Over the next few days

Zhou Chen received calls from more than one classmate, inviting him to a graduation banquet.

He politely declined most of them with various reasons, since the relationship was not serious and sending blessings was sufficient. Only a few people, such as Liu He, a member of the school team, as well as the class monitor and academic representative, were invited to a banquet by him in person.

Of course, he didn't eat for nothing; he left all the money as a gift.

His incident previously caused quite a stir online, but now it's rarely discussed because new hot topics have emerged.

Every day brings a multitude of new events, and what's happening to him is but a drop in the ocean; it's impossible for him to maintain that level of attention.

Secondly, the number of "kind-hearted netizens" sending wreaths to Zhoujia Village and the Zhou family has decreased significantly, not as much as before.

After venting their anger, everyone gave up one after another, since buying wreaths is a considerable expense.

It is said that because of this incident, many families from other surnames living in Zhoujia Village moved away. It seems that when young men from the village were getting married, girls from other places would not even talk to them, let alone marry them, as they felt that the village had an improper atmosphere.

Those outside the Zhou family who did not want to be affected by the Zhou family had no choice but to move.

Besides, small vendors who go from street to street doing business do not go to Zhoujia Village.

The infamy of Zhoujia Village spread far and wide. Residents from all around looked down on the Zhou family for their shameless act against Zhou Chen, a junior, and it was as if they had been nailed to the pillar of shame.

Some of the younger members of the Zhou family are not well received when they go to the market to buy things, and are frequently criticized and gossiped about behind their backs.

This left the parents of the younger generation of the Zhou family both angry and helpless.

No one sympathized with the Zhou family's plight, because what they did was so outrageous that people wanted to applaud them.

Zhou Chen can only say that the Zhou family's current predicament is their own fault. If they hadn't coveted his money, they wouldn't be in this situation today.

They brought it all on themselves.

Zhou Chen was actually a little curious whether there were still kind-hearted people sending wreaths to Zhou Ling and Zhao Kun's home. If so, he hoped they would persist for a while and not give up easily.

As for Gao Dasong, Fang Zhouzhi, and others, they have all kept quiet recently. They have stopped updating their Weibo accounts and it seems they have gone abroad. Some people have spotted them overseas.

On this day, the new office in Yanjing was completely finished, and the two stores, Pinchoufang and Zhentishijuan, moved at the same time.

Lu Ye, Xu Dalong, and Liu Lei were extremely busy.

Only Zhou Chen, who was the only one who didn't want to lift a finger, was the most relaxed. He followed Tang Wu in various exercises every day, and his physical fitness reached a new level once again.

Zhou Chen felt that if he participated in the competition again, he would definitely achieve even better results than before.

Besides exercising, Zhou Chen made a special trip to Wu Yingjie's home to try and persuade him to go to Yanjing again, but ultimately failed.

Wu Yingjie wants to stay at the high school and continue teaching classes from the first year of high school until he can no longer work and reaches the age where he must retire. Only then will he consider retiring.

Zhou Chen knew that Wu Yingjie was not the kind of person who pursued wealth or a comfortable life; what he cared about most was how to help students' families in need.

A single line of classical Chinese poetry best describes Wu Yingjie.

The silkworm spins silk until its death, and the candle burns until it turns to ash.

Wu Yingjie is that kind of person.

Seeing Wu Yingjie's question about staying in Fanjia County, Zhou Chen did not insist. He retained Wu Yingjie's title as chief editor of the past exam papers and would allow Wu Yingjie to continue participating in the review and creation of the past exam papers. After all, with the development of the Internet, communication through computers is also possible.

In this way, he could use this plausible reason to give the money to Wu Yingjie.

This way, Wu Yingjie can continue to do good deeds and help students in need, without making his life too difficult.

If money were given to Wu Yingjie directly, he would not only refuse but also get angry.

The day after failing to persuade Wu Yingjie, Zhou Chen finally received an admission notice from Yenching University, which included a phone card and a bank card.

Li Kaile, holding his admission letter, personally ran up to Zhou Chen to show off, saying that he had received the letter and would be able to register at the university soon. However, Zhou Chen turned around and showed Li Kaile his own Peking University admission letter, and Li Kaile immediately stopped being arrogant.

"Brother Chen, your university notice includes a phone card and a bank card. My university notice also includes a phone card and a bank card."

"So, my junior college is equivalent to Yenching University!"

"We are the same."

Li Kaile smiled smugly.

Zhou Chen was speechless for a moment. He coughed and cleared his throat. "Let's get down to business. Since there are still some days before you start school, you should go to the company to train and learn. Su Jiajia has found a professional manager who is very good at managing companies. You should learn from him."

"Brother Chen, I'm so stupid, can I even learn it?"

“You have to learn even if you don’t know how, unless you don’t want to continue with me. Not only do you need to learn and improve your skills, but Da Long does too. I’ve already found someone to teach him management knowledge. In the future, Da Long will be in full charge of Pin Chou Fang, and you will also manage a company on your own. If you don’t know how, how can I entrust it to you?”

Hearing Zhou Chen's words, Li Kaile was greatly excited. He had previously envied Xu Dalong because Xu Dalong had no formal education, but just because he followed Zhou Chen from the beginning, he now managed such a large company as Pinchoufang, and his income was at a level that Li Kaile could only dream of. He never expected that Zhou Chen would let him manage a company on his own. This showed how much he valued Xu Dalong. In the future, he would be just like Xu Dalong.

Instantly, Li Kaile, brimming with energy and feeling that no problem was insurmountable, declared with high spirits, "Brother Chen, don't worry, I will definitely learn all of that person's management skills, then replace him, and help you expand your territory and make the company stronger and bigger."

Zhou Chen nodded.

suddenly,

Remembering something he had almost forgotten, he continued, "Old Li, give me the phone number of the female employee you manage who is the assistant store manager. I'll transfer her to Da Long's team. That female employee is a talent and worth training."

Li Kaile nodded, feeling happy for the female shop assistant. With Zhou Chen's favor, it was only a matter of time before she rose to prominence.

Just as the two were saying this,

Zhou Chen's phone suddenly rang.

After answering the call

Zhou's expression changed instantly; his smile vanished, replaced by anger.

Li Kaile, who rarely saw Zhou Chen angry or furious, realized something serious had happened upon seeing this scene and cautiously asked, "Brother Chen, what's wrong?"

"Someone has vandalized my parents' graves!"

Zhou Chen narrowed his eyes and said coldly.

What!

Li Kaile was shocked, and then shouted, "Who is so despicable as to do such a thing? Brother Chen, we must find that beast and not let him get away with it!"

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