Chapter 53: Luo Da Shao, you're awesome!

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  "Huh? Blue Orchid, what's wrong with you?" Her sharp-eyed mother noticed that Blue Orchid had red eyes and hastily went up to her, "Who bullied you? Why are you crying for no reason?"

  "No way!" Lanlan hastily shook her head. "What's wrong?" she said, rubbing her eyes with her small hands. "Oh, my eyes were uncomfortable just now, I dripped some eye drops, it's nothing."

  Blue Mother secretly sighed, this little girl, can't even tell a lie, her daughter's current appearance is clearly telling others that she is lying. Looking at Blue Lan's reddened eyes, the doubts in her heart deepened, this child, isn't really having an early romance?

  Lanlan didn't give her mother a chance to think wildly, and she quietly moved a few steps to sit beside her father: "Dad, did the developer's people come to our place today to discuss compensation prices? Is it 4,000 yuan per square meter?"

  Dad flicked his cigarette butt and nodded: "Yeah, what's up Lanlan?"

  "Hmm, that compensation price is quite high, we can use this money to buy a small house somewhere else... it's great......" Blue Lan's face showed a hint of expectation, she went up and grabbed her old man's arm, swinging it back and forth.

  The old lady came up at this time, stroking her hair with a puzzled expression: "I said, little girl, why are you also worried about this?"

  Blue Orchid pouted, with a spoiled expression: "Mommy, I also want to live in a building..."

  "Dad finally spoke up: 'Today, I discussed with others in the Hutong and they all think that this compensation price is too high, much higher than the initial offer of 2,500 yuan per square meter. I think it's acceptable.'"

  "So you're saying we're signing a contract with the developer?"

  "Dad sighed lightly and waved his hand: 'Not yet... Although the price is very high, everyone has lived here for so many years and doesn't want to leave...' "

  "What's going to happen then? Can't just drag it on like this forever?"

  "Old Blue, what your daughter said is right, it's impossible to drag on like this forever. This area has been stagnant for so many years, and in recent years, it should be developed somehow. If we keep dragging our feet, when the government intervenes, who knows if we'll still get compensation? And you know as well as I do that housing prices outside are skyrocketing. If we agree to the compensation now, this sum of money would be enough for us to buy a new house, isn't that great?"

  Lao Lan puffed on his cigarette nervously, his brow furrowed: "I know this, but it's not just up to me to decide..."

  "This is simple, Old Blue. It's not very late now, and everyone has probably just finished eating. Why don't we gather together to vote? Everyone can vote except for Naiwa."

  Blue Orchid blinked her eyes and shook Old Blue's arm: "Mom's idea is good, Dad, let's do it this way..."

  After a long moment of contemplation, Old Blue finally extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand: "Alright, I'll go gather everyone and hold a meeting to vote on it!"

  An hour later, the voting results came out, and the votes for and against demolition were almost tied, with the former only one vote more than the latter! And this crucial vote was cast by Lanlan herself!

  When it was confirmed that the nail households had agreed to demolish, Lan's face finally hung a brilliant smile. She wasn't a useless vase after all. No matter if Luoluo would know later or not, today she did something for him. She was no longer the silly girl who only caused trouble for Luoluo, and she wasn't completely useless.

  …………

  The next day at school, Luolin was worried about how to talk to Lanlan, but as soon as he sat down in his seat, he heard Lanlan's crisp voice: "Luolin, good morning."

  Lorraine was stunned and found that Lan's smile on her face was so radiant.

  This girl's mind is really strong, not following the usual routine at all. Yesterday she said a lot of sad words, but today it's like nothing happened, and her spirit is so radiant and refreshed.

  "Uh, early..."

  As for Lan's performance, Lorraine was a bit unnatural. Although I don't know how Lan adjusted her mentality, it's fine as long as nothing is wrong.

  So this day passed very happily.

  After school in the afternoon, students flocked out of the school. Luoluo ran to the internet cafe opposite the school that was being renovated and supervised the progress of the work. At this time, the phone in Luoluo's pocket rang.

  It's a call from Da Qiang Ge.

  Luo Lin picked up the phone: "Hello, Da Qiang, what's up?"

  "Haha! Luo Da Shao! What a wonderful and congratulatory occasion!" From the other end came a hearty laugh from Big Brother Qiang, who didn't wait for Luo Lin to ask before continuing, "I've got some fantastic news - I've finally acquired those last twenty or so stubborn households on Night Market Street! How's that? Doesn't my title as Executive Director of Development sound pretty good?"

  Lorraine was also delighted when she heard it. Alright, great job, well done!

  With this, the development project of Night Market Street can now get on track. If everything goes smoothly, it won't take two years for a brand new commercial street to emerge in the bustling area of Zhenzhou City. I still remember that back in the day, the land price of Night Market Street after its redevelopment was skyrocketing. Now, this sweet deal has fallen into the hands of the Luo Corporation, and Luo Lin can't help but feel thrilled. After all, he has made an indelible contribution to this, even if nobody knows about it.

  Luo Lin dared to guarantee that within three years, the annual yield of the Luo Group would increase by at least 20% compared to now! This is still a conservative estimate. With stronger strength, there will be more capital to stand firm in the business world. In recent years, his parents have been preparing for the plan to enter Beijing. If the commercial street is successfully completed and put into operation, it will be equivalent to injecting a strong stimulant into the Luo Group!

  At the moment of excitement in his heart, a thought suddenly flashed across his forehead.

  "Big Brother Qiang, didn't we just discuss this yesterday and it wasn't settled? How did you compromise so quickly today?"

  Big Brother Daqiang hesitated for a moment before responding, "I'm not too clear either. It seems that the leader of that group of stubborn households, whose surname is Lan, suddenly gathered everyone to vote in the middle of the night, which led to today's result. I heard that the two opinions were only one vote apart, it was quite suspenseful. However... no matter what! The problem with the stubborn households has been solved! Next, we can immediately start the development project!"

  Upon hearing this, Loring's eyebrows furrowed even deeper. The Blue family? Could it be the Blue Lan family? ... Connecting the dots between last night and this morning, the stark contrast in Blue Lan's demeanor, Loring seemed to have caught on to something...

  "Big Brother Qiang, are you at Moonlight Bar now?"

  Big Brother Daqiang smiled: "It's a must, every day I'm stuck in a rut, the Moonlight Bar is my only asset, can't I run away?"

  "Okay, I'll go find you."

  She hung up the phone and hastily got into a taxi.

  Arriving at Moon Bar, Lorraine greeted Daqiang and asked, "Have the contracts with those stubborn clients been signed?"

  "Your timing is perfect," said Da Qiang Ge, "I was just about to go find them to sign. Want to come with me?"

  Lorraine nodded without thinking: "Let's go, directly to the Blue House. Yesterday's vote was initiated by their family, and I should thank them."

  Two people left the Moon Bar, one in front of the other, and soon arrived at the Blue House.

  The gate of the courtyard was open, and Luo Lin and Da Qiang were about to enter when they saw a little girl washing clothes in the yard. Although she had her back to them, her small and lovely figure was fully exposed. Perhaps because she was at home, she was dressed casually in a slightly short pink cartoon T-shirt and a pair of faded jeans that accentuated her round and tight buttocks, making one involuntarily sigh in admiration - the young lady of the Lan family had grown up!

  Dà Qiáng Gē doesn't know her, but how could Luo Lin possibly not recognize this girl?

  Although I only saw his back, who else could it be besides Lan?

  Lanlan didn't notice that the two had already appeared at the door, and finally finished washing the clothes and sheets in her hands. After wringing them out, she stood up, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and then struggled to hang the wet clothes on the drying rack in the middle of the large courtyard. She tiptoed, stretched her body, and a short T-shirt was pulled straight, revealing a patch of tender skin at her waist...

  Lorraine didn't say a word and threw away Da Qiang's hand, running over to help Lanlan with her clothes. At 1.82 meters tall, he easily put the clothes on the drying rack.

  "Ahh?!" Blue Orchid was startled by Lorraine's sudden appearance. "L...Lorraine, how did you end up in my house?"

  "Just passing by." Lorrine muttered an explanation, her hands not idle, one by one helping Blue Land hang the sheets and clothes on the drying rack. As she hung them up, she felt a pang in her heart, for herself, these wet clothes might be light, but for Blue Land's frail little body, they were absolutely heavy.

  Her eyes inadvertently glanced at Lanlan, whose small face was slightly flushed, and found that the fine sweat beads on her forehead were slowly sliding down her cheeks. The pink cartoon T-shirt on her body might have been splashed with water while washing clothes, making it cling to her skin, subtly wrapping around a pair of budding curves. Paired with Lanlan's surprised and puzzled expression, she looked like an adorable problem child, truly too lovable.

  Do you know strawberry shortcake? Yeah, Lorrain thought that if Blue Lan could be eaten by him, it should taste like this.

  Lorraine's clothes were hanging up, not paying attention to what Blue had washed. At this time, she casually picked up a pair of pink triangular shorts with cartoon strawberry decorations from the washing tub...

  Just as they were about to hang it up, Lorraine and Blue Lan's eyes widened in unison. Lorraine's hands froze, holding the clean pink strawberry shorts that Blue Lan had washed, suspended in mid-air. A gust of wind blew by, causing the shorts to flutter and drift lazily, hesitating to be hung up...

  "Ah ya......" Blue Orchid hastily snatched the little pants from Luo Lin's hands, then twisted and turned her small buttocks and fled into the house like a bird in flight.

  Luo Lin innocently blinked his eyes, only to find that Da Qiang Ge at the door was looking at him with a surprised expression. After a while, he gave a thumbs up, meaning: "Luo Da Shao, you're awesome! You came to someone's house and didn't do anything, but first teased their daughter. The little girl even blushed, this is something that can be done! You've reached the level of being a smooth talker, I'm impressed!"