20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3801 Shen Youli

Zhao Chang'an didn't call Lin Xiaojie because she was in such a state that she couldn't go out for long, let alone drink beer. Ai Qiuqiu liked to go to a long-established barbecue stall by the Jinshui River, which was far from the public toilet. When they drank beer there before, the men would walk to the riverbank in the shade to drink, while the women could only hold it in or go down the riverbank steps in the dark to drink.

Ye Yiyi got her period yesterday, so she can't drink cold drinks or eat spicy or greasy food. It's cold here at night and the wind is even stronger by the river. Her Mandarin is only so-so, so it's easy to misunderstand her.

The two walked to the small supermarket and met up with the main group. Zhao Chang'an said, "I called Fan Chao. He's interning at the port area tax office here. He'll be over in a bit."

If a woman says she'll be there in a bit, that "in a bit" will take at least ten minutes, but if a man says the same thing, it will only take a few minutes.

Zhao Chang'an saw an empty taxi approaching and waved it down, warning that he might not be able to hail a cab if he waited too long.

At this time of year, there are very few taxis returning to the city from the remote airport area, and even fewer passengers. If you think taxis are too expensive or you can't get one, walk a few hundred meters to the side of the highway and wait for a passing long-distance bus. Just wave it down, and it will stop for ten yuan to take you back to the highway entrance in the city.

A taxi ride from here to the city center by meter will generally cost around 80 or 90 yuan. These taxis usually bring passengers here in the afternoon to catch their flights, and by the time they return to the city, most of them are empty. If you haggle, the price will be 40 or 50 yuan, or even lower if you get angry, just to make enough to cover the fuel and highway tolls.

However, Zhao Chang'an was not in the mood to haggle with the driver. He simply asked the driver to wait a while and said he would call another taxi for him.

In this era, everything seems far less formal and rigorous than it will be twenty years from now. Yet, everywhere, like water flowing naturally downwards, it automatically fills the gaps, growing wildly, disorderly, and rapidly amidst its roughness and superficiality.

Just like in the future, being a teacher, civil servant, or a ten-year job in a public institution will be a relatively low choice for current college students. When applying to universities for teacher training or agricultural/forestry programs, the admission score will be reduced by 10 to 20 points.

Go out into the vast world of society, where there are opportunities to realize one's value everywhere. Becoming a trendsetter of the times is the choice of this generation of chosen ones.

Zhao Chang'an glanced into the open canvas shed and small supermarket, only to see the owners busy at work. The future primary school teacher wasn't there; she must be living at the school or attending evening self-study sessions.

Zhao Chang'an originally wanted to take the opportunity of buying cigarettes to get a good look at this girl and see if she had grown up to resemble Li Yanqiu.

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Two taxis entered the city and passed a clothing store. Zhao Chang'an asked the taxis to stop and wait a while so he could buy two down jackets for Tian Xue and Yang Yixin. He said that they would definitely not be able to stand sitting by the river at night wearing such thin clothes.

When Zhao Chang'an and his group arrived at the food stalls along the Jinshui River, Zheng Chi, Zou Xiaojun, Yu Chaofei, and Jin Feiyue had already arrived. The dozen or so tables set up along the river were full of people.

However, with the canvas awning blocking out the cold, and each table inside having a charcoal grill for grilling skewers, it wasn't cold at all. On the contrary, it made Zhao Chang'an a little worried that with so much charcoal, he might get carbon monoxide poisoning.

"You guys have a knack for picking locations. Old Liu's food stall has been open for over ten years and is one of the earliest barbecue stalls along the Jinshui River. Since my old man moved here, I've eaten here countless times every year. This is my girlfriend, Shen Youli, also known as Brother Zhao or Prince Brother. What do you think? Isn't she prettier than Feng Caiwei?"

Zou Xiaojun reached out to grab a pretty woman standing next to him with a smile, but she gracefully dodged him. While raising her slender, white hand to greet Zhao Chang'an and the others, she solemnly corrected the error in Zou Xiaojun's words: "She is a female friend, Shen Youli."

In the night by the Jinshui River, for a fleeting moment her small hand waved in the night breeze, like a beautiful white magnolia blossoming its petals in the wind.

Zhao Chang'an also smelled the fragrance carried by the breeze on her body; she had deliberately sprayed perfume on her wrists and neck.

After Yang Yixin and Zhao Chang'an's relationship progressed naturally, she gradually shed her fiery personality, grew her short hair long, and began learning makeup, becoming increasingly beautiful and charming.

However, she still uses the Haiermian children's skincare product. The skincare product is quite good, but the fragrance is short-lived and faint, and she basically doesn't wear perfume.

Tian Xue's beauty is undeniable. She rarely uses perfume, only spraying a little to liven up the atmosphere and please her lover when she needs to flirt with Zhao Chang'an.

Ai Qiuqiu also wears perfume, and she still does, but in terms of looks and figure, she's the one who's been overshadowed the most. This girl is clearly very cunning. Zou Xiaojun only introduced Zhao Chang'an and Wen Ye, but not Fan Chao and the other four women. If she followed Zou Xiaojun's introduction and greeted Zhao Chang'an and Wen Ye, she would be neglecting Fan Chao, especially.

Greeting someone in this novel and slightly playful way easily defuses unnecessary awkwardness or even hostility.

Standing next to Jin Feiyue was a woman Zhao Chang'an had seen a few times. She was one of the three top-notch female secretaries in the president's office of Yinlong Group. Her appearance was slightly inferior to Yang Yixin and Shen Youli, and even more so to Tian Xue.

However, this woman dared to wear revealing clothes and had a great figure, her ample bosom making it seem like she was hiding some huge treasure, making men want to reach inside and explore to see if they could find anything good.

Especially if they knew that this woman had previously been with Jin Guangren and was now with Jin Feiyue, and that she was a graduate of a prestigious university and a successful white-collar woman, they would definitely be even more interested.

"You'll drop the second word sooner or later, I don't believe anyone will dare to pursue you then."

Zou Xiaojun didn't seem to care when his secret was exposed.

"Brother Jun, the second word can't be dropped."

Yu Chaofei, the sycophantic straight man, quickly offered a reminder.

"roll!"

Zou Xiaojun laughed and scolded.

"Dine in a civilized manner, and make friends in a civilized manner!"

Fan Chao immediately reminded him.

Zou Xiaojun's smile froze, his expression changed slightly, and Yu Chaofei also looked at Fan Chao, who was unaware of his background, in surprise.

"Old Fan, don't pay any attention to those old scoundrels. Don't let them corrupt you."

The biggest old rogue here, Zhao Chang'an, stood on the same side as Fan Chao with a straight face, while Jin Feiyue laughed the loudest. "We two brothers know each other well."

Zhao Chang'an smiled and nodded to Shen Youli, then nodded to Jin Feiyue's female secretary, and said to Zou Xiaojun, "This is Fan Chao, my high school classmate and good friend. This is President Zou Xiaojun, President Yu Chaofei, and Xu Wanrong's cousin. I won't introduce the ladies one by one, hehe, they are all my female friends, and you have to give them the second name."

Chu Guangying wasn't going to tolerate Zhao Chang'an, so she raised her leg to kick him, but Zhao Chang'an easily dodged it and laughed as he complained, "Your Highness, the Crown Princess kicked me!"

"You three bastards have killed this topic, why don't you change it?"

Wen Ye handed Jin Feiyue a cigarette: "You two need to finalize the matter of investing in Yinlong Group tonight, otherwise you'll have to sleep in my and Lao Zhao's room tonight. We won't sleep until we've reached an agreement."

Wen Ye had no interest in holding any of the non-tradable shares of Yinlong Cement in Zhengzhou, because the limestone and clay raw materials for Yinlong Group's largest cement plant, Zhengzhou Yinlong Cement Plant, still came from the mining area where the dispute had occurred before.

Moreover, cement plants, as high-energy-consuming and heavily polluting enterprises, are simply insignificant in terms of profit output compared to the real estate, internet, mobile phone, automobile, and traditional Chinese medicine industries. They represent a high-investment, low-return sector.

Therefore, Jin Feiyue brought up the negotiation twice to confirm that Zhengzhou City would officially hold shares in one nanometer, but Wen Ye postponed it both times, wanting Zhao Chang'an to make the decision himself.