Chapter 79 – Ahhhhhh!
President Xi was widely known for his cold-hearted style in the business world. Who knew that one day he would fall in love? Moreover, it was such a relatively taboo relationship. It really gave Lu Shi a feeling of anticipation.
Lu Shi waved at Duan Shu Tong. Pulling his suitcase along behind him, he left with an easy and free air about him.
Duan Shu Tong got into the car with Xi Duan. So as to not disturb Xi Duan while he worked but still keep himself entertained, Duan Shu Tong put on Bluetooth earphones. He planned to listen to crosstalks* the entire ride there.
[*T/N: Crosstalk is defined as casual conversation, but in this instance, it specifically refers to comic dialogue or a sketch, meant to amuse and entertain.]
Xi Duan only opened his mouth after the car had left Shan Quan County and gotten on the highway. “You don’t have much luggage. Did you not bring any formal clothes?”
Duan Shu Tong took off the earphones and replied, “I didn’t have any [formal clothes] at home, and there wasn’t enough time. I’m thinking of buying a set of formalwear when I get to Hai City.”
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He expected them to arrive in Hai City at noon. He would have about half a day’s worth of time to buy some formal clothes.
Xi Duan said: “Tell me your size.”
Duan Shu Tong asked: “…What?”
Xi Duan seemed to not realize that Duan Shu Tong was in a predicament, and continued: “I also did not bring any formal clothes. Over there [in Hai City], there is a shop that I am familiar with. If we send them the sizing now, they will send the clothes to the hotel we’re staying at later.”
Cen Ning, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, thought: …President Xi, I’m always the one doing these trivial things for you. If you contact them in person now, won’t you end up scaring the other side?
Duan Shu Tong was not unreasonable. He was not familiar with Hai City. Rather than bumble around like a headless chicken looking for some formalwear, why not freeload a set of clothes off of Xi Duan?
He already owed the other man so much, what was one more thing?
“I’ll transfer money to you later,” Duan Shu Tong said seriously.
The corners of Xi Duan’s lips were slightly raised. Even the tiny mole at the end of his eyebrow seemed to be jumping up arrogantly. “Okay.”
The car fell silent again. Xi Duan did not seem like he would continue talking, so Duan Shu Tong put on his earphones again and continued to listen to a crosstalk to relax.
He was worried that he would think bad thoughts again from being in a small, enclosed space with Xi Duan.
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His WeChat suddenly sounded. He clicked into the app, and saw that Lu Shi had sent him a screenshot. The title on the screenshot made Duan Shu Tong raise his eyebrows.
#The Spring and Autumn Hall has unexpectedly become favored by the [entertainment] circle.
He immediately went on Weibo, scrolled for a while, and finally understood what was going on. He felt both exasperated and touched.
The scar removal effect of Spring Flower No. 2 was beginning to show. Everyone had a herd mentality. Seeing so many people buying the product, they thought that the effect must naturally be good, so it would be better to buy a bottle and keep it at home than to have nothing at all. Thus, the sales for Spring Flower No. 2 were pushed to the apex.
The Spring and Autumn Hall obviously did not have enough stock, and there were some people who could not buy it even if they wanted to, so they went online to cry about it. Netizens watching the excitement online did not mind making the matter even bigger, so those that were able to buy a bottle, took a picture, and showed it off online.
Just having unrelated individuals showing off their purchase was fine, whatever, but what was really irritating was when someone flaunted the fact that Spring Flower No. 2 was given out as a company benefit, and everyone in the company got a bottle.
Everyone scrutinized this post and saw that it was the same id as before. It looked like the Xi group made a large purchase of Spring Flower No. 2. Man, so rich and overbearing!
But gradually, the netizens discovered that it was not only the Xi Corporation’s employees who were showing off their benefits.
“What the f*ck? Hahaha. The Duan Company is also putting on an imperious air. They lost the first time, but they can’t lose again the second time!”
“Chairman Duan (lights a cigar): Your daddy is still your daddy*.”
[*T/N: I think the author was trying to make a pun in Chinese. 爸爸 baba which means “daddy” is a homonym for 霸霸 baba which is like an “overbearing CEO.” I feel like “daddy” has the same connotation in English, so I just went with that. Btw, in case it wasn’t clear, the dialogue above is a netizen pretending to be Chairman Duan.]
“LMAO, if we’re talking about “daddies” in the business world, then how can we forget Jinshi Jewelry?”
“Why would Jinshi Jewelry get embroiled in this?”
“The Xi family and Duan family have relations, so it’s normal for the Xi Corporation to show some support for the Duan family’s young master. I just don’t know why Jinshi Jewelry would get mixed up in this.”
Translations by Vanilla Muse.
Duan Shu Tong was also confused when he saw this. He could understand why the Duan Company would show [him] support, and he could sort of understand why the Xi Corporation would do such a thing too, but he didn’t know why Jinshi Jewelry would get involved.
He searched for Jinshi Jewelry on the Internet, and when he saw that the chairman’s surname was Lu, he immediately came to a realization.
He went back on WeChat and directly messaged Lu Shi: Thank you for your support.
Lu Shi replied: Of course [I should support you]. But President Xi really does take care of you. I saw someone that dug through the Internet archives say that when Spring Flower No. 1 first came out, the Xi Corporation purchased a big batch.
Duan Shu Tong was really shocked, he didn’t know about this at all!