After three people had a quiet dinner and it was already past 9 o'clock in the evening, they drank a bit of the red wine laid out at home.
Looking at the two beautiful women, he suddenly didn't want to leave.
But reason pulled him back, he washed his face and prepared to go home. Even though he told his parents, it was getting late, and they would worry.
"I'm going back now."
"Yeah, take the leftovers with you." Ji Yun packed up some dishes in takeaway boxes.
"Going back, I'll let my parents taste their daughter-in-law's cooking."
"Xu Lin, always taking advantage of our Ji Yun."
"I'm not the only one taking advantage, I'm leaving."
"Xu Lin, wait." Before he could push open the door, Ji Yun stopped him.
"What's up?"
"When we asked you those things just now, it wasn't just a joke. We want you to know, we've let it go this time, but don't provoke other girls anymore, we're serious."
"I understand." Xu Lin looked into Ji Yun's eyes intensely, then glanced at Chu Qingchan.
Both Chu Qingchan and Ji Yun felt Xu Lin's determination and didn't say anything further, but they didn't see through Xu Lin's thoughts behind his determination.
In fact, ever since Ji Yun came out of the bedroom and hugged Chu Qingchan's arm, he felt relieved, knowing that the most severe situation hadn't occurred.
However, he deeply reflected, or rather, he had always known that he was greedy, ultimately harming the twelve girls.
He wouldn't force anyone to like him, as he wasn't a deity, but as long as the other party liked him, he wouldn't let go.
Although he wasn't sure if this greed stemmed from his nature or was caused by the system, he didn't want to give up his ambition anyway.
But in this process there would inevitably be friction between them. It was fortunate for him that Ji Yun and Chu Qingchan's relationship could remain stable.
However, in the future, there would definitely be conflicts because of different personalities and temperaments, which he would have to deal with himself.
However, he wouldn't give up one for the other. Though his words just now might have been a joke, they were all meant to be true!
Furthermore, Ji Yun was quite impressive today, not only fooling Chu Qingchan but also settling matters with Bai Xiaoxiao in just one afternoon.
Perhaps he could ask Class Monitor Ji for help, but he needed a good reason to discuss it with her first.
"I promise you, even if I become a scumbag, I won't give up on you!"
"In modern society, it's one husband and one wife. Are you thinking too much?"
"There's always a way. But it would be easier if you all just married me."
"Who cares about you? But if you really can change even that, we'll consider it fair and cheap!"
Chu Qingchan joked lightly, but Xu Lín took it very seriously and noted it down, thinking that one day the system might actually be able to do it.
Xu Lín opened the door and left, while Chu Qingchan glanced at Ji Yun, "Do you think he really understands our intentions now?"
"Who knows, but at least with a bit of supervision, he won't flirt with girls recklessly."
"By the way, we haven't finished questioning about the suspects yet, have we?"
"We should question him next time. He still has to go back and continue writing. He's tired enough as it is."
Ji Yun accompanied Xu Lin today and taught him a lesson with Chu Qingchan, but she felt very sorry for Xu Lin. He has been busy from morning till night, almost without rest.
In the morning, he exercised, helped a classmate find Qin Yunhe, then dealt with her own father's issues.
Then he experienced the dangerous situation of the tiger running wild, and finally took her to visit Father Bai, taking care of him for several hours.
Finally, back here, he was thoroughly questioned by them and still has to work late into the night, and he has to wake up at around 5 o'clock tomorrow morning for exercise.
"He's not that weak. Hasn't he been much healthier lately? Don't worry, those trained by Chu Fengyi won't have poor physical fitness."
"Then let's take a shower and get ready to rest."
"Okay, Ji Yun, shall I join with you?"
"Big Sister Chu... I think I'll wash alone. I'm not quite comfortable showering with others."
"I'll scrub your back, you can scrub mine."
Ji Yun looked at Chu Qingchan's serious expression and nodded, her face turning red as she entered the bathroom first.
Chu Qingchan, looking at her reflection in the mirror, didn't expect her indifferent face to be quite effective.
Little sister Ji Yun, here I come!
Chu Fengyi always refuses to bathe with me. This time I've found a new little sister. Don't you regret it!"
Returning home, Xu Lin saw his parents playing Chinese chess, and coincidentally, Li Yuan caught his dad cheating by secretly taking a black piece.
She slapped his shoulder, saying, "If you cheat again, I won't play with you!"
"You've won 10 rounds already, what harm would one more game do?"
"Well, it's still not allowed. Didn't we agree it's 10 yuan each time?"
"I don't have any personal money left, ask Xiaoxu for some!"
"Huh?" Originally Xu Lin was planning to slip away, but he was caught by his Dad.
"I don't have money either."
"I gave you 30,000, have you spent it all?"
"No, I invested it. When I make money, I'll double it for you, it'll be your little treasury!"
Xu Lin hastily replied, but just as his Dad was about to agree, he caught sight of his wife's gaze across the table.
"Um, forget about doubling or not doubling. Just give it to your mom before the New Year."
"Okay."
"Hey, what kind of investment are you getting into? Don't get scammed," Xu Feng was worried that his son would be tricked, even though twenty thousand yuan wasn't much.
"It's not a strange investment, it's a franchise for a spicy hot pot shop. I plan to invest, then hire the Bai family of three to run it."
"So you're helping this shop?"
"Yeah."
"Do you think it'll work?" Li Yuan asked as she sorted chess pieces.
At home, it was Li Yuan who had the final say, so Xu Lin quickly sat down beside his mother, put down his lunch box, and directly held her shoulder.
"Let me tell you, it'll be fine. I deliberately checked, this spicy hot pot is already very popular in Northeast China."
"Basically, opening one can lead to opening more, and they're starting to recruit franchisees now. I think it'll work."
This is not Xu Lin's unfounded boast. He really did some research and then based it on the expansion speed of Zhang Guofu's spicy hot pot before his rebirth.
It should be very suitable to take over this franchise. While the price is cheap, with the rise of takeaway in the coming years, it's like a double takeoff.
In fact, if it weren't for the lack of enough funds, he would want to take over several counties around him now, and even the agency of prefecture-level cities would be the best.
But he needs capital, and he doesn't want to rely on pestering them at the beginning. So he's taking it step by step. When the later capital comes in, he'll expand further.
It's not impossible to take over the general agency of a prefecture-level city. Then he can use the money earned from the spicy hot pot to start projects with Blue Orange Express, a takeaway platform.
"Okay, since you're confident, go ahead and do it!"
Li Yuan nodded as well. They both could feel their son maturing lately.
He's quite capable, even appearing on TV and writing novels. Though I'm not sure if it earns money, at least it shows how talented my son is.
Well, if that's the case, let him give it a try. If he fails, it's a lesson learned; if he succeeds, even better, paving the way for the future.
"Thank you, Mom!"
"Don't thank her, thank your dad. I'm the one who's paying."
"Thanks, Dad!"
"Cough, the child should thank me, after all, isn't this money for buying me jewelry?"
"Uh..."
"Alright, enough of that. There's some delicious food here, would you like some?"
"It smells good. Which daughter-in-law made it?"
"Which daughter-in-law... "
But Xu Lin laughed and said, "It's your daughter-in-law Ji Yun."
"These two, sigh~" Hearing the words of his son and wife, Xu Feng also sighed.
How come both my wife and son are so mischievous?