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Chapter 829 - 828: Do You Like It?

Chapter 829: Chapter 828: Do You Like It?

Yan Bo had been very busy these past few days, just as he was about to secure a piece of land, someone had thrown a wrench in the works and held it up.

That land wasn’t located in L City, but in the neighboring S City.

The first project of Yanhuang Real Estate Company after its establishment was to construct villas in both L City and S City simultaneously; therefore, they planned to acquire the adjacent land in both cities.

On S City’s end, all necessary preparations and work had been done, and the company had already started the development work when suddenly, they received a call from the S City authorities saying that the land could not be handed over for the time being.

Initially, Yan Bo suspected that his father might have been creating obstacles for him, but after calling home to probe, his father seemed indifferent but apparently hadn’t done anything to him.

Yan Bo then made inquiries in L City, but to no avail. In the end, he had no choice but to call his elder brother, Yan Yuan.

"Brother, I’m stuck with that piece of land in S City. Do you know what’s going on?"

There was a moment of silence on Yan Yuan’s end before he replied, "I’m not too sure either, but from what I’ve observed, Secretary Yan of S City seems to be getting quite close to the Lu Family lately."

Like the Yan Family, the Lu Family in Capital City wields tremendous power, and the two families are arch-enemies, each representing the major factions of the current era.

If Secretary Yan is truly aligned with the Lu Family, then it would explain why the land is being held up.

After pondering for a moment, Yan Bo said, "If it’s as you say, brother, Secretary Yan is not playing his cards very wisely!"

Although S City is adjacent to L City, its economy is much less advanced in comparison.

By building this large-scale villas project spanning both cities, Yan Bo had promised to construct a road that would connect the two cities in front of the villas.

Where there’s a road, there’s wealth; the completion of the villas would be all benefit and no harm for S City, which has a relatively weaker economy.

"Indeed it’s not very wise. What about it, do you need me to step in?"

Compared to their father’s numerous obstructions to his younger brother’s business endeavors, Yan Yuan was relatively more permissive towards his brother.

For the matters he couldn’t handle openly, he would help his brother in a roundabout way, using other connections in private.

After all, this brother, although smart, was only twenty years old; at this age in other families, a younger brother would still be stretching out his hand for money and throwing tantrums at home.

"Brother, I don’t need you to step in for such a trivial matter. Focus on your work, and don’t let our father down," Yan Bo said, seemingly very understanding.

This seemingly mature response from Yan Bo made the ordinarily serious Yan Yuan burst into laughter.

"Xiao Bo, do you think I don’t know? If Dad gets disappointed in me, you, the third Young Master of the Yan Family, will have to come home and take up the mantle!"

Even though his hidden meaning was uncovered, Yan Bo wasn’t upset. Instead, he said cheerfully, "Brother, you would never let Dad down. I’m sure you’ll have a smooth and successful career."

The brothers were in good spirits and chatted about family matters for a while before ending the call.

After hanging up the phone, Yan Bo turned on his computer, copied several documents from a certain encrypted folder, then logged into a defunct email account he had registered while studying abroad. He sent the organized documents to Secretary Yan’s private email.

After all this, he checked the time—it was half-past five in the afternoon.

At this time, he might just encounter her if he took a walk.

When he parked his car and entered the clubhouse lobby, indeed, he caught sight of her immediately as she was walking out from the fitness club area.

This clubhouse, owned by the Tong Family, integrated fitness, massage, chess, cards, and various leisure activities in one place.

"Miss Tong!"

Yan Bo quickened his pace to meet her, and as she looked up at him, he said, "What a coincidence!"

Tong Xiaohua didn’t have a bad impression of him, even though he had clearly shown his interest in pursuing her. Perhaps because his method of pursuit was still gentlemanly, she didn’t find it repulsive. In fact, she even felt somewhat favorable towards him.

She nodded at him, "Mr. Yan, are you here to work out?" But seeing him dressed in a crisply tailored suit, he didn’t quite look the part, "Or are you meeting a friend?"

The chess and card club here had a very quiet and unique environment, very suitable for either business discussions or friends looking to pass time and strengthen relationships.

Yan Bo had been here two or three times and was particularly impressed with the chess and card club.

At the time, he didn’t know that the boss of the clubhouse was big brother Tong. It was only after reading Uncle Luo’s data that he learned the truth.

"Yes, I’m meeting a friend."

Actually, where did he have friends to meet? It was just a whim, an intention to engineer a chance encounter with her.

Tong Xiaohua didn’t doubt him and waved to call over the manager.

"Manager Zhu, please take good care of this Mr. Yan, the third young master. I’ll leave him in your hands."

Manager Zhu respectfully addressed him as the third young master, but Yan Bo quickly added, with an apologetic expression,

"Miss Tong, I did actually have a friend I was supposed to meet, but right after I parked the car, I received his phone call saying that something urgent came up at home and he couldn’t make it. I thought, since I’m already here, I might as well go inside and apply for an annual membership card."

Hearing his explanation, Manager Zhu quickly pointed to the VIP guest card seat.

"Then please, Mr. Yan, have a seat over there. I’ll go to the front desk and get the forms to help you with the registration."

Yan Bo nodded at him and turned to look at Tong Xiaohua, "Miss Tong, would you do me the honor of joining me for a cup of coffee? I have a small question I’d like to ask you."

If it were anyone else, Tong Xiaohua would certainly not have agreed.

After all, it was blatantly flirting—inviting her for coffee and asking questions were just excuses.

But even though she knew he was hitting on her, for some reason, she just couldn’t decline him with the same firmness as she did other boring men in the past.

Perhaps it was because he had sent her flowers for several days in a row, or maybe, because he was about to become a major annual VIP of the clubhouse.

Tong Xiaohua found a seemingly reasonable excuse for herself and turned to Uncle Ming, who had been following her.

"Uncle Ming, could you please wait for me in the car?"

Uncle Ming nodded, smiled at Yan Bo, and walked out.

Yan Bo waited for Tong Xiaohua to take her seat before he sat down himself.

"Mr. Yan, thank you for the flowers and gifts."

Tong Xiaohua wasn’t impolite. Having received flowers from him for consecutive days, it was only right to thank him in person upon meeting.

However, talking about Yan Bo, he really was thoughtful. On the first day of his congratulations, he sent bright red roses, which even without checking, Tong Xiaohua knew were used for confessions.

The flowers sent to the Tong Family Mansion on the first day were pink roses, their meaning being "declaration of love, first love, and fondness for your bright smile."

The second day’s delivery was purple bellflowers, symbolizing "unchanging love, everlasting love."

And on the third day, it was purple tulips, which meant "noble love, endless love."

It must be said, even if Tong Xiaohua was a veteran in matters of the heart, having a man pursue her so romantically was bound to stir her emotions.

Moreover, wasn’t she a blank slate when it came to gender relationships?

Yan Bo watched her, his deep-set eyes shimmering faintly with heat and tenderness.

"Do you like them?"