Cheng Su and the others didnāt expect anyone to come to meet their train, let alone someone from the Cheng family, the youngest, Cheng Yaozu.
"You, how come youāre here?" Cheng Su looked at Cheng Yaozu with surprise.
Cheng Yaozu said, "The old man insisted I come to pick you up, wants to give you a welcoming feast." He noticed Ning Ge and Ying Xiaoya scrutinizing him and waved, "Hello, everyone!"
His Mandarin was quite a mix, neither here nor there.
Ying Xiaoya burst into laughter, then felt it was a bit impolite, so she quickly bowed her head.
Cheng Yaozu chuckled and said, "Hey, no need to worry, the Mandarin here all has a local accent, not that pleasant, actually Iām considered quite good, many canāt even speak it."
He was indeed telling the truth, Cheng Su knew this very well, Mandarin wasnāt very common among locals, if not for people from all over Jiangnan coming here to make fortunes, the Mandarin speakers might have been even fewer!
"Hello, Iām Ning Ge." Ning Ge stepped forward and extended his hand.
"Hello, Iām Cheng Yaozu, welcome to Guangcheng!" Cheng Yaozu also reached out and shook his hand, showing a friendly smile.
"This is my partner at the company." Cheng Su said, then pulled over Ying Xiaoya, "And this here is my good friend and our companyās accountant, Ying Xiaoya."
"Hi!" Cheng Yaozu waved his hand again, his eyes sparkling.
Ying Xiaoya gave a slight smile, a bit awkward and shy.
"Got all the luggage? Shall we go? Weāve set up a banquet for you at Full Fragrance Tower." Cheng Yaozu directly took Ying Xiaoyaās luggage and said with a smile.
Cheng Su looked at Ning Ge and the others, seeing him nod, then said, "Then weāll trouble you!"
Watching Cheng Yaozu lead Xiao Ya ahead, chatting with her occasionally, Ning Ge observed and then said to Cheng Su, "You have an amazing network, donāt you? I remember, youāve only met once? And now heās here to pick you up?"
Cheng Su said, "I didnāt expect it either, alright?"
The car was still the one Cheng Su rode last time, Cheng Yaozu drove it himself, Ning Ge sat in the passenger seat.
All the way, Cheng Yaozu kept talking, and when he saw a notable building, he would introduce it.
"There are so many people!" Ying Xiaoya looked out the car window, there were people pushing bicycles, a lot more than in Qing City.
Cheng Yaozu glanced back and smiled, "Of course, they say you can make a fortune in Guangdong, thereāre naturally a lot of people traveling all over. Thereāll be even more coming to Guangcheng in the future."
He then looked at Ning Ge, "Master Ning from Beijing, you should know, right? There are even more people in the Capital!"
Ning Ge raised an eyebrow: "I donāt recall ever saying Iām from Beijing!"
"From your Beijing accent, I canāt tell? I also stayed there for two years!" Cheng Yaozu said.
Ning Ge said, "Seems like accents can give away your origin." He secretly praised that this guy seemed carefree and a bit wild on the surface, but he was quite attentive, at least observantly detailed.
Cheng Yaozu laughed and said, "No worries, weāre all friends, if it gets exposed, so be it!"
The car turned a corner and soon stopped in front of a shophouse, with a high hanging sign of Full Fragrance Tower, someone came up to open the car door.
"Weāre here, you guys get off first, Iāll park the car. No need to take the luggage, weāll be sending you to the hotel later, and youāll have to bring it up again." Cheng Yaozu said.
Cheng Su and the others took their small bags and got out of the car, waiting at the entrance.