Seeing how concerned Sun Wanying was about Zhou Chen's matter,

Su Jiajia pressed her for answers, asking if she had feelings for Zhou Chen or liked him, determined to get to the bottom of it.

"Jiajia, you've really misunderstood. He and I are just friends."

“He helped my father twice before and gave me advice. I should thank him both morally and logically. Don’t overthink it.”

Sun Wanying quickly explained.

"I thought you were smitten, Wanying. I knew it! So many outstanding guys, none of them have caught your eye. How could he possibly do it?"

Su Jiajia nodded. She also felt that Zhou Chen was not good enough for Sun Wanying. Even though Zhou Chen showed excellence that was different from ordinary high school students, he was still just a high school student at the moment and had not even been admitted to university. The gap between him and Sun Wanying was too big.

Even if you start a business, so what? It doesn't mean you'll definitely succeed. What if you fail?

Such examples are not uncommon. She knows many outstanding students who failed in their entrepreneurial ventures during college and subsequently became disillusioned and faded into obscurity.

The two chatted about other things for a while before ending the call.

On the way to school,

Zhou Chen received a call from Su Jiajia.

Upon hearing that Su Jiajia was Sun Wanying's friend and currently worked at a law firm, Sun Wanying was somewhat surprised by her efficiency in getting things done for him so early in the morning.

Zhou Chen explained to Su Jiajia the rights he needed to protect, and that they all needed to be written into the contract.

After some communication,

Zhou Chen expressed his gratitude to Su Jiajia.

"No need to thank me. I only helped you because of Wanying. If you want to thank someone, thank Wanying instead."

Su Jiajia said casually. When she was with Sun Wanying, she was all smiles and in a relaxed tone. But when she was with Zhou Chen, she was a bit aloof and very professional.

"Okay, then please hurry, I need it urgently."

"I have to go to school, sorry I have to hang up now."

Zhou Chen shrugged, showing absolutely no further politeness.

Su Jiajia listened to the busy tone after the call ended, looking bewildered. She said there was no need to thank her, but really there was no need to thank her? You could at least pretend for a second.

Don't they understand basic social etiquette?

What a strange guy!

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to argue with a high school student. Since I've agreed, I'll make the contract as good as possible and show him what professionalism is."

Su Jiajia snorted and raised her fair neck like a proud swan. She was determined to get the contract out today and not let Zhou Chen look down on her.

...

The mock exam is approaching again.

Zhou Chen, along with his classmates, entered the intensive review phase.

During this period, although Zhou Chen needed to devote some energy to training, his academic performance improved day by day. Faced with some difficult questions, he wrote the correct answers on the blackboard in front of the whole class several times, and won praise from his teachers.

This was all thanks to the high school entrance exam papers from various provinces that he had worked on in his previous life. He was able to apply the knowledge points to different areas and find the key to solving the problems.

He clearly felt that his improved grades had put considerable pressure on the top students in the class.

Especially the few girls sitting in the front row, who weren't very tall, but were incredibly strong in the exam.

After class, except when going to the toilet, everyone was hunched over their desks frantically doing practice problems.

The homeroom teacher, Wu Yingjie, was naturally very pleased to see the strong learning atmosphere in the class, and knew that it was all thanks to Zhou Chen's improved grades.

Because Zhou Chen rarely goes out after class.

This led to others following suit.

Compared to Zhou Chen's significant improvement, Li Kaile, his deskmate, remained as useless as ever.

Anyone who has been to high school knows that there is at least one "cult leader" in each class. Without a doubt, Li Kaile is that cult leader, someone who can fall asleep even while sitting in class.

Zhou Chen expressed his deep admiration for this.

The news that Zhou Chen was praised and expected to achieve good results in the upcoming mock exam reached Zhou Na's ears, thanks to the boasting of her homeroom teacher, Wu Yingjie.

Upon learning this news,

Zhou Na immediately frowned, her expression showing considerable surprise.

In her view, Zhou Chen, as a student repeating a year of high school, had been out of school for so long and had a lot of time spent on training, so his academic performance shouldn't have improved much.

But the reality seems to be quite the opposite; Zhou Chen did not neglect his academic studies because of his status as a sports student.

More than one teacher praised Zhou Chen, including her homeroom teacher, who was looking forward to seeing how many places Zhou Chen could improve in this mock exam.

Unconsciously, Zhou Na felt a sense of pressure.

She decided to be even stricter with herself and continue to increase her study time. She was determined not to lose to Zhou Chen or be compared to him. She would not play second fiddle; she wanted to be number one in the whole school and make Zhou Chen look up to her and never be able to catch up.

While Zhou Na was secretly working hard to become the top student in the entire school...

After school, Zhou Chen went straight to the night market.

Zhang Dafu and the others didn't leave their own stalls today, but instead gathered around Xu Dalong to learn how to make stinky tofu.

They all joined Zhou Chen's team, and many of them wanted to learn the skills as soon as possible so they could go to other counties to start a stinky tofu business.

"Brother Zhou, you're here. I need to talk to you about applying for a business license. You need to come in person at noon tomorrow to sign it."

"I also wrote down all the materials needed to set up the food company on a piece of paper, and I need to prepare them in advance."

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