Like a fool

During his detention, Jiang Guozhong learned that Long Mao and the circus had unilaterally terminated their contract. He was furious. Upon release from detention, he contacted the heads of both parties. Long Mao's attitude was very cold, stating that he would not employ someone who had committed a crime.

The situation at the circus was even worse.

"I kindly introduced the acrobatic troupe's project to you, but you actually used our dormitory building to commit crimes. If this matter gets out, who would dare to live in the dormitory building? Are you worthy of me?" The deputy director of the acrobatic troupe scolded him and hung up the phone.

From that day on, Jiang Guozhong seemed to be plagued by bad luck. For more than half a month, he couldn't get any work. After finally getting one or two small jobs, they were immediately rejected for various reasons.

With nothing to do, he could only play mahjong in the mahjong hall every day to pass the time, but this made Feng Mei unhappy and she complained all day long.

Liu Jian and his companions were also implicated in the kidnapping of Jiang Zhizhi and were taken to the police station. They were very dissatisfied with him and had not been in contact with him recently.

Jiang Guozhong felt as if he had suddenly become a lonely person, with no one around to talk to.

Just as he was feeling depressed, he received a phone call.

The caller was Mr. Xu from Hengshan Real Estate. He had worked under Mr. Xu several times before and they had some interactions.

Jiang Guozhong quickly answered the phone and said flatteredly, "Hello, Mr. Xu, how come you have time to call me?"

"Xiao Jiang, I heard you haven't been doing well lately. There's a big project in City B. Are you interested?"

"City B? What big project?"

"It's our company's Tianrui real estate project, an investment of hundreds of millions. I've been doing some private work there, and I'm short on staff. I heard you haven't had much to do lately, so I thought of you."

"But City B is a bit far, right?" After Jiang Guozhong and Feng Mei got married, they became registered residents of Nanshi City, which was equivalent to settling down in Nanshi City. He didn't really want to leave.

"Haha, it's okay. If you don't want to, I'll find someone else. This project can make at least one or two million. There are a lot of people vying for it."

"One or two million? That's a lot!" Jiang Guozhong couldn't help but be tempted when he heard so much money. He thought that he was not happy living in Nan City now, so he thought it would be better to go to B City to try his luck. After a pause, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! I'll go!"

"Okay, then it's a deal. Construction in City B will start next week. You need to pack up and go there the day after tomorrow. Don't delay."

At Hengshan Real Estate, Mr. Xu hung up the phone. A foreman pushed the door open and came in dissatisfied. "Brother, why didn't you give it to me on that lucrative job at Tianrui, but gave it to an outsider instead?"

He came here specifically to get Tianrui alive, but he didn't expect to hear such a call.

Xu Wang said, "Don't worry, I originally left the job of Tianrui to you. How could I give it to someone else?"

"So what are you doing?"

"Hmph, Jiang Guozhong offended Mr. Qin from Fenghua Real Estate, and our President Lu is helping Mr. Qin vent his anger. Do you think he will really give him that much money when he arrives in City B?" Xu Wang rolled his eyes at him.

"Ah? Jiang Guozhong offended Mr. Qin? How could a small contractor like him offend such a powerful figure?"

"Who knows? Anyway, the higher-ups have issued an order not to let Jiang Guozhong get any work in Nan City. They've sent him far away, to City B."

Jiang Guozhong used to be a contractor for Fenghua Real Estate. Some time ago, Qin Lin from Fenghua Real Estate spoke out to ban Jiang Guozhong. Naturally, the people under him thought that Jiang Guozhong had offended Qin Lin.

*

The military training ended on September 25th, and the seventh grade officially started classes. However, National Day was coming soon, and everyone was thinking about where to go for fun. Most of the students had not yet entered the state of studying.

On Monday, the last day before National Day, the last class meeting in the afternoon was chaired by the head teacher Xiang Hailan and the formal election for class committee members began.

The first candidate to run for class monitor was still class monitor.

"Qingyu, you will definitely be elected this time. I asked several people, and no one likes Yao Jiaqi." Li Rongrong poked Lin Qingyu and said in a low voice.

As soon as she finished speaking, she felt a cold gaze looking at her.

Li Rongrong then realized that Yao Jiaqi was only separated from her by a corridor, so Yao Jiaqi could naturally hear what she said.

However, Li Rongrong didn't take Yao Jiaqi seriously at all. It was already recognized by the whole class that she didn't like Yao Jiaqi.

But this time, Lin Qingyu did not run for class monitor. Yao Jiaqi received thirteen votes, surpassing the second place by only three votes, and continued to be the class monitor.

Li Rongrong was furious. In her mind, if Lin Qingyu ran for election this time, she would definitely become the class monitor. She didn't understand why Lin Qingyu didn't participate.

After the election for class monitor, another election was held for deputy class monitor. The third one was the study committee member. Lin Qingyu did not back down and was the first to raise his hand and stand up.

During these days, Lin Qingyu has been getting along very well with her classmates. Everyone likes her very much. Lin Qingyu's election votes soared to 32 votes, and she was elected without a doubt.

After the class meeting, the class leaders were decided.

Yao Jiaqi is the class monitor and Lin Qingyu is the study committee member.

Li Rongrong was elected as the life committee member, and Xu Qingbo is still the math class representative as usual.

Jiang Zhizhi didn't choose anything. She had too many things to do right now and didn't want to distract too much of her energy on other things.

"Lin Qingyu, why don't you run for class monitor?"

Before Li Rongrong had the chance to ask Lin Qingyu, Yao Jiaqi asked the question, but her tone sounded like an interrogation, which made people feel very uncomfortable.

Lin Qingyu smiled faintly at her, "You've been doing a good job as the acting squad leader recently. Why should I compete with you for the position?"

"It's not that you don't want to snatch it, it's that you don't dare to snatch it. You are afraid of losing to me." Yao Jiaqi said coldly.

Li Rongrong couldn't bear it any longer. "Qingyu got 32 votes when she ran for class committee, and you only got 13. How can you say that? If Qingyu ran for class monitor, you wouldn't have any say in that."

"She was able to get 32 ​​votes in the election for study committee member because I wasn't there. You don't think she could get that many votes in the election for class monitor, do you?" Yao Jiaqi said angrily.

"Qingyu was able to get so many votes because she is kind-hearted and is just giving in to you..." Li Rongrong said bluntly.

"What did you say?"

Yao Jiaqi was also irritated by Li Rongrong.

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Lin Qingyu stood up.

She smiled at Yao Jiaqi and said, "Yao Jiaqi, why are you angry that I'm not running for class monitor? It's because you know that if I run, you don't have the confidence to win. Of course, you're right, I don't have the confidence to win you. However, we are classmates, not enemies. Do we have to decide who wins and who loses? Is it unnecessary? I've been class monitor for five years, and I'm tired of it. Being a study committee member is not bad either. Most importantly, I don't want to have any unpleasantness with you, because in my heart you are really outstanding, and I hope we can be friends."

Lin Qingyu said this and extended a hand to Yao Jiaqi.

Yao Jiaqi was a little embarrassed by what Lin Qingyu said. She pushed Lin Qingyu's hand away and said disdainfully, "I only win and lose, I don't have any friends."

After she finished speaking, she picked up her schoolbag and walked out of the classroom.

Li Rongrong stared blankly at Lin Qingyu with her mouth open. After a while, she said quietly, "Qingyu, you actually want to be friends with Yao Jiaqi. You must have a fever..."

Lin Qingyu pursed her lips slightly, looked back and said, "Yao Jiaqi is very pitiful. My mother said that if a person only wants to be first, it will definitely be very painful, because there will always be people better than you, and no one can always be first. If you care too much about being first, you will lose friends and happiness. I listened to my mother, so I decided not to run for class monitor anymore."

"So that's how it is." Li Rongrong held her chin and chuckled, "I think your mother is right."

Jiang Zhizhi spent the seven days of National Day in the library.

During the holidays, there were many people in the library, but she had a door card to the private collection room of Mr. Zong, so she didn't have to worry about finding a seat.

Two-thirds of the Taekwondo training has been completed. Jiang Zhizhi has trained hard and done a lot of strength training. Now at least she has no problem with self-defense.

The National Day holiday is over and the first monthly exam will begin in late October. The seventh graders will enter a period of intense study, going to the same place every day and having no other thoughts.

One day during recess, Li Rongrong came back from outside, laughing so hard she was rolling on the ground. "Zhizhi, look at the playground."

"What's wrong?" Jiang Zhizhi looked down in the direction she pointed.

"Lu Xiye...he dyed his hair red, hahaha, it made me laugh to death."

Under the basketball hoop in the playground downstairs, a group of men were playing basketball fiercely. Under the scorching sun, Lu Xiye's red hair looked like it was on fire, making a lot of noise and was particularly eye-catching.

Jiang Zhizhi remembered that he had dyed his hair burgundy in his previous life, and he was very proud of it in class at that time.

But that afternoon, he was punished by the school.

Seeing Lu Xiye's red hair jumping on the playground, Jiang Zhizhi couldn't help but recall her past life. Although the scene in the distance was really funny, she couldn't laugh.

"He's so bold. Dyeing his hair like this is like slapping their homeroom teacher in the face."

They had just finished their discussion that afternoon when Li Rongrong returned to the classroom, laughing so hard that she started choking.

"No, I'm dying of laughter." She slumped over the table, like she was having a seizure. It took her a while to recover. She said to Jiang Zhizhi, "The head teacher of Class 10 took Lu Xiye to the barber shop this afternoon and shaved his head. I just took a look from a distance, and there was even red stubble on his bald head. It was so funny!"

Jiang Zhizhi knew this would happen. "The school doesn't allow hair dyeing in the first place. It's too eye-catching if he dyes it like that. The school will definitely not ignore it."

"That's right, but why didn't Lu Xiye think of this when he dyed his hair red? Is he a fool?" Li Rongrong laughed at him without any hesitation.

For a long time afterwards, every time Jiang Zhizhi saw Lu Xiye from afar, the guy was wearing a burgundy hat on his head, as if showing his last stubbornness.