Arriving on the first floor, Zhou Wang first introduced Miao Ying to Su Yajing.
And Miao Ying also carefully remembered Su Yajing's appearance after saying hello to Su Yajing...
This is what Jiang Qingkui taught her privately. As Zhou Wang's driver, if she can become a regular driver, she will be involved in Zhou Wang's private life to a large extent in the future.
To help Zhou Wang deal with these relationships at the right time, it is not enough to just remain silent. This requires a basic understanding of the people who have close relationships with Zhou Wang...
In fact, Jiang Qingkui herself was doing this, but she didn't ask Zhou Wang directly because she thought that was the stupidest way.
After the two women got to know each other, Su Yajing took Zhou Wang to the room opposite the door on the first floor, where Zhou Wang saw the commotion.
When the two of them arrived, several men and women walked out. The leading man was wearing national costumes, and his local characteristics were obvious.
Seeing these people, Su Yajing quickly pulled Zhou Wang aside, looking a little scared.
After several people walked away while communicating in a dialect that even Zhou Wang couldn't understand, Zhou Wang looked at Su Yajing in confusion, "These people are..."
"The leading man is the landlord of the inn. He comes here often recently. It seems that he had a fierce quarrel with my aunt because of the issue of terminating the contract!"
Su Yajing explained in a low voice, "They always come in large numbers. Sometimes I worry that they will destroy the inn if they disagree..."
"After all, it's their own house, so it doesn't matter what age it is."
Zhou Wang heard it funny and comforted him softly, "Since there is a contract, no matter what kind of dispute it is, there is always room for reasoning."
"Brother, you don't know, some locals are so annoying, they like to stick together, and the landlord before wanted to harass my aunt..."
Listening to Su Yajing's complaints, Zhou Wang couldn't say anything.
Although he comforted Su Yajing in theory, Zhou Wang also knew in his heart that many things were not tenable to anyone who was reasonable.
The ecology of Belvedere is relatively special. Due to various restrictions, although most of the inns operating here are outsiders, they can almost only use leasing and contracting. When encountering shady locals, various problems may indeed arise. .
If the contract could really solve everything, there wouldn't be so many disputes...
Before the two of them entered the house, Su Yajing thought of something and quietly pulled Zhou Wang back.
"Um...brother, my aunt may have some prejudice against you. If she says something to make you unhappy, just ignore her. My aunt is not bad-hearted, but she may have a venomous mouth. a little."
"Huh?" Zhou Wang was startled and wondered: "She has never seen me before, why is she prejudiced against me?"
"Because I told her that I had a boyfriend, but it may be different from what she expected... There are some complicated reasons here. It's not your problem, brother. When I have more time, I will take my time. Can I explain it to you slowly?"
Su Yajing said cautiously.
"Okay, I get it."
Zhou Wang nodded and pinched Su Yajing's cheek, "Don't worry, I'm not that naive and won't get angry with my elders."
When Su Yajing heard this, she smiled, took Zhou Wang's hand and walked into the house.
In the room that had been transformed into a living room and front desk, there was a woman sitting behind the counter, talking to another little girl who looked like a waiter.
This beautiful woman, who looks to be in her early thirties, must be Su Yajing's aunt.
She wears a simple white shirt and jeans, her hair is tied up, and her facial features are modified with light makeup. She has a slim figure and good looks, but her skin is a little bit darker. Her brows are vaguely similar to Su Yajing's, but her mature charm is stronger. .
And compared to Su Yajing, she has a little more "fierce" temperament.
Especially when Su Yajing and Zhou Wang walked in, she happened to be training people, and the feeling was particularly obvious.
"Xiao Xia, I have told you several times that you must check carefully before refunding the deposit. Look at the sheets of 103. They have been ruined. You can't see them once the quilt is covered, right?"
"But...but 103 customers said they had to catch a flight. Boss lady, didn't you also say that we are a word-of-mouth business and we need to think more about our customers..."
The waitress named Xiaoxia explained in a low voice.
"Then did I also say that only qualified customers are allowed? You just hear the word 'guest', right? Anyone who enters the store must be a guest. Some of them are not even human beings!"
Su Yajing's aunt knocked on the table and said loudly: "I think you should stop calling Xiao Xia from now on. Change your name to Crayfish!"
"Ah, boss lady, why?" Xiaoxia asked blankly.
"Because you are young, deaf and blind!"
The aunt said and gave the other party a violent shudder.
"puff!"
Su Yajing couldn't hold it back and laughed on the spot, while Zhou Wang also smiled a little.
The laughter caught the woman's attention. She glanced at Su Yajing and Zhou Wang, her eyes resting on the hands held by the two for a moment, and then the woman rolled her eyes at Xiao Xia fiercely.
"What are you still doing? Why don't you hurry up and clean up the room? You don't want to eat, right?"
"oh oh..."
Xiaoxia covered her head and ran away with a look of grievance on her face, but when she passed by Zhou Wang, she glanced at him curiously, obviously attracted by his handsomeness.
"Auntie!"
Su Yajing just shouted loudly at this time and pulled Zhou Wang forward a few steps.
"Aunt, this is the boyfriend Zhou Wang I told you about. He came to Belvedere specially to see me...Brother, this is my aunt Su Man, the proprietress of the inn!"
"Hello, aunt, I'm Zhou Wang."
Listening to Su Yajing's introduction, although he was secretly surprised that Su Yajing took her mother's last name, Zhou Wang still smiled and said hello.
Su Man calmly closed the ledger on the table, nodded to Zhou Wang with a faint smile, "Oh, you are the brother Zhou Wang that Ran Ran talks about every day, hello."
"Auntie, since I came here in a hurry and I don't know what you like, I just bought something as a meeting gift..."
Because Su Yajing had already been vaccinated, Zhou Wang didn't care about Su Man's less than enthusiastic attitude. He waved to Miao Ying who was waiting at the door and motioned for her to bring the gift bag.
It was originally bought for Su Yajing's mother, but Zhou Wang didn't know in advance that there was Su Yajing's aunt here, so now he could only give the purchased items to Su Man first.
As for Su Yajing's mother, she can make up for the appropriate gift later, and it won't be a big problem.
When Su Man saw the gift bag that Miao Ying put on the table, her eyes paused on Miao Ying for a moment, "Who is this again?"
"My driver, Miao Ying."
Zhou Wang gave a brief introduction.
Miao Ying, who was not good at sociability, didn't know what to say. She just forced out a smile and nodded to Su Man, then shrank back.
"driver?"
Su Man's eyes were playful, and she made a "tsk" sound before looking at the two gift bags. She didn't look through the contents inside, she just glanced at the exquisite outer packaging and smiled, "These things are not cheap, are they?"
"It's okay. I'm just expressing my feelings. The price is not important."
Zhou Wang smiled and said.
"I'm just Su Yajing's aunt, and besides, you guys are just boyfriend and girlfriend. It's not appropriate for me to accept these things. You can take them back."
Su Man shook her head, stood up and said, "Since you're here, just stay and eat. Ran Ran, you sit with him for a while, and I'll go to the kitchen and ask your uncle to add two more dishes."
After saying that, Su Man walked away directly with the account book under her arm, leaving only Su Yajing, who looked apprehensive, holding Zhou Wang's hand.
"Brother, don't be angry, my aunt is really not targeting you..."
Although she had told Zhou Wang in advance, Su Yajing was still worried that Zhou Wang would lose face. After all, Su Man did not hide her cold attitude towards Zhou Wang.
At this time, it was Zhou Wang's turn to sigh. He rubbed Su Yajing's head and said, "Little fool, you really don't need to be so... walking on thin ice when facing me. I don't have such a big temper. Besides, my girlfriend should have some privileges." of."
Zhou Wang couldn't find any suitable words for a while, so he could only describe it as "walking on thin ice".
He has vaguely noticed that hidden under Su Yajing's bright appearance is actually a very typical "pleasant personality".
She indulged and catered to Zhou Wang with almost no bottom line...
Hidden in those dense chat records and various pictures and texts of flirting with Zhou Wang are actually her constant concerns about gains and losses.
If unfortunately you meet a scumbag, a girl with this kind of personality will easily be played with bruises all over her body without even realizing it...
What, you said Zhou Wang is also a scumbag? Zhou Wang said this was definitely slander.
He just wants to give every deserving girl a warm home equally.
Even if there are a lot of worthy girls, they are not what he expected...
"I don't need privileges, I just want my brother to always have me in his heart!"
Su Yajing rubbed her head against Zhou Wang again and said in a low voice: "There can be others next to me..."
Zhou Wang was stunned, and for a moment he was not sure whether Su Yajing was talking about the side of her heart or the side of her body...
Is this some sort of double entendre?
When Zhou Wang was smacking his lips, Shen Yutong, who had changed his clothes, just walked in and met Zhou Wang's strange gaze.
Shen Yutong didn't know what that look meant, but subconsciously tightened the collar that was leaking.
Inexplicably...she was a little panicked.
…
While eating, Zhou Wang met Su Yajing's uncle.
Compared with Su Man, who seemed difficult to deal with on the surface, Su Yajing's uncle was much kinder.
A man with dark skin and an honest look. He also seemed to have some problems with his legs and feet, making it difficult to walk.
The diners gathered at a large table. In addition to Zhou Wang and others, there were also two regular workers in the inn, Xiao Xia and another shy boy in his twenties who seemed to be a relative of his uncle.
The main dish is a large pot of hot pot, which is the special kind of cured pork ribs hot pot in Belvedere. The marinated pork ribs are constantly tumbling in the broth made from native chicken, mixed with yam, gastrodia elata, etc. and cooked together. The color is shiny. Just looking at it will make your appetite whet your appetite.
In addition, other side dishes are also very good, such as Belvedere rake, chickpea jelly... They are all local specialties. They are made at home and feel more delicious than those eaten on the street.
Zhou Wang didn't want to drink anymore, but his uncle brought out a large plastic bottle of bubble wine and poured Zhou Wang a bowl without saying a word.
Su Man raised her brows at this time and reprimanded her uncle: "I have been thinking about your drink all day long, how can I do something else? They are about to break the contract, and you are still in the mood to drink!"
"When guests come, drink a little, just drink a little..."
The uncle just scratched his head and laughed, but also stopped pouring the wine.
"Auntie, don't you still have two years before the contract expires? What's going on?"
Su Yajing couldn't help but ask at this time.
"They got involved with the travel agency and wanted to take over the business themselves!"
Mentioning this matter, Su Man snorted: "Now we are looking for trouble and deliberately raising the price, just to force us to terminate the contract early..."
"Hmph, I paid hundreds of thousands for the contracting fee back then. Plus the decoration, I haven't even gotten back the money yet. Seeing that the tourism industry is picking up, they want to take advantage of it. How can there be such a good thing!"
As she spoke, Su Man became a little irritable. She waved her hand and stopped Su Yajing from asking further questions, "Hurry up and eat your food. Don't worry about this, kid!"
Su Man stood up at this time and took the bottle of bubble wine from her uncle's hand. When her uncle was chatting a little, Su Man came back and put an unopened bottle of Wuliangye into his hand. .
"Since I know it's a guest here, I'm still drinking your bubble wine, which costs more than ten yuan a pound. You don't mind being shabby, just drink this!"
"Hey, this is good, drink this!"
The uncle just smiled excitedly and quickly opened the bottle and poured a bowl for Zhou Wang.
Zhou Wang thanked him and took the wine bowl, and then glanced at Su Man, who was still cold-faced. He vaguely understood why Su Yajing said that her aunt was actually not a bad person...
After the meal was finished, my uncle and two workers took the initiative to clean up. Shen Yutong and Miao Ying also ran to help. Zhou Wang originally thought that he would not be able to sit like this, but at this time Su Man greeted He said:
"Zhou Wang, could you please come with me? I have something to tell you."
"good."
Zhou Wang was startled, then nodded and stood up.
Su Yajing was a little anxious, but before she could say anything, Zhou Wang had already smiled and shook his head at her. Su Yajing could only pout her mouth helplessly when her aunt glared at her, and did not follow her.
…
Amid the chirping of cicadas on a summer night, in the courtyard of the inn, next to a wooden table surrounded by a fence.
This should be a place for afternoon tea for some staying guests. At this time, Zhou Wang and Su Man were sitting here.
To Zhou Wang's surprise, Su Man took out a pack of cigarettes before speaking, took one for herself, and then handed it to Zhou Wang.
Zhou Wang saw that it was a women's cigarette like ESSE and quickly rejected it. He just helped Su Man light the fire, and then took out his own big nine.
Su Man did not refuse Zhou Wang's offer to light the cigarette for her. After lighting it, she took a puff and then blew out mint-scented smoke from her rose-red lips. There was a hazy look on her mature-looking cheeks. beautiful.
There are very few women smoking around Zhou Wang, and he doesn't dislike women smoking...his girlfriend is an exception.
Perhaps this is the only aspect where Zhou Wang has double standards.
As he has successively come into contact with older women like Chen Shu and Zhong Huilan, Zhou Wang has become more and more able to get the charm of mature women recently.
Of course, given that Su Man is Su Yajing's aunt, Zhou Wang really doesn't have any thoughts about her. Although his moral standards for men and women have never been high, he is not so low as a beast...
At this time, it's just a matter of appreciation.
"You and Ran Ran are not in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship in the popular sense, are you?"
After taking two puffs of cigarette, Su Man spoke softly.
Zhou Wang was startled, thought for a while and said:
"That depends on how you define 'popular'..."
"When Ran Ran came back, she told me that she had found her true love, but she also made it clear and told me that she would not marry you."
Su Man glanced at Zhou Wang, "She said this was her idea, and she talked a lot with me about freedom and ideas... But I think this shouldn't be the truth of the matter, right?"
"It was what I told her at the beginning, and it was indeed not her idea."
After a brief silence, Zhou Wang readily admitted.
From the moment the aunt asked to talk to her alone, Zhou Wang had been mentally prepared.
"I knew it, I knew it..."
Hearing Zhou Wang's admission, Su Man couldn't help but feel disappointed, and then sneered, "I guess a rich kid like you should have more than one 'girlfriend,' right?"
Facing Su Man's question, Zhou Wang nodded calmly since he didn't intend to lie.
"For now...yes."
"Ha, you are very single." Su Man laughed angrily, "Does Ran Ran know that she is not your only girlfriend?"
"It wasn't mentioned outright, but she should have known."
When Su Man heard this, she was so angry that she trembled all over: "Sure enough, she has completely inherited her mother's idiot character!"
When Zhou Wang heard this, his expression became confused, "Ran Ran's mother?"
"Su Yajing probably hasn't told you what's going on with her mother, right?"
Su Man asked coldly, and when Zhou Wang nodded, she continued expressionlessly: "My sister used to work as a waiter for others, but now she is insane and can't even take care of herself. This is Her fate."
"As for that man, he ate peanuts ten years ago... The funny thing is, Su Yajing doesn't even know what he looks like."
Listening to Su Man's sarcastic words, Zhou Wang couldn't help but be stunned.
Is this Su Yajing's past...
It turns out that when [Su Yajing's Wish List] appeared, the weight behind the system's "special growth experience", a simple seven words, turned out to be so heavy...
When Zhou Wang had complicated emotions in his heart, Su Man had already put out the cigarette in her hand, got closer and stared into his eyes, and asked word by word:
"So tell me, Zhou Wang, what can you give Su Yajing?"