Chapter 116 The Counter-Attack's Return
Shen Mo and the other two heard the voice and looked up. They saw a man in his thirties.

The man had a crew cut, wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and was dressed in a purple shirt and trousers of decent quality. He looked very capable.

"What a coincidence, meeting you here."

"I and a few colleagues came here to eat."

When the capable man saw Feng Jin, an expression of surprise and joy appeared on his face.

It’s nothing, Feng Jin is really beautiful today!
She was wearing a floral dress, with a beautiful and fair face and half-exposed shoulders, looking very graceful.

When I saw her before, she was either wearing a white coat or ordinary home clothes. Although her natural beauty could not be concealed, it was not as outstanding as it is today.

"Hello, Brother Ma."

Feng Jin and Senior Sister Luo also recognized this person and called out to him with a polite smile.

This man's name is Ma Ruhai, and he works in a pharmaceutical company in Hangzhou.

At first, I was introduced by Feng Jin's third aunt.

After meeting twice, he began to pursue Feng Jin fanatically and came to the "Daoyuan" Chinese Medicine Massage Clinic several times, saying that he wanted to invite her on a date, to dinner, etc.

Out of consideration for his aunt's favor, Feng Jin also talked to him twice and soon found that this person was a bit boastful and slippery.

I wanted to deal with it coldly, but I didn't expect to meet you here again.

Ma Ruhai glanced around and saw that there were two other people having dinner with Feng Jin today.

One was Luo Meimei, whom he had met in the massage parlor before.

The other one was a young man who looked a little immature and looked like a student.

Ma Ruhai guessed that this was either Feng Jin's nephew or nephew, in any case a child of a younger generation.

Thinking of this, he felt relieved and came up with a plan.

"It's such a coincidence, do you mind if I come over and join the table?"

Feng Jin was about to refuse, but Luo Meimei beside him smiled and said, "Okay, that's convenient."

"Okay, then I'll talk to my colleagues."

Ma Ruhai said this happily and turned back to his table.

Feng Jin glared at her fiercely and whispered in a low voice: "Hey, what are you doing?"

Luo Meimei, however, was not afraid at all, and her face was full of gossipy smile.

Feng Jin felt helpless.

Sister Luo Meimei is fine in other aspects except that she is too gossipy.

The reason she agreed to Ma Ruhai's request this time was simply because she wanted to see a triangle drama between Feng Jin, Shen Mo and Ma Ruhai.

After a while, Ma Ruhai came over briskly with an exquisite black handbag and sat down next to Shen Mo.

He asked the waiter for a new set of tableware and ordered lamb rolls, enoki mushrooms and other ingredients.

While he was using serving chopsticks to put the ingredients into the hot pot, he asked casually, "Xiao Jin, how is your work at the Chinese Medicine Hospital lately?"

Feng Jin responded calmly: "It's OK, just so-so."

Ma Ruhai looked up at her and said, "I'll tell my cousin later and ask him to take care of you."

"My cousin works at the Municipal Health Commission and is in charge of some things."

Again.

Feng Jin couldn't help but complain inwardly.

Ma Ruhai is like this. He likes to show off and thinks he has relatives or friends everywhere.

She hummed lightly and didn't say much.

Instead, Luo Meimei on the other side fanned the flames, "Wow, I didn't know that Brother Ma also knows someone in the W Construction Committee. Then he can help Sister Feng with some advice at the Chinese Medicine Hospital in the future."

Ma Ruhai smiled complacently, picked up a few slices of mutton with the serving chopsticks and put them into his bowl, then began to eat with relish.

He does have a cousin who works in the Municipal W Construction Committee.

But the relationship is very distant and weak.

Moreover, his cousin was just an ordinary clerk and had little say in the Chinese medicine hospital where Feng Jin worked.

But Ma Ruhai is just like that. In order to pursue Feng Jin, he will pretend as much as possible.

Seeing that Feng Jin didn't seem to be very interested, he changed the subject.

"Ah, the economic situation has not been very good recently. Even the sales of medicines have been difficult."

"Last month, I only sold a little over 30,000."

"All my men, combined, only sold for 72,000."

When he said this, it seemed like he was complaining, but in fact he was showing off.

Feng Jin and Luo Meimei both knew that he was a manager of a pharmaceutical company. Not only did his commission amount increase compared to ordinary pharmaceutical sales, but he could also draw a commission from the total sales of his subordinates.

Moreover, Feng Jin works in a traditional Chinese medicine hospital and has dealt with a lot of medical sales personnel like them, so he also understands the amount of their commission.

After hearing what Ma Ruhai said, Feng Jin knew that his income last month was about 13,000 or 14,000 yuan.

This can be considered a very good income for workers in 2010.

Of course, no one else could understand Ma Ruhai's secret bragging, and only an expert like Feng Jin could tell the difference.

In other words, Ma Ruhai was telling Feng Jin, my current monthly income is more than 10,000 yuan, close to 15,000 yuan!
But Feng Jin sighed secretly in his heart.

She has seen many men showing off like this.

Ever since her husband passed away, the beautiful woman has been surrounded by many admirers.

Men who pursue her often use this method, just like a peacock spreading its feathers.

At first, Feng Jin found it somewhat novel and thought that this man was quite financially capable.

But after seeing it so many times, this approach only made her feel bored.

So what if you earn more than 10,000 yuan a month?
Do you know that Shen Mo, who is sitting next to you, is a prospective college student, 17 or 18 years younger than you. He opened a milk tea shop and earns more than 20,000 yuan a month.

I haven't seen anyone showing off so deliberately.

Thinking of this, Feng Jin still smiled faintly, which was barely a polite response.

Ma Ruhai also noticed that the beautiful mature woman in front of him didn't seem to be very interested in this topic.

So he shifted his focus in time.

He looked at Shen Mo beside him. He was wearing an ordinary T-shirt and had a young face. He looked like a young man who was ignorant of the ways of the world.

Moreover, when he was talking, Shen Mo was listening quietly, rarely interrupting, and only eating some beef rolls occasionally.

Judging from his temperament, he seems like an introverted otaku.

So Ma Ruhai asked casually, "Young man, where are you working?"

In his opinion, there are two ways to show yourself in front of a beautiful woman.

The first type is to elevate oneself overtly or covertly.

The second way is to use other men to highlight one's own advantages in all aspects through comparison.

Judging from the current situation, the effect of the first method is no longer very obvious.

So he quickly thought of adopting the second option.

Shen Mo took a sip of juice.

He turned his head and glanced at the capable man in his thirties next to him, and understood what he was thinking.

In fact, from the moment Ma Ruhai first appeared, Shen Mo could clearly see that this person was longing for Senior Sister Feng Jin.

Afterwards, this person's series of words and actions were all intended to show off himself in front of the mature woman he liked.

My lady, my gentleman is good.

Shen Mo understood this very well.

So, he answered cooperatively: "Brother Ma, I don't dare to take the title. I just finished the college entrance examination this year and I still have a few days to go to school."

Uh……

Ma Ruhai was stunned.

I thought there might be a little competition, but I was overthinking it.

This is a high school student who just graduated!
In his eyes, this is no different from a child.

Ma Ruhai also went to universities to recruit medical sales personnel.

Not to mention high school students, even most undergraduate graduates who have studied for four more years look like ignorant kids in his eyes.

At this time, the talkative Luo Meimei interrupted and briefly introduced Shen Mo's identity.

He said he graduated from Hangzhou No. 2 Middle School and came here to learn massage this summer. He is considered a junior apprentice in the massage parlor.

Hearing this, Ma Ruhai suddenly felt relieved.

"Hangzhou No. 2 Middle School, not bad."

"Which university did Xiao Mo get into?"

he asked casually.

"Hangzhou University of Technology." Shen Mo answered truthfully.

"Oh, the school is pretty good." Ma Ruhai praised lightly.

As a local, he had naturally heard of Hangzhou University of Technology, which is the second-ranked university in Hangzhou and can be considered a good public university in the entire Hangzhou Province.

But that's all.

For a person like him in society, he is already past the age of worshipping academic qualifications.

Not to mention graduates from Hangzhou University of Technology, even if they are undergraduates who graduated from the top two universities in China, or even international students who graduated from famous overseas universities, what does it matter?

Don’t you still have to look for a job to make money?

Over the years, Ma Ruhai has met many graduates from prestigious universities who come to his company to apply for jobs.

As a recruiter and a manager, he has a strong sense of psychological superiority.

At this moment, facing Shen Mo, Ma Ruhai felt like he was a head above the other.

If you say, compared with those successful people in society such as officials, bosses, and senior officials, he is far inferior.

However, compared with Shen Mo, a young prospective college student, he undoubtedly has overwhelming strength.

"Is Xiao Mo a local, or?"

Ma Ruhai asked.

"Oh, I'm not from Hangzhou. My hometown is Xiao County."

Shen Mo told the truth. Sure enough, after hearing it, Ma Ruhai's face was filled with even more satisfaction.

He decided to keep working hard and strike while the iron is hot. "Have you bought a house in Hangzhou, or are you renting one?"

"Houses are too expensive, more than 20,000 yuan per square meter. My family is renting a house now." Shen Mo continued to speak the truth, focusing on emotional value.

Hearing this, Ma Ruhai felt completely relaxed.

Originally, at the beginning, he saw Shen Mo and Feng Jin sitting face to face, and they seemed to be somewhat affectionate.

This made him a little jealous.

But after some tentative questioning, he saw through Shen Mo's cards.

Isn’t this just a poor student from another place?
I can't even afford a house.

For a moment, Ma Ruhai felt relieved and at the same time found his own jealousy a little funny.

Why am I jealous because of such a child?

After finding a sense of superiority from Shen Mo, Ma Ruhai felt very happy, and even his chest was raised a little higher.

Looking at Ma Ruhai's smug expression and silent and low-key attitude.

Luo Meimei is the most excited one!
She has always been the kind of person who thinks the more gossip there is, the more fun it is for her.

Feng Jin once complained to her that Ma Ruhai was not only fanatical in his pursuits, but also greasy and boastful.

After today's meal, Luo Meimei probably understood why Feng Jin said that about Ma Ruhai.

It does have a greasy and exaggerated feel!
Luo Meimei still wanted to laugh.

Although she does not work in a traditional Chinese medicine hospital, she has been dealing with the pharmaceutical industry for a long time and has been influenced by it. She could hear Ma Ruhai boasting that he earns more than 10,000 yuan a month.

Ma Ruhai, Ma Ruhai, you think that he is just a poor student from another place.

But you don’t know that some people can just open a milk tea shop and earn 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a month.

Moreover, this is only their first store.

Judging from Shen Mo's plan, after he goes to college, he plans to open one or two more branches around the school.

It will even expand even larger in the future.

How can you, Ma Ruhai, a middle-aged working man, be compared with an eighteen-year-old boss like Shen Mo?
Feng Jin also noticed that Ma Ruhai was trying to feel superior to Shen Mo.

However, she did not have as many psychological activities as Luo Meimei.

She just felt that Ma Ruhai was overestimating his abilities.

Why did you have to find Xiao Mo when you could find someone else...

But the two girls didn't say anything, and just continued eating hotpot.

After all, Shen Mo himself is still so low-key, and it is not easy for them to take the initiative to break this window paper.

As for Ma Ruhai, he felt much more relaxed after feeling a sense of superiority.

He used a serving chopstick to pick up a few slices of mutton rolls and put them in Shen Mo's bowl.

"Xiao Mo, come and eat some mutton. Young people can grow up."

The reason why he was so enthusiastic was because he was very satisfied with Shen Mo as a background.

"Thank you, Brother Ma. I can do it myself." Shen Mo emphasized politeness.

Ma Ruhai was all smiles, feeling very much at ease and like the master of this harmonious situation.

He had almost completely forgotten that he was the one who joined in midway.

"Xiao Jin, I think I will be promoted to the supervisor of this area in the second half of the year."

"If you are unhappy with what you are doing over there, you can come to me."

"With me here, I guarantee you'll be comfortable with your work."

Ma Ruhai continued to add ingredients into the hot pot while talking to Feng Jin, his tone full of confidence.

"Well, okay." Feng Jin said casually.

After they finished eating, Ma Ruhai rushed to pay the bill.

"Meeting is fate."

"Xiao Mo, you are still a student. I should be the one with the highest income here. I will treat you."

Invisibly, he gave himself a boost.

In fact, Feng Jin and Luo Meimei ate very little for dinner, and the total cost for the four of them was less than one hundred and fifty yuan.

Ma Ruhai saw that Luo Meimei was originally going to pay the bill, but Shen Mo had no intention of paying at all.

In his heart, he couldn't help but look down on Shen Mo again.

It seems that this young man really doesn't have much money. He just comes here to eat and drink for free, and he even wants women to pay.

After finishing their meal, the four of them stepped onto the escalator and went down from the third floor to the second floor.

Most of the second floor is fashion stores, and there are also some luxury stores.

At this moment, Feng Jin suddenly stopped.

She remembered that Shen Mo had helped her so much before, but she seemed to have not yet repaid him. She only treated him to a meal with her teacher Zhang Xiuzhen.

Besides, Xiao Mo is going to college in a few days. Can I give him a back-to-school gift?

Thinking of this, Feng Jin blurted out: "Xiao Mo, you are not in a hurry to go home now, can we go shopping in the mall for a while?"

Luo Meimei naturally agreed.

Shen Mo looked at the time. It was not yet seven o'clock, so it was still very early.

"Um, okay."

He thought Feng Jin wanted him to accompany her to the mall, but he didn't realize that she wanted to buy something for him.

Ma Ruhai was also delighted when he saw this.

This kind of opportunity to go shopping with a beautiful woman is hard to come by, and he was thinking of finding a chance to show off.

After the four of them reached a consensus, they started strolling around the second floor.

Ma Ruhai stopped when passing by a men's luxury watch store.

He wants to buy himself a designer watch.

Yes, he bought it for himself.

When it comes to pursuing women, Ma Ruhai has a different understanding from other men.

Or maybe it’s another genre.

The slogan of this genre is "Money is for women to see, not to spend."

Another more subtle slogan is "If you bloom, butterflies will come."

Therefore, when it comes to women, Ma Ruhai has always focused on showing off his financial strength and following the rules of attraction.

Including just now at the dinner table, he used various methods such as bragging and comparison to elevate himself, which is also a way of showing off himself.

However, the bill after the meal was only about a hundred yuan, so he was not so stingy.

However, when it comes to big-ticket items like luxury goods, he usually buys them for himself.

Of course, if he really meets a mature woman like Feng Jin who is interested in something, he would occasionally be willing to pay the money.

However, Feng Jin and Luo Meimei are not interested in men's watches at all at the moment.

Shen Mo was not interested in watches that only middle-aged men liked to wear.

Out of courtesy, the three of them stayed in the store for about a minute to give Ma Ruhai some face.

But soon, the three of them left the watch store and continued shopping on the second floor.

Feng Jin stopped when passing by the Li Ning store.

"Xiao Mo, you helped me so much last time, and I've always wanted to buy you a gift."

"I've been wondering what to buy, and today is a coincidence, so I'll buy you a pair of shoes."

The "last time" she was referring to was naturally the incident where Shen Mo helped her deal with Zhao Shuchan's daughter, the girl who fainted after being pressed by Feng Jin.

At this time, looking at Shen Mo's slightly worn shoes, Feng Jin said earnestly.

Shen Mo was surprised.

He originally thought he was just here to accompany her shopping.

It turned out that the eldest sister wanted to buy a gift for herself.

"Senior sister, you are too polite."

"It was just a piece of cake last time, but you still remember it."

Shen Mo waved his hands, trying to refuse.

However, Luo Meimei also added an assist at the right time, "Xiao Mo, you really helped a lot last time, and I also want to thank you very much."

What she said was actually the truth. If Shen Mo didn't take action, the massage parlor would definitely be in trouble for a while.

In that case, Luo Meimei's studies in the library would naturally be greatly affected.

Besides, she is also a member of the massage parlor and can share the honor and disgrace.

As Luo Meimei spoke, she pushed Shen Mo a few times from behind.

Seeing that the two senior sisters were so insistent, Shen Mo had no choice but to smile bitterly and followed them into the Li Ning store.

Thinking that he would be going to college soon, Feng Jin bought him a pair of sneakers worth about 500 yuan.

Luo Meimei also wanted to buy Shen Mo a set of sportswear of similar price and was ready to pay, but Shen Mo insisted on refusing.

"Sister Luo, I appreciate your kindness."

Shen Mo's relationship with her was not as close as Feng Jin's, and he knew that Senior Sister Luo's financial situation was not particularly good.

After his repeated refusals, Senior Sister Luo had no choice but to give up.

Just as Shen Mo was thinking about how to repay Feng Jin and Senior Sister Luo, a mechanical system prompt sounded in his mind.

【Ding】

[Trigger random task: Counter-attacker's reward]

[When someone gives you a drop of kindness, you should repay them with a spring of gratitude. Returning kindness is a virtue and a way of expressing gratitude.]

[Task content: Give Feng Jin and Luo Meimei a gift worth twenty times the amount of their spending]

(Note: Luo Meimei’s kindness also counts.)
[Task Reward: Five Times Consumption Cash Back]

(End of this chapter)