Chapter 68: Zhou Tong's Initiative

  After dinner, Song Jian returned to his room and searched for some information about desert tourism on Baidu, wanting to find the Huagucao. It seems that he can only go to the desert in person now.

  Desert Rose, also known as Camel's Poison, is a plant that cannot tolerate water. Even if the air humidity is slightly higher, it will wither and die, turning directly into water. Due to the harsh growth conditions of Desert Rose, few people know about this plant, except for some merchants who travel through the desert all year round.

  The toxicity of Gelsemium elegans is very strong, with both neurotoxicity and intense corrosiveness. Even a fully grown camel that accidentally ingests one plant will immediately collapse from poisoning and soon turn into a puddle of bloody water.

  Song Jian checked the weather and decided to set off for the Taklamakan Desert soon. If it was deep winter, there might be wind and snow in the desert, at which time the Huagucao would wither and die.

  For the first time going to the desert, Song Jian didn't quite understand some things that needed attention, so he planned to join a travel agency and go directly to the Taklamakan Desert with the group.

  The next day, Song Jian drove his luxury car to send Xu Si and Xia Lin to work and school. Although the Ford was given to Xia Lin, she had not yet obtained her driver's license and could not drive herself.

  A Land Rover Discovery stopped in front of Soochow University. Its rough and luxurious exterior immediately attracted the attention of passing students.

  Xia Lin turned her head to look at Song Jian, "This car was given to you by my grandfather, Uncle, you can't drive this car to flirt with girls, do you understand?"

  "Hurry up and go to class, today is that weird old man's advanced math lesson," said Song Jian.

  Xia Lin heard this, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, grabbed the school bag from the back seat, pushed open the car door and ran towards the school. It seemed that Xia Lin was really afraid of the old academician with Einstein's hairstyle.

  Song Jianzheng was about to start the car when he heard two knocks on the window. He turned his head and saw two people standing outside. One of them was Zhou Tong, and the other person with him was Luo Hao, the pianist that Xia Lin had a secret crush on.

  Seeing familiar faces, Song Jian got off the car and greeted Zhou Tong and Luo Hao.

  Zhou Tong wore a long, loose-fitting Korean version sweater, while the lower half was still simple jeans, tight jeans wrapped around her plump buttocks, youthful yet mature.

  "I just saw Xia Lin's head and guessed that it might be you in the car." Zhou Tong looked at Song Jian, smiling brightly.

  Luo Hao then reached out to touch the car body of Yang Sheng, and afterwards his body was stuck to Song Jian's arm. "Handsome guy, can I ride in your car and enjoy the wind later? This car is really cool."

  Song Jian took a slight step back from Luo Hao and said: "Of course, oh, you guys are going to class, I still have something to do."

  Zhou Tong swung her handbag and said, "I was just about to go out and buy some things. No way, since I ran into you, it looks like I have a free ride and don't need to squeeze onto the bus."

  Lu Hao was about to speak when Song Jian said: "Classmate Lu Hao must be going to class, right? Hurry up, we're all in a rush."

  After finishing speaking, Song Jian waved his hand and let Zhou Tong get on the car. He quickly sat in the driver's seat, waved to Luo Hao, and then stepped on the accelerator and drove away.

  Lu Hao's eyes widened in exasperation, "You're going to be the death of me! Humph, I was still thinking of discussing piano techniques with you!"

  In the car, Zhou Tong covered her mouth and laughed, "Are you very scared of Luo Hao?"

  Song Jian helplessly curled his lips, "I'm really afraid that one day he'll force himself on me."

  Zhou Tong's face turned red, and she glared at Song Jian with a pout, then lowered her head and giggled: "Who made you so eye-catching on the day of the dance party? I think Luo Hao has deeply fallen in love with you. Oh, just now, when I was walking to school with him, he even asked me for your contact information."

  Song Jian was startled and said, "You didn't give it to him, did you, Zhou Tong? We're friends after all, you can't harm me."

  Zhou Tong smugly waved the phone in his hand, "That's not for sure to say, maybe one day you'll make me unhappy and I'll accidentally reveal your information to Luo Hao."

  "This is ingratitude, I once saved your life." Song Jian said while driving, "Where are you going to buy things?"

  Zhou Tong smiled and pointed forward, saying: "Turn left at the intersection ahead, Hongyan Commercial Building, it's right there."

  The Land Rover stopped in front of the Hongyan Building.

  "I still have something to do today, so I won't go shopping with you," Song Jian said directly. He really had things to do, apart from going to the travel agency to see if there were any tour groups going to the Taklamakan Desert recently, Song Jian also wanted to visit a traditional Chinese medicine processing plant, hoping to complete the acquisition before the end of the year, so that after the Spring Festival, they could start work directly.

  With a medicinal material processing plant, many problems will be solved easily. For example, the medicinal materials needed for refining Dan medicine can be obtained very easily after having their own Chinese medicinal material factory. Also, refining Dan medicine requires special processing of those raw material medicines, and with a medicinal material processing plant, it is no longer necessary to go to Zhou Wen's place to process the medicinal materials. More importantly, the site for refining Dan medicine, the dan furnace, etc., can all be completed in the Chinese medicinal material processing plant.

  Song Jian stopped the car and let Zhou Tong get out by himself.

  Zhou Tong undid her seatbelt, pouting slightly. She had finally managed to bump into Song Jian once, and with a thick face, she got into his car. Now this scumbag Song Jian was actually telling her to get out of the car. Didn't he realize that Missy was intentionally inviting him to go shopping together? Couldn't this idiot Song Jian see that she looked pretty good?

  "Alright, you don't have to get off," Zhou Tong waved the hand holding his phone, "I just can't guarantee that Luo Hao won't get your phone number from me."

  Song Jian stared at Zhou Tong in shock, "This is blackmail."

  "Who asked you to mess with me?"

  Song Jian glanced at the time and said, "But I really have something else today."

  "You can't delay any longer," Zhou Tong decided to thicken his skin, it's not easy to see Song Jian once normally, this time since he saw him, he absolutely couldn't let Song Jian go easily.

  Song Jian didn't think much of it, he extinguished the fire and said: "Alright, I'll accompany you there, and be your free labor. But after New Year's, I have a lot of things to ask of your dad."

  "Wrap it around me," Zhou Tong patted his own chest, and that place shook for a moment.

  Song Jian and Zhou Tong walked together to the Hongyan Mall. The Hongyan Mall is a mall that specializes in serving women, from women's outerwear and underwear to cosmetics, nail polish, beauty and health care for women, everything can be found here, it is a mall that specializes in serving women.

  Although it is a professional shopping mall for women, there are many men inside. In addition to the men who accompany their girlfriends, there are also many leisurely men who come here to pick up girls.

  Zhou Tong naturally hooked one hand on her bag, and the other hand was hooked on Song Jian's left arm. It wasn't that Zhou Tong was particularly open-minded, but it was hard to meet a man she liked, and at nearly 23 years old, Zhou Tong had already figured out that no matter whether you're a man or a woman, love is something you have to fight for yourself. Moreover, Song Jian had seen her naked body before, and even touched her belly. Hmm, definitely couldn't let him off easy.

  Song Jian also went naturally with Zhou Tong to the third floor to buy cosmetics.

  Zhou Tong was not used to using cosmetics, but after the New Year's holiday, she would go to the municipal TV station for an internship and had to look more mature when leaving school.

  At the counter, Zhou Tong didn't participate much either. He bought two Olay bath products and some Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent skin whitening products. Song Jian didn't recognize them either. Anyway, several bottles of cosmetics were used up, costing over 10,000 yuan.

  "Let's go, I'll buy better ones when I earn my own money. For now, we can only afford some ordinary ones," Zhou Tong handed the bag to Song Jian and let him carry it.

  Song Jian only then knew what luxury goods were, it seems that the profit of cosmetics is indeed surprisingly high, perhaps in the future his own company's White brand products can also take the high-end consumption route.

  Two people were about to go out when they saw a cosmetics counter in front of them arguing.

  "Huh? How is it her?" Song Jian wondered, turning his head to Zhou Tong and saying, "That woman is my friend, I'll go take a look."

  One of the parties involved in the quarrel was Qin Huayu.

  The last time Song Jian killed Lin Bao, it was thanks to Qin Hua Yu's help that he was able to complete it smoothly. As for this woman, Song Jian still had a grateful heart.

  After squeezing over, Song Jian immediately understood the situation. The person arguing with Qin Huayu was the manager of the third floor of Hongyan Mall, a woman who was now calm and only asked Qin Huayu to remove his stall as soon as possible.

  "Manager Ren, what you're doing is a violation of the contract," Qin Huayu said, wearing an ordinary one-piece dress and light makeup, with a hint of purple.

  The female manager said, "Sorry, Miss Qin. This matter is indeed our breach of contract and we will pay the compensation to you. However, your presence has already affected our normal business activities at this level, so please withdraw your counter."

  Qin Hua's face turned red with anger, and there were even tears welling up in her eyes.

  Song Jian walked over and patted Qin Huayu's shoulder, saying: "What happened?"

  Qin Hua Yu saw Song Jian and was startled for a moment. He then lowered his head, shook it and said: "Nothing's wrong, nothing at all. Song Jian, what brings you here?"

  "Accompanying a friend," Song Jian said, then he looked at the person in charge and asked, "What's going on?"

  The person in charge was about forty years old, with a thick layer of powder on his face, but he looked very kind.

  "It's like this, sir. Your friend here rented a counter and signed a contract with us. But recently..." The manager didn't finish before Qin Huayu interrupted her.

  "Director Ren, you don't have to say anything. I'll withdraw from this counter tomorrow. Forget about the penalty, but you must fully compensate me for the deposit and rent." Qin Huayu's eyes flashed with a few points of pain.

  "Thank you for your understanding, Ms. Qin," said the woman in charge with a nod.

  At this time, a young man in his early twenties or twenty-six years old, wearing a suit and tie, rushed over from downstairs, squeezed through the crowd, and came to Qin Huayu's side.

  "What's wrong? Yu Jie, has that bastard come looking for you again?" The man's face turned green with rage.

  Zhou Tong saw that the people around were gathering more and more, so he squeezed over, pulled Song Jian's arm, and said: "Sister, let's find a place to sit together, maybe there's something we can help with."