Forcing Me to Be a Godly Tycoon, Right?

Because Xu Donghai had agreed to let Zhang Jingdong date Xu Nuo, the atmosphere at breakfast was especially harmonious.

After breakfast, as usual, Xu Donghai and his wife left the villa first and went to the company.

Xu Nuo finally couldn’t help asking Zhang Jingdong, "How did you convince my dad?"

Zhang Jingdong popped another fried dumpling into his mouth, then said, "I didn’t convince him; I beat him into submission!"

"Wh-what!?" Xu Nuo was instantly a bit stunned. "You... what do you mean by that?"

"Exactly what it sounds like." Zhang Jingdong took a sip of chicken soup. "This morning your dad insisted on sparring with me for real. He figured he’s so much older than me, his actual combat experience must be way richer, so he wanted to give me a lesson."

"Seeing him so confident, I took the chance to suggest a little bet."

"If I could beat him within three moves, then he’d promise me one thing. But if I couldn’t take him down within three moves, then I’d promise him one thing."

"And then... you know, when I’m the one proposing a bet, I never lose."

"But don’t worry, I went easy on your dad and also made sure to save his face, that’s why he was so happy to accept the result."

Xu Nuo suddenly understood, then abruptly thought of something. "Tch... you actually dared to settle something this important with a bet... Didn’t you ever think about what you’d do if you lost? My dad has been practicing martial arts for more than twenty years, you know."

At that, Zhang Jingdong deliberately turned his head to glance at the doorway, then said, "Your dad does have real skills, but since this had to do with whether our relationship could work out, I’m not exaggerating at all: even if your dad were Erlang God, I could still beat him into submission. That’s the power of love!"

Even though what he said was a bit of a stretch, Xu Nuo felt a sudden warmth in her heart when she heard it.

She didn’t say anything, though. Instead, she picked up a fried dumpling and put it in his bowl.

Zhang Jingdong naturally understood, picked up that dumpling and popped it straight into his mouth, chewing for quite a while before swallowing.

Then he smirked. "This fried dumpling is really delicious... but no matter how good it is, it’s still not as tasty as you were last night."

Xu Nuo hadn’t expected him to say something like that. She instinctively glanced at Qi Siyuan, then threw Zhang Jingdong a coyly reproachful look. "What nonsense are you talking about? Just eat your breakfast!"

Zhang Jingdong laughed out loud, then wolfed down another four or five dumplings in a row.

About ten minutes later, Zhang Jingdong finished breakfast.

Just then his Cellphone suddenly rang.

He took it out and glanced at it.

It was a call from Zhang Xiaolong.

He immediately picked up. "Hello, Mr. Zhang."

"Boss Zhang, I’ve already talked with Bo Da’s Mr. Li. His final asking price is eighteen million. What do you think?"

After locking in Zhang Xiaolong last night, Zhang Jingdong had originally wanted to call his current boss directly, but Zhang Xiaolong said he wanted to convince his own boss himself.

Zhang Jingdong felt that might actually be more appropriate, so he agreed, and even promised Zhang Xiaolong that he would accept whatever price Zhang Xiaolong managed to negotiate in the end.

And Zhang Jingdong had originally thought the final price would most likely be over twenty million; he hadn’t expected him to say eighteen million now.

Zhang Jingdong was instantly delighted and said, "Sure, no problem!"

"Alright. When would you like to come to the company?"

"My team should be getting to Guangzhou a little after nine. How about this, we’ll come over at ten."

"Okay, I’ll be waiting for you at the company."

"Mm, see you in a bit."

After hanging up, Zhang Jingdong noticed that Xu Nuo’s mood was clearly much worse than just now, so he said, "What’s wrong? I shouldn’t have answered that call just now?"

Xu Nuo secretly let out a breath, then deliberately acted nonchalant. "Nothing, it’s fine."

Zhang Jingdong chuckled and shook his head. "Look at you. You keep saying you can’t stand me, but deep down you definitely can’t bear to see me leave."

"Relax, I’m just going back to Jiangdu to take care of some things. When you guys go to Luoyang, I’ll definitely come to Luoyang to find you."

"And it’s already the end of July. In about another month summer break will be over. After that we’ll be in Jiangdu together for more than four months. Tsk tsk, just thinking about it is infinitely wonderful!"

"Besides, a little separation makes the reunion sweeter. You can also use this time apart to really savor all the bits and pieces of what’s happened between us, and develop a deep and thorough understanding of our relationship."

"Let’s aim for when we see each other next time, you’ve already fully accepted that we’re dating, and you’re a bit more passionate, a bit more proactive, a bit more wild... oh no, I mean romantic."

Xu Nuo pressed her lips together. "...And what about you?"

Zhang Jingdong shrugged. "I’ll also use this time to carefully relive everything we’ve gone through together, then miss you properly, and think hard about what games we should play the next time we meet."

"And I’ll also call you regularly, asking about all the fun things happening in your life, while sharing the fun things happening in mine."

Maybe Xu Nuo was very pleased with what he’d just said, or maybe she truly couldn’t bear to part with him. She nodded. "...Okay."

Just then, Zhang Jingdong raised his hand to check the time, then said, "We’ve still got nearly an hour. How about this, let’s go upstairs and I’ll teach you two some self-defense moves."

"After all, I did promise before that I’d teach you, and since I won’t be around for a while, this is what’ll be most practical for you two."

Xu Nuo glanced at Qi Siyuan, then nodded. "...Mm."

The three of them tidied up a bit, then went back upstairs together.

At that point, Zhang Jingdong said, "Since time is limited and solo self-defense is harder to learn, and there are two of you, I’ll teach you some partner self-defense techniques now."