Prince charming, your persona has collapsed!

Chapter 878: Chapter 364: Invite Your Cousin for a Meal

“You’re not going to tell me that you and my cousin aren’t really a couple and are just pretending to be ordinary friends, are you?”

Before Lu Wanting could speak, Zhou Yuwen asked jokingly.

Lu Wanting was surprised, “How did you know?”

Seeing her expression, Zhou Yuwen just smiled without saying anything.

Lu Wanting figured out the reason after a brief thought, and couldn’t help but smile and say, “I really thought Su Qing would keep the secret for me…”

Zhou Yuwen said that was impossible.

“Sister Wanting, no matter what, Su Qing is my girlfriend. Do you think we have any secrets between us?”

Lu Wanting was a bit embarrassed but had to admit that what Zhou Yuwen said was true.

They chatted for a while. Actually, Lu Wanting didn’t have to tell Zhou Yuwen about this because before this she at least could act as his ‘cousin-in-law’, but now she could only be a little assistant.

Lu Wanting indeed admired Zhou Yuwen, who had already made millions at such a young age. If he wanted, Zhu Hong could offer him eight million anytime.

But Zhou Yuwen actually looked down on this eight million.

Zhou Yuwen said, “You’re from a rival company, so there are some things I can’t talk too much about.”

“I’ll tell you once you switch to my company.”

“Sure! I’ll switch now!”

Lu Wanting was inherently lively; when at Zhou Yuwen’s place, she at least acted like his cousin-in-law, but now she didn’t bother pretending and directly joked with Zhou Yuwen.

Zhou Yuwen said, “Don’t do that.”

“I’m currently being targeted by your company. If I’m not careful, forget about eight million, I might not get a single dime.”

Lu Wanting said it wouldn’t happen.

At this time, someone else knocked on the door.

Lu Wanting went to open it and found Jiang Xinyi.

Jiang Xinyi looked at the two in the room suspiciously and curiously asked, “You two are just in the room like this?”

Zhou Yuwen said, “She’s delivering clothes to me.”

“Oh.”

Lu Wanting was understanding and, seeing someone had come, smiled at Zhou Yuwen and said, “Mr. Zhou, I’ll be leaving now.”

Then she walked out.

Zhou Yuwen then changed his clothes to go have a meal with Jiang Xinyi.

What needed to be discussed was mostly talked over during the golf, so during the meal, they just chatted about some daily trivial matters.

Zhou Yuwen asked about Lu Wanting’s cousin.

“Has he found a job?”

“Yes, he’s working as an electronic engineer at Wanhui,” Lu Wanting said with a smile.

Wanhui is that planning company Zhou Yuwen often cooperated with, and its CEO is Gao Peter. Wanhui is a large group corporation with many departments, so Peng Xiaoyong working there is actually quite good.

Currently, his monthly total earnings are around ten thousand.

Of course, with Peng Xiaoyong’s abilities, he could find a job with a higher salary.

However, Wanhui and Metuan’s office buildings are in the same area, allowing Peng Xiaoyong to meet Lu Wanting frequently. Initially, Peng Xiaoyong wanted to co-rent with Lu Wanting.

But Lu Wanting had arranged beforehand and moved into the talent apartment upon arriving in Jinling.

Helplessly, Peng Xiaoyong also moved into a single room in the talent apartment.

When talking about these things, they discussed Lu Wanting not being Zhou Yuwen’s cousin-in-law.

She was just pretending to be Peng Xiaoyong’s girlfriend.

When Zhu Hong found out, she was shocked and said, “You didn’t grow up in our country, so you don’t know the customs here. Generally, if you’re willing to go home with him, it means you’re going to marry him.”

“Really? I didn’t know,” Lu Wanting said.

Zhou Yuwen said, “It doesn’t matter. You’re not planning to find a boyfriend domestically. This won’t affect you.”

“Who says I’m not planning to,” Lu Wanting pouted.

Everyone laughed upon hearing this.

The meal overall was very pleasant. Jiang Xinyi spoke very little today, only saying a few words when Zhou Yuwen sent her home in the evening, agreeing that the 8 million offered by Metuan was very reasonable.

“Currently, the commission for each rider is too high. Once the meal delivery is a ten yuan roast meat meal, yet a rider can take a five yuan commission, nearly half. I’m afraid we won’t be able to sustain this,” Jiang Xinyi said, somewhat deeply worried.

Zhou Yuwen said, “Don’t worry about it. I’ll fight them to the end, even if it means going bankrupt.”

“If you need money, you can tell me, and I can ask my mom to support you,” Jiang Xinyi said.

Seeing this, Zhou Yuwen was very touched, smiled, and reached out to touch Jiang Xinyi’s thigh wearing white socks, saying, “Thank you, Sister Xinyi, you’re really good.”

Feeling Zhou Yuwen’s hand, Jiang Xinyi couldn’t help but pout happily and said, “Talking is fine, but why are you touching?”

Zhou Yuwen said, “It’s not the first time.”

“You’re not calling me your teacher’s girlfriend now?” Jiang Xinyi blinked and asked.

Zhou Yuwen said, “Teacher’s girlfriend is even more pleasant to touch.”

“Stop it!”

With one word, Jiang Xinyi rolled her eyes directly, and Zhou Yuwen followed with a laugh.

Today, after sending Jiang Xinyi home, they did not get tangled on the question of being boyfriend and girlfriend. Clearly, they were currently in a state of ambiguity, and Jiang Xinyi was not caught up in that relationship either.

What Liu Jing said was right; marriage is just a formality. As long as there’s true love, they can have kids first. But on second thought, she didn’t really want to have kids right now.

Women, after all, have seven or eight thoughts in a day.

These had nothing to do with Zhou Yuwen.

What was related to Zhou Yuwen was probably the ongoing food delivery war; the price per order had risen to five yuan. Zhou Yuwen insisted on making each order one cent cheaper than Metuan, just to show them they couldn’t beat him in a price war.

However, Metuan now was already a shot ready on the bow, with Director Wang lifting the prices himself. Saying to give up now would mean that all previous efforts were in vain.

Besides, Metuan was not even targeting Zhou Yuwen—its main competitor was Ele.me.

If it really doesn’t work out, temporarily retract the sanctions against Zhou Yuwen and focus on Ele.me first.

Meanwhile, as the two companies are fiercely battling it out, Zhou Yuwen heads to Southern Jiangsu with Liu Shuo and others, leveraging the connections accumulated over the winter break, and the Xu Huai Association blooms in three cities: Suzhou, Wuxi, and Changzhou.

At this time, both Meituan and Ele.me already have their own delivery riders in Suzhou, Wuxi, and Changzhou, and since the major battle between the two groups spans the entire province, it’s indeed difficult for ordinary people to break in.

But Zhou Yuwen is different; being part of the student community, his sole advantage over them is the ability to negotiate directly with the students.

Behind the two big companies’ backs, Zhou Yuwen reorganized a delivery rider team, spending two million just on equipment.

Initially, he had around forty million in capital, and now, to fight head-on with the two giant food delivery companies, only three million remains, and judging from the current situation, it may not be possible to determine a winner anytime soon.

In college, aside from the first month of the freshman year when everything feels new, the following four years are quite repetitive, with nothing more than mundane university activities that might add a little spice to the otherwise dull life.

Throughout March, Zhou Yuwen has been frequently traveling to Southern Jiangsu, so much so that Zhu Hong often cannot find him. Although she doesn’t know what Zhou Yuwen is up to, she knows he’s definitely plotting something.

However, her own life doesn’t intersect much with Zhou Yuwen’s.

One day, as Lu Wanting brought Zhu Hong coffee, Zhu Hong casually asked, “Have you been in touch with Zhou Yuwen recently?”

“Huh? What kind of contact would I have with him?” Lu Wanting replied with a smile.

“Well, you should try to reach out.”

As Zhu Hong sipped her coffee, she said, “Zhou Yuwen is a key player in our group’s deployment in Jinling. I’m quite curious as to what he’s currently doing, but I don’t have a way to find out. Didn’t you say your cousin is pursuing you?”

“I wouldn’t say pursuing,” Lu Wanting said.

Zhu Hong laughed and said, whether he is or isn’t, you all should at least know each other.

“You should leverage this relationship.”

Zhu Hong advised Lu Wanting that she won’t merely be an assistant in the future, and that Zhou Yuwen is a very promising young man. You should maintain a good relationship with him so that he could become a significant asset in your career later.

“But I think friendships should have purer motives.”

“There’s nothing impure about it, of course, I’m just suggesting,” Zhu Hong answered with a smile, sipping her coffee again, “This coffee is pretty good.”

Lu Wanting smiled without responding.

On her way home, Lu Wanting reflected on Zhu Hong’s words. Just as she got home, she heard a knock on the door.

When she opened it, she found Peng Xiaoyong standing there with ingredients in hand.

Peng Xiaoyong adjusted his glasses and said, “Haven’t had dinner yet, right?”

“Nope.”

They live in the same apartment now, each having their single room but door-to-door, so every time he gets off work, Peng Xiaoyong comes over to cook for Lu Wanting.

Lu Wanting indeed enjoys some domestic dishes, and Peng Xiaoyong said that since he has to cook anyway, they might as well eat together.

Lu Wanting found no issue with this, and so this arrangement continued for some time.

In fact, Peng Xiaoyong is an outstanding young man. Shortly after starting his job, many female colleagues were quite fond of him, yet in a sea of possibilities, he only has eyes for one.

That day, he was cooking as usual.

First, Lu Wanting returned to her room, taking off her office lady suit.

Skirt, stockings, high heels, although these three items look good on her, they are uncomfortable to wear.

Lu Wanting peeled the nude stockings off her legs, the thin layer clinging to her fair thighs.

She changed into a simple sports outfit.

When Lu Wanting came out and saw Peng Xiaoyong cooking, she asked, “Xiaoyong, since you came to Jinling, haven’t you been in contact with your cousin?”

Peng Xiaoyong, meticulous with his cooking, said, “He’s just a student, why should I contact him?”

Lu Wanting said, after all, he’s your cousin.

“Why don’t you have a meal together and exchange feelings?”

Peng Xiaoyong said nothing, just focused on cooking.

After a while, he finally said, “No need.”

Lu Wanting understood from his expression, thoughtfully saying, “It seems like you really know nothing about your cousin.”

“?” Peng Xiaoyong looked puzzled.

Lu Wanting said, “You continue cooking.”

During dinner, as if idly chatting, Lu Wanting mentioned an event, saying that a few days ago, Ms. Zhu asked her to entertain a business partner, claiming that this partner was significant and related to the company’s layout in Jinling.

“What? Did you mess it up?” Peng Xiaoyong asked.

“How could that be? Do you know who this client is?” Lu Wanting countered.

Peng Xiaoyong was clueless; he only knew a few people and truly had no idea who it was.

“Your cousin,” Lu Wanting said.

Peng Xiaoyong was stunned, genuinely surprised.

“Unexpected, right? I was surprised too.”

Lu Wanting said, your cousin founded a delivery company that has a significant market among students.

Upon hearing that the major client was Zhou Yuwen, Peng Xiaoyong was already a bit upset, a kind of deep-seated dissatisfaction whose cause couldn’t be articulated.

Upon hearing Lu Wanting’s words further, Peng Xiaoyong critically remarked, “Nothing more than a small student venture; perhaps your company CEO is overestimating things.”

“Is that so?”

“But do you know how much our boss plans to spend to acquire his company?”

“How much?” Peng Xiaoyong, still expressionless, picked up some food with chopsticks.

“Eight hundred,”

Lu Wanting gestured with the number eight: “Thousand.”

Peng Xiaoyong’s hand paused momentarily before returning to normal: “Hmm.”

“But your cousin didn’t want it; he wanted two million.”

“Young people tend to aim too high,” Peng Xiaoyong said.

Lu Wanting sighed inwardly, thinking this aiming too high, she didn’t quite understand.

But for now, she had a dilemma.

“How about sometime we invite your cousin over for a meal?” Lu Wanting asked, slightly embarrassed.