Chapter 335: Picking Up Girls? Piece Of Cake!
“If I guessed correctly, you are Chen Jun, right?”
Liao Qiuxue stood right in front of Chen Jun like this, her superior angle very appealing, outlining her graceful curves, but the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, with a bit of playfulness.
The perfect fusion of maturity and liveliness truly made Chen Jun’s eyes light up.
“Yes, I am.”
Chen Jun stood up and nodded, with a warm smile on his face as he said: “You are Qiuxue sister, right? It’s been over ten years since we last met; I almost couldn’t recognize you.”
When others say they can’t recognize someone, it’s pleasantries; when Chen Jun says it, it’s the truth.
Liao Qiuxue was one meter seventy-two even without high heels; this height stood out among women, and even compared to men, she was still superior.
After all, the national average male height these days was only one meter sixty-nine.
But when Chen Jun stood up, his one meter eighty-nine height easily took control, looking down at Liao Qiuxue in turn.
“So tall?? Such a great figure?”
Liao Qiuxue didn’t know Chen Jun’s information; the standing Chen Jun was both tall and handsome, no less than a supermodel, making her eyes light up again.
Men like pretty women with good figures, and women likewise like handsome, tall men.
“What’s wrong? Do I have something on my face?”
Chen Jun saw Liao Qiuxue staring at him motionlessly, knowing his image score was full, feeling a bit smug inside, but to avoid embarrassing Liao Qiuxue, he chose a humorous way to remind her.
“Uh~, no no no.”
Liao Qiuxue came back to her senses and smiled, giving Chen Jun a grateful look, while sitting down and hinting: “When I was studying abroad, they would come over to pull out the chair for me, calling it gentlemanly behavior. What do you think?”
“This is China.”
Chen Jun’s face still had a warm smile, and his five-word answer was short but resounding.
“Actually, I don’t like it either; it’s not only annoying but also very hypocritical, haha.”
Liao Qiuxue seemed very satisfied with Chen Jun’s answer, laughing very happily and pleasantly, like silver bells, her straightforward personality on full display.
“With the ambition of a strong woman, shouldn’t her personality be calm and reserved, or competitive and cunning? What’s with this straightforward cheerfulness that doesn’t match? This woman is truly a strange creature.”
Chen Jun couldn’t help muttering in his heart; he really couldn’t figure out Liao Qiuxue.
But based on the first impression.
Chen Jun didn’t reject her.
He even had a certain good impression of her, hoping to understand her further, and if possible, develop something wasn’t out of the question.
Of course.
This was Chen Jun’s personal thought; whether she wanted to date was another matter.
With a start that both were fairly satisfied with, and good first impressions of each other, the two soon sat down and started chatting.
For a man and woman to chat well, they first need common topics.
Chen Jun had no rejection of this blind date, plus having lived several lifetimes, his emotional intelligence couldn’t be low even if he tried, and he had plenty of life experience and insight.
As long as Chen Jun was truly willing, picking up a girl was a piece of cake.
So not long after they sat down, under Chen Jun’s deliberate guidance, the chat quickly became harmonious and pleasant.
The two chatted and laughed about various topics, with the momentum of getting more and more engaged.
Chen Jun, through indirect probing and perfect suppression in both emotional intelligence and intelligence quotient, got a lot of the information he wanted from Liao Qiuxue’s mouth.
Liao Qiuxue was the initiator of this coffee house, opened in partnership with her best friend.
Each played to their strengths: the best friend handled the daily management of the coffee house, while Liao Qiuxue handled the technical matters.
Computer troubleshooting, software system installation, installing new games, building firewall, and so on.
As an Ivy League top graduate.
Liao Qiuxue handled it with ease!
After learning that Liao Qiuxue was indeed the boss, Chen Jun, from a personal perspective, suggested to her that the shop name should highlight the computer features more.
He thus suggested changing the shop name to Shihua Internet Cafe.
Meaning an internet surfing leisure spot, which better fit the actual operation of his shop; customers would know what it was for at a glance.
“Internet Cafe, internet surfing leisure spot—creative, really too creative.”
Liao Qiuxue was very satisfied with this name, unable to believe that Chen Jun, a soldier from the army, actually understood frontline technology of the era so well, raising her evaluation of Chen Jun once again.
Both around the same age, with common topics, good impression continued to rise.
Liao Qiuxue, who originally rejected this blind date, unknowingly forgot her original intention of just going through the motions, immersed in the atmosphere of chatting with Chen Jun.
Even things she rarely told others, like preparing to start a software development company, were shared with Chen Jun during the chat.
Chen Jun, who already had ideas in this area beforehand, naturally strongly supported Liao Qiuxue’s “entrepreneurship”.
And he straightforwardly told Liao Qiuxue.
The troops he led were currently undergoing informatization reform, urgently needing various matching software and systems, but hadn’t found suitable developers yet.
As long as Liao Qiuxue could get the company started, Chen Jun said he could make introductions, letting her company immediately get a big order.
Although the army was a very secretive place, the army wasn’t omnipotent.
Some things the army couldn’t do, or wasn’t convenient to do, outsourcing to companies in society wasn’t unusual.
Moreover, with the troops just starting reform, the upper-level development teams were short-staffed.
Even the powerful Zhu Rihe Base had its five major systems still in development.
Thus, for grassroots units’ needed command system, expecting distribution from above was unrealistic; to quickly have the various software systems needed for troop combat command, they basically had to find their own method.
Waiting for distribution from above was worse than finding their own method.
Chen Jun’s idea was to use his family’s money to cooperate with Liao Qiuxue’s software development company to develop the software and systems needed by Steel Seventh Regiment.
Anyway, Old Chen family had only Chen Jun as son; no matter how much money earned, it was ultimately Chen Jun’s.
But Chen Jun’s ambition was in the army; money was just numbers.
Investing part in troop development could add more political capital for Chen Jun in the troops, which was the most useful “way of spending” for him.
Assuming Chen Jun personally provided a complete set of software program systems needed by the combined arms regiment, and got verification and approval from relevant troop units.
That would be a major merit in the troops, with unimaginable benefits.
Chen Jun himself had ideas in this area, converting family capital into his contribution to the troops, further accelerating his development in the troops.
Liao Qiuxue’s idea of starting a company perfectly coincided with Chen Jun’s thoughts.
And with Chen Jun’s promise, thinking her company wasn’t even started yet, hadn’t found the needed talent partners.
Yet already had a big order prepared in advance, allowing the company to profit as soon as established.
This made Liao Qiuxue very happy.
Especially thinking that with such a big order, recruiting software experts next would be more confident and easier.
That irrepressible smile turned into an arc at the corners of her mouth.
Especially hearing Chen Jun was only in his twenties, yet already a leader-level figure in the troops, with nearly a thousand soldiers under him.
Even Liao Qiuxue, unfamiliar with the troops, was stunned by this huge number.
She immediately viewed Chen Jun differently!
Liao Qiuxue used horizontal comparison: in outside companies, managing over a thousand people meant a big company with assets over 100 million.
Chen Jun reaching this level before twenty-six was like a chairman under twenty-six?
Such awesome result, how could it not shock people?
Fortunately, Liao Qiuxue had a good family background; as the granddaughter of a Hu business family, she’d seen the world, so she could stay calm and composed about Chen Jun’s awesome achievements.
If it were a girl just entering society, she’d probably worship at Chen Jun’s feet on the spot.
With constant communication between them, Chen Jun’s excellence and talent revealed far exceeded Liao Qiuxue’s expectations, constantly refreshing her cognition.
Liao Qiuxue couldn’t help secretly rejoicing that she listened to grandfather and came, otherwise she’d regret it for life.
Very naturally.
She had no rejection left for this blind date.
……
Pleasant time always passes quickly.
Chen Jun and Liao Qiuxue were chatting very engagedly; unknowingly, more than four hours had passed, and both were still chatting enthusiastically.
Liang Yasan, who had been observing this side, had her eyes narrowed in laughter.
As Liao Qiuxue’s best friend who grew up together, she’d never seen Liao Qiuxue chat so happily with a man nonstop for hours.
Her eyes darted between the two, and Liang Yasan couldn’t help exclaiming in admiration: “At first glance, this pair of single man and woman really match well.”
After saying that, her eyes rolled, and she decided to help her best friend once more.
Seeing it was already past five in the afternoon, she decisively picked up the telephone to book a table at a restaurant, then walked over generously with the reason of fulfilling host duties, inviting Chen Jun and Liao Qiuxue to dinner together.
After chatting all afternoon in a great atmosphere, having become friends from strangers, Chen Jun naturally wouldn’t refuse the chance to continue exchanging.
But to Chen Jun’s great surprise, Liao Qiuxue didn’t agree.
Just when Liang Yasan thought Liao Qiuxue was confused, and Chen Jun thought Liao Qiuxue wasn’t giving face, Liao Qiuxue’s words made both stare wide-eyed.
She actually used the reason that the internet cafe computers needed upgrading, and going out to eat would waste time.
She wanted to personally cook a few dishes and invite Chen Jun for a meal.
And said that during her years studying abroad, because she couldn’t get used to the food in the United States, plus having interest in it, she often cooked at home when free.
Years of overseas student life gave Liao Qiuxue considerable cooking skills.
At least Liao Qiuxue was very confident in her cooking level.
“Great, Qiuxue, you can cook and never told me; I haven’t even eaten your cooking. If not for this handsome guy coming today, I wouldn’t have this treat. Forgetting your good sister for a guy, see if I don’t hit you.”
Liang Yasan hadn’t eaten Liao Qiuxue’s cooking either, huffing and rushing up to tickle Liao Qiuxue.
Liang Yasan’s blunt words already embarrassed Liao Qiuxue, and now tickling made her immediately surrender and beg for mercy.
The scene of the two close sisters play-fighting made Chen Jun feel very uncomfortable all over.
He couldn’t advise, couldn’t speak.
Could only stand there awkwardly.
Fortunately, the two realized he was there, stopped after a bit of play, then brought Chen Jun to the second floor of the internet cafe.
For better management of the coffee house, Liang Yasan simply lived in the shop.
The second floor was turned into a small apartment; though only fifty or sixty square meters, it had bedroom, living room, kitchen, bathroom, and everything else.
“Handsome guy, you sit here and rest first; I’ll go to the kitchen to help Qiuxue.”
Liang Yasan arranged for Chen Jun, then ran into the kitchen, followed by whispers and occasional silver bell laughter.
Even without seeing inside the kitchen, Chen Jun could guess what the women were chatting about.
Most likely teasing and joking about Liao Qiuxue.
Honestly, after an afternoon of understanding, Chen Jun was basically satisfied with Liao Qiuxue and somewhat anticipated further development with her.
Unfortunately.
Chen Jun was on family visit leave this time specifically, and the blind date was just incidental; he had many things to do and really couldn’t spare time for romance.
So after eating the dinner personally cooked and carefully prepared by Liao Qiuxue.
Chen Jun praised her great cooking skills, then started the second chat between them, from past six until nine at night.
The evening topics were deliberately guided by Chen Jun, mainly discussing the future prospects of the internet.
Chen Jun did this partly to cater to her interests, delving deeper into Liao Qiuxue’s strongest area to further increase her good impression.
On the other hand, to do a favor, revealing some future trends to Liao Qiuxue.
Whether she could grasp the essence and how much she could grasp wasn’t Chen Jun’s concern; he could only do this much.
And what Chen Jun talked about in the evening was highly forward-looking and expansive.
Not only was Liao Qiuxue greatly inspired, even Liang Yasan listened with keen interest nearby, vaguely feeling great harvest.
Though she couldn’t specify what, intuition told her it would be endlessly useful.
Liao Qiuxue, with her somewhat special identity, saw Chen Jun not only with outstanding personal ability, insightful about current internet development, and having studied future trends so deeply, was deeply shocked inside.
Feeling Chen Jun was like a treasure trove with inexhaustible treasures.
Good impression +1 again.
Still not satisfied at past nine, but with one man and two women staying late at night, it was really inappropriate both emotionally and rationally.
Chen Jun could only say goodbye to the two women with the excuse of having an airplane to catch early tomorrow morning, ending the first blind date trip.
However, though Chen Jun and Liao Qiuxue parted, they had already exchanged telephone numbers, and could contact anytime next.
Letting this pair of already smitten man and woman thus begin their story.
And Chen Zhenhua, far away thousands of miles, learned that Chen Jun and Liao Qiuxue chatted an afternoon and still not enough, continuing until late night before leaving.
Clapped his hands happily shouting “Daughter-in-law secured, can hold grandson soon.”
So excited he couldn’t sleep that night!
