Urban drama: Starting with marrying the beautiful and wealthy Jiang Lai

She quickly replied, "Sorry, I have to go back to walk the dog."

Later, everyone discovered that Xu Hongdou's home stroll was actually with an electronic dog, which was really funny.

This detail shows that Xu Hongdou knows very well what kind of love she wants. She won't let anyone get close to her casually, and socializing with someone who has no chance is a waste of time.

As you can see, when Xu Hongdou first arrived at Youfeng Courtyard, she ate at Xie Zhiyao's house and then met Master Ma, Teacher Hu, and Nana in the courtyard.

When Teacher Hu saw her, he thought, "Wow, she's a real beauty!" and quickly went up to ask for her WeChat.

Xu Hongdou reacted very quickly, saying, "Look, my phone is broken," and then refused to go again.

Chapter 317 gave Xu Hongdou no chance to refuse him!

At this moment, Cao Meng was somewhat glad that he hadn't confessed his feelings to Xu Hongdou before.

If Xu Hongdou had rejected his confession earlier, this whole situation might not have happened.

Perhaps because so many men pursued her, Xu Hongdou had become so used to rejecting them that she developed a good habit of saying no and had always been adept at rejecting men's advances.

That's why Cao Meng wouldn't give Xu Hongdou a chance to refuse him.

He wanted Xu "050" Hongdou to take the initiative to confess her feelings to him.

If you look closely at the windy areas, you can see that Xu Hongdou is very experienced in dealing with men's advances and is particularly good at rejecting them.

When Xie Zhiyao asked her to volunteer and help manage the coffee shop, she mistakenly thought that Xie Zhiyao was praising her and wanted to pursue her.

She politely interrupted Xie Zhiyao, not letting him finish speaking, and told him directly, "You are very good, but I do not accept long-distance relationships or online relationships. I will leave after three months here."

Later, when she realized Xie Zhiyao seemed a little confused, she understood that she had misunderstood.

On their way to the market, Xu Hongdou eased the awkwardness with a single sentence.

She said, "The way you looked at me just now was like a dog seeing a meat bun. Of course I would misunderstand."

While in a windy place, after spending some time together, Xu Hongdou and Xie Zhiyao fell in love with each other.

Just as she was about to leave, Xie Zhiyao finally mustered up the courage to confess his feelings.

He said, "Go live the life you want. I just want you to know that someone really likes you."

Logically speaking, a girl would stay for the person she loves.

However, Xu Hongdou did not. She still followed her original plan, left Yunnan, and returned to her hometown to spend some time with her parents.

Encouraged by his grandmother, Xie Zhiyao called and texted her, and the two began a long-distance relationship. Their feelings continued to develop, and they missed each other very much.

But Xu Hongdou did not immediately go back to find Xie Zhiyao.

After her cousin's life was in danger during childbirth, she realized that life is actually very fragile and began to seriously consider her own life goals and her future with Xie Zhiyao.

After careful consideration and consulting with Ms. Bai, who runs a guesthouse in the area, she decided to return to open her own guesthouse so that she could have both a career and love life.

After Xu Hongdou returned to Yunnan, Xie Zhiyao was very happy and said that he must help her run the guesthouse well. "You came here for me, and I have to take responsibility for you."

At this moment, Xu Hongdou remained very clear-headed. She earnestly told Xie Zhiyao, "I came back because of you, but you are not the only reason. It's also for my own sake, so I will bear the consequences."

After that, the two entered a very sweet dating phase.

Xie Zhiyao couldn't wait until the next day and climbed out the window to ask, "Can we kiss or not?"

Xu Hongdou thought he was so cute that she gave him a kiss.

After opening the door and meeting, Xie Zhiyao said again, "Give me another kiss."

The two fell deeply in love, and everyone witnessed their beautiful romance!

When the two were having dinner with Xie Zhiyao's friend, the friend said, "You've staked your future on President Xie."

Xu Hongdou told him very seriously, "If my guesthouse does well, I'll open branches in other places. If he treats me badly in the future, I won't leave him. I can still live a good life!"

Chapter 318 Cherish the young Xu Hongdou's love-struck mind!

At this moment, at the end of 2013, facing Xu Hongdou, who is still very inexperienced in love, Cao Meng naturally needs to cherish her.

What he cherishes is not just the pure and untainted Xu Hongdou.

He also needs to cherish Xu Hongdou's sensitivity and romantic nature.

Many women criticize the female protagonist's love-struck nature, for example, they might create memes like Wang Baochuan digging for wild vegetables.

But to be honest, it would be quite satisfying for the male protagonist to encounter someone with such a romantic mindset.

Although Xu Hongdou acted very cool and sassy when she went to a windy place, which made many viewers feel very happy.

Now, when Cao Meng is facing Xu Hongdou, he still hopes that Xu Hongdou will act more like a lovestruck person at this moment, rather than being as calm and rational as she was when she went to a windy place.

One can imagine what Xu Hongdou must have experienced in the ten years between 2013 and 2023 to become so clear-headed.

Having gone through certain experiences, when she went to a windy place, no matter how much the two loved each other or how sweet their relationship was, Xu Hongdou remained very clear-headed and took full responsibility for herself, and would never entrust her life's happiness to someone else!

Cao Meng also remembered that when they went to a windy place, Xie Zhiyao took Xu Hongdou home and they parted ways at the airport.

Xu Hongdou said, "Let me hug you." Xie was very sad at that time, but he said, "Never mind, you can go."

Xu Hongdou didn't say, "Never mind, I won't leave," just because she could tell Xie Zhiyao was unhappy.

I believe many girls would choose to stay in this situation because they don't want their lovers to be sad.

Indeed, the two were deeply in love at the time, and were very happy together.

Xu Hongdou understood that Xie Zhiyao truly loved her, and she herself also liked Xie Zhiyao very much.

But she didn't stay; she resolutely turned back and left.

At this moment, Xie Zhiyao said, "Let's hug."

Clearly, Xie Zhiyao understood Xu Hongdou, and no matter how reluctant he was, he didn't ask her to stay.

Imagine if Xu Hongdou had stayed at this point, it would certainly have been a happy ending for everyone, since people who love each other should be together!

But what did Xu Hongdou do after she stayed behind? What kind of work did she do?

Does he just want to follow Xie Zhiyao around every day, helping him out and doing whatever Xie Zhiyao needs to do?

What about her own dreams? How will she realize her own value in life?

Therefore, this is unacceptable to Xu Hongdou, a high-level white-collar worker who is very clear about her own abilities!

Just like Xie Zhiyao asked her before, "You're such a stunning beauty, why don't you just find someone with good conditions to marry?"

Xu Hongdou said, "Only what you have is truly yours. I'm attracted to other people's good conditions, but they're attracted to my beauty. In a few years, I'll still be a beauty, but will their conditions still be good?"

This was, of course, just a joke she made, which also shows that she never thought about gaining wealth or achieving her life's ideals through marriage. She always understood that women should rely on themselves.

It's likely that Xu Hongdou doesn't yet have this awareness: "No matter how good the relationship is, no matter how outstanding your partner is, how much they like you, or how good they are to you, a woman should always remain clear-headed, have her own life ideals, and strive for them to achieve her life goals, rather than depending on someone else."

Chapter 319 Without Liu Tianxian, we must get Xu Hongdou!

Now that Xu Hongdou has taken the initiative to approach Cao Meng, Cao Meng certainly won't refuse.

Cao Meng looked at Xu Hongdou with a smile and said, "I admire your courage very much. It is very rare for a girl to take such initiative."

You should never think that if a girl takes the initiative, men will think she is too easy to get and will not cherish her.

I'm telling you, you don't need to worry about this at all.

Whether a woman is cherished or not has nothing to do with whether she takes the initiative or not.

It all comes down to her intrinsic value.

I believe in you. Besides your beauty, you also have intelligence. Study hard and improve yourself so that I can give you this hotel chain in the future!

Xu Hongdou was taken aback and quickly asked, "Isn't this five-star hotel owned by American Capital? How come it's yours? Are you trying to acquire this hotel?"

Cao Meng smiled mysteriously and said, "I'll tell you later. Anyway, you'll become a general manager one day. Now you need to always hold yourself to the standards of a future general manager and improve your abilities as much as possible, especially your management skills!"

Xu Hongdou had no doubt about what Cao Meng told her, because she already knew from Gan Jing and others that Cao Meng was incredibly good at making money.

He now owns more than just Haidilao; he also owns three other companies, each with hundreds of millions of yuan in investment. Moreover, his stock market investments are snowballing, and his total assets are probably in the billions.

Therefore, Xu Hongdou believes that Cao Meng will hand over the management of the hotel to her in the future, and her career dream will be realized.

Xu Hongdou smiled and said, "I will not let you down. I will work hard!"

Cao Meng said that earlier because he could foresee that, given the system's usual behavior, once he won Xu Hongdou, the system would definitely reward him with shares related to the hotel, and he would be able to obtain the hotel.

This is not a single hotel, but a chain of hotels all over the world, with total assets of no less than 10 billion.

This is one of the reasons why Cao Meng did not refuse Xu Hongdou.

Of course, the most important thing wasn't money, but that he really liked Xu Hongdou.

We could sense before that he really, really liked Xu Hongdou.

His affection for Xu Hongdou stemmed from his previous infatuation with Liu Tianxian, the original form of Xu Hongdou, before he transmigrated.

In this timeline, there is no Liu Tianxian, only Xu Hongdou, so Cao Meng is determined to get Xu Hongdou.

(Recommended new book "Urban Drama: Wang Manni Wins by Lying Down, but is Blocked at the Door by Gu Jia" is a novel that travels through urban time and space, which is a convergence of novels such as Thirty, The Good Man, Mr. Right, Ode to Joy, and Golden Years.)

He rescued Wang Manni from the clutches of playboy Liang Zhengxian! Wang Manni introduced him to her best friends Gu Jia and Zhong Xiaoqin!

"...He meets all my fantasies about men!" Gu Jia introduced him to her younger sister Gu Qingyu and cousins ​​Gu Xiaoyan and Gu XiaoB!

He saved Jiang Lai, a wealthy and beautiful woman, from jumping off a building! Jiang Lai introduced him to Gan Jing, Peng Jiahe, and Xu Li! He cured Andy's mental illness! Andy introduced him to Qiu Yingying, Fan Shengmei, and Guan Juer!

He cured Chen Nanxing, and Xu Hongdou repaid him with her body. Gu Jia and others all seemed to have lucky charms for their husbands, making his fortune explode! Effortlessly, his total assets exceeded one trillion, making him the world's richest man!

Chapter 320 Xu Hongdou, how could you develop feelings for a guest?

Xu Hongdou could tell that Cao Meng really, really liked her; it was the kind of liking that made him want to meld her into his body.

Xu Hongdou was initially confused by Cao Meng's coldness, but now she realizes that this man is reciprocating her feelings, and she is overjoyed.

Cao Meng was Xu Hongdou's first love, so she needed to be firmly chosen by him.

The feeling of being firmly chosen is so wonderful. It feels like there is someone in this world who is living for me, and it feels like my life has meaning from now on.

At this moment, Xu Hongdou completely forgot that Cao Meng had many other women.

She now sees only herself in Cao Meng's eyes.

She could sense that she was the most beautiful in Cao Meng's eyes.

That was enough; she asked for nothing more.

However, they did not start dating immediately because Cao Meng was worried that she would not have the energy.

Cao Meng then asked with concern, "Have you had dinner tonight?"

Xu Hongdou shook her head and said, "I just ate some fruit!"

Cao Meng quickly ordered some late-night snacks to be served, a sumptuous meal to share with Xu Hongdou.

When the staff who came to serve the late-night snack saw Xu Hongdou, they were taken aback.

Previously, they had only seen Xu Hongdou with deliberately ugly makeup, but they never expected that Xu Hongdou would be so beautiful without makeup, comparable to the most beautiful female celebrities.

The staff member seemed a little worried about Xu Hongdou and whispered, "Xu Hongdou, he has many girlfriends, don't you care at all?"

Xu Hongdou said frankly, "This question has tormented me for a long time, but now I've figured it out. He is a perfect man in every way. He is a gift from heaven to women. Other women can share him, so why can't I?"

The staff member was speechless, but couldn't help saying, "Let's put that aside for now, but you developing feelings for a guest violates our professional rules. Aren't you worried about getting fired?"

Xu Hongdou had already thought this through and sneered, "If you develop feelings for an ordinary guest, you might get fired."

But Mr. Cao is a guest in the presidential suite. Would the hotel management fire me because he and I have developed feelings for each other?

The staff member was speechless. Yes, the person who had developed feelings for him was a VIP in the presidential suite, and not just some nouveau riche with money. It seemed that they had a very good relationship in all aspects.

However, if you encounter a very demanding hotel manager, such as a general manager or deputy general manager, who would rather offend such VIPs than compromise their order, then you'll be in trouble.

Unfortunately, their hotel general manager is a very demanding and stubborn person, so if Xu Hongdou and Cao Meng get together, there is a high risk that she will be fired.

So the staff member was still a little worried about Xu Hongdou and advised her to calm down.

(Recommended new book "Urban Drama: Wang Manni Wins by Lying Down, but is Blocked at the Door by Gu Jia" is a novel that travels through urban time and space, which is a convergence of novels such as Thirty, The Good Man, Mr. Right, Ode to Joy, and Golden Years.)

He rescued Wang Manni from the clutches of playboy Liang Zhengxian! Wang Manni introduced him to her best friends Gu Jia and Zhong Xiaoqin!

"He's 188cm tall, and when he lies down he's 18... a perfect man, he fits all my fantasies about men!" Gu Jia introduced him to her younger sister Gu Qingyu and cousins ​​Gu Xiaoyan and Gu XiaoB!

He saved Jiang Lai, a wealthy and beautiful woman, from jumping off a building! Jiang Lai introduced him to Gan Jing, Peng Jiahe, and Xu Li! He cured Andy's mental illness! Andy introduced him to Qiu Yingying, Fan Shengmei, and Guan Juer!

He cured Chen Nanxing, and Xu Hongdou repaid him with her body. Gu Jia and others all seemed to have lucky charms for their husbands, making his fortune explode! Effortlessly, his total assets exceeded one trillion, making him the world's richest man!

Chapter 321 Taking Xu Hongdou for a Bath!