Chapter 183: Chapter 182 Call Me Again
Regarding the Naughty Castle installation, Li Shuren used to hire people himself. He was responsible for selling toys, designing blueprints, and providing installation supplies. The profit was quite considerable, but correspondingly, the things he needed to manage and communicate became increasingly complex.
To make money, he had to sell more toys. The more toys, naturally, the more time and effort required for installation. The kindergarten complained about too many toys with unpleasant designs, the workers complained about too many items to install, and a project required work from both ends, wearing down the mind and body.
Shi Yang crossed his long legs together, leaned back on the sofa, and slowly sipped the coffee the secretary had brought, with a pretentious look that made Li Shuren wish he could dump the cup on his face.
"The installation fee I negotiated for you guys was based on the highest standard rate!"
Shi Yang sighed softly, "Brother Li, I originally only took on the district town agency and didn’t plan to extend my hand here. It’s just out of respect for you. To be honest, I really don’t care about the installation fee."
Li Shuren crossed one leg over the other, leaned heavily back into his chair, arms folded across his chest, suppressing his anger at Shi Yang.
"Once the contract is officially signed, I’ll need to deploy people over. You know, I’ve already rented a mall in the city, planning to operate a Naughty Castle there. I’ll need someone to manage that, and I have to assign staff for the city and county town installations." Shi Yang casually placed the coffee cup on the table, "The available personnel I have are limited, and working in the provincial capital is like leaving their homes. No one is willing to come over."
Li Shuren slapped the armrest of the sofa hard, "What do you mean?"
Shi Yang turned to face Li Shuren directly, "I should be asking you this! Brother Li, do you still plan on seeing me as a brother in the future? Or do you really intend to make just a one-shot deal?"
Li Shuren paused for a moment.
Shi Yang softened his tone, "I understand what you’re thinking, but when everyone is doing business together, you can’t be grabbing meat for yourself only and not leave a bit of bone for me... Brother Li, I’ve always seen you as a big brother!"
The twenty-something-year-old young fox and the thirty-something-year-old middle-aged fox sat on the guest sofa, and in the end, the young fox won.
A clause was added to the contract: besides the installation fee, Li Shuren needed to additionally pay ten percent of the profit from the toys sold.
Shi Yang patted Li Shuren’s shoulder with the contract in hand, "Brother Li, I knew you were a fair person."
Li Shuren shook off his hand, flaring his nose and eyes, "Get out, don’t say sarcastic things!"
After wrapping up matters in the provincial capital, Shi Yang turned and took the Third Brother to the county. After supervising an installation at a kindergarten, he formally let go.
While he was busy settling the Third Brother, Li Shuren was calling multiple times a day to urge him to quickly dispatch people to start installation work, as they couldn’t delay any longer with the kindergartens they had previously negotiated with.
Shi Yang hurriedly dragged Qu Chaozong from the mall to be in charge of the city’s kindergarten installations and left the mall operations entirely to Zhao Dazhuang and Liu Xiue. He then took Wang Tianyu and a few reliable workers who were capable of traveling long distances to the provincial capital.
Most of Zhao Meimei’s summer vacation had already passed. Every morning, she did her homework with Xu Xu, and in the afternoons, they recited English words for the second year and did workbook exercises.
Sometimes, Zhao Meimei would stare at the book and her gaze would become unfocused, her hand holding the pen would unknowingly grasp the ring on her chest through her clothes, thinking about that person in her heart.
Shi Yang was too busy during the day, so Zhao Meimei could only call him at night. Sometimes, when it was too late, fearing her parents would find out, she would hide under the quilt, speaking softly and covertly. After a phone call, coming out from the quilt, she felt like she had just come out of a sauna.
Sometimes when they called each other, and Shi Yang was in a mood but unable to meet, his words became bold and provocative: "Meimei, do you miss me? Come, give me a kiss so I can hear it."
Zhao Meimei giggled cooperatively, kissing her phone with a smack.
Shi Yang teased Zhao Meimei: "That’s a good girl, what have you done today?"
Zhao Meimei immediately began to complain tenderly, "I was thinking about you. I was memorizing English words today, and after a while, all I wrote on the paper was your name. Brother, I dare say, the only neat and beautiful words I write are your name."
Shi Yang chuckled, his voice somewhat lazy, "Why’s that?"
Zhao Meimei sweetly said as if honey had been applied, "Because I miss you! You’re all over my mind."
Shi Yang’s lips curled, with a slightly wicked smile: "What were you thinking about me?"
Zhao Meimei answered honestly, "Wondering what you were doing, if you were thinking of me too, and wanting to see you."
Shi Yang murmured an "mm" from his throat, "I really want to see you now too."
Zhao Meimei grinned, intentionally asking, "Why do you want to see me?"
Shi Yang’s voice was hoarse, almost aflame, "I want to kiss you."
Shi Yang lay slanted on the bed, with the back of his head pressed against the bed, his burning back and hips securely plastered to the soft fabric below, hot and dry underneath.
He lingered in his mind on Zhao Meimei’s teary eyes and slightly swollen lips. Spreading his legs, his neck tilted back, he lay on the bed calming his restless, desirous body.
Zhao Meimei’s voice leisurely came from the phone, murmuring with a hint of grievance, "But you haven’t come to see me!"
Shi Yang’s voice cracked as he replied, "Do you want me to visit you?"
Zhao Meimei responded instantly, "I want to, really do."
Shi Yang felt Zhao Meimei’s words stir him, he closed his eyes, imagining Zhao Meimei’s body, Zhao Meimei’s scent, burying his face in the pillow, teeth clenched into his lips.
He imagined Zhao Meimei’s face flushed red, struggling underneath him, begging him to penetrate deeply, as she called out his name.
Shi Yang coaxed and enticed, "Meimei, call me once."
Zhao Meimei clearly didn’t grasp his meaning but still complied calling, "Brother."
Shi Yang quickened his movement, urging again, "Call again."
Zhao Meimei raised her voice a bit, "Brother."
Shi Yang: "Once more."
Zhao Meimei thought Shi Yang was joking with her, laughed compliantly, "Brother! Brother Yangyang! Brother! Good brother!"
Shi Yang felt a ripple in his heart from Zhao Meimei calling him "Good brother," his ears warming, as a searing warmth finally surged out of his body, floored him like an electric shock.
Shi Yang pressed his lips against the phone, gave a gentle kiss to the mic, his heart melting into water, truly fond of her.