Chapter 183 The longest love confession

Apparently, those words spoken when they first met caused quite a stir in the school.

After the opening ceremony that day, a lot of voices suddenly popped up. This girl was already quite famous in the school after her performance of "Shen of Luo River" in the 88th anniversary art performance at the beginning of this year. She was considered a rare species with outstanding looks and academic performance, the type most sought after by boys. After this incident, I'm afraid everyone in the school must know her.

Some people around Zhang Yunqi did hear something different. Wang Xiaokai, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Yang Wei, and the girls Lin Yueying and Yu Xiaorui kept asking Zhang Yunqi, "Were you the person Chu Jian mentioned at the opening ceremony that day?"

Zhang Yunqi was asked too many questions, so he asked back: "Guess?"

Most people think that Zhang Yunqi is a mean person, but they just can't do anything about him.

Apart from this incident, Zhang Yunqi's life was quite peaceful.

As for the company, Lianzhong Trade's business is mature now, and with the experienced Yu Lin in charge, there is really nothing for him to worry about. In fact, this dealer model has very limited development space. It can make money, is not complicated, and has low risks, but it can only follow the buttocks of the Xiaobawang headquarters to drink some soup. Being a small boss is no problem for food and clothing, but it is definitely not a good job that can be done for a long time. The development of the VCD player will take at least a few months to wait. Zhang Yunqi, who has more than 3 million in dividends in his pocket, now plans to acquire an electronics factory. When the VCD player prototype is developed, it will be directly put into operation. He handed this matter over to Yu Lin to operate.

Compared to the past, the first meeting is still the same.

He goes to and from get out of class on time every day, reads his favorite extracurricular books in his spare time, and never likes to play with his classmates. Apart from playing badminton with Ji Ling in physical education class, he doesn't have many hobbies. Now Zhang Yunqi sits in the last row of the classroom, and Chu Jian sits in the front row at the same table with Li Yufei. They rarely communicate in the classroom, and they have never talked about what happened at the opening ceremony.

Until Friday, after school in the afternoon, the students in the class scattered like birds and beasts. Chu Jian was on duty to clean the classroom, and Zhang Yunqi cleaned the classroom with her. Chu Jian continued to wipe the blackboard, and Zhang Yunqi threw away the garbage, returned to his seat and opened his English exercise book. He marked down all the difficult questions recently, because his English teacher Luo Lin wanted to give him extra lessons, perhaps because she felt that he was a promising person, but his English grades were not good, which was a pity. Zhang Yunqi couldn't refuse.

About five or six minutes later, Lorraine came.

No too much nonsense, straight to the English tutoring.

During the tutoring process, Zhang Yunqi felt a kind of intelligence unique to a mature young woman from Luo Lin. She was very patient in teaching, spoke generously, kindly, and instructive. She was truly a rare and good teacher.

However, during the breaks in tutoring, Zhang Yunqi couldn't help but go to see Chu Jian. Chu Jian wiped the blackboard but didn't leave. Perhaps she was afraid of disturbing Zhang Yunqi who was listening to the class. She sat quietly in her seat reading a book very seriously. Zhang Yunqi didn't know what literary work she was reading, but sometimes, the beauty of literature does not lie in the content itself. For example, now, the beauty of literature is mainly reflected in the Muse, especially when the Muse wears a white cotton skirt that smells of the sun.

After about forty minutes of explanation, Lorraine put down her pen and said, "That's all for today. We'll continue next Friday."

Zhang Yunqi nodded: "Thank you, teacher."

"No need. I'll set a short-term goal for you. You have to score above 110 in this midterm exam." Luo Lin smiled, full of the charm of a mature young woman.

Zhang Yunqi nodded and said, "Sure."

"It's getting late. You should go home early too." Luo Lin raised her head and glanced at Chu Jian's back who was still reading a book. Her expression was a little meaningful, but she didn't say anything else. She got up and left the classroom.

Zhang Yunqi closed the exercise book and came to Chu Jian.

The classroom was quiet. Chu Jian was wearing a white cotton skirt and white socks. She sat on a chair, holding a copy of A Midsummer Night's Dream. The setting sun shone on the newly replaced desks. The ivy outside the window hung down. It was an evening between summer and autumn. Chu Jian looked up, pursed her lips, and said with a smile, like a good girl, "Yunqi, have you finished studying?"

Zhang Yunqi nodded and said, "About the opening ceremony..."

"It's okay, Yunqi." For some reason, Chu Jian, who was always very polite, interrupted Zhang Yunqi and didn't let him continue. Zhang Yunqi smiled and said, "Chu Jian, I want to sing a song for you."

I was stunned for a moment when I first saw him, then I said okay.

Zhang Yunqi started singing, singing Eason Chan's "The Long Years I Spent with You".

As for whether the singing was good or not, it didn't seem to matter. At least for Chu Jian, it was like this. She just quietly looked at Zhang Yunqi sitting on the desk. Then, the flowers and plants outside the window seemed to be growing wildly, the slanting light coming in through the window quickly dimmed, time slipped away from the fingertips, and the clouds under her feet changed. Chu Jian would never forget the boy's profile in the afterglow of the sunset, and the line in the song: accompany you to turn loneliness into courage, the longest confession is companionship.

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There is some progress in the recruitment of Zhangji Qifengdu Fish Powder Shop.

For this matter, Zhang Yunfeng personally went to his hometown Yunxi Village, where he was warmly received by the folks. This time he only wanted to recruit three girls, but there were more than a dozen people who wanted to work in the city. All of them were related to the Zhang family, and some of them had strong relationships. For example, his second uncle Liu Hongbing insisted that Zhang Yunfeng bring his cousin Liu Chunli with him.

In fact, as Liu Chunli is Zhang Yunfeng's cousin, they have such a close relationship that it would only take a word to bring her up. However, Zhang Yunfeng has a grudge in his heart and can't let it go. His father was imprisoned the year before last. In order to let Yunqi and Chunlan go to school, his mother asked his second uncle Liu Hongbing to borrow money. Liu Hongbing's usury made him feel disappointed. Moreover, Liu Chunli is not an easy person to order around. The Liu family is famous for being lazy and gluttonous.

Before leaving, Zhang Yunfeng had discussed this with his brother Zhang Yunqi, who gave him advice: "It's not really important whether you hire good or bad people. You can hire anyone. But since you'll offend people no matter who you hire, it's very simple. Just do what you have to do. Hire people according to the requirements. So what if they offend people? Are you afraid that the people in Yunxi Village will point fingers at you and scold you for forgetting your roots after getting rich? Don't forget that when we were poor, no one bullied us and scolded us for being broke."

Zhang Yunfeng felt that what his brother said made sense.

That's what I did.

He selected three people who were neat and tidy and good at work. One of them was a girl named Zhang Qingdong. Her father Zhang Erma had a conflict with Zhang Yunfeng over the irrigation of rice paddies. It was very unpleasant at the time. But there were too many disputes in the countryside at that time. It was not a big deal. Zhang Erma took it seriously and invited Zhang Yunfeng to his home for a drink that night to apologize for the dispute that year.

As for his cousin Liu Chunli, Zhang Yunfeng was unable to serve her and did not want her. His second uncle Liu Hongbing was very angry and rushed from Liujia Chong to Yunxi Village to find Zhang Yunfeng and lecture him on some very unpleasant things, saying that when your father stole things and went to jail, I ran around to make connections; your two top-ranking brothers and sisters had no money to study, and I paid for them! Now that you have made a fortune in the city, you don't want to do anything?

Zhang Yunfeng was a very honest person, but he was definitely not dull and pedantic. He did not argue with Liu Hongbing, as this would only make matters more chaotic. He said to Liu Hongbing, "How about this? Ask your eldest and third uncles to come as witnesses, and then we can have a good chat about who was right and who was wrong in that incident."

Liu Hongbing's face turned red and he said, "Okay! Call them tonight to have a discussion."

Liu Hongbing returned to Liujia Chong, but did not come that night. Instead, a bigger troublemaker came—Zhang Guorui.

After Zhang Guorui learned that the now famous talent in Yunxi Village had returned, he went to Zhang Haijun's house to chat with Zhang Yunfeng. Zhang Yunqi didn't know what they talked about, but he thought it would be more cordial and polite than at the beginning of this year. He even introduced his distant niece to Zhang Yunfeng for a blind date.

However, compared to the distraught Zhang Yunfeng was after the conversation with Zhang Guorui at the beginning of this year, he was obviously much calmer and more grown up this time. After returning to the city with three girls from the village, he said nothing to Zhang Yunqi.

On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, when Zhang Yunqi was returning home from school, his younger sister Chunlan ran after him with her schoolbag on her back and said hastily, "Brother, someone is chasing Sister Xiaonan!"

Zhang Yunqi glanced at Chunlan and said, "Isn't he our eldest brother?"

Chunlan stamped her feet and said, "No, it was someone else, a man who often went to No. 1 Middle School to look for Sister Xiaonan for no reason!"

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(End of this chapter)