Suppressing the Protagonist at the Start to Seize the Heroine

Chapter 103

“You’re wearing such short pants, and you’re still hot?” Lin Xiaowan commented, even reaching out to touch Zhao Yanyan’s long legs.

“Heh! You stand out there for half an hour and see if it’s hot. Xiaowan, you should heat up more easily than me, given your constitution.” After saying that, Zhao Yanyan carefully examined Lin Xiaowan.

Feeling a bit self-conscious under her gaze, Lin Xiaowan asked, “Yanyan, what are you looking at?”

“I’m looking at your skin. Xiaowan, your complexion is so rosy and healthy lately. Have you been eating well? Your skin looks radiant and beautiful,” Zhao Yanyan said as she pinched Lin Xiaowan’s cheek.

Lin Xiaowan swatted Zhao Yanyan’s hand away. “Isn’t my skin always this good?”

“Uh… I can’t argue with that,” Zhao Yanyan admitted awkwardly.

Su Lin, observing the scene, shook his head. “Alright, stop chatting for now and give me directions. Yanyan, didn’t you say the supermarket is under renovation? How’s the progress?”

Zhao Yanyan became a bit embarrassed. Recently, she had been constantly bothered by Lin Tian and had avoided going to the supermarket to prevent him from knowing where she worked. As a result, she wasn’t sure about the supermarket’s progress.

“What’s the matter? Any problem?” Su Lin asked, surprised.

Zhao Yanyan shook her head. “No… It’s just that I’ve been a bit preoccupied with family matters recently and haven’t been able to check on the supermarket.”

“We’ll only know the exact situation when we get there,” Su Lin said, nodding.

The car fell silent for a moment. Zhao Yanyan wished she could drag Lin Tian out and give him a good scolding for making the situation so awkward. If it weren’t for him, she wouldn’t be in this predicament.

“That’s okay, Su Lin. I really had something to do. It wasn’t…”

Su Lin interrupted, “No need to explain. Everyone has their things to deal with. Besides, you wouldn’t know much about construction work anyway. As long as they follow the blueprints, there shouldn’t be any problem.”

“Yanyan, don’t be nervous. Su Lin is right. As long as everything is done according to the plan, there won’t be any issues,” Lin Xiaowan reassured.

“Okay,” Zhao Yanyan replied, feeling relieved that Su Lin wasn’t taking the matter too seriously.

“How much longer until it’s completed? Can we open this month?”

Zhao Yanyan shook her head. “I don’t think we can open this month. The branch in Donghai is much larger than the one in Zhongjiang, so it’s unlikely that the renovation can be completed so quickly.”

“I’ve noticed other supermarkets under renovation in different districts,” Su Lin mentioned with a light laugh.

“Those without much strength will be knocked down in one round. Don’t worry too much about them,” Su Lin assured confidently.

“What if they do have strength?” Zhao Yanyan inquired.

Su Lin laughed lightly. “Whether they have strength or not, we’ll bring them down.”

“That’s right. It doesn’t matter if they are strong or not. If they stand in our way, we’ll just knock them down,” Lin Xiaowan added, making a punching gesture.

Zhao Yanyan looked back and forth between Su Lin and Lin Xiaowan. “Xiaowan, are you and Su Lin together?”

Lin Xiaowan glanced at Su Lin, who was driving, and then nodded shyly. “Yanyan, how did you figure it out?”

“I could tell, of course. The way you look at Su Lin is full of little stars. If I couldn’t see that, I’d be a fool,” Zhao Yanyan laughed.

“Little stars? Really? I haven’t noticed them,” Lin Xiaowan said, a bit puzzled.

“Heh! Not those kind of stars, silly. I just mean it’s obvious,” Zhao Yanyan explained.

Zhao Yanyan felt a strange sense of loss deep inside, despite having met Su Lin only a few times. When she learned that Su Lin and Lin Xiaowan were officially a couple, she couldn’t help but feel a bit down.

“Hey, Xiaowan, I remember you once said you wouldn’t date in college. I didn’t expect that you wouldn’t in college, but you would in high school,” Zhao Yanyan teased.

Lin Xiaowan, unfazed by the teasing, replied with a light laugh, “That’s why they say love is unpredictable. When fate arrives, it naturally breaks all previous thoughts. Yanyan, when your fate arrives, you’ll find someone too.”

Zhao Yanyan glanced at Su Lin. With such an outstanding man appearing, it was hard for her to be interested in ordinary men. “Me? Who knows whose stomach my fate is still in,” Zhao Yanyan joked.

The three laughed together. After about fifteen minutes, Su Lin finally stopped the car on a bustling street.

They got out of the car, and Zhao Yanyan looked at the large building in front of her with pride, saying, “What do you think? My choice isn’t bad, right?”

“Shopping malls, farmers’ markets, schools, office buildings, residential areas – all within this area. Opening a supermarket here is definitely a great location,” Su Lin observed, noticing that these buildings were newly constructed, indicating a growing population in the future.

Su Lin gave a thumbs-up. “This location is really good, Yanyan. How did you manage to secure it?”

“How else? They begged me to buy it. The owner of this building was also a businessman, but he got hooked on stocks and lost everything. Ended up in debt, so it was a bargain for us,” Zhao Yanyan explained.

Su Lin realized, “I didn’t expect that in Zhongjiang they begged us to buy, and here too. Xiaowan, Yanyan, you two are really lucky.”

“Heh heh! It’s not just luck, you need some skills too,” Lin Xiaowan boasted.

“Exactly, Su Lin, you make it sound too simple,” Zhao Yanyan added.

Su Lin, feeling slightly overwhelmed, thought he might need to assert himself more or else Lin Xiaowan might start taking the lead. Clearing his throat, Su Lin asked, “What about our accommodation, Yanyan? Did you arrange it?”

Zhao Yanyan nodded. “Of course, I did. But I arranged only one apartment with just one bed.”

Su Lin smiled subtly, thinking to himself that she was considerate. “That’s fine, one bed it is.”

Lin Xiaowan, blushing, pretended to be an ostrich. She had been staying with Su Lin for the past few days, almost like an old married couple, sharing a bed every night.

“Ah! But what about Xiaowan?”

“I… I can go to my relatives’ place. Yes, I’ll go there,” Lin Xiaowan suddenly remembered that she was supposed to visit relatives in Donghai. She felt as if Su Lin had led her astray.

“Oh, going to your relatives? That’s good too,” Zhao Yanyan said, not suspecting anything else.

Su Lin sighed internally at their youthfulness. If it were twenty years later, everyone would have easily guessed his intentions.

“Su Lin, Xiaowan, shall we go in and take a look?”

Su Lin nodded. “Sure, let’s go in and check the progress.”

Satisfied with the location in Donghai, Su Lin thought Zhao Yanyan’s business sense wasn’t bad, probably not far behind Lin Xiaowan’s. As for Xia Shiyu, she might be a bit behind.

Xia Shiyu, without any formal business education, had built a fortune worth billions. Now, studying business management in Donghai, who knows how big of a business tycoon she would become in the future.