Chapter 148 148 I heard that you and Ji Mingyue are together?

They both knew who she was referring to. Lu Hongzhe paused and turned to look at him: "What did you say?"

"I'm saying, do you have other thoughts about Lili? You're not the kind of person who likes to help others." Thinking of this, Lu Jiaze felt that many of the things he couldn't understand before were now reasonable, and he blamed himself for being too slow.

"Yes, but she is still young now, so this is not the time to talk about this." Lu Hongzhe nodded in agreement.

"Can I know when it started? I don't mean anything else, I'm just curious." Lu Jiaze looked frank. He didn't want to find out anything, he was just curious.

"To be honest, I don't really know. By the time I found out, it was too late." He laughed after saying that.

"Don't you feel pressured when you see her becoming more and more outstanding?" Lu Jiaze asked sincerely.

"Why should I feel pressured?" Lu Hongzhe didn't quite understand why these two things were related. Shouldn't I feel proud that the person I like is getting better and better?

Lu Jiaze remained silent. Perhaps this was the difference between them, he thought. He quickly calmed himself down and said, "Lili doesn't know about this yet, right?"

"Well, she is still young, there is no rush." ​​Lu Hongzhe planned to take it slowly.

"There are many people in college who are in love, so don't let anyone get there first," Lu Jiaze reminded.

"She won't like them." Lu Hongzhe remembered that she once said with disgust that the boys in school were too childish.

"You are quite confident." After saying this, Lu Jiaze felt that he had said too much. He would never do anything without certainty.

"It's not confidence, but it's my understanding of her. Do you want to tell her about you and Ji Mingyue?" Lu Hongzhe glanced at him.

"No need." Lu Jiaze shook his head. If his guess was correct, Ji Mingyue would have told her long ago.

"Then be careful when you go back. People like this have big appetites. You may think you have satisfied her, but she may not feel satisfied." Lu Hongzhe reminded again.

"With the experience from last time, I know what to do." When talking about this, Lu Jiaze's expression became serious.

"Just know your own situation. Whether it's a friendship or any other relationship, you should cut it off when necessary."

"Okay, grandpa and I should go to the airport." Lu Jiaze said as he picked up his suitcase and prepared to go downstairs. Grandpa Lu was already waiting for them downstairs.

After Lu Jiaze returned to Yuncheng, most universities here had also started classes, and they had bid farewell to their student identities. It made no difference to Lu Hongzhe and the others whether classes started or not.

In the week before school started, neither Cheng Yuntian nor Jiang Lili could find a name that sounded better than Youbei, so Cheng Yuntian quickly went to register with this name. There were still many procedures to go through, which were all handled by Cheng Yuntian. Jiang Lili was busy with the start of school. In addition to foreign languages, the most basic teachers in the early childhood education center needed to be graduates of preschool education. Of course, those with experience were better. In addition to her studies, Jiang Lili spent all her time on this.

It was only after understanding this that she realized the importance of connections, so she suggested to Cheng Yuntian, "Sister Cheng, do you think Sister Mei would be interested in this?"

"You want to bring her in with you?" Cheng Yuntian saw through her plan at a glance.

"Yes, if everything goes well, our first batch of students may all be connected to Sister Mei's network." Jiang Lili couldn't help but chuckle after she said that. Sure enough, no matter where you go or what you do, the most important thing is connections.

"I don't object, but will she agree?" Cheng Yuntian's tone was filled with worry.

"How do you know if you don't try?" Jiang Lili's tone remained unchanged.

"Okay, let's try it. I'll ask her when she is free first." Cheng Yuntian nodded.

"Then I'll wait for your good news. I'll go back first." Although school has just started, Jiang Lili has been very busy these days.

"I'll call you when we arrange a time." Having worked together for so long, Cheng Yuntian knew her temper, so she quickly called Mei Huixiu and arranged a meeting time. As for whether it would succeed, it depended on whether she could convince Mei Huixiu.

Jiang Lili was not idle after returning home. If she wanted to convince others to participate, she had to use data. Fortunately, she had been busy with this matter during this period, so she quickly sorted out the information in her hands and made a complete plan.

Soon it was time for the appointment with Mei Huixiu. Cheng Yuntian went to the school to pick up Jiang Lili. The two of them arrived at the agreed place in advance. Cheng Yuntian was a little nervous: "Do you think she will agree?"

"I don't know either." Jiang Lili shook her head honestly. She actually had no confidence in today's conversation.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting for so long." Mei Huixiu looked at the two of them apologetically. She was the one who was late today.

"It's okay, we just arrived a while ago." Cheng Yuntian shook his head to show that he didn't care.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Mei Huixiu raised an eyebrow and looked at Jiang Lili: "Xiao Cheng said earlier that he wanted to discuss a collaboration with me. Let's get straight to the point, shall we?"

"Since Sister Mei has said so, I won't say any more. Sister Cheng and I are planning to set up an early childhood education center. I wonder if Sister Mei is interested?" Jiang Lili went straight to the point.

"Early childhood education center?" Mei Huixiu's tone was filled with doubt.

"Sister Mei, take a look at this first. Since the implementation of family planning, people have gradually become aware of the importance of raising children, especially families like yours. They naturally hope that the next generation can win at the starting line. Regarding children, this will be a major trend in the future. After all, women and children are the two groups that are easiest to make money from." Jiang Lili said as she handed over the business plan she had made.

They had collaborated quite happily on the previous property project, so Mei Huixiu didn't reject it outright. Instead, she glanced at the business plan in her hand and asked, "You shouldn't be short of funds, right?"

"But we lack connections. The early childhood education center has just been established and needs to be well-known. So we want to use your connections to let more people know about the existence of the early childhood education center." Jiang Lili did not choose to hide her questions.

"You are honest. My connections are also earned through my credibility, so I can't give you a direct answer now." Mei Huixiu's eyes fell on the business plan in her hand. At least she had to wait until she studied the plan thoroughly.

"To play smart in front of you is like showing off one's skills in front of Guan Gong. I look forward to hearing your good news." Jiang Lili said in a gentle tone.

"I'll get back to you as soon as possible. I heard that your giant ornament can be customized?" Mei Huixiu asked.

"The factory does have this business at the moment." Speaking of the customized business, it has only been posted, and no one has shown interest in it yet. She is the first one.

"Then I'll order two and put them in the yard when I move to my new home."

"Sister Mei, what theme do you want?" Cheng Yuntian asked.

"Someone will bring you the blueprints by then. You should deliver two ready-made items to my brother's real estate project this afternoon. You want the one holding a gold ingot." Mei Huixiu specified the topic.

"Is it the second phase of Huajianlouji?" Cheng Yuntian asked casually.

"Yes, just send it to the sales office." Mei Huixiu nodded. As the three of them parted ways, she waved the project plan in her hand at the two of them and said, "I'll take a good look at it when I get back."

After she walked away, Cheng Yuntian spoke: "Do you think she will agree? She is becoming more and more experienced now, and there is no unnecessary expression on her face."

Her last words caused Jiang Lili to laugh, and then she said seriously: "You are growing, and she is not falling behind."

"At this point, we can only leave it to fate." Cheng Yuntian was not sure either.

"If it really doesn't work, we can just do it ourselves. It will be a little difficult at the beginning, but it will get better later." Jiang Lili said in a firm tone.

"Well, let's go back first." Cheng Yuntian also understood this logic, and knew that it was useless to be anxious at this time, so he could only wait for good news.

"A large batch of goods is going to be shipped today, and I plan to do a random inspection. Do you want to go with me?" Cheng Yuntian asked casually.

"Go ahead. I don't have anything to do at school today anyway." Jiang Lili hasn't done random inspections for almost a year.

Today's shipment orders were mostly decorative dolls. A train was already waiting outside the factory gate. Jiang Lili was curious: "Where are these going?"

"In Zhoucheng, this ornament is more popular than I thought. Compared with other imitations, the three small ones produced by the factory are much more exquisite, so I am not worried about so many people imitating them now. Those who buy these to display at home are people with good money and will not buy fakes just to save a few dollars." Cheng Yuntian explained the reason to her.

"Has production started in Yuncheng and Quanshi?" Jiang Lili asked.

"It has started in Yuncheng. Manager Zhang in Quanshi did not ask for authorization for this model. It seems that there is some taboo over there and they will not put these things at home or at the door." Cheng Yuntian also heard about this from Quanshi.

"Is that so?" She didn't understand.

"Let's go and randomly check a few." Cheng Yuntian said as he went to check the items in the warehouse that were ready for packing. Jiang Lili followed. Fortunately, the factory's quality control was as strict as ever. The two of them checked a total of ten items and found nothing wrong.

"Are you going back to school tonight?" Cheng Yuntian glanced at the time. It was almost four o'clock. If he wanted to go back to school, he had to get ready.

"Let's go back tomorrow. I'll wait for my mother to get off work." Jiang Lili planned to go to the workshop to take a look.

"Well, if there is news over there, I will inform you as soon as possible." Cheng Yuntian had to go back to the office to deal with some things, and the two quickly separated.

When they arrived at the workshop, Zhao Dong was the first to notice her. He raised his eyebrows in surprise and said, "I thought it would be difficult to see you in the factory again."

"Not really. I'll come over whenever I have time. Are there any new products recently?" Jiang Lili asked casually.

"The production line here is full of new products. The design department has produced several of them recently, and we are working overtime every day." Zhao Dong said as he walked to the production line with her.

*

During the summer vacation, Ji Mingyue only got five strategy points from Wu Juyue, so bad luck has been with her since she started school. The theft of her wallet on the train can no longer affect her mood. After all, she has been unlucky too many times in one summer vacation. Now she can only put her hope on Lu Jiaze, hoping that his strategy points will increase again and all the bad luck can be eliminated.

After arriving at school, she did not contact Lu Jiaze directly, but still chose to find a roundabout way to save the situation. She contacted his roommates and vaguely said that Lu Jiaze was still a little angry about the incident before the summer vacation. She wanted to apologize to him and hoped that they could help her.

Lu Jiaze applied for a dorm change at the start of the semester, and his application was quickly approved, so he moved directly to his new dorm. His roommates only learned about it the next day. They all thought he was making a big deal out of it, but Lu Jiaze ignored their comments. They clearly didn't share the same ideals.

It was at this time that Ji Mingyue learned that Lu Jiaze had changed dormitories. After changing dormitories, his former roommates were no longer useful to her. She could only gradually distance herself from him. After hesitating for a moment, she sent Lu Jiaze a message: "Can you leave school for the weekend? I brought you something."

As expected, the message fell on deaf ears. Ji Mingyue was a little annoyed. What did Lu Jiaze mean by this? Was he using the cold shoulder on her, waiting for her to break up? She quickly sent another message: "If you're not able to come out, I'll leave it at the gate. Remember to take it."

Lu Jiaze had originally ignored these two messages, but thinking of Ji Mingyue's cunning ways, he sent another message back: "If you can come out on Saturday afternoon, let's chat."

On Saturday morning, Ji Mingyue put on the new dress she had bought during the summer vacation and went to Lu Jiaze's school. The school gate slowly opened at noon. Standing outside the school gate, Ji Mingyue saw Lu Jiaze coming out at a glance. She thought, worthy of being the male lead, he always makes people spot him at first sight in the crowd. The people next to her were also whispering about Lu Jiaze's handsomeness. She walked up to Lu Jiaze despite their envious gazes and whispered, "Have you eaten?"

"I just ate in the cafeteria." While Lu Jiaze was speaking, he kept looking for a place around him where he could talk, but obviously failed.

"What are you looking for?" She never mentioned the fact that he changed dormitories. After all, it was his former roommate who told her about it, so she had to pretend that she didn't know.

"Nothing, I have something to do in the afternoon, let's talk over there." Lu Jiaze pointed to the alley next to him.

Ji Mingyue glanced at the zero above his head, disappointment flashing in her eyes. She followed him obediently to the deserted alley, then looked up at him and said, "If you mind what happened before the summer vacation, I said I can pretend nothing happened."

"I keep my word. We will have more and more training this year. My parents strictly forbid me to have a romantic relationship in college. There are teachers in school who know my parents, so I hope you won't come to school to find me. I will come to see you when I'm free during the holidays." Lu Jiaze did not forget that he came out today to stabilize her. He didn't want his studies to go wrong because of her. As for the strange thing about her, he was already trying to find a way to solve it.

"Then can you reply to my message when you are free?" Ji Mingyue was a little crazy. He almost cut off her chance to increase her strategy value.

"I'll reply to your message when I have time." Lu Jiaze said as he glanced at her broken leg. It takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone, but it's only been more than fifty days now, and she doesn't seem to be fully recovered yet. New doubts arose in his mind.

"Then can you accompany me to buy things later? My legs still hurt." The expression on Ji Mingyue's face was a little pitiful, but unfortunately these expressions could no longer impress Lu Jiaze. However, he did not refuse this time. He remembered what the master said before at school. He needed to get her personal belongings, or her hair.

Seeing that he agreed, Ji Mingyue couldn't help but relax. She told herself that the strategy points were reset to zero because he was angry about the plan that night, and she would get the strategy points back.

Lu Jiaze followed Ji Mingyue and, while she wasn't paying attention, snipped off a tuft of her hair with scissors and stuffed it into his pocket. He felt his heart pounding. He hadn't believed any of this at first, but Qiao Bin's story always struck him as odd. He had sought out the so-called master, thinking it might be a last resort, just in case it worked, and that way he could finally get rid of her.

After parting ways with Lu Jiaze, Ji Mingyue had a feeling that something was off about him today, but she couldn't pinpoint what. Her hair was long, so she hadn't noticed the part he'd cut off. She began to replay what she'd done to get Lu Jiaze's strategy points. Finally, she sighed. Of all the people, Lu Jiaze's strategy points were the hardest to get. This wasn't the first time his points had been reset to zero. She didn't know how much more unlucky she'd be. It was a shame the system wouldn't communicate with her. Sometimes she couldn't help but wonder if the system still existed, because there weren't any new targets. Or maybe it was because the plot had collapsed, rendering the strategy system inoperable. But she'd invested so much in pursuing Lu Jiaze that giving up was out of the question. Of course, most importantly, he was the protagonist of this world. Even if the plot collapsed, she wouldn't find anyone better. That was why she remained determined to pursue him.

Lu Jiaze quickly sent the hair to the master, and the master only sent someone to send a peace locket, asking him to carry it with him and not to take it off, especially when meeting Ji Mingyue.

"Is there no way to crack it?" Lu Jiaze began to suspect that he was being cheated by coming here on his own initiative, and he laughed at himself in his heart.

"Not yet. This peace locket can clear your mind and help you cope for a while."

Hearing this, Lu Jiaze felt that he must have been scammed. He paid the balance and prepared to leave. He thought that he was really desperate and tried every possible means. It seemed that the only way to help himself was to meet her less often. Lu Jiaze originally planned to throw away the jade peace locket, but in the end, he put it back in his pocket for some unknown reason. He told himself that he had spent money on it after all.

Feeling ashamed, Lu Jiaze naturally would not tell anyone about this matter. He only told Lu Hongzhe that he had changed dormitories and stayed away from his previous roommates. He also asked Lu Hongzhe to help him find out what had happened to the Ji family in recent years.

"You are at school now and have isolated yourself from spending time with her. Leave everything else to me." Lu Hongzhe felt that he was still a little procrastinating, but it was rare for someone with such a strong self-esteem to admit the mistakes caused by his arrogance in front of him, so he didn't ask anything else.

Jiang Lili was a little surprised that Lu Hongzhe asked about the Ji family's situation: "Why are you asking this suddenly?"

"Do you know about Jiaze and Ji Mingyue?" Lu Hongzhe didn't know much about Ji Mingyue.

"Are you talking about them being together?" Jiang Lili was a little surprised that he knew about this.

"This is a long story. Can you tell me what kind of person Ji Mingyue is?" Lu Hongzhe asked.

Jiang Lili remembered what Jiang Jianyi said that day, so she repeated what he said that day, and finally said: "Perhaps you can investigate from the motorcycle accident that day?"

"Grandpa Jiang said she was evil?" Lu Hongze thought of Lu Jiaze's hesitation and the words that calmed her down.

"Yes, that's what he said. Some things are better to believe than not to believe." Jiang Lili said vaguely, and she had basically determined in her heart that Ji Mingyue's strategy system was based on other people's luck.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, based on the friendship she had with Lu Jiaze since childhood, she asked, "Is there something Lu Jiaze wants to ask?"

"No, I just want to know what kind of person she is. You know, my second uncle's identity is sensitive, and Jiaze's other half also needs to be examined." Lu Hongzhe made up an excuse.

"That's true. After Ji Mingyue moved out of the cotton mill, we hardly spent any time together, so I don't know her very well." Jiang Lili was a little unsure of what they meant, so she didn't say anything extra.

"Okay, I understand." Lu Hongzhe was still digesting her words. After all, he was a staunch atheist, but there was no need for her to lie.

Jiang Lili stared at his back, frowning. They had known each other for so long, she understood him quite well. If he was truly worried about Uncle Lu, he should have been more careful investigating the Ji family. Could it be that they had also noticed something was amiss with Ji Mingyue? The thought of this made her feel a little depressed. Even if she warned others about something so outrageous, they wouldn't necessarily appreciate it.

Thinking that the strategy system might absorb other people's luck, Jiang Lili hesitated for a moment. When she returned home that night, she told Jiang Yulan about it: "Didn't Grandpa say that she was a little evil? How about you remind Aunt Qiu and ask her to remind Lu Jiaze?"

"Okay, I'll call her later." Thinking of the last time she reminded herself about Lin Wenkang, Jiang Yulan felt that she needed to remind her.

Lu Jiaze didn't expect that he would receive a call from Lu Hongzhe right after he complained about being a scammer. Hearing his words, Lu Jiaze was a little bit incredulous: "No way, brother, when did you believe this?"

"It's better to believe it than not to believe it. Isn't that what you said yourself?" If this happened to someone else, Lu Hongzhe would naturally just laugh it off, but since it involved his family, he thought, what's wrong with believing it once?

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a long time before the person on the other end whispered, "To be honest, I also felt something was wrong the day she was hit. I consulted a master, but it seems I was deceived. The master then gave me a peace locket. Aren't these things everywhere?"

Lu Hongzhe didn't expect him to have such execution ability: "Then do as that person says first, and we will think of other ways."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Jiaze took out the peace locket from his pocket and took a look. He didn't know if it was his imagination, but he actually saw a moving light circle on it. Before he could think about it, Qiu Shaoli called. Her tone was relatively calm: "I heard that you and Ji Mingyue are together?"