Chapter 298 - 197: You Have to Keep Spicing Things Up to Keep a Man Interested
Feng Qi walked ahead with Lin Jiang following behind. He noticed a leaf stuck to her peachy rear.
When they reached the second floor of the pavilion, Feng Qi leaned over the railing, her butt jutting out and presenting a perfect shape.
While taking selfies, she also took lots of pictures of the scenery, showing no intention of looking for anyone.
"There’s a leaf stuck to your behind. Want me to get it?"
"Let me see."
Feng Qi turned and tried to look behind her.
"Brother Jiang, I can’t quite reach it. Can you get it for me?"
"Sure."
Feng Qi knew perfectly well whether she could reach it, as did Lin Jiang. There was no need to point it out.
Lin Jiang reached out and plucked the leaf from her butt.
SLAP SLAP SLAP—
She patted the dust off her butt a few times, making a crisp sound.
It reminded Lin Jiang of the sound of "playing cards" last night. It had been just as crisp.
In his experience, thinner people had a higher tolerance for pain. If all went as expected, Feng Qi’s "card-playing" skills should be even better.
"Brother Jiang, let’s go check out some other places. I saw some other spots with nice scenery."
"Mm."
In order to ’find’ Zhou Sui more quickly, the two of them wandered over to some other places.
"Brother Jiang, how did you and Fangfei meet?" Feng Qi initiated the conversation.
"I was her client. We met when I was buying a house," Lin Jiang said.
"Buying a house? But Fangfei sells apartments at Century Triumph."
"So I bought an apartment at Century Triumph. Is that hard to understand?"
"Huh? You bought an apartment at Century Triumph?"
She stopped in her tracks, staring at Lin Jiang in shock.
She had a very clear understanding of her and Zhao Fangfei’s station in life.
Given their circumstances, landing a boyfriend of Zhou Sui’s caliber was already pretty good.
In the back of her mind, she’d figured that even if Lin Jiang was richer than Zhou Sui, it probably wasn’t by much.
But if Lin Jiang had bought an apartment at Century Triumph, that changed everything!
That place was the pinnacle of luxury real estate in Zhonghai!
Ordinary rich people genuinely couldn’t afford it!
Only those who had entered the ranks of the truly super-rich would dare to buy a place at Century Triumph!
"I heard Fangfei mention that Century Triumph seems to only have 298 and 681-square-meter floor plans. Oh, right, I think there are also some 100-plus-square-meter apartments, which I hear are pretty nice too."
Lin Jiang smiled. He could tell right away that Feng Qi was fishing for information.
Now was the time to give her what she wanted to hear.
"I bought the 681-square-meter unit."
"What?!"
Feng Qi stared at Lin Jiang, stunned. "That apartment must be worth over a hundred million, right?"
Lin Jiang nodded. "I spent 168 million on it."
"168 million..."
Feng Qi’s brain short-circuited.
For someone of her social class, 168 million was an absolutely astronomical figure.
’No wonder Fangfei latched onto him. He’s this loaded!’
’Compared to him, Zhou Sui is a total nobody!’
’Why couldn’t I have met a man this good first!’
"Brother Jiang, you’re really amazing. Buying such an expensive house at your age."
"It’s just an apartment. Nothing special, really."
"Brother Jiang, being too humble isn’t always a good thing... RING RING RING—"
Halfway through her sentence, Feng Qi’s phone rang. It was an unknown number.
"I think it’s the staff calling."
With that, Feng Qi answered the phone.
"Hello, your friend has been found. We’re bringing him back to the hotel."
"Okay, okay, thank you so much."
After thanking them, Feng Qi hung up.
"Brother Jiang, they found him. Let’s head back too."
"Mm, okay."
The two walked back toward the hotel.
As they were about to exit the woods, Feng Qi said:
"Brother Jiang, you have such a great physique. You must work out, right?"
Lin Jiang could sense that Feng Qi had an ulterior motive.
"I go when I’m not busy."
"Then you must be an expert. I work out too. Can I add you as a friend? That way I can ask you for advice if I run into any problems."
"No problem."
Lin Jiang took out his phone, and the two added each other as friends.
Just then, they walked out of the forest.
"Brother Jiang, I’ll go on ahead. You can wait here for Fangfei. We’ll meet up in the hotel lobby later."
"Okay."
Feng Qi quickened her pace and left.
Lin Jiang smiled. ’Gotta say, Feng Qi knows the rules of the game.’
Taking out his phone, Lin Jiang contacted Zhao Fangfei. It wasn’t long before she walked over from a short distance away, and they returned to the hotel together.
When they arrived at the lobby, the staff had already left.
Zhou Sui was standing with Feng Qi, his head hanging low.
"Where did you go? We were looking for you for ages."
"I was just up on the mountain enjoying the scenery. Thanks to you guys, I got dragged back before I could finish."
Lin Jiang glanced at Zhou Sui’s shirt and pants. They were covered in scratches and smeared with dirt. He had probably fallen somewhere.
Feng Qi rolled her eyes. Zhou Sui was embarrassing her to death.
Zhao Fangfei didn’t expose him either, smoothing things over by saying:
"Let’s all go back and get ready. We’re going camping this afternoon."
"Mm-hm."
The four of them returned to their respective rooms, tidied up a bit, and began preparing food for the camping trip.
Not wanting to share a tent with Zhou Sui, Lin Jiang went out and bought a new one, along with some other food and fruit.
After buying everything, he opened the game panel.
He saw that he had spent over 80,000, and the capture would soon be complete.
"I’m not going. You guys go ahead," Zhou Sui said.
"We all agreed to go camping this afternoon. Why aren’t you going now?"
"I just don’t feel like it. You guys go."
Zhou Sui walked off without looking back, thinking he looked cool.
"I can’t with him. Is his brain waterlogged?"
Feng Qi linked arms with Zhao Fangfei. "Come on, let’s go camping. It’s rare that we get to come out here, we can’t waste this opportunity."
"Yeah, let’s go."
Even Feng Qi had no intention of going after Zhou Sui, so there was even less reason for her to.
’It’ll be more fun without that outsider around.’
"Do you know where Zhou Sui went? How do you just disappear while hiking a mountain?" Zhao Fangfei asked on the way.
"Don’t even mention it. It’s too embarrassing to even talk about," Feng Qi said.
"He wanted to beat Brother Jiang, so he tried to take a shortcut, lost his footing, and fell. Luckily, it wasn’t a long drop, or he would’ve broken a bone."
Zhao Fangfei laughed as she spoke. "I’m getting the feeling he’s a little immature."
"I’m getting that feeling too."
Zhou Sui’s behavior reminded Lin Jiang of Liu Hongquan from before.
They seemed to be the same type of person: they wanted to act cool but lacked the ability, giving off the vibe of a natural-born clown.
The three of them found a clearing, set up the tent, and started their camping picnic.
"After we finish eating, am I supposed to go find a place to be by myself?" Feng Qi whispered in Zhao Fangfei’s ear while they ate.
"Huh? Why?"
"A full belly leads to lustful thoughts. Once you’re all fed and watered, it’ll be time for Brother Jiang to go full-throttle."
"Holy crap, you’re so wild! First the mountaintop, now here. Where do you get all these weird ideas?"
"You have to keep switching things up to keep a man interested in you," Feng Qi said with a grin.
"Don’t worry, I’ll leave as soon as we’re done eating. I won’t be a third wheel."
"Stop talking nonsense. How could we do that in broad daylight?"
Although Zhao Fangfei was a high-level green tea, when it came to being open, she was probably no match for Feng Qi.
"You just said it yourself, it’s broad daylight. It’d be a shame not to take advantage of it."
"Go on, get out of here."
Full and satisfied, the three of them sat around brewing tea and chatting, feeling quite content.
Perhaps tired from the hike, after chatting for a while, the two women felt a wave of drowsiness and lay down to sleep.
Lin Jiang, alone, enjoyed the rare and beautiful scenery.
Around five in the afternoon, as the sun began to set, the camping trip ended. The three of them packed up their things and left.
Back at the hotel, when they saw Zhou Sui again, he was in the ground-floor coffee shop, pretentiously sipping a coffee.
Lin Jiang noticed that his resentment had deepened.
If he were to keel over right now, he would definitely become a vengeful spirit in red.
Lin Jiang could understand his mood. He’d wanted to make a big splash on the mountain, but ended up taking a big shit instead. Anyone would be in a bad mood in his place.
"That was such a comfortable nap."
Feng Qi stretched her limbs, ignoring Zhou Sui’s mood, and said to herself:
"Right now, a full-body spa is what I need to really relax."
Hiking was physically demanding, and a full-body massage was indeed a great way to recover quickly.
"Now I remember, the hotel has a hot spring, and I think they do offer massage services," Zhao Fangfei said.
"AHEM, HEM, HEM..." Zhou Sui coughed deliberately to draw everyone’s attention and said:
"Then let’s go check it out. It’s on me. It can’t be that much money."