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Chapter 294: Chapter 240 New Investment Project, How Much Can You Contribute? (Please Subscribe!)_1
Just a little bit of money?
Young age, big talk. If this is considered small money, then they’re hardly any better than the destitute.
Hearing Tang Qing’s ’bold declaration’, Huang Qi and Pan Yue looked at each other and chuckled, unconcerned. But they understood, as they were the same at Tang Qing’s age, always boasting, always making extravagant promises.
With the carefree ’big sister’ Dou Jiao present, the dinner party took a turn for the pleasant. Especially when Dou Jiao, who didn’t mince words, dug up many of Huang Qi and Pan Yue’s past embarrassing incidents. They couldn’t stop her. Dou Jiao didn’t recite these stories just to liven up the atmosphere, but to serve a purpose, as she concludes:
"So, little boss, you better not pick up their bad habits. Apart from business matters, don’t mess around with them, okay?" After saying this, Dou Jiao glared at the two. Her meaning was clear — they were not to lead Tang Qing astray, or they’d be in for it.
All Tang Qing could do was to nod his head in agreement.
Huang Qi rubbed his nose and smiled bitterly. He wasn’t offended, since Dou Jiao was mainly pointing out his lifestyle, such as frequently changing girlfriends, racing cars, getting into fights, etc. Dou Jiao was measured in her criticism, and didn’t say anything to shame him severely or hurt his dignity.
However, Pan Yue wasn’t happy about it. He hadn’t done anything disgraceful, he was just a bit naive at most.
"Jiaojiao, what about me? I’ve not done anything bad. I’m not like Huang Qi." Pan Yue defended himself indignantly.
"What do you mean you’re not like me? I didn’t do anything outrageous either!" Huang Qi retorted defensively. He felt Pan Yue had betrayed him too quickly. Huang Qi knew that Pan Yue and Dou Jiao used to date back in school, but Dou Jiao’s family disapproved. They even sought Pan Yue out to tell him so. At that time, Pan Yue, young and impulsive, broke up with JiaoJiao and went to the States for further studies. He only came back last year and started a business with his family’s help.
This caused Dou Jiao to be at odds with her family. All her potential suitors were scared off by her, and she returned to her grandmother’s city to find a job. She’s been single since. Huang Qi, who had dated many women, could clearly see that Dou Jiao still had feelings for Pan Yue, and that Pan Yue still had feelings for Dou Jiao too. He had remained single and hadn’t dated anyone other than Dou Jiao, which was unusual among their peers.
However, no one dared to ridicule Pan Yue or drag him into their shenanigans, because if Pan Yue and Dou Jiao ended up together, the people who had caused trouble would be in big trouble themselves. Even if Dou Jiao didn’t deal with them, her brothers would.
So, the current situation was a bit messy. Pan Yue wanted to reconcile with Dou Jiao, but didn’t have the right opportunity. That’s why he joined Huang Qi’s self-driving tour, hoping for a chance encounter and a way to patch things up. Huang Qi could only rate this reconciliation plan as ’not entirely idiotic’.
If Tang Qing knew their stories, he would definitely find it familiar.
"Anyway, Little Tang can learn from me." Pan Yue said righteously.
"You...I even brought you along for fun, and now you’re being ungrateful. You’re choosing a woman over our friendship." Huang Qi expressed regret on having chosen the wrong friend.
"You gonna bite me?" Pan Yue said smugly. He clearly wouldn’t compromise on his values before Dou Jiao.
"You..."
"Alright, neither of you are good guys. Little boss, don’t mind them. They’re just spoilt brats living off their family’s wealth."
Seeing the two of them bickering again, Dou Jiao quickly intervened. She knew if she didn’t stop them, they would just continue for an hour without getting bored.
Pan Yue quickly shut up when he heard this and muttered quietly, "Little Tang is also second generation wealthy."
Upon hearing that, Dou Jiao looked at Pan Yue, a look of disappointment on her face, "Hmph, at least Little Tang is doing some legitimate business. Unlike you two, always exploiting your family businesses. Huang Qi, I’m pointing at you. Isn’t your money made from supplying materials to your family’s construction company? And Yue, while your business is unrelated to your family, didn’t your five million RMB starting fund come from your family? Don’t think I don’t know."
Huang Qi and Pan Yue were speechless. Dou Jiao wasn’t wrong.
However, Pan Yue was actually happy. What did it mean? It meant Dou Jiao had been paying attention to him. To him, this was great news. He genuinely liked Dou Jiao, and had tried to forget her over the years, but the more he tried, the harder it was. Anyway, he was determined to be with Dou Jiao no matter what, as he knew that Dou Jiao still had feelings for him.
It was just that Pan Yue ’lost his mind’, and didn’t dare to approach her directly. That’s why he had the plan to join Huang Qi’s self-driving tour. His emotional intelligence was...Huang Qi couldn’t help but laugh when he thought about it.
"Alright Jiaojiao, stop exposing our Achilles heels. Let’s talk about your ’little brother’, we don’t know much about him yet." Huang Qi said.
"Humph, let me tell you..."
Following Tang Qing’s indication, Dou Jiao briefly mentioned several enterprises owned by Tang Qing.
Afterwards, their perception of Tang Qing changed dramatically.
Learning about Tang Qing’s assets, both of them were shocked. So young, yet his assets were already so substantial, wealthier than both of them combined. They had a wide network, but their family assets only amounted to around ten to twenty billion, and that was family money not theirs. Their individual assets barely reached tens of millions of RMB.
