Brother Jiang, what do you want to do?

It was time to leave work, and the quiet residential area quickly became lively.

The area was filled with chemical factories, so the air was always filled with an unpleasant smell. However, those who had been working in the factories for a long time gradually got used to it, and those who hadn't been there for long were slowly getting used to it.

If they really couldn't get used to it, the only option was to find a new job.

However, job hopping wasn't a good choice in the Magic City, especially for workers in chemical factories. The chances of finding a better job were slim, but the chances of ending up in a worse situation were quite high. Therefore, most people chose to live a life of bare sufficiency within the factory.

In these times, it was good enough just to be alive.

Many employees of the factory lived nearby and would go home after work.

Of course, those who had bought houses were mostly older employees who had been working for a long time.

Houses were cheap in the early years, but in the last two years, house prices had soared to an extent that young people couldn't afford anymore. With salaries of just a few thousand yuan, buying a house was a major difficulty which left the factory always facing a dilemma of lacking young workers.

The office departments were fine, but the production units were in dire straits.

There were many positions that young people were unwilling to take and, as a result, the older employees had to take up the slack.

This wasn't a sustainable situation, and it gave the leaders headaches.

But the headaches had no cure. After all, houses were just too expensive.

The surrounding house prices were thirty thousand per square meter, and buying a three-bedroom apartment around a hundred square meters would mean that young people would have to work for fifty to sixty years without eating or drinking. This was still a calculation without considering the rise in house prices. Including that, a hundred years wouldn't be enough, either.

Therefore, their best bet was to go out and fight for their opportunities while they were young, or else they would be left in despair.

Jiang Fan sat in his quiet BMW, silently thinking about his past and present life.

He was also desperate back then and chose to leave.

Now, looking down from a height, he felt that living a relaxed and happy life was the most important thing.

There were quite a few cars on the road, and many employees who had finished work had cars. Those who could afford houses in the Magic City would certainly be able to afford cars. There were quite a number of rich people, especially some old employees who bought houses in the early years, who lived a comfortable life.

If they have two or three houses, life would be even more comfortable.

Jiang Fan's BMW on the road sparked many speculations about who this tycoon could be.

Don't think that Rolls Royces and Maybachs were everywhere in the Magic City. Anyone who could afford a BMW wouldn't work in a chemical factory, at least not in an old factory like Mingbo Chemical. So most of the cars owned by employees were worth around a hundred thousand.

There were hardly any BMWs.

He parked the car in front of the female dormitory building. Jiang Fan didn't get out of the car, he just sat there waiting.

After about twenty minutes, the Pei sisters finally got changed and came out.

They ran to the front windscreen and took a peak before pulling open the back door and getting in.

Female employees coming and going from the dormitory saw them, talked about it, and were envious in their hearts.

Being beautiful was indeed an advantage, easily reeling in wealthy bachelors with BMWs.

The BMW soon drove away, leaving behind a trail of thoughts and a variety of envy and jealousy.

Jiang Fan focused on driving and didn't talk much, nor did he actively seek conversation.

Pei Wenwen asked, "Jiang, what are you going to treat us to eat?"

Jiang Fan asked, "What do you feel like eating?"

Pei Wenwen said, "I feel like eating Western food, will you treat us?"

Jiang Fan laughed, "Sure, we will eat Western food tonight."

Pei Wenwen paused, quickly said, "I was kidding, anything is fine."

Jiang Fan shook his hand and didn't say anything.

Pei Wenwen took a look at his side profile, wanted to say something, but didn't. Her eyes rolled around and she started to complain about various work-related annoyances, such as lazy colleagues, dishonest supervisors who, despite having wives, tried to ask her out for meals and such.

After Jiang Fan listened for a while, he suddenly asked, "Why didn't you two date in university?"

Pei Shishi didn't make a sound, it seems this question was not very easy to answer.

Pei Wenwen giggled, "Guess!"

Jiang Fan didn't guess, "I won't guess if you don't tell."

Pei Wenwen said, "Because no one pursued us!"

Jiang Fan didn't want to ask anymore, he immediately could tell it was an excuse.

Pei Wenwen was still waiting for him to ask more, but she waited for a while to no avail. Suddenly, she saw the car was on Wenchuan Road. She got puzzled about where they were going. Was it necessary to go so far just for a meal? She hurriedly asked, "Jiang, where are we going for dinner?"

Jiang Fan replied, "The Bund."

Pei Wenwen was even more surprised, "Is it necessary to go to The Bund just for a meal?"

Pei Shishi was also a little surprised, and suddenly felt that the meal wouldn't be that enjoyable.

Jiang Fan said, "Didn't you say you wanted to eat Western food?" 

Pei Wenwen was speechless, "I was kidding!"

Jiang Fan replied, "The thing is, I also want to eat Western food."

The two sisters looked at each other, their eyes meeting, not knowing what to say.

Dinner was at CASANOVA on the Bund. Jiang Fan had three portions of sirloin steak and a portion of ham pizza, then ordered a portion of Australian veal tendon to finally fill his stomach. For the Pei sisters, he ordered lobster risotto, cod with citrus cream, a serving of foie gras, and a tiramisu each. The three of them spent two thousand yuan, which wasn't too expensive, but it certainly wasn't considered cheap either.

After dinner, it was already dark outside.

They went out to stroll on the Bund.

Jiang Fan sauntered along in the front, walking and admiring the riverside view under the night sky.

The Pei sisters followed seven or eight meters behind, whispering to each other as they walked along.

They found tonight's dinner a bit tasteless.

They initially thought they were just going to have a casual dinner, but then they were taken to the Bund for a Western meal. Spending almost half a month's salary on one meal, they thought something was going to happen, but nothing did. Even the man in the front didn't wait for the two of them when they were strolling around. The sisters were confused and murmured for a long time, yet still couldn't figure out what was going on, it was baffling.

After a while, Jiang Fan waited up front, and the sisters finally caught up.

Pei Wenwen asked, "Jiang, what are we doing shopping for?"

Jiang Fan said, "Does shopping need a reason? Isn't it nice to see the night view of the Bund?"

Pei Wenwen had nothing to say.

Pei Shishi had nothing to say either.

The Bund? They had seen it countless times, what was there to see?

They felt that something was off, but they couldn't figure out what it was.

Jiang Fan turned his body slightly and subtly pointed at a man and a woman hugging each other by the railing not far away, saying, "Look at those two, do you get the feeling that the greenhouse effect has messed up the seasons, and money has messed up the ages?"

"Pfft!"

The sisters burst out laughing.

The age gap between that pair was quite wide, at least twenty years by estimation.

This phenomenon was actually quite common in the Magic City and nothing to be surprised at.

However...

Jiang's summary was indeed on point. Weren't some people nowadays just having their ages messed up by money?

Pei Wenwen playfully said, "Jiang, you made up that joke quite smoothly!"

Jiang Fan thought to himself that this wasn't something he made up, but he didn't explain it. Instead, he asked, "I don't want to go back to the factory tonight. I want to go to Mingya Garden where the air is better. Will you two be going back? If not, you can stay at my place and we can go back to the factory together in the morning."

Pei Wenwen's eyes widened.

Pei Shishi playfully asked, "Jiang, what are you trying to do?"