Chapter 175: The Unavoidable Peach Blossom Luck

When Chen Feng returned to Linnan County, it was almost ten o’clock.

He didn’t go home immediately, but went to the Yujing Grand Hotel.

Guo Mengyao had been sending him harassing WeChat messages for the past two days, complaining a lot about Chen Feng postponing their meeting.

Chen Feng could only promise her that he would go to see her as soon as he got back.

Chen Feng was a man of his word, so of course he did what he said. He rushed back today and met her at the first opportunity.

Chen Feng didn’t deliberately give her a surprise or anything. After all, they were not a couple. Before he came back, he had already notified her.

Fortunately, it was before Wu Mengting asked him out, so Chen Feng didn’t stand her up again. He said he would rush back to meet her before midnight, and it was only ten o’clock now.

The two soon met in Guo Mengyao’s room at the Yujing Hotel.

They were both adults, and they were both of this age. They had had several friendly exchanges before, so of course they didn’t say any unnecessary nonsense and went straight to the point.

More than two hours later, they were both exhausted and lying on the bed.

“Chen Feng, I find that I like you more and more. What do you think I should do?”

Guo Mengyao suddenly said this, which made Chen Feng’s heart skip a beat. Of course, he was a little proud, but he was more worried about trouble. Her sudden words were really beyond Chen Feng’s expectations.

Sure enough, this kind of thing between men and women could easily get out of hand.

“What can I do?” Chen Feng tried to sound relaxed. “You know, it’s impossible for you to marry me, and it’s impossible for me to marry you.”

Guo Mengyao frowned and said with some displeasure, “Why can’t you marry me? You have a girlfriend, right? You can just dump her.”

Chen Feng couldn’t help but complain in his heart: Why should I dump her for you? But he sighed and said, “Haven’t you noticed? Our personalities are not very compatible. You are relatively strong from the inside out, while I am the type who hides a needle in my words and is also a bit of a male chauvinist. If two people with such personalities live together, they will definitely quarrel every day, or have a cold war all the time. We are only suitable to be lovers, not husband and wife.”

Guo Mengyao was speechless for a moment.

Seeing this, Chen Feng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

But after a while, Guo Mengyao suddenly asked, “If… I change my hot temper, would you be willing to marry me?”

Chen Feng sighed in his heart. Damn, not only was his peach blossom luck too strong, but his damn charm also seemed to have increased a lot.

Chen Feng could only pretend to hesitate for a long time before slowly saying, “I told you before, I just got divorced a few months ago. I won’t consider getting married again in the short term. In addition, my girlfriend is very good to me, and it’s impossible for me to break up with her.”

“You can’t break up with her for me?” Guo Mengyao was a little angry.

Chen Feng wanted to ask back, why should I break up with her for you? But they were in this kind of relationship now, so Chen Feng could only say euphemistically, “She is very good to me. She has always been very considerate and caring for me in life. When I was just divorced, I was very decadent and depressed. It was she who brought me sunshine again, made me happy again, and gave me hope and longing for life again…”

“Alright,” Guo Mengyao interrupted him, turned her back to him with some anger, and said in a muffled voice, “Since she is so good, why did you provoke me?”

Chen Feng thought to himself, it was obviously you who provoked me. But he sighed and said, “It’s all my fault. Your charm is too great. I couldn’t resist it for a moment.”

Of course, Guo Mengyao also knew in her heart that she was more than half responsible for their current situation. Hearing Chen Feng’s words, she couldn’t help but laugh out loud and said, “Your words are still human. Alright, I was just kidding you. It’s impossible for me to marry you. I was just testing you a little. As a result, you disappointed me very much. You are indeed a scumbag. You already have a girlfriend, but you are still fooling around outside.”

Chen Feng said sincerely, “It’s not that I’m fooling around, it’s fate. My peach blossom luck has been too strong recently. I can’t avoid it.”

Guo Mengyao nodded in agreement, “Your peach blossom luck is quite strong. You have a girlfriend over there. You also have a god-sister and a lover here, plus me. It’s your ability to be so busy.”

“So, I can’t help it either. I’ve avoided it before, but many things, including peach blossom luck, can’t be avoided. Who would have thought that I would meet you, an old classmate, at a buffet here, and then who would have thought that we would do that on the same night we just met?”

“Hearing you say that, I feel like you’re deliberately showing off.”

As Guo Mengyao spoke, she kicked Chen Feng with her leg.

Chen Feng took the opportunity to jump off the bed and said, “I’m going to take a shower. Do you want to come with me?”

“Forget it. I’m too tired. I’ll wash up tomorrow morning.”

…

The next day, Chen Feng didn’t get home until almost eleven o’clock. He just made it in time for lunch. His little uncle was also there. When he saw him come back, he said that he had already selected three alternative shop locations in Yuelou Town and hoped that he would go and take a look with him after lunch.

And Zhao Xiaolan had already discussed with her sister, Zhao Xiaomei. The two sisters would help their incompetent younger brother, Zhao Guozhong, one last time. They would each give him fifty thousand yuan to open a shop with Chen Feng and Chen Rui’s brothers.

Of course, with the lesson from last time, this one hundred thousand yuan would definitely not be given directly to Zhao Guozhong. Instead, it would be given to Chen Feng and Chen Rui’s brothers when the shop officially opened and needed money.

And after the lesson from the nightclub last time, Zhao Guozhong seemed to have finally “grown up.” He had indeed been busy with the car wash shop these few days.

So, Chen Feng didn’t find fault with his little uncle anymore. After lunch, he drove him to see the suitable shop locations.

“Yuelou Town has a total population of more than 30,000, and its economy is more developed than your Qingpu Town. The number of cars owned by families is also much higher. At present, there are two car wash shops in the town, located at both ends of the town’s central avenue. Their locations are relatively good. People in the town have to pass by one of them when they drive in and out of the town.

Their business is very good. I’ve been watching them for the past two days. They wash at least a hundred cars a day, and the price is 30 yuan. Even if they make a 50% profit, they can earn more than 1,500 yuan a day. It’s really very profitable. They can also earn some money from other things like inflating tires, repairing tires, and selling some car accessories.

But they are all private shops, and they can’t compare with your brothers’ shop in terms of formality and grade. If we copy it, we will definitely have business, and we will definitely be able to kill them and snatch their business.”

Zhao Guozhong had obviously done some homework. He talked eloquently with Chen Feng, which made Chen Feng very satisfied.

“Do the owners of those two shops have any background?”

“What background can they have? I even know one of the owners. He used to be a small gangster, nicknamed Shorty Eight. He’s about 1.6 meters tall and has bow legs. He used to hang out with a friend of mine for a few years. He still has to call me brother when he sees me. He was in jail for a few years for fighting and injuring someone. After he got out, he opened a car wash shop with the help of his family.

Damn, now this kid is driving a Land Rover and has a mistress. I heard she’s a college student, young enough to be his daughter. This guy basically doesn’t go to the shop now. He leaves it to his wife, son, and daughter-in-law to manage. He also seems to have invested in a small factory with someone to produce some small commodities to make money.

This guy may have some money now and knows some people in the scene. After all, he has been running this car wash shop for more than ten years. But if you really want to mess with him, I can teach him a lesson in minutes.”

Seeing his little uncle’s appearance, Chen Feng didn’t feel disgusted. The market was like a battlefield. Since they were in a competitive relationship, some underhanded methods had to be used when necessary.

“What about the background of the other one?” Chen Feng continued to ask.

Zhao Guozhong immediately replied, “The other one is even less worth mentioning. He’s not from our local area. He used to work in our town. Then he had a good eye and opened the first car wash shop in our town with a few fellow villagers.”
“An outsider. And it’s a partnership of several people. Isn’t that a bit difficult to handle?”

In their area, outsiders were relatively united. If they had a conflict with someone, they might bring hundreds of fellow villagers, and even the locals were afraid.

“If we fight them head-on, it’s definitely not possible. They are very united, and they are also a bit brave and fierce. Shorty Eight also tried to find someone to fix them and drive them away before, but he failed several times. In the end, I heard that they found someone to block him with a knife and threatened him. The two sides then reached a settlement.”

“Then what do you plan to do?” Chen Feng asked.

Zhao Guozhong chuckled and said, “This is a society ruled by law. I heard from Ah Rui that you have connections in the HB bureau, and car wash shops also have to meet environmental standards. So, I think after our shop opens, we can report them. Both of their shops don’t meet the environmental standards, and the car wash sewage is discharged illegally.”

Chen Feng smiled and said, “That’s a way, but if we report them, they will immediately know it was us. Aren’t you afraid of their revenge?”

Zhao Guozhong said with a confident smile, “Isn’t there you? You got rid of two competitors in Qingpu Town. Now there is only one car wash shop opened by you two brothers in the whole town. Have the owners of the other two shops ever retaliated against you?”

Not really.

In fact, Chen Feng was also a little puzzled before. After those two car wash shops were closed down, why did they just swallow their anger?

Later, he asked his older brother about the situation of those two shops and roughly guessed the reason.

The reason was actually a simple logic, which was that the people were afraid of the officials.

That time, Chen Feng personally reported the environmental pollution problems of the other two car wash shops. The other two parties must have also known that he had connections.

In addition, Chen Feng did not deliberately report them randomly. He had evidence. Their closure was also reasonable and legal.

After that, although the owners of these two car wash shops chose not to continue to open in Qingpu Town, they moved to other places to reopen car wash shops, and they were successful, and they were still very profitable.

So, on the contrary, they were afraid of offending Chen Feng’s brothers, afraid that Chen Feng would use his connections to close their shops again, let alone retaliate against Chen Feng’s brothers.

This was a very realistic problem.

However, the situation in Yuelou Town was a bit different.

“For now, don’t use the method of reporting. Money is endless. There’s no need to engage in vicious competition. I believe that as long as we compete fairly, we can also defeat them. Unless they use underhanded methods first, then we will consider fighting back.”

“Isn’t that delaying our money-making? These two土鸡瓦狗, I think it’s better to get rid of them early.”

“It’s better to resolve enmity than to create it. Let’s be polite first and then use force. As long as everyone competes fairly and on the table, we don’t have to be afraid of them.”

“Alright, I’ll listen to you.”

Zhao Guozhong was now very convinced of Chen Feng, so he didn’t insist anymore.

When they arrived at Yuelou Town, Chen Feng was guided by Zhao Guozhong to look at three places respectively.

In fact, it was just the two ends of the central avenue in the town center, one on each side, and two on one side.

It was a good choice. First, choose the one with more traffic, and then consider other factors.

After asking a little, Chen Feng chose the place with the most traffic and closest to the highway.

This happened to be an abandoned private gas station. It could be used as a car beauty shop with a little renovation.

Zhao Guozhong was also very satisfied with this place in his heart. He had already asked about the price. Now the land and shop use rights were in the town, and the rent was not very expensive.

So, Chen Feng fully entrusted him to handle the land and shop lease matters here. He himself began to contact the franchise company and asked them to send a team over.

Chen Feng was an old customer, and he was familiar with these processes. And because it was the second shop, the price was somewhat discounted, and the service would be more attentive.

First, get the shop, and then have the head office send a team to be responsible for decoration, training, and other issues. He only needed to be responsible for recruiting a few people.

The most important of which was the shop manager. Chen Feng planned to mobilize his relatives to find one.

This matter was temporarily over.

At the same time, Hong Guiquan and his wife came to Wu Mengting’s house.

Then, they got straight to the point and told Wu Mengting’s parents about Chen Feng’s information, especially that he had a terminal illness, late-stage brain cancer.

After hearing this shocking news, the couple was silent for a long time.

After a long while, Wu’s father let out a long sigh and said, “I really didn’t expect him to get such a terminal illness at such a young age. It’s a pity.”

Wu’s mother also sighed with emotion, “He looks fine on the surface. How did he get such a terminal illness? Mengting is so… so respectful to him. She must be very sad to know such news.”

Her little aunt quickly said, “I think Mengting has a good impression of him. This matter must be told to her as soon as possible. Otherwise, I’m really afraid she will make a mistake.”

Hong Guiquan also nodded and said, “Yes. This matter should be done sooner rather than later, so that she won’t be kept in the dark.”

At this time, Wu Mengting was not at home. She was shopping with Xu Shujing, who had come to the city, to prepare for her visit to Chen Feng’s house tomorrow.

But she was soon called back by her mother with several phone calls. As soon as she entered the house, she felt that the atmosphere was not right. Her heart couldn’t help but skip a beat, afraid of hearing some very bad news.

“What’s wrong with you all? Why are you all so serious?”

Wu Mengting asked with some panic.

The four elders looked at each other. Finally, her little aunt spoke, “Xiaoting, that god-brother of yours, he… he has a terminal illness. Do you know?”