Chapter 193 Ethereal
“Zhang Chen, you should be more careful. Look at your parents. They are working so hard for you and starting a business. Don’t they know how to enjoy themselves? Without you, wouldn’t their salary be enough for them to live on? Everything is for you. If you don’t study hard, how can you be worthy of your parents!?”

Listening to the call from Li Wei, which was the same old lecture, Zhang Chen became a little impatient and said, “I am now over 100.”

“Over 100, that was last semester. This semester, the monthly exam hasn’t even started yet, are you slacking off? I heard you had a lot of fun during the holidays!”

“Who told you that? That’s nonsense. I review every day and never leave the house.”

“Stop talking so much. You’ve always been the most talkative person since you were a child. You don’t even know which one you’re talking about is true and which one is false. Besides, even if you’re ranked in the top 100, you’re still in the city. Your Yude School is not the best in the city. There’s No. 27 Middle School, No. 10 Middle School, and those private schools. What are you so proud of? Now that I’m out studying, I regret that I should have worked harder and strived to get better scores…”

“You should have done better in the exam. Your current school isn’t that good. But heroes are born into heroes regardless of their origins. Don’t feel inferior to them…”

“I…you @￥%~!”

Li Wei was fiddling around over there again, and hung up the phone after Zhang Chen was bombarded.

Li Wei was admitted to a normal university in the neighboring province in the college entrance examination, a low-tier 211 university, but it was still pretty good, and Li Degui would still be proud of it if he told others about it.

Huang Huifen was in university when her company was founded. When she heard her mother Liu Shuzhen talk about the scene after attending the event, she felt both envious and jealous.

This cousin’s family has undergone tremendous changes in the past six months. The most outrageous thing is that he borrowed money to buy Hexianju, and then resold it when the market price soared after the city planning was introduced, making his first pot of gold. Then he made friends with Chen Xuran, and now he has even opened a real estate company.

Li Wei thought that this was because his cousin had tasted the sweetness and wanted to get into it, so she gave up her job and wanted to learn from others to start a business. Li Wei felt that with Huang Huifen’s brain, she would definitely fail.

So she didn’t think much about their family. After the phone call today, she immediately called Li Degui and said, “Dad, I called Zhang Chen and had a pleasant chat with him. The money for my clothes that you promised…”

Li Degui on the phone said, “Oh, I asked you to keep in touch with Zhang Chen. You thought I was harming you. You always negotiated conditions and asked me for money. I’ll ask your mother to call you later!”

“Don’t let my mom hit me. If she finds out you secretly gave me money, she’ll complain to me again! Just ask your secretary to pass it to me. That’s it. I’ll wait for you to give me the money!”

“Hey, secretaries don’t do this. My monthly salary is only two thousand at most. Do you think your father is a money-printing machine? I’ll ask you to do something and talk about the conditions in one day! I’ll transfer the money to you later. One hundred and fifty?”

“It’s two hundred!”

After hanging up the phone, Li Wei snorted in dissatisfaction. If Li Degui hadn’t been crazy recently and asked her to keep in touch with Zhang Chen, to communicate frequently, and to pay her every time they contacted, she wouldn’t want to chat with Zhang Chen over there. Because that guy kept poking at her sore spots!
Don’t I want to do better in the exam? Don’t I want to go to the University of Finance, the University of Science and Technology, or the Provincial University? Don’t I want to go to Shanghai BJ? You have to keep emphasizing your ranking and mine! Go to hell, Zhang Chen!

……

Naturally, Liu Shuzhen also attended Huang Huifen’s opening ceremony. After that, Liu Shuzhen became a frequent visitor to Zhang Chen’s home. She would often come over after dinner when she had nothing to do and chat with Huang Huifen, asking about her company’s situation, and asking about her recruitment status.

Then it was natural to introduce her. She said that she had a nephew who had been out of technical secondary school for half a year and had no job. Why not arrange for him to stay with Huang Huifen and work as a security guard or something? It would be fine. He could give him some training first. After all, he was a family member and could help her out in the future.

Huang Huifen agreed immediately, and Liu Shuzhen happily said that she would ask someone to report in a few days.

A few days later, Liu Shuzhen came again and said, “They are two relatives from the countryside. They know each other. It’s the slack season during the farming season and they have nothing to do. Why don’t they go to the company cafeteria to cook for Xuhui Company?”

Huang Huifen didn’t make the decision on this. First of all, Xuhui Company doesn’t have a canteen yet, everyone has work meals, and the whole company is still in the stage of recruiting staff. Whether the company should open a canteen in the future will require a lot of review and inspection, and it cannot be decided now.

After I told them the truth, Liu Shuzhen said, “Okay, okay, you guys are still getting started. Let’s talk about it later. We can discuss it then. I’ll also ask them to prepare.”

This was outrageous. Even though they hadn’t agreed yet, Liu Shuzhen made it seem like once the plan came into being, it would be a done deal.

Two days later, Liu Shuzhen came again and said, “I have a niece who studies accounting. She used to work in a department store, but then the department store collapsed. Now she has a clothing store, but she hasn’t made much money, so she plans to close the store. I told her that your aunt has opened a company and needs help, so I asked her to ask you. Didn’t she call you? You see, she was just embarrassed. I asked her and she can help you with the finances. I tell you, the company’s finances must be your own people. You have a good relationship with Chen Xuran, and that’s a recognized relationship… When doing business together, the most important thing is to be able to control the accounts yourself…”

Huang Huifen finally became fed up with it.

When Liu Shuzhen came to see Huang Huifen, they were talking in the living room. Zhang Chen in the bedroom heard this and thought that Liu Shuzhen was probably trying to take over Huang Huifen’s company, or else she would even get involved in accounting. Moreover, the partnership between the two sides had just started, and she was already fanning the flames behind the scenes.

If she lets this go on, she will not stop the internal rift between the two sides.

This is of course Liu Shuzhen’s ability that Zhang Chen has long known. What she is best at is manipulating these conflicts from the outside, such as the beautiful and healthy beacon country.

After seeing Liu Shuzhen off, Huang Huifen returned home and complained to Zhang Zhonghua, “My cousin…really wants to get involved in everything!”

Zhang Zhonghua then spoke up, “She is intervening in the accounting. We should not use our own people to do the accounting, but trustworthy people. It is best not to let relatives in…it will cause more trouble in the future.”

Huang Huifen also said, “In fact, I accepted the nephew she introduced to me before, but when I called him, he complained that the salary was too low, and I couldn’t offer him a high salary. I asked him, and he said he didn’t want to be a security guard, but wanted to be my assistant… Why do I need an assistant? Besides, an assistant should know everything, and he didn’t even graduate from a technical secondary school…”

Zhang Chen thought that it wasn’t easy, his mother had also learned to complain.

In fact, it was true. Ever since she had intentionally ignored Liu Shuzhen’s family, she had come less often, but the wind would not stop even if the tree wanted to be quiet.

With so many things happening in Zhang Chen’s family at once, Liu Shuzhen couldn’t bear it anymore. She has been running here every day recently, trying to get some benefits.

Zhang Chen pretended to be tired from studying and walked out for a walk, and said: “Sometimes it’s hard to refuse. After all, she is your cousin…”

Huang Huifen looked at Zhang Chen with a knowing look on her face, “Yeah, what do you say we should do? It’s really frustrating, but she often comes to you to ask for favors, one thing after another…”

“How about this, Mom? You can tell her about your current difficulties, such as how much money you need to borrow and how much debt you owe. When you say this, you can talk to your aunt and ask her to lend them some money to help them get through the start-up period. You can pay them the highest interest rate at the bank.”

“is this okay?”

“It’s OK!”

After that, Liu Shuzhen came again, but left with a sullen face that day.

Even Li Wei’s calls were less frequent. When Li Wei was on the phone with Liu Shuzhen, Liu Shuzhen mentioned the matter of Zhang Chen’s family borrowing money. Li Wei seemed to have found the key point and said on the phone, “I said, Mom, don’t be confused, don’t borrow money!”

Liu Shuzhen said, “Why would I borrow money? I told your dad, and he kept asking me how much money Zhang Chen’s family borrowed to start the company. How would I know? Should I ask Huang Huifen? Anyway, it must be a lot. If it’s together with Chen Xuran, it’s estimated to be at least several million!”

“I was wondering where Zhang Chen’s family got so much money, and it’s not that simple. They must have borrowed money from everywhere. Mom, please don’t borrow from them. We may not be able to pay them back by then. Anyway, I don’t think my aunt can run a successful company. This kind of loss is too much!”

“Got it. Just be good in school and tell us if you have anything to say.”

“Got it. Anyway, don’t lend them money, and don’t go to their house too often. Otherwise, if they really come to you one day, you will be embarrassed if you don’t help them!”

After hanging up the phone, Li Wei thought to himself, oh, no wonder my father didn’t urge me to call recently, it turns out he knows the details of Zhang Chen’s family.

But then she realized… that’s not right, wouldn’t that mean she would have no extra source of funds for her own piggy bank?

Oh, it’s all my cousin’s fault!
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There is no wall that is impenetrable, not to mention that Zhang Chen’s family came from Nanfong Company, and there were many Yude students in the East District of Nanfong Company. The situation of Zhang Chen’s family began to spread in the class.

Shen Nuoyi also often heard some boys and girls talking, “Chen Xuran and Zhang Chen’s family seem to have a good relationship. Zhang Chen’s mother is Chen Xuran’s partner…”

“I heard that her mother opened a real estate company, but my father is not optimistic about it. It’s not that easy to make money nowadays…”

“Oh, forget it, Shen Nuoyi is here.”

As soon as Shen Nuo walked over, the group of boys and girls sat down beside the flower bed, seemingly enjoying the scenery.

He waited until she walked away before speaking again.

What happened… now it seems that there is some kind of separation between her and Zhang Chen. The rumor that Zhang Chen likes Shen Nuoyi and Shen Nuoyi likes Pei Yan has become a hot topic in Yude.

Yes, it seems that now even Zheng Xue doesn’t talk much to me about Zhang Chen.

Shen Nuoyi was feeling very depressed now. She was obviously very angry about what Zhang Chen said about both of them being calm. Although she was also very rational and understood Zhang Chen’s unhappiness, but… she also had to save her face when she said such words.

After school in the afternoon, I had lunch with Zheng Xue. As I entered the third year of high school, the amount of homework increased by an order of magnitude. Every day was like a war. I came and went in a hurry, ate my meal in a hurry, and then went to evening self-study to continue doing questions. Especially for students of Shen Nuoyi’s level, it is normal to be focused. Generally, they rarely even talk about gossip. Zheng Xue understood it, so the two of them hurried to eat. While eating, Shen Nuoyi asked her if she wanted rice soup.

This small restaurant has free rice soup, which is very thick and delicious. Zheng Xue quickly said, “Ah, thank you, I want it!”

Shen Nuoyi smiled and went to get two bowls of rice soup. Boys sometimes liked to eat here, and they would often run into Shen Nuoyi. Now she stood up, went to the place where the soup was served, and scooped two bowls of white rice soup with a big spoon. Although she was wearing a school uniform, the beautiful profile outlined by her face was the image of youth for so many people.

How many people come to this restaurant just to meet her occasionally, and eat here every day under the scorching sun or cold wind. Sometimes when they look up in the hot weather and see her figure, it is like a cool breeze in their hearts, and they may feel a little lighter.

Many people do not believe the rumor that she likes Pei Yan, the first person who speaks foreign languages. It’s because of their belief!

Yes, Pei Yan has now become the top-ranked coach of the Foreign Language School, the top figure of the Foreign Language School, and the number one enemy of the Royal Besley team because of the rumors about him and Shen Nuoyi. As for what the Royal Besley team is, it is the unofficial representative football team of Yude, and often hangs out in the underground football leagues of various high school students in Rongcheng. Seniors from the first to the third year of high school, and even seniors who graduated from high school, are all members of this football fraternity.

At this time, Shen Nuo, who was regarded as a faith by many people, sat down in front of Zheng Xue with the rice soup, picked up the bowl and took a sip of the rice soup.

It is obviously just an ordinary action, but in the eyes of many people, it is extremely elegant, and even the sitting posture looks so charming and lovely.

Then, Shen Nuo glanced at Zheng Xue and said something else: “Last week, you said you were outside…”

“Oh, you’re talking about that. Zhang Chen’s mother opened a company and invited our family. His mother started a park renovation project and cut the ribbon.”

“Oh, who are the people who went?” Shen Nuoyi’s voice came.

“Who are they? Wang Shuowei… Oh, and Zhuang Yanyue.”

“Zhuang Yanyue? She’s been invited too. Will she be invited again? Haha…”

“I’m not sure, it seems that Zhuang Yanyue’s father knows Zhang Chen’s family, so he invited Zhuang Yanyue’s family…”

“Oh, how was the scene?”

“That’s it. We were bored, so we went up to the third floor of Zhang Chen’s company with Zhuang Yanyue. Let me tell you, there is a huge platform on the third floor of Zhang Chen’s company. It’s so big that there is a garden with a pond and rockery. It’s like a secret garden. We visited it and it’s very beautiful!”

“You… went to see the garden together…” Shen Nuoyi said softly.

“Yes, the huge garden is like the cover of Secret Garden’s new album. You know, a secret base hidden in the city, with twists and turns, like a fantasy. At that time, I regretted not bringing my CD player from home. That kind of environment is perfect for listening to my collection of songs… It’s ethereal and ethereal, and the hustle and bustle of the city seems far away.”

With Zhuang Yanyue…Secret Garden…

Zheng Xue seemed to hear Shen Nuoyi talking, so she asked, “What’s going on?”

“No.” Shen Nuo shook his head and smiled at Zheng Xue, “That’s great.”

For some reason, Zheng Xue felt that Shen Nuo’s eyes seemed a little empty when he said this.

(End of this chapter)