shopping mall.
"Boy, our store is having a sale on bird's nests and sea cucumbers. Would you like some?" a beautiful shopping guide said with a smile.
"Then let's have some, please?" Mark looked at Wang Xiaomi and asked.
"Second uncle, just buy two boxes of bird's nests, but definitely not sea cucumbers!" Wang Xiaomi said hurriedly.
"You really don't want sea cucumbers? Then buy a few more boxes of bird's nests." Mark said with a smile.
"Second uncle, you don't need to buy so much." Wang Xiaomi hugged Mark's arm and said cutely.
"That won't work. It's my first time to go to your house. It can't be too shabby!"
...
Wang Xiaomi’s house.
"Teacher Ma, this is my home, please come in!" Wang Xiaomi opened the door and said politely. She began to pay attention to the way she spoke and no longer dared to put her arm around Mark.
Mark nodded and walked in.
Wang Lanfang was busy in the kitchen and didn't hear the door open.
"Mom, Teacher Ma is here!" Wang Xiaomi shouted.
"Ah, here you go, please sit down!" Wang Lanfang hurriedly walked out of the kitchen and said with a smile.
"Hello, Sister Wang, any trifle is disrespectful!" Mark said politely.
"You're here, why did you bring anything? You're so polite, please take a seat!" Wang Lanfang looked at the gift box and said happily.
Wang Xiaomi took the things from Mark's hand and put them aside.
Mark smiled and sat on the sofa without saying anything else.
"Boss Ma, you want to eat some fruit. This cup of tea has just been brewed. The food will be ready soon. What kind of wine do you like to drink?" Wang Lanfang greeted warmly.
"Sister Wang, I won't drink anymore. I have to drive later!" Mark said politely.
"Mom, our boss likes to be called Teacher Ma, but he doesn't like to be called Boss Ma!" Wang Xiaomi said with a smile.
"Okay, then I'll call you Teacher Ma!" Wang Lanfang smiled.
"It doesn't matter, you can do whatever you want!" Mark said with a smile.
"Xiaomi, you talk to Teacher Ma here while I go to the kitchen. The food will be ready in a moment!" Wang Lanfang said with a smile.
"Mom, can I help you?" Wang Xiaomi pretended.
"No, no, it's all done. You can chat with Teacher Ma here." Wang Lanfang smiled. She finished and went back to the kitchen.
"Teacher Ma, this is where I grew up. Take a look, how do you like it?" Wang Xiaomi said happily. She glanced at Wang Lanfang and secretly touched Mark.
"It's good. Although the home is not big, it is quite warm and tidy. It's very nice." Mark looked around and smiled.
"That's right, my mother may have done it. She kept the house clean all by herself." Wang Xiaomi said with a smile. She sneaks up on Mark again.
"Xiaomi, your mother is a good mother." Mark said with a sincere smile.
"Teacher Ma, my mother's cooking is delicious. You will have more bowls of rice later." Wang Xiaomi said with a smile.
"Okay, let's eat a few more bowls. By the way, Xiaomi, can you cook?" Mark asked casually.
"I...I can cook." Wang Xiaomi rolled his eyes and smiled. Of course she couldn't cook, but she didn't want to say no in front of Mark. She wanted to learn to cook from her mother after Mark left.
"You know how to cook? Let's try your craft when you have time." Mark smiled. Of course he knew that Wang Xiaomi couldn't cook, and he said that on purpose.
"Okay, second uncle." Wang Xiaomi whispered.
...
After a while.
"It's time to eat, Teacher Ma, come and eat!" Wang Lanfang has already put all the food on the dining table.
"Hey, Mom, you prepared big crabs for us!" Wang Xiaomi said happily.
"That was sent by your Uncle Zhang. He said it looked good. Try it and see if it tastes good!" Wang Lanfang said with a smile.
"Sister Wang, these dishes look delicious. Your skills are quite good." Mark said with a smile.
"It's not bad, it's just some common food. Try it and see if it suits your taste?" Wang Lanfang said happily.
"Okay." Mark nodded. But he didn't move his chopsticks first.
"Teacher Ma, you're welcome, just like at home." Wang Xiaomi said with a smile.
Mark nodded slightly reservedly, not too presumptuously.
"Teacher Ma, eat quickly, you're welcome." Wang Lanfang smiled.
"Okay." Mark picked up the chopsticks and was not in a hurry to pick up the food.
"Yeah, it's delicious. Mom, the food you cooked today is even more delicious!" Wang Xiaomi took the initiative.
"It's quite delicious." Mark also tasted it and said with a smile.
"If it's delicious, eat more." Wang Lanfang said with a smile.
"Sister Wang, you eat too." Mark smiled.
"Okay. Teacher Ma, Xiaomi said you are forty this year?" Wang Lanfang asked pretending to be casual.
"Yeah, I've lived in vain for forty years and accomplished nothing!" Mark laughed.
"But you don't look like a forty-year-old person. You are only in your early thirties at most." Wang Lanfang said with some surprise.
"Haha, you're flattered. However, my forty-year-old age is the age on my ID card, which is five or six years older than my real age." Mark laughed. The age he was talking about now was Zhou Qiang's age in his previous life.
"Oh? Did you get your age wrong when you applied for household registration? Your real age is only in your thirties, right?" Wang Lanfang laughed.
"Yes, I heard that the staff made a mistake, and then they corrected the mistake and gave me a few more years of service." Mark smiled.
"Teacher Ma, I heard from Xiaomi that you are planning to invest in more than a dozen beauty salons?" Wang Lanfang continued to ask with a smile.
"Yeah, I have some spare money, so I'm thinking about investing something. It just so happens that the beauty salon opened by Xiaomi is making good profits, so I'm thinking about opening more branches." Mark said with a smile.
"Mom, our teacher Ma is preparing to open six branches. The money has been transferred to me, and we are just waiting for the decoration to be completed and opened!" Wang Xiaomi said with a smile.
"Opening six branches at the same time will cost a lot of money, right?" Wang Lanfang pretended to be surprised. In fact, she knew last night that Mark was going to open six branches at the same time, and she also knew that the money had been transferred to Wang Xiaomi. She asked today because she wanted to see Mark's reaction and figure out Mark's net worth.
"The beauty salon we open is not big, and it doesn't cost much." Mark said casually. He didn't take the money seriously, and his tone of voice was very casual.
Wang Lanfang saw his reaction, and a sentence immediately came to her mind: "This Teacher Ma's net worth is probably tens of millions. Millions are nothing to him!"
"Teacher Ma, please eat quickly!" Wang Lanfang became more enthusiastic.
"Okay, Sister Wang, eat quickly too!" Mark said with a smile.
"Teacher Ma, does an institution like yours in school have a designated room?" Wang Lanfang asked with a smile.
"Yes, the school just gave me a quota some time ago, and the work will be completed in a while. The house is okay, but not as good as the house I live in now." Mark said casually.
"Then which community do you live in now?" Wang Lanfang asked seemingly casually.
"I now live in Jinxiu Community, which is near my school. It is more convenient for my children to go to school." Mark said casually.
"Jinxiu Community? There seem to be houses with large square meters there, right?" Wang Lanfang asked after thinking for a while.
"Yes, the house is not too small. It has five bedrooms and can accommodate a few more people." Mark said casually. He had already understood the meaning of Wang Lanfang's question and cooperated with her in replying.
"Teacher Ma, you eat crabs." Wang Lanfang smiled.
"Okay, you can eat too." Mark smiled.
The three of them ate happily and chatted happily.
Wang Lanfang made some insinuations and found out how many apartments Mark had, how much he was worth, and even the approximate location of the courtyard where Mark's mother, Ling Mingyu, lived.
There was a scale in her mind. On one side was Mark's wealth, house and other material conditions, and on the other was Mark's divorce and two children.
She looked at Wang Xiaomi, sighed in her heart, and continued to joke, but her brows wrinkled unconsciously, wondering what she was thinking.
