“These expensive clothes don’t look that great when you wear them,” Feng Jun’s mother said, twisting in front of the mirror. The mink coat she was wearing was a LADY luxury item, priced at over ten thousand in the mall. Feng Jun naturally didn’t tell her the real price, saying it was only three or four thousand, but his mother still kept saying it was too expensive.
As for Feng Jun’s father, he first took out the Maotai and looked at it for a long time, his hand repeatedly wanting to open the package directly, but in the end, he couldn’t bring himself to open it. As for the Rolex watch Feng Jun gave him, he carefully put it away, saying he would use it when Feng Jun found a girlfriend and visited his in-laws.
Feng Jun didn’t explain too much to them; in fact, these things were all secondary. The most important gifts he gave his parents were the two Gene Agents he brought from the Doomsday. Unlike the agent Feng Jun injected, these two Gene Agents primarily functioned to extend DNA telomeres and promote cell metabolism and regeneration. Because his parents had always had some minor ailments, Feng Jun specifically had two Gene Agents made for them, designed to extend life and fight aging, before he returned.
“Is this really just a common vaccine? Can it prevent all epidemics?” Feng Jun’s father said, rubbing his shoulder after the injection.
“No problem, I got this through a friend. He works at a hospital, and these are specially supplied for officials,” Feng Jun said, not revealing the specific effects of the two injections, because he was afraid that once the medicine started to work, his father would talk about it everywhere. If the relevant departments heard about it, it would be bad, after all, extending life is what everyone wants.
Then Feng Jun finished injecting his mother, looking at his parents’ graying hair. Only then did Feng Jun breathe a sigh of relief. It should take a little over a month to see results. By then, not only will new hair grow back on his parents’ heads, but the wrinkles on their skin and all their bodily functions will also return to around thirty years old.
Then Feng Jun started a frantic shopping spree in his hometown. As a small Satellite City near Jizhou City, housing prices naturally fluctuated within a mid-range price bracket. Although housing prices in Huaguo are currently in a downward trend, commodity housing with large property rights in Feng Jun’s hometown still maintained a price range of over eight thousand.
Considering that his parents had lived in this community for over ten years and were familiar with the surrounding area. And as people get older, they tend to be more nostalgic and don’t like to move too far away. Feng Jun directly purchased a two-story detached villa in a nearby new community. Because the original owner was in a hurry to sell and move out of town, Feng Jun acquired the house for three million, and it came fully furnished and decorated. Feng Jun simply replaced some furniture and then moved his parents into the new villa.
Feng Jun’s parents were very confused by their son’s extravagant spending, but under Feng Jun’s repeated urging, they happily moved into the new house.
After moving into the new house, his parents just grumbled a bit about not spending money carelessly, and then they started making video calls to relatives and friends, showing off to Feng Jun’s aunts and uncles, and urging their relatives to visit during the New Year.
After that, Feng Jun still had to face the one thing he least wanted to face: blind dates. Originally, his parents had arranged four or five blind dates for Feng Jun, clearly intending to settle his marriage this New Year. But perhaps having money increases one's confidence; after realizing their son was wealthy, the old couple were no longer in such a hurry to push Feng Jun into blind dates. However, since they had already promised others, Feng Jun could only meet the blind date as arranged.
So, on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, after the New Year, Feng Jun began a routine of one blind date a day in his hometown. However, it must be said that Feng Jun’s parents had good taste; they introduced him to young girls with good looks. But because Feng Jun didn’t plan to find a real girlfriend in the current world, he was just perfunctorily dealing with these girls, basically just meeting them briefly.
Finally, when he met his fourth blind date, he saw an acquaintance, Fang Ziqing. He never expected to run into his own subordinate on a blind date, which was quite amusing.
Fang Ziqing, sitting opposite him, was also extremely awkward. Originally, she had just returned home for the New Year as usual. But she never expected her parents to arrange a blind date for her. Fang Ziqing had not yet prepared herself for marriage, but unable to resist her parents’ constant nagging, she had no choice but to come and meet him. Her original plan was just to have a meal and then leave, as she had to return to Shangqing City for work after the New Year. And thinking of the two cute products at her company made her heart itch, because she had loved small animals like cats and dogs since she was a child, but her nose was allergic to cat dander, and coupled with her parents’ opposition, she had never owned a pet of her own.
However, the cats and dogs Feng Jun brought to the company gave her the opportunity to have pets. The two little darlings not only looked and felt like real kittens and puppies, but even had the same warmth when held in her arms. And because their fur was artificial, they didn’t shed. This allowed Fang Ziqing to embrace them and inhale deeply to her heart’s content. She never expected that the person she thought had entered the wrong room was actually the CEO of her company, and even more unexpectedly, her blind date turned out to be her CEO.
“General Manager Feng!” Fang Ziqing greeted Feng Jun timidly, then sat opposite him, not daring to make a sound.
Feng Jun also didn't expect to be on a blind date with his own employee, so he could only start an awkward conversation.
“What a coincidence, how about two coffees first?” Feng Jun asked.
“Mm, mm, mm!” Fang Ziqing nodded repeatedly.
Feng Jun took advantage of the time the waiter was serving coffee to carefully observe Fang Ziqing. Although he had only seen her once at the company, where Fang Ziqing was dressed as a typical strong businesswoman, her attire today could only be described as casual. A slightly bulky down jacket, paired with a knee-length skirt and tall boots. Her makeup wasn’t particularly exquisite, but Feng Jun could guess this was because she was forced into the blind date. However, compared to her strong businesswoman attire at the company, she had a touch more of a student-like aura, without the serious professional makeup, exuding the vibe of a young woman who had just graduated.
As Feng Jun was observing Fang Ziqing’s makeup, Fang Ziqing, sitting opposite him, was extremely nervous.
“What should I do? What should I do? I met my company’s CEO on a blind date, and he keeps staring at me. Am I going to be subjected to unspoken rules when I go back? So nervous!!!!~ Wait, let me take a picture and post a short video first.”
Fang Ziqing pretended to take out her phone to reply to messages, but secretly opened the camera, found a good angle, and took a video of Feng Jun. After pixelating Feng Jun’s face and adding a picture of herself, she posted it on a short video platform with a caption: “Who understands, my dears, I met my company’s CEO on a blind date, and he keeps staring at me. = What should I do?!” Then she added two shy emojis and posted it online.
Fang Ziqing’s little movements naturally couldn’t escape Feng Jun’s eyes. With Feng Jun’s current almost abnormal vision and neural reaction speed, he could clearly see the changes in the shutter focus within Fang Ziqing’s phone camera.
“This little girl, she’s actually secretly filming me.”
Feng Jun did not directly point it out; as the boss, he still needed to be magnanimous and did not directly expose Fang Ziqing’s secret filming. However, Feng Jun still took the initiative to start talking about other topics.
“When are you planning to go back to work after the New Year?” Feng Jun asked.
“The… the sixth, General Manager Feng,” Fang Ziqing said, a bit nervously.
“Going back so early? Don’t be so nervous, just call me Feng Jun. I don’t go back to the company many times a year. Just treat me as a regular blind date today. Let’s just consider this our first meeting,” Feng Jun said.
Fang Ziqing nodded and said, “Yes, because everyone is working hard, trying to finalize the product sales and promotion plans as soon as possible. General Manager Han also told us that those who start work early will get triple pay, so most people in the company chose to go back to work early.”
Feng Jun nodded, then asked, “By the way, have you all thought of names for the cats and dogs?”
Fang Ziqing said, “Everyone thought of many, but there was no unified plan. However, I have a suggestion. General Manager Han showed us the design blueprints of the real products. The cats and dogs have different fur color patterns, so I suggest not designing specific names for the products. They can be named like ‘smart pet Generation One Product,’ using product generations for naming, just like mobile phone manufacturers categorize their products into series, models, and grades. We only need to differentiate by model generation and color. Because after customers purchase the products, they will definitely name their pets individually.”
Feng Jun felt that this made a lot of sense after hearing it, and after nodding, he said, “That’s a very good idea. I think we can just proceed as you suggested.”
Then the two began to chat, from daily work to school and life. They gradually opened up, and after lunch, they strolled around the mall. Feng Jun found that Fang Ziqing had very insightful views on product marketing, not only offering him many suggestions but also re-exhibiting her strong businesswoman side.
“Why didn’t you go into the marketing department, but became a secretary instead?” Feng Jun asked.
“When I first graduated, I just wanted to find a company and start working, then slowly change jobs, so I started as a secretary. I didn’t expect the company’s benefits and treatment to be so good; I didn’t have to do anything and still had a high salary, so I just kept coasting along in the company. To be honest, General Manager Feng, if you hadn’t come, our company would have turned into a retirement home,” Fang Ziqing said, sticking out her tongue.
Feng Jun said, “Then I can’t let you be idle anymore. After the New Year, when you go back, I’ll have Han Wenbo transfer you to the marketing department.”