Chapter 94

In the middle of the night, Wu Di received a call from the freight company, informing him that his raw materials had arrived and asking him to confirm if they should be delivered to the original address. The address he had left was Zhong Qi's auction house, as it was located in the Third Ring, and trucks had to leave the Fifth Ring before six o'clock, so it was best to unload the goods that night. However, now he had a better option.

Wu Di asked the driver to wait, got up, and called Fatso. Fatso told him to deliver the goods to a warehouse in Daxing, where someone would be waiting to receive them, and he would also head over immediately.

Wu Di called the driver back and got up to prepare to leave. Zhong Qi, a night owl, was full of energy and volunteered to be his bodyguard. The two of them informed Zhong Qing and then drove off.

After more than an hour of unloading, Fatso suggested they go to Ghost Street, and Zhong Qi naturally agreed, as it gave him a legitimate reason not to go home that night. Two to one, Wu Di had no say in the matter.

"What are you going to do with all those stones? Are you going to sell them through Fatso?"

"Sell? No, I'll process a few pieces in a few days and keep the rest in storage."

"Why don't you just start a jewelry company? A friend of mine is looking to sell his company."

"Really? That's a good deal! My sister just gave me a few options to choose from, and I said I was going to start a jewelry company."

"Actually, with your level of expertise in gemstone appraisal, it would be hard for you to fail in a jewelry business!"

Fatso was quite moved, having played with stones all his life, only to be outdone by a novice from two months ago!

"Wait, I'll set up a meeting with Qi Shao. That guy got addicted to gemstone gambling and lost a lot of money. In a fit of anger, he started a jewelry company, but then his relatives and friends all came to cause trouble, which probably annoyed him."

"Then wouldn't I have to fire everyone? Where would I find people to run an empty shell?"

"Don't worry, I know someone who might be able to help, if you can convince him."

"Who? What does he do?"

"Do you remember Qi Yuyan, who bought your glass-type stone? He's a senior executive at their company, Hu Zili, my brother, who is quite famous in the industry. He doesn't get along with the Qi family's young master and is currently looking for funding to start his own business."

"Brother Fat, I don't know the market situation. What's the going rate now?"

"He earns about two million a year with bonuses at Qi's company. I think three million would be enough. The key is whether you can convince him to give up his plans to start his own business."

Wu Di thought for a moment and said, "I think I have a plan. Let's set up a meeting for a chat."

"Alright, I'll leave it to you, Brother Fat."

"Fourth Brother, what about your friend?"

"I'll talk to him tomorrow."

Zhong Qi dropped Wu Di off at his rental apartment and drove away. It was late at night, and who knew where he was going to cause trouble. Wu Di had previously complained about Chang Liling's strict management, but now he realized that this guy just needed to be disciplined.

The next morning, Wu Di started pestering Wen Lan. To his surprise, she replied almost immediately.

"I was just about to text you, but I was afraid of disturbing your sleep. We're making lunch ourselves. Want to come over?"

Such a good opportunity? Wu Di quickly got up and tidied up, even checking his reflection in the mirror. Was this her way of asking him out?

Twenty minutes later, Wu Di knocked on Wen Lan's door.

"I thought you weren't coming since you didn't reply!"

"Hehe, I forgot. I was just too excited!"

"Ah, if I had known you were coming, I would have asked you to buy some Qingfeng baozi! Now I'm going to be hungry in the morning."

Meng Yao was still in her sleepwear, a tank top, swaying as she moved. Thinking about what was under the dress, Wu Di's eyes lit up.

"I'll go buy them right away!"

"Wait, let's go down to the store together and then buy the groceries."

Wu Di started looking around the two women's room. It was an old Beijing two-bedroom apartment with no living room. He was sitting in a space of about five square meters, with a square table and doors on all four sides, serving as both a living room and a corridor. The women's rooms were closed, but the kitchen door was open and very clean, though there was not much in it.

Wu Di waited for half an hour, but he consoled himself that he had heard of people waiting for two hours, so this was nothing.

After getting ready, the three of them went out for breakfast. Meng Yao yawned and mumbled, "You naughty people, not letting me sleep in the morning. It's only nine o'clock..."

Her voice was too low for Wu Di and Wen Lan to hear clearly, but they knew it wasn't something nice. Wu Di laughed, "Ladies, mind your image! If someone saw you, many innocent young men's dreams would shatter into pieces!"

"Let them shatter. What does it matter to me?"

She was quick with her words, but her hand secretly pulled down her short T-shirt to avoid showing too much skin.

The market was large and chaotic, filled with old men and women. Wu Di watched for a while and realized that the two women had never been to a market before. He laughed, "Alright, tell me what you want to buy, and you can wait over there."

Wen Lan glared and shoved a hundred yuan into Wu Di's hand, "We need green vegetables, green beans, fish, and meat. Also, half a watermelon."

"Miss, what kind of green vegetables? Long beans or green beans? What kind of fish? What kind of meat?"

"Ah? I'm not sure. Yao Yao, what do we need? Oh, and tomatoes and eggs!"

"Alright, you wait here."

Wu Di waved and left, starting to worry about his stomach. In novels and movies, girlfriends' cooking is often worse than poison, and boys usually force a smile, eat everything, and then end up in the hospital.

What should I do? Eat or not eat? He sadly realized there seemed to be no other choice. Art indeed comes from life.

This was the largest and cheapest market nearby, and Wu Di had been there before, so he quickly gathered everything and met up with the two women, heading home together. Passing a small supermarket, Wu Di suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen any oil, salt, soy sauce, or vinegar, so he suggested buying them, but Wen Lan stopped him, "We have them at home."

The oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar were stored in the cabinet, the bottles wiped clean. Wu Di thought of his messy kitchen and decided that if the two women visited, he would throw everything out and buy new ones.

Wen Lan pushed Wu Di out of the kitchen and said, "Go to my room and use the internet, but don't touch anything!"

Wu Di walked out of the kitchen a bit worried, looking back every few steps. Meng Yao was washing the green vegetables leaf by leaf. Clearly, she didn't know how to cook! At this rate, when would they be able to eat?

Wen Lan's room was a bit messy, but only compared to the living room and kitchen. Overall, it was still quite tidy. The room was filled with a mysterious fragrance, supposedly the scent of a woman. Wu Di was looking around when Wen Lan poked her head out of the kitchen, "Don't touch anything!"

Wu Di quickly sat down at the desk and aimlessly surfed the internet. Hmm? Ten ways to deal with your girlfriend's poisonous cooking! Experts teach you how to handle your girlfriend! How to stay at your girlfriend's place without leaving... Ha, this is just what I needed!

During this time, Wen Lan rested in Meng Yao's room for a while. The rest of the time, the two women were busy in the kitchen. Unconsciously, two hours passed. They prepared a plate of braised carp, a plate of green beans with meat, a plate of stir-fried green vegetables, a plate of tomatoes and eggs, and three bowls of white rice. Wu Di came out, smelling the aroma, and it looked pretty good, but he didn't know how it tasted. Generally, the better the color, the more toxic it is.

He took a bite of the tomatoes and eggs first. Hmm, it was decent. Then a green bean, which was delicious, almost as good as the imperial chef Luo Dama in Spring City! Wu Di took a bite of rice and saw that the two women weren't eating, so he asked, "Why aren't you eating?"

"Hehe, we want to see if you'll be poisoned!"

Wu Di felt a bit embarrassed, "Well, I've been influenced by online literature. It's really good, top-notch, amazing..."

"Quick, eat! So many dishes and you're still talking!"

Except for the tomatoes and eggs, the rest were Meng Yao's cooking. She had grown up with her mother and had developed excellent cooking skills. People in Rongcheng love to eat, and today Wu Di was in for a treat.

He quickly finished the remaining dishes, and his