278. Forrest Gump's Lunch

Because Liu Shuo's superiors had a long-standing relationship with his mother, they naturally took care of him in many ways, turning a blind eye to his help with family matters and even covering for him.

So Liu Shuo, who grew up in a wealthy family, had never experienced hardship. Because of his father's connections, he was always pampered wherever he went, so he naturally looked down on his current job as a junior staff member in a public institution, and he didn't care about the meager salary.

Fortunately, his boss treated him well, and his mother's efforts in making arrangements were worthwhile. She didn't interfere much with him, so he was happy and carefree every day.

That day, he first sent his mother back to their other residence in the provincial capital, and then went with Chen Weiguo to handle the formalities. Chen Weiguo had connections in this area and had his own green channel, ensuring that Liu Shuo's precious time would not be wasted.

Even so, Liu Shuo still asked Chen Weiguo to wait for him in his car, and went to the bank first to deposit the check.

This bank had a long history of business dealings with the Liu family, especially the manager they frequently interacted with, who had a very close relationship with the Liu family and helped them obtain many mortgage loans. Liu Shuo went directly to him for help.

They were all family, so the man immediately had the staff process Liu Shuo's household registration. However, he also glanced at the check, paused for a moment, and then looked more closely at the account, asking Liu Shuo, "Do you know the person who issued this check? What's your relationship with them?"

Liu Shuo was stunned for a moment: "Is there a problem? Don't tell me it's fake. My cousin gave it to me. He can't and wouldn't dare to lie to me. I saw him drive it out himself."

The man chuckled, "It can't be fake, it's just a few dollars. I just don't understand, with such a wealthy relative, why go around borrowing money from everyone else? Why bother going to all that trouble?"

Liu Shuo was somewhat surprised and doubtful: "What do you mean? You know my cousin? He's very rich? No way, let alone him, even his father isn't as wealthy as my family."

The man smiled and said, "I can't say more, but I'll let you in on a little something. Your relative is not as simple as he seems. Cling to his powerful backer, and you'll be right. Your family's problems won't matter anymore. Trust me."

Liu Shuo pressed for more information, but the man refused to say anything more.

Liu Shuo knew this person. He was also raised by his mother, and their relationship was extraordinary. Since he said that, there must be some truth to it; he wouldn't be lying to him.

After finishing their business, they went to several relevant departments with Chen Weiguo. Then Chen Weiguo went to complete the formalities himself. He drove to the personnel bureau to pick up his wife, Ye Zi, who worked there, and they went home together.

The first thing he did when he got home was go to the study with his mother. They discussed the news they had heard from the bank that day.

It turned out that his mother knew more than he did.

When Chen Juan heard her son mention that his cousin Luo Jianhua seemed quite wealthy, she didn't hide anything from him. She slowly said, "You know your third uncle. He hasn't been rich for many years. We can guess how much he has without much thought. You might not know, but his in-laws are also quite powerful, probably even more so than him. But the Li family has quite a few children, so they probably won't give their daughter a large dowry. Combined, the dowry for the two young couples probably won't be enough for your banker to care about. However, I heard from others that your cousin's wife seems to own a clothing company, perhaps even more powerful than her family. But that's just hearsay, and it doesn't seem very credible. After all, we haven't seen it with our own eyes. But now it seems, it's really hard to say."

Liu Shuo found it unbelievable: "How could this be? How old is she? She seems to have always been studying. This is a bit too outrageous."

Chen Juan smiled and said, "Although it's a bit bizarre, there's nothing impossible in this world, only things you can't imagine. Besides, do you think Lao Liu, who has worked in the bank for so many years, is someone who's never seen the world and is easily startled?"

Liu Shuo shook his head, then looked somewhat dejected: "So what? It's their money, it's theirs. We're just related by marriage, what are we going to do with them? Besides, we're not really that close to them. I already felt pretty awkward about Luo Jianhua buying my house this time, I can't bring myself to ask them for it."

Chen Juan sighed: "You've been spoiled by us since you were little. You can't let go of your pride. Actually, you should get closer to your cousin. In some ways, he's much better than you. But if I say more, you'll get upset. Let's go eat."

Despite her words, Chen Juan secretly harbored the desire to interact more with Luo Jianhua and his wife, especially Li Wei. Having such a readily available relative would be a convenient path.

Leaving aside the Liu family mother and son, let's talk about Da Luo's side.

Money makes things easier, and Li Wei quickly got the house she wanted. Through Chen Weiguo, she found a large decoration company to redesign it, mainly focusing on the nursery and the children's indoor and outdoor activity areas. After all, her family had more than three times the number of children and adults as a typical family, and if the space was too small, the three children would not have enough room to move around.

Everything for the children.

As for the adult space, Li Wei was generally satisfied and kept the original style without making any changes.

Now Chen Weiguo has become Da Luo's personal servant. He hasn't taken on any small business deals lately. Even if he did those small business deals for several years, they wouldn't be as lucrative and prestigious as the cases he's handling recently. He's wholeheartedly running errands for Da Luo and Li Wei, and he's very dedicated to it.

At the same time, he also realized that although Da Luo and Li Wei were not very old, they were major financial backers. If he could rely on them in the future, he would be able to live comfortably. The level of contact he would have with them would probably be different in the future, so he naturally paid close attention to his work.

Da Luo and Chen Weiguo were busy with the new house, while Li Wei focused on her exams. However, she was still very excited. She estimated that it would be finished in a couple of days. She had instructed them to choose natural and environmentally friendly building materials. After ventilating the house for a few days, they could move in in two weeks.

Li Wei had two and a half days of final exams. On the second day, Da Luo had to go to the police station where he was interning, so he dropped Li Wei off at school in the morning but didn't pick her up at noon.

As Li Wei walked to the school gate, she hesitated between going home to eat something or grabbing a quick bite near the school and then waiting for her afternoon exam.

This lunch break is really a dilemma. It's neither too long nor too short. It's just enough for the round trip, but there's an extra half hour. I guess I'll have to come out after eating at home, which means I'm basically going home specifically for lunch. It's really frustrating.

Before Li Wei could make up her mind, someone patted her on the shoulder. Turning around, she saw it was Maria: "Hey, VV, what are you daydreaming about? Didn't your boyfriend come to pick you up? Don't go back, come have lunch with us. It's tiring just watching you go back and forth. You have to run around every day and take taxis. It's such a waste of time and money. My house is closer than yours, but I don't have to go. Come on, let's go have lunch together."

Li Wei was indeed somewhat tempted, but after seeing the group of people with Maria, she changed her mind. Besides Maria, there were three boys and one girl. The girl looked familiar; she seemed to be from another class in the same major, and was also a class beauty. Li Wei had only seen her a few times and didn't know her name. She recognized both boys, one of whom was Agan. Li Wei quickly greeted Agan.

Forrest Gump remained as gentle, refined, and leisurely as ever, a pleasant sight to behold. Li Wei also enjoyed his classes; the two often had amazing chemistry and worked together seamlessly.

Another thing that made Li Wei uncomfortable, and the main reason she didn't want to go, was the guy who gave her flowers at the school gate. She didn't know what was so funny about him.

And the handsome young man with glasses next to him looked familiar, like I'd seen him before, but I couldn't quite place him.

Li Wei smiled apologetically at Agan: "I have something to do, I have to go back at noon, I'm sorry, I'll treat you next time."

Before Agan could speak, Maria interrupted, "Tch, what could possibly happen in such a short time? Stop pretending, let's go, let's go, we know each other, let's eat breakfast and come back, we have exams this afternoon, let's go."

As he spoke, he came over to pull Li Wei away, but Li Wei quickly dodged him: "I really have something to do, really, maybe next time, it'll be too late if I don't leave now. Oh, a car is coming, I have to go now." Li Wei hurriedly opened the door of the taxi that was parked in front of her and was about to get in.

But a hand stopped them from behind, closed the car door, and sent the taxi away.

When Li Wei saw it, she really wanted to roll her eyes. It was Lei. At the same time, she was also a little displeased. Did he want to force her to eat with him?

Before Lei could speak, Agan said with a smile, "It's nothing serious, let's just have a simple lunch. It'll be more lively with more people. It's on me. Summer vacation is almost here, and I might not even be teaching your classes next semester, so please do me the honor and come along."

Forrest Gump had a beautiful voice and a warm, gentle smile, reminding Li Wei of the boy who played the piano many years ago. It suddenly made her realize that Forrest Gump was the grown-up version of the piano boy, not in terms of appearance, but in the kind of smile that was both innocent and gentle, yet had a very comfortable, spring-like quality.

Li Wei was fooled by that smile and that voice.

Even if Forrest Gump didn't have such a charming smile, she couldn't very well refuse a sincere invitation from a teacher she really liked, since there wouldn't be many more opportunities to see him again.

Fortunately, everyone had a pleasant lunch together, and Lei Dongsheng and his cousin did not cause any trouble. However, they did leave a strong impression on Li Wei, and he kept repeating their names to her: Lei Dongsheng and Zhao Rui.

This lessened Li Wei's wariness of the two, and she even found them quite adorable.

Since there were still exams in the afternoon, everyone ate a quick bite, chatted for a while, and then Agan exchanged phone numbers for future contact before going their separate ways.