260: Chapter 260 Brother-in-law and Sister-in-law (1)

Regarding the matter of buying a plane, Zhao Xiaoshuai had initially thought it would be similar to buying a car, but once he actually started the process, he realized it wasn't that simple.

However, as long as you have money, no matter how complicated things are, you can always hire professionals to handle them.

Zhao Xiaoshuai hired a professional team from the Asia Business Aviation Consulting Company.

After clarifying his intentions and budget, the team submitted purchase requests to several famous aircraft dealers such as Jetcraft and AvBuyer.

The model finally selected was the Gulfstream G550.

The purchase cost alone was as high as 330 million. In addition to that, there were annual management fees of 2.2 million, flight expenses of 5 million, maintenance costs of 30 million, and parking, crew salaries, insurance, etc., which also amounted to 1 million per year.

Therefore, buying a private jet is an extremely luxurious and expensive undertaking; the fixed annual expenses alone amount to nearly 40 million.

However, to Zhao Xiaoshuai, this was just right. He even prepaid the relevant expenses into the escrow account and ultimately signed the purchase contract for 410 million.

For matters like this, Guan Xiaosu was a bit out of her depth, so it was supported by a law firm specializing in aviation business provided by the consulting company. However, Guan Xiaosu also learned a thing or two along the way, which could be considered broadening her horizons.

[ cash-back card - 1, multiplier gold card - 1 ]

[ This cashback rate: 188%, final cashback amount: 770,800,000 Yuan ]

I don't know if it's because metaphysics is actually useful or if his luck has just been good lately, but by using "padding" tactics, Zhao Xiaoshuai rolled a high-rate cashback again.

Two near "all-in" expenditures, although they used up two gold cards, brought his savings to nearly 800 million!

"Mr. Zhao, your aircraft will be delivered within 20 days. At that time, it will be parked at Longjia Airport, and the relevant costs will be paid using the funds you deposited into the account."

Because a brand-new plane requires a one-or-two-year delivery period, Zhao Xiaoshuai bought a 90% new pre-owned plane, striving for the fastest delivery possible.

However, regarding this delivery speed, he calculated the time, frowned, and said, "I want to see my plane within 15 days."

For this big boss who threw around 400 million without blinking, the manager of the consulting company didn't dare to be careless at all. "I will have the team actively coordinate and urge them to ensure your requirements are met."

Nodding in satisfaction, Zhao Xiaoshuai walked to the back seat of his Hongqi Guoli under the chauffeur's respectful welcome and left the place.

The consulting manager and team members didn't stop bowing until the car disappeared from sight.

... ... Jia Youran and Jia Yiling, the two sisters, had no talent for cooking.

Therefore, the family gathering today was originally supposed to be held directly at a restaurant, but due to Zhao Xiaoshuai's insistence, they chose to have food delivered to the house instead.

Jia Yiling had recently been busy with the Foundation's affairs, visiting various families in need and participating in activities to increase its influence, so she had hardly been home.

Thus, the two equally busy sisters hadn't had a proper chance to meet for a long time.

Today, both of them were introducing their partners to the family member they relied on for survival, so they had both taken leave.

"Yiling, are you sure your boyfriend can find our home?"

"He probably hasn't been here, but he said it's no problem, so it must be fine."

"You certainly trust him a lot. By the way, I haven't had time to ask, what is your boyfriend's name? I'll see how to address him appropriately, or should I just call him brother-in-law?"

"Hehehe, either is fine. I've already decided to call your boyfriend brother-in-law anyway. As for my boyfriend, his name is..."

Ding-dong! The doorbell rang right at that moment. Both sisters were immediately distracted, with their full attention captured, hoping that their own lover was the one who had arrived first.

When they opened the door, it was indeed Zhao Xiaoshuai who had arrived.

"Darling, you're here." "Shuaige, you're here."

The two sisters spoke at the same time, then looked at each other and blinked.

Zhao Xiaoshuai coughed, walked in as if he were familiar with the place, and said, "Since everyone is here, let's eat."

The ordered food had just arrived a few minutes ago and was still in the insulated boxes. The two sisters had originally wanted to wait until both boyfriends arrived before taking it out.

Now the boyfriend had indeed arrived, but the two men they expected had become one, leaving the two sisters speechless for a moment as they sat at the table without saying anything.

Zhao Xiaoshuai had no choice but to bite the bullet and take out the dishes one by one to set the table himself.

It was Jia Youran who first figured things out. "Zhao Xiaoshuai, I did tacitly allow you to find other women, but isn't it going too far for you to bully my sister? Does she know about us?"

Her tone was unexpectedly stern, and even her favorability, which had finally broken through to 321 (Like) after unremitting efforts, instantly dropped to 101 (Acquaintance).

"Sister, don't talk about him like that. He didn't deceive me. I already knew before that he had more than one woman, I just didn't expect that you were one of them."

"You knew all along?"

Zhao Xiaoshuai didn't respond, but the two sisters began to communicate, invisibly resolving many misunderstandings.

The favorability that had suddenly dropped just moments ago was also rapidly recovering.

Once they had finished laying their cards on the table, Zhao Xiaoshuai seized the opportunity and interjected at just the right moment:

"It was only a short while ago that I deduced you two were sisters. I was truly unaware before!"

The Jia sisters didn't have many similarities in appearance, and Zhao Xiaoshuai only had a vague sense of familiarity, but it didn't reach the point where he could infer they were family.

It's not like he should be able to tell they were sisters just because two people share the surname Jia.

Although he couldn't deny that secret thrill he felt after learning their identities, saying he was unaware before was truly the unvarnished truth.

The two sisters sorted out the timeline of how they each met Zhao Xiaoshuai and marveled at what a coincidence it all was.

"Since you and Yiling are mutually in love, I won't say anything more. Now there is one more problem."

"Uh, what?"

"How do we explain this to my foster parents? If Yiling and I bring the same man home, they absolutely won't be able to accept it."

"This can only be "corrupted" slowly later on—uh, I mean, slowly persuaded. For now, we'll just have to wrong Yiling for a while. After all, she's still young and won't be pressured to marry too severely."

Jia Yiling didn't seem to mind. "Alright, alright, don't be so serious. We are all the closest of kin now; it's good that we've cleared things up. Shall we eat?"

With the Little Angel acting as a mediator, her sister Jia Youran sighed and stopped dwelling on it. Her favorability also returned to its peak; it seemed she had accepted it from the bottom of her heart.

After all, Jia Yiling's favorability was 403 (Adoration), and it had only dropped by 3 points during the sudden situation without dropping a tier, so she was the first to accept reality and, in turn, comforted her sister, making the situation much better.

Before this, Zhao Xiaoshuai had been quite nervous, but now he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But as this crisis passed, watching the two sisters echoing each other, he couldn't help but feel some expectations rising in his heart.

For example, striving to spend the night here.