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32: Chapter 32 Jiang Jinyue is getting anxious.
A moment later, Jiang Deming said, "Alright, I'll keep an eye out for any vacancies for you! Though, opportunities are rare, so you'll need to wait."
"That would be a great help, thank you!" Tang Luochuan expressed his gratitude.
Meanwhile, Jiang Jinyue had grown impatient. She was staring at her phone while holding her chopsticks, eating in small bites.
She gave brief, perfunctory replies to anyone who tried to talk to her.
Jiang Jinyue: [What are your thoughts?]
Jiang Jinyue: [You haven't left yet?]
Jiang Jinyue: [What else did my mom say?]
She had been urging him for a long time.
Tang Luochuan replied: [Just left your house. The place is decorated very well; your family is quite wealthy!]
Jiang Jinyue: [And?]
Tang Luochuan: [What?]
Jiang Jinyue: [(Screenshot)]
The girl sent a screenshot of the message Tang Luochuan had sent earlier—'Your parents want me to date you.'
Tang Luochuan: [Oh, right! That is your parents' intention, I gathered that!]
"Damn! Are you playing word games with me?"
Jiang Jinyue: [What do you think about it?]
Tang Luochuan: [I think your parents are wonderful. They aren't the high-and-mighty type I imagined, always acting like they know better than everyone else!]
Jiang Jinyue: [And then?]
Tang Luochuan: [I'm driving, let's talk later!!]
Jiang Jinyue: "..."
After that, Tang Luochuan stopped replying.
"What's wrong, Jinyue?" Su Yuanyuan noticed she wasn't really eating and assumed something wasn't to her taste.
Jiang Jinyue glanced at her. "Yuanyuan, help me..."
For the first time, there was a hint of pleading in her tone as she handed her phone to Su Yuanyuan.
Su Yuanyuan took a look, and her expression gradually turned suggestive. "Jinyue, Tang Luochuan is just flirting with you."
"Flirting? What do you mean!"
"Can't you tell? Your parents want you to date him, and this guy! He's just teasing you to make you anxious!"
"Let me see! Can I see?" Liu Xin, who was sitting nearby, leaned in.
Jiang Jinyue, adhering to the principle that there is strength in numbers, nodded in agreement.
Liu Xin scrolled through the chat history. "Jinyue, how did he meet your parents?"
"He went to buy a house, and they met when he was buying it."
Everyone: "..."
"Buying a house??" Su Yuanyuan's voice suddenly went up an octave.
The boys nearby couldn't even eat anymore; comparisons are odious.
Did he buy some old, run-down apartment? A demolition housing project in the suburbs? It must be... it definitely has to be.
"Where is the house?" Liu Xin asked nervously. She had a feeling; someone like Tang Luochuan would never buy something ordinary.
"Jingan Mansion, I think..." Jiang Jinyue said casually. "It's in the chat history with my parents; that's where they met when he was buying the place!"
"Jingan Mansion? A demolition project?" A boy couldn't help but ask. The name sounded rather average.
"Clatter~~" At another table, Chen Hao couldn't keep a grip on his chopsticks, and they fell to the floor.
His smile was very awkward, somewhat helpless. He turned to Jiang Jinyue's table and said, "Jingan Mansion... they're all large flats, from 400 to 900 square meters... though they're cheap now! The cheapest is 30 million per unit... How big is the one Tang bought?"
The boy didn't want to know about the relationship between Tang Luochuan and Jiang Jinyue at all.
It was obvious he had no chance.
But he was jealous of Tang Luochuan. Did this kid take out a loan of over 20 million, borrow a few million from relatives and friends, just to scrape together a down payment?
"Over 700 square meters, paid in full! 58 million! It seems Tang overpaid!" Liu Xin said calmly while looking at the chat history between Jiang Jinyue and her parents.
She wasn't indifferent; she was just too shocked to express her internal emotions.
No one spoke. Jiang Jinyue frowned slightly. "Forget about the house. Xinxin, Yuanyuan, help me figure out how to reply."
A young lady is a young lady. Tens of millions, hundreds of millions—she had grown up hearing such figures from her father.
Although shocked, she felt more delight; this guy was definitely a match for her.
No! It should be that she might be a match for him. And since he went to her house for dinner, it meant he didn't mind her family's situation.
Su Yuanyuan said, "Jinyue, two options! Either flirt with him, if you're confident! Or just lay your cards on the table!"
"Lay my cards on the table... I... I can't do that! I... I didn't say I liked him!" Jiang Jinyue felt a jolt in her heart upon hearing those words.
What was wrong with her? A few hours ago, she had felt they weren't even really friends.
Now she was organizing her roommates to help her pursue Tang Luochuan??
"Stop pretending. Keep pretending and he'll stop paying attention to you!" Su Yuanyuan continued. "Then create some opportunities. Tonight... invite him out to hang out... be a little proactive! But don't be too explicit; you still need to see what his intentions are."
"Oh, oh, what specifically should I do?"
"Tomorrow is the weekend. Go see a movie, grab dinner! It's best to invite friends along so it doesn't feel awkward!"
Jiang Jinyue looked at Zhang Wenqiang and the others nearby; it seemed this group did exactly that.
She understood a little better. She nodded blankly. "Are you two free tomorrow?"
Liu Xin and Su Yuanyuan nodded hurriedly. "Yes, yes, yes..."
Jiang Jinyue looked at Zhang Wenqiang and the others again.
The boys: "We don't have time! We don't have time! We aren't close with him..."
Not even a dog would go!! They were all guys; why go and watch Tang Luochuan show off? Crush them?
She glanced at Chen Hao behind her.
"I'm full! Uh... Jinyue, Zhang Ming, Yuanyuan, you guys take your time!" Chen Hao and the others stood up immediately, not wanting to stay for even another minute.
Zhang Ming raised his hand. "Classmate Jiang, I'm free!"
Zhou Qi also raised his hand. "I am too! Can I bring my girlfriend?"
Su Yuanyuan poked Jiang Jinyue. "Agree to it, it's a good opportunity! I also want to get to know Zhang Ming. We'll go out together tomorrow, and we can create a chance for you two to be alone."
Jiang Jinyue looked at Zhang Ming and Zhou Qi, who had raised their hands in unison, and then glanced at Su Yuanyuan and Liu Xin, who were winking at her. A rare, faint blush appeared on her cold, clear cheeks. She steeled herself and nodded. "Fine, let's go together."
Meanwhile, Zhou Qi had already recorded the current situation and sent it to Tang Luochuan.
Inside the hotel.
Tang Luochuan had just returned and was preparing to look at some furniture stores online.
He saw Zhou Qi's message, and upon opening it, it was full of the conversation Jiang Jinyue and Su Yuanyuan had just had.
"This woman..." Tang Luochuan thought about it. If Jiang Deming and Ma Ying were the high-and-mighty socialite types, he wouldn't even have considered it.
Unexpectedly, these 'future in-laws' were actually not bad.
Jiang Jinyue was just too uptight, but she was also quite amusing.
Just as he was about to reply to her message, a strange number suddenly called.
"Hello?"
"Hello, Mr. Tang! I am a manager at XX Bank, my surname is Zhou!"