Chapter 279: Between Gain and Loss

This woman was really… very petty.

Her actions undoubtedly caused Li Liqin, who happened to see it, to misunderstand.

“Do you know this beauty? Do you want to call her over?” Li Liqin asked with a seemingly natural expression and a calm tone.

Chen Feng originally wanted to explain, but then he felt that it was unnecessary. The two of them had just met, and he really didn’t need to explain anything to her, so he said, “I don’t know her. Don’t mind her.”

“Oh?” Li Liqin was obviously a little disbelieving, but she didn’t ask any more questions. After all, the two of them had just met.

Chen Feng picked up the cappuccino in front of him. It was a little hot. He blew on it and took a sip. The taste was indeed unique.

Chen Feng had only heard of this coffee before and had never drunk it. This time, he tried it. When he drank it, there was a very strong coffee taste in his mouth. Bitterness and sweetness coexisted. It was bitter but sweet, but it seemed very harmonious. It was indeed magical and delicious.

“Can you tell me specifically what products you design?”

The two of them couldn’t just sit there. Chen Feng took the initiative to start a topic.

“We design a wide variety of products. At present, we mainly focus on medical and health care products and cosmetics. In addition, we also do some soft decoration design. This is mainly for those high-end customers, focusing on private design.”

After Lu Sijia casually finished talking about her work, she turned to ask Chen Feng, “What about you? Besides the film and television company you just set up, do you have any other businesses?”

“I also have a stake in another company. At present, there are two companies.”

Chen Feng did not deliberately hide it.

“What company did you invest in?” Li Liqin asked further.

Chen Feng glanced at her and said casually, “Dianchuang Culture Planning Company. Have you heard of it?”

After thinking for a while, Li Liqin nodded and said, “I seem to have seen it somewhere. It should be somewhat famous in our Xiuzhou, right?”

“Yes. It used to be a leading enterprise in the same industry in our Xiuzhou, but it has declined in the past two years.”

“Since it has declined, you still invested in it?”

Li Liqin looked at him with a curious expression. This man had a calm demeanor, a casual attitude, and was confident and approachable. He also had a natural sense of mystery. This made her original perfunctory attitude change.

In fact, this time she took the initiative to ask Chen Feng out to meet, mainly because of the pressure from her uncle, Li Shengping. She had been close to this capable second uncle since she was a child, and she had little awe for her own good-natured father.

Originally, she didn’t have much hope for Chen Feng, this “blind date,” but after seeing him in person, she had to admit that he was not bad looking. Although he was a little fat, he was undoubtedly a handsome man, and his overall temperament was very comfortable to look at.

Then, after a short chat, she also appreciated his conversation. Especially when the young beauty at the other table took the initiative to raise her coffee cup to him, Chen Feng was not moved at all, which made her look at him with more respect.

An ordinary man would not be so indifferent to the gesture of such a beautiful woman.

Now that she heard that Chen Feng had also invested in another somewhat famous company, his financial situation was needless to say.

“It’s precisely because it has declined that I can invest in it. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have a share. In fact, I used to work in this company. I have some feelings for this company. It just so happened that the original shareholders wanted to transfer their shares, so I bought their shares.”

Hearing Chen Feng say this, Li Liqin became even more interested and asked, “You used to work in this company. What kind of work did you do specifically?”

“Planning consultant. The core departments of Dianchuang Culture Planning Company are the planning department and the sales department. I used to work in the planning department for several years.”

“You used to do planning! That’s really amazing. This is a very brain-intensive job. You can do it for several years. I believe your work ability is still very good.”

Li Liqin considered herself a highly educated and intelligent person. In fact, she was. Of course, her ideal type must also be a similar person.

Her previous few relationships, yes, a few, not just two as she had told Chen Feng. The few boyfriends she had before, both at home and abroad, had all proved that their IQ and knowledge level did not meet her mate selection requirements.

And now, although Chen Feng only had a bachelor’s degree from a 985 university, he had been able to work in a planning company for several years, which undoubtedly showed that he was a highly intelligent person.

More importantly, Chen Feng now had assets of over 100 million. This could completely ignore some of his other shortcomings. What’s more, after getting in touch with him now, she didn’t find any shortcomings in Chen Feng. This was very rare for a picky person like her.

“Thank you for the compliment. Compared to you, a designer with an annual salary of one million, I’m far behind. My highest salary before was just over ten thousand.”

“Actually, I don’t earn that much. My monthly salary is only fifty or sixty thousand. With the year-end bonus and dividends, the annual total is at most eight or nine hundred thousand.”

“Isn’t that almost a million?”

“After all, it’s not there yet. It must be my second uncle bragging.”

“That’s not much different. Your second uncle can’t be considered bragging for you.”

“No matter how powerful I am, I’m just a worker now. The company only gives me a few points of dividends at most every year. And you are the boss. Compared to you, I’m far behind.”

Chen Feng smiled and shook his head, “You’re being a bit of a stickler. Why are you comparing yourself to me?”

“That’s true.” Li Liqin asked with a smile, “But how did you make your fortune? You’re not a rich second generation, are you?”

“You may not believe it when I say it, but the fact is that I won the lottery, a big lottery prize, and then I became rich.”

After being stunned for a moment, Li Liqin smiled and said, “If others said that, I definitely wouldn’t believe it. But since you said it, I believe it a little.”

“You are indeed different from ordinary women. You have your own brain,” Chen Feng said with appreciation.

“You’re being sexist. Don’t ordinary women have brains?”

“Haha, I didn’t say that. It’s just that ordinary people don’t believe me when I say that.”

“Actually, I didn’t believe it at first either. But since you’re not a rich second generation and you suddenly made a fortune, you probably didn’t do anything illegal. Then the reason for winning the lottery is more reasonable. This is the most likely factor after excluding other factors.”

“Alright. Your analysis is so sharp. You really have a brain.”

“Then you should have bought a house in Xiuzhou now, right? Where is the house?”

This was really direct enough.

“Red Villa Bay, have you heard of it?”

“Of course I’ve heard of it. This is a large residential area, not very far from here. When it first opened, our family wanted to buy a set, but unfortunately the price was too expensive to afford.”

“Then where does your family live now?”

“My parents still live in the old house assigned by their unit. They are both teachers in the same school. Now my father has retired, and my mother continues to shine in the after-school tutoring class.”

“Then you’ve moved out and are living alone now?”

“Yes, I’m twenty-eight this year. It’s not right for such a big person to still live with my parents. What’s more, I don’t want to be controlled by my parents all the time.”

…

The two of them chatted casually and freely, and they had a good chat. The main reason was that they had no psychological burden, and they didn’t have to care too much about each other’s emotions. They asked and said whatever they thought of.

So, after chatting for half an hour and finishing a cup of coffee, they both felt that they had not had enough.

However, Chen Feng didn’t want to chat with her anymore. Although they had a good chat and could be considered to have a pleasant conversation, she was not his type after all. It would be bad if she really fell for him.

So, after finishing the cappuccino, Chen Feng had no intention of refilling it. He picked up his phone and looked at it, then said that he had something to do and said goodbye to Li Liqin.

Li Liqin’s expression was obviously a little reluctant, but she still smiled and nodded, saying that she was also going back.

So, the two of them stood up together and walked downstairs.

“Aren’t you going to say hello to your beautiful friend?” Li Liqin reminded him.

Hearing this, Chen Feng couldn’t help but look at Yang Wenqi’s side and saw that this woman was still sitting there alone looking at the scenery.

He couldn’t help but complain in his heart that she was doing this on purpose. The purpose was to attract a rich man and wait for others to hit on her. She didn’t like him before, maybe it was a pretense, or maybe it was because Chen Feng didn’t show his wealth.

However, this was none of his business. They had just met by chance, and this meeting was purely an accident. He probably wouldn’t see her again in the future.

“I said I don’t know her. Let’s go.”

Chen Feng said perfunctorily and took the lead to go to the front desk to pay the bill. Li Liqin did not stop him. She and her colleague had only ordered a cup of coffee, which did not cost much.

The two of them went downstairs together and came to the roadside. Li Liqin’s car was in a parking space not far away, and Chen Feng’s car was parked a little far away.

“Then let’s meet again when we have time. Keep in touch.”

Li Liqin said this in a seemingly casual and natural way, then waved at Chen Feng and turned to walk towards her car very gracefully.

Chen Feng didn’t say anything, but he also waved at her and then turned to leave.

If there were no accidents, Chen Feng would not go out on a date with her alone again. After all, she was not his type. She was not suitable to be his temporary running mate, so it was better to have less contact.

Maybe Li Liqin also saw Chen Feng’s thoughts, so she deliberately acted very gracefully just now.

Life is like this. You may like someone, but the other person may not like you. The one you don’t like often takes the initiative to come to you.

Some people may be happy for a lifetime if they compromise. Some people may be depressed for a lifetime if they can’t get what they want. Some people may get what they want after a lot of hard work, but in the end, they feel tasteless.

What you get may not be happiness, and what you don’t get may not be unhappiness.

Chen Feng walked back to his parking spot with emotion and unlocked the car.

He turned the steering wheel to go home. The car was just about to pass by Lehman Coffee when he saw two men and women pulling and tugging at the roadside. After getting closer, Chen Feng saw that the woman was actually Yang Wenqi.

After a little hesitation, Chen Feng’s car stopped next to the two of them. He rolled down the window, leaned over, and shouted to Yang Wenqi, “Beauty, do you want a ride?”

Yang Wenqi and the man who was pulling her both heard it and looked at Chen Feng.

While the man was stunned, Yang Wenqi shook off his hand that was holding her arm, and then quickly ran over, pulled open the passenger door of Chen Feng’s car, and quickly got in.

“Let’s go!” Yang Wenqi urged with some anxiety.

Chen Feng didn’t say much and started the car directly. The man finally came to his senses and quickly chased after him. Unfortunately, how could he catch up with the car? He could only wave his fist and stomp his feet on the roadside in hatred.

“Where to?”

After shaking off the man, Chen Feng asked Yang Wenqi directly.

“Can you take me to Xiuzhou University?” Yang Wenqi said in a weak voice.

“Are you still a student?” Chen Feng glanced at her with some surprise. Although she still had a student-like aura, her clothes and makeup were more inclined to be a social person.

“I just graduated, but I can still live in the school dormitory. But at most, I can only live there for another month, and the school won’t let me live there anymore.”

Chen Feng just said “oh” and didn’t express too many opinions.

The car fell silent.

After a few minutes, neither of them spoke.

The campus of Xiuzhou University was not far from the East Lake. It took more than ten minutes to drive there, but the distance from Xiuzhou University to Red Villa Bay was a bit far. It was just about to go around half of the East Lake, and Chen Feng had to drive for half an hour to go back.

However, he planned to be a good person to the end. He didn’t complain. After all, he had mistaken her for someone else before, which was a bit abrupt to this beauty.

Of course, if she wasn’t a great beauty, Chen Feng wouldn’t have acted righteously and helped her out of trouble.

“Aren’t you curious about what happened just now?”

After a while, Yang Wenqi couldn’t help but ask Chen Feng.

“What’s there to be curious about?” Chen Feng said with a smile, “It’s none of my business, is it?”

Yang Wenqi frowned slightly, “Then why did you help me just now?”

“It was a coincidence. In addition, I mistook you for someone else in the coffee shop before, which was a bit offensive to you. So I just helped you out of trouble, as a way of returning the favor.”

“…You’re really… a man of principle.”

Chen Feng smiled and didn’t say anything more.

If it were before, with such a good opportunity, and with Yang Wenqi being so beautiful, Chen Feng would probably have flirted with her.

But now he was cultivating his moral character and really had no intention of hooking up with this newly graduated college student.

So, it was silent all the way until the car stopped at the gate of Xiuzhou University.

“Thank you. By the way, what’s your name? Oh, right, you seem to have told me before. Your name is Chen Feng, right?”

“Yes, my name is Chen Feng. Nice to meet you. Then, goodbye.”

After Chen Feng said this politely, he urged her to get out of the car.

Seeing his attitude, Yang Wenqi was suddenly annoyed. Under normal circumstances, the other party would have asked for her contact information long ago.

But Chen Feng seemed to have no such idea at all, which made her very indignant and unhappy.

She couldn’t admit that she was not attractive to Chen Feng.

She had been very confident in her appearance and temperament since she was a child.

“Then… I’m getting out. Goodbye!”

Yang Wenqi pulled open the car door and slowed down her action of getting out of the car, giving Chen Feng enough time to ask for her contact information. But unfortunately, until she slowly pushed open the car door, put her two feet out of the car, and landed on the ground, Chen Feng did not speak.

When she stood by the car door, bent down and said “goodbye” to Chen Feng again, Chen Feng just simply replied “goodbye” and still did not ask for her contact information.

After she closed the car door, Chen Feng even started the car and drove away directly, with no intention of staying any longer.

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(End of chapter)