Chapter 25 The Familiar Mini Car

In the afternoon, Chen Rui didn’t even go to deliver goods. He specially took Chen Feng to look for a suitable storefront. In the end, they directly took a fancy to a dilapidated low-rise house near the national highway, which had been abandoned.

After a little inquiry, they found out who the owner was, and they were even related to their family. This made it very easy to negotiate. After some bargaining, they bought the house with nearly an acre of land for 120,000 yuan.

This price was mainly for the land; the house was decades old and not worth much.

Of course, in rural areas, this kind of transaction is private and not officially recognized.

The reason they bought it instead of renting it was because the location was very good, but the original low-rise house had to be demolished and rebuilt, and also renovated. What if the owner raised the rent or refused to rent it to them next year after everything was done? It was better to buy it directly.

In the next few days, the two brothers worked together, found a construction team, and started work. They first demolished the old house and built a simple row of single-story houses, five in total. Two were storefronts, and three were workshops for parking, car washing, and detailing.

In addition, of course, the ground in front of the shop had to be paved with cement to facilitate the entry and exit of vehicles and parking.

At the same time, they had to register the shop, go through the formalities, and choose a franchise brand.

The two brothers were busy for more than half a month and finally opened the car detailing shop. In total, it cost about 470,000 yuan.

Chen Feng contributed 400,000 yuan, and Chen Rui contributed 70,000 yuan. Chen Feng owned 70% of the shop, and Chen Rui owned 30%.

Originally, Chen Feng wanted to take 60%, but Chen Rui refused no matter what, so he had to give up. However, Chen Feng still gave his brother, the shop manager, a monthly salary of 8,000 yuan. It was originally 10,000, but they couldn’t agree, so it was 8,000.

The two brothers even found a middleman, drew up a contract, signed it, and put their fingerprints on it.

On the opening day, business was very hot because of the several large outdoor billboards next to the national highway.

Most of them were for car washes. Because it was a franchise of a big brand, there were employees sent by the head office who had been trained, wore uniforms, were enthusiastic in their service, and looked very high-end, and the price was not expensive.

It was much better than the other two private open-air car washes.

Business was very good for several days in a row, and the whole family was beaming with joy.

This afternoon, seeing that the car detailing shop was on the right track, Chen Feng didn’t plan to stay and watch the shop.

He had just left the shop on his father’s electric scooter when he saw a Mini driving towards him. Then it suddenly honked a few times, stopped, and a head stuck out of the car window.

It was a beautiful woman with long flowing hair, waving at Chen Feng with a bright smile.

When Chen Feng saw her, he was a little dazed for a moment, but he still stopped the car immediately.

“Brother Chen, what a coincidence. I really didn’t expect to meet you here.”

Wu Mengting directly opened the car door and walked out, smiling and greeting Chen Feng.

Only then did Chen Feng come to his senses. He also quickly stopped his electric scooter and got off, saying with a smile, “Yes, it’s a coincidence. Why are you here?”

Chen Feng was already a little numb to similar coincidences, but he didn’t expect to meet the beautiful editor Wu Mengting this time.

Wu Mengting said with a smile, “A good high school classmate of mine married into your Linnan. Tomorrow is the wedding day. I came over today to be her bridesmaid. I saw the billboard when I passed by and wanted to come over and wash my car.”

Only then did Chen Feng understand and nodded, “Alright. I’ll take you in to wash your car. This shop is opened by my family, it’s only been a few days. I’ll give you a free wash today.”

As Chen Feng spoke, he got back on his electric scooter.

“Ah, how can I accept that?” Wu Mengting said with some embarrassment.

“It’s just a matter of twenty or thirty yuan, what’s there to be embarrassed about? It’s a rare coincidence to meet you here again. This is fate.”

Wu Mengting’s face turned red, but she finally nodded and said, “Then thank you.”

Chen Feng waved his hand, turned his electric scooter around, and rode back to the shop.

“Xiaofeng, why are you back again? Did you forget something?”

Chen Rui happened to be standing at the entrance of the shop and saw Chen Feng coming back, so he asked curiously.

“No, I ran into a friend. She happened to be coming over to wash her car, so I brought her over. Give her a free wash.”

“Oh, a friend. Okay.”

Just as Chen Rui agreed, he saw Wu Mengting in the Mini from the car window. He was a little dumbfounded and leaned over to ask in a low voice, “She’s very beautiful, is she really your friend?”

Chen Feng explained briefly, “I met her in Xiuzhou. She’s from the urban area of our Lu City. She came to Linnan this time to attend a classmate’s wedding.”

Chen Rui nodded, half-believing and half-doubting.

After Wu Mengting parked her car, she got out and walked towards Chen Feng.

“Brother Chen, I’m troubling you again,” Wu Mengting was still very polite.

“Hello, beautiful, I’m Chen Feng’s older brother, Chen Rui. This shop is opened by him. What’s your name?”

“Hello, my name is Wu Mengting,” Wu Mengting said her name generously, then looked at Chen Feng in surprise, “Why did you come back to your hometown to open a car wash? Are you not planning to go back to Xiuzhou?”

Chen Feng glanced at his smiling older brother and explained, “This shop is a joint venture between us brothers. My brother is usually in charge of management, and I only provide the money. I might go back to Xiuzhou after a while.”

Wu Mengting nodded and didn’t say anything more.

Chen Rui said with a smile, “Why don’t you two go inside and chat? The office is empty.”

Wu Mengting quickly shook her head, “No need, my classmate is still waiting. I have to go meet her after I wash my car.”

“Alright then, you two chat.” Chen Rui gave Chen Feng an encouraging look and took the initiative to leave.

Seeing this, Chen Feng didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Didn’t he see how old his brother was? How old was Wu Mengting?
“You two brothers don’t look alike at all,” Wu Mengting took the initiative to tease.

Chen Feng smiled and nodded, “Yes, everyone says so. He has a round face and looks like my mom. I have a square face and look like my dad.”

“That explains it.”

“Where is your classmate from? Is she also from the urban area?”

“No, she’s from Feiyun City, which is very close to your Linnan County. They fell in love freely. They met during a trip. It’s really romantic.”

The two of them stood and chatted for more than ten minutes, and the car was finally washed.

“Then I’ll go first. Thank you for this time, and last time. When you get back to Xiuzhou, I’ll treat you to a meal.”

Standing next to the Mini, Wu Mengting said goodbye to Chen Feng.

Chen Feng nodded perfunctorily, “Okay, I’ll contact you when I get back to Xiuzhou.”

Although he said so, Chen Feng would definitely not contact her. And she didn’t seem to have contacted him after they parted last time.

Wu Mengting got into the car, rolled down the window, waved to Chen Feng, and then drove away.

“Xiaofeng, this girl is not bad. She probably doesn’t have a boyfriend yet, right? You should make a move as soon as possible.”

Chen Rui popped out from somewhere and urged Chen Feng, like a eunuch more anxious than the emperor.

“Didn’t you see that we have a big age gap?” Chen Feng asked back angrily.

“I guess it’s only a five or six-year difference. Even a six or seven-year difference is nothing. I have a friend, also named Afeng, the ‘feng’ for mountain peak. After he got divorced, he found a wife who was eight years younger than him. They just had twins last year.”

“Alright. Stop worrying about it. I’m leaving.”

Chen Feng got on his electric scooter and quickly left.

As a result, just as he got on the cement road next to the national highway, he saw the Mini parked on the national highway.

(End of Chapter)