Chapter 487 Impossible

Ma Rulong remembered that a long time ago, he read a sentence in a book whose name he had forgotten: Life is like a house. Without fireworks, the chickens will be lonely.

In order to experience this sentence personally, he walked around Zhang Yunqi's big villa alone with a beer. Under the starry night sky, on the green grass, next to the azure swimming pool, Jin Shengze was holding a guitar and playing "You, My Deskmate", Zhao Wenxuan was sitting next to him with his hands on his intoxicated face, Ji Ling, Li Yusheng and Zhao Yihan, three girls, were grilling meat in the barbecue area, Song Junxian and Lin Lin were playing billiards in the basement, He Lin and Liu Xuan were playing arcade games, Zhou Dingchuan, Zhao Ying and Yu Xiaoyu were playing chess and cards and eating seafood, and there was constant laughter.

It seems like everyone has something to do.

It seemed like everyone had their own fireworks.

It seemed that he was the only one who felt lonely.

When coming up from the basement, Ma Rulong met Jin Shengze who was walking down.

Jin Shengze greeted him with a smile.

Ma Rulong ignored him, but he knew that there was finally a vacant seat next to Zhao Wenxuan.

Walking to the backyard of the villa, Ma Rulong saw Zhao Wenxuan still alone at the white railing beside the swimming pool. He took a piece of ice cream from the dining table and walked over to hand it to Zhao Wenxuan.

Winston Chao said thank you.

Ma Rulong leaned against the railing and asked in a very meaningless way, "By the way, which cafeteria do you usually eat in?"

Winston Chao glanced at him sideways: "The third canteen."

Ma Rulong reacted quickly and continued, "Usually, my roommates and I eat in Canteen No. 8. The food is delicious, but I haven't been to Canteen No. 3 yet. Let's try it on Monday..."

Winston Chao took a bite of ice cream and said "Oh" faintly.

Ma Rulong originally wanted to beat around the bush, but Zhao Wenxuan's reaction made him unable to hold back what Zhang Yunqi said.

He took a sip of beer and said with a smile: "By the way, there is something I have always wanted to ask you, but I am a little embarrassed. I just feel that it is not good to keep it to myself."

Zhao Wenxuan was stunned for a moment, then tilted his head and said, "What?"

Ma Rulong said: "That's right, what do you think of me?"

Winston Zhao was stunned. She didn’t expect Ma Rulong to be so direct. It was no different from asking “Do you like me?” But she didn’t find it disgusting. It’s always a good feeling to be liked by others.

After thinking it over for a while, Zhao Wenxuan said, "You are a nice person, but I already have someone I like."

Ma Rulong took the beer and drank it in one gulp, and said, "Do you know that he likes you?"

These words seemed to hurt Zhao Wenxuan.

For some reason, she suddenly threw the ice cream in her hand into the trash can and said expressionlessly, "It has nothing to do with you, right? Besides, there is no possibility for us."

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Zhang Yunqi watched Ma Rulong deliver the food.

He knew that this guy was a bold man who could do anything.

But in the matter of Zhao Wenxuan, he was always hesitant and licked him all day long without thinking about anything else. There is nothing wrong with liking him, and there is nothing wrong with not liking him. But it is wrong to be hesitant and not to go for him all the time! Never think that you can impress the other person by hard work and time, the huge sunk cost will only make your personality deformed.

Licking the dog, licking the dog, licking until there is nothing left.

Zhang Yunqi saw Zhao Wenxuan throwing the ice cream into the trash can, and also saw Ma Rulong turning away with an expressionless face. There is probably no need to expose the sadness of a dog licking his boot.

At this time his cell phone rang.

Zhang Yunqi answered the phone. It was Jiang Ruqin, the president of Hunan University, asking him to come to his home.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yunqi pondered for a while. Why did Jiang Ruqin look for him so late at night? It was only a ten-minute walk. He got up and walked to the barbecue area to tell Ji Ling about it. Ji Ling stuffed a piece of roasted dried tofu into his mouth and waved his hand to tell him to go early and come back early.

Zhang Yunqi left his residence.

Following the path and crossing the East is Red Square, he soon arrived at the teachers' family quarters of Hunan University.

Zhang Yunqi didn't know which building Jiang Ruqin lived in, as he forgot to ask on the phone. He was just planning to find someone to ask, but after searching around for a while in the quiet family compound, he didn't find anyone to ask for directions. He did see Jiang Ruqin wearing an old man's shirt and sitting in a rocking chair under a ginkgo tree, drinking tea. In front of him was a stone table with a chessboard on it. There were lights in the corridor on the first floor of the family compound, which reflected on his white hair, making it particularly eye-catching.

Zhang Yunqi walked over with a smile and called out "Teacher".

Jiang Ruqin looked up at him and asked, "Can you play chess?"

Zhang Yunqi nodded and said, "A little bit."

Jiang Ruqin put down the teacup: "Then accompany me for two plates?"

Zhang Yunqi said yes.

Jiang Ruqin asked Zhang Yunqi to go first.

Zhang Yunqi pushed the pawn directly. He had only played chess in elementary and middle school when there were few entertainment activities. He had not touched this game for many years and was very unfamiliar with it. He was also a little absent-minded when playing chess, thinking about what Jiang Ruqin was looking for him. In this situation, how could he be Jiang Ruqin's opponent?
Soon, the chessboard was filled with Jiang Ruqin's black pieces.

Jiang Ruqin asked, "Did you drink?"

Zhang Yunqi replied: "I'm inviting my roommate to dinner today."

Jiang Ruqin nodded: "Not bad. Are you in a relationship?"

Zhang Yunqi replied: "Yes, I am studying at Peking University."

Jiang Ruqin said, "She seems to be a nice girl. However, you are rich and strong-willed. There should be a lot of female classmates who like you in school, right?"

Zhang Yunqi felt it was a bit difficult to answer.

Jiang Ruqin smiled and said, "Since the reform and opening up, people's material lives have become increasingly abundant. This is no longer the era when we over-emphasized spiritual pursuits. The role of money has been greatly enhanced, and everything is about money. This trend has gradually entered the campus and college students are deeply affected. But this is not good or bad. It's just that the times have come to this point. People live in such an environment and trend. Even if they are spiritually strong, they can't create another set of values ​​to fight against this trend. They can only be swept away like duckweed and drift in the sea of ​​material desires. As an educator, the only thing I worry about is that the educational philosophy cannot keep up. In school, teachers can only teach students that people should pursue meaning. But for ordinary students, what is the meaning of pursuing meaning? Poverty is not socialism."

When Zhang Yunqi heard Jiang Ruqin's words, he admired the old man's open-mindedness and ability to see the essence of things.

In addition to being the leader of Chinese econometrics, Jiang Ruqin is also a philosopher with many publications and great talent. However, it is a bit embarrassing that nearly two months into the school term, he has not read Jiang Ruqin's real philosophical masterpiece "I Will Return and Open Up" except for reading Jiang Ruqin's obscure book "Time Series in Econometrics" which he only has a superficial understanding of.

Jiang Ruqin arranged the chess pieces in an orderly manner. This time he moved the knight first and said, "But you are different. You have jumped out of these material pursuits at a young age. You don't need to worry about work and housing anymore. Money has become a numbers game. You can pursue some meaningful truths."

Zhang Yunqi moved a pawn and said with a smile: "Teacher, you are exaggerating. In fact, I am often short of money, otherwise I would not have approached the Provincial State-owned Assets Corporation to discuss a tripartite joint venture."

Jiang Ruqin said, "You are hinting at me." Zhang Yunqi scratched his head and didn't respond. Jiang Ruqin was most likely Hu Xianxun's personal economic adviser, and the two had been classmates and friends for many years. Jiang Ruqin must be well aware of the request he had made to the province, but since his teacher had said so, he was embarrassed to continue to make it clear.

Zhang Yunqi changed the subject and talked to Jiang Ruqin about Liansheng Group's construction of a 5,000-acre large-scale breeding base in Qiaoku Town, Wangcheng. He also told him about what happened in Qiaojia Village this morning. However, he did not have any doubts about this matter. He knew very well what he would do next. Now he just wanted to hear the personal opinion of his philosopher teacher.

However, what surprised Zhang Yunqi was that when Jiang Ruqin heard about Qiaojia Village and Qiao Zhiwu, the famous Third Master Qiao in Wangcheng Yuelu, he was silent for a long time and suddenly said, "The distinction between big and small varies from person to person, and the weighing of importance is different for everyone. Just make your own decision. As I said before, poverty is not socialism."

Zhang Yunqi suppressed his doubts and said with a smile: "But sometimes I also wonder why people have to make things difficult for me."

Jiang Ruqin looked up at Zhang Yunqi, was silent for a moment, and suddenly said: "The four documents you proposed, namely, the Implementation Opinions on Investment and Financing Innovations such as Investment and Loan Linkage in Major Industries in the Province (Pilot), the Financing Promotion Plan for Key List Enterprises and Major Projects in Southern Hunan Province, the Pilot Opinions on Promoting the Separation of Rural Land Ownership, Contract Rights and Management Rights (Pilot), and the Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Construction of a Rural Property Rights Transfer and Transaction Market System (Pilot), have been approved by the province. It was Lao Hu who made the decision. A few days ago, I accompanied him to Jiangchuan."

Zhang Yunqi stood up involuntarily.

Jiang Ruqin said: "Are you excited? Don't you think this is a heavier responsibility? Remember, the person who can't get along with you is the real person."

As he said this, he threw the black chess piece onto the chessboard: "Head cannon!"

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There was constant laughter in the East Gate Villa that night.

The urge to shoot kept ringing in my head.

After Ma Rulong left with the beer bottle, Winston Zhao lay on the white railing in a daze for a long time. The azure blue water of the swimming pool reflected her beautiful face, which looked somewhat delicate under the moonlight.

However, the girl was anxious.

In fact, there are many girls in the school who like Jin Shengze. Although she has taken the lead through dormitory socials, Jin Shengze seems to be very passive in terms of feelings during this period of time and has never expressed his affection to her. Her heart, which was aroused by spring love, has been swinging in the air. She has been thinking about random things until midnight every night, so that Ma Rulong's words just now, "Do you know that he likes you?" made her feel extremely uncomfortable.

Thinking about it afterwards, Zhao Wenxuan felt a little regretful and felt that his tone towards Ma Rulong was a bit harsh, but it was just a fleeting thought.

She stared at the beautiful face in the swimming pool for a while, then looked down at her breasts, turned around, took a bottle of milk from the dining table, and went to the basement.

Liu Xuan saw the milk in Zhao Wenxuan's hand and said meaningfully, "In the movie theater."

After a pause, she added, "Alone."

Winston Chao blushed.

But she still turned and walked into the movie theater.

There was no light in the hall, and the projector was projecting "A Lang's Story" onto the wall. In the flickering light and shadow, she saw Jin Shengze sitting alone on the leather sofa, staring at the screen in fascination.

Zhao Wenxuan walked over and sat next to him. She handed the milk to Jin Shengze and whispered, "You drank a lot tonight. Drink some milk. It's good for your stomach."

Jin Shengze smiled and said thank you.

Winston Zhao didn't know what to say in response, and the screening room suddenly became quiet again.

She turned her head and looked at the picture on the wall. This was a story of a prodigal son. Chow Yun-fat played an excellent racing driver and a bohemian prodigal son. He felt extremely regretful when faced with the ending of his wife and children leaving him. In order to get redemption, he continued to race on the track regardless of the danger after the collision.

The last scene is a slow motion shot of fireworks rising from a motorcycle falling to the ground, Chow Yun-fat falling heavily to the ground, and Sylvia Chang and the child running towards him. At this time, Luo Dayou's rough and deep "Love Song 1990" sounded:
Dark eyes and your smiling face

I can never forget you, your changing appearance

The light old times just slip away

When I look back, several years have passed.

……

The movie ended with a moving song.

Zhao Wenxuan was not moved by the prodigal son Chow Yun-fat, but he could not forget Sylvia Chang who was willing to give up everything for love.

Zhao Wenxuan tilted his head and asked, "Do you like this movie?"

Jin Shengze nodded and said, "I like it. There is a line in the movie that left a deep impression on me: I was young and ignorant at that time."

Zhao Wenxuan nodded, and after a while, she said, "By the way, which cafeteria do you usually eat in?"

Jin Shengze said: "Eighth Canteen."

Zhao Wenxuan immediately said: "I heard from others that the food in the Eighth Canteen is delicious, but I have never been there..."

Jin Shengze said, "I'll treat you to a meal on Monday."

Winston Zhao smiled and nodded subtly, saying yes.

Jin Shengze turned his head to look at Zhao Wenxuan, and seeing her expression, he opened his mouth, as if he was a little embarrassed. Finally, he said, "There is something I wanted to ask you a few days ago, but I didn't know how to start. I was a little afraid of embarrassment. That is, what do you think of me?"

Zhao Wenxuan was stunned. She didn't expect Jin Shengze's question to be exactly the same as Ma Rulong's. Are all boys like this? She didn't know and didn't care, but her mood at the moment was completely different from when Ma Rulong asked her.

After thinking it over for a while, she said, "You're a nice person."

Jin Shengze hesitated for a moment and said, "Actually, there is one thing I have been reluctant to mention. If I mention it, I am afraid that I will appear to be sentimental and looking for trouble. If I don't mention it, it will affect our relationship and the feelings of my roommates. But now that we have come to this point, let's talk it out. What do you think of Ma Rulong?"

"It's pretty good."

"Don't you know he likes you?"

"I know, but I don't have any feelings for him. We're just ordinary friends." Zhao Wenxuan defended himself, as if he was eager to wash a shit stain off his clothes.

Jin Shengze didn't know what to say.

Zhao Wenxuan tugged at the corner of his clothes and whispered, "I really want to be good friends with you."

Jin Shengze sighed inwardly, nodded and said, "Okay, but some things may need to be made clear."

Zhao Wenxuan looked up and asked, "What's the matter?"

Jin Shengze said: "We have no chance."

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