Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 298 Qingkui VS Ding Yi
At 7:45 p.m., the sky over Beijing was already dark. The bright lights of the city illuminated this thousand-year-old capital. Standing in the Wangfujing commercial district, the Waldorf Astoria Courtyard Hotel's unique "W" logo was shining brightly, exuding the beauty of design.

Letters with symmetrical properties, such as "H", "V" and "W", are often highlighted in the design.

Today, Zhou Wang is very impressed by this, because symmetry is indeed a unique aesthetic...

In the courtyard suite, silently, the door of the master bedroom suite was pushed open a crack, and then a head popped out.

After making sure that no one else was in the courtyard, Zhou Wang reached out and took down the Do Not Disturb sign from the door. Then he turned around and coughed lightly and gave an order:
"Then Yunlan, you stay with your sister Yunrou for a while. When it's convenient for you, you can go back to your room..."

Yun Lan, half-naked, curled up on the messy bed in the master bedroom. He nodded obediently when he heard the words.

She, who was the main support, was fine, except that her hair was a little messy and her face looked red.

Everything she experienced today had a huge impact on her.

Because of the environment she was in before, although she was not unfamiliar with matters between men and women, she was essentially just a 19-year-old girl who had never even had a serious relationship.

The scene that Yun Rou performed in front of her skipped too many processes and directly glimpsed the ultimate.

On the other side, Yun Rou, the main C, was covered in a quilt. She was still in a state of confusion and was rolling her eyes.

With Zhou Wang's temper, he realized that Yun Rou was a sacrifice after completing her "self-conqueror", so how could he be polite to her?

So the final result was that Zhou Wang was completely freed, while Yun Rou's health bar was completely emptied.

In addition, although Yun Lan did not let go as completely as Yun Rou, he at least shyly played a lot of assists, which made Zhou Wang almost experience the "double happiness" for the second time in his life, so to be honest...

If the agreed dinner time had not been approaching, Zhou Wang might not have been willing to leave the room at this time.

In any case, after taking a quick shower and changing his clothes, Zhou Wang walked out of the room feeling refreshed and full of energy.

But these past two days, I seem to have been a little too indulgent...

Zhou Wang, who had entered the sage moment, squinted his eyes at the blurry lights above the city, then shook his head.

Damn it, if I can’t indulge myself once in a while even though I have money, what’s the point of all this money?

Anyway, he and Yun Rou and Yun Lan don’t talk about feelings, only interests, and this kind of relationship can’t cause any extra burden to him.

After taking out his cell phone and sending a message to his assistant Xu Wenxi, asking her to give Yun Rou and Yun Lan a bonus of 10,000 yuan each this month, Zhou Wang walked towards the restaurant.

……

At 8:20 p.m., Zhou Wangxian waited for Ding Yi in a private room of the Chinese restaurant at the Waldorf Astoria Courtyard Hotel.

Originally, the courtyard suite had its own restaurant, but because the chef was invited from outside, for the convenience of cooking, it was moved to the hotel's large restaurant.

After all, it is a five-star hotel with international connections. Although it is a place to eat Chinese food, there is still a fashionable style in the decoration, reflecting a kind of "light luxury style" and paying more attention to overall coordination and beauty.

In fact, even for domestic five-star hotels, the current popular decoration style is different from that in early years. It no longer pursues splendor blindly, but is simple and grand as the mainstream, trying to highlight the style that is consistent with the hotel's own positioning.

Of course, these are not Zhou Wang’s own feelings. He has not been to so many five-star hotels yet, so he does not have a deep feeling in this regard. The above are all the things that the butler Xiao Dai boasted to Zhou Wang when he was sitting alone in the private room waiting.

Miao Ying will definitely not show up tonight, and the same goes for Yun Rou and Yun Lan. Jiang Mo has to attend the rehearsal organized by the Conservatory of Music in the evening, and it is not known what time it will end, so today's meal will actually be eaten together by Zhou Wang, Ding Yi and Jiang Qingkui.

When Ding Yi arrived at the restaurant and the housekeeper Xiao Dai went to pick him up, Zhou Wang took out his cell phone and replied to Xu Wenxi's message.

Zhou Wang was a little bit puzzled, because he always felt that Xu Wenxi had some doubts about the "10,000 bonus" that Yun Rou and Yun Lan suddenly received, but Zhou Wang naturally couldn't explain it to her, and he couldn't explain it, so he just said impatiently:
"You just do what I tell you to do. What's the matter... my words are useless?"

"Oh, boss, I understand~"

After Xu Wenxi replied with a wronged tone, Zhou Wang said, "Give yourself an extra 20,000 as well," and Xu Wenxi suddenly became happy again.

When Zhou Wang saw that Xu Wenxi started sending emoticons again, he just sneered and said, "Xiao Qianqian, can't I control you anymore?"

Woman, your name is comparison.

Not long after, the door of the private room was knocked and then pushed open. As Xiao Dai bowed, Ding Yi walked in with an exceptionally elegant posture.

A forest green long-sleeved cardigan jacket, paired with a plain white shirt, a light blue denim skirt and a pair of black Martin boots on her feet, highlighting the youthful vitality of the girl while retaining the elegance of a mature sister.

Coupled with her outgoing and bright temperament and her extremely beautiful facial features with mixed-race genes, everything seemed bright the moment she walked into the private room.

To be honest, before being indoctrinated by the "Manners Training Book", Zhou Wang always felt that temperament was just a very vague word, or a kind of mentality with unbalanced thoughts -

If you have money, you have temperament.

But now Zhou Wang finally understood that “temperament” really does exist.

Excluding Jiang Mo from the ranks of graduate students, Ding Yi used to be the standout in Cai University. He dominated the entire university from freshman year to senior year, and there was no one who could beat him. In addition to appearance, temperament actually played a big role.

Maybe there are girls who are not much different from her in terms of appearance, but when standing together, they will look dull.

Unfortunately, the reality is that being rich does not necessarily mean having temperament, but a temperament like Ding Yi's, which seems to be engraved in his bones, must have been the result of being immersed in a superior environment since childhood.

"Hey, Zhou Wang, you look really good. Does Senior Sister really have such great magic power?"

When Ding Yi saw Zhou Wang, he said this with a smile after he sat down.

Zhou Wang glanced at her, but could tell nothing from her expression.

"Maybe the climate in the north is really nourishing. I feel like I've become a lot whiter these past two days... Now I understand why your skin color doesn't look like someone from Yunnan Province. It turns out it's because you're not from Yunnan Province."

Zhou Wang wisely did not extend the topic to Jiang Mo, and just spoke half-jokingly.

He could play crazy and stupid before, but now it's obviously not possible. On that night two days ago, on the bridge over Houhai, Ding Yi had actually broken that layer of window paper.

Although Zhou Wang actually answered her in an evasive way, and Ding Yi did not force him to give an answer, some things still changed subtly.

Ding Yi has not shown up in the past two days. The apparent reason is that she is still interning at a legal institution in Beidu and is too busy to have time, but it is hard to say whether she is deliberately avoiding something...

She can pretend nothing happened in front of Jiang Mo, and even treat Jiang Mo with the friendliest attitude, but if Zhou Wang and Jiang Mo are flirting in front of her, can she still maintain her previous indifference?
Zhou Wang vaguely felt that perhaps Ding Yi himself did not have the answer...

In fact, Zhou Wang still feels that he cannot see through Ding Yi. His previous understanding of her was too superficial. "It doesn't matter where you are from. Where my heart is at peace is my hometown. So what matters is always where the person you care about is, right?"

Ding Yi chuckled, pulled out a chair and sat down next to Zhou Wang, as if the double entendre words directly filled him with pressure.

Before Zhou Wang could reply, Ding Yi saw another set of dinner plates prepared nearby. She was startled and asked in surprise, "Are there any others coming?"

Because Ding Yi had confirmed in advance that Jiang Mo had no time in the evening, so in her subconscious mind, this meal was a "date" between her and Zhou Wang.

But now, apparently, things have changed...

Ding Yi directly ruled out Miao Ying, who seemed to be the most likely candidate. Given that girl's personality, it was unlikely that she would participate in her and Zhou Wang's dinner. The last time they had dinner at Quanjude, Miao Ying didn't even enter the door.

That's why Ding Yi had such doubts.

Before Zhou Wang could answer, the door of the private room was pushed open again, and Jiang Qingkui, wrapped in a long black windbreaker, walked in. A gust of wind with a faint fragrance blew in, suddenly diluting the originally warm atmosphere in the private room.

Compared with Ding Yi's fresh style, Jiang Qingkui's style is absolutely mature and cool. In fact, Zhou Wang always thought that if Jiang Qingkui was not a top student, she would definitely be able to make a living as a model.

Maybe even become a world-famous model.

The moment Jiang Qingkui came in, Ding Yi turned around as if she sensed something, and her eyes met with Jiang Qingkui, who was also surprised. The expressions of both women changed subtly.

The bright smile on Ding Yi's face suddenly faded a lot, and Jiang Qingkui, who had been about to smile and say hello to Zhou Wang, suddenly turned cold.

They stared at each other for a few seconds, and then, as if by coincidence, they all looked at Zhou Wang.

No one spoke, but Zhou Wang clearly read three words from their eyes -

"who is she?"

At this moment Zhou Wang was really puzzled. You two are not dumb, so how come you suddenly can't even speak?

Zhou Wang was very sure that this was the first time that Jiang Qingkui and Ding Yi met, so he was a little confused. Both Jiang Qingkui and Ding Yi were obviously not the kind of "socially incompetent" people, so how could they be fixed on each other in that second?

Although he had a bad premonition, at this time, Zhou Wang could only cough lightly, stand up, and briefly introduce himself in the usual way.

"Qingkui, this is Ding Yi, my college classmate, from Beidu..."

"Her name is Jiang Qingkui. She is my secretary and is from Jingcheng like me..."

After Zhou Wang finished introducing each other, Jiang Qingkui and Ding Yi looked at each other again.

After a brief pause, Ding Yixian smiled and broke the silence: "Hello, Secretary Jiang... Hey, Zhou Wang, when did you find a secretary? Why didn't you tell me?"

Ding Yi's words made Jiang Qingkui raise his eyebrows slightly.

First of all, Ding Yi’s address, “Secretary Jiang”... seemed to naturally carry a sense of condescending scrutiny.

This is all secondary. The main thing is the question that Ding Yi asked Zhou Wang later. It was as if Ding Yi was telling her that given her relationship with Zhou Wang, Zhou Wang should tell her about this matter. They are more than just "college classmates" as Zhou Wang said.

Before Zhou Wang could say anything, Jiang Qingkui smiled faintly and responded first: "Mr. Zhou, I haven't heard you mention that you have such a college classmate in Beidu before. It seems that I didn't prepare enough Mid-Autumn Festival gift boxes."

Ding Yi couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly when he heard this.

She had just hinted to Jiang Qingkui about the close relationship between her and Zhou Wang, but she didn't expect Jiang Qingkui to respond so quickly.

"I haven't heard Zhou Wang mention it before" is equivalent to "Zhou Wang talks about everything with her, even those involving personal private life."

Another way to translate "the underprepared Mid-Autumn Festival gift box" is "Zhou Wang actually doesn't put you in a very important position, otherwise why there is no share for you in the gift box I prepared".

"Secretary Jiang, it sounds like you know Zhou Wang very well?"

Ding Yi suddenly regained his bright smile.

"Oh, Mr. Zhou and I were neighbors when we were kids. He was totally different back then. He followed me around all day long... Sorry, Mr. Zhou, I shouldn't have mentioned your embarrassing childhood memories."

Jiang Qingkui said something as if he had spoken out of turn, and then quickly apologized to Zhou Wang.

"So you two are childhood sweethearts?"

Ding Yi sighed, "What a pity..."

"What's a pity?"

"No, I was just thinking, sister, you should have lost contact with Zhou Wang later. Otherwise, if a beautiful girl like you had been in contact with Zhou Wang, there would be nothing for me to do later..."

Jiang Qingkui was a little caught off guard by Ding Yi's sudden change of address, but she quickly smiled faintly.

"Ms. Ding, what you said...did something happen between you and Mr. Zhou before?"

"It's nothing special. Someone just said he would give me a home...right, Mr. Zhou?"

After Ding Yi finished speaking, he winked at Zhou Wang mischievously.

Jiang Qingkui's face was stiff for a moment, but she soon chuckled again: "But now I don't seem to see your home, so this counts as... having experienced the vicissitudes of life?"

"Sister, you should know the latter part of 'once you have seen the vast sea'. I prefer to believe it is 'except Mount Wushan'."

"Really? But people have to pass through so many mountains in their life. How can we be sure which mountain is the 'Wushan' until the end?"

“As long as you make a firm choice, the mountain before you will be ‘Wushan’.”

"Then you seem to be taking it for granted. At least I can't see at all now which mountain has been chosen."

……

This conversation happened so quickly that Zhou Wang had no chance to get a word in. Before he could come to his senses, he heard Jiang Qingkui and Ding Yi talking to each other almost non-stop. In an instant, they went from being strangers to having a heated "philosophy" debate.

Damn it, you guys are doing great power diplomacy, why are you making it so in-depth!
Zhou Wang was slightly stunned, and suddenly realized that he seemed to be a bit hasty in inviting Jiang Qingkui and Ding Yi to dinner at the same time...

(End of this chapter)