"How did you and Jiang Cheng meet?" Qiao Yinyin asked with a gossiping look.
Zhou Ying replied with a smile, "We were high school classmates."
"So that's how it is."
Jiang Cheng didn't interrupt when he saw Qiao Yinyin and Zhou Ying chatting.
While he was focused on eating, a slender foot under the table suddenly slid slowly from Jiang Cheng's calf to the base of his thigh.
Jiang Cheng calmly looked down at the snowy white foot on his thigh; he knew Qiao Yinyin would act up.
Jiang Cheng grabbed Qiao Yinyin's restless foot with one hand and looked across at her.
Qiao Yinyin continued chatting casually with Zhou Ying as if nothing was wrong, talking about the weirdos she encountered during her live streams.
From time to time, she made Zhou Ying burst into laughter.
Seeing Qiao Yinyin raise her eyebrows and look at him flirtatiously and provocatively, Jiang Cheng immediately thought of a classic line.
"You're so flirtatious~"
Qiao Yinyin didn't expect Jiang Cheng to counterattack so suddenly; her expression stiffened for a moment when her foot was caught, and she didn't dare move any further.
She tried to pull her foot away, but Jiang Cheng held it tightly.
With a wicked smile, Jiang Cheng unscrupulously tickled the sole of Qiao Yinyin's foot.
The sensitive and itchy sensation made Qiao Yinyin unable to hold back her laughter.
"Hahaha, there was another time that was really funny, you know?"
Seeing Qiao Yinyin laughing so happily, Zhou Ying didn't think much of it.
Simple-minded Zhou Ying couldn't imagine that Qiao Yinyin and Jiang Cheng would do such a thing right in front of her.
She just felt that this beautiful girl had a pretty good personality.
Not only was she enthusiastic about serving her food, but she also had a low threshold for laughter.
She seemed like a nice girl, carefree and quite kind.
With that thought, Zhou Ying also proactively served Qiao Yinyin a few pieces of meat.
"Stop laughing and eat; the meat won't taste good if it's cooked for too long."
The tingling in her sole made Qiao Yinyin tremble slightly and uncontrollably.
"Thanks, but I really can't help it, it's too funny, hahaha, I won't dare to think about this again next time." Qiao Yinyin leaned on the table, signaling Jiang Cheng with her eyes to spare her.
Seeing that Qiao Yinyin was about to be exposed, Jiang Cheng finally let her go.
When he returned from washing his hands in the restroom, he found that Qiao Yinyin had left her seat and was sitting in his, chatting animatedly with Zhou Ying.
Having learned her lesson, Qiao Yinyin didn't dare to cause trouble again and ate her hotpot obediently.
Within an hour, the two chatted about everything from skincare products to maintenance, then to clothes and gossip.
They forced a meeting between rivals into a besties' hangout, and by the end, they even added each other on wechat and made plans to hang out again when they had time.
Watching this, countless question marks appeared over Jiang Cheng's head.
After finishing the meal, Jiang Cheng walked with Zhou Ying for a while before sending her back.
When saying goodbye, they naturally shared a brief conversation.
In the evening, Jiang Cheng drove to the Master Hotel.
This time, Jiang Cheng didn't take anyone with him and drove there alone.
When he arrived at the entrance, Qi Yuan was already waiting for him at the gateway.
"Brother Jiang, you're finally here. We're just waiting for you."
Qi Yuan warmly put his arm around Jiang Cheng's shoulder.
After going back last night, he and Congcong naturally looked into Jiang Cheng's background.
Upon checking, the two became even more interested in Jiang Cheng.
The search results from Tianyancha showed that Jiang Cheng had two companies under his sole control and shares in Hengcheng Investment Company; the two he fully owned were Xingchen Entertainment Company and Xingchen Investment Company.
Among them, the startup capital for Xingchen Investment Company was as high as five hundred million.
You should know that the startup capital for Wang Congcong's Xiongmao Live was only twenty million; the five hundred million paid-in capital was all on the books—a solid capital chain, not just subscribed through a bank.
This showed just how terrifying Jiang Cheng's cash flow was.
Who would pay in five hundred million when starting a Company? Usually, capital is just subscribed, and loans are applied for from banks in some form when needed.
Wang Congcong's family's Company Group also followed this method.