Chapter Ninety-Four: Meeting Mother-in-law

  "Hey! What are you doing here? Even if you want to find a place for spring outing, it's not necessary to come to such a desolate and remote mountain!" Qian Ling said with furrowed eyebrows.

  "Hehe, don't underestimate this desolate mountain. If I tell you that in less than three years, the value of this place will increase by several tens of times, do you believe me?" Su Jin said with a half-joking and half-serious tone.

  Qian Ling rolled her eyes and said disbelievingly: "Multiply several dozen times? Are you dreaming or am I dreaming?"

  "Hehe!" Su Jin smiled twice and didn't say anything more. He walked towards the mountain in a leisurely manner.

  "Hey! You're not really going into the mountains, are you? This is a desolate mountain, there's nothing on it, and it's dirty!" Qian Ling shouted. After shouting twice, seeing that Su didn't seem to care, Qian Ling looked at the dress she had specially chosen for today, stomped her foot fiercely, steeled herself, and followed Su into the mountains.

  Su Jing walked at a moderate pace, looking around as if searching for something. Half an hour later, Su Jing finally stopped in his tracks. "Ah, if I'm not mistaken, this is the place!" Su Jing squatted down and felt the soil beneath his feet, muttering to himself.

  "Qian Ling, what do you think if we buy this mountain?" Su Wen asked as he turned his head back.

  "Buy this mountain? Are you crazy!" Qian Ling's face was shocked, looking at Su Zhan with a serious expression, it was really hard to imagine how such a strange idea could appear in his mind.

  "That's right, I've decided, I'll buy this mountain." Su Jin stood up and said firmly.

  "Hey, how can this be? We didn't have much money to begin with, and..."

  "Alright, let's go then! You said you wanted to go home, didn't you? Let's get going now!"

  "What? You promised to go home with me?" Qian Ling's attention was diverted and she couldn't care less about Su Yan wanting to buy a mountain anymore.

  "Of course, how could I not go if future mother-in-law invites me?" Su said with a smile.

  "What? Who did you say is going to be your future mother-in-law?" Qian Ling's eyes widened in shock, her face flushing with anger as she shouted.

  "Ah? Haha, slip of the tongue, it's Auntie, it's Auntie." Seeing Qian Ling having a tendency to blow up, Su Nian hastily corrected herself.

  "Hum! Let's go, my mom said it was five o'clock, if we don't leave now, we won't make it." Qian Ling gave Su Yan a white look and went down the mountain first.

  Su Jin smiled slightly and followed Qian Ling down the mountain. As soon as they walked out of the big mountain, Su Jin turned back to take a deep look at the Bai Qing Mountain in front of him, thinking to himself: "Bai Qing Mountain, ah Bai Qing Mountain, my future development funds are all relying on you!"

  Bai Qing Shan, this is a shortcut that Su Jian found to get rich quickly in the short term. Although Su Jian's previous life was relatively peaceful and uncontroversial, he still knew some sensational news about the local area. And Bai Qing Shan was once a hot topic in the ancient city for a long time!

  It all originated from the fact that there was a gold mine in Baicheng Mountain. Of course, it wasn't one of those legendary large gold mines. The country's major gold mines are all owned by the state. Even if they were discovered privately, they couldn't be mined and would be taken over by the state; otherwise, it would be illegal. Su Jin wouldn't dare to compete with the state for money, no matter how bold he was.

  This is a poor mine. Any kind of mine has rich and poor ones. For some large mines, the country will organize mining. For some small mines, if the country mines, it's not worth investing in equipment. After all, if it's national investment, various costs are relatively high. So for some small mines, the country chose to let private individuals mine them.

  The gold mine in Baiqing Mountain belongs to the type that can be handed over to private mining, and among the privately mined gold mines, this one is considered a rich mine. If designed properly, it's estimated that it can bring in 40-50 million yuan in revenue each year. This benefit can last for about 20 years, which means the total value of this gold mine is nearly 1 billion yuan.

  In Su Jin's memory, about three years later, this place will be discovered by explorers in a chance encounter and then auctioned off. Finally, the mountain was sold to a local underworld boss for 50 million.

  Su Jian had this idea, although it seemed to be more profitable for himself to open a mine, but the time span of twenty years was really too long for Su Jian. Su Jian believed that after twenty years, his own value would be at least tens of billions, why bother with this tree. Moreover, usually opening a mine requires dealing with some underworld societies, Su Jian didn't think he could mix well in the underworld either.

  The taxi slowed down and stopped at the entrance of the Tianyuan Community, Su Jin got out first, and naturally adjusted her clothes with both hands.

  "Wow? Can't tell, you've tidied up your clothes and look quite decent now!" Qian Ling got off the car and said to Su Zhan with a smirk.

  "Of course, I have to make myself look presentable when meeting Auntie. Otherwise, how can she be at ease leaving her precious in my hands?" Su Jin said with a smirk on his face, flicking the hair off his forehead.

  "Hmph!" Qian Ling gave him a cold shoulder and didn't bother to respond to him.

  Today he was invited by Qian Ling to visit her home, according to Qian Ling's words, it was her mother who invited him. Su Jin agreed with a smile after selling the suspense. Of course, in fact, the relationship between the two families of Qian and Su is quite good. This has been passed down from their parents' generation. Su Jin also often comes here for dinner, so this doesn't seem abnormal at all. Su Jin didn't think much about it either.

  It turns out that the two of them also had a doll-like promise, so Su Zhan said it wasn't wrong to come and see his mother-in-law. In the past, Su Jian always made jokes with Qian Ling like this. But for some reason, Su Jian felt that Qian Ling was particularly sensitive today.

  However, Su Jin did not know that Qian Ling was filled with inexpressible regret at this moment. In fact, although the Qian and Su families had a childhood engagement agreement, it was just a joke. Although the adults all teased them about it, no one really took it seriously. It's already this era, who would still take that kind of thing to heart?

  Qian Ling's past life marriage to Su Zhe has nothing to do with this, it's just the fate of two people coming together. Originally in her past life, during this period Su Zhe went to a business school and parted ways with Qian Ling, which should have been when their relationship started to fade. Unfortunately, in this life, Su Zhe used Dreamtech to tie Qian Ling back to his side.

  Moreover, as time passed, Su Jin's various successes made Qian Ling look at him with new eyes, and she had to admit that she had been blind before, never thinking that her childhood playmate would have this side. Especially with the arrival of Liu Mei, Qian Ling felt threatened for the first time, perhaps people are like this, only appreciating things when there is competition.

  Inadvertently, Qian Ling's feelings for Su Yan had made new progress. Even she herself didn't realize that the number of times she mentioned Su Yan every day had increased significantly, and the feeling when mentioning Su Yan was also different. Unfortunately, she didn't notice this change, but Qian's mother did. As an experienced person, Qian's mother knew what it meant, so there was today's invitation.

  Qian Ling obviously knew the meaning of this invitation today, which was why she felt even more at a loss. The main reason was that she didn't feel confident anymore. In the past, she had been confident when facing Su Jing, although Su Jing's father was the deputy mayor, Qian Ling's father wasn't bad either, he was the director of Gucheng TV station.

  Moreover, Su Jin's academic performance was not comparable to Qian Ling's, so when facing Su Jin, Qian Ling still had a hint of superiority. Unfortunately, since Su Jin arrived at the business school, it was as if a dragon had entered the ocean, and in a short period of time, he showed off abilities that ordinary people couldn't match.

  Even Qian Ling, who is as proud as she is, can't help but feel a sense of self-reproach when facing Su Jin. Moreover, there's also the existence of Liu Mei, and she doesn't know how Su Jin feels about her, or if he still likes her. As for today's invitation, Qian Ling's heart is very conflicted.

  On the one hand, he hopes to use this invitation to confirm his relationship with Su Wei. On the other hand, she feels that competing with Liu Mei in this way is too despicable and whether she is too shameless. "Maybe, he really likes Liu Mei." Qian Ling, who was conflicted, was somewhat depressed and self-reproached in her heart.

  In Su Jin's ignorance and Qian Ling's nervousness, the two walked into Qian Ling's home.

  "Wow, Auntie's cooking is still so great!" Su Zhan exclaimed exaggeratedly as soon as he entered the door.

  "Hehe, you little monkey, it's been so long since you came to Auntie's place, have you forgotten about Auntie? Do I need to personally come and invite you?" said Qian Mu, carrying a plate of freshly cooked dishes, walking out with a smile.

  "Where was it? I forgot, but no one can forget you! It's just that I've been busy lately, but Auntie's matter is the most important. You see, as soon as I received Auntie's invitation, I rushed over immediately!" Su Jin said hastily.

  "Wow! Not bad, it seems that staying in business school wasn't a waste of time after all. This little mouth is getting more and more eloquent!" Qian Mu said with a smile.

  "Where, where, every word I say is from the heart!" Su Jin said solemnly.

  "Hahaha!" Seeing Su Jian's comical expression, Qian Mu couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.

  "Alright, alright, come and eat quickly! Qianling, bring the bowls and chopsticks." After joking for a few sentences, Mrs. Qian began to invite them to eat.

  "Old Qian, Old Qian, come out and eat!"

  "Alright, alright, stop calling, you see, every time we invite people to dinner it's always the same!" Qian Ling's father, Qian Yun, chuckled as he walked out of his study.

  "Hmph! You don't even cook and you still have the nerve? If you're capable, then go cook! At that time, I won't have any opinions about what you call me!" Qian Mu said to Qian Yun, clearly not giving face to Su Zhen.

  "Ah, Xiao Jin is here!" Seeing Qian Mu's majestic aura, Qian Yun immediately wisely shifted the topic and started greeting Su Jin.

  "Yes, Uncle Qian is good, I'm here to freeload again." Su Zhen said with a smile.

  "Alright, just do it, we're almost home, don't be polite."

  "Haha, Uncle Qian, don't worry, I've never known what it means to be polite here."