Chapter 280 The Old Couple’s Plan
Jiang Yao had hardly any rest recently due to live streaming and working in the e-sports room. She slept for about four or five hours last night and got up early in the morning.

She was completely immersed in a particularly excited mood and didn't feel tired at all.

At this point, everything was over and night fell again. An uncontrollable feeling of fatigue spread from her limbs to her body, making her feel powerless and her eyes a little sore.

When she was playing the game just now, she kept yawning, once every few minutes, and then she forced herself to be alert and play with Chen Yuan.

The deeper the night got, the harder it became for her to keep her eyes open.

So, Chen Yuan went to play other games by himself. Jiang Yao said that she wanted to watch a movie for a while. After randomly picking a funny anime video, she lay down on the gaming chair, hugged her knees, and watched it quietly.

Chen Yuan was fighting fiercely in the virtual world and had no time to care about anything else.

He occasionally uttered a sigh of regret, and then began the challenge again. The handle made a clicking sound, and the gorgeous pictures in the game kept changing.

So, an hour passed.

The playback bar of the animated film had played for most of the time before Chen Yuan defeated the Boss. His neck felt a little sore, so he reached out and rubbed it hard.

"Yaoyao, are you thirsty? I'll go get a bottle of drink. Did you put a drink in my refrigerator? Or should we go to the door opposite——"

Chen Yuan didn't finish his words, turned his head, and suddenly stopped talking.

Beside, Jiang Yao fell asleep...

Her hands were wrapped around her knees as she lay diagonally on the gaming chair, her cheek facing Chen Yuan. Her sleeping face was quiet and peaceful. Even her hair, which was always naughty and restless, was frozen. Her profile was half in shadow.

Because she was wearing shorts, her long legs were folded, forming a healthy and graceful curve. I don't know why Jiang Yao always felt inferior in the past. Although her legs were not as thin as her sister's, they were full of wonderful elasticity and fleshiness, and they were the perfect leg shape that would show a little bit of flesh when wearing over-the-knee socks.

The most important thing is that when Chen Yuan's eyes fell on her beautiful feet, Yaoyao's toes were slightly raised, and her nails were shining, as if she was greeting him.

So cute.

When she is quiet, she is really attractive, with a softness that cannot be seen at other times.

Chen Yuan admired it quietly for a long time, and a touch of tenderness emerged from his heart. He got up quietly, opened the door and went to the balcony of the living room to find a sofa blanket that had been hung out to dry.

This blanket has been exposed to the sun for a whole week and is full of the smell of sunshine, but no one has put it away.

Chen Yuan returned to the room and covered Jiang Yao with the blanket. He was extremely careful and even tucked the corners for her, but such a slight movement still startled her.

Jiang Yao's body trembled slightly, she opened her eyes and looked at him.

"I'm afraid you'll be cold, go back to sleep."

"It's cold... a little bit indeed." Jiang Yao's voice was a little hoarse, mixed with some nasal sounds from just waking up.

……

"It's cold, don't you know to wear something thicker? It's so cold at night, and you still think of yourself as a young man in his twenties, right?"

Qishui County, the staff dormitory of the No. 9 Middle School.

Mother Chen put her coat on Father Chen and slapped him in the face angrily.

"I was just about to look for my coat, and you brought it to me. You really care about me, Xiaohe."

"Come on, let's just talk about this as an old married couple. It seems like you won't be able to live without me someday." Aunt Chen suppressed the curve of her lips and said with a stern face.

Chen's mother's real name is Liu He, and her maiden home is in Liujiawan in the neighboring county. On weekdays, when Chen Yuan is at home or in front of outsiders, the couple will call each other "Old Chen, Old Liu", and in private, Chen's father will call her Xiao He.

They were in a free love relationship at the beginning and had a touching story. Their relationship is still very good after so many years.

Dad Chen took out his reading glasses, which he seldom wore, from his glasses case, wiped them, picked up the piece of paper with many marks on it on the coffee table, and looked at it carefully.

"I still think the real estate in Wanxiang Century is good. Although it's not close to us, I heard from Principal Li that the development there will get better and better."

"No matter how good it is, it's too troublesome to look after the renovations, and the discount is not big. Listen to me, Longting Community."

"Alas... the contract will be signed tomorrow. It's not too late to regret now."

"That is to say, the contract will be signed tomorrow and you are still hesitant. After thinking about it, I have already discussed it with the salesperson. It can be completed in one day tomorrow. First go to the sales office and then go to the bank."

Under the soft light, Chen's father sat on a red-painted wooden sofa, not commenting on what his wife said, staring at the calculated loan slip.

He is the head of the family. Although Chen Yuan's mother has the final say on most matters on a daily basis, major matters such as buying a house ultimately require the head of the family to make the final decision. Mother Chen cannot make the decision alone.

The couple discussed it for more than two months and started planning during the Chinese New Year. After numerous screenings, only these two communities entered the final round, and the rest were eliminated.

"Think about it again, let me think about it again..." Father Chen habitually held the pen in his hand, his eyes behind his glasses deep.

He quit smoking when Chen Yuan was a child, and it has been more than ten years since then, but he couldn't change the action of holding the cigarette.

Nowadays, buying a house is no longer as difficult as before. With the improvement of social development, housing prices have been rising rapidly. A house in a small county town can easily cost 500,000 or 600,000 yuan, not to mention the city. The price can reach millions.

It’s not like before, when Chen’s father got married, he had just started working in a primary school. He used the few thousand dollars for the wedding and brought the young and beautiful Chen’s mother home. Later, he was promoted to No. 9 Middle School and was allocated a house, where he lived for many years.

In that era, having a good job was the basis for survival in society and proof of identity.

Twenty years later, a decent house actually costs hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Originally, Chen's father said he would buy Chen Yuan an apartment in the city so that he could return home and get married. There was no difference between adoptive parents and biological parents, and they should all be given what they deserved. But after doing the math, they found that they could barely pay off the debt by the time they retired.

Maybe after retirement I will have to tutor students and earn extra money so that I won’t have to feel any pressure. After thinking for a long time, I gave up this decision and turned my attention to the county town.

"There's nothing to think about. The loan is 200,000 yuan, so there's not much pressure. There's enough money left for a better renovation. We can pay it back with part of our monthly salary."

"I know. The key is that Xiaoyuan didn't watch it. How do you know if he likes it? What if he doesn't like it..."

"Didn't Jiang Zhengfeng also act first and report later? Why can he do it but we can't? Besides, I asked him to go during the Chinese New Year, but my son just said a few perfunctory words and left. Can he still blame me?"

"I didn't blame you."

"I don't care. Just get this done this morning," Chen's mother turned her head away angrily, her face cold, "otherwise I won't be able to sleep well every night."

"Oh, okay, okay." Dad Chen was helpless.

He understood his wife's thoughts. He always felt that Jiang Zhengfeng, their biological father, could give them many favorable conditions at will. When they were young, they were easy to coax and did not know the benefits of having money. They felt happy eating coarse vegetables or delicacies from land and sea.

Growing up gradually.

Money becomes much more important.

Having money can give you social status and allow you to buy many things you want. Life in a big city is also exciting, much better than a remote place like Qishui County.

All parents feel the same way. Who doesn't want their children to have a better life? However, ever since Chen Yuan went to Lanjing to attend university, Chen's mother began to feel panic that her son would forget about them.

After all, they only have this one son.

If we don't see each other for many years, it will be no different from nothing.

The reason they bought this house was to let Chen Yuan know that they, the old couple, could also make contributions, and that it was time for them to live together. What if they could come back to develop in the future? Although the probability was very slim.

Late at night in this small county town, especially near the school, after the night school ends at 8:30, there is almost no noise in the entire campus. The huge campus is so quiet that you can hear the wind.

Because it was a spring night, the chirping of crickets could be heard from time to time in the school garden, and moths flew recklessly towards the standing street lamps.

Dad Chen felt the silence. It seemed that ever since Chen Yuan went to college, his and Mom Chen's lives had suddenly become quiet, like a deep pool without ripples.

When Chen Yuan was still studying in Qishui County, the family of three was very lively. They even hoped that Chen Yuan would be admitted to a good school as soon as possible. After he solved the important issue of his studies, the old couple could start their retirement life.

Now, he suddenly felt so deserted that he was not used to it. In countless moments during the day and night, he would suddenly turn his head to look at the room that originally belonged to Chen Yuan, stare for a moment, and then turn his head away.

Dad Chen felt a little emotional. He put down his pen and looked from the living room at the windowsill where green plants were grown. The leaves of a pot of Clivia were shaking.

"Is the balcony window open?" he whispered.

In a blink of an eye, the man who used to support the entire family is now in his middle age.

Time is not forgiving.

……

The night passed in silence.

Chen Yuan, who is studying at a university in Lanjing, lives a very fulfilling and busy life, and his life is completely divided into three points and one line.

He had almost a whole day of classes, and after school he would drive to the company to handle matters. Sometimes Quan Yafeng and the others would call Chen Yuan, but he had no time to go with them to play. When he got to the company, there were endless meetings to attend and documents to sign.

This is all the matters that Pei Youwen has filtered through, and only some major decisions are left for Chen Yuan.

Even so, he still felt somewhat uncomfortable and was often so busy that he felt dizzy and disoriented. Only when he occasionally had free time and went to find Jiang Yao could his nerves get a moment's respite.

Sometimes, he had to complete the homework assigned by the teachers at school. He was the only one in the world who could handle official business and do homework at the same time in the top-floor office.

This makes Monana and other young leaders who hold real power sigh every time they go to the office and leave: I am just a 19-year-old chairman.

Elsewhere, I really don’t see leaders doing homework in the office…

Chen Yuan didn't think it was a big deal. Just as his adoptive father had taught him before, when playing any role, he should at least do the duties of that role well. A leader has his tasks as a leader, and a student has his tasks as a student. Chen Yuan believed that he could balance the two well.

Although he was tired, Chen Yuan felt that he had made rapid progress this week. In his busy and fulfilling life, he found a sense of value. When he saw Pei Youwen gradually delegate power to him and Chen Yuan himself participated in the operation of the huge machine of investment salary, everything was running smoothly, like a precision instrument. Sometimes he felt that he had made some contributions, although not much, but this subtle sense of value was enough to satisfy him.

In the past, Chen Yuan spent this time playing games or having dinner with his roommates. He sacrificed some of his entertainment time in exchange for his own growth and resisted the temptations brought by relaxation. This was a remarkable thing.

Which 19-year-old boy doesn’t like to play?

The only unhappy thing was that Chen Yuan and Pei Youwen argued for several days without any good result - this matter was about finding a secretary.

For the company's top leaders, secretaries are very important and play a connecting role. They are very different from the vases in some film and television works. In reality, the chairman's secretaries all have strong personal abilities.

They represent the personal authority of the chairman in the company and hold a very high position. Except for extremely important resolutions, more than 80% of the orders are issued through secretaries.

She can help the chairman screen and handle affairs, communicate and manage the board of directors and various departments, negotiate cooperation with other companies, and be responsible for the chairman's personal life arrangements.

These are what Pei Youwen said to Chen Yuan. It is undeniable that there is some truth in them, but no matter how much Pei Youwen talked, Chen Yuan never made a decision.

He really couldn't accept the idea of ​​another person being responsible for deciding his life. This was a fundamental problem of ideology, and Chen Yuan didn't know whether Jiang Yao and Jiang Ning would agree to it.

Chen Yuan discussed with Pei Youwen and made a compromise, suggesting that maybe he could find a capable boy. However, Pei Youwen was totally ungrateful and insisted on having a girl with a good image and excellent temperament.

Did Chen Yuan even think that he was going to get his relative to take up this position? Chen Yuan, who had not originally suspected this, was even a little shaken.

After three days of tug-of-war and countless meetings, Chen Yuan didn't know the meaning of Pei Youwen's persistence. He was forced to start thinking, was he too stubborn?
Is it really necessary to hire a secretary for the chairman?
……

On Friday, the last class of the afternoon ended.

Most of the students in the lecture hall were physically in the classroom, but their souls had already drifted outside.

It is spring now. Flowers, birds and insects are chirping in the school. The warm sunshine shines on the tender green grass. Willow trees are sprouting and swaying in the wind.

These students have already made plans for after-school entertainment. Some want to discuss the mysteries of life with their boyfriends, some plan to team up with their roommates to play script-killing games, and of course, more have booked a sumptuous dinner in the evening. Before eating, they will go to KTV to sing a few songs to release their passion that has nowhere to go, and then have two bottles of beer.

The life of a college student is so leisurely. Of course, the most important thing is to have enough money.

For a girl like Li Bing whose family background is not particularly good, these entertainment activities have nothing to do with her. She is only thinking about catching the bus after school to get to the tutoring place and earn the fee for two hours of tutoring.

People have different thoughts in different situations.

Even though Li Bing doesn't go out to play often, she is still very satisfied in her heart, especially every time she gets the tuition fee, the generous salary makes her sigh, "knowledge can really bring wealth and change destiny."

in class.

The discipline seems very strict.

If the old professor looked around intently, he could easily find that most of the students were slacking off and their minds were not on studying at all. The last ten minutes of class were particularly long and torturous for them.

Check the time every few dozen seconds.

"Jingle Bell--"

A pleasant bell rang for the end of get out of class. The old professor stopped talking and didn't have time to tell the students that the get out of class was over. Everyone had already stood up with their things and hurriedly squeezed into the aisle.

"Xiao Yuan," Wei Zhen looked at Chen Yuan who had stood up and asked, "Are you still working part-time today? How about we go to the Internet cafe together? I haven't been there for a long time."

"No, no, let's do it some other time. I've made an appointment to take Jiang Yao shopping," Chen Yuan waved his hand and walked a few steps forward. He turned his head as if he remembered something and said, "If you guys play very late, I'll send you a message then. Maybe I can play a few rounds when I get home."

"That's fine."

"Oh, it's different when I have a girlfriend. I'm so envious." Liu Nan leaned back calmly, and there was a "clang".

The chairs in the tiered classroom were of poor quality and often damaged. There was a problem with the backrest of this one, and Liu Nan's body trembled violently, and he fell backwards as if he had lost weight.

This caused a burst of laughter from the students nearby.

After leaving school, Chen Yuan drove to Fengting Community.

It has to be said that after Jiang Ning left, the complicated relationship between the three people turned into a simple relationship between the two of them.

Yaoyao and Chen Yuan's relationship has made rapid progress.

She paid a lot and naturally got corresponding rewards. Chen Yuan rarely treated her harshly in the past two days and listened to Yaoyao's wishes in most things. Instead, he no longer hated her lively and spoiled personality and even enjoyed it vaguely.

Men are indeed easy to coax, and you need to be careful about the way and method when treating them.

Being arrogant and willful, no matter how beautiful she is, she cannot maintain a long-term relationship with beauty alone. Jiang Yao found the right way and method, relying more on her caring and gentleness to capture his heart.

Chen Yuan was somewhat trapped.

After turning two streets, he arrived at the gate of Fengting Community. From a distance, Chen Yuan saw Jiang Yao at a glance. She was standing on the roadside carrying a bag.

Jiang Yao wore a white dress with lace cutouts on the hem. The hem was neither long nor short, just above the knees, giving her a very princess-like look.

What was quite different from before was that she was wearing a pair of high heels on her feet. They were not stilettos like Jiang Ning's, but just three centimeters in height. However, they made her legs look very thin and long.

Paired with this skirt, it gives a sense of otherworldliness.

Chen Yuan's eyes never left Jiang Yao. Sometimes this feeling would be very subtle. If Jiang Yao was not his girlfriend, he would probably be moved for a long time just by a quick glance at her on the street.

Maybe this is fate.

There is a saying that has been circulating on the Internet for a long time, which roughly means: "How can you only fall in love with someone once?" This is not groundless. If you think about it carefully, there is some romantic meaning in it.

When Chen Yuan thought again that this was his girlfriend, he felt even happier. He inexplicably felt a sense of pride, proud that he could find such an excellent girlfriend.

The car beeped twice and slowly stopped next to Jiang Yao. She opened the passenger door and got in. Immediately, a fragrant aroma filled her nose.

"Why did you come out wearing high heels today? I clearly remember you said it was uncomfortable to walk in high heels." He asked curiously.

"When you go shopping, you always have to dress nicely. This is the skirt I just bought last month. Does it look good with these high heels?"

"nice."

"As long as you like it. My young master is so nice and willing to take me shopping. I can't dress very ordinary and embarrass him." Jiang Yao fiddled with her bangs and winked at him.

These bright eyes and white teeth are even more charming when you look at them up close.

A barely perceptible smile appeared on Chen Yuan's lips.

"Then let's set off."

……

They walked all the way to the Bandung Plaza which had just opened. Because it was Friday, there were a lot of people shopping. It took them more than ten minutes just to find a parking space. Someone drove out and Chen Yuan quickly grabbed one.

Facts have proved that if you take either Jiang Yao or Jiang Ning out, they will become the most eye-catching people in the crowd. They are naturally outstanding and can easily outshine all the other girls.

From taking the elevator to the shopping mall on the fourth floor, the two could feel the oppression brought by the gaze at all times.

Chen Yuan thought, fortunately he had never taken the two sisters out shopping together, otherwise the scene would have been absolutely terrifying.

Yaoyao alone has such a powerful spotlight effect, not to mention the extremely charming Ningning.

Jiang Yao has had a smile on her face ever since she came here. As soon as she entered the fourth floor where things were sold, she started to have fun and pulled Chen Yuan into a store, going for the accessories.

There are all kinds of things that girls like displayed there. They look exquisite. There are hundreds of kinds of hairpins alone, taking up an entire shelf.

Jiang Yao tried this and that in front of the mirror. She did not let Chen Yuan go either. She pulled him over and put them on his head. Her giggles echoed in the store.

It was difficult for him to refuse directly, so he could only give in. Sometimes people would look at him with envy, including some couples who came here to shop together.

“Isn’t this doll cute?”

"good."

"What about this?"

"generally."

"Young master, hold this Squirtle and I'll take a picture of you." After walking a few steps away, Jiang Yao turned around and shouted.

"Don't call me Young Master in public..." Chen Yuan hurried over and covered her mouth.

He looked around like a thief, and within a few seconds his face turned red.

"Then what's my name?" Jiang Yao pushed his hand away, her eyes rolling around a few times, flashing with cunning: "Husband~~~"

"Sister, Sister Yaoyao, please give me a way to live..." Chen Yuan put on the mask of pain all of a sudden.

He really can't handle this kind of thing, his personality is purely shy and introverted.

Jiang Yao blinked her star-like eyes and looked at him, her eyes full of him.

She pursed her rosy lips, trying not to smile, and her sudden reserved smile was more beautiful than any other scenery in the world.

She no longer looks like the autistic girl from a few years ago.

When she falls in love with someone, she becomes the flower of April in the world.

(End of this chapter)