Chapter 1428: Refusing to be Balanced (3)

Lan Jigao frowned immediately, looking a little unhappy: "Do I have to go back now?"

Cheng Wu nodded: "President Wen seems very angry and is staying in the reception room."

Lan Jigao wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, then said to Li Manyan with an apologetic look: "Yanyan, I'm so sorry. There's an emergency at the company, so I have to go back quickly. I can't finish the meal with you this time..."

"Hmph! You're always like this! You can't even have a meal in peace. Forget it, I can't delay your work, so just leave quickly." Li Manyan glared at Lan Jigao in reproach.

Lan Jigao kissed Li Manyan and coaxed her softly, "It's my fault. You and Tang can eat slowly."

After that, he said to Tang Shichu with an apologetic look on his face: "I'm sorry, classmate Tang, I can't eat with you all this time, I'll make amends next time!"

"Don't worry about it, just go about your business. Manchu and I will enjoy this dinner." Tang Shichu smiled politely.

Lan Jigao and Cheng Wu soon left the restaurant in a hurry.

Li Manyan pouted and looked at Lan Jigao's back unhappily. She poked the rice in the bowl with her chopsticks angrily and said indignantly, "It's like this again. When will he have time to finish a meal with me?"

As she stared, her eyes moved to Cheng Wu who was beside Lan Jigao. Suddenly, an idea flashed in her mind, and she immediately turned her anger into joy. She said to Tang Shichu: "Shichu! Don't you think Assistant Cheng is actually quite handsome? He is tall and has long legs. He is young and promising. He is very good..."

As she spoke, she looked at Tang Shichu meaningfully: "He is also a rare young talent, he must be very popular, Shichu, do you want to take the initiative?"

Tang Shichu wanted to roll his eyes, but he held back. He just said to Li Manyan with a serious face, "Manyan, no matter how good Assistant Cheng is, I have no interest in him. Please don't joke around."

"Why?" Li Manyan was very puzzled, "You don't like such an excellent man?"

"If I don't like it, I don't like it. Why? Anyway, don't match me up with others randomly, otherwise I will be unhappy." Tang Shichu said, staring into Li Manyan's eyes very seriously.

Li Manyan felt a little guilty under her clear and sharp eyes, and muttered: "Okay, I'm doing this for your own good. If you're not interested, forget it."

Tang Shichu breathed a sigh of relief. If Li Manyan was really unreasonable, then she would have no choice but to turn against her and stay away from the male and female protagonists with a legitimate reason. However, she still had to live in the dormitory for a year, and she would not be comfortable if they had a falling out.

A few days later, Li Manyan suddenly came back from outside like a gust of wind and said to Tang Shichu excitedly: "Shichu! Shichu! Has your internship not been confirmed yet? Do you want to come with me to work in Ji Gao's company? Ji Gao said that he can arrange a suitable position for us..."

Tang Shichu was reading a professional document. When he heard Li Manyan's words, he looked up and said, "I don't plan to do the internship. I decided to take the postgraduate entrance examination."

Yes, she decided to take the postgraduate entrance examination and gradually distance herself from Li Manyan. Naturally, it was impossible for her to go to work in Lan Jigao's company like the original owner and be Li Manyan's follower.

"You're not going to do the internship and take the postgraduate entrance exam? Why haven't I heard you say that before?" Li Manyan was very surprised. "Didn't you say you wanted to start working and earn money early?"

Tang Shichu answered her calmly, "I just decided that I need to study for a master's degree in my major to conduct more in-depth research. It's useless to just get a bachelor's degree. Even if I look for a job, I can only find a position that doesn't match my major. As for making money, I can support myself by working part-time like this now, so I'm not in a hurry."

Her undergraduate major was bioengineering, and she wanted to take botany for postgraduate study. This was her decision based on her personal interests. As for making money? The original owner might still worry about money, but now that it was her turn, the last thing she lacked was money, so why should she get involved in Li Manyan's affairs?

"Why so sudden?" Li Manyan frowned, somewhat unable to accept it. She pulled Tang Shichu's arm and pleaded pitifully, "Shichu... don't you want to work with me? As for the mismatch between professional skills, what does it matter? There are so many positions in Jigao Company, there must be one that you are qualified for, just come with me..."

However, Tang Shichu still refused with a heart of stone: "No, Lan Jigao is your boyfriend, not mine. How can I ask him to make an exception? Besides, I really don't want to work yet. I just want to take the postgraduate entrance examination."

"But...if I go to Ji Gao's company for an internship by myself, I'll be a little worried and nervous...Are you really not going to accompany me?" Li Manyan finally expressed her inner feelings.

Tang Shichu patted her hands and said, "What are you worried about? That's your boyfriend's company. If you encounter any difficulties, can't you just go to him directly?"

In the end, no matter how hard Li Manyan tried, she failed to convince Tang Shichu to change his mind and go to Lan Jigao Company with her for an internship.

Since Tang Shichu decided to take the postgraduate entrance examination, she began to prepare seriously. She went to the school library to find some information.

That day, she came out of the library and suddenly heard a strange male voice calling her from behind: "Tang Shichu?"

Tang Shichu turned around and saw a thin and tall boy.

She tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said hesitantly, "Zhou Zhan?"

"It's me." He walked a few steps faster to Tang Shichu's side, lowered his head and saw the information Tang Shichu was holding, and asked, "Are you planning to take the postgraduate entrance examination?"

Tang Shichu was not surprised at all that he could tell Zhou Zhan's plan from the information he was holding. After all, Zhou Zhan himself was a top student and was about to graduate from graduate school.

"Yes." She nodded. "Fortunately, it's not too late to start preparing now."

"Which major do you want to take?" Zhou Zhan asked, "Maybe I can give you some advice."

"That's great! I'd love to! I'm planning to take the botany exam."

The two of them talked about the postgraduate entrance examination as they walked.

Zhou Zhan came from the same orphanage as Tang Shichu, but he was three years older than her. There were quite a lot of children in the orphanage, divided into several circles. Regardless of age or gender, they were not in the same circle, so although they knew each other, they were not familiar with each other.

Later, the director of the orphanage was a kind-hearted person. When he learned that the original owner had been admitted to the current university and that Zhou Zhan was studying for a master's degree in the same university, he asked Zhou Zhan to take care of the original owner more at school.

When the original owner first entered university, Zhou Zhan really listened to the dean's words and helped the original owner a lot, allowing her to adapt to university life in another city as quickly as possible.

But after the original owner became familiar with Li Manyan, the two of them were inseparable whether studying or working part-time, so slowly, the contact with Zhou Zhan became less and less, and recently they hadn't even seen each other for a year.

(End of this chapter)