192 Only Chumps Sit and Wait for Their Meal to Be Cooked 2 in 1 (1/2)
What the f*ck? Why would Sister Shuang go on a date‽ And… the f*ck! Why would her date be with Zhou Yue‽
The news was explosive, and it shocked every single one of Yao Zhixing's lackeys. They did not even know which part of the news to be shocked by. Yao Zhixing was also stuck for half a minute before he recovered. ”I did hear about the news of you going on a date, but…”
His mind was stuck in a mess for a while before Yao Zhixing frowned severely. He still had trouble digesting this coincidence. The only thing he could do was tut and skip over this incident for now. ”Never mind that, let's get to dinner first.”
Then, he turned and walked away to head into the restaurant, and Ye Shuang followed naturally.
The group of lackeys made expressions at one another and stayed close behind the two. Since it was inconvenient for them to communicate using words, they could only speak via non-verbal signs.
After they were seated inside the private room, the food was soon served. The waitress did not even come into the room to hand them the menu. It looked like the fight really did happen in the middle of the gathering. They had already ordered everything before the confrontation started, and the cooks had already finished preparing everything when they were fighting.
Therefore, they skipped over the period of waiting for the food to cook and entered the stage of eating directly. Ye Shuang was already hungry, so she rolled up her sleeves and grabbed a bowl of rice. Then, she ladled two scoops of the milky white bone soup into the bowl, mixing it with the rice. She finished the rice in two to three spoonfuls, and now that there was finally something resting in her stomach, she turned to add another bowl of rice and began to slowly enjoy the food. By then, the crowd had just started ladling the soup and were waiting for it to cool.
Every time they had dinner with Sister Shuang, they racers felt particularly womanly.
Yao Zhixing had long since gotten used to Ye Shuang's appetite. Even though he was quite curious how that slender body managed to digest all the food, when he thought about the scary power that was disproportionate to her size, the question was thus answered.
”There's no need to purposely leave the food for them,” Yao Zhixing said directly, ”If you're hungry, then just eat… Who can they blame but themselves for moving so slowly‽”
That might be so, but of course, Ye Shuang would not really swallow everything on the table; she still picked at the food slowly with her chopsticks and chewed thoroughly. After she swallowed, she smiled. ”It's alright.”
After the dinner was over, they chatted about what had happened earlier, and Ye Shuang then knew the reason behind the big confrontation. As she expected, it was because they could not stand each other.
Yao Zhixing's lackeys were the type that liked adrenaline and had little reservation. However, that lack of reservation did not mean a depraved lifestyle—it meant that they had a free personality and liked adventure. Other than the underground racing and betting, they would not touch other illegal activities like prostitution and drugs.
However, in comparison, Zhou Yue's social circle was rather uneven in terms of morality. In fact, after removing the families that hung out with him because they had a business relationship with his family, the rest were mostly the unethical type. After all, there were few normal people who would suffer Zhou Yue's personality without complaint. With his father's stern education watching him, Zhou Yue would not venture too close to the stuff that was too out of line, but the same could not be said of his so-called 'friends'.
There was rarely a generation that was too debauched among families that had a long history. This was because those who had an identity, Credit Rating, and name knew how to protect themselves. In their eyes, the natural advantage that they were born with was a form of resource, and it could be used to cultivate their future, making it so that they would need to traverse few bumps on the road compared to other people, and thus they would achieve success easier than others.
However, that was not the fact for those who could not see beyond themselves. This type of person thought they could do anything because they had the support of their family. In their eyes, the advantage they had meant that they did not need to pour in as much effort as other people. With their advantage, they felt like they could continue squander and live a lavish life forever.
In reality, even the emperor could not stop the change in dynasty. If one did not take good care of the resource, who could guarantee that the lifestyle could be continued forever‽
Therefore, the two types of individuals could not see eye to eye. One saw the other as being overly pretentious, and in turn, the other saw them as being witless. Therefore, when they bumped into each other at certain events, it was relatively common for them to provoke each other. This time it was because someone in Yao Zhixing's group had a dark history with someone in Zhou Yue's circle, and one thing led to another.
”That guy is my uncle's bastard son. He has been working as a manager at my uncle's company. From the very beginning, I could not stand the guy, and I even suggested to my uncle twice to fire the man, but my uncle, who is normally so brilliant, refused to do anything. I was once very confused about this, and then later, I found out,” a man wearing a jacket explained with a devastated expression on his face. He scratched his head with annoyance. ”Never time, let's not dwell on this sad news!”
Yao Zhixing nodded as he pushed a glass of wine over to the man. ”I agree.”
The man with the jacket smiled as he accepted the glass and finished it in one gulp.
Probably to change the subject or perhaps because they could no longer control their curiosity, someone patted the man's shoulder to console him before turning over excitedly to wink at Ye Shuang. ”No matter how bad the news is, it couldn't be worse than what happened to Sister Shuang. Why would you go on a date with someone like that Zhou Yue‽”
Finally, couldn't resist‽ Ye Shuang looked at the passionate gazes that congregated on her with a smile. Even the slightly devastated man with the jacket earlier could not resist raising his head to reveal an expression that was anticipating some gossip. Seeing this, Ye Shuang smiled. ”It's nothing serious. Zhou Yue's father and my mother are childhood friends. I also just found out about this recently. Apparently, they've known each other since kindergarten, but they lost contact around high school, and they have just recently reconnected with one another.”
Of course, Ye Shuang did not think it was wise to share Mother Ye's youthful tales with others. Then again, it had to be said that Father Zhou was quite a loyal man. Initially, neither Mother Ye nor Father Zhou were from San Lin City. However, Mother Ye's boyfriend, Father Ye, was teaching in San Lin City, so she moved over for him.
At the time, Father Zhou had already expanded his business from that two trucks to more than ten trucks. He could be considered a man with success. Technically speaking, he would have had his choices of possible romantic candidates to pick from, but he still had not forgotten about Mother Ye and made the choice to move his company headquarters to San Lin City and then made this city his permanent home. Ye Shuang believed Father Zhou probably thought that the close distance would help his situation, but his business was just coming up, and Mother Ye and Father Ye's relationship was improving day by day. Therefore, in the end, Father Zhou just found a random wife, got married, and had a son. The memory from his youth was thus buried in the past.
”It's that simple‽” The people at the table were not satisfied with Ye Shuang's explanation. This explanation was not so different from the summary that they had been given earlier. They were expecting some sort of dark secret.
”Even if there's a secret, I wouldn't tell you guys now, would I?” Ye Shuang rolled her eyes at the guys, and as she expected, she earned a few heated gazes from the guys. Yao Zhixing tapped his chin and said in a meaningful tone, ”Since your family has this type of relationship with the Zhou family, then the issue of my family's restaurants changing the transportation chain…” Yao Zhixing glanced at Ye Shuang and seeing the confused expression on her face, he pointed it out directly. ”I'll be honest, I've already finished the discussion with Fang Mo, and his request to start a warehouse and route has been approved. This is already set in stone. After we manage to convince a few other businesses to get on board, we can get this started.”
”Then, do it.” Ye Shuang understood. Yao Zhixing was probably afraid that it might create trouble for her. After all, it was fine when they did not each other, but now that it had been revealed that the two elders from the families were friends, if Ye Shuang helped Yao Zhixing connect with Fang Mo, then she was stealing the business away from Zhou Yue's father.
After understanding Yao Zhixing's hesitation, Ye Shuang also smiled and explained her thoughts openly. ”I've considered this problem after knowing about that layer of relationship between my mother and Uncle Zhou. However, after a few more tactful conversations, I gained some understanding about their family business.
”Honestly, losing the depot at San Lin City is not going to affect Uncle Zhou's business that much. He would be losing a link in the chain, but the money earned will not be affected. After all, you know Zhou family's chain is nationwide. If you guys don't want the stuff that he was supposed to transport to San Lin City, it can be easily digested by his clients in other cities like Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Beijing. Every year, there are new restaurants opening, so it's fine!”
Yao Zhixing sighed in relief, and the light expression returned to his face. ”It's wonderful news. Honestly, I don't think it is a bad idea for the Zhou family to just remove the branch in San Lin City. With a son like Zhou Yue, it is just a matter of time until he helps his father lose his other local customers.”
When he finished, the table of people started to giggle. Obviously, they were in agreement with Yao Zhixing's assessment.
Ye Shuang shook her head helplessly. ”I'm not going to comment. I'll just sit and listen… After all, this is a family friend. Even if I don't give Zhou Yue face, I have to give Uncle Zhou face.”
After all, she was still wearing the expensive bracelet on her wrist.
Yao Zhixing nodded. ”My family is also giving Uncle Zhou face or else I would have thought that man a lesson a long time ago… Never mind, let's not get into it. Let's drink!”