Qi Sheng stayed with Zhuang Xiaomeng for a little while before leaving for other business.
Lai Manling from next door was notified and came over to take care of Zhuang Xiaomeng.
"Manling, don’t look at me like that. It’s a little weird."
Unable to bear Lai Manling’s teasing gaze, Zhuang Xiaomeng shyly buried her head in the blankets.
"Heh, and you used to make fun of me. Look at you now, walking right into the same trap."
Lai Manling handed Zhuang Xiaomeng a bottle of water.
"You should rinse your mouth first. The taste is pretty strong."
"Ah!"
Zhuang Xiaomeng quickly threw back the covers and rushed to the bathroom to wash up.
’Another good girl has become a woman!’
Lai Manling glanced at the specks of blood on the white sheets and couldn’t help but smile knowingly.
After washing up, Zhuang Xiaomeng came out with a rosy blush on her cheeks.
Seeing that Lai Manling had neatly folded the bedsheets, she said thanks, a little embarrassed.
"Manling, you’re the best!"
"Of course! From now on, we’re real sisters, so we have to look out for each other."
Lai Manling pulled Zhuang Xiaomeng into the big group chat called "A Loving and Harmonious Family."
"Wait, including me, shouldn’t there be sixteen people?"
Zhuang Xiaomeng glanced at the number of members in the group and looked at Lai Manling in surprise.
"Hehe, you joined the group late, so you’re the seventeenth concubine."
"The sister who joined before you is gorgeous. Like, drop-dead gorgeous!"
Lai Manling described Qu Man like she was a goddess.
"I’d like to see which vixen was one step ahead of me."
Zhuang Xiaomeng wasn’t ready to concede.
All her life, people had praised her for being divinely beautiful.
’Could there really be a woman more beautiful than me?’
"Whoa, are you sure this sister isn’t an AI-generated picture?"
Zhuang Xiaomeng couldn’t help but exclaim in shock.
’This sister’s beauty should be illegal, right?’
Qu Man’s most recent social media post was an intimate photo with Qi Sheng.
Qu Man, with her arm linked through Qi Sheng’s and holding a bouquet of roses, was so beautiful she didn’t seem real.
A beauty score of 98 is just that terrifying!
"No way. We just video-chatted with her the day before yesterday. All the sisters were stunned. Do you know what it feels like to talk to a goddess?"
Lai Manling also said with a sigh of admiration.
Before, she had always thought her best friend, Zhuang Xiaomeng, was the most beautiful woman in the world.
Her face and figure were both top-notch.
Only after she truly integrated into this big family did she learn the meaning of "there’s always someone better out there."
When it came to figures, Zong Rui was in a league of her own.
In terms of looks, Qu Man outshone everyone.
What’s more, Qu Man’s figure was also unbelievably good.
A 38E, just a touch smaller than Zong Rui’s.
An exquisite face and a killer body.
It was enough to make even the slightly narcissistic Zhuang Xiaomeng admit she was outmatched.
"Ahem, being the seventeenth concubine is quite nice."
Zhuang Xiaomeng coughed lightly.
She was completely convinced about Qu Man being ranked ahead of her.
"This ranking is just based on the order we joined the group. There isn’t much more to it."
"If there were a real ranking, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say Sister Qu Man is number one."
Lai Manling was certainly a top-tier beauty in many people’s eyes.
But faced with a peerless beauty like Qu Man, a true national treasure, she couldn’t help but feel envious.
"Don’t worry. If we sisters team up, getting into the top three will be no problem!"
Zhuang Xiaomeng patted Lai Manling’s shoulder and said, full of confidence.
"You’re dreaming. We’ll be lucky to even make the top five."
"Tan Hua is definitely first. Zong Rui and Sister Qu Man are second. The Three Little Ones are third."
"This is the status ranking everyone has tacitly agreed on. At best, we’ll be fourth."
Lai Manling rolled her eyes at Zhuang Xiaomeng and began introducing the sisters in the group.
"The Three Little Ones?"
Zhuang Xiaomeng was curious and opened their social media profiles.
"Good heavens, their beauty scores are so high, and they’re so young! Are they even giving us older sisters a chance?"
"Exactly. They’re not even 20 yet. We can’t compete with their youth alone."
Lai Manling smiled. "But still, we should have no problem ranking in the top five."
"This is so annoying!"
Zhuang Xiaomeng pouted.
For the first time, she felt the frustration of having a boyfriend who was too outstanding.
There were just too many outstanding women around him.
Even with her and Lai Manling teaming up, they couldn’t break into the top three.
If she told anyone, who would believe it?
...
Qi Sheng took a car to Longxing Town to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for Zhuangyu Farm.
Many local leaders were in attendance.
With Jie Chao’s introductions, Qi Sheng shook hands with each of them one by one.
For a second-tier city like Chengdu, a mere investment of over one hundred million was nothing.
But for Longxing Town, it was a huge political achievement!
Even one of the top three leaders from the county came and gave a passionate, stirring speech.
Qi Sheng said a few brief words, then joined the other leaders in holding shovels and symbolically tossing some dirt.
With that, the groundbreaking ceremony came to a successful conclusion.
At the enthusiastic invitation of Town Mayor Liu Yuan, they had a simple lunch at Slow City Impression, a fairly upscale restaurant in Chongzhou.
As the town’s largest investor, Qi Sheng’s status, if not quite comparable to the God of Wealth, wasn’t far off.
What’s more, Qi Sheng was so young and already had a net worth in the billions.
They didn’t dare to show the slightest neglect, frequently toasting him to build a connection.
"Chairman Qi, we’ve already helped take care of the land acquisition procedures for this phase."
"For the second phase’s funding, when do you think it might be in place?"
Liu Yuan waited until after a few rounds of drinks before finally asking about the matter they were most concerned with.
Qi Sheng smiled and made a promise: "The funds for the second phase will definitely arrive before the end of the year at the latest. As long as there are no issues with land acquisition and construction, Zhuangyu Catering’s promised 150 million investment will be delivered in full, guaranteed!"
"That’s good, that’s good."
What Liu Yuan feared most was giving the green light for the land acquisition.
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