bioinnovel Chapter 858: Things Aren't Going Well
Chapter 858: Things Aren't Going Well
The private room was quiet. "Is it related to Chen Xiao?"
Diao Chan glanced at Chen Xiao, then turned on the speakerphone. "Then tell me the good news first," she thought, hoping it was related to Chen Xiao.
"Haha, I got a promotion and a raise! Now my monthly salary is 6. Little sister, I can support you financially from now on!"
“Take care of yourself, I don’t need your help,” she frowned. “What’s the other news?”
Chen Xiao also sat up, wanting to hear what news he had about himself.
"Haha, Chen Xiao is so poor he can't even afford to eat now."
This guy's laugh was so infectious, his schadenfreude was palpable.
Diao Chan seemed relieved. "You're making a big fuss over nothing. This isn't bad news at all; it's perfectly normal, isn't it?"
"Normal? This is normal?" Diao Nan had no idea what was wrong with her.
Diao Chan hung up the phone and said to Chen Xiao, "I told you to be more frugal, but you wouldn't listen. Now look what's happened, aren't you too embarrassed to ask your wife for money?"
Chen Xiao laughed and pointed to himself: "Me, ask my wife for money?" He paused, then added: "I don't need money."
"Yes, yes, you're not short of money, you're a billionaire."
Hmm? "What do you know?"
I know you're incredibly proud.
Chen Xiao then realized that she didn't know his identity. Instead, she thought he was vain and liked to show off! That was an insult to him.
"I told you not to spend money so recklessly, and now look what happened! You've even run out of money for food!"
At this point, she complained, "I told you not to buy a membership, but you insisted. Now you can't get the hundreds of thousands out of your account, so you can only spend it here."
Chen Xiao was too lazy to explain, "There's none left now. I lost everything last time I came, only a few thousand yuan left."
“You don’t seem upset,” Diao Chan stared at him for a while. “Yeah, you have a good attitude. Those were just windfalls, they’re gone now, so be it. You should still work hard and pay more attention to your investments. Money earned through your own efforts is true wealth.”
"I try pretty hard when I play cards."
"You're toxic!" Diao Chan felt like all her words had been wasted. "Forget it, you have such a good attitude, you don't need my comfort at all!"
"By the way, Chen Xiao, are you out of money for lunch? Did you think you had some money on your membership card and came here for lunch?"
"Yes, I did come here to eat, but I'm not interested in the food here."
Diao Chan didn't react at all. The buffet at Tianchi Hot Spring was very expensive and had everything. She couldn't understand what Chen Xiao meant by coming to eat, but she wasn't interested in the food.
"Then what are you doing here?" she asked, only to realize afterward, "You don't really not even have enough money for a meal outside, do you?"
"I have money—but I don't want to spend my own!"
Diao Chan rolled her eyes at him, thinking he was just being stubborn and concerned about saving face. She figured he really was broke!
"What do you want to eat? I'll buy it for you! But I can't afford to treat you to a fancy meal," Diao Chan said, pulling out her phone to order food for him. She added, "You're crazy. The buffet at the restaurant is so good, why do you have to exploit this 'hard-working commoner'?"
As Chen Xiao expected, completing the system tasks here was relatively easy. "Hmm, let's pick an easy one, the easier the better?"
What constitutes simplicity?
"Fried rice with egg?"
"Greasy!"
Dumplings?
"It doesn't taste as good as the ones at home!"
KFC?
"I heard it's easy to gain weight and develop a belly!"
"Who told you that? I eat like that all the time, and I don't have a belly," Diao Chan was defeated by him. He wouldn't say what he ate, and he didn't agree with any of the choices she offered. "Is there anything simpler?"
"Do you want some rice noodles? There's a rice noodle place I really love!" She finally unleashed her ultimate weapon!
"You also like rice noodles?" Chen Xiao discovered another similarity between her and Xiang Jun.
"Yes, this is my favorite food. Would you like to try some?"
“Okay, you can order.” Although Chen Xiao didn’t really like it, he had eaten a lot to accompany Zhao Xiangjun before, so he accepted it.
What flavor would you like?
"The same as yours is fine," Chen Xiao replied casually, feeling quite pleased with himself. Rice noodles, this portion can't be too big, right?
Forty minutes later, Diao Chan's phone rang; her takeout had arrived! She got up to wash her hands and pick it up. Meanwhile, Chen Xiao, lying on the sofa bed, had already decided to stay there for the next couple of days. Wouldn't this make completing the task much easier? He wondered if this counted as cheating!
"Phew, I can finally finish the task with ease." He still feels lingering fear when he thinks about how Yu Shanshan made him such large portions for two meals yesterday.
A moment later, the door opened, and Diao Chan came in carrying a bag. She placed it on the dining table to the side, saying, "I'm going back to the technician's room to eat. You can eat here by yourself!"
"Hmm, what's in this bag?" He realized that his bag was much bigger than Diao Chan's!
"Isn't that obvious? Did you expect me to only order you rice noodles? You're a grown man, how can you possibly get enough to eat?" Chen Xiao's previous smugness vanished completely. After Diao Chan left, he quickly opened the bag and let out a long sigh: "What a twist of fate!"
A large bowl of rice noodles, oden, roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), fried skewers, and finally a can of cola!
Diao Chan, do we have a grudge? Chen Xiao looked mournful!
Looking at the food in front of me, each item seemed to harbor a deep-seated hatred.
He forced himself to finish the oden and roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), and he had already burped several times. Looking at the can of cola, Chen Xiao couldn't help but send a message to Diao Chan: "Just because you like cola doesn't mean everyone else does."
After a while, he received a reply from Diao Chan: "You haven't eaten rice noodles yet, have you?"
Chen Xiao was confused by her nonsensical reply. He turned to look at the bowl of rice noodles, started eating, and prepared to eliminate this last enemy!
One bite, and you'll understand what Diao Chan means.
"Spicy, this is really spicy!" Chen Xiao felt like rubbing his tongue against the wall. He finally understood what Diao Chan meant: when he felt the spiciness, he should drink an ice-cold cola!
It was intentional, this woman definitely did it on purpose!
He sent an angry emoji to Diao Chan: "Why is it so spicy?"
Soon, a voice message came through: "Hehehe!"
"You said you wanted the same flavor as me, and I like it just the way it is, not spicy at all! Hehehe, you're going to make me laugh to death!"
".", Is this really not Xiangjun's sister? How come even their eating habits are so similar, and—she's so mischievous!
After finishing that huge bowl of rice noodles, Chen Xiao was practically breathing fire. Even in the air-conditioned room, he was still sweating!
His stomach was so bloated it felt like it was going to burst, but he still needed cola, ice-cold cola! But he had to resist the urge; another can of ice-cold cola and he'd explode! He had to endure it! He lay back, hoping his tongue would feel numb from the spiciness.
And his belly, he glanced down and saw it had already turned into a small sand dune.
buzz~
He reached for his phone; it was a voice message from Diao Chan: "Want me to rub your tummy, hehe~!"
She listlessly tossed her phone aside, doing it on purpose. Then, rubbing her stomach, as if to say, "Are you trying to kill me?"
He lay down and slowly fell asleep. He woke up around 5 p.m., feeling much better. He sent a message to Diao Chan, asking her to come over!
"What are you doing? Do you really have to spend all the money in your card?" Diao Chan came in from outside, glancing at his stomach. "You really finished eating? You're not full, are you?"
Chen Xiao glared at her: "Give me a foot massage. Then order me a small bowl of porridge for dinner, nothing else..."
"Okay, okay! As the saying goes, 'Eat a good breakfast, a full lunch, and a light dinner,' I won't order too much for you tonight."
"You'll eat here tonight too. If you buy too much, you'll have to deal with it yourself," Chen Xiao said, worried that she might cause some trouble again.
"I'm not eating here tonight. Today is the first day the company reopened after the renovations, and they're having a team-building event tonight. They said the boss will be there too, and we all have to participate!"
Okay, Chen Xiao didn't insist, but he reiterated that the portion should be small. As for the spiciness, he didn't mention it, because it was rice porridge, and who would be crazy enough to put it spicy!
But when Diao Chan delivered the takeout that evening, Chen Xiao was about to go crazy!
"Are you looking for a beating? What did you order? Seafood congee? And why are you adding so much abalone?" Chen Xiao felt nauseous just looking at it!
"Hey, Chen Xiao, do you have any humanity? I'm treating you, I spent so much money on you, and you're still complaining?"
Chen Xiao was furious, but what the other person said made sense; after all, she was the one who treated. "I didn't mean to."
“But your face is full of disgust,” Diao Chan said, keeping her distance with a mischievous smile.
"And why did you put so much ginger in here? My god, and chili peppers too? Do you put chili peppers in your porridge?" Chen Xiao's eyes widened. This girl was deliberately messing with him.
"My family puts chili in our porridge. You don't eat porridge often, do you?" Diao Chan looked completely innocent, as if it were the truth of the world, and Chen Xiao had no choice but to believe her!
"Uh, I've prepared a Coke for you," she said, as if by magic, pulling out a can of ice-cold Coke from behind her back!
This time, Chen Xiao didn't refuse. After experiencing lunch, he knew how important an ice-cold can of cola was when the food was so spicy it felt like it was about to burst into flames.
Diao Chan left; she was going to participate in the company's team-building activity.
Chen Xiao didn't dare to say anything harsh, because he was planning to come back for a free meal tomorrow. However, he had to be careful when she came tomorrow and told her to add a few more qualifiers when ordering!
This meal was incredibly difficult to eat; it was so spicy that snot and tears streamed down my face.
After finishing his meal, he didn't linger. He went downstairs to his bicycle, and just as he was about to get on, he noticed a familiar face appear on the back window of a Rolls-Royce Ghost parked next to him. It was Zhao Rui, the owner of Tianchi Hot Spring.
At that moment, Zhao Rui was spotted by Chen Xiao and hesitated whether to come over to greet him or not. If he didn't come over, he was afraid it would be impolite. If he did come over, he was afraid that President Chen would think he was disturbing him.
Sensing Zhao Rui's unease, Chen Xiao beckoned, "Come here. Don't want to include me anymore?"
Ah~! Zhao Rui almost peed his pants in fright. "Grandpa, you still hold a grudge?"
He came downstairs and noticed that although Mr. Chen had a smile on his face, his eyes were bloodshot. He became even more nervous. Was Mr. Chen so angry that his eyes were red? He never imagined what kind of torment Mr. Chen had just suffered inside, let alone that his eyes were red from the burning sensation.
"President Chen," Zhao Rui said, head bowed, jogging over like a schoolboy who had made a mistake. His domineering presence at the company was completely unrecognizable!
"Don't be nervous, I don't eat people." His sudden change of attitude made Chen Xiao feel a little uncomfortable.
"You're not going to eat people? Your eyes are bloodshot; you still look like you're about to devour someone." Zhao Rui didn't believe a word Chen Xiao said. The dignified boss of Junxiao Group was now pretending to be an office worker; which of his words could he possibly believe?!
"Yes, yes, Mr. Chen!" Zhao Rui became even more nervous!
Seeing his submissive attitude, Chen Xiao felt bored. "Alright, I just wanted to tell you about this rectification, and it went quite well."
Then he waved his hand and said, "Go ahead and get busy!"
Sitting in the Ghost, Zhao Rui chuckled to himself for a long time, then suddenly seemed to remember something, picked up his phone and dialed a number.
A moment later, the call connected, and Shi Long's voice came through: "Old Zhao, what's up?"
"President Shi, President Chen, they're here today!"
"Huh? What's the situation on the scene?" Zhao Rui asked, noticing that Shi Long was clearly nervous as well.
"Hehe," Zhao Rui couldn't help but laugh as he said this.
"What are you grinning about? What's going on?"
"Mr. Chen praised me! He said I was pretty good!"
Shi Long breathed a sigh of relief: "Old Zhao, you're really good! This year's year-end bonus will be an extra million!"
"Thank you, boss! Thank you, boss!"
Chen Xiao returned home, and Zhang Ziqian was also there today. The main reason was that Chen Xiao hadn't been to Junxiao Lakeside CBD Center for two days, so he called her back to ask her some questions.
After Zhang Ziqian finished reporting on the recent key tasks, Chen Xiao asked, "What's the situation with MALI right now?"
"not too good!"
Hmm? Chen Xiao frowned!
"Junxiao Group now has investments in more than a dozen mines in MALI. After your request some time ago, Hassan has accelerated his expansion there, but judging from his feedback, several major powers are making moves there."
"I've long noticed that some forces are up to no good! China is a uranium-poor country with abundant uranium mines in MALI, making it a crucial source of uranium materials here. Hostile forces, with their relentless desire to destroy us, will naturally not let this weakness slip by!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Ziqian said softly, "Aren't you overthinking it? Although China doesn't have troops stationed there, it has an agreement with [Polar Bear]. China provides money and supplies, while [Polar Bear] provides personnel to protect China's assets!"
"Polar bear?" Chen Xiao sneered.
"Unreliable! History has betrayed us countless times! Besides, look at how many years the Russians have been fighting each other. Look at their battles, it's just a bunch of weaklings fighting each other!"
Zhang Ziqian was amused by him: "It's not that exaggerated, is it?"
"Isn't that an exaggeration? They've been fighting for so many years, and not a single famous battle has been fought, not a single famous general has emerged. This is unprecedented in the entire history of humankind!" (End of Chapter)