Chapter 15: Eating

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After adding some furniture, buying some bed sheets, blankets, pillows, and other household items, a few days passed without them noticing.

One day, Zhang Cheng was hugging Xiang Xiang’s slender waist while eating fruits and watching TV when his phone rang.

After Xiang Xiang answered the call, she quickly passed it to Zhang Cheng.

“It’s Xiaoxiao.”

Zhang Cheng was a little surprised. Although they hadn’t gone to the dance studio to practice dancing these past few days, the other party had the keys. Why would she call?

After receiving the phone, Zhang Cheng only found out a moment later that the school’s anniversary performance had ended perfectly. Sun Xiaoxiao just wanted to thank Zhang Cheng for his help and planned to treat him to a meal.

Since someone was treating them, Zhang Cheng naturally wouldn’t refuse. Moreover, it was going to be a meal with a few beautiful girls.

After meeting at the lobby, everyone went up to the second floor.

Sun Xiaoxiao and the other girls weren’t wearing tight-fitting training clothes today. They were only wearing casual clothes and there weren’t any obvious traces of makeup. They were still unrivaled in their youth. It was still quite eye-catching.

“Brother Cheng, for my small wallet, eat more vegetables and less meat. Please, please.” Sun Xiaoxiao put her palms together and begged for mercy.

Zhang Cheng laughed when he saw this. “How good would it be if you didn’t invite me?”

Sun Xiaoxiao laughed bitterly. “Brother Cheng, I can’t possibly do anything to trouble you.”

Zhang Cheng stopped teasing the little girl when he saw this.

“What’s your budget?”

Sun Xiaoxiao looked at her wallet. “Six hundred.”

Zhang Cheng nodded when he heard this. It was generous. Six hundred yuan was enough for him, Xiang Xiang, Sun Xiaoxiao, and the other two girls. There were a total of five people. 

“Then take out half and make it 300 yuan. I’ll pay for the rest,” Zhang Cheng said.

Since they were eating, they naturally had to eat happily. If the matter of money couldn’t make them happy, it would spoil their mood. Zhang Cheng wouldn’t do that now.

Sun Xiaoxiao and the other girls were still students, after all. They hadn’t learned how to interact with people. When they heard Zhang Cheng’s words, their eyes immediately lit up.

These days, they had spent a lot of money to buy dance clothes or something. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have ended up so poor that they had to borrow Zhang Cheng’s dance studio to practice. It had been a long time since they had eaten well.

“Can, can I call Lili and Yan Yan over too?” Sun Xiaoxiao’s thoughts moved, and she said somewhat embarrassedly.

Zhang Cheng was ordering dishes when he heard Sun Xiaoxiao’s words. “Are they the two girls who are practicing dance with you?”

Sun Xiaoxiao nodded.

Since they were acquaintances, there was naturally nothing that Zhang Cheng couldn’t do. If he could raise a sheep, and he could also herd a flock of sheep.

“Then come over,” Zhang Cheng said.

Hu Li and He Yan soon came over, probably not far from where they lived.

Zhang Cheng also knew the names of the girls, Sun Xiaoxiao, Yin Meng, Qian Xueyan, and Hu Li and He Yan who had just come over.

They were only sophomores this year, and they were in their twenties.

Soon, Zhang Cheng ordered some good dishes.

Bullfrog, shrimp, fish fillet, frozen shrimp, spicy diced yellow, all kinds of meatballs, and all kinds of vegetarian dishes. There were more than a thousand of them.

After asking for everyone’s opinions, he ordered a tomato and a slightly spicy variation of it too.

Soon, the dishes were served and everyone began to eat.

“Brother Cheng, what do you do?” Sun Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but ask curiously.

Upon hearing Sun Xiaoxiao’s question, the others couldn’t help but look over.

After all, the person in front of them was walking around with Xiang Xiang. Moreover, he was quite a good person, which made people curious.

“Me? I just sell some ginseng.” Zhang Cheng didn’t hide anything from them.

“Selling ginseng?” Sun Xiaoxiao said in surprise. That made the world go around? Regardless, selling ginseng was much better than selling radishes.

“Why? Do you know anyone who wants to buy ginseng?” Zhang Cheng picked up a piece of meat for Xiang Xiang and asked casually.

Sun Xiaoxiao heard him and shook her head after thinking for a moment.

“No.”

Zhang Cheng did not mind it. When he saw that the drinks were gone, he asked for two more cans of juice.

The juice on the was freshly squeezed and patrons could view the entire process through a glass window. Therefore, even if it did not taste great, many people still drank it.

“My, my grandfather has always been in the habit of buying ginseng to make wine.” Hu Li, who was eating at the side, hurriedly chewed and swallowed the food in her mouth.

Zhang Cheng smiled when he heard that. He didn’t think much of it. Judging from the clothes and accessories of the girls in front of him, their families should not be considered wealthy. Therefore, they were basically not his target customers.

“Okay. If there’s a chance, introduce him to me. But the ginseng here is a little expensive.”

A little expensive?

Hu Li muttered when she heard that.

“What are the prices?”

“50,000 for three years, 600,000 for twenty years,” Zhang Cheng said.

Hearing Zhang Cheng’s words, the girls couldn’t help but be stunned.

Things like ginseng could be bought for hundreds of dollars, right?

Zhang Cheng smiled lightly when he saw this. He didn’t explain himself and ordered a few more dishes.

Although the girls were thin, their appetites weren’t small.

He had ordered quite a lot of dishes just now, but he had finished more than half of them in a short while.

After hearing the price of the ginseng that Zhang Cheng sold, the girls couldn’t say anything else. After all, it was too expensive.

“Little brother, why is your ginseng so expensive?”

After Zhang Cheng ordered again and handed the menu to the waiter, a 40-year-old middle-aged man who was also eating hot pot at the side spoke up curiously.

“They’re rather potent,” Zhang Cheng replied. He didn’t think that this person would buy the ginseng from him.

The middle-aged man became even more curious when he heard him. He thought about his old man at home and exchanged contact information with Zhang Cheng.

“This isn’t a place to talk. Let’s contact each other later.”

Zhang Cheng put away his phone and nodded in surprise. He didn’t expect to develop a potential client at a meal.

Seeing the scene in front of them, the girls were a little surprised.

“What? Is there anything else you want to eat?” Zhang Cheng asked.

The girls quickly shook their heads. This meal was going to cost them two thousand yuan.

It was almost two months of their living expenses.

Zhang Cheng found it amusing. The girls were quite funny. If they were bored in the future, they could have a meal together. Zhang Cheng was not after their bodies, he just found them interesting to interact with.

After all these years of work, he went to work, got off work, and went home.

Apart from a few acquaintances in the factory, Zhang Cheng really did not have many friends.

A few young girls who were still in college coincidentally filled in Zhang Cheng’s void.

After dinner, he learned that the girls lived not too far away, so he didn’t specially send them off.

Zhang Cheng went home with Xiang Xiang.

“Brother Cheng, if you want Sun Xiaoxiao, I’m fine with it,” Xiang Xiang said when they went back to the bedroom to change clothes.

Zhang Cheng was stunned. Among the girls, Sun Xiaoxiao was the most outstanding. She had a face, a body, and a figure, but he really didn’t want her.

He pinched Xiang Xiang’s little nose.

“Only you would overthink stuff that way.” Zhang Cheng could not help but be amused. If he really wanted Sun Xiaoxiao, nothing could have stopped him.

Xiang Xiang probably understood that she was thinking too much. She smiled sheepishly..