Divorced Dad's Gourmet Shop

Chapter 373: Chapter 372: Showing Off

’So it was all part of President Jun’s plan. No wonder he suddenly gave them promotions.’

Jun Xinghe murmured, "Jiang Liu, I never expected you’d give me such a great gift on our first meeting. How should I ever repay you...?"

These talented individuals commanded annual salaries in the millions alone. One could only imagine how high their commercial value was.

If they jumped ship to a competitor, the impact on his company would be immense!

But a single sentence from Jiang Liu had helped him preemptively avoid that loss.

The more Jun Xinghe thought about it, the more agitated he became.

"Secretary Wang, find someone to help Xiao Jiang get his house renovated quickly."

’It would be best if Jiang Liu got his marriage certificate with my daughter the moment the renovations are done.’

’Lock him down completely.’

’Let’s see him try to run then!’

Secretary Wang said excitedly, "Don’t you worry, President Jun. I’ll take care of it perfectly for you!"

"Hmm? This is our family’s business. What are you getting so excited about?"

Secretary Wang chuckled. "You see, President Jun, once Boss Jiang and the young miss are married, as your right-hand man, I’ll be practically family by association, right? It’ll be more convenient to freeload meals in the future, haha."

Jun Xinghe was immediately displeased.

’This is my son-in-law. You’re an outsider, and you want a piece of the pie?’

’Don’t even think about it!’

"I see. I’ll assign you some tasks for tonight. You can just stay at the office and work overtime."

"Huh!?"

"You’re working overtime today!"

"Oh, okay. No problem, President Jun."

Secretary Wang didn’t complain one bit.

’Since Boss Jiang is locked in with the company, then I have to lock myself in with the company too!’

’It’s not for any other reason. It’s all about freeloading meals and showing off!’

Jun Xinghe said no more.

He took out his phone and scrolled through his Moments feed.

The photo of the ham he had posted an hour ago had received over three hundred likes and more than ten comments.

"Yo, did President Jun sneak off to South City for a bite? I can tell that’s ham from Boss Jiang’s place. I’ve had it, so I know."

"Chairman, your life is so interesting. I’m envious."

"Holy shit, such a huge platter! Did you raid Mr. Jiang’s entire stash?"

Jun Xinghe sneered. ’Usually, I get over five hundred likes. Today, it’s only over three hundred.’

’What about the other two hundred-plus people?’

’They must be hiding behind their screens, green with envy, right?’

The people who liked and commented on his post were mostly from his company.

None of the other business owners he had added as friends had liked it.

However, the more they didn’t like his post, the more delighted Jun Xinghe felt.

’I’ve probably already made them all incredibly jealous.’

’Especially Yang Zhengwu. Not too long ago, he was showing off to me about how many small milestones his company had hit, how his daughter celebrated his birthday, and all that.’

Usually, whenever he posted on his Moments, Yang Zhengwu would definitely like and comment.

This time, there wasn’t a trace of him.

Jun Xinghe immediately searched through his contacts.

He sent the post directly to Yang Zhengwu.

"President Yang, could you please give my Moments post a like?"

At this moment, Yang Zhengwu was sitting in a conference room, listening to his subordinates’ passionate discussion.

He was a bit dazed, his eyes vacant.

His mind was completely filled with thoughts of Jiang Liu’s food.

DING.

His phone chimed.

"Chairman Yang, President Jun from Huaxia Pharmaceutical sent you a WeChat message," a sales department manager whispered, placing the phone in front of Yang Zhengwu.

"Oh, I see."

Yang Zhengwu opened his phone and took a look.

Old Jun the Bastard: "President Yang, could you please give my Moments post a like?"

Old Jun the Bastard: "[Moments Post Shared]"

Old Jun the Bastard: "[5 Photos]"

Old Jun the Bastard: "Busy, Old Yang? Help me take a look at my pictures, tell me how they came out. My old eyes are getting a bit blurry. Sigh, I came to South City for some business today, and my boy, Son-in-law Jiang, specially made me a huge platter of ham. Tasted great, but I got a little thirsty after eating so much."

Old Jun the Bastard: "My son-in-law, Xiao Jiang, said he’ll open up for me anytime I visit. If you want to go, just remember to let me know. With me, you don’t have to wait in line. But don’t trouble me too often, just once or twice is fine."

Old Jun the Bastard: "Tsk tsk, the almond crisps Xiao Jiang made smell amazing. He made them specially for me. If you want to try some, come to my house. I’ll let you have a taste."

Yang Zhengwu was consumed by both craving and jealousy as he read.

They had known each other for over ten years, and this was the first time this old bastard had spammed him with a huge wall of text.

He was very moved.

Extremely moved.

Yang Zhengwu gritted his teeth and replied: "You damn bastard, would it kill you not to make people jealous? Who gives a damn about your almond crisps? Keep them and eat them yourself!"

"What’s there to be so proud of? You just stepped in dog shit and got lucky finding a good son-in-law! What does that have to do with you? If it weren’t for your daughter, you’d be exhausted to death just from waiting in line!"

After viciously venting his anger, Yang Zhengwu was left panting.

He was truly dying of jealousy.

It would be a lie to say he wasn’t jealous.

’How did this old bastard get to encounter all the good things in life, and then he deliberately flaunts them in my face?’

The problem was, there was nothing he could do. He didn’t dare to offend him too deeply either, so at most, he could only throw a few harmless insults at the old turtle.

Yang Zhengwu sighed. "Sigh, what am I going to do? What if I run into that old bastard when I go to eat in the future... Boss Jiang will definitely take his side..."

At that moment, the conference room gradually fell silent.

A female employee sitting at the front looked at Yang Zhengwu’s fluctuating expression and asked cautiously, "Chairman Yang, is there a problem with the proposal?"

"Oh! No, it’s not that."

Yang Zhengwu quickly composed himself and said with a smile, "It’s a personal matter of mine, nothing to do with any of you. Please, continue your discussion."

A man who could build a company to a scale of ten billion was naturally no mediocre person.

His emotional intelligence was very high; he even made a point of explaining to his employees so they wouldn’t speculate about him.

The employees breathed a sigh of relief and continued their previous discussion.

Yang Zhengwu listened with a smile.

’In my heart, I’m already cursing Jun Xinghe and his eighteen generations of ancestors.’

’It was one thing for that old bastard to make me jealous with a Moments post.’

’But then he had to send a long string of messages just to disgust me!’

’He’s not even human, he’s a beast!’

’Is this something the boss of a publicly listed company should be doing?’

’He’s acting like a damn elementary school student!’

Yang Zhengwu still couldn’t get over his anger.

He opened his phone and started typing a message to Jun Xinghe: "You damn bastard! Even if I starve to death in the future, I will never go to your son-in-law’s place to eat!"

"What’s so good about it? It’s just some ham! I have a whole warehouse of ham at my place, I got sick of it ages ago!"

After typing it all out, Yang Zhengwu was about to send it, but hesitated for a moment and then deleted it.

He also went ahead and unsent the messages he had replied with earlier.

’Forget it. A little impatience can spoil a great plan. I’ll let that bastard be smug for a couple more days. I know when to yield and when to stand firm!’

Yang Zhengwu typed out a new message and sent it: "Not bad, Old Jun. Congratulations on finding a son-in-law you’re happy with. Next time you go to Boss Jiang’s place for a meal, remember to invite me, eh?"

"Didn’t you like that painting of mine last time? I was just thinking of parting with it and giving it to you. Come pick it up when you have time!"

Between his pride and a good meal, Yang Zhengwu chose the good meal.

’What pride? What integrity? They were all utterly fragile in the face of Boss Jiang’s food!’

Sitting in his car, Jun Xinghe saw the few messages Yang Zhengwu had unsent and grinned from ear to ear.

’Sweet!’

’So damn sweet!’

He didn’t reply to Yang Zhengwu, deciding to leave him hanging for a while.

He opened his Moments feed.

Zhao Chuan, the head of the Jing City Railway Bureau, had posted something on his Moments.

"So annoying! Autumn is here, and there are more and more dogs yapping on the roadside. They’re so loud I can’t even get a good afternoon nap. The old dogs are especially the loudest."

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