Daily Intelligence System: Financial Independence

Chapter 658: Chapter 313: Completed the [Sports Star Path Intermediate] Quest!

After chatting idly for a few minutes downstairs, they all went upstairs together, talking and laughing.

What had just happened in the supermarket had indeed been dangerous.

But it hadn’t had much impact on the lives of Jiang Tao and Xu Li.

The couple had even gained great benefits from this incident.

After Jiang Tao subdued the knife-wielding thug, he not only completed the special mission of "Act of Bravery" and received a generous reward.

He also got a lot of benefits from the supermarket’s owner, Gu Hongsheng.

As the saying goes, everything has two sides.

The very same event was undoubtedly a huge misfortune for the victim Gu Yao and Gu Hongsheng.

But for Jiang Tao, it was a "good thing" that brought him very real gains.

Just like a heavy rain is a good thing for farmers, but a bad thing for an amusement park owner.

"Qiqi, Zhang Chao, did you two plan this together? You bought pretty much the same stuff!"

In the elevator going upstairs, everyone was carrying various nutritional supplements and gift fruit boxes in their hands.

Since Fang Qi and Zhang Chao had been invited over as guests today, of course they couldn’t show up empty-handed.

The two of them had coincidentally bought quite a lot of things.

And they weren’t cheap either; they must have spent at least three or four thousand.

For the current Zhang Chao, spending that kind of money was nothing.

But for Fang Qi, today’s expenses were almost half a month’s salary.

Of course, she wasn’t just putting on a show to save face; mainly, she wanted to earn some goodwill in front of Jiang Tao.

The performance targets for her bank conversion to permanent staff were still a bit stressful for Fang Qi.

Among all her relatives and friends, it was really only her cousin Xu Li and cousin-in-law Jiang Tao who were most likely to help her out.

"Coming to my cousin’s place to visit family, I definitely can’t come empty-handed."

Fang Qi said with a smile, deliberately emphasizing their family relation.

"We’re just having a casual get-together, a meal, that’s all; it’s not like it’s New Year or a festival."

"When my parents see this later, they’ll definitely complain you’re wasting money."

Xu Li and this cousin she hadn’t seen in a long time had gotten along very well since they were kids, and nothing had changed now.

Although work, life, and living in different places meant the two sisters hadn’t met for a long time, their relationship hadn’t grown distant.

Seeing each other again, after just a few lines of chatter they had already found back that old closeness.

"It’s just a small gift, you don’t need to be so formal with me, sis."

Zhang Chao’s gaze kept drifting, consciously or not, over to Fang Qi beside Xu Li, and Fang Qi also kept sneaking glances at him from time to time.

The onlookers see clearly what the people involved don’t.

The two of them thought they were being very subtle.

But off to the side, Jiang Tao and Xu Li could see their little expressions clearly.

The couple exchanged a look and felt the odds of Zhang Chao and Fang Qi becoming an item were very, very high!

Ding~

As they chatted, the elevator doors opened on the 16th floor.

"We’re here, Qiqi, we live in 1601."

Xu Li called out to Fang Qi, and everyone got out of the elevator together, walked to the door, and knocked.

Click~

The door opened, and standing inside was her mother-in-law, Du Yongmei, smiling warmly.

For today’s meal, Jiang Tao and Xu Li had also invited her mother-in-law’s whole family over; the more people, the livelier.

"Ah... Auntie, long time no see, you look even better than last time."

When Fang Qi saw Du Yongmei she was slightly surprised; she almost didn’t recognize her.

During her pregnancy, Du Yongmei was being pampered with good food and drinks every day.

She had nothing to worry about, and her mood stayed cheerful.

On top of that, she was now using the "Nourishing White Mask" that Xu Li had given her.

Du Yongmei’s whole face was glowing, radiating wealth and health.

No one would be able to tell that she was already a grandma-level older lady.

In her current state, Du Yongmei even looked younger than many women in their early forties.

"Qiqi, you’re here, and this handsome young man too, come in, come in."

Smiling, Du Yongmei greeted Fang Qi and Zhang Chao, then stepped back a few steps to let everyone in, saying:

"Your uncle and the others are all busy in the kitchen. If there’s anything we’re not doing well enough, please don’t mind."

"No, no, not at all, it’s us who are troubling you and Uncle; this is some bird’s nest I bought for you, see if you like the taste."

"Oh, Qiqi, you shouldn’t have, just coming is enough, why buy so many things, it’s too much."

"It’s just a little token from your niece, as long as you don’t dislike it."

"You’ve been this considerate since you were a kid. Come sit, come sit."

"Are your parents both well? Why didn’t they come with you?"

"Another day, your uncle and I will go over and bother them for a bit."

Du Yongmei also liked this niece of hers very much.

She held Fang Qi’s hand as she chatted with a smile.

"Bro-in-law, Bro-in-law! You’re trending, you’re trending again!!"

"Second Brother, you’re so brave! In my heart you’ll always be this!"

Jiang Tao and the others had just walked over to the sofa and hadn’t even sat down yet when Xu Sha and Jiang Bing rushed out of Jiang Xue’s room in a flurry.

Each of them was holding a phone, their faces full of excitement.

"What’s going on? Why are you two making such a fuss?"

Now that she was pregnant, Du Yongmei almost never scrolled on her phone, so she had no idea what was happening online.

Zhang Chao and Fang Qi had just been driving over as well, so they also hadn’t noticed that the very Jiang Tao who’d already hit the trending lists was standing right in front of them.

"Mom, look! My brother-in-law’s act of bravery in the supermarket just now was filmed and posted online, everyone’s praising him!"

Xu Sha showed her mother the phone screen, which was playing a Kuaidou video that had already racked up over three million views.