After Xu Zhengyang returned to the store, Cheng Baola asked many questions. Xu Zhengyang said he met an acquaintance and perfunctorily passed it off.
But then there was store renovation, recruitment and so on.
This was the time for Cheng Baola to show her ability. Xu Zhengyang had put in so much money. She didn't let Xu Zhengyang interfere and took care of everything by herself.
Xu Zhengyang directly gave her five yuan as start-up capital.
As for himself, he was going back home to find his elder brother.
Early the next morning, Xu Zhengyang called Tang Ying and Chen Haohai over.
"I'm going back to the county. I might be gone for a few days. Regarding Cheng Baola's restaurant, if she doesn't ask for your help, don't interfere."
"Well, why doesn't Miss Baola need help?"
He didn't dare to ask too much about the reason Xu Zhengyang was going to the county. But he was curious about why not help.
"Baola is a strong girl. She is always afraid that Master Xu will treat her as a vase. She wants to prove her ability to Master Xu.
In fact, Baola is not only a national first-class nutritionist, an ACN international senior nutritionist, but also has a senior chef certificate. If it weren't for the age limit, she would probably have reached the superlative level."
Tang Ying said with a smile. She had already captured Cheng Baola's little heart. Now Cheng Baola regarded her as an elder sister and told her everything.
Chen Haohai was stunned. Good heavens. It seemed that this little girl was not simple. He looked at Xu Zhengyang in surprise.
Xu Zhengyang shrugged and gave him an expression of "Don't be excited. When I first found out, I was even more confused than you."
"By the way, do you have someone who is smart, can drive, and can be trusted? I need an assistant."
Xu Zhengyang wasn't being pretentious just because he had money. Having been a boss before, he deeply knew how important an assistant and driver were.
There were many time-consuming and laborious things. When you needed to focus on doing certain things, it would take up your unnecessary energy and slow down your efficiency.
Even when you were doing something in the city, just finding a parking space would take a long time.
Plus, now his mind was full of thinking about how to trace his mother. He even found it a bit troublesome to figure out how to navigate to the county.
Chen Haohai immediately nodded.
"Yes!"
"Well, I'm going to have breakfast. Let him come over as soon as possible."
After Xu Zhengyang finished speaking, he sent the two of them away.
45 minutes later...
Xu Zhengyang looked at the familiar figure in front of him with a dark expression and was speechless for a while.
"Mr. Xu!"
Lin Yourong, dressed in professional attire, was wearing a pencil skirt, small high heels, and a professional top that was astonishingly tight-fitting.
With a sweet and shy smile.
"Chen Haohai sent you here??"
"Yes! I'm really good at driving!" Lin Yourong raised her small hand and promised.
"Did you come to drive or ride? Can you drive in those shoes?"
Xu Zhengyang asked unhappily.
"I brought shoes and clothes!"
Lin Yourong immediately pulled over a bundle beside her.
Obviously, Chen Haohai had sent her in a hurry. She didn't even have time to change her clothes.
"This... Where can you change?"
Xu Zhengyang was speechless.
"In the car!"
Lin Yourong didn't wait for Xu Zhengyang's consent. Afraid that he would drive her away, she opened the car door and got into the back seat.
Xu Zhengyang covered his forehead.
In less than forty seconds, Lin Yourong jumped out of the back seat.
She had already changed into a tight T-shirt. The lower half was soft jeans. Her figure was even more astonishing.
She had also changed into sports shoes. Even her hair was tied up in the back.
The whole person looked much more casual.
She grinned and stretched out her hands to show off her figure and clothes, seemingly asking Xu Zhengyang to praise her.
After all, changing clothes in such a small space and at such a fast speed required excellent flexibility.
"Get in the car!"
Xu Zhengyang gave a symbolic thumbs up. Then he threw the car keys to her and opened the passenger door and sat in.
Lin Yourong quickly tidied up the clothes in the back seat and stuffed them into the corner. Then she adjusted her clothes before getting in the car, looking very nervous.
How could she not be nervous? This was someone even Chen Haohai worshipped like a god.
And she was about to become his driver and assistant. How many opportunities like this could there be in life.
Whether she could stay by Xu Zhengyang's side for a long time depended on her performance today!
As soon as Xu Zhengyang got in the car, he could smell a strong fragrance. It wasn't pungent. Presumably it was the fragrance from changing clothes.
And after Lin Yourong got in the car, there was an even more unique delicate fragrance. It made Xu Zhengyang feel very comfortable.
Just because of this smell, Xu Zhengyang liked it very much and could give it seven points first.
"Drive."
"Okay."
Unexpectedly, Lin Yourong was indeed a competent driver. She drove fast and steadily, even better than Xu Zhengyang.
"Here."
Xu Zhengyang directly reported the address. Lin Yourong navigated out a complicated route, including provincial roads and county roads. No wonder Xu Zhengyang found it troublesome.
But everything could be left to her. Xu Zhengyang then took out his phone and repeatedly watched that video, not knowing what he was thinking.
Lin Yourong didn't dare to ask.
Although Xu Zhengyang's hometown was also in Yunhai Province, it was at least 150 kilometers away from Santai City and there was no highway.
So starting in the morning, it was not until around two o'clock in the afternoon that they arrived.
On the way, Xu Zhengyang also took over driving for Lin Yourong for a while.
Planning to give his elder brother a surprise, Xu Zhengyang didn't call in advance.
This county was in a mountainous area. After development in recent years, it had become a small tourist attraction.
There was only one road, but it had been widened a lot.
Just after passing the county boundary sign, a barricade appeared ahead. There were four people standing on both sides of the barricade. They seemed to be a family, with men and women.
From a distance, they waved at the two of them to signal them to stop.
Xu Zhengyang frowned. He remembered that there was no checkpoint here. And this checkpoint looked very simple. The lifting bar was manual.
"Fifty hao for toll."
A middle-aged woman came up and grabbed the car window and stretched out five fingers towards Xu Zhengyang.
Xu Zhengyang looked at her. She wasn't wearing a uniform and there was no armband.
When she spoke, those people gathered around and looked at this extremely majestic car.
Road bully.
Xu Zhengyang could tell at a glance that these people were probably illegally collecting tolls.
If it were normal times, Xu Zhengyang would definitely teach them a lesson. But now he was in a hurry to see his elder brother and he was in no mood.
So he took out a fifty-hao note and handed it to the woman.
Seeing that he didn't even bargain and was so straightforward, the woman was delighted. She took the money. Then two men lifted the barricade and let them pass.
As soon as their car passed, this woman took out her phone and said a few words on WeChat.
In the car, Lin Yourong bit her lip and asked in a low voice:
"Mr. Xu, they don't seem very legitimate."
"Be confident. Remove the 'seem'. They are road bullies. In the past two years, there is a persimmon slope behind this county that is very popular. Many internet celebrities come to check in. They probably make a living from this. I'll deal with them later."
Xu Zhengyang leaned back on the seat and moved his stiff neck from sleeping and said.
But after driving less than two hundred meters.
They saw another family appear ahead. Several people in front waved to signal them to stop. Behind, two men even pulled out two roadblocks from the side of the road and directly blocked the road.