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

But now it is truly standing in front of me.

Peng Jiahe was extremely grateful to and deeply loved Cao Meng, the man who was with her.

She couldn't help but say to Cao Meng emotionally, "Husband, I don't want to use contraception anymore. I want to have your child."

"Only after I give birth to your child will I feel qualified to be the mistress of this big villa!"

Cao Meng looked at the little princess in his arms with eyes full of doting affection.

He couldn't bear to shatter Peng Jiahe's ideals.

In Cao Meng's opinion, although Peng Jiahe was very tall, her face was so small and delicate that she looked a few years younger than Cao Meng's actual age. She was perfect to be pampered like a little princess, and he couldn't imagine what it would be like for her to be pregnant and give birth.

So Cao Meng said to Peng Jiahe, "I still hope you will become an actor and a star, and then have children after you have achieved a certain level of success in your career."

Let's enjoy our romance now; having children is a long way off!

Peng Jiahe imagined it too; she was only 18 years old now, and it wouldn't be too late to consider having children 10 years from now.

She wrapped her arms around Cao Meng's neck tenderly and said coquettishly, "Honey, this swimming pool is so big! Let's swim together. I'm not very good at swimming, can you teach me?"

It turned out that Cao Meng was a landlubber just like him, only able to doggy paddle.

I originally thought Cao Meng was omnipotent, but I didn't expect him to be so clumsy in this aspect.

However, Peng Jiahe didn't dislike Cao Meng at all. On the contrary, she thought Cao Meng's doggy-paddle was cute: "Honey, you're so adorable!"

Cao Meng felt a little embarrassed. A 23-year-old man was being praised as cute and adorable by an 18-year-old girl.

Cao Meng and Peng Jiahe whispered sweet nothings to each other in the pool.

A short while later, they tested the sturdiness of the master bedroom bed in the villa.

Peng Jiahe was so tired that she fell asleep peacefully.

The top-notch nanny that Cao Meng found through the agency has arrived. She can cook and drive, so she can drive Peng Jiahe to and from school.

As for vehicles, Cao Meng chose to rent rather than buy one.

Because, apart from a very few limited-edition supercars, most cars are consumables and do not hold their value at all; they depreciate as soon as you buy them.

The car rental company with whom he had a very pleasant working relationship provided him with 10 mid-sized cars.

Nine of the vehicles were placed at the Haidilao hot pot restaurant for picking up and dropping off customers, while the other vehicle was given to the top-notch nanny to take care of Peng Jiahe.

Peng Jiahe felt a little uneasy during her date because she was thinking of her grandmother who was still living in the old house.

She plans to go back with the nanny after she has slept well and bring her grandmother to live with her.

As for Lu Yuan, he can stay in the old house, which is closer to the Western restaurant where he works.

As night fell, Cao Meng remembered he had another appointment that evening, so he kissed Peng Jiahe goodbye and returned to the Haidilao hot pot restaurant.

When he was away, the Haidilao hot pot restaurant was well-organized under the management of his female assistant, Yang Tao, who was dignified, beautiful and elegant.

The first batch of waiters he originally selected have now been trained and put into practice to become very capable. They are all eager to try and wait for the future when they can manage a branch on their own.

Cao Meng sent the best-performing waiters to inspect suitable store locations in preparation for opening a branch.

Once they find a suitable storefront, Cao Meng and Yang Tao will inspect it to see if it's suitable to open a branch.

When Yang Tao saw Cao Meng return, she quickly went up to him and said with a smile, "Boss, Ms. Gan Jing has arrived and is now in your office."

As you instructed, a table has been placed in your office.

Once all the guests have arrived, two waitresses will come to serve you…

Yang Tao had worked as a lobby manager for many years, and through years of welcoming and seeing off customers, she had developed very thoughtful and meticulous professional qualities.

Now that he's in charge of this hot pot restaurant, he's quickly adapted to the pace and is showing great care and consideration.

However, when she faced Cao Meng, she still wore the professional smile she had practiced while shaking her chopsticks. Although it was sweet, it wasn't genuine.

Yang Tao is still wearing a black suit uniform, which accentuates her perfect curves.

Her long, black, and shiny hair was styled into a perfect updo.

She has a round, oval face, fair and radiant skin, delicate features, and a very approachable smile.

But Cao Meng knew that this woman was still psychologically distant from him.

After all, she was willing to stay and help him in the first place in order to get information about her ex-boyfriend who had cheated her out of money.

Cao Meng wasn't in a hurry. He had signed a 10-year contract with this woman, so he could slowly train her.

He nodded and said, "Very good, you can go and do other things now!"

Yang Tao breathed a long sigh of relief, and the blush on her face faded.

In fact, she was always very nervous and a little shy whenever she had close contact with her boss, Cao Meng.

Because she couldn't help but think of what Jiang Lai had told her.

Every time Jiang Lai came to the hot pot restaurant and saw Yang Tao looking so serious, she couldn't help but want to tease her.

She would occasionally tell Yang Tao the details of her dates with Cao Meng.

Cao Meng probably couldn't even imagine that Yang Tao, who was not even related to him, already knew many of his bedroom secrets.

When Yang Tao faced Cao Meng, many scenes that Jiang Lai had told her flashed through her mind.

Cao Meng looked dressed in a suit and tie, but after Yang Tao imagined it, it was as if he wasn't wearing anything at all.

One can imagine how nervous and shy Yang Tao must have been when facing Cao Meng.

Many times she wanted to run away, not wanting to be in such an awkward situation anymore.

However, she signed a 10-year contract with Cao Meng, with a penalty of 10 million yuan for breach of contract!

Yang Tao could only blush and endure the embarrassment and nervousness as she spent every day with Cao Meng.

Just as Yang Tao turned to leave, Cao Meng suddenly called out to her, "Yang Tao, wait a minute!"

When Yang Tao turned around, Cao Meng frowned and looked at her clothes, saying, "Could you change into a larger size of your uniform?"

The starfruit in this timeline is slightly different from the starfruit in the original "Let's Get Married" timeline.

Her face, temperament, and height remained unchanged, but her figure seemed to have been a fusion of her best friend Lan Weiwei's, making her exceptionally voluptuous.

Here's a side note: Lan Weiwei's appearance is a bit too gaudy; she always wears heavy makeup, making it difficult to see her face clearly.

She knew perfectly well that the swindler Li Wei, who used the alias Zhuang Yan, had deceived her best friend Yang Tao so badly, yet she still secretly had an affair with him. How despicable!

Therefore, Cao Meng had absolutely no interest in Lan Weiwei.

The Yangtao of this timeline combines all the advantages of the original Yangtao with Lan Weiwei's good figure, making it a plus version of the original Yangtao.

Yang Tao's uniform was clearly a size too small, and it looked like it might tear at any moment!

This made Yang Tao famous, and everyone knew that Haidilao Hot Pot had a female manager who was extremely beautiful and had a great figure.

Although Cao Meng and Yang Tao were not yet officially dating, he already considered Yang Tao as his future woman.

Of course, he wouldn't want his woman to become the focus of people's gossip.

Therefore, he hoped that Yang Tao could wear slightly looser clothes so that her figure wouldn't be so obvious.

Yang Tao immediately understood Cao Meng's meaning, and her pretty face flushed red: "Then I'll change into a larger size uniform!"

I never expected that Cao Meng would care about my clothes.

After changing into a larger size uniform, Yang Tao began to understand.

Cao Meng changed into a larger size uniform so that his figure wouldn't be so obvious and he wouldn't be spied on by the male customers.

Yang Tao realized that Cao Meng, while showing concern, also revealed a bit of possessiveness.

Yang Tao secretly wondered, could it be that the boss liked her?

Thinking about this, Yang Tao felt a mix of emotions.

During her time working with her boss Cao Meng, Yang Tao's previous negative feelings towards Cao Meng have largely dissipated.

She discovered that Cao Meng was exceptionally outstanding in every way except for his womanizing and philandering.

Besides his outstanding looks, physique, and charisma, he also possesses exceptional business acumen and vision.

Putting aside everything else, his ability to build the Haidilao hotpot brand alone demonstrates his extraordinary business acumen.

With a boss like that, Yang Tao is very confident about her future.

Yang Tao felt a little secretly pleased that such a man liked her.

But the thought that this man had several female confidantes made Yang Tao feel unhappy.

She shook her head slightly. Forget it, I'd better just be a good subordinate and not get involved in his harem rivalry.

……

At this moment, Cao Meng arrived at his office.

He chose this location for his flagship store because it has two floors, totaling over 1000 square meters, which would allow him to have a large office of about 50 or 60 square meters.

A large round table has been placed in the open space in the middle of the office, and all the necessary stone materials have been provided.

Gan Jing arrived a little earlier and was sitting on the sofa, looking at everything in front of him with a sense of accomplishment.

Because the interior design and layout here were all created with her ingenuity, Haidilao's current prosperity is partly due to her efforts.

Cao Meng walked into the office and closed the door behind him.

He strode up to Gan Jing and sat down next to him.

He immediately gave her a big hug: "Sister Gan Jing, thank you for lending me 20 million yuan, it solved my immediate problem!"

Gan Jing assumed Cao Meng's hug was out of gratitude, so she didn't push him away.

When Cao Meng hugged Gan Jing, he could clearly feel that her figure was really good, no less than Yang Tao's.

Interestingly, whether it was to cater to Cao Meng's aesthetic or because there was something wrong with the spiritual energy of this time and space, the women's figures were generally quite plump.

Some key female characters are more than two sizes larger than in their original timeline.

When Gan Jing walked in from outside, he took off his leather jacket, revealing a white shirt underneath.

The white shirt was very fitted and tight, making Cao Meng worried that the buttons would pop off.

After hugging for a while, Cao Meng kissed Gan Jing's cheek.

Gan Jing blushed and asked, "Why did you kiss my cheek?"

Cao Meng said with a smile, "I've noticed that we also have some foreign customers in our hot pot restaurant."

"Then I'll be able to do business with Europeans and Americans. This is Western etiquette I learned; we always greet each other with a kiss on the cheek!"

Gan Jing gave Cao Meng a cute eye roll; this guy always managed to justify his lewd behavior so convincingly.

Before the blush on her face faded, she wanted to tell Cao Meng something very important before the others arrived.

Chapter 68: A complicated and intense relationship with the mature and sophisticated Gan Jing in the office...

Gan Jing was most concerned about one thing right now. He stared intently at Cao Meng and asked with anticipation, "Do you urgently need a lot of funds for Haidilao's expansion?"

Cao Meng nodded and said, "Yes, because I don't plan to lease my Haidilao branch. Instead, I want to learn from McDonald's and KFC and buy the local property, which will tie up a lot of capital."

Because if you rent, you will gradually end up paying the majority of your profits to rent, and you won't be able to enjoy the benefits of rising property prices.

However, establishing branch stores by purchasing properties requires a significant amount of capital. Sister Gan Jing, how much capital do you have right now?

Before this, Cao Meng had heard some bosses talk about their business experiences. His strongest feeling was that, in the early years, the bosses who bought land and built their own factories made more money from selling the land after closing down the factories than from running the factories.

Those who initially chose to lease factory buildings to build their factories, despite entering the industry earlier, ended up giving a large portion of their hard-earned profits to the landlords.

In particular, during the ten years from 2013 to 2023, the profits of all businesses operating in leased properties were not very high, because most of their profits went to rent, and they did not enjoy the benefits of rising property prices.

However, in the following years, prices went crazy, rising repeatedly, with the lowest increase being three times and the highest being ten times.

Cao Meng hopes that his Haidilao hot pot restaurant can be like KFC and McDonald's, operating as a real estate company while also running a catering business, thus fully enjoying the huge profits from rising housing prices.

These real estate companies don't participate in construction like Evergrande and Country Garden; they simply buy properties and enjoy the benefits of rising property prices.

Gan Jing listened to Cao Meng's seemingly logical explanation.

She nodded repeatedly and said, "You're absolutely right, '880' is exactly the point."

"If I invest money in your Haidilao, how many shares are you prepared to give me?"

Cao Meng said, "Jiang Lai invested 20 million yuan before, and I gave her 2% of the shares!"