Chapter 136 Lovesickness

Yunmiao Village, Dali.

"Take a break. I brought you a cup of cold brew tea from the restaurant." Chen Nanxing came to the B&B construction site and put the bag on the table.

"Thank you~~" Xu Hongdou was calculating the expenses of some material expenditures. Hearing this, she stopped and stretched.

"Nana's newly developed dark red rose cold brew tea is named 'Take Your Time'. It is said to be a seasoning with 'time'." Chen Nanxing took out the cold brew tea and handed it to Xu Hongdou, "Try it."

"Take your time?" Xu Hongdou smiled and took it, looking at the packaging. "Let's not talk about how it tastes, but just from the name and the introduction, it seems like it's going to sell well."

"Haha, if Nana knew that the first comment she got from her painstaking research was that it was good for sale, she would definitely say you were vulgar," Chen Nanxing said happily.

"I can't help it. Now that I look at these expense bills every day, I know what it means to spend money like water. I can't help but be vulgar."

"No matter what I see now, the first thing that comes to my mind is cost and benefit. Beverages will also be a revenue point for our B&B coffee bar in the future."

Xu Hongdou rubbed her temples, drank a sip of the Dark Red Rose Cold Green, raised her eyebrows slightly, and nodded: "Well, you know what, this tastes really good."

"Don't worry too much. We still have Nana and I. Let's share the burden and fight it together."

"If we really fail, the worst that can happen is that I will continue to be a store blogger, Nana will go back to being a singing anchor, and you can marry into a wealthy family and become your young lady." Chen Nanxing spread her hands and looked forward, "We both have a bright future."

Xu Hongdou rolled her eyes. "What about the young lady? Now the two of us, one in BJ and the other in Yunnan, are like the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl."

"Hmm? What's going on?" Chen Nanxing blinked, "Chen Mo can't explain it?"

"No." Xu Hongdou shook her head. "It's just that he has been in Yunnan for three months and has a lot of things to deal with there. His new company has just been established, so he can't leave for the time being."

Chen Nanxing nodded and said comfortingly: "There is nothing we can do about it. Chen Mo's career is already in BJ. He will come over when he is done with his work."

"I know." Xu Hongdou sighed softly, "We were originally in BJ. It was me who chose to start a business here, which is why we are now separated by miles and he has to travel back and forth."

"Oh, you've only been apart for a few days, and you're missing each other so much?" Chen Nanxing deliberately joked.

Xu Hongdou smiled and took a sip of the cold green tea, neither admitting nor denying.

Chen Nanxing glanced at the red string bracelet on Xu Hongdou's fair wrist and said teasingly, "Chen Mo gave you this token of love that matches your name. You weren't really bewitched by him, were you? Or was it a lovesickness bewitching bewitching bewitching?"

"No." Xu Hongdou also glanced at the exquisite dice on her wrist, her eyes a little absent-minded, "I just suddenly felt that although the two of us had discussed and planned the future very well, we found something different when we really started."

"We can no longer see each other every day like before. Even if he flies over to be with me whenever he is free, we still can't avoid having a long-distance relationship from time to time."

"You know, I always vowed that I would not accept a long-distance relationship, but now," Xu Hongdou said helplessly, "the result is still caused by my own choice."

"Oh, can't you two video chat every day? Why can't you meet in person?" Chen Nanxing tried to ease Xu Hongdou's emotions with a relaxed tone.

Xu Hongdou said softly: "A person needs to feel the body temperature and breath of another person in order to feel comforted."

Even though they had video chats every day these days, Xu Hongdou still had an indescribable feeling in her heart, a bit empty.

It was only now that Xu Hongdou realized that she had already gotten used to having Chen Mo around.

Unconsciously, she had become deeply dependent on Chen Mo.

Before, when Chen Mo was by her side, she could hear his heartbeat, feel his body temperature, and smell his scent. Even if the two of them didn't say a word when they were together, she would feel at ease with him around.

But now the two of them can only communicate through the cold screen of their mobile phones. They seem close but are actually thousands of miles apart. They can see but cannot touch.

Chen Nanxing was silent for a while, then said, "Although you can't feel Chen Mo's body temperature and breath for the time being, you are in charge of his industry."

"Don't forget, you are now the new proprietress of our Youfeng Courtyard."

After returning from Zibo last time and confirming that Xu Hongdou would start a business here, Chen Mo invested some money in Xie Zhiyao to help him speed up the development of Yunmiao Village.

Thinking that Xu Hongdou would have to live here for a long time, Chen Mo simply asked Xie Zhiyao to separate Youfeng Courtyard and he would take it over, which could also be regarded as helping Xie Zhiyao to recover funds.

Because Fengyuan is a bit "redundant" to Xie Zhiyao. After all, Fengyuan only has six rooms, and it is mainly for short-term rentals of more than three months, focusing on cost-effectiveness.

This scale of business is destined to have limited profits, and the business model has no growth potential. The only difference is that the vacancy rate will be more or less each year.

Given the previous situation in Yunmiao Village, most young people in the village had to go out to work. Under that situation, Youfeng Courtyard was likely to lose money.

So every time Xie Zhiyao took over someone else's bankrupt business in the village, Xie Siping would come back and make a scene to stop it.

Without a large number of tourists coming to consume and boost the economy, everything we do will be a loss.

No one else could continue to run Youfeng Xiaoyuan, so Xie Zhiyao took it over on his own because of his attachment to his hometown.

Even if Yunmiao Village develops well in two years, the development prospects of Youfeng Courtyard will be very limited.

Because running an affordable B&B like Youfeng Xiaoyuan has basically no barriers to entry for local villagers.

It can be predicted that if Yunmiao Village really develops and attracts more tourists, some villagers will definitely renovate their houses and rent them out, just like the villages near the ancient city.

Only if you are like Xu Hongdou, positioning your B&B as high-end, establishing a brand, and making differentiation can you be competitive.

Therefore, for Xie Zhiyao, who came from venture capital, instead of earning limited profits that can be seen at a glance, it is better to recover the funds in advance and invest in other industries.

And Chen Mo naturally wasn't doing it for these little things.

For Chen Mo, even if Fengyuan is fully booked all year round, that’s all.

To put it bluntly, Youfeng Xiaoyuan has been operating with great difficulty for two or three years, but the revenue it earned is not as much as he could earn from writing a song.

Chen Mo took over Youfeng Courtyard because he actually just wanted him and Xu Hongdou to have a safe place to stay in Yunmiao, where they could have their own say on any situation.

In the future, friends like Jiang Congwen who have time and want to come over for a couple of days can also be arranged directly.

In fact, now that Xu Hongdou, Chen Nanxing and Nana are starting a business together, Feng Xiaoyuan has become a bit like a staff dormitory.

With the addition of Hu Youyu, four rooms in the courtyard were permanently occupied.

As for whether the remaining two rooms should continue to be rented out, Chen Mo left the decision to Xu Hongdou.

In Chen Mo's opinion, it would be nice to leave the room empty and just have a few familiar people living in the courtyard; or maybe Hongdou would like to practice in advance and get familiar with the operation of a B&B.

Anyway, the decision-making and management rights are in Xu Hongdou's hands.

"Speaking of this, a new tenant will be arriving in a few days." Xu Hongdou suddenly remembered.

She was not as "wasteful" as Chen Mo, who wanted to leave the room empty.

So after taking over the management of the B&B from Xie Xiaochun, Xu Hongdou continued to rent out the remaining two rooms online.

"Really? If you're not available then I'll pick you up," said Chen Nanxing.

"Yeah." Xu Hongdou nodded. There was no need to be polite between them.

"Okay, be happy. If love lasts forever, it doesn't matter if you're together day and night."

Seeing that Xu Hongdou was still a little upset, Chen Nanxing joked, "Are you worried that Chen Mo will change his mind if you are far away from him?"

"Is that what I mean?" Xu Hongdou rolled her eyes.

She really hadn't worried about this. If there wasn't even this little bit of trust, then what was the point of talking about love?

"That's right. Even if we are far apart, Chen Mo will definitely not want to leave you." Chen Nanxing said with a smile.

"You're so beautiful, where can he find someone like you?"

(End of this chapter)