At noon, the family made a reservation in a well-known restaurant in Magic City.

After coming here, I saw Zhang Meng, who was looking forward to it, in front of the decorated restaurant.

After getting off the car, Xu Ning parked the car in the parking space in front of the door, and then saw Zhang Meng stepping on high heels and shaking a neat short hair trot over.

"Uncle Xu, Aunt Qin, how are you." Zhang Meng greeted them with a bright smile, then bowed his head and rubbed Xu Rui's small face, "Oh, Xu Rui, it's been a long time since I saw you, the longer you are. handsome."

Xu Rui broke Zhang Meng's hand vigorously, "Sister Zhang Meng, I'm all a junior high school student, anyway, you can save face outside."

"Heh, you little guy is still polite with your sister, then I'll give you face outside, and you will let me rub it later?" Zhang Meng walked to Xu Ning's side, holding her arm, "You really felt like There is me, and I know that Laimodu will come to me for dinner. Are you free in the afternoon? Come to the studio to have a look, and let the three small employees of the company look at their second boss."

"Okay, how did you come here?" Xu Ning asked.

"How can I come here? Take a taxi. Our studio has received less than five orders since it opened. Two of the orders for us were wedding decorations at my classmates' homes. Two of them were introduced by them. That way, I’m thankful, do you think I’m the same as you, I can make a lot of money in an instant?"

"You girl is not bad too. I started my own business as soon as I graduated from university. It is always difficult to get started. After this period of time, when others see the results of your studio, business will gradually increase in the future. Worried." Qin Xuejuan encouraged by the side.

Zhang Meng nodded happily, "I have the right to comfort when others tell me that, but Aunt Qin's encouragement, I am very motivated, who gives you insight?"

"This child is much more lively than when he was a child." Qin Xuejuan laughed.

Xu Ning looked at Zhang Meng and smiled: "My mother meant that you are crazy now."

"Tsk, don't misunderstand Aunt Qin's meaning, Aunt Qin is complimenting me, I don't believe you."

When they came to the restaurant, they sat down in the lobby on the second floor, because the private room was full, otherwise it would be comfortable to gather in the private room for dinner. They also booked their seats this morning, and the private rooms are usually there. It can only be booked a week in advance, or even half a month ago.

"Next year, the villa on Yunwu Mountain will be completed in May. Then you can go over and design it for me." Xu Ning said, "Although I'm the encouragement of your studio, the money is still given."

"Then you have to give it. You gave it to me. I will give it to you when the dividend is paid at the end of the year, so that it is convenient to go to the account." Zhang Meng said.

Xu Rui also interrupted, "Then, Miss Zhang Meng will help me design my villa."

"...Xu Rui, even you, a junior high school student, have a house. Your sister and I still rent a house. Do you want to envy your sister?" Zhang Meng couldn't help rubbing his handsome face again.

Xu Rui smiled and avoided her, "If you want to live, go to my sister's house. Anyway, I won't let you go to my house."

"Why? Sister treats you badly?"

She pretended to be injured, holding her heart and asked.

"That's my private domain!" Xu Rui said proudly.

"Okay, I will have time to go to your sister's villa and enjoy it. Let's also try the taste of the rich."

Soon the food was on the table, and the taste of the food was naturally not bad, but the Qin family’s food was just average. After all, it was still not as good as the food at Ningrui Hotel.

In fact, the operation of Ningrui Hotel is really very hot now. Every day, elites from all walks of life enter in it. Big bosses from abroad who come to China to talk about cooperation or rich people on vacation will also book rooms at Ningrui Hotel.

First of all, the open-air swimming pool on the top of the building is very attractive, but the most important thing is that Ningrui Hotel’s international specialties are really delicious.

There are often big bosses who hold banquets on the top stream. Most of the time is from late spring to early autumn. The water temperature in the swimming pool is constant. Even if it’s a little bit cool in late spring, some people like to go swimming. In fact, there are some in winter. Some people go swimming, and it seems that winter swimming has become a fashion.

After lunch, Qin Zhao personally came to pick up Xu Jianjun and his wife.

"Aunt, uncle, let's go to my company first?" Qin Zhao asked.

"Let's take a look." Qin Xuejuan nodded, and said to Xu Ning behind him: "You and Zhang Meng go, don't forget to make a phone call if you don't go home for dinner at night."

"I know." Xu Ning nodded, and went to the parking spot with Zhang Meng, only to see Xu Rui following along, "You want to join in the fun too?"

Xu Rui blinked his beautiful eyes, "Are you two going to leave me behind?"

"...Then follow me." Xu Ning chuckled, and took Xu Rui to the back seat.

Following Zhang Meng's directions all the way, they came to the Mengzhijia studio located on Binhe Road.

The studio occupies only one floor of an office building with an area of ​​about 600 square meters. Although it doesn't sound large, there are only four people in the company with Zhang Meng.

It was not time to go to work at this time, but the three employees of the studio did not go home. They all gathered in the studio’s lounge for lunch.

"The name looks really good." Xu Ning exaggerated.

Zhang Meng smiled and said: "We are doing decoration design. The main focus is on residential buildings. This name is also easy to pick. As for the word'dream', it is purely coincidental. Even if I am not called Zhang Meng, I am prepared. It seems just right to take such a name now. At first, I thought about putting your name in. It's called "Tranquil Dream". Unfortunately, you don't agree with it."

"The dream of tranquility is awkward when you hear it. Where is this dream house? Besides, I only own shares and won't intervene in your studio. I don't understand. What do you bring me to? This is your company."

"We both." Zhang Meng corrected and led them to the lounge.

The three people inside were two men and one woman. They were still eating at this time, and they hurriedly said hello when they saw the boss coming in.

From the attitude of the three of them, Xu Ning can see that Zhang Meng and the three of them get along very well.

"Boss, when you went out, you brought back a big beauty and a handsome guy. How awesome?" The Mao-inch man said with a smile on his face.

Zhang Meng clapped his hands, "I will introduce to you, this is Xu Ning, the shareholder of our studio. This is her brother Xu Rui. You two shouldn’t hit my friend’s idea. My husband is too handsome to die. Both of you."

Another guy with a pot cover said bitterly: "Of course we both know, but the boss can't hurt people like that? Isn't our revolutionary friendship?"

"There is no such thing, you guys eat it." Zhang Meng greeted Xu Ning to go outside, "Take you around. In fact, the studio is not big, but for the four of us, it is still very empty. Time has been hiring people, but unfortunately there is no suitable one, and now the order is very good. I can’t pay for too many hiring.”

"Don't worry, I believe in your ability, and I like the wedding room you helped me decorate very much. You are very talented in this aspect, and you will definitely be very good in the future."

"Haha, let alone, in fact, I also think I am very good in this area. I am going to wait for next summer to go back and renovate my parents' house."

"Is it necessary?" Xu Ning asked, "Didn't your brother take the university entrance exam next year? He should take your parents to live with him in the future?"

"That will have to be many years from now. I will renovate them now and live first. Anyway, the hometown is not decorated according to the design plan here in the city. It won't cost much, so they can live in a more comfortable place for the time being."

"This is pretty good."

In Zhang Meng's office, the two of them were sitting on the sofa chatting, while Xu Rui was wandering outside.

"There is one thing I haven't told you yet. I talked to a boyfriend." Zhang Meng said this, suddenly looking a little shy.

"Not bad, what is it for?"

"I work in the building next door. The manager of the investment bank is two years older than me. After talking for two months, he has a good personality. Although he is definitely not as good as your husband, he is very calm and tall. It’s tall." Zhang Meng twiddled his fingers, "I told him about his family’s situation, and he didn’t dislike me, but his family’s conditions are very good, and he came back from studying abroad, but I didn’t think I was worthy of it. Get on him."

"You are right in this way. When you are in love between a man and a woman, you shouldn't think who is inferior to one another. Identity and background can't determine anything. Even if he looks better than you now, your development potential is huge. In the relationship, you must not be wronged, and you must not negotiate terms. If he makes terms with you because of your family background before marriage, then you have to think about it."

"I know this." Zhang Meng nodded, "I almost couldn't even go to high school back then, but now I'm still in the demons and have my own studio. If I retreat back to that year, I wouldn't even dare to think about it. Yes, who knows what my achievements will be in another ten years? I can get to this point on my own. I don’t plan to rely on their family in the future. Since I don’t rely on their family, I have nothing to wrong myself. ."

"You should think so." Xu Ning felt relieved. "Others' things are unreliable. Only one's own efforts are truly theirs. No one can take it away. I knew you from the time I knew you. I am an independent person. At that time, I knew that you would be promising. The so-called giants are very attractive to many people, but where is the comfort of us becoming the owners of the giants, and marrying there? If you are not taken seriously at home, you don’t know how depressing life will be. Of course, he treats you well and his parents can accept you. Don’t hesitate. There are not many high-quality men, so you must hurry up."

Zhang Meng's eyes were red when he heard Xu Ning's words.

She hugged Xu Ning next door, resting her head on her shoulders.

"Sure enough, you are the best to me." She whispered twice. "Actually, I fell in love with him. Although I didn't feel inferior, I still felt a bit of trouble. I have not been in a relationship with him for a long time now. It’s still in the running-in stage, occasionally eating a meal, at most, pulling the handle. He hasn’t told his parents yet, nor did I, but I’m still afraid that his parents say I’m clinging to their home. He looks very handsome and is still a turtle. My family is also quite good in Demon City. I like him a lot, otherwise I wouldn’t get along with him."

"A month ago, I was eating out with him and met a sister in my dormitory. I talked to her for a while. It didn’t take long before I heard from other classmates in the same department. She went back and told others about me. I'm really sad when I climbed into the big money."

"I think it's pretty good to get along with her for a few years in college, who can think of it."

Xu Ning patted her hand and said with relief: "Do you think what I said is credible?"

"Why do you ask?" Zhang Meng looked up at her, then wiped the corners of his eyes naturally. He didn't feel any shame in crying in front of Xu Ning. Although I have known Xu Ning for more than ten years, this is the first time. "You are my best friend in Zhang Meng's life, not one of them."

"Then I can tell you very clearly that you are not clinging to the rich, and the so-called rich also depends on what level it is. If the conditions of their family are better than ours, then I admit that his family is a rich, otherwise you are My good friend, no one is qualified to say that you are clinging to a wealthy family. If his parents think the same way, you can tell the other party about this matter. Even my best friend, you are not shamelessly clinging to them. What do you think you cling to them."

Zhang Meng was stunned. For a while, he took out a few pieces of facial tissue from the coffee table and wiped it on his face. Then he took out a wet tissue to wipe his face carefully, and finally put his arm around Xu Ning's arm. A hard kiss on the face.

"Thank you, Ningning, I like you the most."

After speaking, he added, "Their family is not as rich as yours, and Ning Rui is not even as rich as you."

"That's it. Even if you straighten up, we must be polite when facing their family in the future, but we absolutely cannot accept their random planting." Xu Ning stopped Zhang Meng's shoulder and patted lightly. "Furthermore, I can be sure that you will definitely achieve something before you are 30 years old. My vision should be very accurate."

"It shouldn't be, it's definitely true. Just believe me so at you, I won't let you down."

Xu Ning hugged her and smiled happily, "This is the independent, strong and purposeful Zhang Meng I know, otherwise I would suspect that Zhang Meng who was fighting for me in front of me was my illusion."

Xu Rui came in outside, and at the first glance he saw the two sisters hugging each other, the corners of his lips twitched.

"Sister Zhang Meng, can you exchange my sister for me?"

Zhang Meng deliberately hugged Xu Ning in his arms, "No!"

"All right, I will give it to you today." Xu Rui was also joking and walked to the solo sofa to sit down, "My sister still brought you the cosmetics, but I didn't bring it out today."

"Oh, I forgot." Xu Ning just came over at this time, no wonder she felt something was wrong, "You know Sumei cosmetics, right?"

"Hey, of course I know, I also bought a bottle of aloe night cream, the effect is super good." Zhang Meng got up and went to the desk to take out the bottle of cosmetics, "This is the second bottle I used."

"I brought you three sets, enough for you to use for a year, and you will tell me when you run out."

"Thank you, my good Ningning."

In the afternoon, I saw Zhang Meng's drawing of the decoration design of the house here. Xu Ning also gave some comments. Although there are not many, every sentence can make Zhang Meng feel very enlightening.

When she was leaving work, Zhang Meng asked Xu Ning and her brothers to go to the place where she lived for dinner, and said that she would invite her boyfriend to meet up in the evening.

Xu Ning did not refuse, and called He Min from here, saying that he was eating out at night so that the family didn't have to wait for them.

The house Zhang Meng rented is in a house not far from Binhe Road. The house is less than ten years old and is relatively new.

The two walked in front carrying vegetables, "This building has only six floors, including the attic, which is seven floors. The attic I rented is not large in size, but it is quieter."

When he took out the key and opened the door, Xu Ning saw the whole picture of the house. The kitchen is enclosed. The living room is only about 30 square meters. The bedroom area is also more than 20 square meters. There is a bathroom and a room that is not too big. The big and small study, although the sparrow is small and complete.

"The rent is two hundred yuan a month, and the utility bills are paid by myself. I usually eat at the company and then come back to sleep, which is pretty good."

Xu Ning nodded, "It's really good. You deserve to be designed by the house. The house is designed for you to be very warm. You look like a good girl."

"thanks."

After entering the house, Zhang Meng put the remote control into Xu Rui's hand, "Your kid is watching TV here, and your sister and I are cooking inside. When someone knocks on the door, you can open it."

"Sister Zhang Meng's object?" Xu Rui asked with a wicked smile.

"Yes, yes, I am." Zhang Meng glared at Xu Rui, then took Xu Ning to the kitchen.

In the kitchen, Xu Ning scraped fish scales with the back of a knife.

"Your partner will come over for dinner occasionally?"

"Why? I'm just talking to him now, and I haven't met the parents. I will definitely not let him in at home. It was you who came today, and I called him to have dinner at night." Zhang Meng Explain quickly, "I also want face."

"Yes, you must guard yourself before you are sure about the relationship. You must never hand over yourself until the day of your wedding." Xu Ning looked at this dream seriously, "Do you know what I mean?"

"I understand." Zhang Meng nodded, "If I disrespect myself, others will not respect me. If he really wants to do it before marriage, I can only think that his feelings for me will be the same. There is no need to continue getting along."

"If you can think like this, I'm relieved."

But at this moment, downstairs, one by one, with gold-rimmed eyes, a little serious man with a gentle appearance, stopped the car and walked down, looked up at the attic of a certain building, hesitated on the spot for half a minute. , I straightened my tie, took a deep breath, raised his foot and walked into the corridor.

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