Chapter 33: How far can Sun Ziyi go for his dream...
After the New Year, Ruan Siwei came to Beijing on a business trip, and Jiang Yong, unsociable, set up a game at the golf course at Xu Zecheng's home. Jiang Yong certainly didn't know what Wang Shu was thinking, he only remembered that Wang Shu mentioned the Shunyi golf course to him last year.
Wang Shu was just trying to find an excuse to go to his parents' house when he saw Jiang Yong's text message, like grabbing a lifeline when he was about to drown. So he deleted Jiang Yong's "tomorrow at three o'clock" message, and then, without any reason, held up the WeChat message sent by Jiang Yong to show Shen Qingqing, who was lying in bed, and said, "I have to go over. Jiang Yong said that Mr. Ruan is here, and I have to accompany Mr. Ruan for the next few days."
Shen Qingqing sat up from the bed and said, "My sister is coming over today. Although she is here to be a babysitter, I think it is necessary to have dinner together in the evening. We are all family."
Wang Shu put on a pensive look, as if he had rescheduled his schedule in his head. Finally, he said regretfully, "I definitely won't be able to eat. I have to accompany Mr. Ruan for the next few days, but I can still say hello to your sister before you go to bed."
Shen Qingqing was a little disappointed. According to Shen Qiwen's education, guests coming from far away should be welcomed, but she still couldn't stop Wang Shu from going to the social event, so she had to agree.
So Shen Qingqing called Sasa and Sun Ziyi in the group to come to her house to chat and have dinner with Shen Xue in the evening, but only Sasa replied, and fifteen minutes later, Sasa came to her house.
The two thought Sun Ziyi was sleeping in, so they ordered three cups of coffee and started chatting. Chen Qingqing even seriously analyzed her and Lin Baizhou to Sasa, and asked Sasa if Lin Baizhou had contacted her later.
Sasa showed her the WeChat history on her phone. That morning, Lin Bozhou had asked her if she'd gotten home, and she'd replied blandly. From then until now, Lin Bozhou had either sent her links, funny videos, or cooking videos from Douyin.
It was obvious that he was trying his best to "harass" her in a very measured way.
Shen Qingqing said, “Maybe the other party really has some interest.”
Sasa smiled but didn't answer. Her eyes wandered around. Seeing the gauze and anti-inflammatory medicine that Wang Shu had changed on the coffee table at Shen Qingqing's house, Sasa asked, "Who's injured?"
Chen Qingqing then recounted to Sasa what had happened since that day. Sasa was a little surprised, "Your grandpa had a dark face the whole time, didn't he even say sorry?"
Shen Qingqing nodded, “So I was very angry and had a fight with my grandpa. My grandpa was also unhappy and felt that I didn’t respect him.”
Sasa then asked, "So what is Wang Shu's status in your family?"
Shen Qingqing said "just..." She talked for a long time, but couldn't think of a particularly good adjective to explain it, so she turned to talk about the structure of her family. "My uncle is too busy with work and has been in the United States. Although my father is his son-in-law, he has always taken care of my grandfather himself. My father maintains and manages the relatives, nannies, drivers, etc. in the family. It was only during the epidemic in recent years that my uncle and his family returned from the United States to retire."
After listening to her, Sasa asked, "So, not long after you and Wang Shu got married, your uncle and your eldest brother came back?"
Shen Qingqing nodded and said, “Before I got married, my grandfather always said that if the two families were not well matched, problems would arise sooner or later.”
Sasa said with a bit of surprise, "Wang Shu is also very good. I think the market environment may be bad in recent years, and no one has much money. But in a few years, he will definitely be able to step into the stalls with an annual income of tens of millions, and then it will not be a mismatch."
Chen Qingqing chuckled and said, "My family isn't that cruel, but the family my grandfather arranged for Wang Shu to marry into was my uncle's family. How can I describe the conditions of my uncle's family..."
"Let's say Wang Shu is going to meet an investor named Ruan Siwei today. Ruan Siwei is a shareholder of Alice Capital. I think my uncle can compete with him. The investor earns tens of millions or even hundreds of millions a year. Although my uncle has returned to China in recent years, the investment he made is enough for my brother to live on for several lifetimes. I think the fat that flows from my brother's fingers can be my living expenses for a year."
Sasa glanced at the cloakroom behind her, choked a little, and then said, "I think I can understand Wang Shu a little bit. If your grandfather was just an ordinary old man, there would be nothing wrong with him being accidentally injured by an old man. But your family... is so prominent, Wang Shu can't help but feel that he is not treated as a human being in your family."
Chen Qingqing also sighed, "I really tried my best to get my grandfather to be nicer to Wang Shu, but my grandfather just doesn't like Wang Shu; it just so happens that my house is so close to my grandfather's, and my uncle is like my second father in my heart. My brother and my uncle came back from the United States in batches at the time. After being quarantined, the first thing my brother did was to come to my house to give me the gifts he brought back from the United States. He also asked me distressedly how I was getting used to living in a house of over 100 square meters. He also went home and seriously told my uncle that Yanyan was not doing well and that the house was too small to move around. My uncle even came to Beijing to see me... Then he felt that the living environment in Beijing was too bad, so he decided to settle in Shanghai and bought two houses in Gubei for my brother."
Sasa was so shocked that she was speechless. Chen Qingqing's home was a three-bedroom apartment on the east side of the river in Sunshine. When she bought it, the housing prices in Beijing were almost at their peak, so it was definitely not cheap.
Chen Qingqing said earnestly, "Sasa, although our house is not very big, in Beijing, I think one hundred and sixty is pretty good, right?"
Sasa took a deep breath and said, "Hurry up and ask where Sun Ziyi is. My heart is going to explode if you keep talking about it."
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Sun Ziyi held a work jacket in one hand and a pair of scissors in the other. She held the jacket above her eyes and looked at the thread ends through the desk lamp. After aligning them, she cut off the thread ends and threw them into the clothes basket opposite. After completing the process, she picked up a new jacket, spread it out and held it up, and continued to cut the thread ends.
There were already many clothes in her clothes basket. At this time, the bell above her head rang. The older woman at the workstation next to her came over and knocked on her desk. "Come on, Xiao Sun, go eat. I want to chat with you."
Sun Ziyi was a little surprised, but he still took a piece of clothing from the left frame and unfolded it, then asked, "Do we still have lunch?"
The eldest sister smiled. "Of course."
Sun Ziyi said while cutting the thread ends, "I'll go after I finish cutting this. You go first, sister. You don't have to wait for me."
The eldest sister was a little unhappy. "I still want to talk to you. Besides, you can't work in the afternoon if you don't eat."
Sun Ziyi didn't even raise his head, nor did he understand what his elder sister meant. "I'm fine, elder sister, if you have anything to say, tell me here."
The elder sister thought for a moment and said to Sun Ziyi, "You should avoid the woman on your left. She's a bad person."
Sun Ziyi finally raised his head from his clothes, and then turned his head to look over. A kind-looking woman sat opposite him. Sun Ziyi asked, "Who is that?"
The eldest sister whispered, "She's always gossiping and has a lot of bad intentions. It's your first day here, so just ignore her."
Sun Ziyi smiled awkwardly, thinking to herself, "Sister, you seem to be more gossipy than her," and then said, "I haven't been around her, so I won't make a final judgment on her."
Sun Ziyi felt her ears were quiet for a long time. When she raised her head again, she found that her elder sister, who was still talking bad about others, was looking at her meaningfully, as if she had experienced the embarrassment of no one taking up her joke, and then became angry and embarrassed, with hatred in her eyes.
The eldest sister snatched the clothes from Sun Ziyi's hand, threw them onto the table, and left.
Sun Ziyi found it funny and took out his cell phone to write it down in his memo, but then he heard someone knocking on the glass. Outside the window, it was Xu Zecheng. Sun Ziyi waved to him happily.
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Xu Zecheng sat outside on the lawn with a scowl on his face. Sun Ziyi came over with two boxed lunches, put one in Xu Zecheng's arms, and said, "There are spare ribs, eat more."
Xu Zecheng put the lunch box on the lawn beside him without saying a word. Anyone could see that he was angry.
Sun Ziyi said, "You came all the way here from the city just to make me angry?"
Xu Zecheng opened the lunch box and gave her his spare ribs while saying, "What are you doing here? Are you broke? Why are you working in the factory? I told you I have money, you can ask me for it."
Sun Ziyi was speechless and couldn't eat his meal. "I think you just see things as very simple."
"Then you better tell me the answer today, otherwise I will really be angry." Xu Zecheng argued with her angrily.
Sun Ziyi had been busy all morning and was now a little dissatisfied. He said, "Do you think my working here is embarrassing for you? What are you afraid of? No one in Tianjin knows that we are in a relationship."
Xu Zecheng was furious. He put down his lunch box, stood up and shouted, "Do you know what respect means? I only replied to your messages every few hours. I couldn't find you. If I hadn't gone to your house, I wouldn't have known you were working at the factory. And now you miss me so much."
Everyone passing by looked over. Sun Ziyi was so embarrassed that she felt like she could have found another garment factory. She reached out, tugged at the zipper of Xu Zecheng's down jacket, and said, "Then sit down first."
Xu Zecheng pushed her hand away and said, "You speak first."
Sun Ziyi was also furious, but that's how arguments work. Whoever is louder has more momentum, so Xu Zecheng's momentum completely suppressed the fake relationship she wanted to emphasize. "Sit down and I'll tell you."
Xu Zecheng sat down and said, "Whoever cheats is a dog."
Sun Ziyi began to tell Xu Zecheng about his life before the Chinese New Year. "Before the Chinese New Year, I went to a class reunion. Some of them got married, some became civil servants, and some became teachers. People asked me what I was doing in Beijing. I felt like I had accomplished nothing and was very upset. Even having a relationship was difficult..."
Xu Zecheng frowned deeply, his anger flared up again by her words, forcing Sun Ziyi to swallow back the words "fake love". So Xu Zecheng said, "So you come to the factory to cut thread just to get a job? If you don't have a job, just tell me. I can even take you to my house to pick up balls. Don't make it difficult for me to find you."
Sun Ziyi shook his head and said, "Isn't that too narrow-minded? I'm not looking for a job."
Then she pulled out a report on Yan Geling's interview from her phone, which said
In order to ensure the authenticity of her content, Yan Geling even worked in a restaurant while writing her novels.
After Xu Zecheng finished reading, Sun Ziyi turned out another article.
As a screenwriter, you must learn to report in a down-to-earth manner, not make up stories out of thin air, and must respect public sentiment.
After Xu Zecheng finished reading it, he looked up, looked her in the eyes, and said, "You're not doing social practice just to become a good screenwriter, are you?"
Sun Ziyi's eyes lit up and he said, "Yes, you are really smart! I think when you are young, you should try more and gain more social experience. I just thought the character of the sister next door is very interesting."
"What kind of character?" Xu Zecheng asked.
"It's that kind of personality, outspoken and can be seen through at a glance." Sun Ziyi thought for a while and said.
Xu Zecheng sighed, then suddenly asked her. "I saw through your character, too, did you know that?" "It's the kind of heartless woman who's willing to do anything to achieve her dreams." "Even toying with my feelings!" Xu Zecheng finished the whole thing in one breath.
Sun Ziyi was speechless and asked him, "How did I tease you?"
Xu Zecheng didn't say anything. The two of them stared at each other for a while. It was Sun Ziyi who moved his eyes away uncomfortably first. To ease the awkwardness, Xu Zecheng slowly said, "Anyway, you really opened my eyes today."
Sun Ziyi looked down at his toes and said, "Now that you understand, drive your sports car out of our factory immediately, otherwise my gossip will be all over the place tomorrow."
Xu Zecheng thought about it and wanted to emphasize, "Why don't you come to our house to pick up the ball? It will also give you some social practice experience."
Sun Ziyi shook his head. "This is something I want to do myself. If you come to help, it will change the meaning."
Xu Zecheng thought for a moment and said, "How about I come to work with you? I can also cut the thread."
Sun Ziyi quickly refused, "Go back to Beijing. I'm already old enough, you don't have to worry about me."
Xu Zecheng glanced at her and said, "Are you really okay? I'm afraid I won't be able to find you."
Before she knew how to answer, her cell phone rang. It was Sasa calling, asking Sun Ziyi to go to Chen Qingqing's house. Sun Ziyi told the other party that she had joined a factory in Tianjin.
Xu Zecheng, who was sitting nearby, could hear the screams of two girls through the phone.
Sasa was silent for a while on the other end of the phone, then said, "Teacher Sun, you will definitely achieve your dream in the future. The last time I saw someone so hardworking was Yi Yang Qianxi in the movie "Miracle" during the Spring Festival a few days ago."
Chen Qingqing also said, "I support you. I will buy you ten hand creams right away. No matter what, your hands are still the capital of revolution."
Sun Ziyi smiled, and after hanging up the phone, he turned around and said to Xu Zecheng, "You see, they all respect me very much."
Xu Zecheng mumbled "hmm", but he was still unhappy.
The bell for returning to work rang. Sun Ziyi said goodbye to him and left. Xu Zecheng sat on the lawn, hugged his knees and watched her walk to the workshop.
That afternoon, Xu Zecheng waited outside the factory for Sun Ziyi to get off work until dark, when the light from the factory came out.
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