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Waiting area at the Hermes boutique in Beijing's Yansha shopping mall.

Jiang Tao looked at Yuan Mengqi, who had already selected her items and paid for them without saying a word, feeling both speechless and a little sorry for her.

These expenses could have been covered by Yuan Mengqi's exclusive dating fund.

Yuan Mengqi, however, spent her own savings.

"What's wrong, Brother Tao? Are you angry?"

Yuan Mengqi moved closer to Jiang Tao and took his arm, her face displaying the demeanor of a delicate, feminine woman.

Before she came, it was indeed agreed that Jiang Tao would buy her something.

As a result, after browsing around, she only picked out a dress for herself that cost a little over 2 yuan.

The remaining bags and packages were for Jiang Tao, his father and mother, and their third child, Jiang Bing.

When buying things for Jiang Tao's family, Yuan Mengqi was really willing to spend money; a bunch of things cost her more than 30 yuan!

Today's shopping trip was the biggest expense Yuan Mengqi had ever made in her life.

Several other guys in the waiting area, who were ready to pay for their girlfriends' meals at any moment, overheard the conversation between the two.

The way everyone looked at Jiang Tao was as if they wanted to replace him!
My girlfriend is not only beautiful and elegant, but she's also incredibly rich!
Could this guy be...?

The people looked at Jiang Tao with complicated expressions, and some even suspected that he might be Yuan Mengqi's kept man.

"I'll let it go this time, but don't you dare act on your own next time."

Jiang Tao knew that Yuan Mengqi meant well, so he naturally wouldn't blame her and was even a little touched.

When Yuan Mengqi was with him, she never asked for anything in return; she only gave unconditionally.

After they got together, Yuan Mengqi spent far more on Jiang Tao than Jiang Tao spent on her.

Every time Jiang Tao gave her something, she would reciprocate with something even more expensive.

Yuan Mengqi was completely open with Jiang Tao, wishing she could give him her heart and soul.

She also cherished the rare bond between the two of them.

She had truly fallen for Jiang Tao, and her love for him was deep.

"Okay, I promise there won't be a next time~"

"Honey, can you smile? Your tense face makes me anxious."

Seeing that Jiang Tao's expression had softened, Yuan Mengqi tilted her head and looked into his eyes, giving him a playful look.

Now 31 years old, Yuan Mengqi, who is the same age as Jiang Tao, has always had a very mature and sophisticated style.

Since confirming her relationship with Jiang Tao, her personality has become more and more lively, and her mentality seems to have become more than ten years younger.

"Haha, let's go, let's eat first. What do you want to eat tonight?"

Jiang Tao smiled and stroked Yuan Mengqi's face, then laughed heartily and put his arm around her as they left.

A few passersby in the waiting area were left with envy so intense it was almost like they were about to have their plasmolysis.

Yuan Mengqi is currently on a diet, and she only eats a small amount for dinner each time, about the same amount of food as a five or six-year-old child in kindergarten.

For her, it doesn't really matter what she eats.

Jiang Tao ultimately chose the location for the meal himself.

I chose Black Angus BBQ, a self-service BBQ restaurant located on the 6th floor of Yansha, where the average price per person is 499 RMB!
What a coincidence.

The delicious barbecue sauce produced by Jiang's Food Factory was bought by Jiang Tao from Tian Wei, the owner of Black Bull Barbecue.

Jiang Tao spent 20 yuan when he bought the barbecue sauce recipe from Tian Wei.

After systematic analysis and optimization, it has become a "delicious barbecue sauce" of even better quality.

However, due to insufficient supply of raw materials, Jiang Tao has not yet recouped his investment in the barbecue sauce.

Once the farm Liu Yuan was in charge of made progress and solved the raw material problem,

We will definitely earn it back a thousand times or even ten thousand times in the future.

Jiang Tao is quite confident about this.

Just like the one at MixC, this Black Angus BBQ restaurant in Yansha is doing very well.

When Jiang Tao and Yuan Mengqi arrived, there were still twenty or thirty diners waiting for tables in the waiting area at the entrance.

"There are so many people, Brother Tao. I hope our casserole restaurant can do as well as this barbecue restaurant after it opens."

Yuan Mengqi looked at the Black Bull Barbecue restaurant, which was packed with customers.

Outside, in the waiting area, people like her and Jiang Tao kept coming to wait for their meals, their eyes filled with envy.

Since starting preparations for her delicious casserole restaurant, Yuan Mengqi has paid special attention to the business status of various restaurants when she goes out.

After seeing a restaurant that's doing great business, she'll go in and have a meal there to see for herself why it's so popular.

If she sees a place that's not doing well, she'll go in and spend some money there.

Find out why the other party's business is not doing well, and try to avoid it when your own casserole shop opens.

Yuan Mengqi cherishes the delicious casserole restaurant she co-founded with Jiang Tao as if it were her own child.

We strive to make all preparations perfect.

"Don't worry, our casserole shop will do better business than this barbecue shop."

Jiang Tao had an expression of absolute confidence on his face.

You have a secret weapon in your hands: the Delicious Casserole, which grants +3 to Deliciousness.

It's no wonder that a casserole restaurant is so popular!
"Yes, with Brother Tao leading the way, our casserole shop will definitely create its own legend."

Yuan Mengqi looked at her man with adoration, her eyes filled with trust and love for him.

"What do we do now? Should we wait?"

Yuan Mengqi saw that there were quite a few customers in the waiting area, and estimated that they would have to wait at least half an hour before it was their turn.

Jiang Tao smiled and looked at Yuan Mengqi, teasingly saying:

"Qiqi, do you believe me? I'll just go over and give you my name, and we can go in and eat right away?"

Yuan Mengqi covered her mouth and chuckled, "Brother Tao, do you have that much influence?"

"Don't believe me? Come on, I'll show you."

Jiang Tao smiled, reached out and took Yuan Mengqi's hand, and walked towards the service desk.

"Excuse me, we are currently full."

"To ensure a good dining experience for our customers, you two will need to take a number and wait a while before you can go in to dine."

"It's estimated that it will take about 35 more minutes. Do you two need to get a number?"

A waitress at the service desk, dressed in a black women's blazer and wearing an earpiece, apologized to Jiang Tao and Yuan Mengqi.

Jiang Tao smiled and asked, "Hello, beautiful lady, does your store's Platinum VIP card offer skip-the-line service?"

"Uh, yes, sir! May I ask your name and phone number..."

Upon hearing that Jiang Tao was their Platinum VIP member, the waiter immediately became even more respectful towards him than before!
Black Bull BBQ Restaurant has three membership card tiers.

These are Silver Member, Gold Member, and Platinum Member.

You can automatically upgrade to a Silver Membership Card by depositing 1.

Silver members can enjoy a 9% discount when making purchases in-store.

You can upgrade to a gold membership by depositing 5 yuan and enjoy a 8% discount.

Top up 10 yuan to upgrade to the store's platinum membership card.

Platinum card members enjoy a 7% discount on purchases and the privilege of skipping the queue. Of course, Jiang Tao didn't recharge his membership card himself.

I won it in a lucky draw on the Black Cow BBQ mini-program after making a purchase.

It's said that the odds of winning this platinum card are less than one in a million, but he still managed to win it.

As a result, the programmer in charge of the lottery mini-program was criticized by his supervisor.

The mini-program learned its lesson and quietly increased the winning rate of the Platinum Card in the background to the same level as the Double Color Ball lottery.

Of course, these are all private matters at Black Bull Barbecue, and only the parties involved know the details.

Jiang Tao was unaware of this.

His winning the Platinum Card was largely due to the [River Stone] he was wearing; he probably had a stroke of incredible luck.

After Jiang Tao gave the waiter his name and phone number, she immediately arranged for someone to escort him and Yuan Mengqi into the store.

Some diners in the waiting area, unaware of the situation, saw the two people who arrived later go in first and became quite indignant.

"Waiter, what's going on? I've been waiting here for over ten minutes, how come those two people just arrived and went inside already?"

A young man couldn't help but step forward and question Jiang Tao and Yuan Mengqi after they entered the room.

The waiter patiently explained:
"Excuse me, sir, those two are our platinum members and are entitled to skip the line."

"Platinum Member?"

The young man was clearly eating at Black Cow BBQ for the first time, and it was also the first time he had ever heard of this concept.

The waiter patiently explained:
"A deposit of 10 yuan will grant you a Platinum Membership at our store, which includes a 7% discount on dining and the option to skip the queue."

"Uh……"

When the young man heard that he needed to deposit 10 yuan to upgrade to a platinum card membership, he immediately started to back out.

And secretly rejoiced that he hadn't mentioned that he also wanted to upgrade to the Platinum Card.

His monthly salary is only seven or eight thousand.

I brought my girlfriend here just to try out the food at this popular restaurant.

Even if he didn't spend a single penny of his annual salary, it wouldn't be enough to save money.

After receiving a reply from the waiter, the young man gave up and went back to wait quietly for his meal.

"Mr. Jiang, if you have any questions during your meal, please press the call button here and our staff will come to your aid as soon as possible."

A waitress dressed in a maroon women's blazer uniform from a barbecue restaurant led Jiang Tao and Yuan Mengqi to a separate area and said something to Jiang Tao respectfully.

There are no private booths in the Black Bull BBQ restaurant, but there are a few individual tables like the ones Jiang Tao and Yuan Mengqi are sitting at now.

The equipment and seating here are nothing special, just more private.

"Okay, you can go ahead and get busy. We'll call you if we need anything."

Jiang Tao waved his hand, indicating that the other party could leave.

"Okay, Mr. Jiang, enjoy your meal."

The waiter respectfully said goodbye to Jiang Tao before turning and leaving.

Jiang Tao and Yuan Mengqi have both experienced hardship, so they are not spoiled and do not need to be waited on wherever they go.

After putting down their bags and coats, the two chatted and laughed as they went to the food area to get their favorite ingredients.

Jiang Tao came here today specifically for the barbecue, and he ordered only the original cut beef from the restaurant.

Yuan Mengqi took some shrimp and leafy green vegetables.

On their way to dinner, the two chatted and laughed quietly as they grilled the food on the grill.

Yuan Mengqi chattered on about what she had learned in the training course and the new friends she had made.

When Jiang Tao first enrolled her and Lin Ranran in training courses, she thought he was wasting money and it was unnecessary.

There are plenty of books and courses on business management available online with a simple search.

But after she actually went there and began to study under her mentor...

She then realized why other people dared to sell their courses at such high prices, and why so many people signed up.

Yuan Mengqi and her cohort of students come from all over the country, totaling 50 people.

There are entrepreneurs who have been running their businesses for many years and have already entered a stable operating stage.

Some senior executives from joint ventures with annual revenue exceeding 100 million yuan also pursue further education.

People like Yuan Mengqi and Lin Ranran, who are still in the early stages of starting their businesses, are actually a minority, accounting for only about 20% of the total number of people.

While chatting and laughing, Yuan Mengqi also took on the responsibility of grilling the meat.

After the meat was cooked, she carefully cut it into small pieces that Jiang Tao could just swallow in one bite.

She was as gentle and considerate as a newlywed wife.

Jiang Tao enjoyed Yuan Mengqi's barbecue service while whispering to her.

Although we didn't spend much time together.

But the two already had that feeling of being an "old married couple" who could talk about anything and everything.

Yuan Mengqi would occasionally burst into laughter at Jiang Tao's antics.

Her happiest moments were always when she was with Jiang Tao.

Jiang Tao has quickly become her source of joy.

"Hey, Xiao Yuan, what a coincidence!"

Suddenly, an unfamiliar male voice interrupted Jiang Tao and Yuan Mengqi's conversation.

Jiang Tao and Yuan Mengqi turned their heads at the same time to look in the direction from which the sound came.

Upon recognizing the speaker, Yuan Mengqi's previously beaming face instantly turned somewhat unpleasant.

Jiang Tao frowned slightly after noticing the change in Yuan Mengqi's expression, sensing something was amiss.

"Is this Miss Yuan's friend?"

Ma Jingsong seemed oblivious to the unwelcoming expressions on Jiang Tao and Yuan Mengqi's faces, his smile still on his face as he scrutinized Jiang Tao.

Jiang Tao looked at Yuan Mengqi and asked, "Qiqi, are you very familiar with this person?"

Yuan Mengqi looked at Jiang Tao, as if afraid he might misunderstand something, and quickly explained:
"Brother Tao, he... he is our training class instructor."

When Yuan Mengqi chatted with Jiang Tao before, she only shared good news and never bad news.

She only talked about a few good friends she made during the training course and some happy things.

But she didn't tell Jiang Tao about things like being harassed by Ma Jingsong.

First, I was afraid he would misunderstand; second, I was afraid I would cause him trouble; and third, I was afraid he would do something irrational in a moment of impulsiveness.

"My name is Ma Jingsong, and I am a top lecturer in action education."

"Xiao Yuan is the most spiritual and beautiful student I have ever taught."

"You are so lucky to have such a friend."

Ma Jingsong stood beside Jiang Tao and Yuan Mengqi, his gaze fixed solely on Yuan Mengqi, as if Jiang Tao didn't exist.

Even in front of Jiang Tao, he did not hesitate to express his appreciation and praise for Yuan Mengqi.

However, Yuan Mengqi was not happy at all after hearing his praise, and wished she could tell him to shut up immediately.

It's not a good thing for a man to praise himself in front of his own man!

If you encounter someone who's petty and jealous, they might get jealous in a heartbeat. (End of Chapter)