362 Future Mining (1/2)
Chapter 362: Future Mining
Translator: _Min_Editor: Rundi
”Of course, I still remember I owe you two cup noodles,” Jiang Chen recalled their past.
”Don't mention it.” Yang Yuan rubbed his nose out of embarrassment, ”I always said that I will treat you to lobster. Now that you are so well off, I'm so embarrassed to say it.”
”You, you are Jiang Chen?”
Jiang Chen noticed that the girl beside Yang Yuan looked at him in excitement, stars were shining in her eyes.
Jiang Chen felt that he had seen her before, is it an illusion? Whatever.
”That's right.” Jiang Chen laughed and turned to Yang Yuan, ”Is this your significant other?”
Because Jiang Chen's generation is defined by the single child policy, during university, they casually referred to each other as brothers, while their girlfriend as brother's significant other.
”I am Su Fei, a fan of Little White,” Su Fei said while blinking her eyes.
”Mhmm.” Yang Yuan's expression was somewhat awkward.
Jiang Chen sensed that he didn't want to speak too much on this as he diverted the topic.
”It's rare to see you, how about I'll treat you to dinner.”
”No, no, I said I would treat you.”
”It's okay! I'm just repaying for the two cup noodles,” Jiang Chen interrupted Yang Yuan.
He could see that Yang Yuan's economic situation was not too great. He only wanted to find a way for them to catch up, if he burdened his old friend, it would be against his original intention.
”Oh… Okay.” Yang Yuan saw Jiang Chen's intention and nodded.
…
They arrived at a restaurant by the sea. From the exterior design, it was easy to see the luxury of this restaurant as well as the extravagance of the price. Yang Yuan's expression was unnatural when he looked at the servers in suits. But with how happy his girlfriend was, he didn't have the heart to tell Jiang Chen to change a place.
When he saw Jiang Chen didn't look ”pained” or dissatisfied, he finally felt relieved.
He was worried that Jiang Chen would have the idea that ”I haven't seen you for a long time and you want me to pay for a big meal,” but the worry seemed extraneous. He also had a headache due to the wayward and extravagance of his girlfriend, but he couldn't bring out the courage to restrain her.
Yang Yuan was obviously facepalming. Jiang Chen was not stingy to the point where he wouldn't pay for a meal.
On the dinner table, other than Ayesha not speaking too much, the other three had a great conversation. Su Fei continually proposed a toast to Jiang Chen to demonstrate her energetic side, but at the same time subconsciously or consciously began asking about his private life. However, Jiang Chen managed to divert the questions smoothly.
Jiang Chen has seen too many similar situations.
Although he didn't know why his old friend would like a woman like this, he still had his own boundaries. Therefore, he maintained his distance with Su Fei. Seeing that her attempt to get close was unsuccessful, Su Fei put her attention on Ayesha and tried to befriend her. But to her warmness, Ayesha's was unmoved.
Yang Yuan seemed to be slow in this area as he didn't sense anything. After downing a few beers, he began chatting about what happened after graduation.
Because he was drunk, Yang Yuan dragged him to the balcony of the restaurant. With the refreshing sea breeze sweeping across their face, they continued to chat.
It didn't take long before the conversation changed to ”the start of the company”. Jiang Chen selectively skipped the sensitive topics and summarized the process of creating Future 1.0 and only spoke about the details of when the company started to become successful.
”Damn! The prom queen of the business school, Xia Shiyu, you managed to date her! Wow, this Brother Chen title is certainly deserving.” Yang Yuan exclaimed in a loud voice laced with drunkenness.
”What do you mean? ”Jiang Chen joked, ”She is the CEO of my company. But… our relationship might be a bit different.”
There weren't as many concerns when men spoke to each other.
”But isn't that your S.O?”
Jiang Chen was a bit awkward, ”Uh, she is too.”
”… So corrupted.” Yang Yuan took a long time to process his words before he punched Jiang Chen on the shoulder.
”Ahem, we like each other, it is not being corrupt. Let's not talk about this… Speaking of you, what's going on with Su Fei.”
Yang Yuan let out a sigh.
”Nothing's going on. Just like this.”
”I feel like I have seen her before.”
”She is also a graduate of Wanghai University, two years younger than me. I only asked her to come abroad at the end of last year, you probably have seen her in school.” Yang Yuan said nonchalantly.
”I see… Could be.”
”I originally thought that I got a metal bowl (Referring to a stable job), but I didn't even take a scoop out of it before I lost the bowl. I should have just signed when PetroChina interviewed me.” There was regret in Yang Yuan's words.
Although state-owned enterprises' salary was lower compared to foreign companies, the stability was undoubtedly a plus. Even if it were operating at a loss and heavily subsidized, the government would not allow the workers who worked diligently to contribute to the country to lose their job. Just from this point again, it was more virtuous than working for the capitalists.
”A metal bowl (1)?”