Rebirth: Growing Up Together

Xu Cheng patted her shoulder, made a cheering gesture, then turned around and went downstairs without hesitation.

Although there were only a few simple words provided by the waitress, combined with the scene witnessed by Xu Cheng, it was not difficult for him to guess that Lin's father's company should be facing some financial difficulties at the moment.

The financial crisis is naturally the subprime mortgage crisis that swept the world two years ago.

The impact of this crisis is not only global, but also spread across all industries.

He remembered that he had read in a newspaper that the subprime mortgage crisis caused at least half of the world's stock prices to evaporate, and countless companies and factories went bankrupt.

Xu Cheng remembered that Lin's father's company was in the transportation business, and it must have been hard hit by the subprime mortgage crisis.

And getting drunk so many times was probably also for the purpose of attracting investment, and the investors promoted the culture of urging people to drink, which is a deep traditional culture.

"If you don't drink, you're not giving me face..."

"If you have anything to say, drink this cup and we'll talk..."

Xu Chengguang could imagine the scene at the dining table just by using his imagination.

As for today's unpleasant parting, it must be because seeing that Mr. Lin was reluctant to drink, the investor felt that he was not giving him face, so he left angrily.

After sorting out all of this, Xu Cheng slowly walked down the stairs and saw Lin Wanzhou sitting alone on a bench in the lobby, waiting quietly and obediently.

"Why are you dazed?"

"Oh?"

The girl raised her head and looked at him.

"You're back."

"what are you thinking?"

"I……"

Lin Wanzhou asked somewhat embarrassedly, "I just suddenly remembered, have you not had dinner yet, Xu Cheng?"

Xu Cheng asked.

"Are you hungry now?"

"I've already had dinner."

Lin Wanzhou quickly emphasized, "I, I just thought that when I called you, you had just woken up, and then you came out with me, so you probably hadn't had dinner yet."

"Well, I didn't eat."

"Then I'll treat you to a meal... right here."

Lin Wanzhou felt that because of her family matters, Xu Cheng didn't even have time to eat dinner, so in order to repay him, it was only right to treat him to a big meal.

Xu Cheng was surprised.

"This place is pretty high-end, right? The food must be expensive. Why are you suddenly so generous to Lin Wanzhou?"

"So you're saying that I'm usually stingy?"

Hearing the girl's slightly threatening voice, Xu Cheng hurriedly scratched his head and explained.

"No, I mean you are usually quite frugal. Frugality is a traditional virtue. I like frugal girls. They are so virtuous."

"Humph."

Lin Wanzhou stepped lightly on his white shoes in dissatisfaction, leaving a shoe print as a revenge.

He stepped lightly because he praised her for being virtuous.

Of course, this was what she wanted to do all night, just to take advantage of the situation.

Sooner or later, white shoes are bound to be stepped on by someone. It's just like when you throw a cat out, it will always fall on its back. It's a law.

So since you are going to be stepped on.

Then she would be the girl who took his virginity.

"Lin Wanzhou, do you have enough money to eat here?"

"That's enough."

The girl thought with a calculating look on her face.

"To reward my college entrance examination results, my mom gave me a lot of pocket money, and my dad also gave me some, which added up to about 500 yuan."

"Frog fun."

Xu Cheng was surprised. "Five hundred? That's enough for a king-size room!"

"???"

Lin Wanzhou slapped him angrily, "What are you talking about!"

She was in a state of panic.

What king-size bed room?

She just wanted to treat Xu Cheng to a big meal, not to treat her as a big meal for this guy.

It’s really too much. Why does Xu Cheng always think about doing these things with her?

But deep down in the girl's heart, she didn't seem to hate the feeling of being coveted by him. Instead, it was a proof of her attraction to him, which made her secretly satisfied.

In fact, it is not only boys who yearn for those mysterious things. Girls are also curious and want to try them all with the person they like, but they are restrained by reason.

Of course, only they can do things like braking, boys can't do it.

"Lin Wanzhou, please treat me to a meal, but not here." Xu Cheng took the girl's hand and pulled her up from her seat.

Lin Wanzhou panicked when she heard this and quickly emphasized, "I'm just inviting you to dinner. I won't go to a hotel with you today."

She is very careful with her words now.

He also deliberately added the word "today".

Don’t get me wrong, adding “today” doesn’t mean you can go tomorrow. If you don’t go “today”, you may not go tomorrow either.

"Don't worry, I'm not obsessed with that kind of thing."

"do not you?"

"Now that you say that, I want to kiss you again."

Lin Wanzhou quickly covered her mouth and nervously warned the guy, "There are so many people here!"

"Don't worry, I'm just afraid of running into your dad here. Let's go eat somewhere else. You don't know, I ran into your dad upstairs just now. There was no place to hide my face. Fortunately, there were a few waitresses..."

"Waitress?" Lin Wanzhou frowned.

She pricked up her ears and wanted to listen, but Xu Cheng stopped the topic in time, scratched his nose and said no more.

Fortunately, Lin Wanzhou didn't ask any more questions about this.

As for her father's affairs, Xu Cheng hesitated for a long time whether to tell her.

Although the idea that his father's company is on the verge of bankruptcy is just Xu Cheng's guess, it should be not far from the truth.

After much thought, he decided to keep it secret as he didn't want Lin Wanzhou to worry and be sad because of her father's affairs.

Xu Cheng took Lin Wanzhou to a spicy hot pot restaurant.

It's just a small restaurant with small tables and simple environment. Compared with the big hotel just now, it is less magnificent and more homely.

The two of them ordered a large portion of spicy hot pot.

There weren't many people in the restaurant, so the food was quickly prepared and served to the table. Even though Lin Wanzhou had already eaten, he and Xu Cheng still ate a lot, head to head, and sweat broke out on their foreheads.

She wiped it with a tissue and then spit out her burned tongue.

"Xu Cheng, I'm inviting you to dinner, and you want to eat in a place like this?"

"What's wrong with this kind of place? I just like eating spicy hot pot with you. I want to eat it for the rest of my life."

"Who, who wants to eat spicy hot pot with you for the rest of my life..." Lin Wanzhou muttered to himself.

She was very cautious here.

What is pointed out is not to eat spicy hot pot with Xu Cheng for the rest of his life, not to not eat it with Xu Cheng for the rest of his life.

"I mean, I finally have so much money..." Lin Wanzhou muttered, not knowing how to tell Xu Cheng.

Xu Cheng smiled and wiped the chili off the corners of her mouth.

"I see."

He understood her feelings very well.

Maybe I really wanted to do something for him, but I found that his requests were very simple.

In fact, he felt the same way most of the time when he was with Lin Wanzhou.

As a reborn person, he wanted to do a lot of things for her, but found that what she wanted was really simple.

"Okay, I'll save my money as a betrothal gift, and you'll save your money... as a dowry."

"What? Dowry! Ahem."

Lin Wanzhou was about to retort when this guy stuffed a hotpot meatball into his mouth. He couldn't say anything and could only stare with his big eyes and chew noisily.

"Lin Wan Porridge."

"Well?"

"Don't worry, I'm here, everything will be fine."

"Hmm? Hmm? Hmm?"

……

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Chapter 342: Eat up all the lipstick

"Old Xu, you are a dog!"

"Why did you leave my contact information with others?!"

Xu Cheng sat at the table, listening to Li Qiuyang's angry questioning on the phone, holding the phone farther away from his ear.

"Qiu Yang, you are quite smart. How did you know it was left by me?"

"At first I thought she had called the wrong number, but then she added me on QQ and sent me an email, so I chatted with her. As soon as I heard her description of your appearance and voice, I knew it was you, a worthless bastard..."

Li Qiuyang spoke sweet words on the phone for a long time.

Xu Cheng scratched his ears and just laughed off Li Qiuyang's words.

"I told him you had a girlfriend, and he agreed not to bother me about it anymore."

"Okay, thanks."

"Oh, by the way, that girl also said something. She said that after you left, the man who had left your dad's room went back again, and your dad seemed to have been drinking a lot. Where did Uncle Xu go to drink?"

"..."

Without answering Li Qiuyang's question, Xu Cheng fell into deep thought.

When he left the restaurant, Lin Wanzhou's father was still in a frustrated state as the investor had left. It seemed that he no longer cared about his health because of the investment.

Seeing another call coming in, he said a few words to Li Qiuyang Congming and hung up, then answered Su Yu's call.

"Hey, Sister Su Yu."

"Boss Xu, I asked about the matter you asked me to do..."

Su Yu asked around with investors he knew in the industry, and learned from a friend that Lin Wanzhou's father's company was indeed facing funding problems recently.

Although Lin Qingyuan has been looking for investment everywhere recently, everyone feels that the transportation industry is a mess at this time and is unwilling to take over, let alone be a blame at this time.

Of course, in the capital environment, this is another game.

Even though Lin Wanzhou's father's company is a mess, it is at least a piece of meat, and the capitalists will not give up on it. As long as they slowly wear away Lin's father's patience and persistence like a pack of wolves, and then buy it at a low price, there will still be profits to be made.

So at this time, even if Lin Wanzhou's father drank himself to death at the table, he probably wouldn't get a penny from the investors.

This is a common understanding among everyone in the capital market. No one is willing to break the rules, and there is no reason to do so.