Chapter 84: Winning the Competition

New Year's Day holiday

Jiang Yushan brought Ye Jing back to the capital, and Chen Zan also entered a busy period of study, with competitions and final exams to prepare for.

Xu Anan is a very strict person when it comes to reliable things. When she returned to school, she acted as if she didn't know anything about her and Zhou Jingyu.

Only when they were alone would she push aside Chen Zan's scarf and smugly say, "You must have been exhausted last night."

Xu Anan didn't tell her dirty jokes before because she thought Chen Zan looked like a good girl who was not concerned with worldly affairs, and she was afraid that saying such things would pollute her ears.

Now that she thought about it, Zhou Jingyu attended meetings and dinners with teeth marks on his body. At that time, she joked that Zhou Jingyu was so lustful in private. It turned out that the marks were left by her best friend.

This was really an act of provocation. She was so impressed that she wanted to kowtow to Chen Zan and ask her to come up with a tutorial.

Chen Zhan quickly put on his scarf, stuffed all of Grandma's sachets into her hands, and said flatteringly, "Stop talking, okay?"

There's no place to discuss such things.

Xu Anan smiled obscenely, "It seems that Zhou Jingyu is really lustful. You can't tell from his face at all."

Chen Zhan: “…”

Xu Anan: "But we still need to take precautions. We won't follow those plots in novels where the mother is honored by her son while carrying the ball."

It can be seen that Xu Anan really wants to be Chen Zan's biological mother, and she cares about her more than Ms. Xu Jing.

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mid-January

Chen Zan participated in the competition, and coincidentally, there was a foreign teacher from Île-de-France among the judges that day.

When giving the final score, I specifically asked her about the meaning of that word.

Chen Zhan truthfully said that she had a male friend who had lived in France for several years and knew the local customs. He suggested that she change the word.

The judge laughed and said, "I think your friend must live in Tours, because your pronunciation is more like the authentic Touraine accent, which sounds different from the Parisian accent."

Chen Zhan also explained calmly, "No, he lives in Paris, but he likes the football matches held by Tours Club and goes almost every week."

There were only teachers and contestants in the classroom, so she wasn't afraid of outsiders hearing what was going on.

She actually didn't know much about football matches. She only knew that the Chinese national football team was forced to play every day. As for French football, she only found out about it after she looked up information about it that day.

They communicated in French throughout the whole process, and the judge showed an appreciative expression of "I see, that's how it is". In the end, it was this foreign teacher who gave Chen Zan the highest score.

Chen Zhan also won the first prize in the speech contest that day.

After the game, she held the trophy and couldn't wait to send a photo to Zhou Jingyu to share this with him.

Chen Zhan held up the phone and said happily, "Thank you, Mr. Zhou. If you hadn't helped me revise my speech, I might have been in big trouble today."

"I'm honored to be able to help Miss Chen." Zhou Jingyu's tone was still as casual and smiling as always. "Now that you've won the award, I wonder if I can invite you to dinner?"

Chen Zhan scratched his neck and said, "Is tomorrow okay? I have a translation assignment tomorrow, and I have dinner plans with the people in the dormitory tonight."

The man's tone was full of regret. "Then I can only wait until Miss Chen turns my card tomorrow night."

Chen Zhan: “…”

Sometimes she wondered if Zhou Jingyu had been possessed by someone else's soul, as he always learned the ways of prostitutes.

After the written translation the next day, Zhou Jingyu had an urgent meeting, so he sent a car to pick him up.

The person who came was a Jingfu driver whom Chen Zan knew. Before leaving, she told Xu Anan that she might not be able to come back at night, and if Ms. Xu Jing called to check on her, she should remember to help cover up the lie.

Xu Anan knew that she had kept this a secret from her family. If the strict Ms. Xu knew about this, she was afraid that Chen Zan's calf would be in danger.

She made a reassuring gesture.

Shu Su happened to see this and asked, "What are you two doing?"

Chen Tangyue: "These two have been very mysterious recently."

Shu Su: "Damn it, you have a little secret behind our back."

Chen Zan looked around but didn't look at them.

Xu Anan cleverly changed the subject, "Well, my dad gave me some pocket money this week, and I want to go to that Japanese restaurant. I'll treat you guys, do you want to come?"

The Xu family has won bids for several projects in the past few days. Xu's father was so happy that he doubled Xu Anan's pocket money. She has been very generous recently.

Chen Tangyue and Shu Su's attention was immediately drawn to it.

"Miss, please take me."

"The slave is willing to follow the young lady to eat and drink for free."

Xu Anan gave Chen Zan a wink, then she snuck away with her bag.

Chen Zan asked the driver to stop at the back door of the school, which was quiet and deserted.

After getting in the car, the driver closed the door.

She thought she was going back to Jing Mansion, but unexpectedly she was on the overpass.

Chen Zhan asked doubtfully, "Where are we going?"

The driver said, "Mr. Zhou asked me to take you to the company."

Chen Zan was a little surprised and sent a message to Zhou Jingyu, but the other party didn't reply. He must still be in a meeting.

In the new district, Rongtou Group has too many high-rise buildings to count.

The driver parked the car at the door and Zhang Qing was already waiting downstairs.

Chen Zhan got off the bus with her schoolbag on her back. A gust of cold wind blew, and she tightened the gray-purple scarf around her neck and called out, "Secretary Zhang."

Zhang Qing: "Ms. Chen, Mr. Zhou's meeting hasn't finished yet, so he asked me to come down and pick you up first."

Chen Zan heard Zhou Jingyu was still busy, "Thank you for your help."

Zhang Qing smiled and said, "Miss Chen, please don't be polite to me."

It's almost time to get off work, and there are many employees waiting to punch out in the lobby on the first floor of Rongtou Group.

Zhang Qing is Zhou Jingyu's first secretary, and he brought a strange girl into the company, which naturally attracted the curious gazes of many people.

"Who is that girl next to Secretary Zhang? Is she his girlfriend?"

"I didn't see that respectful attitude, how could she be his girlfriend?"

"Could it be Mr. Zhou?"

"I've heard for a long time that there's a female college student next to Mr. Zhou. I finally saw her today. She's really pretty."

"He looks quite young."

"Say less. Just look at Secretary Zhang's attitude and you'll know this girl is no ordinary girl."

*

Chen Zhan subconsciously pulled up his scarf to cover the lower half of his face, until Zhang Qing swiped his card to enter the elevator of the president's office and closed the elevator door, blocking the sight of those people.

She frowned and said hesitantly: "Is it appropriate for me to come to the company directly like this?"

Zhang Qing said, "Mr. Zhou didn't say anything, so it's naturally appropriate."

Finally, he explained, "The employees in the company are quite gossipy. Don't take what they say to heart. I'll go and say hello to them later so they don't spread rumors."

Zhou Jingyu was still in a meeting, so Zhang Qing took her directly to the office. "Ms. Chen, please wait here first. You don't need to answer anyone who knocks on the door except me."

She nodded and said okay.