About an hour later, Jiang Nansun and Yuan Xudong walked into the local restaurant where Zhang Anren was. Zhang Anren, who had been paying attention to the door, stood up quickly, waved and said:
"Nan Sun, I'm here!"
Hearing Zhang Anren's voice, Jiang Nansun and Yuan Xudong walked over. Yuan Yuan stood up and looked at the richly dressed Jiang Nansun and Yuan Xudong with a shy look. Zhang Anren introduced with a smile:
"Nansun, Mr. Yuan, this is Yuan Yuan, my junior high school classmate. She just came to Shanghai today."
After that, he looked at Yuan Yuan and introduced:
"Yuan Yuan, this is my girlfriend Jiang Nansun. This is Mr. Yuan. He is Nansun's good friend."
After hearing Zhang Anren introduce each other, Yuan Yuan quickly bent down and said hello:
"Hello, sister Nansun, hello Mr. Yuan. I am Yuan Yuan. I am brother Anren's junior high school classmate. I plan to come to Shanghai to work in Shanghai. Nice to meet you."
Looking at the plainly dressed little girl, Jiang Nansun smiled slightly and said:
"You are Yuan Yuan, you are so beautiful."
Hearing Jiang Nansun's praise, Yuan Yuan smiled shyly and said:
"Not as good-looking as Sister Nansun, Brother Anren has really good eyesight. Many people in our hometown are envious of him. He can find a young lady from Shanghai as his girlfriend."
"Yeah?"
Jiang Nansun smiled and said:
"In your hometown, Zhang Anren must be very outstanding, right?"
"Of course!"
Yuan Yuan nodded and said matter-of-factly:
"Brother Anren worked hard alone in Shanghai and bought a house with his own efforts. He is the only one among us who has bought a house in a big city and established himself. Everyone said that brother Anren is a capable young man and will get better and better in the future.
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Hearing Yuan Yuan praise him like this, Zhang Anren greeted with a smile:
"Everyone, let's sit down and eat. Let's order another table. Mr. Yuan, I wonder if you have any taboos?"
Without waiting for Yuan Xudong to respond, Jiang Nansun said directly:
"Zhang Anren, I want to talk to you alone!"
Seeing Jiang Nansun's calm expression, Zhang Anren was slightly frightened and managed a smile:
"If you have anything to do, we'll talk about it when we get back. Let's eat first. Yuan Yuan and Mr. Yuan are still here."
"Don't worry about me. I just sent Nansun to you. You and Nansun find a private room to talk. I will be responsible for taking care of Yuan Yuan. I won't treat you badly, so don't worry!"
Hearing what Yuan Xudong said, Zhang Anren reluctantly thanked:
"Then please excuse me, Mr. Yuan. Nansun and I will excuse you for a while!"
After that, he exchanged a few words with Yuan Yuan, then asked the waiter for a private room, and left with Jiang Nansun. After the two disappeared in the aisle, Yuan Xudong called the waiter and said:
"Please arrange a private room and serve one of your specialties."
"Okay, sir, please come with me."
Yuan Xudong nodded slightly, looked at Yuan Yuan and said hello, and then walked to the second floor with the waiter. Yuan Yuan hesitated for a while, then picked up her luggage and chased after him. She and Yuan Xudong followed the waiter and walked into a room on the second floor.
In the box.
While waiting for the food to be served, Yuan Xudong got straight to the point:
"Ms. Yuan, are you Zhang Anren's ex-girlfriend?"
She didn't expect that Yuan Xudong would ask herself such a question. Yuan Yuan was startled. Thinking of Zhang Anren's explanation, she quickly shook her head in denial and said:
"Mr. Yuan, you misunderstood. I am not brother Anren's ex-girlfriend. He and I are just ordinary fellow villagers. We have no special relationship."
Yuan Xudong was noncommittal, and while pouring a glass of boiled water for Yuan Yuan and himself, he said with a smile:
"I know Zhang Anren fairly well. He will not help a fellow villager with ordinary connections for no reason. He is either asking for help from others, or he owes others a favor. I don't know which situation you belong to?"
Without waiting for Yuan Yuan to refute, he continued:
"Zhang Anren must have told you that as long as you work hard in Shanghai, you will have a house and a car, and you can also live a comfortable and prosperous life. On the contrary, what I want to say is that the harder you work, the more desperate you become.
The gap between people cannot be made up by your efforts. Your day is twenty-four hours, and other people's day is also twenty-four hours. How many times can you work harder than others?
Let me analyze it for you. You have just come to work in Shanghai from the countryside. You are not a graduate of a prestigious university, and you do not have any special abilities. In this big city, there are people who are younger and more beautiful than you, and there are people who are more capable than you.
There are people, there are people who are younger, more beautiful and more capable than you, and each of them is working hard.
According to your current conditions, you can only work odd jobs in coffee shops or convenience stores. After excluding basic living expenses, transportation expenses and rent every month, I calculate that you have 10,000 yuan left. In fact, it is impossible. Many people’s wages are still
It’s less than 10,000 yuan, and the housing prices in Shanghai are among the best in the country. Do you think you still have hope of buying a house?”
Hearing Yuan Xudong hit her like this, although she knew that what he said was true, Yuan Yuan still couldn't help but said angrily:
"Mr. Yuan, are you laughing at me?"
"No, of course not. I won't laugh at anyone. You still have to have dreams. What if one day they come true?"
Yuan Xudong shook his head slightly, then looked at Yuan Yuan and said:
"I'm just stating a fact to you. You have a dream that is difficult to realize. If you are willing, I can provide some help!"
In Yuan Yuan's eyes, Yuan Xudong, like Jiang Nansun, is a rich kid born with a silver spoon in his mouth. To them, their dreams that are difficult to realize are just trivial matters. Thinking of this, she looked at Yuan Xudong who was tempting her and said
:
"I believe there is no free lunch in the world. What do I have to pay and what do I get?"
"clever!"
Yuan Xudong nodded slightly and said directly:
"I can sponsor your tuition and living expenses and let you learn a self-reliant vocational skill, such as business English. What you have to do is very simple, let Zhang Anren and Jiang Nansun break up."
Glancing at Yuan Xudong, Yuan Yuan frowned slightly and said:
"I can't be sorry to brother Anren!"
"It's not that you're sorry for him, it's that he's sorry for you. Besides, I didn't ask you to do anything to him. Don't you want to get such an outstanding man like Zhang Anren back?"
After saying that, without waiting for Yuan Yuan to respond, Yuan Xudong handed her a business card and said:
"I just do it casually. It doesn't matter whether you agree or not. This is my business card. Before Zhang Anren and Jiang Nansun completely break up, please contact me if you need it. You only have one chance!"
At the same time, Jiang Nansun and Zhang Anren were in the box.
Looking at Jiang Nansun with a cold expression, Zhang Anren patiently explained:
"I just reported the paint matter to the department director. Even if this batch of paint has advantages in terms of quality and price, Wang Yongzheng's actions are against department regulations.
I work hard on all projects and never violate any rules and regulations of the school. If you want to be a good person and upright, that’s no problem. The premise is to make yourself bigger and stronger first. After I stay in school, I will have plenty of time.
And the opportunity to do this!”
"But Wang Yongzheng did this for better results, not out of selfishness?"
"The department did not define him that way. What the department said was that Wang Yongzheng adopted a brand that was not on the list and reported it to the hotel unilaterally without seeking approval from the department in advance."
"You are so impeccable at work and everyone likes you very much. Even if there was no paint incident, the department would keep you here. Why should you report Wang Yongzheng?"
"If Wang Yongzheng really has no problem at all and the school lets him stay, I will admit defeat. I am just trying to give myself a chance. What's more, I think your family will think that I am worthy of you only if I stay in the school to teach!"
After saying that, Zhang Anren held Jiang Nansun's hands and begged:
"Nan Sun, I'm doing this all for you, for the future of both of us, can you understand?"
"For me, and for the future of both of us, I hope you will apologize to Wang Yongzheng, apologize to the department, and ask the department to reconsider your and Wang Yongzheng's eligibility to stay in school, so that you two can compete fairly!"
Hearing Jiang Nansun's request to give up the hard-earned qualification to stay in school, Zhang Anren's face darkened, he let go of her hands and said:
"This is impossible!"
"Why isn't it possible?"
"If that Wang Yongzheng is willing, I can even apologize to him in private, but it is absolutely impossible for me to go to the department and say that I did something wrong!"
Seeing that Jiang Nansun still didn't understand his difficulties, Zhang Anren continued to plead:
"Nansun, everything I do is to make myself more worthy of you. I hope you can be proud of me in the future. Only if I become a university teacher can your family look down on me!"
Looking at the increasingly unfamiliar Zhang Anren, Jiang Nansun said calmly:
"If I care about this, can you, Zhang Anren, still be my boyfriend? There are so many richer and more powerful people than you, why don't I choose someone else?"
After saying that, without waiting for Zhang Anren to respond, she stood up and said:
"If you don't apologize, I will apologize!"
Zhang Anren quickly stopped Jiang Nansun who was about to leave, and said in a helpless voice:
"What are you apologizing for?"
"I'm telling you this. I'm too talkative. I'm sorry for Professor Dong and Wang Yongzheng's trust!"
Seeing Jiang Nansun mentioning Wang Yongzheng again and again, Zhang Anren couldn't help but said angrily:
"Between you and me, we just simply stated a fact. Let me put it bluntly, why do you think that everything Wang Yongzheng did was aboveboard and that he was the one who violated the regulations?
Why do you think that I am the only one in this world who is selfish, and that Wang Yongzheng is not selfish?
You, Lillian, and your aunt, why do you think that this Wang Yongzheng is simpler, more upright, and better than me?
Why can't you see all the hard work I've done? Have you ever reviewed your unfairness?"
Looking at Zhang Anren who was yelling at him for the first time, Jiang Nansun looked slightly angry and said:
"My aunt said that not all efforts can be rewarded. This is not the reason for you to report others. I can't care about whether Wang Yongzheng has problems, and I don't want to. I don't have such a deep friendship with him, but you
What you do makes me hate it!”
"Nan Sun, let's do this. Let's eat first and talk about these things later, okay?"
"I'm going back to attend grandma's birthday party. You and Yuan Yuan can eat together."
"Is grandma having a birthday? I'll go with you."
"No, I hope you will take care of your own affairs first. Grandma's birthday is important, and it is more important that you have a clear conscience when doing things!"
"Then shall I take you to the head office?"
"No, please settle down with Yuan Yuan first!"
Seeing Jiang Nansun leaving the box, Zhang Anren was sitting at the dining table in a daze. He doubted himself for the first time. Was it the right choice to report Wang Yongzheng himself? Did he gain more or lose more?
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