Chapter 82: girlfriend
Today is Xiao Minglang's birthday, he has already cut the cake before. He let the pastry chef make a small birthday cake temporarily, and when the banquet was about to end, he came to Ziling.
Zi Ling said, "Don't disturb my work, I'll talk about it later."
Xiao Minglang said: "Today is my twenty-fifth birthday, and it's also the day of reunion, won't you celebrate for me?"
Zi Ling said, "You are an ancient person..."
Xiao Minglang sighed: "Actually, I have seen more things in modern times than in ancient times. The only time I could 'see' in my previous life was when I was a child and the year after I met you."
Xiao Minglang grabbed her hand and dragged her over. Haichao was curious when he saw them muttering from a distance, but now that the second young master actually dragged Ziling away, he didn't know what he was doing.
Xu Shilei's target was originally the eldest young master of the Xiao family, but when she saw the second young master of the Xiao family holding the hand of the maid who had scolded her before, she couldn't help but feel annoyed, and received a few strange looks from men and women, she always felt slapped in the face .
Arriving at a table, the pastry chef was bringing new cakes over, and some guests also came over. After all, he, the second young master of the Xiao family, was the protagonist today.
Xiao Mingcheng was also amazed at his younger brother's speed. Even if it looks too much like "Latea", it's too urgent, right?
The young master of the Wang family, Wang Zherui, looked at them probingly and said with a smile, "Second Young Master, do you want to cut two cakes for your birthday?"
Xiao Minglang said: "I was celebrating with my friends before, but now I am celebrating with my girlfriend."
Xiao Minglang put it on her shoulder, Zi Ling clapped his hand away, Xiao Minglang gave her a gentle look and smiled.
Suddenly, Jiang Cheng, the young master of the Jiang family, said, "Is this the second young master's girlfriend? We all lost sight of it just now."
Xiao Minglang said: "My girlfriend Zhao Ziling, she will be my wife, she is not the same as the beauties Jiang Shao and Wang Shao have been with. So please take care of everyone."
Several "less" can't help but be surprised, but how can they refute Xiao Minglang's face in person. Xiao Minglang is low-key, but they also know that he is not simple. He graduated from Yale four years ago, and completed four acquisitions in the United States in two years, buying at a low price, integrating it, and selling at a high price. In four cases, three made big profits and one reportedly lost $6 million. But doing business has risks, and his ability is rare.
At the age of eleven or twelve, he made a fortune in the stock market in his grandfather's name. The business opportunities and the expansion of domestic wealth in that era are unforgettable to this day. Most of the richest wealth grows fastest in those years. Not to mention the rich, even if the private sector invests in stocks with a capital of 2,000 to 3,000 yuan, there are many people who make more than 100,000 to 200,000 yuan in one or two years.
I just didn't expect that Xiao Minglang would be able to grasp the timing sharply at such a young age.
When he was fifteen years old, he also invested in real estate projects in the name of Xiao Lao. At that time, it was a period of booming real estate development. He accumulated funds in the early stage and took a few plots of land to hoard. Five years later, the land price has also increased more than ten times. Then he cooperated with Lujiang Group to develop it. He only took out the land but took a large share of the shareholders. After the development, the profit was five or six times the investment amount. Later, he went to the United States to study, and stopped in China for a few years, but only occupied the identity of a shareholder of several companies.
What Xiao Minglang did was not directly related to the Xiao family's Minghua Group, but started anew.
Xiao's Minghua Group started out as a shopping mall. Later, after major western supermarkets entered the Chinese market, they turned to the development and operation of large-scale commercial plaza real estate projects and the hotel industry. In recent years, they have also turned to the cultural industry. Mrs. Xiao has a family jewelry company. These businesses of the Xiao family are not directly related to what Xiao Minglang does.
The outside world does not know this, but people from Jiang Cheng and Wang Zherui have heard of it.
When Jiang Cheng, Wang Zherui and others heard him say this, their greetings to Zhao Ziling were not as frivolous as when they were provoked by Xu Shilei before.
Xiao Minglang also introduced to Ziling: "This is President Jiang, the vice president of Jiang's Group, this is President Wang, the director of Lizhong Group, this is Shao Wang of Taihe Group, this is Shao Li of Lujiang Group, and this is Xin Chuan. President Zhang of the group..."
Xiao Minglang introduced some of the people he knew one by one, Zi Ling also greeted everyone generously, and everyone was secretly amazed when they saw it, such a maid could actually hold such a scene.
And Xiao Minglang only introduced two women, Mr. Kwong from Meiqi Group and Miss Dongyue from Lanxin Cosmetics Company. This is a respectable woman whom Xiao Minglang thinks is worth dating.
As for Xu Shilei, Lu Yuling and other young ladies, he did not introduce them specifically, and he did hardly know them.
Xu Shilei couldn't see it anymore. Seeing Mrs. Xiao standing not far away, she walked over and said, "Mrs. Xiao, the second young master has a girlfriend, do you know that?"
Of course Mrs. Xiao didn't know. Seeing that Xiao Minglang was pulling a "maid" over there to eat cake together, she felt a little strange and unhappy, but this was not the occasion for investigation.
Mrs. Xiao smiled and said, "Young people, I can't control that much. Let him go. Miss Xu is also a young man. Let's go and play together, don't be restrained."
Xu Shilei originally wanted to be a **** stick, and didn't want to let the **** who made her look ugly before, she didn't expect to be beaten by Mrs. Xiao for Tai Chi. Xu Shilei felt even more resentful in her heart. She didn't think about the fact that she was taking the initiative to insult others, so she would be scolded. She was used to bullying women from ordinary people, and those women could only be cowardly towards her. of. She has never fought back like Zhao Ziling and lost such a big face in public.
At this time, Lu Yuling came over and talked to Mrs. Xiao kindly. Mrs. Xiao was more warm and kind to Lu Yuling. Lu Yuling was the daughter of her good sister when she was young.
After Lu Yuling and Mrs. Xiao said some words, she showed her virtuousness and smooth demeanor, and took Xu Shilei away with a few words of relief. Mrs. Xiao saw her, and she was even more fond of this good sister's daughter.
…
The party was basically over by three o'clock, and the guests left one after another.
Ziling also got out of those social events, and Haichao inevitably asked.
Ziling said, "Aren't you worried that those rich people won't be easy to mess with? You just think I'm fighting Xiao Minglang's power and let them know that we also have backers, so don't trouble us afterwards."
It turned out that Xiao Minglang had inquired about the previous turmoil and told her that the eldest lady of the Xu family had a bad reputation. She and Wang Haichao offended her. They don't have any protection now, and they are afraid that there will be troubles. She just used to cooperate in the show to show affection and know some people.
Hai Chao said: "You and the second young master fell in love at first sight, what does it have to do with me?"
Zi Ling raised her eyebrows and said, "Chaochao, we came together, but honor and disgrace are one. Your words make me sad."
Hai Chao rolled his eyes and didn't bother anymore, but in his heart he felt strange about her and Xiao Minglang's affairs.
And the guests who left also thought so in their hearts.
…
Ziling and Haichao packed up the leftover food and tableware, and the people in the catering system cleaned them one by one under the instructions of Uncle Wang.
The servants could pack some food and fruit to take away, and the food and fruit were not dirty. The king's father was partial to his daughter and her daughter's friends, and packed several large bags for them.
At this time, they changed their clothes and went back to school. Today is Sunday.
Hai Chao frowned and said, "I don't want it."
The king said, "Haichao, it's clean, it's all right! Take it back to school to eat."
Haichao persuaded: "There is a cafeteria in the university."
The king's father handed the other two big bags to Ziling and said, "Ziling is good, take it back to school to eat. Uncle sees that you have lost weight."
The king's father was thrown into the big kitchen before, and he didn't know what was going on in front of him, and no one told him that he didn't like to listen to people's right and wrong when he was cooking.
Zi Ling wanted to say: I can't eat so much in one night.
At this moment, he heard the servant shout "Second Young Master", and saw the young man who had little contact with the servant came in.
Zi Ling couldn't help blushing when she saw him, Xiao Minglang looked at Uncle Wang and said, "You don't need to bring these, after all, it's been a long time."
The king saw that he was the master's house. Although the food was left over from the banquet, he still had the right to speak as the master. It didn't look good in front of the master, so the king didn't insist any longer.
Xiao Minglang looked at Zi Ling and said, "Where are you going, I'll take you there."
Zi Ling said, "I'm going back to school, and I have class tomorrow."
Xiao Minglang walked over and held her hand. He was not Chu Liuxiang, but he wanted to hold a girl's hand, and no one would reject him.
The king's father and the servants in the kitchen were stunned, and the young maid Meng Jie asked Uncle Wang, "Uncle Wang, what is the relationship between this Zhao Ziling and the second young master? They are holding hands! God, did she save the Milky Way?"
Uncle Wang looked at Wang Chaohai, who was equally astonished, and she shook her head: "I don't know either, don't ask me."
…
Xiao Junchi and Mrs. Xiao were still in the living room, and they were dumbfounded when they saw their son and the girl coming out of the back kitchen together.
Mrs. Xiao came over and said, "Minglang, what are you doing?"
Xiao Minglang introduced: "I'm my mother, people are stricter, but that's for subordinates. You don't need to care."
Mrs. Xiao felt as if she had been betrayed, and she had done a perfect job in front of others before. At this time, she couldn't help but scrutinize the girl. She always felt a little familiar, but she couldn't remember it for a while.
It was the first time that the younger son approached a girl and held the girl's hand since he was a child. Doesn't he hate having physical contact with people the most? When he was five or six years old, even his parents hugged him and kissed him, but he resisted.
Zi Ling said, "Hello, Mrs. Xiao."
Mrs. Xiao looked at her. The beauty of this girl was indeed rare, but it was not easy for her to accept it psychologically with her young son suddenly.
Xiao Minglang said, "Mom, Ziling is greeting you."
Only then did Mrs. Xiao react, but the phrase "Hello" was hard to say.
Xiao Minglang didn't care either, and said lightly, "I'll send Ziling off first, and I'll talk about it later."
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Hai Chao was sitting in the back seat of the car, looking at the two people sitting in front, she seemed to know a fake Zhao Ziling. In high school, she was an ordinary girl. Since she went to college, she has been more confident in her actions, but now Zhao Ziling is different from the previous one.
She's like a teenage girl in love, uh, or to get rid of the "like" word.
She was radiant and pink, and sometimes when a man said a normal thing, she also smiled.
It's too soon to fall in love, isn't it?
Xiao Minglang and Ziling also knew that Wang Haichao was sitting in the back of the car. They didn't talk about their past lives, they just talked about their current affairs.
Xiao Minglang would talk about his study experience. He also said that he made a lot of money legally, and emphasized to Ziling: "I obtained it legally, not out of the ordinary, so I can support you anyway."
However, Ziling smiled and said, "Who expects you to support me? When I graduate, I will be able to support myself."
Xiao Minglang said: "In this era, I don't have any other ambitions to achieve, only make money to support my family. If you don't count on me, I have no motivation."
Zi Ling said: "You can pretend to me, anyway, it's easy for you to lie to me." How ambitious is Young Master Bat? He has done so many bad things, wanting to unify the rivers and lakes for thousands of years, and then rebelled and replaced them, and unified the country.
Xiao Minglang sighed and said, "I won't dare to lie to you again."
The two chatted and laughed, talking about Zi Ling's current studies, Xiao Minglang was surprised: "Your history is already very good."
Ziling said: "I am a liberal arts student now, and I can't read physics and chemistry. Looking back, historical research transcends time and space, which is very interesting. Throughout the world, there are many schools of history researchers. It has not been systematically summarized and investigated, and wild ways are always looked down upon by others.”
Even if she has those three hundred years, what she sees is the history of China before the Song Dynasty, which is very limited. Read the history systematically, and you can take it calmly in whatever dynasty you wear in the future.
Xiao Minglang said: "Humanities students can also major in business management."
Zi Ling smiled and said: "I said, Master Xiao Er, studying business is a good choice for your family background. For people from the bottom of the world, the most ridiculous major is business administration. It’s good to be managed by others, but who else do you want to manage? Besides, for grassroots entrepreneurs, who came from a business administration background?”
In fact, in managing and controlling subordinates, she really doesn't need to learn theory, because she has practiced for more than 200 years, and she has experience of success and mistakes. There is absolutely no one who has such experience as her. She just did not systematically learn the theories and concepts of management, but the theoretical concepts are also artificial, and she made a Zhuge Liang-style summary after seeing successful examples.
Xiao Minglang couldn't help laughing when he heard it: "You have become sharp and sharp."
"I've always been like this, but you don't know." The mental state of people at the top and at the bottom is different.
Everyone has lemon essence in their hearts, but some are harmless, and some are beyond the legal boundaries.
Xiao Minglang smiled and said, "I will always know."
Xiao Minglang naturally took her hand, he kissed her hand, and looked at her affectionately before continuing to drive.
The tide that was sprinkled with dog food:…
Are they about to forget her?
As soon as he arrived at the university, Haichao naturally didn't want to be a light bulb anymore, so he left quickly, puzzled.
But Xiao Minglang and Ziling hadn't parted yet, they went to a nearby restaurant for dinner, and then went to other places to say goodbye.
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Early the next morning, the Xiao family restaurant.
"You're getting married?" Mrs. Xiao asked in surprise.
Everyone stared at the radiant Xiao Minglang, who was completely different after yesterday.
Xiao Mingcheng had expected many results, including Xiao Minglang would marry "Latea", but he never thought of such a fast pace.
Xiao Junchi said: "Even if you date any girl, I have no objection, but you should always be careful when getting married."
Xiao Minglang said: "I am very cautious. I want to get married, and I don't want to waste time. The problem will never be solved. If there is any problem after marriage, I will solve it one by one."
Mrs. Xiao said, "How can this be possible? Marriage is the best way to have two surnames. We don't even know which daughter of the other's family, character, education, education, and ability. How can we just say marriage?"
Xiao Minglang said: "Mom, I'm an adult. So, I'm notifying you, not asking you to vote on how my life should go."
Xiao Junchi said: "Ming Lang, you have a lot of ideas since you were a child, and you do your own thing. We didn't say anything. But as your parents, can't we express our opinions on such a big thing as you are getting married?"
Xiao Minglang said: "Before I got married, I made a statement to give up all inheritance rights to the property belonging to you and my mother. Therefore, my marriage does not affect Xiao's property issues. My own wife and children will be raised by me."
Mrs. Xiao said angrily, "Why don't you declare that you have cut off relations with us?"
Xiao Minglang said: "I will fulfill my obligation to support my parents. I was born by you and raised by you."
Xiao Junchi thought for a while and said, "You're giving us no position to stop you from marrying that girl."
"Yes, when it comes to marriage, you only care about property interests, but I'm not."
Mrs. Xiao is also a smart person and said, "You would say that, it seems that the girl's family has a big problem."
Xiao Minglang did ask Zhao Ziling yesterday, and today he wants his assistant Zhou Chuan to find a private detective system to investigate. Ziling doesn't have time to sort out all the information about her relatives.
Zi Ling didn't say that he wanted to marry him, but he didn't want to waste any more time in his life. At present, Ziling can't solve the gap in family background, and she won't beg to enter the Xiao family's gate.