Chapter 249 Encounter
"That's all for today. It's up to you whether you can do it well and what you can achieve." A familiar yet unfamiliar voice came into Song Yuanchao's ears. Song Yuanchao subconsciously looked up and found that it was Zhang Liming, whom he had met once.
Except for Zhang Liming, Song Yuanchao recognized two of the other three people. One was Wang Juan, whom he had met in Pengcheng, and the other was Zhao Minglei, the famous "J-5" from the Imperial University of Peking. As for the last one, he was a strange man, about thirty years old, with a strong underworld air that could be smelled from afar.
"Thank you, Brother Liming. This matter is really a bother to you. If it weren't for you, this wouldn't be possible." In front of Zhang Liming, Zhao Minglei changed his usual pride, put on a very humble attitude, held Zhang Liming's right hand with both hands and kept thanking him.
"Haha, it's just a small matter. Besides, your idea is worthy of encouragement and support. Right now the whole country is engaged in economic construction. As a college student studying economics, you are also contributing to the country's economic development by starting in this area. This is a good thing." Zhang Liming said with a smile, raised his left hand and patted Zhao Minglei on the shoulder, his eyes full of encouragement.
"Yes, yes, Brother Liming, what you said is very good. Don't worry, I will do my best and report to you at any time..." Zhao Minglei smiled and nodded repeatedly with a slight bend in his waist. His posture made people feel like a dog wagging its tail at its owner.
"Contributing to the country's economic development is the overall situation. We must work hard. As for reporting anything, there is no need. I am not your leader, and you are just a college student. How can there be any reporting or not reporting between us?" Zhang Liming's words were very beautiful. He said this with a smile, then raised his hand to look at the watch on his wrist: "Okay, let's stop here today. I have something else to do and I have to leave first."
As he spoke, Zhang Liming said to Wang Juan in a very friendly manner: "Xiao Juan, you and Ming Lei are also friends. Please treat Ming Lei well for me today. In the future, please pay more attention to any problems Ming Lei has. Do you understand?"
"Brother Liming, don't worry. How can I not take your instructions seriously?" Wang Juan was dressed up beautifully today and kept getting closer to Zhang Liming. If it weren't for the conservative atmosphere nowadays, this woman might have stuck to Zhang Liming directly.
After a few words, Zhang Liming did not say hello to the other person, but just nodded slightly and left. The three of them politely sent Zhang Liming out of the store, and then turned back.
"It's finally done!" Zhao Minglei was extremely excited when he returned to the store. He couldn't wait to say to the man, "Old Xiong, how are your preparations going? Are you sure?"
"Haha, look at what you said, how can you not be confident? You and Sister Juan have done this much work, now it's up to me!" Lao Xiong patted his chest and made the promise, the fat on his face trembling with his smile, his whole body filled with great ambition.
"Good!" Zhao Minglei praised with a smile, and then said to Wang Juan: "Juanzi, you have made great efforts in this matter. Let's go upstairs and have another drink, and then we can discuss in detail what to do next."
"Hehe, let's go!" Wang Juan smiled like a flower and took the lead. On the contrary, Zhao Minglei and Lao Xiong followed behind. From this point, it can be seen that Wang Juan's position among the three of them is not simple.
In a blink of an eye, the three of them returned to the upstairs. After their figures disappeared at the stairs, Song Yuanchao took down the newspaper that was covering them. Their casual conversation just now was heard clearly by Song Yuanchao who was sitting in the corner near the corridor.
Although there were only a few words, Song Yuanchao smelled something unusual from these words, and he couldn't help but .
Song Yuanchao didn't stay in the store for long. After Zhao Minglei and the others went upstairs, Song Yuanchao quickly left the store. After leaving the store, he thought about the scene he had just encountered, and couldn't help but think of Luo Yang's matter.
What Luo Yang did was really too abnormal. Just as Luo Yang and Song Yuanchao analyzed, there must be someone behind this matter, otherwise Luo Yanhua would not have reacted like that.
But for a moment Luo Yang didn't know who had done it, and he couldn't ask Luo Yanhua directly, so all he could do now was wait and see.
Luo Yang was right. Whoever made the most profit would be the most suspicious. At the same time, Luo Yang also thought of many possible people, but he rejected them one by one. Because Luo Yang thought about it, there was no candidate who completely met his guess. For a while, Luo Yang could not guess who was the real mastermind.
The coincidence just now made Song Yuanchao suddenly have another guess in his mind. Could it be that the ones who are doing this are Zhao Minglei and others?
Since the accident in the last student union election, Zhao Minglei's prestige in the Imperial University has plummeted. Now, when the Imperial University mentions Zhao Minglei, they will think of his nickname "J-5". In addition, the student union is not a monolithic entity. Zhao Minglei's biggest competitor Wei Qiang took the perfect opportunity when Zhao Minglei "got into trouble" and took decisive action, taking away a lot of the student union's power from Zhao Minglei in one fell swoop.
Right now, although Zhao Minglei is still a member of the Student Union in name, he has actually been marginalized. If nothing unexpected happens, when the Student Union re-election comes in a few months, Zhao Minglei will most likely face the result of being defeated.
If Zhao Minglei lost the election, it would be a huge blow to him. How could he, who was proud and conceited, bear such a result? So Zhao Minglei tried his best to win over the cadres of the Student Union and the class cadres of various departments in these days, intending to make up for the disadvantage and keep his position as a committee member.
There were undercurrents in the student union, and several committee members seemed to be in harmony on the surface, but they were actually arguing with each other. However, these had nothing to do with Song Yuanchao, because he never paid attention to them. It was his old class teacher Cheng Mengshan who told him about the situation inside the student union in his spare time.
Walking on the street, Song Yuanchao thought for a moment and turned around, heading back towards Dazhalan. But when he arrived at the shop in Dazhalan, he didn't find Luo Yang.
Luo Yang chased Li Xiaoyun out of the hotel and they haven't come back yet. God knows where the two guys went. It's not easy to find people without cell phones now. Song Yuanchao had no choice but to wait until tomorrow. He left Dashilan and did not return to school. Instead, he went to his own courtyard. Because it was already late, he planned to sleep in the courtyard for a night and return to school tomorrow.
Unexpectedly, when he was almost at the alley on the other side of the courtyard, Song Yuanchao passed by a barbecue restaurant and glanced at the restaurant inadvertently. This glance made Song Yuanchao stop. He was surprised to find that the two guys sitting in the barbecue restaurant drinking beer, eating barbecue and laughing and chatting were Luo Yang and Li Xiaoyun.
This was strange. Didn't Li Xiaoyun run away angrily? Luo Yang chased her out, but how come the two of them were sitting together drinking and eating meat as if nothing had happened?
Seeing them eating, drinking and chatting happily, Song Yuanchao almost couldn't believe his eyes. What was going on? But now was not the time to think about these things. Since he ran into them, Song Yuanchao walked straight into the store and walked directly to them.
"Brother Yuanchao? Why are you here?" They were both surprised when Song Yuanchao appeared, and Li Xiaoyun asked without thinking.
"What? I can't come?" Song Yuanchao pulled a chair over and sat down next to Luo Yang. He looked at the barbecue and beer on the table, which were almost finished, and asked with a smile: "You two are so comfortable. You left us all behind at the restaurant and came here to drink and eat meat. What's wrong? Are you very happy?"
"Yuanchao, actually we..." Luo Yang blushed. This was indeed not a nice thing to do on his part. Originally, he was the one who invited them to dinner, but he ran off to chase after Li Xiaoyun and never came back. If Song Yuanchao hadn't seen them here today, it would have been easy to explain, but by chance, he was caught doing this. Luo Yang felt very embarrassed for a moment.
"Luo Yang, don't say anything. Let me tell you." Before Luo Yang could finish, Li Xiaoyun took over and said, "Brother Yuan Chao, you have wrongly accused Luo Yang. Luo Yang caught up with me after we came out of the restaurant and later explained the matter to me."
"Before, I didn't know that Luo Yang was in such trouble, so I was so angry in the hotel. Now that I know, I have forgiven Luo Yang. But no matter what, Luo Yang, and Brother Yuan Chao, you shouldn't have kept it from me. Shouldn't you have talked about it earlier? It makes everyone feel uncomfortable."
"Yes, yes, it's my problem. I just don't want to make you worry." Luo Yang took over the conversation.
"You are the only one who can do this! If you don't tell me, you are treating us as outsiders!" Li Xiaoyun rolled her eyes at Luo Yang and continued, "It's been a long time since he explained to me. We thought it wouldn't be appropriate to go back now, so we just left. We haven't had dinner yet, and Luo Yang said there's a barbecue restaurant here that serves authentic barbecue, and asked me if I wanted to eat barbecue, so we came here."
Li Xiaoyun simply explained the consequences, then picked up a skewer of barbecue on the table and put it to her mouth to eat. After eating a bite of meat, she took a sip of beer, then asked Song Yuanchao with a smile: "What Luo Yang introduced is really good. The barbecue here is really authentic. Brother Yuanchao, how about you try some too?"
This girl is really heartless. She made Song Yuanchao worried for no reason before. Now, seeing her eating barbecue and drinking beer with relish, Song Yuanchao didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"You guys eat, I'm full." Song Yuanchao had just had some mutton soup and a naan, so how could he eat any more barbecue? He immediately waved his hand and smiled.
"Okay, Luo Yang, don't worry about Brother Yuanchao. Let's continue eating. Boss! Boss! Give me ten more skewers of mutton! Remember to put spicy food on it!" Li Xiaoyun was not polite. She asked the boss to add more meat while eating. Her generous behavior reminded Song Yuanchao of the days in the future when he and his friends would eat skewers and drink on the streets.
