled in the business world for many years, how could she not hear what General Manager Xu's words meant?

So she instantly felt nauseated, resistant, disgusted, and instantly felt that this General Manager Xu's face was extremely ugly.

But she had to endure this nausea, not showing resistance or disgust, because she couldn't afford to offend an upstream partner like General Manager Xu whose strength was much greater than hers.

"General Manager Xu, I'm very sorry, I already have a boyfriend. How about this, I'll take you to the club, don't worry, you won't spend a penny, I'll treat..."

Du Xiaojuan struggled to maintain a polite and courteous smile, tactfully refusing General Manager Xu's demand.

However, General Manager Xu said with a smile:

"It's precisely because you have a boyfriend that if I don't strive for it now, there won't be this opportunity later."

Then he also said:

"Rest assured, only this once, and it's the last time. Only heaven knows, earth knows, you know, I know. I won't let your boyfriend find out."

Du Xiaojuan's face turned extremely unsightly, because she could already tell that this middle-aged greasy man had made up his mind to have his way with her.

If he couldn't get her, he probably wouldn't cooperate with her.

Sure enough, at this moment, before Du Xiaojuan could even give a reply, he offered even more favorable terms:

"Du Xiaojuan, as long as you agree to this condition of mine, I can give you a ten percent profit concession. My sincerity is already great enough. Hope you don't refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit..."