I'm reborn and I'm an international student again?

Chapter 198 Xinlu City

"Handsome guy, your skin is so good, even more tender than mine! What skin care products do you usually use?" No. 88 continued.

No. 77 began to massage his shoulders. She looked like she was new to the job and wasn’t very talkative.

"Haha, it's natural."

"Where are you from, handsome guy? What do you do? You look unfamiliar and this must be your first time here. You ordered the imperial set meal right away. You must be rich!"

"I'm from Yuezhou, running a small business." Chen Xi made up a place at random. It was better not to tell the real information outside.

"No wonder your Mandarin sounds a little strange. There are quite a lot of people from Guangdong who come to Shanghai." No. 88 picked up the towel and wiped Chen Xi's feet carefully.

"This is the Magic City, that's natural."

"All those who come here to have their feet washed are big bosses. I don't believe you if you say you run small businesses. Hehehe~ Last time, a few bosses came and said they ran small businesses. One said he was selling small commodities, but it turned out he was selling them online and had a special website. Another one said he was making some games. At first I thought it was Minesweeper and Solitaire, but it turned out he was making some kind of platform. It sounds like he can make a lot of money." No. 88 talked a lot and kept talking.

"Oh? There's such a thing? It seems that there are many bosses who come to your place to wash their feet."

"That's right. There are all kinds of people coming here to do business. But most of them come here with banks or other people. They all look like financial sponsors. Those bosses are asking them for funds one by one..." As if he felt that there was something wrong with saying these words, No. 88 closed his mouth after a few words, and then observed Chen Xi with his eyes, hoping that the other party was not angry.

Seeing that there was nothing unusual on the other person's face, No. 88 breathed a sigh of relief.

Although she had only been to school for a few days and knew nothing about those businesses, she had worked here for a long time and had mastered some skills in observing people's words and expressions.

Although those big bosses seem to have important backgrounds, when they meet people from banks and investment companies, they behave respectfully like they treat their fathers.

It seems that those bosses are not doing very well and the money they have is all borrowed from other places.

No. 88 looked at Chen Xi in front of her and seemed to think that he was not a boss, but just a rich second-generation. The bosses she had met were all over years old, and there were very few in their s. The boy in front of her looked like he was in his early twenties.

"You have a lot of customers here. Are you busy enough to handle this every day?"

"It's quite busy now because the price has dropped. It wasn't this price before!"

"Oh? How much before?"

“We have 2888 and 3888.”

"hehe."

Chen Xi chuckled. 3888 yuan for a foot wash. The average salary in China is not high now. The money for a foot wash can be equivalent to the monthly salary of an ordinary person.

"Everything is going up in price now, except wages. The price of foot massage has even dropped. I don't know how I'm going to survive in the future. The housing prices in Shanghai have gone up too much!"

“How much is it per square meter now?”

"It's almost 10,000 yuan! It's so scary. This is so many times more than what we paid in our hometown."

"Oh?"

Chen Xi calculated the time and the current price should be around 7,000 or 8,000 yuan. Compared with the subsequent increase, it is considered cheap now.

His family also has several houses in Shanghai, and their value could be multiplied several times in the future.

At that time, the housing price in Xinlu was only three to four thousand, which was half the price of Shanghai.

"Handsome guy, what kind of business are you in?"

"About the same as you."

"Ah? A foot washer? Are you also the owner of a foot massage parlor? How about I come to work for you in the future, and you take care of me~" No. 88 was massaging Chen Xi's arms, and after saying that, he stuck to her and started acting coquettishly.

Chen Xi felt something strange on his arm and laughed in his heart.

"I also do cleaning work, but I clean houses, haha."

"Handsome guy, you are so bad!" No. 88 said coquettishly.

"Your boss is quite wealthy. This decoration is considered high-end in this place of Shanghai."

"Of course not. We are the best in this area. Our service is top-notch." No. 88 said while looking at him coquettishly, and then gave a wink to No. 77.

No. 77’s face instantly turned red, and he stood there without taking any further action.

No. 88 looked very disappointed with her and kept winking at her. No. 77 had no choice but to lower his head and kneel at Chen Xi's feet, then reached out to massage his legs.

As Chen Xi pressed, he felt a smooth little hand gradually move to the other leg.

He opened his eyes involuntarily and saw No. 77 with his head lowered, looking shy and not daring to look at him, his hands clumsily kneading his other leg.

"No, what are you doing? Don't press here." Chen Xi quickly grabbed the other person's hand and moved it away, then straightened his pants.

"Hehe, handsome guy, you're not still a virgin, are you? This is part of our QLX maintenance package." No. 88's eyes narrowed with laughter.

"No, I don't like it."

Chen Xi waved his hands. This was China. He didn't want anything to happen. It would be bad if he got caught. That would be really embarrassing. However, the boss here shouldn't be an ordinary person. There was no need to worry about this kind of problem, but it was better to be careful.

"Handsome guy, lie down, I'll give you an essential oil back massage."

No. 88 asked Chen Xi to lie down, poured essential oil on him, and asked No. 77, who had just arrived, to massage the customer's calves.

What happened next was the same as the massage in Richmond. Chen Xi lay on the sofa and felt the softness on his back, but he did not refuse. He didn't care about this kind of massage. "Handsome guy, you can't experience this, and you can't do that. This 1888 imperial set meal is a bit unfair. I'm a new girl, and I'm still a pure college student!" No. 88 persuaded him kindly while massaging.

"No, no, I have things to do tomorrow, I need to conserve my energy."

"Hehe, you are so young, you must have good physical strength."

"..."

After two hours of service, when the two technicians left, Chen Xi let out a long sigh and lay on the sofa watching the domestic news.

Since he went abroad early, he didn't know much about some things in the country. Now he can learn about the current situation in China by reading the news.

According to the current situation, prices have begun to rise rapidly, especially housing prices, but this is only in first- and second-tier cities. Even if prices in third- and fourth-tier cities have risen, the increases will not be much.

Small factories have sprung up in China's coastal areas, especially in Zhijiang Province, where small family workshops have also emerged in large numbers.

The products produced by those small-scale manufacturers are of decent quality and relatively affordable prices, truly achieving the goal of high quality and low price.

As these inexpensive and high-quality small commodities quickly became popular in the market, a large number of small business owners from Southeast Asia and the Middle East flocked to the region to purchase, resulting in a significant increase in export volume.

Haha, it’s just a big magnetic storm, what’s so strange about it? I even encountered rebirth.

Thinking about the news just now, Chen Xi raised the corner of his mouth. There are so many strange things in this world.

He didn't expect to have his own system after rebirth, or to become a superhero that only appeared in movies. He just wanted to rewrite the tragic experience of his previous life.

After putting on his shoes and straightening his clothes, he strode out of the room.

"Welcome next time!" the doorman shouted enthusiastically. He probably says this standard greeting hundreds of times a day, and it's so fluent that it sounds like it was played from a precise tape recorder.

"Ha, Dancing Fingers Fairyland!" He looked up at the bright sign and grinned. Thinking of the pair of white and soft little hands just now, he reacted immediately.

“Little Chen Xi, just hold it in for a while today. You were drained by that little devil Saori before you left.” That girl just now actually wanted to help him... Are all innocent college students so playful now?
Day 2, Xinlu Bus Station.

"My bones are about to break. This bus ride is really tiring."

After stretching, Chen Xi walked towards the parking lot carrying his suitcase.

"Master, I almost didn't recognize you with this new hairstyle."

"Uncle Li, please stop making fun of me."

A middle-aged man in his forties was standing in front of a Mercedes-Benz car. When he saw Chen Xi coming, he was stunned for a moment, then reached out and took the luggage from Chen Xi's hand.

This is his family's driver, who has been working for the Chen family for decades.

"Uncle Li, is my mother okay?"

"Very well, I'm waiting for you at home! I said I'd cook you some of your favorite dishes."

"Forehead……"

Sitting in the car, he felt a little greedy when he thought of the dishes his mother cooked.

He is a bit tired of eating those modified versions of Chinese food in Australia every day.

The car slowly drove away from the bus station, and Chen Xi looked outside the car at the Xinlu City in 2006.

At this time, the city had not yet undergone large-scale urban transformation. The streets were lined with old buildings and the roads were relatively narrow.

There were obviously problems with the city planning at that time, and it was hard to imagine that this city would develop into a metropolis with a population of tens of millions in the future.

At present, the population of Xinlu City is only a few million, even less than Qinhuai, let alone comparable with the Magic City.

In the previous life's online rankings, Xinlu City was classified as a new first-tier city, but in Chen Xi's view, this classification is simply ridiculous.

First-tier cities are first-tier cities, second-tier cities are second-tier cities, and the so-called new first-tier cities are just a self-deceptive rhetoric.

It was winter now, and there were not many people on the streets outside.

Maybe it’s because everyone was tired from playing on Christmas a few days ago.

Christmas is a foreign holiday. He doesn't understand why young Chinese people like to celebrate it so much. It's all a propaganda made up by businesses to trick people into spending money.

When he celebrated Christmas in Australia, he was just following the local customs, but it was different in China, which made him a little confused.

"Uncle Li, does my dad still live at home?"

“Um… I haven’t been back much recently… Maybe I’m busy…” Uncle Li hesitantly spoke, and it was obvious that he didn’t want to get involved in their household chores.

"Okay, I understand." Chen Xi nodded and did not continue talking about this topic.

He always felt that his parents' divorce was shameful and made him feel that his family was somewhat incomplete.

Even though many of his friends had broken families, he still couldn't let it go.

For him, family warmth and friendship are far more important than money.

This idea may come from the fact that he grew up in an environment with abundant material resources.

(End of this chapter)