Chapter 18

Zhang Feng sized up Lu Xin from head to toe and chuckled, "Lu Xin, the master now has two methods to help you resolve your current predicament!"

Lu Xin looked at Zhang Feng, who appeared honest and kind, with a mix of belief and doubt. "Master, what methods?"

A lecherous smile appeared on Zhang Feng's face. "The first method: see if any of the leaders in our group company have unmarried daughters. Quickly win her over, become the son-in-law of a group leader, and Li Qiming and his gang won't dare to make things difficult for you. With your father-in-law's support, and your good academic credentials and capable work, you'll be promoted quickly."

Lu Xin scratched his head and smiled bitterly. "The problem is, I don't know which leaders in the group company have daughters, or if they are married."

Zhang Feng tugged at the sparse beard on his chin and chuckled. "You don't know, but the master does. I didn't tell you before because you had a girlfriend, and I didn't want to break you up. Now that your girlfriend has left you, you can boldly pursue a leader's daughter. There are nine leaders in the group with real power. Three of them have only sons, and you definitely don't want to be in a relationship with a man, so we won't consider them. The remaining six have daughters, but four of them are already married. Only two leaders have unmarried daughters. Chairman Jiang Zhenhua has a daughter around your age. She graduated from the same school as you, her name is Jiang Xueqing, and she now works in the marketing department of the group company."

It turned out that Master Zhang hadn't attended the annual meeting and didn't know about Lu Xin and Jiang Xueqing.

Jiang Xueqing's confession at the annual meeting didn't cause a big stir because the host explained it as an impromptu skit to entertain everyone. They each had their own girlfriends, and Li Qiming publicly stood up to say that Jiang Xueqing was his girlfriend and that he and Lu Xin were just classmates. The colleagues at the scene accepted Li Qiming's explanation. Compared to Li Qiming, Lu Xin was only better-looking, but in every other aspect, he was far inferior to Li Qiming. Li Qiming and Jiang Xueqing were a well-matched couple, and Lu Xin's dream of a Cinderella story was just a fantasy.

Lu Xin and Jiang Xueqing had known each other for over four years. He always thought she came from a distinguished family and guessed she was the daughter of a company leader, but he never connected her to Chairman Jiang. There were over a dozen leaders in the company with the surname Jiang. Now, hearing Master Zhang's words, he suddenly understood why it was so easy for Jiang Xueqing to introduce him to the Sanjiang Group and why she could openly say she was his background in front of Li Qiming.

In college, Lu Xin was very naive, believing that love could conquer everything. After graduating for half a year, he gradually realized that family background and material conditions could easily destroy love. Originally, he refused to be a kept man, but now he was starting to consider it, especially since he hadn't been in touch with his first girlfriend, Yang Xiaoli, for a month. He began to believe that what Yang Xiaoli had told him was true and started to doubt the existence of pure love. He was ready to go with the flow. Hearing that Jiang Xueqing was Chairman Jiang's daughter, his secret admiration for her grew, making him even more eager to win her over.

However, he remembered what Jiang Chunyu had said before: Chairman Jiang and his wife wanted to marry their daughter to Li Qiming. Their intentions were clear: they wanted a well-matched couple and a political marriage to help Jiang Zhenhua better control the Sanjiang Group and form a connection with the vice mayor of Jiangzhou City. Compared to these interests, whether Jiang Xueqing liked Li Qiming or not was not important. If Lu Xin insisted on pursuing Jiang Xueqing, Li Qiming would be the first to object, followed by Chairman Jiang. If even Chairman Jiang disapproved of him, his future in the Sanjiang Group would be even more uncertain.

Lu Xin tugged at his hair in frustration and turned to Zhang Feng. "Master, besides Chairman Jiang's daughter, isn't there another leader's daughter who is unmarried?"

A strange expression appeared on Zhang Feng's face, and he hesitated. "It's Li Zhonggang, the vice president's youngest daughter, Li Lu. She is Li Qiming's half-sister, only fifteen years old, and just started high school. By your standards, she's still a little girl, but she's quite beautiful, a real beauty!"

Lu Xin's eyes suddenly lit up. He thought, "Li Qiming, you bastard, you ruined my future and even tried to hire someone to kill me. I'll get your sister, your sister!"

Zhang Feng was startled by the sudden brightness in Lu Xin's eyes. "Lu Xin, you're not interested in such a young girl, are you? Are you a lolicon?"

Lu Xin looked at the forty-something, scruffy Zhang Feng in surprise. "Wow, Master, you even know about lolis and lolicons? You're really up-to-date!"

Zhang Feng chuckled. "I'm a man of the 1970s, and I can keep up with the times. My mischievous son, who is sixteen and Li Lu's classmate, loves playing on the computer. I often accompany him, and I've learned a lot of internet slang!"

Jiang Xueqing's parents clearly wouldn't approve of him dating their daughter, and Li Lu was too young. He could only look at her with a developmental perspective. Neither of them could immediately help him resolve his current predicament.

Lu Xin remembered that Zhang Feng had mentioned two methods to help him. He asked anxiously, "Master, you said there were two methods?"

Zhang Feng chuckled and lowered his voice. "The first method was aboveboard. This one is more secretive!"

"Tell me more!" Lu Xin's curiosity was piqued by Zhang Feng's mysterious expression.

Zhang Feng sized up Lu Xin again. "Your face is good, but your body is too thin. You need to exercise more and build up your six-pack abs and chest muscles!"

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