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Chapter 352: Chapter 265: Still Not Married?
Jiang Ning really didn’t know them.
To avoid dealing with the officials, he had explained the situation of the barbecue stall to Shao Shuangshuang.
During this period, he had provided Shao Shuangshuang with various kinds of elixirs that nourished the yin and beautified the skin without interruption.
The nourishment from the elixirs had greatly improved Shao Shuangshuang’s previous fatigue, making her work extremely efficiently, with radiant skin and no trace of dark circles under her eyes.
Shao Shuangshuang was always online with high intensity every day, and she always carried out Jiang Ning’s requests promptly.
Upon learning the situation, she quickly arranged for a group of security staff to be dispatched.
For cultivating medicinal herbs at Hu Qi Mountain, Changqing Liquid Company had recruited hundreds of security personnel, spread around Hu Qi Mountain to prevent outsiders from trespassing.
As for why the quality of the personnel was consistently high, it was because the employees underwent daily training.
Changqing Liquid provided the security staff with good treatment. Now, in the year 2014, in a small city like Yuzhou, they were offered a 7000 RMB after-tax salary, complete with social insurances and housing provident fund, meals and accommodation included, with one day off for every three days worked, and the option to take compensatory leave.
So, even though they received frequent training, many people still flocked to these jobs.
Compared to Changqing Liquid Company’s revenues, this treatment was merely a drop in the bucket and much lower than the salaries of programmers at big internet firms.
...
"Don’t know them?"
Jiang Ning’s reply was so plain yet certain.
It wasn’t beyond everyone’s expectation.
The reason everyone had thought of him was indeed a bit of a coincidence. Now that Jiang Ning had denied it, no further questions were asked, since the idea was truly absurd.
Even people like Ma Shicheng and Wang Longlong hadn’t suspected Jiang Ning.
The movements of the personnel in black uniforms inside the vans were disciplined and well-trained. It was clear at a glance that they were no ordinary people; they belonged to a domain not accessible to the average person.
The crowd stopped paying attention to Jiang Ning and began to discuss the incident that had just occurred.
Dan Kaiquan speculated, "Did they just mention stealing melons? Could it be that these guys stole their melons?"
Guo Kunnan said, "No way, if they really stole melons, what kind of melons did they steal that so many people came to catch them?"
Hu Jun mentioned, "There’s a kind of top-grade watermelon online that sells for several hundred per kilogram."
Guo Kunnan: "Several hundred yuan?"
Ma Shicheng: "Those are foreign varieties, we don’t have them in Yuzhou."
Wang Longlong slapped his thigh, "I should have recorded it just now to show everyone in our class."
This was the first time in his life he had seen such an ordeal, and he regretted not recording it.
Ma Shicheng shook his head, "Forget about it, those guys are not simple. If they noticed you recording, they might have snatched your phone."
After chatting for a bit, Hu Jun said,
"Brother Nan, why are you playing with your phone again? Come and chat."
Guo Kunnan was looking down at his phone, his face filled with a sweet smile.
"Ah Cha asked me to go to sleep earlier."
Upon hearing this, Dan Kaiquan felt extremely envious; he longed for a girl to wait for him late at night.
He shouted, "I’ll have one too in the future!"
Guo Kunnan replied to Ah Cha, and she messaged him back instantly; Guo Kunnan’s smile became even more pronounced, and his slightly dark face bloomed with the flower of sweetness.
"Look, look at this!" He boasted while raising his hand.
On the screen, a girl’s profile picture sent a message:
"Poor my brother."
Guo Kunnan: "Haha, did you see that? She’s feeling sorry for me, she even calls me ’brother.’"
He clutched his heart, which was pitter-pattering—a sign of love’s palpitation.
Guo Kunnan was well loved.
His immersion in love made Dan Kaiquan envious, Wang Longlong puzzled, and Hu Jun dismissive.
However, Ma Shicheng looked at him with sympathy.
Indeed, Guo Kunnan was feeling good now, and Ma Shicheng didn’t have the heart to shatter his illusions.
’Should I let him enjoy happiness for a while longer before revealing the truth?’
Let him enjoy a period of happiness.
...
Qiu Die patted Gong Xuan, excitedly saying:
"Did you see that, did you see that!"
She, more than Gong Xuan, purely admired that kind of ’power.’
She had previously heard that people with dyed yellow hair were the weakest of the lower class, and only those who wore suits and sunglasses were real big shots.
Qiu Die had never seen them before, but today, having seen them with her own eyes, she realized how professional and shocking it was. She would never forget it in her lifetime.
Gong Xuan’s gaze left Jiang Ning and after careful thought, if it were people sent by Jiang Ning, it would be too preposterous.
Thus, her last shred of doubt completely vanished.
’Jiang Ning is just a student who’s very good at fighting, handsome, and performs well academically.’
That was her conclusion.
Gong Xuan said, "I saw it. I really don’t know what they do."
Qiu Die was excited, "No need to say it, they definitely run bars, clubs, hotels, KTVs!"
Only those in these industries would fit her mental image.
Gong Xuan said, "Are there such people in the bars in the city?"
Yuzhou was just a small city with very ordinary bars that weren’t crowded.
Qiu Die: "Why care about that, as long as they’re impressive, that’s correct."
Gong Xuan: "Yes, it’s the first time I’ve seen this."
In front of the barbecue grill.
This was also the first time Pei Yujing had witnessed such a scene. She usually only came to help at the barbecue shop after evening self-study.
She would change into dirt-resistant school uniforms after school, work until 11 pm, and then go back to sleep.
All those times, she had never seen anything as exciting as today.
"Mom, the people are gone, what do we do if the police come?"
While she spoke, two police cars arrived with sirens blaring.
Sister Ma said, "Just tell the truth."
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At 10:30 pm.
Having eaten barbecue for nearly an hour, Jiang Ning rode off with Xue Yuantong.
Xue Yuantong sat on the back seat, holding a large bottle of Coke in one hand, with still half of it left unfinished.
Her other hand was stretched out high:
"Jiang Ning, Jiang Ning, can you smell if there’s a barbecue scent on my clothes?"
Jiang Ning said, "No need to smell, you’ll have to wash them when you get back anyway."
Xue Yuantong thought for a moment and said, "Let’s play chess and bet on it, whoever loses does the laundry."
