The next day, at three o'clock in the morning, a refreshed Yuan Xudong got up and got out of bed. He glanced at Zhu Suosuo, who was still lying on the bed with a moist and shiny face, and said with a smile:
"Get up quickly, you're late for work!"
Hearing Yuan Xudong's voice, Zhu Suosuo sat up from the bed, covered his body with a velvet quilt, stretched out his jade-white arm to touch the alarm clock on the bedside table, glanced at it and said lazily:
"It's past eleven o'clock. Forget it, I won't go to work. I'll ask for leave from Manager Yang. I just said that I sold a big house last night and I'm going to treat a client to dinner today. What do you think?"
Seeing Zhu Suosuo lying on the bed looking for excuses to skip work, Yuan Xudong pulled the quilt on her body and said angrily:
"I don't think so. Get up quickly and have a meal. I'll go to work in the afternoon. I have to attend the opening ceremony of Songjiang Hotel. I don't have time to fool around with you. With your work attitude, you still want to make money to support Nansun? Don't think so.
Thank God if I starve to death!"
Seeing Yuan Xudong trying to pull off his quilt, Zhu Suosuo quickly wrapped himself into a ball, lay on the bed and said:
"I won't go to work. I'll starve to death. What can you do to me?"
"You still dare to threaten me?"
Yuan Xudong had a smirk on his lips, picked up his mobile phone, pointed it at Zhu Suosuo, opened it and took a photo:
"Get up quickly, otherwise I will take some photos of you and send them to Nansun to see if you are still embarrassed to see her!"
"Yuan Xudong, I will fight with you!"
At the same time, on the second floor of the cafeteria of the Shanghai School of Architecture.
Zhang Anren was sitting at the dining table making a phone call to Jiang Nansun. A passing student looked at him and congratulated him:
"Teacher Zhang, congratulations!"
"Thanks!"
When the call was connected, Zhang Anren said excitedly:
"Hey, Nansun, are you here?"
"I have good news for you. I am staying in school. The department just announced that between me and Wang Yongzheng, they chose me!"
"Okay, see you later!"
After hanging up the phone, several colleagues came towards me, looked at Zhang Anren who looked happy and said with a smile:
The middle-aged man called Teacher Chen patted Zhang Anren on the shoulder and praised:
"I read your paper and it was very well written. I am with you."
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 loudly and angrily saying:
"Zhang Anren, if you are really that capable, do you need to report to the department chair?"
Seeing the conflict between Wang Yongzheng and Zhang Anren, the colleagues around them pulled the two away while holding down Wang Yongzheng who was beating him and said:
"Teacher Wang, please calm down. We are all colleagues, and there are so many students watching around. If you have any issues, you can discuss and resolve them privately, or report the situation to the department. Don't fight here, it will have a bad impact!"
Before Wang Yongzheng could speak, Zhang Anren, who was beaten, took the initiative to speak out:
"Let him go. He's in a bad mood. I can understand it. Let him get angry at me!"
Seeing that Zhang Anren still looked innocent, Wang Yongzheng glanced at him and said nothing. He turned and left with a gloomy expression. The colleagues around him looked at Zhang Anren and said with concern:
"Are you okay, Teacher Zhang?"
Zhang Anren dusted himself off and said with a smile:
"I'm fine, thank you, just go about your business!"
"Then we won't disturb Teacher Zhang's meal. Let's leave first. If you have any questions, call us!"
"Okay, thank you!"
After a while, Jiang Nansun, who witnessed the second half of the conflict at the entrance of the cafeteria, walked to her boyfriend Zhang Anren, looked at the dirty and messy Zhang Anren and said with concern:
"What happened to you and Wang Yongzheng?"
Hearing Jiang Nansun's voice, Zhang Anren quickly turned to look at her and said:
"You saw it all?"
Jiang Nansun shook his head slightly and said angrily:
"No, I saw Wang Yongzheng leaving angrily. Did he hit you?"
Seeing that Jiang Nansun did not understand the cause and effect, Zhang Anren smiled generously and said:
"It's nothing. Wang Yongzheng may know the news about me staying in school. My good news is his bad news. He is in a bad mood now. I can understand it. There is no need to argue with him!"
Hearing what Zhang Anren said, Jiang Nansun looked angrily and said:
"No, he went too far this time. I'm going to find him and ask him how he can beat you?"
Grabbing Jiang Nansun who was about to leave the cafeteria to chase Wang Yongzheng, Zhang Anren said with a gentle expression:
"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 Jiang Nansun, who was looking unhappy, to sit at the dining table, and made her happy and said:
"I made your favorite scrambled eggs with tomatoes. Eat more for lunch. You are so thin, so you need to add more nutrition."
Looking at the plate full of tomatoes and scrambled eggs on the dining table, Jiang Nansun frowned slightly and said a little disgustedly:
"I want to eat meat, not eggs!"
Hearing this, Zhang Anren looked slightly stunned, then stood up and said with a smile:
"Just wait a moment and I'll type another one for you."
"Forget it, stop working, that's it."
After lunch, Jiang Nansun and Zhang Anren walked along the forest path. Looking at Zhang Anren, who had been a little unfamiliar recently, Jiang Nansun took the initiative and smiled:
"I didn't do anything about the Songjiang Hotel project. Professor Dong even sent me an invitation letter for the opening ceremony."
Hearing Jiang Nansun mention the Songjiang Hotel project, Zhang Anren reluctantly smiled and said:
"You deserve this. Don't forget to take more photos, standing next to Professor Dong. It's best to take a few photos of the two of you alone, and attach them to your resume later."
Hearing what Zhang Anren said, Jiang Nansun said strangely:
"Aren't you going to stay and watch the unveiling?"
"I won't go!"
Zhang Anren shook his head slightly, hesitated for a moment, looked at Jiang Nansun and said with a smile:
"This afternoon, I am going to the train station to pick up a friend, my junior high school classmate. She came to Shanghai to work alone, and we will have dinner together in the evening."
"Male or female?"
"female."
Zhang Anren chuckled lightly, glanced at Jiang Nansun and said tentatively:
"I was just about to discuss it with you. If you don't mind, can you let her stay at my place for a few days? She just came to Shanghai and doesn't have much money. She can't find a suitable house for a while."
"A girl lives in your house?"
"If you don't mind, forget it. I'll find a guest house for her first. After all, she is a little girl who just came to the big city from the countryside. She has never seen much of the world. She is also my junior high school classmate. I am afraid that she will live in the guest house alone.
It’s not safe in there, so I want her to live in my place. After all, there are three bedrooms, so if they are empty, they will be empty.”
Hearing what Zhang Anren said, Jiang Nansun nodded slightly and agreed:
"That's your house. If you want her to live in it, let her live there. Besides, you've made her look so pitiful. Wouldn't it be very unkind of me if I still don't agree?"
After that, without waiting for Zhang Anren to respond, she smiled again and said:
"Zhang Anren, I didn't expect you to be so warm-hearted. Even a junior high school classmate is willing to go out of his way to help. By the way, I'll meet her sometime. What's her name?"
Looking at Jiang Nansun with a smile on his face, Zhang Anren smiled and said:
"Her name is Yuan Yuan. We have known each other since childhood, so we help her like this. Don't get me wrong!"
"What's the misunderstanding?"
Jiang Nansun looked at Zhang Anren and joked:
"She is a young girl who just came out of the countryside. I am a wealthy local 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 long ago, right?
"
Hearing what Jiang Nansun said, 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 regarded her as my sister. It was not until I met you that I knew what love was like."
Hearing this, Jiang Nansun did not comment, just nodded and said with a smile:
"Go and do your work. I'll go to the unveiling ceremony. See you tomorrow!"