Chapter 136: Mission Accomplished, Grand Ambitions Unfold
“Mm!” Jiang Yun nodded.
“If you sign up for a membership card now, recharge 1,000 and get 200 free, recharge 2,000 and get 500 free, recharge 3,000…”
Jiang Yun interrupted Ding Li, “What’s the maximum recharge amount?”
“Ten thousand!”
“Then I’ll recharge ten thousand!” Jiang Yun took out his bank card. “Let’s do the card swipe!”
“Alright, Mr. Jiang Yun.” Ding Li went to the cashier to get a POS machine, then operated it in front of Jiang Yun and finally swiped the card for ten thousand yuan.
After a while, Ding Li came back carrying a bundle of juice.
“Why is there juice too?”
“That’s a gift for recharging the membership card!” Ding Li explained.
Jiang Yun nodded.
Soon after, their claypot rice dishes were brought over.
Just as Jiang Yun and Li Mengya were about to eat, a notification sounded.
“Ding! Congratulations, Host, for completing the task of helping Xiao Li. Reward: Game production skills!”
A slight smile tugged at the corner of Jiang Yun’s lips as he calmly continued eating.
While eating, Jiang Yun picked up his phone.
He sent a WeChat message to Li Lulu: “How’s the formation of the special effects department going?”
“Beep!”
“Boss, the special effects department currently has three proposals!”
“One, recruit professionals. But since this is a temporary setup, it might take quite a while to gel.”
“Two, acquire a small animation company. This plan saves the adjustment period; we only need to provide the special effects technology!”
“Let’s go with plan two!” Jiang Yun replied.
Li Lulu sent a helpless emoji: “Why do you always interrupt me before I finish? It’s so frustrating to be cut off halfway!”
“Pfft!” Jiang Yun burst out laughing, struck by her comment. Li Lulu might have obsessive-compulsive tendencies, always wanting to finish her sentences. And he just enjoyed teasing her by never letting her finish. It was a game to him.
“Jiang! Yun! You! Big! Boss!”
Jiang Yun looked up and found Li Mengya glaring at him with a thunderous expression.
“W-What’s wrong?” he asked.
“Jiang Yun, why are you spitting food while eating? You even spit into my bowl. How am I supposed to eat now?”
“Sorry, sorry!” Jiang Yun apologized hurriedly.
“Hmph!” Li Mengya snorted angrily. “I’m so mad! I’m not eating anymore!”
Jiang Yun rolled his eyes. “Waiter!”
Ding Li approached. “What’s the matter, Mr. Jiang Yun?”
“Order another claypot rice with cured meat!”
Li Mengya calmed down a bit. “Ah, forget it, no more. I’m full.”
“Well… alright then.” Jiang Yun felt a bit helpless; his recent behavior had indeed been inappropriate.
“Beep!”
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“Boss, are you sure you don’t want to hear plan three?”
Jiang Yun simply replied with a smiling emoji.
“Boss~”
At this point, Li Lulu was a little frustrated. Being cut off mid-sentence was really annoying. But never mind.
Li Lulu quickly typed: “Plan three is to poach a team from another company. This way, we save on adjustment time and can operate at maximum speed.”
Without a second thought, she hit send. Hmph~ If you won’t let me send it, I’ll send it anyway.
“Beep!”
Jiang Yun glanced at the message. As expected, Li Lulu had sent plan three.
Well, since it’s sent, he read through plan three and replied: “Let’s stick with plan two—acquire a small animation company so we can manage it. Poaching people isn’t reliable; they might run off someday.”
“Understood, boss!”
“Also, find a small game company to acquire.”
Li Lulu on the other end paused: “Boss, why acquire a game company?”
“To expand our horizons and develop games on a grand scale!”
“Boss, your mind is too active. I can’t keep up with your ideas.”
Hmph~ If I weren’t active, how could I be your boss?
When Jiang Yun and Li Mengya stepped out of the tea restaurant, it was already one in the afternoon.
“Where to next?” Jiang Yun asked.
“No more, I’m in no mood,” Li Mengya said.
Jiang Yun rolled his eyes. “Still mad, huh?”
Li Mengya mimicked him, rolling her eyes back: “Your behavior is really annoying!”
Jiang Yun felt a little awkward but replied, “I don’t mind you, yet you mind me?”
“I’m not annoying!” Li Mengya insisted.
Jiang Yun snatched the milk tea from her hand and took a sip.
“Jiang Yun, what are you doing?”
“See? I don’t mind you at all!”
Li Mengya blushed. “Jiang Yun, why are you like this?”
Her face turning red, she suddenly brightened up. “Wait here!”
Li Mengya dashed back into the tea restaurant to find Xiao Li, and soon returned.
She held an apple in her hand.
“What do you want to do with that apple?” Jiang Yun was speechless.
Li Mengya bit into the apple right in front of Jiang Yun, and in no time, she had eaten the peel.
Holding the bitten apple with pits and dents, she placed it in front of Jiang Yun: “Eat it now!”
“Ugh!” Jiang Yun gagged.
Patting his chest, looking nauseous, he said, “Li Mengya, I really admire you. You’re so bold to make fun of yourself. I’m really impressed!”
“No way, you have to finish this apple today!”
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“I…”
“Forget it!”
Jiang Yun naturally couldn’t eat that apple, especially after it had been gnawed upon.
That afternoon.
Jiang Yun and Li Mengya returned to Pan Ocean Garden.
After Li Mengya opened the door, Jiang Yun changed into slippers and flopped onto the sofa. “Finally home, I’m exhausted!”
Li Mengya glanced at him, then went back to her room to change.
The entire afternoon, they binge-watched soap operas.
“What shall we eat tonight?” Jiang Yun asked.
“Anything is fine.”
“Then how about eating gnawed apples? Apples gnawed by a dog from ’82!” Jiang Yun teased.
Li Mengya frowned, her pretty face troubled. “Don’t bring that up again!”
“I think I figured it out!” Jiang Yun said.
Li Mengya was puzzled. “Figured out what?”
“You have a tendency to make fun of yourself!”
“I…”
Jiang Yun stopped teasing and went to the kitchen to cook.
Dinner was simple.
A dish of stir-fried long beans with eggplant, celery with pork slices, hand-shredded cabbage, spicy and sour shredded potatoes, and a serving of glutinous rice balls.
After a simple meal, both went to bed separately.
Early the next morning, Jiang Yun pulled his suitcase while Li Mengya drove a yellow Beetle to the airport.
“Huff~” Li Mengya sighed, “Won’t see you again until a week later!”
Jiang Yun stood opposite her, arms wide open.
Li Mengya looked confused. “What? Why aren’t you leaving yet?”
Jiang Yun opened his arms wider. “For a hug!”
Li Mengya hesitated, then nodded. “Alright!”
They embraced, Jiang Yun patted her back. After a long moment, they parted.
“Travel safely!” Jiang Yun said.
“Mm!” Li Mengya nodded. “Go on, don’t miss your flight!”
“Okay!” Jiang Yun pulled his suitcase and entered the airport, glancing back every few steps.
Li Mengya didn’t leave until Jiang Yun’s figure was out of sight, then drove off in her yellow Beetle.
Jiang Yun boarded the plane, leaned back in his seat, silently gazing out the window. “Today to Hengdian, tomorrow flying to Xiajing.”
After landing, Jiang Yun exited the airport and got into an S500, driving away.