With global currency devaluation, I'll wear these back and take my whole family flying!

Seeing Mr. Yang's expression, Shen Ci couldn't help but laugh and said, "Uncle Yang, please don't pull this stunt with me. You've been in Longcheng for so many years, how could you not get a road construction permit?"

Hearing Shen Ci say this, Boss Yang looked slightly troubled: "Sigh, you don't understand unless you deal with these people. The new leadership team in Yangming District these days, how should I put it... is very difficult to deal with."

“Road construction is a good thing. If companies are willing to pay for road construction, how could they refuse to issue permits?”

“That’s true, but…” Boss Yang hesitated, then shook his head: “Forget it, there’s no point in saying more. Since you’ve brought it up, I have to do my best. Wait for my news.”

As he spoke, he looked at Shen Ci with curiosity and asked, "But do you have a concrete plan for this project? What's the budget?"

“We haven’t done a budget,” Shen Ci said truthfully.

She had never worked on such a project before, and cemeteries were such a niche market that she had almost no examples to refer to, but she was convinced that this project would definitely make money.

“You’re doing this again.” Boss Yang looked helpless. “Even if you have money, you can’t just do whatever you want. If you really have an idea, you have to evaluate the budget and at least set a range so that the project doesn’t get out of control.”

"Uncle Yang, do you know any professionals who design cemeteries?" Shen Ci asked.

Mr. Yang immediately laughed and said, "What kind of underworld profession is this? How could anyone specialize in designing cemeteries? You should just find a professional architect to design it. I do have some connections in this field, and I can introduce you if you need it."

"Okay." Shen Ci smiled sweetly and said in a coquettish manner like a junior, "I still have to rely on Uncle Yang to take care of me. I knew you would never abandon me."

"Oh dear, don't flatter me." Boss Yang waved his hand dismissively, "If Xizi were here, you wouldn't be thinking of me first."

Shen Ci covered her face, feeling a little embarrassed by being called out to her face.

But Mr. Yang was obviously joking when he said that. However, what he said next was a bit serious: "But to be honest, I was quite surprised that Xizi would take a liking to you and recognize you as her younger sister. Later, seeing that you two were getting closer, I was secretly jealous quite a bit."

"Really?" Shen Ci was pleasantly surprised. "Uncle Yang would get jealous over something like this? Are you jealous of me or my brother?"

"Oh, I guess so. There's nothing wrong with admitting it." After taking a sip of red wine, Boss Yang continued, "So now that Xizi isn't here, I have to seize the opportunity to take advantage of the situation. Once he comes out, our relationship will be even better, and then we can isolate him together!"

Shen Ci laughed when she heard this, because she knew that Uncle Yang was joking.

The next second, Mr. Yang sighed softly: "Your brother's case will go to trial in less than a month. To be honest, I'm not sure what to do and I'm quite worried."

Shen Ci was no different, he just didn't show it.

“Let’s wait and see. Attorney Qin said that if it doesn’t involve murder or drugs, based on the facts of my brother’s crimes that he has confessed to so far, he won’t be sentenced too severely,” Shen Ci said softly.

Mr. Yang pursed his lips, then smiled slightly: "We can only wait for the result. I hope it will be a good one."

After having dinner with Uncle Yang, it was already nine o'clock in the evening when I got home.

The villa was lit up, and as soon as Shen Ci entered, she smelled the rich aroma of food. In the dining room, her mother and younger brother were having dinner.

Seeing her daughter return, Shen Jingjing stood up and said, "Would you like some more?"

Shen Ci glanced at the dishes on the table; they were all her favorites, but she simply couldn't eat anymore.

He shook his head: "I'm not eating."

"Then let's have a bowl of mung bean soup," Shen Jingjing said, opening the refrigerator and taking out a bowl of chilled mung bean soup to cool you down.

Shen Ci was slightly surprised: "Weren't you not home this afternoon? How did you have time to make mung bean soup?"

"It was made by your Aunt Deng's family. She brought some to our house as well. It's very sweet and refreshing. Your brother just drank two big bowls of it."

Upon hearing this, Shen Xing looked up and grinned foolishly. Shen Ci sat down next to him and asked, "What's going on with you? Weren't you supposed to stay at school during the holidays? Why did you come back?"

I don't know what's wrong with my younger brother. He used to stay home all weekend, but now he's rushing to school early Monday morning.

Now, I don't even want to come back for the National Day holiday.

Shen Ci could only think of one reason.

Seeing her younger brother's hesitant expression, she couldn't help but ask, "Are you in a relationship?"

One sentence made Shen Jingjing look up at her son.

Shen Xing blushed and subconsciously denied it, saying, "No..."

"So you have a girl you like?" Shen Ci asked again.

This time, Shen Xing neither denied it nor immediately admitted it.

Shen Ci blinked: "Is that the boy you like?"

"Sister!" Shen Xing shouted, making Shen Jingjing laugh.

Shen Ci shrugged innocently: "Why such a big reaction? My family is very open-minded. If you like boys, Mom and I will support you."

Shen Jingjing looked at her son with deep maternal love in her eyes. Although she did not express her opinion on the spot, she clearly agreed with her daughter's words.

"Sis!" Shen Xing said, both amused and exasperated, "Of course I like girls!"

"So you have someone you like? Have you pursued her?" Shen Ci perked up immediately, picked up her mung bean soup, and looked at her younger brother with expectant eyes as she drank it.

Shen Xing stopped denying it and nodded: "I chased after them, but I didn't catch up."

"Do you have any photos? Let me see them!" Shen Ci raised an eyebrow at her brother's phone, which was lying to the side.

Shen Xing scratched his head a little embarrassedly, and then his mother said, "Mom, take a look too."

With their eyes locked, Shen Xing pursed her lips, unlocked her phone, and specially selected the best-looking photo of the two of them to show her sister and mother.

It was taken at the aquarium.

Shen Ci picked up her phone, and Shen Jingjing squeezed her head over. The mother and daughter looked at the person in the photo and their eyes lit up at the same time.

Shen Jingjing couldn't help but exclaim, "What a beautiful girl!"

Shen Ci had seen many more beautiful women, and she was surrounded by them, but when she saw Sang Hui's appearance, she genuinely thought she was beautiful, with a kind of ethereal beauty.

"You have good taste. Are you going on a date?" Shen Ci said.

"I guess so," Shen Xing said, then looked at Shen Ci and asked, "Sister, Sang Hui's birthday is coming up soon, and I'm thinking of giving her a gift. Do you think it's better to give her an expensive gift for the first time or to be more modest?"

Shen Ci stared at her younger brother's earnest, inquiring face, then asked in return, "What do you think?"

“I think Sang Hui would prefer more thoughtful gifts. When we go out on dates, she always insists on splitting the bill with me. I don’t think she’s a materialistic girl.”

Do we always split the bill on dates?

Shen Ci smiled and asked again, "So far, you've basically not spent any money on this girl?"

After thinking seriously for a while, Shen Xing shook his head: "Basically none."

Shen Ci tilted her head back and drank the mung bean soup in the bowl until it was empty. Then she said to her younger brother, "What I want to say is that thoughtfulness and value are not contradictory. Since you are so concerned about these two points, why can't you give a gift that is both thoughtful and valuable?"