Chapter 75: Postgraduate Study Ruined (8)
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Xia Shu stayed at home all day.
In the morning, a family of four went to the vegetable market, bought flour and minced meat, kneaded the dough at home, and made dumplings with celery, shiitake mushrooms and pork filling.
At noon, I watched TV and ate dumplings at home.
Then we had a nice nap, and in the afternoon the family of four stayed at home playing flying chess.
In the evening, Xia's father drove the family to send him back to school.
The car stopped at the school gate. He got out of the car carrying bags of snacks and waved to his family: "Bye."
"Bye, brother." The younger brother leaned against the car window and waved at him.
His parents worriedly told him: "If there is anything, tell us immediately and don't handle it yourself."
"good."
"Remember to bring the dumplings to Teacher Zhu and thank her very much."
"I see."
Xia Shu drew endless strength from her family and returned to school. Now she feels full of energy and can write five papers overnight.
Xia Shu let out a long sigh, took out his cell phone, and wanted to send a message to Teacher Zhu.
He cooked a few dumplings, packed them in a take-away box, and wanted to bring them to Teacher Zhu.
But as soon as he took out his cell phone, he saw that Zhou Ziqian had sent him a message.
He hasn't deleted his friend yet?
Xia Shu frowned and clicked in to take a look.
Zhou Ziqian: [Let’s have dinner together tonight. I’ll bring you some food]
Didn't they break up?
Xia Shu could almost imagine that scene——
Zhou Ziqian was having dinner with his friends. His friends pointed at the leftovers on the table and said, "Mr. Zhou, do you want to save some for your poor boyfriend?"
Zhou Ziqian folded his hands and leaned on the sofa with a haughty look on his face. "Great! He has never tasted such delicious food before. Didn't he break up with me yesterday? After eating, he must have clung to me like a dog again."
Xia Shu's frown deepened.
He did not reply and deleted Zhou Ziqian without hesitation.
Xia Shu sent a message to Zhu Qingchen: [Teacher, are you in the apartment? I made some dumplings at home, with celery, mushrooms and pork fillings. Can I bring them to you? Thank you so much for your guidance last night.]
Zhu Qingchen quickly replied: [I'm in the apartment]
Xia Shu smiled and said, "Then I'll go there now." Xia Shu carried a lot of bags and walked towards the teachers' apartment.
On the other side, Zhou Ziqian stared at the mobile phone screen closely.
He admitted that he had deceived Xia Shu at first.
But this isn't a big deal, right? Could it be that Xia Shu would rather have a poor boyfriend? Two poor people joining forces?
It's totally incomprehensible.
He left Xia Shu alone all night last night, and now he has given Xia Shu a way out. It's time for Xia Shu to give in, right?
After waiting for ten minutes, Zhou Ziqian ran out of patience. He took a deep breath and sent another message.
[Xia Shu, stop making trouble]
The next second, a red exclamation mark appeared on the screen and caught my eye.
Zhou Ziqian stood up suddenly and slammed his phone on the table.
Xia Shu was so bold that he even dared to block him?
If his friends knew that Xia Shula had blackmailed him, wouldn't he be laughed to death?
Zhou Ziqian picked up his cell phone and strode out.
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Xia Shu carried some things and came to the teachers' apartment.
He took out his cell phone and said, "Teacher Zhu, I'm already downstairs, please come down and get it..."
Before he could finish his words, a figure suddenly jumped out from the flower bed next to him, with an angry voice.
"Xia Shu!"
Xia Shu turned around and saw Zhou Ziqian walking towards him angrily.
Xia Shu subconsciously took a step back: "What's the matter?"
Zhou Ziqian asked sternly, "You blocked me?"
Xia Shu frowned: "Mr. Zhou, we have broken up. I don't think there is any need for us to contact each other anymore."
Zhou Ziqian looked at him incredulously and asked, "It's been an entire night, and you still haven't figured it out?"
"Think clearly about what?" Xia Shu didn't understand. "I thought clearly last night."
Zhou Ziqian sneered: "You'd better think about it again. Aren't you very poor and short of money? Are you willing to break up like this?"
Xia Shu looked at him seriously and said, "I don't need it. I won't compromise and tolerate a rich boyfriend who has cheated on me for a whole year. My boyfriend won't share his money with me, and I won't ask him for money."
Zhou Ziqian also looked at him steadily: "Xia Shu, I tell you, you have to have some limits when you treat Qiao well. This is enough now. I have lowered myself to coax you. There won't be a second time. This is enough. You only have this one chance to make peace with me."
Xia Shu asked back, "Why do you think I will definitely make peace? Just because of your money?"
"Just because you like me, Xia Shu."
Zhou Ziqian confidently took out his mobile phone and opened a video.
A noisy sound came from the phone. His phone screen was smashed, but he could still see it vaguely.
The person in the video is Xia Shu.
Last night, under the street light, Xia Shu squatted on the roadside, crying and questioning why.
The video was shot by Zhou Ziqian in the car.
At that time, they left Zhongming Restaurant one after the other. It should be when Zhou Ziqian was leaving in a car that he happened to see them and took a picture of them.
Xia Shu's face turned pale.
Zhou Ziqian took back his phone: "Xia Shu, stop pretending. If I hadn't passed by here yesterday, I wouldn't have noticed that you like me so much. How could you break up with me? I'll give you one last chance. Do you want to make up now?"
Xia Shu cried so much for him, how could she not reconcile with him?
Zhou Ziqian was full of confidence and raised his eyebrows at him.
Xia Shu clenched her fists and tried to calm down: "Yes, I cried last night, but that was last night. I don't like you anymore."
He still said this, Zhou Ziqian's face changed: "Xia Shu, I'll tell you one last time, you can just take Qiao."
"No matter what you think, I have no intention of reconciling with you." Xia Shu raised his right hand, "Do you need me to swear to you?"
Before he could say anything, Zhu Qingchen came down from the stairs.
"Xia Shu, I'm sorry, the elevator is a bit slow today, I'm going down the stairs..."
Zhu Qingchen paused.
Why is Zhou Ziqian here too? And is he forcing Xia Shu to swear?
Zhu Qingchen stepped forward quickly and pressed Xia Shu's hand down.
Don't swear on this kind of thing.
"Zhou Ziqian, I think I told you yesterday, right? If you still feel embarrassed, don't do such inexplicable things."
Zhou Ziqian had a fierce expression on his face: "Teacher Zhu, from last night till now, you have been too nosy. I have tolerated you for a long time."
Zhu Qingchen protected Xia Shu behind him: "Xia Shu is my student, I am Xia Shu's mentor, I don't know how I interfered, Zhou Ziqian, please explain clearly."
"If you mean that I shouldn't have pointed out the fact that you lied and deceived others, and that I shouldn't have protected my students when you were pestering them, then I want to tell you that I am not meddling in other people's business. I am just fulfilling my duty as a teacher."
Xia Shu stood behind Zhu Qingchen and saw Zhou Ziqian's expression change again and again, as if he understood something.
That's how quarrels should be done.
When he was quarreling just now, the whole thing was about himself. He kept proving that he didn't like Zhou Ziqian anymore and that he didn't want to reconcile with Zhou Ziqian.
The consequence of doing this is that Zhou Ziqian doesn't believe it and he keeps proving himself.
Teacher Zhu never said anything about Xia Shu, and always pointed the finger at Zhou Ziqian.
Xia Shu seemed to have learned something.
Zhu Qingchen said seriously, "Zhou Ziqian, you don't really think you are honest and have a clear conscience, do you? Do you need me to repeat what you did?"
"You played with my student's feelings. You treated him as a joke and deceived his feelings. What qualifications do you have to come here and force him to swear? You are the one who should swear."
Zhou Ziqian blushed, looked around, and confirmed that no one heard what Zhu Qingchen said, then turned back fiercely: "Shut up!"
Zhu Qingchen certainly wouldn't listen to him and continued, "Zhou Ziqian, you know in your heart that what you did is shameful. How can you have the nerve to come to Xia Shu and speak nonsense?"
"Do you think that he has a good temper and you can control him at will? You think too highly of him, don't you? You can make a bet if you want to, and you can make peace if you want to? This is my student, not your puppy."
"Although the school has no right to interfere in your personal emotional life, you have already broken up. If you continue to pester me, it is not just about your emotional life, it is a matter that endangers the personal safety of students. I have the right to report it to the school, and the school also has the right to deal with it."
"You..." Zhou Ziqian was speechless. After a long while, he managed to say, "You are a teacher, what qualifications do you have to control my affairs?"
"Do you think I'm qualified?"
In fact, Zhu Qingchen had never studied the school rules, so he didn't know whether the school would deal with such matters.
But when you’re arguing, you just can’t stop talking.
Once you stop, the opponent will take advantage of you.
At this time, they had been staying downstairs of the teachers' apartment building for a little too long, and the teachers and students passing by felt something was wrong and turned their heads to look over here.
Zhu Qingchen is just being open and honest, and let them see it as they please.
But Zhou Ziqian is not like that.
Zhou Ziqian's face flushed, and he turned around to leave, but Xia Shu stopped him: "Zhou Ziqian, delete my video."
"Video?" Zhu Qingchen was shocked. "What video?"
Could it be that Xia Shu was tricked by Zhou Ziqian into filming some messy stuff while they were in love?
Xia Shu explained: "Last night, I was squatting on the side of the road crying."
"A video of her crying on the street..." Zhu Qingchen reacted, "Oh, a video of her crying."
He thought...
The system silently floated by: "What are you thinking about?"
Zhu Qingchen touched the tip of his nose: "Nothing."
Zhu Qingchen gave Xia Shu a firm look: "Go and tell me what you want."
Just like the teacher just said.
Xia Shu mustered up her courage, walked up to Zhu Qingchen, and said sternly, "Zhou Ziqian, please delete my video. You recorded my video without my permission, which has violated my rights. Please delete it."
Xia Shu tried to raise her voice, and the students and teachers passing by couldn't help but slow down their pace, wanting to see what was going on.
Just at this moment, the counselor of the Finance Department came over and greeted Zhu Qingchen: "Teacher Zhu."
Zhu Qingchen nodded: "Teacher Wang."
Teacher Wang glanced at them and said, "Ziqian, what's wrong? Come over to see the counselor?"
Zhou Ziqian gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay."
Teacher Wang helped him out: "Go back if you are alright."
Zhou Ziqian couldn't stay any longer and was about to leave when Xia Shu reached out his hand to stop him.
Xia Shu said righteously: "You haven't deleted the video yet."
Zhou Ziqian paused, looked around, and finally took out his mobile phone reluctantly, opened the album, and deleted the video recorded last night.
"Are you satisfied?"
Xia Shu took the phone, cleared the recently deleted videos completely, and returned it to him: "I'm satisfied, thank you for your cooperation."
Zhou Ziqian turned around and glanced at Zhu Qingchen with a vicious look.
In his opinion, Xia Shu was such a docile and timid person. As long as he said he wanted to reconcile, how could Xia Shu not agree?
It was all because of Zhu Qingchen, that nosy man, who led Xia Shu astray.
He even taught Xia Shu how to disobey him! Damn him!
The system floated beside Zhu Qingchen: "Wow, host, you are hated by the protagonist again."
Zhu Qingchen folded his hands and tilted his head: "This is my destiny, I understand."
Zhou Ziqian stared at him for a while, and seeing that he still looked nonchalant and not scared at all, he turned his head away as if nothing had happened.
He clearly hated Zhu Qingchen, but in the end he gritted his teeth and said to Xia Shu, "If you have the guts, don't regret it."
Look, he is such a person who bullies the weak and fears the strong.
He clearly believed that it was Zhu Qingchen who instigated Xia Shu, but he didn't even dare to say a harsh word to Zhu Qingchen.
Because he knew that Zhu Qingchen was not someone who was easy to mess with, and that Xia Shu had a good temper.
Zhu Qingchen laughed and didn't bother to pay attention to him.
At this time, Mr. Wang from the Finance Department hurried to smooth things over: "Okay, okay, it's just a conflict between classmates. It's fine as long as the problem is resolved. Ziqian should go back quickly, and Mr. Zhu should stop saying anything."
Zhou Ziqian turned around and left. Zhu Qingchen said sternly, "He was the one who bullied my students..."
"Okay, okay." Teacher Wang walked to Zhu Qingchen and reminded him in a low voice, "Teacher Zhu, this Zhou Ziqian is the son of the Zhou Group. It's better... well, you understand, right?"
Zhu Qingchen sighed helplessly and nodded: "I understand."
"Well, then you pay attention."
Teacher Wang patted him on the shoulder, turned around and went upstairs.
It seems that Teacher Wang is also a little afraid of the power of Zhou Ziqian's family.
Zhu Qingchen could understand, but this matter had nothing to do with him. Zhu Qingchen didn't accept his words in his heart, so he just responded vaguely.
After Zhou Ziqian left, Xia Shu held the lunch box and walked forward obediently: "Teacher, thank you again this time."
He has been thanking the teacher since yesterday.
Thank you Teacher Zhu for your guidance and not letting him get stuck in a rut. Thank you Teacher Zhu for helping him out of the predicament. Thank you Teacher Zhu for teaching him how to protect his own rights.
"We made dumplings at home today, and I brought some for the teacher. Also, Xiaochi asked me to say hello to the teacher."
"Thank you." Zhu Qingchen took the lunch box.
Xia Shu looked at him, her eyes sparkling with admiration.
Zhu Qingchen was puzzled: "What's wrong?"
Xia Shu said seriously: "Teacher, I seem to have learned how to quarrel."
"Ah?" Zhu Qingchen patted his shoulder. "That's right, you should also learn how to quarrel. You are the worst quarreler I have ever taught."
Thinking back to the last world, his young disciple was able to defeat a hundred people alone and fought against an entire sect. Even though his mouth was blocked and he couldn't make a sound, he could still spit in people's faces and not be at a disadvantage at all.
Xia Shu has a very good temper and looks like a good student, so Zhou Ziqian keeps pestering him.
Who doesn’t like a clay figurine that is gentle and considerate, and can make peace with a little coaxing even if it’s deceived?
Zhu Qingchen glanced at the direction Zhou Ziqian left and said, "If this matter can end here, it would be the best. If he still wants to pester you, or use his family's power to put pressure on you, you must tell the teacher in time."
"Yeah." Xia Shu nodded seriously, "I'm not afraid of him. Even if his family is powerful, so what? It's not me who did anything wrong."
Zhu Qingchen smiled and nodded: "Yes, you are right."
Although Xia Shu doesn't know how to quarrel, he is also very upright.
Zhu Qingchen raised the take-away box in his hand towards him and said, "Thank you for the dumplings. Please say hello to Xiaochi for me."
"good."
Zhu Qingchen gave Xia Shu a few more instructions, then went upstairs with the packing box.
After returning home, Zhu Qingchen washed his hands and placed the dumplings sent by the Xia family on a plate.
The Xia family is really grateful to him.
Xia Shu is a reserved person who always reports good news but not bad news. He even didn't tell his parents that he was in a normal relationship.
If Zhu Qingchen had not invited his students to dinner yesterday and counselled Xia Shu, Xia Shu might not have broken up with Zhou Ziqian so quickly.
Therefore, every dumpling that the Xia family gave him was full of meat filling, neatly arranged, and without a single hole.
I don’t know what Zhu Qingchen’s taste is, but they also provided dipping sauces with several flavors, which were packaged in small boxes.
Zhu Qingchen took a photo and sent it to the system: "I'll give you a share."
The system readily accepted the electronic dumpling: "Okay."
Even though Zhu Qingchen didn't like dumplings, he still ate them all with the dipping sauce.
Zhu Qingchen stuffed the last dumpling into his mouth, and at that moment, the cell phone next to him rang.
Zhu Qingchen picked up his phone and took a look.
Huo Jun sent him a text message with a picture.
The message Zhou Ziqian sent to Huo Jun -
[Zhu Qingchen from the Chinese Department of Jinghua University, let him get out of Jinghua University]
Huo Jun did not reply. Two minutes later, Zhou Ziqian sent another message:
[What the hell are you doing? Hurry up, Zhu Qingchen from Jinghua University, no matter what method you use, get rid of him! Get him out of Jinghua University! ]
Huo Jun still didn't reply, Zhou Ziqian got anxious - [You fucking reply me! Hurry up! Tomorrow I want to hear that Zhu Qingchen is leaving!]
In Zhou Ziqian's view, Huo Jun was just a dog raised by the Zhou family. He was just embarrassed to trouble other members of the Zhou family with such a trivial matter, so it was natural for him to ask Huo Jun to teach Zhu Qingchen a lesson.
The more Huo Jun didn't reply to him, the more angry he became.
However, Jinghua University is a legitimate public university and a famous key university. How could it possibly let him control it?
It seemed that Zhu Qingchen had made him very angry in the afternoon.
Zhu Qingchen smiled and replied: [Mr. Huo, do you want me to resign voluntarily? ]
Huo Jun didn't reply, so Zhu Qingchen put down his phone, took the empty plate, and went into the kitchen to wash the dishes.
At the same time, in the top floor conference room of Zhou Group.
Huo Jun is presiding over this quarter's branch business commendation conference.
The hall is spacious, with a large mahogany table that can accommodate dozens of people placed in the middle. The managers in charge of all branches sit on both sides, and their secretaries sit behind them, typing on the keyboard and recording the key points.
Huo Jun, dressed in a neat suit, sat in the middle with a serious look on his face.
Mr. Zhou retired from the group a long time ago. Zhou Ziqian's father, although he was the president in name only, was actually addicted to eating, drinking and having fun, and he hadn't come to the group for a long time.
Huo Jun is now the actual person in charge of the group, and all decisions must go through him.
Only the Zhou family still regarded him as an employee.
Huo Jun lowered his head calmly and glanced at his phone.
He glanced at the message Zhu Qingchen replied, a smile appeared in his eyes, and without saying anything else, he turned off the phone, raised his head, and continued to listen to the report from his subordinates.
Not long after, a roar suddenly came from outside: "Where is Huo Jun?"
Huo Jun frowned and looked up.
It was Zhou Ziqian's voice.
"Where's Huo Jun? Ask him to come out and see me."
Huo Jun turned around and winked at the assistant behind him. The assistant immediately put down his things and walked out the door to stop Zhou Ziqian.
After a while, there was no movement outside.
Huo Jun looked at the employee who had been interrupted: "Continue."
The employee nodded: "Okay."
I don’t know how much time has passed, but the meeting is still not over.
Zhou Ziqian became extremely impatient waiting in the reception room, and finally went straight to the door of the conference hall to wait.
He wanted to push the door open, but was stopped by the assistant again: "Mr. Zhou, there is a meeting going on inside." Zhou Ziqian suddenly realized that others addressed him and Huo Jun differently.
He is "Mr. Zhou" and Huo Jun is "Mr. Huo".
There is a huge difference.
Zhou Ziqian said: "Grandpa asked me to gain more experience in the company, but I can't even attend this meeting?"
The assistant nodded slightly: "I'm sorry, this meeting is a high-level meeting within the group. If you want to attend, we need a handwritten document from the chairman."
"you……"
Zhou Ziqian could only sit back in his seat indignantly.
Two hours later, when it was dark, the door of the conference hall opened.
Zhou Ziqian stood up suddenly, and Huo Jun walked out of the conference room with several regional managers and assistants.
Huo Jun glanced at him: "Ziqian, what happened?"
Zhou Ziqian whispered, "Just read the message I sent you and get things done."
He himself knew that this matter could not be made public and he had to avoid being seen by others.
"Okay." Huo Jun took out his phone and pretended to take a look at it. "How did Mr. Zhu from the Chinese Department offend you?"
Zhou Ziqian looked around, not wanting others to hear what he said: "Can you speak a little more quietly?"
Huo Jun seemed not to hear: "I remember, isn't he the mentor of your boyfriend? I saw you guys at Zhongming Restaurant yesterday. Have you broken up with him?"
"Shut up!"
Zhou Ziqian couldn't control his voice for a moment, which attracted the other employees' sidelong glances at him.
Huo Jun pretended not to hear and continued, "Ziqian, I'm not saying anything bad about you. This matter was your fault from the beginning. How could you pretend to be poor and deceive others' feelings?"
"Now that he and his teacher have discovered the matter, it's already good enough that we can break up peacefully. If the other party insists on holding you responsible or posts the matter online, not only will you have to spend money to settle it, but it may also affect the company's stock price."
"If your grandfather and your father knew about this, they would probably give you a lesson." Huo Jun acted like an elder and said earnestly, "I will keep this a secret for you, so don't be so obsessed with it."
Huo Jun pretended to be a good person, but he said these words in public.
Now everyone heard it.
Zhou Ziqian's face turned red and he turned and left.
Before leaving, he kicked the copper vase next to the conference room hard.
Huo Jun smiled, picked up his phone, and replied to Zhu Qingchen: [Teacher Zhu, don’t worry]!
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