Chapter 26 White skin, beauty and long legs

At noon that day.

Luxury villa area in Gubei New District, Hai City.

Zhou's single-family villa.

"Lin Lang, just come if you want to, why do you buy so many things?" Motorcycle goddess Zhou Mengyao smiled and welcomed Lin Lang into the house.

Zhou Mengyao had waist-length hair, an incredibly beautiful fair face, delicate features like a painting, a noble and elegant temperament, fair skin, beautiful long legs, a wasp waist and a perky butt, a plump and proud figure, and a stunning appearance that went straight to the soul.

Lin Lang, who was wearing a white double-breasted suit, smiled and replied, "Since this is my first visit, I should bring a small gift to show my appreciation."

The maid Aunt Mei took the gift from Lin Lang and said politely, "Mr. Lin, please come in. I'll go tell the master and the mistress that you're here."

Lin Lang replied with one word, "Okay!"

Zhou Mengyao praised: "Old classmate, your outfit today is very handsome~"

Lin Lang smiled and replied: "Mengyao, your daily outfit of white clothes that are whiter than snow still has the temperament of a beautiful school girl. It is still hard to look away."

"Lin Lang, you were not good at speaking when you were in high school. You were melancholy and introverted, and your mouth was not as sweet as it is now."

"Mengyao, when you were in high school, your body wasn't so perfect, with curves where they should be, and curves where they should be. I was embarrassed to look directly at you, for fear that I would get a nosebleed if I wasn't careful."

"Ha ha……"

Zhou Mengyao smiled sweetly and said, "Lin Lang, you have become more humorous now. You are much more interesting than when you were in high school."

Lin Lang shrugged and said, "As the saying goes, money is the courage of a hero, and gold is the waist of a man. When I was studying, my family was ordinary and I studied in an aristocratic school. I kept my distance from my classmates who were from wealthy families, so it was inevitable that I would be a bit out of place."

After hearing this, Zhou Mengyao replied: "Money is a magic mirror, and silver is a ruler to measure people's hearts. When you are rich, you know people's hearts, and when you are poor, you can see people's nature."

"Lin Lang, your eyes are still as clear as when you were in high school. You are humble and polite, without any arrogance or publicity of a nouveau riche. You are still the introverted and cold boy you once were."

Lin Lang sighed, "It was only after entering society that I realized how wonderful school days were. Those fleeting years when I sat at the same table with you often appear in my mind. That must be the youth we can never go back to."

After hearing this, Zhou Mengyao smiled and said, "Time has never been gentle, so there is youth."

"Time has passed, and there is no need to say more. You were my deskmate in my youth. We were once far apart and did not bother each other, but now we have met again. I hope that this time our friendship will not be separated and alienated."

Lin Lang took out a bunch of colorful zinnia flowers from his portable space as if he was taking objects from the air, and gave them to Zhou Mengyao, the beautiful high school girl.

"Dangdangdangdang..."

"Change……"

"I give this bouquet of flowers to you, my deskmate. May our youth never end and our friendship never close!"

Zhou Mengyao took the fragrant zinnia, smelled the fresh fragrance, and exclaimed happily: "Old classmate, you can actually perform magic tricks to make girls happy."

“Thanks for the surprise!”

"The words of the zinnia are about missing friends far away, forever, so I wish that our friendship as classmates can last forever, always as fresh as the beginning, and as poetic as a painting!"

Lin Lang smiled warmly after hearing this.

Zhou Mengyao smiled happily and said, "I'll take you on a brief tour of our home. Would you like tea, coffee, or juice, old classmate? I'll ask the servants to get it for you."

"I'll have some coffee."

Lin Lang followed Zhou Mengyao's footsteps, strolling in the huge luxurious villa of Zhou's house, and visiting the antique porcelain, calligraphy and painting artworks displayed indoors.

As soon as he entered the living room of the villa, what caught Lin Lang's eye was a complete set of Huanghuali furniture from the Ming and Qing dynasties. The treasure appraisal entry showed that it had a history of more than 300 years and was worth tens of millions of Chinese yuan.

"Wow~"

"Your father is indeed a great collector. Just the set of Huanghuali furniture from the Ming and Qing dynasties displayed in the living room is worth tens of millions of Chinese yuan."

"Mengyao, you really are a rich second generation who was born with a silver spoon in your mouth."

"Lin Lang, you just took a casual look and you said this set of antique furniture is from the Ming and Qing dynasties and is worth tens of millions. It seems that you are not simple!"

In the living room of Zhou's villa, a group of vases and porcelains are particularly eye-catching. They are an imitation cloisonné appreciation vase from the Qianlong period and two blue and white porcelain general jars from the Kangxi period, all of which are of great value.

On the wall of the living room, there is a framed authentic work by the great master Qi Baishi, which is also priceless.

The Zhou family's villa was filled with famous paintings and calligraphy, and antiques and curios were placed in every room. It was so dazzling that Lin Lang was dazzled.

Lin Lang exclaimed: "Although this is your Zhou family's private residence, the collection inside is comparable to that of a museum. You can see authentic works of famous people everywhere. Your father's collection is astounding."

"The Zhou residence is full of antiques, and you can see with the naked eye that they are worth tens of billions. It's simply too luxurious!"

Zhou Mengyao replied, "Old classmate, you don't know that I am not a second-generation rich man, but a fourth-generation rich man from the old Zhanghai Zhou family. Many of the billions of antiques in the Zhou mansion were left by my grandfather Zhou Xiangyun."

Lin Lang was shocked after hearing this: "Mengyao, your grandfather is Zhou Xiangyun, the real estate tycoon in old Shanghai?!"

Zhou Mengyao replied: "That's right!"

“When talking about my grandfather, the real estate tycoon Zhou Xiangyun, we have to start from my great-grandfather.”

"My great-grandfather Zhou Zilian was a carpenter by trade. He followed the wave of refugees from Ningbo into Old Haikou. He had no relatives and worked as a laborer on the construction site of the Sassoon Company."

"My great-grandfather Zhou Zilian was not content to be a laborer on a construction site. He spent two months' salary to buy a book called "English Notes" and taught himself Pidgin English."

"After learning basic spoken English, my great-grandfather Zhou Zilian soon joined Sassoon & Co. and became a runner, going in and out of major teahouses on Nanjing Road every day to introduce and sell properties to customers."

"After just a few years, my great-grandfather Zhou Zilian became wealthy and made a large sum of cash."

"My great-grandfather Zhou Zilian then registered a real estate leasing company with the Municipal Council under the name of 'Zhou Lian Ji'. This was the first real estate leasing agency established during the Xia Dynasty."

"The main business of Jingzu is to sell or lease commercial housing on behalf of real estate developers and extract a commission of 5% to 10% from them."

"Since renting did not require much cost, my great-grandfather Zhou Zilian used his savings to purchase real estate inside and outside the concession, becoming a real estate tycoon among the Chinese merchants in Hainan in the 19th century."

After hearing this, Lin Lang exclaimed: "I didn't expect that your great-grandfather Zhou Zilian, Mengyao, was the earliest real estate agent pioneer in Xia Country during the old Shanghai period."

"It was after your great-grandfather Zhou Zilian became a real estate tycoon that the profession of real estate agent came into being in Xia Country. The ancestors of your Zhou family really pioneered the real estate industry!"

Zhou Mengyao smiled proudly, and then continued: "My great-grandfather Zhou Zilian left behind many legends of real estate tycoons, and after his successful business, he passed away, leaving behind his wife Shui Chunlan and two underage sons."

"My great-grandmother Shui Chunlan, known as Mrs. Shui in the beach, after experiencing the grief of losing her husband, she began to take charge of the huge family business and raised my grandfather Zhou Xiangyun and my second grandfather Zhou Chunqing to adulthood."

"My great-grandmother Shui Chunlan was also a rare talent. She showed extraordinary skills right from the start. Not only did she manage the business left by my great-grandfather in an orderly manner, she also trained my grandfather Zhou Xiangyun and my second grandfather Zhou Chunqing to become top business masters in the old Haihai."

"From the hard work of my great-grandfather Zhou Zilian to the expansion of my great-grandmother Shui Chunlan, and then to my grandfather Zhou Xiangyun, who took over the family business as a second-generation chaebol, our Zhou family has become the leading wealthy businessmen among Ningbo people in Shanghai during the old Ningbo period."

"After my great-grandmother Shui Chunlan passed away, my grandfather Zhou Xiangyun was the eldest, so out of respect for seniority, he inherited the Zhou family's real estate business."

"My grandfather Zhou Xiangyun was cautious and conservative. Although he did not expand the Zhou family's real estate business, he had good luck that all the merchants in old Shanghai envied. He encountered a golden opportunity when the land prices in the concessions soared several times."

"Before and after the Xinhai Revolution, the population of the Haihai Concession increased greatly, and real estate prices soared accordingly."

"In 1924, during the Jiangsu-Zhejiang War, refugees from Jiangsu and Zhejiang fled, causing land prices in the concessions to soar again."

"During the Anti-Japanese War, refugees from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, wealthy families in Kyoto and Tianjin, and wealthy bureaucrats in the late Qing Dynasty and the Beiyang warlord period all tried their best to squeeze into the concessions, driving up the real estate market in Shanghai."

"And our Zhou family's real estate business is all in the International Settlement. My grandfather Zhou Xiangyun made a lot of money from it and became one of the few real estate tycoons in old Shanghai."

"With a rich family fortune and a strong interest, my grandfather Zhou Xiangyun became a great collector in old Shanghai."

"The treasures of the current Haihai Museum, Huaisu's "Kusun Tie" and Mi Youren's "Xiaoxiang Tu", were once my grandfather's collection."

"My father was able to become a treasure appraiser and loved collecting antique porcelain, calligraphy and paintings all his life. This had a lot to do with my grandfather Zhou Xiangyun, who nurtured my father's art since he was a child."

After hearing this, Lin Lang exclaimed, "Your grandfather Zhou Xiangyun, as a second-generation real estate tycoon, had the best of both worlds in old Shanghai. As a collector, he was fortunate enough to see the originals during that special war-torn era and pass them on to his descendants. His life was truly worthwhile!"

"I didn't expect your father was a third-generation rich man, and you, Mengyao, are actually a fourth-generation rich man, the daughter of a prominent family in Haihai!"

"No wonder you have such an outstanding temperament, Mengyao. Your every frown and smile is full of elegance. It turns out that your Zhou family has always been an upper class, a powerful family in Long Beach."

Zhou Mengyao said with a smile: "It's nothing actually!"

"After all, I am the only daughter of the Zhou family. Whoever marries me in the future will have billions of antiques and treasures in the Zhou mansion, plus our Zhou family's inheritance, all given to outsiders."

Lin Lang smiled and teased: "It seems that whoever marries you, my deskmate, will not only marry a beautiful, wealthy woman, but will also inherit the Zhou family's legacy and social connections, and will be at the peak of his life from now on."

Zhou Mengyao raised her beautiful face and said half-jokingly, "Lin Lang, are you tempted to marry me and become the son-in-law of our Zhou family?"