Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 402 - 402 397 Milk Tea Shop

Chapter 402: Chapter 397: Milk Tea Shop Chapter 402: Chapter 397: Milk Tea Shop After dinner, Hong Jing went to the repair shop again under the pretext of helping digestion.

The second eldest was fiddling with something, and when he saw her come in, he said quite naturally, “There’s some tremella soup in the pot. Help yourself to a bowl.”

Hong Jing happily went to the small kitchen to ladle out soup, completely unaware that she had already put on five pounds during the winter break. Every evening, she came over under the pretense of digesting her meal, but by the time she left, she’d usually gained another two ounces.

She sat next to the second eldest, holding her bowl of soup, and said to him while drinking, “Before dinner, I heard my dad talking on the phone. His friend wants to introduce a boyfriend to me.”

The second eldest turned his head, feigning confusion, “What do you mean? You want to have your foot in two boats?”

Hong Jing gave him a disdainful look and snorted coldly, “Keep pretending. I’m going to graduate next year. If you want to watch me go on blind dates, then just keep being my secret boyfriend.”

At the mention of this, the second eldest felt somewhat dispirited. It wasn’t that he dared not face Hong Jing’s parents, but rather that he wasn’t up to par in any way.

Hong Jing liked him because there was love between them, but what did her parents have with him? Without any solid qualifications, why would they approve of him?

There was no point in even mentioning family background or education, and as for career… Does a repair shop even count as one?

So, last year, should he have listened to his older brother’s advice to shut the repair shop and manage the franchise store instead?

At least that’s a proper job, it sounds better than running a repair shop, doesn’t it?

Of course, it’s not too late now, but he wasn’t very willing to do so.

So, what kind of career would he need to have in order to be worthy of Hong Jing and her family background?

The next day, after an early breakfast, Jiang Yan went to Jing Junyang’s company to help him out for a couple of days.

Actually, he didn’t do much; after all, it was a big company with established rules and systems. Jiang Yan just helped with some minor revisions and cleaning up, and at Jing Junyang’s request, added an internal email system to the computers.

Most of the missing documents and contracts had been found and noted down by Qi Lihong. Jing Junyang, his aunt, and several key members worked for three days straight to fill in almost all of the gaps. As for the ones that couldn’t be filled… well, let’s just consider them as losses for the Jing family.

The Jing family’s patriarch was so upset over this matter that he nearly ended up in the hospital again, and now, he has already been taken to Southern Province for convalescence by Jing’s uncle.

Out of sight, out of mind. He’s thoroughly disappointed with Jing Xu and doesn’t want to see this son ever again.

After helping Jing Junyang, on his way back to Qinghe Garden, Jiang Yan received a call from Ding Yamin.

“Have you gone back to school already? So early?”

“Jiawen mentioned before about buying a shop in front of our university, right? I thought of looking for one before the semester starts, to see if I could find something suitable. Jiang Yan, are you free these days? Could you and Jiawen come over? There’s a shop for sale which has had a sign up since before the New Year, but the location isn’t that great. There’s one with a good location up for lease, but I can’t make up my mind and hoped you could help me take a look and give me some advice…”

They were planning to open a milk tea shop together at Luyang Normal University, which Jiang Yan knew about since he had helped Ding Yamin find a milk tea shop to study at before the New Year.

But after the New Year, he had forgotten all about it, not expecting that Mu Jiawen had also forgotten.

He just knew that the rash girl must have come up with it on a whim.

“Going to Luyang, huh,” Mu Jiawen said with a pained expression, “but I don’t want to go out, and I don’t want to take the bus even more so.”

She had developed a fear of sitting after a daylong bus ride back from Binzhou a few days ago.

“Do I really need to come over? Can’t Ding Yamin and Wan Jiao handle it?”

Jiang Yan lifted his hand and pinched her cheek, “Is it because you told someone you’d put in money to buy the shop? Since you’re putting in the money, you are the big boss. Buying a house requires signing, so tell me, does the big boss need to be present?”

Mu Jiawen wailed, burying herself in his arms, and muttered, “It’s such a hassle!”

“This is already giving you a hassle?”

Jiang Yan was both annoyed and amused, “Who was it that swore up and down they wanted to open a chain of milk tea shops across the country, reaching how many cities within ten years and achieving what profit margins… By the way, were you drunk that day?”

Mu Jiawen blinked, nodded, “I don’t remember any of what you said, so I must have been drinking.” Right, either she blacked out from drinking or she never said those things, in any case, she wouldn’t admit to them at all.

You’re really good at passing the buck.

Regardless, Mu Jiawen still knew she had to take responsibility for her words, after all, Ding Yamin and Wan Jiao were so excited they’d gone back early to look for a shop, and Yang Dan was already on the train, with a direct ticket to Luyang.

How could she shirk her responsibilities at this time?

“Alas, the arrow is on the string, I must send it.”

When she had come up with the idea, it wasn’t just a spur-of-the-moment thing; it was mainly because she heard Wan Jiao complaining about the lack of living expenses and wanting a part-time job. She thought, working for others is a job, and working for themselves is also a job, so why not make something of their university years?

Yang Dan had skills, Ding Yamin and Wan Jiao were hardworking and unafraid of hardships, and her? She had money!

Under these circumstances, it shouldn’t be too difficult for the three of them to make something happen… right?

She had the idea, but when it came to the actual operation and management, Mu Jiawen didn’t want to bother thinking about it.

On the way to Luyang, she sincerely said to Jiang Yan, “Help me explain the business model and rules to them, and in return, I’ll give you two paintings.”

Jiang Yan glanced at her lightly, “You said before that if I wanted to, all your paintings could be mine.”

“Right, if I give them to you then they are yours, is there a problem?”

Jiang Yan: …

No problem, but why does it sound so off?

Two hours later, the two arrived at Luyang Normal University.

Yang Dan had arrived the night before, and was currently standing with Wan Jiao on the left side of the Normal University’s gate waiting for them. Seeing Jiang Yan’s car, she immediately waved.

“I’ve looked at both shops, let me tell you about the specifics now. The one for sublease is in Normal University’s South Square, close to the female dorms. There’s no question about the foot traffic, it’s huge. However, the space is quite small; it’s a grab-and-go setup. The annual rent is twenty thousand, with a minimum lease of three years, totaling sixty thousand…”

As someone who had a year of experience, Yang Dan was now very professional, rattling off the pros and cons of a shop, straight to the point and nonstop.

Clearly, she had progressed very quickly.

This deeply impressed Ding Yamin, who had done his homework but still hadn’t gotten to the crux of the matter.

“This is the East Gate, also the main entrance to Normal University. But as you’ve seen, there aren’t many people on this road. That’s because you have to walk quite a distance from here to reach the classrooms and dorms. So, in general, Normal University students prefer to go out for shopping or strolling through the South Square’s south gate or the west gate, which is closer to the lecture buildings.”

The East Gate area indeed looked somewhat desolate, with only a few people in the already-opened shops, or they were still locked and not yet opened.

Although it’s not officially the start of the semester yet, more than half of the students had already returned to campus, and it was obvious that everyone wasn’t used to coming to this side to spend money.

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