Volume 1: The Golden Years Chapter 062 Yuan Yuan
Seeing Jiang Nansun leave, Zhang Anren walked alone in the woods, climbing the stairs, lost in thought, until Lillian's voice sounded behind him:
"Zhang Anren!"
He came back to his senses, turned around and looked at Lillian who ran up to him in one breath and asked with a smile:
"What's wrong, Lillian?"
Looking at Zhang Anren who was smiling, Lillian said gloomily:
"I came here specially to see you!"
Zhang Anren nodded slightly and said:
"I know, you came to me about Wang Yongzheng's matter, right?"
After that, seeing Lillian nod slightly, he continued:
“I don’t think I did anything wrong in this matter!”
Seeing that Zhang Anren showed no shame, Lillian frowned slightly and asked loudly:
"The only thing on your mind is staying in school. Can you do anything to stay in school?"
Zhang Anren nodded slightly and said:
"Staying in school is really important to me, and I don't think I need to explain anything to you or Wang Yongzheng. Even if I explain, you won't understand. After all, we are in different positions!"
"So you only think about yourself , and your way of solving problems is to harm others and benefit yourself. Do you not care about the efforts made by the department, my father, and Wang Yongzheng?"
"I don't agree with you. I think everyone in this school is working hard, including your father, Wang Yongzheng, and myself."
"Some people work hard for a win-win situation. If you choose one of the two, you will lose another talent. What should you do? You want to discredit Wang Yongzheng, but my father wants both of them to stay.
Your mentor likes you very much, and my father also likes Wang Yongzheng and Zhang Anren. In this world, besides life and death and the survival of the fittest, there are also win-win situations and fighting side by side!"
"I understand your point of view. This is how the world is. There are always people who want to impose their own values on others. Wang Yongzheng violated the department's rules, and I reported him to the department head. Just because I benefited from it and got a place to stay in school, you think I am a hateful bad person. Why am I the one who is wrong , and not Wang Yongzheng?"
"You reported Wang Yongzheng to the department head. Wasn't that out of selfish motives?"
"I admit that I acted out of selfish motives and wanted to increase my chances of staying in school, but my behavior was not wrong. I did not violate any department regulations. None of you have the right to blame me!"
"What about Jiang Nansun? Does she know that you used her to report Wang Yongzheng?"
Seeing that Zhang Anren was speechless, Lillian asked expressionlessly:
"Since you are right and have a clear conscience, why don't you dare to tell Jiang Nansun openly, but instead secretly report Wang Yongzheng to the department head?"
After saying that, without waiting for Zhang Anren to say anything else, Lillian turned and left, her back looking lonely, because she knew that due to Zhang Anren's report, Wang Yongzheng would leave the school forever, and they might not have the chance to see each other again in the future. Her first love ended before it even began.
…
As the sun was setting, Jiang Nansun, in a white dress, walked into the opening ceremony of Songjiang Boutique Hotel with Yuan Xudong. Seeing the first project she participated in was completely completed and turned into a magnificent hotel, she couldn't help but sigh:
"Time flies so fast. It feels like not much time has passed and everything around me has changed!"
Looking at Jiang Nansun's sad face, Yuan Xudong patted the back of her hand and said:
“Time is the best medicine. It can make people forget pain and settle happiness. No matter what kind of difficulties you encounter, if you can’t solve them by yourself, then leave it to time. It will help you solve them!”
"Young man, what you said is right. I thought only old men like me would think so."
Following the sound, an old man in his sixties with sparse hair came towards them, followed by a smiling Wang Yongzheng. Jiang Nansun bowed and thanked him:
"Professor Dong, thank you for your invitation!"
After taking a look at Jiang Nansun, Professor Dong nodded slightly and said:
"This is what you deserve!"
Without waiting for Jiang Nansun to smile, Professor Dong changed the subject and said:
"Jiang Nansun, you really disappoint me. I arranged for you to intern with Wang Yongzheng and asked him to teach you some professional knowledge, but you helped your boyfriend Zhang Anren collect negative materials about Wang Yongzheng so that he could stay in school, and secretly reported it to the department head.
Although your report does not violate the department's regulations, I and many professors are very disgusted with such behavior. I think I am not suitable to be your advisor. You should apply to be a doctoral student of other professors!"
Hearing Professor Dong's criticism, Jiang Nansun was stunned. She had no idea what Professor Dong was talking about. Yuan Xudong, who was standing by, looked directly at Professor Dong and said:
"Hello, Professor Dong. I'm Yuan Xudong, a friend of Nansun . You can call me Xiao Yuan. Although I don't know what reporting incident you are talking about, I know Nansun very well. She is a naive and kind girl. She would never secretly report others.
There must be some misunderstanding in this matter. I hope you can understand it clearly before making a final decision. Your momentary misunderstanding may cause Nansun a lifetime of regret.
I hope you can be more cautious. A teacher's momentary anger may cause lifelong harm to students. I think this is not what a respected professor should do!"
After saying that, seeing everyone looking at him, Yuan Xudong smiled and explained:
"When I was a kid, my math teacher misunderstood me. He slapped me in public without me knowing the whole story. I still remember the burning pain and the strange looks from my classmates!
To be honest, I have no respect for teachers and so-called professors. In my heart, it is just a profession, not sacred at all. This is all related to my experience. I don’t want Nansun to be disappointed in teachers because of Professor Dong like me! "
This was the first time he saw someone dare to contradict Professor Dong in person. Wang Yongzheng looked at Yuan Xudong and gave him a thumbs up. Then he looked at Professor Dong and defended Jiang Nansun:
"Professor Dong, Jiang Nansun is just a little bit stupid. Her boyfriend is really smart. Those negative materials must have been extracted from Jiang Nansun by Zhang Anren. She couldn't have deliberately collected them for Zhang Anren.
Think about it again. I think Yuan Xudong is right. You can't be angry with Jiang Nansun just because she is Zhang Anren's girlfriend. This is indeed a little unfair to her!"
After taking a look at Yuan Xudong and Wang Yongzheng, Professor Dong frowned slightly, then looked at Jiang Nansun and said:
"Jiang Nansun, tell me yourself, what's going on?"
"I don't know what you're talking about!"
Jiang Nansun shook her head slightly, her face blank.
"What kind of dirty information did Zhang Anren report on Wang Yongzheng?"
Seeing that Jiang Nansun didn't seem to be playing dumb, Professor Dong explained directly:
"Because Wang Yongzheng is my student, the department head told me that it was Zhang Anren who reported to him that Wang Yongzheng violated department regulations during the renovation of Songjiang Hotel and privately replaced the paint that was not on the purchase list, and he was disqualified from staying in school.
Zhang Anren is the only candidate who will stay in school. You are the site supervisor, responsible for supervising the purchase of raw materials. You should be the only one who knows about this matter. How did Zhang Anren know this?"
After listening to Professor Dong's explanation, Jiang Nansun's face turned pale and her voice trembled:
"I was the one who told Zhang Anren about this!"
After that, in the surprised eyes of Professor Dong and Wang Yongzheng, Jiang Nansun turned around and left the hotel. Yuan Xudong looked at the two of them and said goodbye, then chased after them and stopped Jiang Nansun and said:
"What are you going to do? Go settle accounts with Zhang Anren?"
While Jiang Nansun was calling Zhang Anren, she looked at Yuan Xudong and said:
"You go to the unveiling ceremony. I want to find Zhang Anren to ask him clearly!"
Without waiting for Yuan Xudong to respond, after a few beeps, the phone was connected, and Jiang Nansun said in a trembling voice:
"Zhang Anren, where are you?"
"Okay, I'll come find you now!"
Seeing Jiang Nansun end the call, Yuan Xudong spoke directly:
"The unveiling ceremony is boring. I'll take you there. If you and Zhang Anren get into a physical fight, I'll help you beat him up or get beaten up by him. Isn't that nice?"
Jiang Nansun rolled her eyes at Yuan Xudong and said unhappily:
"Hurry up and drive the car. I have to attend my grandma's birthday party tonight. I don't have time to joke with you!"
"okay!"
…
At the same time, in a local restaurant.
Seeing Zhang Anren end the call, Yuan Yuan, who was sitting opposite him, smiled and said:
"Brother Anren, is it Sister Nansun?"
Zhang Anren nodded slightly, handed a menu to Yuan Yuan and said:
"Look what you want to eat, and we'll talk while we eat!"
Yuan Yuan took the menu and asked in confusion:
"Aren't we going to wait for Sister Nansun to join us?"
"It's okay. Nansun will be here in a while. You haven't eaten for a whole day. Fill your stomach first."
Yuan Yuan nodded slightly, selected a few cheap home-cooked dishes, and handed the menu back to Zhang Anren, smiling shyly:
"Brother Anren now has a house and a job in Shanghai, and he has a girlfriend who is a local lady. Many people in our hometown envy you!"
Zhang Anren smiled and nodded, looking at the menu. The dishes he had already selected were all cheap farm dishes. He picked two slightly more expensive meat dishes and handed the menu to a nearby waiter while looking at Yuan Yuan and encouragingly saying,
"Just listen to me. If you work hard in Shanghai, you will have a house and a car."
Yuan Yuan nodded vigorously and said firmly:
"Thank you for your help, Brother Anren. Now that I'm here, I'll stay here no matter how hard I try. I won't be any worse than others!"
"You don't have to be polite to me. It's my duty to help you. After all, I owed you before. These are all what I promised you!"
"Brother Anren, let's not talk about the past anymore."
Zhang Anren nodded slightly, smelling the scent of perfume. He looked at Yuan Yuan uncertainly:
"Yuan Yuan, did you put on perfume?"
Yuan Yuan nodded slightly, put her wrist under Zhang Anren's nose and smiled:
"Gucci."
