180: Chapter 180 The Reason for Huang Quan's Fitness! A Few Taels of Silver!

Chapter 180: The Reason Huang Quan Exercises! A Few Ounces of Silver!

"How old?"

Hearing this juicy bit of gossip, Su Yang started paying attention.

Even Huang Quan was drawn into the topic.

It seemed she didn't know about this either.

Zhan Qingfei gave Ou Xiaoning a tug, but she ignored him completely: "Thirty-five years old!"

Su Yang looked curiously at the burly, muscular Zhan Qingfei: "Do you like older women?"

Zhan Qingfei said somewhat helplessly, "Maybe!"

By now, he was starting to regret it; he shouldn't have exposed Ou Xiaoning's embarrassing story earlier.

Now, karma was hitting back!

To his surprise, Ou Xiaoning continued, "Zhan Qingfei was only eighteen at the time!"

"Cough, cough!"

Huang Quan couldn't help but put down her glass of champagne and started coughing.

Su Yang asked curiously, "Then she must have been very beautiful, right?"

"Actually... she was quite average!" Zhan Qingfei took a swig of his drink to drown his sorrows. "She wasn't my first love, but she did take my first time. I feel like I was lured into it back then."

"Hahaha..." This time it was Ou Xiaoning's turn to laugh. "I think so too!"

"What about Brother Su?" Huang Quan tilted her head toward Su Yang, asking in a probing tone, "Can you tell us about your first love?"

Su Yang smiled and said, "I'm actually more curious about the reason you exercise!"

He rarely saw young girls train themselves to this extent!

Huang Quan wasn't exactly a bodybuilder; she probably wasn't using performance enhancers.

Instead, her muscle definition was quite visible.

Huang Quan couldn't help but blow at her bangs, as if recalling something.

Zhan Qingfei immediately interjected, "I actually know a bit about that!"

Huang Quan immediately snapped, "I don't need you to say it!"

"Alright then!"

Zhan Qingfei immediately shut his mouth.

"It's just that I used to get bullied a lot in high school, and I couldn't beat those girls in a fight. Later, I got a bit depressed and took a leave of absence for a while!" Huang Quan blew at her bangs again, her tone casual as if she were telling someone else's story. "Being at home was so boring that I decided I wanted to make myself a bit stronger!"

Su Yang: "Did it work?"

"It worked; my physique definitely got stronger!" Huang Quan said helplessly. "But by the time I went back to school, they had all graduated or gone off to university... The students in my new class were actually quite friendly to me!"

Su Yang comforted her, "Strengthening your body is still a good thing!"

As a gym owner, Su Yang was very supportive of young people exercising.

Huang Quan, emboldened by the alcohol, asked, "Then does Brother Su like girls like me?"

"I haven't tried, so I don't know!"

Zhan Qingfei and Ou Xiaoning both couldn't help but laugh.

Huang Quan was being way too obvious!

"Brother Su, Huang Quan was the one who egged me on to invite you for drinks this time, and she chose the location too!" Ou Xiaoning quickly provided an assist. "I didn't want to disturb you at first... but now I think I understand."

"Hahaha..."

Zhan Qingfei finally felt happy again.

"I'm going to the restroom!"

Feeling a bit shy, Huang Quan stood up abruptly and ran toward the bar's restroom.

"You guys really... stop making a scene!"

Seeing Huang Quan leave in a hurry, Su Yang couldn't help but say to the other two.

When going out to a bar, it was still better to have a girl around.

Otherwise, more than half of the atmosphere would be missing.

Ou Xiaoning said from the side, "Brother Su, I think Huang Quan is quite interesting. Do you want to give it a try?"

Zhan Qingfei also joined in the teasing, "President Su, you could try it!"

Su Yang asked back, "I heard you guys live quite close to each other?"

"I have absolutely no designs on her. She's stronger than me; if she gets angry, she could probably hang me up and beat me!" Zhan Qingfei explained quickly. "But President Su is different—at the very least, she can't beat you!"

"I'm not exactly a 'good man'!"

He wasn't very willing to get emotionally entangled with girls who were relatively simple.

Ou Xiaoning said with a chuckle, "Maybe Huang Quan doesn't mind?"

Zhan Qingfei also laughed, "Maybe she's the one craving you?"

At that moment, the light music gradually faded away.

A short-haired girl holding a guitar stood on the stage, and a staff member brought her a stool.

Many customers in the quiet bar looked toward the girl.

The girl's looks were quite ordinary, but she had an artistic aura about her.

She wasn't stage-frightened either; she sat on the stool, adjusted her guitar into the microphone, and said, "'A Few Ounces of Silver' for everyone!"

As the guitar intro began, the girl slowly started to sing:

"How short this life is, may you and I enjoy it to the fullest. What are joys and sorrows? This life is also full of confusion!"

"For A Few Ounces of Silver, for three meals with soup, for a car and for a house, which girl are you doing it for?"

"Yet it is these few ounces of silver that can soothe the world's panic. Even if one turns their back on family, what does it matter if one is riddled with holes!"

"For A Few Ounces of Silver, forced to make a living in a foreign land. The mountains are high and the road is long, what do you look like now?"

"But it is these few ounces of silver that have broken the shoulders of the world. Even if one falls into eternal perdition, what does it matter if one is covered in scars..."

Everyone in the bar quieted down, and many customers listened in silence.

It seemed this bar had exactly this kind of style!

"This tune..." Ou Xiaoning said quietly, somewhat ruining the mood, "doesn't sound very good!"

"It's just that you, an unemployed person, can't empathize!" Zhan Qingfei retorted. "Wait until you go out to work and you'll know how hard it is to earn money... right, President Su?"

"Right!"

Su Yang nodded seriously.

Getting Su Yang's agreement made Zhan Qingfei quite happy.

Ou Xiaoning, however, said, "Couldn't you tell President Su was just comforting you?"

Zhan Qingfei glanced at Su Yang and said helplessly, "That's actually quite possible!"

For capable people, making money was as easy as eating or drinking water.

By this time, Huang Quan had returned to the group.

This time, Zhan Qingfei and Ou Xiaoning didn't tease her anymore.

"President Su, what have you been busy with lately?" Zhan Qingfei didn't like listening to the female singer's folk songs either, so he shifted the topic to Su Yang's career. "Are you preparing for some big business?"

"No, I just opened a holding company!" Su Yang nodded. "I've opened quite a few companies, and they're a bit varied, so I established a holding company to facilitate unified management."

"Tsk tsk! A holding company! Unimaginable!"

Zhan Qingfei expressed great surprise.

Ou Xiaoning asked curiously, "What is a holding company? Is there any difference between it and other companies?"

Zhan Qingfei couldn't help but laugh.

"It's similar to a group company!" Huang Quan interjected. "You need at least five companies, right?"

Ou Xiaoning said in surprise, "Brother Su has five companies already?"

Su Yang said casually, "Six, I think!"

Huang Quan asked curiously, "Is the name prefixed with the province, or directly with 'Huaxia'?"

"Huaxia!"

Huang Quan was surprised, "The registered capital exceeds one hundred million?"

Su Yang looked at Huang Quan with some surprise; this girl seemed to have some level of knowledge!

There was indeed a difference in registered capital requirements for holding companies starting with a province name versus those starting with 'Huaxia'.

Most people weren't very clear about this.

Of course, Su Yang's registered capital exceeded one hundred million!

After all, registered capital didn't need to be paid in full immediately.

With his monthly income and investment into the companies, he would soon reach the target!

"My mom is considered a corporate executive!" Huang Quan explained. "So I'm relatively familiar with these things."

"I couldn't tell!"

Su Yang recalled taking Huang Quan home last time; her mother seemed like a very kind person.

She was a bit different from the female corporate executives in his impression.

At least the female executives in his companies were all quite serious!

Like Mei Jingshan, and like Chen Li!