Chapter 90 We had some misunderstandings before
Although Teng Yunshan moved to the side and Cen Xuan and Qiao Ming lowered their voices, her hearing was excellent.
I didn't hear every single word clearly, but I heard the key words clearly enough to piece together the original meaning.
Old flames reunited? How interesting.
Who would have thought that Shen Li, who was so quiet and unassuming in class back then, was actually quite remarkable?
Inside a private room at Huaihe Garden.
When old classmates gather together, it's naturally a lively occasion.
The arrival of Qu Xiang and Shen Li only made the already lively atmosphere even more lively.
"Old Jin, this is a gift from Shen Li and me." Qu Xiang smiled and stuffed the box of tea into Old Jin's arms.
Old Jin was a kind-looking bald old man. Upon hearing this, he smiled and glared at Qu Xiang.
"You and she should deliver it together? If you hadn't changed the subject, Shen Li would probably have sent me a set of cups and a teapot instead!"
Hearing Lao Jin's words, Shen Li smiled and said, "It's alright. She's just changing the subject. Once my new batch of pottery is fired, I'll give her a set of cups and a teapot as well."
“Chen Li,” Old Jin said, looking at her with a kind and gentle expression.
"Hmm?" Shen Li smiled, her eyes crinkling as she looked into Lao Jin's gentle gaze.
Then Old Jin's gentle voice continued, "Don't give up."
Shen Li was taken aback upon hearing this, and her memory was suddenly pulled back to many years ago.
She lay on the hospital bed, looking dejected, listening anxiously as her coach spoke to the doctor.
"Doctor, can't we think of another way?! She's the provincial champion! She's about to participate in the national team selection!"
“Selection? Still thinking about selection? The child’s health is the most important thing! Let alone recently, given her injury, even in the future, I would not recommend that she continue to engage in sports.”
Shen Li could hear the coach outside continuing to communicate with the doctor, unwilling to give up.
His eyes were wide open, staring blankly at the stark white ceiling of the hospital, looking lost and helpless.
At that moment, Old Jin was sitting right next to her, and the gentle old man was peeling an apple for her, cutting it into small pieces, and feeding it to her with a fork.
At that time, Lao Jin said this: "Chen Li, don't give up."
"You're still young, you have a bright future ahead of you, and you have plenty of time to try and fail, to explore different paths."
Old Jin walked over and closed the ward door tightly, preventing the coach and his voice from leaking in.
She continued, "I heard you can also make pottery, you're quite talented, are you the kind that makes teapots and teacups?"
Shen Li had tears welling up in her eyes at that moment, and she softly hummed in agreement, her attention slowly being drawn away by Lao Jin's words.
And now, all these years later, Old Jin still looks at her with a smile and says to her, "Chen Li, don't give up."
"I haven't given up." Shen Li nodded with a smile.
Old Jin said, "That's right, twenty-seven or twenty-eight, it's the perfect time to make a name for yourself."
Qu Xiang poured Lao Jin a cup of tea, "You're at the perfect age to make your mark, Lao Jin. You're in your early sixties, the best age ever!"
Meanwhile, in another private room, there was a gathering of other classes.
In the corner sofa, a handsome man with an air of nobility could attract many eyes simply by sitting there.
"Hey, isn't that one from the international program? Why is he here?"
"Lu Yanchuan from the international class, I think he was in the same class as Duan Chen from our class for a year, so I came over to chat for a bit."
"Aren't you going to go up and try to get on his good side? This is the man from the Lu Group." The person speaking gave a thumbs-up as he said this.
"I'd like to, but what good does it do to get close to someone? If I were in business, I would have gone for it. But I'm a civil servant; I'm trying to avoid any appearance of impropriety..."
Duan Chen sat next to Lu Yanchuan, dressed in a shirt and trousers, looking quite different from the boy Lu Yanchuan remembered who always wore sportswear.
Lu Yanchuan hadn't really intended to come today, but when he heard Tang Yao say that Shen Li had been taken to a salon by Qu Xiang and had her hair and makeup done beautifully, he was surprised.
I still felt a little restless inside.
But he held back and didn't plan to come.
However, once a person starts to feel restless, their subconscious will begin to rationalize what they want to do.
Find a plausible reason.
Duan Chen's phone call became a perfectly logical reason.
I heard Duan Chen say on the phone that he had returned to Jiangcheng and was attending an alumni reunion organized by Jianggao and held at Jianghai Fish Restaurant today.
Without even a moment's hesitation, Lu Yanchuan replied, "Okay, I'm coming now. Let's talk when we meet."
They could have easily explained it over the phone. But when Duan Chen asked him, "Won't this take up your time?"
Lu Yanchuan replied, "It's good for old classmates to get together."
So the two of them sat in the private room where Duan Chen's class reunion was taking place.
"...That's what I've heard," Duan Chen said.
"You were suddenly injured before the selection?" Lu Yanchuan's brows furrowed tightly.
Duan Chen nodded, "The coach is still upset about it, feeling it's such a pity. But thinking about it, it makes sense..."
A coach who teaches students at a school has trained a promising young player who has won championships in the province and is even eligible to participate in the national team selection.
It was all so promising, but suddenly it all collapsed halfway through. No one could possibly let it go.
"How did you get injured out of nowhere? Where is the injury? Is it serious?" Lu Yanchuan asked.
Duan Chen couldn't help but glance at Lu Yanchuan, "You didn't even ask her?"
Duan Chen had also heard rumors that Lu Yanchuan and his wife did not have a good relationship.
But to be honest, the Shen Li incident should be considered one of the major turning points in this girl's life.
Logically, a husband should have heard about such a significant event.
It seems that their relationship is indeed as bad as the rumors suggest.
Hearing Duan Chen's words and seeing his eyes, Lu Yanchuan understood what Duan Chen was thinking.
Lu Yanchuan remained silent for a few seconds, then sighed softly, "I had some misunderstandings about her before, which affected our relationship."
Duan Chen said he understood, "I understand, so I want to know more about it now. The coach told me that Shen Li was injured because he was doing something brave."
“There were a few thugs with weapons who seemed to be looking for trouble. She overheard their conversation, learned of their purpose, and then went up to them.”
"The coach said it seems like those thugs are going to cause trouble for our Jianggao students. Actually, she has already called the police, so we just need to wait for them to arrive."
"But those people were already very close to Jiang Gao, so she just wanted to delay them a bit, but she didn't expect to be injured so badly."
"She's just a female student. No matter how good she is, she's outnumbered, especially since the other side is armed."
"The injury is quite serious, it's in my lower back. The coach said that if the injury had been any worse, I would have been paralyzed."
Upon hearing Duan Chen's words, Lu Yanchuan's heart clenched violently.
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