Volume 1: The Golden Years Chapter 061: Conflict at School
The next day, at noon, Yuan Xudong, feeling refreshed, got up from the bed, glanced at Zhu Suosuo, who was still lying in bed with a radiant face, and smiled:
"Hurry up and get up, you're late for work!"
Hearing Yuan Xudong's voice, Zhu Suosuo sat up from the bed, covered her body with the velvet quilt, stretched out her fair jade-like arm to touch the alarm clock on the bedside table, glanced at it lazily and said:
"It's already past eleven. Forget it. I won't go to work. I'll ask Manager Yang for a day off and say I sold a big house last night and I want to treat a client to dinner today. What do you think?"
Looking at Zhu Suosuo who was lying in bed and looking for excuses to skip work, Yuan Xudong pulled the quilt off her and said unhappily:
"I don't think it's that good. Hurry up and get up to eat. Go to work in the afternoon. I also have to attend the opening ceremony of Songjiang Hotel. I don't have time to fool around with you. With your work attitude like this, you still want to make money to support Nansun? Thank God you don't starve yourself to death!"
Seeing that Yuan Xudong was about to pull her quilt, Zhu Suosuo quickly wrapped herself up and lay on the bed, saying:
"I won't go to work and I'll just starve to death. What can you do to me?"
"You still dare to threaten me?"
Yuan Xudong pulled up a wicked smile, picked up his mobile phone, pointed it at Zhu Suosuo, opened it to take a photo and said:
"Hurry up and get up, or I'll take a few photos of you and send them to Nansun to see if you're still embarrassed to see her!"
"Yuan Xudong, I'm going to fight you!"
…
At the same time, on the second floor of the cafeteria of the Magic City School of Architecture.
Zhang Anren was sitting at the dining table calling Jiang Nansun. A student passing by looked at him and congratulated him:
"Teacher Zhang, congratulations!"
"Thanks!"
When the call was connected, Zhang Anren said excitedly:
"Hey, Nansun, are you here yet?"
"I have good news for you. I am staying in school. The department just announced that they chose me over Wang Yongzheng!"
"Okay, see you later!"
After hanging up the phone, several colleagues came over and looked at Zhang Anren who looked delighted and said with a smile:
"Teacher Zhang, congratulations, congratulations!"
"Congratulations, Teacher Zhang, you got the only spot to stay in school!"
Hearing his colleagues' blessings, Zhang Anren quickly stood up, his face showing three parts of joy seven parts of humility, and said:
"Thank you, Teacher Chen, thank you, Teacher Huang!"
The middle-aged man called Teacher Chen patted Zhang Anren on the shoulder and praised him:
"I read your paper, it's very well written. I and..."
Before he finished speaking, Wang Yongzheng, with a gloomy face, entered the cafeteria and rushed behind Zhang Anren. He threw him to the ground and kicked him twice, while shouting angrily:
"Zhang Anren, if you really have that much ability, do you need to report it to the dean?"
Seeing Wang Yongzheng and Zhang Anren clashing, the colleagues around them pulled the two apart while holding down Wang Yongzheng who was beating them, saying:
"Teacher Wang, calm down. We are all colleagues . There are so many students watching us. If you have any problems, you can discuss them privately or report them to the department. Don't fight here. It will have a bad impact!"
Without waiting for Wang Yongzheng to speak, Zhang Anren, who was beaten, took the initiative to speak:
"Just let him go. He's in a bad mood, I understand . Let him come at me if he's angry!"
Seeing that Zhang Anren still had no shame on his face, Wang Yongzheng glanced at him, said nothing, turned away with a gloomy face, and the colleagues around him all looked at Zhang Anren and asked with concern:
"Are you okay, Mr. Zhang?"
Zhang Anren brushed off the dust on his body and said with a smile:
"I'm fine, thank you, you guys go about your business!"
"Then we won't disturb Teacher Zhang from eating. We'll leave first. Call me if you have anything else!"
"Okay, thank you!"
After a while, Jiang Nansun, who had witnessed the latter half of the conflict at the entrance of the cafeteria, walked over to her boyfriend Zhang Anren and looked at Zhang Anren, who was wearing dirty clothes, and said with concern:
"What happened between you and Wang Yongzheng?"
Hearing Jiang Nansun's voice, Zhang Anren quickly turned around and looked at her and said:
"Did you see everything?"
Jiang Nansun shook her head slightly and said angrily:
"No, I just saw Wang Yongzheng leaving angrily. Did he hit you?"
Seeing that Jiang Nansun didn't understand the cause and effect, Zhang Anren smiled generously:
"It's nothing. Wang Yongzheng may have heard about my stay at school. My good news is his bad news. I can understand that he is in a bad mood. You don't need to bother with him!"
Hearing Zhang Anren say this, Jiang Nansun said angrily:
"No, he's gone too far this time. I'm going to go and ask him how he could hit you."
Grabbing Jiang Nansun who was about to leave the cafeteria to chase Wang Yongzheng, Zhang Anren said gently:
"Nansun, listen to me. Wang Yongzheng was just impulsive. It's no big deal. Let's not disturb him and let him be alone, okay?"
After that, he pulled the unhappy Jiang Nansun to sit at the dining table and said to her, "Hello, dear.
"I made your favorite dish, fried tomato and eggs. Eat more at noon. You are so thin, you need to supplement your nutrition."
Looking at the plate full of scrambled eggs with tomatoes on the table, Jiang Nansun frowned slightly and said with a bit of disgust:
"I want to eat meat, not eggs!"
Hearing this, Zhang Anren was slightly stunned, then he stood up and said with a smile:
"Wait a moment, I'll make you a new one."
"Forget it, stop working on it, that's all."
…
After lunch, Jiang Nansun and Zhang Anren strolled along the forest trail. Seeing Zhang Anren, who seemed a little unfamiliar in recent times, Jiang Nansun took the initiative to smile and said:
"I didn't do anything about the Songjiang Hotel project, but Professor Dong even sent me an invitation to the opening ceremony."
Hearing Jiang Nansun mention the Songjiang Hotel project, Zhang Anren forced a smile and said:
"You deserve this. Don't forget to take more photos. Take them standing next to Professor Dong. It would be best if you two take a few photos alone. You can attach them to your resume later."
Hearing Zhang Anren say this, Jiang Nansun was surprised:
"Aren't you staying to see the unveiling?"
"I'm not going!"
Zhang Anren shook his head slightly, hesitated for a moment, looked at Jiang Nansun and smiled:
"This afternoon, I'm going to the train station to pick up a friend, my junior high school classmate. She came to Shanghai to work alone. We'll have dinner together in the evening."
"Male or female?"
"female."
Zhang Anren chuckled, glanced at Jiang Nansun and asked tentatively:
"I was just about to discuss this with you. If you don't mind, can you let her stay at my place for a few days? She just came to the Magic City and doesn't have much money. It will take her a while to find a suitable house."
"A girl living in your house?"
"If you mind, forget it. I'll find her a guest house first. After all, she's a young girl who just came to the big city from the countryside. She hasn't seen much of the world. She's also my junior high school classmate. I'm afraid it's unsafe for her to live in a guest house alone, so I want her to live in my place. After all, there are three bedrooms, so it doesn't matter if they're empty."
Hearing Zhang Anren say this, Jiang Nansun nodded slightly in agreement:
"That's your house. If you want her to live there, then let her live there. Besides, you've described her as being so pitiful. If I still don't agree, wouldn't that be too inhumane?"
After that, without waiting for Zhang Anren's response, she smiled and said:
"Zhang Anren, I didn't expect you to be so kind-hearted. You're willing to help a junior high school classmate. By the way, I'll find some time to meet her. What's her name?"
Looking at Jiang Nansun with a smile on her face, Zhang Anren said with a smile:
"Her name is Yuan Yuan. We have known each other since childhood, so I am helping her like this. Please don't misunderstand me!"
"What's the misunderstanding?"
Jiang Nansun looked at Zhang Anren and joked:
"She is a young girl who just came from the countryside. I am a rich girl from Shanghai. It's not that I look down on her, but I believe in your vision, Zhang Anren. If you were willing, she should have been your girlfriend a long time ago, right?"
Hearing Jiang Nansun say this, Zhang Anren calmly changed the subject and said:
"My Princess Jiang is very generous. Although Yuan Yuan and I have known each other since childhood, she is not my type. I have always treated her as my own sister. It was not until I met you that I knew what love is like."
Hearing this, Jiang Nansun did not comment, but just nodded and smiled:
"You go ahead and do your work. I'm going to attend the unveiling ceremony. See you tomorrow!"
"See you tomorrow!"
