Rebirth after the college entrance examination

Chapter 232 Xia An: I am speechless
Chengdu in April has a languid, sultry feel to it.
Stepping out of the airport, a sweet, pungent fragrance filled the air—the scent of gardenias.

As for the hot pot smell... he asked Lin Jiajia if she could smell it. Lin Jiajia laughed and patted his shoulder, saying he was talking nonsense. How could there be a hot pot smell here? But the truth is, you can smell it as soon as you walk to the parking lot.

Unlike the reserved early spring in the north, this place is already a riot of colors.

Liu Fei, who had arrived a few days earlier, personally drove to pick her up.

"We've been waiting for you two!"

Liu Fei, with his chubby body, squeezed into the driver's seat and patted the passenger seat with his fleshy hand. "Jiajia, the back is spacious, you can sit in the back and rest. Brother, sit in the front, let's have a serious chat."

On the way, Xia An asked him why he was driving such a flashy Bentley Flying Spur, wasn't he afraid of making his sister jealous?
"What nonsense! I'm a legitimate businessman, every penny I make can withstand scrutiny. This is my home turf, so why can't I show off a little?"

Can every penny withstand scrutiny? Xia An remained noncommittal.

He didn't say where he was going because he hadn't booked a hotel at all. As Liu Fei said, they were already here, and Xia An was too lazy to worry about such things.

Liu Fei didn't ask any questions and drove straight into the city.

The two chatted idly, and Xia An would occasionally steal a glance back and see Lin Jiajia staring blankly at the street scene outside the window, her grief not yet completely gone.

"I'm hungry, let's have hot pot!"

Xia An shouted at Liu Fei.

Liu Fei understood immediately and said, "Don't worry, I'll make sure you get to eat something proper."

As the car turned, the conversation shifted again, saying, "Have a big lunch, then have a business dinner?"

Xia An knew he was referring to seeing his sister and was taken aback. "So eager?"

Liu Fei smiled and said, "She's busy, and you're busy too. Knowing that you brought your family today, my sister specially canceled two events to arrange for you to have some tea."

The word "family members" made Lin Jiajia in the back seat stiffen slightly, and her fingers unconsciously curled up.

The word "deliberately" left Xia An somewhat confused.

The only province with strategic reserves—is specially invited for tea?

"I'm starting to panic. Is it too late for me to fly to Hengdian with my wife now?"

A chuckle came from the back row, and Lin Jiajia reached out and tapped him on the head, "Speak properly, you're such a big leader."

Xia An grinned, and Liu Fei chuckled before turning to Lin Jiajia and saying, "Don't worry, my sister is only serious with her family."

Lin Jiajia relaxed upon hearing this, though she was actually quite flustered inside.

Xia An said, "That's good."

Liu Fei looked at him and smiled, "From my point of view, you two are family."

Well, there was no way to refuse her, so Xia An said, "You're too kind, sister."

Liu Fei burst into laughter.

Xia An asked, "Have you taken care of things with the Huang family?"

"Alright, the little business that guy surnamed Huang has isn't even enough for me to have a drink with. As for those paparazzi teams, we'll take them in and train them. You can use them anytime you want."

"I want that thing..."

Halfway through her sentence, Xia An noticed the meaningful look in Liu Fei's eyes and immediately understood.

Instead of saying "give it to him," it's more accurate to say "give it to him to help Jing Yun use it."

Paparazzi are a double-edged sword; they can also be used to annoy your rivals.

In case Jing Yun becomes famous in the future and attracts envy, we need to prepare countermeasures.

Xia An nodded, "Okay."

Liu Fei was overjoyed and said in a relaxed tone, "I've prepared three rounds of evidence against those people in the province who are entangled with Huang Li. That should be enough to give them a hard time. No one will bother you anymore."

Xia An smiled gratefully; Liu Fei had handled things flawlessly, cleaning up his mess.

What defines a person is someone who has already thought of what you're thinking of, and has already accomplished what you haven't even considered.

The importance of social circles was once again clearly demonstrated. Xia An was very glad that he had made that call to Liu Xiao back then, otherwise the things that had happened in these few months would have been enough to keep him busy for a while.

It's no good if you recognize someone wrongly or too late.

Liu Fei's appearance was perfectly timed.

The car turned into an old residential area shaded by green trees, a veritable hole-in-the-wall restaurant.

When Liu Fei ordered the hot pot base, she asked, "Medium spicy or extra spicy?"

Xia An asked if they had mildly spicy?

"Extra spicy," Lin Jiajia said.

Xia An felt her head spin from the spiciness, while Lin Jiajia's lips were swollen from the heat, making her look quite sexy. Liu Fei... didn't eat, but instead held a cup of tea, smiling and keeping the couple company.

Liu Fei asked gossipily, "I heard... I heard, you two got married?"

Lin Jiajia murmured softly, looking at Xia An.

Xia An nodded and said, "Red candles and the character for 'double happiness' signify a proper worship of heaven and earth."

He described the scene that day in detail.

Hearing Liu Fei's heartfelt sighs, she was at a loss for words, her eyes filled with unspoken envy. Finally, she let out a long sigh, raised her teacup, and said to Lin Jiajia:
"Good sister-in-law."

Lin Jiajia was quite amused and clinked glasses with him.

Liu Fei secretly raised an eyebrow at Xia An and gave him a thumbs-up under the table.

Logically speaking, Liu Fei and Lin Jiajia are the same age, while Xia An is almost ten years younger than them.

Although Lin Jiajia's eyebrows still showed a hint of sadness, her eyes were filled with the happiness of a young girl.

Beautiful women are ageless.

After dinner, Liu Fei gave Xia An a room key and car keys, asking him to drive her to an office building, leaving her with the words, "See you tonight."

Another presidential suit.

After closing the door, Xia An smiled and asked Lin Jiajia, "We stayed together once during the summer vacation."

Lin Jiajia turned to look at Xia An, who was leaning against the door, and smiled as he grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his arms.

"Things have changed, people have changed. It feels like it's only been a few months."

"Things have changed, but people are no longer here?"

Xia An hugged her for a while in front of the door, then led her to the window to overlook the entire city.

"If we can live for 30,000 days, we will reduce our sleep time by half, our school years by a third, and our busy lives by a third. We won't have much time left to feel the changes in things and people. We can always feel regret when we are old and gray."

Lin Jiajia retorted playfully, "You really know how to talk a lot."

Xia An smiled and pointed out the window, "Can you imagine what this place will look like ten years from now?"

Lin Jiajia followed his finger and looked in the direction he was pointing. It was a real view of the Western Hills with their snow-capped peaks visible through the window. She shook her head. "I can't imagine it. Can you?"

Xia An said, "I can imagine that there will be more high-rise buildings, a better economy, and a greater concentration of fashionable young people."

Lin Jiajia laughed and said, "Nonsense."

Xia An hugged her tightly, resting his head on her shoulder and rubbing his face against hers.

"Many things will disappear, buildings will be demolished and rebuilt, the area around the airport will no longer be mountains, and many people will come and go."

Lin Jiajia pursed her lips and nodded, following his words and imagining the vicissitudes of life.

Xia An whispered in her ear, "You'll always be here, standing at this altitude, watching it change little by little, both macroscopically and microscopically. If you like that hot pot restaurant today, we'll buy it and let it continue to exist. Things can change, as long as we have the ability, we can break out of the rules and play our part."

Lin Jiajia said, "A few months ago, I couldn't understand what you meant, but I can now." Xia An asked, "A few months ago, could you have imagined being held by me, openly checking into a hotel like this?"

Unexpectedly, Lin Jiajia looked at him and said, "Yes."

"?"

Lin Jiajia smiled sweetly, turned around, and faced him.

"I had a little sexual fantasy that day, the kind of 'maybe,' 'what if,' or 'what if' thoughts, which were similar to what you were thinking at the time."

Can you guess what I'm thinking?

"Yes. Men and women are pretty much the same."

Xia An sat on the sofa and pulled her to sit on his lap.

"Look forward."

"Yes, look ahead."

Lin Jiajia leaned against him and whispered, "Thank you for being so restrained with me all this time."

Xia An stroked her hair. The two had had intimate contact before, but only to a limited extent. Lately, he had been using all his time to help Lin Jiajia ease her inner turmoil, rather than indulging in savage desires.

Lin Jiajia knew that it was rare for someone his age.

At 2 PM, Xia An reacted.

She started going to the toilet frequently. The first two times were fine, but later she gradually began to sob sadly.

Finally, he collapsed onto the bed, completely exhausted.

"We absolutely must not buy that store!"

Lin Jiajia laughed so hard her stomach almost cramped, and said:
"No, I'll buy it. Why am I fine after eating it? You don't have hemorrhoids, do you?"

Xia An shook his head weakly, confirming that he was not a young man with hemorrhoids.

Following the advice of the professional head nurse, I drank a few cups of milk and felt better. Soaking my anus in warm water helped me recover completely.

Lying in bed, Xia An beckoned her to come and lie down with him. After a while of kissing and touching, Lin Jiajia said that time was almost up, "If you want to do something naughty, feel free to do whatever you want tonight."

Just as she finished her makeup, Liu Fei called Xia An, asking her to pick him up at a certain place on her way so they could travel together.

As the sun set, Liu Fei drove her car into a large courtyard and finally stopped in front of a quiet, understated, and elegant courtyard-style clubhouse.

With its blue bricks and gray tiles, a few stalks of green bamboo lean against the pink wall, and above the door is only a simple ebony plaque with the word "quiet" carved on it.

Clearly, this was a commercial venue, and there were no security guards on duty. A silent tranquility and solemnity unconsciously permeated the air.

“I drove it,” Liu Fei said in a low voice.

"I guessed it," Xia An replied in a high-pitched voice.

Lin Jiajia, who was a step behind, looked at the two childish kids with some helplessness.

Liu Fei, familiar with the place, led them through the corridor and pushed open a moon gate.

Inside was a secluded haven, a refined room with carved wooden windows on all four sides, through which a small lotus pond could be seen. A woman sat before a rosewood tea table by the window.

I dare not address the leader by his name, Xia An, as it is the same as the character engraved on the outside.

Upon first seeing this person, Xia An and Lin Jiajia were both slightly taken aback.

She looked to be around thirty-five or thirty-six, but was actually over forty. The Liu family didn't produce any handsome men or beautiful women. As for her looks, well, they were average, but much better than she appeared on TV.

She wore a well-tailored, soft navy blue cashmere dress, without any jewelry, her hair was neatly pulled back, revealing a section of her neck.

Her eyebrows and eyes bore a resemblance to Liu Fei's, but she lacked Liu Fei's worldly shrewdness. Instead, she possessed a composure born of long-standing authority, a restrained sharpness, and a scholarly calmness.

His gaze swept over me peacefully, as if it had a tangible weight, yet it didn't make me feel uncomfortable or probing.

Liu Fei suddenly transformed into a docile little girl weighing around 200 pounds, slumping her shoulders and trembling with fear.

"What kind of state is this? You can't even stand up properly?"

His voice was warm yet clear.

Knowing that this woman would take another big step forward before she turned fifty, and was basically the No.1 among women, Xia An subconsciously stood at attention.

Liu Fei is having a great time.

"Sister, this is Xia An. He's young and hasn't seen much of the world, so he's scared."

Xia An bit her tongue and cursed inwardly: Damn it, I didn't do it on purpose, it was just a conditioned reflex.

"Sister Liu."

At Liu Fei's prior instruction, he did not use any titles.

Lin Jiajia bowed slightly and called out, "Sister Liu."

Liu Jing smiled faintly but gently and gestured, "Come and have some tea, it's just been brewed."

She personally picked up the purple clay teapot from the clay stove and, with fluid movements, warmed the cups, heated the pot, rinsed the tea, and poured the tea. The aroma of the tea wafted out with the steam, allowing Xia An's tense nerves to relax slightly.

Liu Jing pushed two small cups of amber-colored tea toward Xia An and Lin Jiajia respectively.

"I don't know much about tea, so this is all freshly made by Liu Fei. Please try some."

Liu Fei said, "This is this year's Zhuyeqing tea; the flavor of spring in Sichuan is all in this cup."

Xia An took a sip; the tea was fragrant and refreshing, with a lingering sweetness. She exclaimed sincerely, "Excellent tea!"

Liu Fei snorted and said, "This cup is half a night's room fee for the hotel you're staying at."

Liu Jing glared at him: "Are you obsessed with money?"

He then said to Xia An and Lin Jiajia, "A pound of tea might cost twenty or two hundred yuan when it leaves the garden, but it might cost two thousand or twenty thousand yuan in the market. Don't they all taste the same?"

Price doesn't necessarily represent quality; isn't that just a tactic used by you business people?

This was a wake-up call, a show of force.

Xia An felt a little wronged. Having been a businessman for two lifetimes, she had never done anything to bully an old farmer. She subconsciously replied, "My university professor resigned to help out at her family's tea garden. I promised to buy her tea dregs at the best price and make a new healthy drink to launch on the market."

Liu Fei looked at Xia An as if he were a ghost. If we weren't buddies, would you really go this far? I could have just given you a gentle reminder to watch out and not go astray in the future, but you're being so unreasonable.

Lin Jiajia gently poked him with the tip of her high heel.

Liu Jing's expression remained unchanged. She looked at Xia An for two seconds and then nodded slightly. "That Teacher Xu's family produces oolong tea and a little bit of green tea. I also have many tea farmers here who need your help. I'll have Liu Fei give you the information later."

Xia An: "..."

Has everything been investigated regarding Teacher Xu?
This time, without Lin Jiajia's prompting, Xia An immediately replied, "No problem."

Liu Jing said, "Don't make promises you can't keep. If you make too many promises and then don't do a good job, people will criticize you."

Since you say it's tea dregs, those things used to be used to feed livestock. No one ever differentiated their quality, selecting the best parts to make the new product you're talking about, and the unusable parts continued to be used to feed livestock.

Xia An: "..."

Liu Jing said, "Food is the most important thing for people, and the livestock industry is of paramount importance."

If your new product is well-received in the market and others rush to imitate it, leading to a reduction in tea residue feed, what impact will the lack of nutrients in this type of feed have on livestock farming?
These things require thorough research beforehand.

Xia An: "..."

He was completely stunned. He had only drunk half a sip of tea and had been speechless for less than three minutes since they met.

Is this what it means to be in a position of power?
Is this who made the rules?
These are just two mouths, arguing back and forth, each one seemingly right.
Liu Fei suppressed her laughter, and Lin Jiajia suppressed her laughter.

Liu Jing couldn't help but laugh out loud, saying, "Young man, the 'Jing' character on the plaque outside isn't referring to me, it's about principles."

(End of this chapter)