Chapter 178 Extra 1
Extra 1 (1) Previous Life - Gu Jiangkuo's Secret Love Story 1
"Classmate? Are you still going to do it?" Jiang Nuo asked helplessly for the second time. The weirdo blushed and said hesitantly, "I'm sorry."
"Oh, that's okay."
The eccentric Gu Jiangkuo, having muddled through his student card, finally left the line, but stood bewildered to the side. Instead, he looked at Jiang Nuo—a name he had noticed while waiting in line earlier.
Gu Jiangkuo had never seen such a handsome boy before, with fair skin, big eyes, delicate but not feminine. Unlike other boys who were smelly, he exuded a pleasant and fresh scent.
In fact, it wasn't just him. On the day of enrollment, there were huge crowds of people. More than half of the people at the registration desk were secretly looking at Jiang Nuo. There were also several generous girls who rushed over to chat and ask for contact information, but the handsome boy just smiled politely and didn't agree.
His eyes curved when he smiled, but his demeanor was distant. Gu Jiangkuo heard a few sour-smelling boys whispering in his ear: "Why are you pretending so much? If it were me, I wouldn't give a girl face."
"His shoes are worth over 10,000 yuan. He must be a rich second-generation."
Gu Jiangkuo couldn't help but look down at his feet. The canvas shoes on his feet were bought at a roadside stall. He bargained down the price from thirty to twenty-five. The quality was okay, but they were very worn out on the construction site. After wearing them for about a month, they were already starting to come apart.
How many pairs of 25-yuan shoes can he buy with 10,000 yuan? 400 pairs. Even if he changes a pair every two months, that's enough for him to wear for 66 years, until he's 85.
Gu Jiangkuo tucked his toes in embarrassment, decided to forget about the handsome and rich boy, and went back to the line - he still had to return the student card he had just applied for, which had a deposit of 20 yuan.
Gu Jiangkuo is different from others. He is not here to report, but to go through the withdrawal procedures.
He spent three months studying and narrowly passed the entrance exam to Yanlin University, where he was transferred to the Computer Science Department. With this kind of score, a typical family would have thrown a lavish graduation banquet and then burned incense to their ancestors to thank them for blessing them with a prestigious university student.
But for Gu Jiangkuo, it was not enough.
His high school class teacher agreed to help him apply for a scholarship. A month ago, Gu Jiangkuo also applied to Yanlin University, which also exempted him from part of the tuition and accommodation fees, but not from a scholarship - his college entrance examination scores were not high enough.
Moreover, even if you get a perfect GPA at the end of the semester, the scholarship is only 5,000 yuan, and it will not be paid out until the end of the semester.
If it were just him, maybe it would be enough, but not for grandma. She doesn't have medical insurance, and her medicine costs two to three thousand yuan every month. Besides, if he goes to live in a dormitory, grandma will not be left without anyone to take care of her.
It’s different on a construction site. If you’re willing to work hard and do enough work, you can earn 9,000 to 12,000 yuan a month.
And he has plenty of strength.
Gu Jiangkuo thought that he could work on the construction site for a year first, save enough money and then take the exam next year. It would be the same. He could go to university anytime, but he only had one grandma.
Besides, if I can get into Yanlin after three months of review, then I should be able to work and study part-time next year. Maybe I can get better grades and get a scholarship.
Gu Jiangkuo was weighed down by his worries, and he quickly forgot about the beautiful boy he had just seen at first sight, who had made him dazedly follow the queue and mistakenly apply for a student card.
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At the construction site, the yellow-haired man found Gu Jiangkuo for the second time.
"Hey big guy, what do you think? Do you want to do it? Not everyone has this opportunity. I'm calling you because you're quite skilled."
The first time he approached Gu Jiangkuo was last month during the holidays, saying he was working as a thug for the Jiang Group and was trying to intimidate a few deadbeats into paying back their debts.
Gu Jiangkuo had been very interested in this before - his grandma's medicine was almost out, and he was very interested in all ways to make quick money - but unfortunately he missed it because of something at home that day.
"How much?" Gu Jiangkuo asked expressionlessly.
Huang Mao grinned and gestured: "That's the price for one visit, how about it, not a loss, right?"
"OK."
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Gu Jiangkuo regretted his decision that day for the rest of his life. He got the money, but he was seriously injured. Although his vitals were saved, the doctor said that he would basically not be able to use them normally in the future unless he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to go to the top hospital in City A.
He was reluctant to spend even a few dozen dollars and was even discharged from the hospital early.
Gu Jiangkuo was depressed for a while, not going to the construction site for several days. While recovering from his injuries, he worried: Will he grow a beard like a eunuch? Will he involuntarily curl his fingers? Will he lose all his muscle mass and no longer have the strength to lift bricks?
Fortunately, after the wound healed, everything was back to normal.
His beard did not fall off, his male hormones were not affected, and he was still incredibly strong. Because he worked so hard, he even earned a high salary of 15,000 yuan one month.
It seemed that apart from not being able to do that kind of thing, nothing had changed in his life - he was tired as a dog every day anyway and had no chance to think about anything else.
He doesn't even have a decent smartphone to watch porn movies.
Gu Jiangkuo is not only strong but also smart. Because he is clever and willing to work hard, the foreman is willing to give him some errands, including helping with stamping and handling various procedures. Gradually, he has become a small boss from an ordinary worker, and his salary has also increased.
After a year, he saved a lot of money, enough to go back to school.
But one year is enough time for a person to change his mind. Being a graduate from a prestigious university is indeed a stepping stone to interviewing at a large company, but one still has to wait for four years... Gu Jiangkuo has been working at the construction site for so long that he has basically figured out all the twists and turns between the foreman and the company, and he has a new ambition.
Diploma may not be that important, what is important is knowledge.
Gu Jiangkuo was staying in the university town. During graduation season, he went to a flea market run by senior students and bought a bag full of second-hand university textbooks with notes at a very cheap price.
Then they ran to the rental house - the old house was demolished, and they took part of the resettlement money and rented a house temporarily.
I heard that the company that undertook the reconstruction of the old city was the famous Jiang Group in Yanlin. Where there are new buildings, there are new projects. Gu Jiangkuo was calculating the new business opportunities.
Although half of the demolition compensation was divided up by his uncle Wang Weiguo, the remaining half was still an astronomical figure for Gu Jiangkuo. He did not want to live off his savings, but planned to use the demolition compensation to do something big: set up his own construction team and become the contractor himself.
It is not easy to set up an engineering team by yourself. You need money, people, and connections.
More importantly, there is competition among the construction teams, and they may run into their former employers. The people of Yanlin are tough this year, especially the construction teams with low overall quality. Who will be polite to you?
But Gu Jiangkuo, who just turned 20, is a young and fearless man. The harder it is to make money, the more he wants to get a piece of the pie.
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Although Jiang Nuo nominally inherited the Jiang Group and became the so-called chairman, he was actually still a student. His childhood sweetheart and boyfriend Ding Pingzhou always advised him that college was the most precious four years of his life and there was no need to delay his studies for a business full of money.
Jiang Nuo was cautious at first and often checked the accounts secretly - when Old Jiang was alive, he taught him a lot of things intentionally or unintentionally, and Jiang Nuo was influenced by him since he was a child. Besides, he studied finance and could understand the account books - but he didn't find any problems, so he gradually let down his guard.
College life is really interesting.
There is an international convention about magical places like universities: the better the university, the fewer walls it has.
He could even arrange his own class schedule. In his sophomore year, Jiang Nuo scheduled all his elective courses from Monday to Thursday. Except for a compulsory philosophy class on Friday that the teacher didn't like to attend, the whole day was free.
Young Master Jiang would skip classes every now and then, take three days off to participate in club activities, then suddenly decide to take a flight and invite a few friends to go on a spontaneous trip...
On the contrary, she rarely dates her nominal boyfriend because Ding Pingzhou is busy all day and always has no time to accompany him. Jiang Nuo does not blame Ding Pingzhou and actually enjoys this relatively free relationship.
Twenty-year-old boys always like to play.
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When he was in college, Jiang Nuo seldom went to the company, and this day he just decided to go on a whim.
Because I heard a rumor in the school: it was said that an exchange student studying art had hooked up with a famous person named Ding in the city.
There is only one prominent family with the surname Ding in Yanlin City.
But there is only one man in the Ding family who likes her.
Jiang Nuo didn't know how others felt when they were cheated on, but he himself didn't feel jealous or sad. His first reaction was anger: "If others knew, where would my face be?" His second reaction was: "I have to go back to the company to check the accounts!"
When she learned that her boyfriend was suspected of cheating on her, she hurried to check the accounts instead of checking on him.
Jiang Nuo himself even began to doubt whether he loved Ding Pingzhou enough.
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Gu Jiangkuo thought he had forgotten the handsome boy he met at the beginning of the school year, until one day, when he collapsed in front of the gate of Jiang Group, covered in dust.
Because they had snatched an order from an engineering team through their operations, the gang was unwilling to accept this and deliberately dragged him into a fight near the Jiang Group headquarters, intending to teach him a lesson.
Unfortunately, they were inferior to Gu Jiangkuo in fighting ability. Gu Jiangkuo fought against a larger number of opponents and still managed to draw, not letting them gain much advantage at all.
However, as luck would have it, a supervisor named Li, who was involved in a conspiracy with the contractors, came out and ordered the security guards in a domineering manner, "Who dares to fight at the gate of the Jiang Group? Call the police immediately."
Gu Jiangkuo instantly knew that he had fallen into a trap. The project was about to begin, and he could not afford to be detained for a few days. Moreover, if Jiang's leaders knew that he, the new contractor, had caused trouble before taking office, they would definitely reconsider whether to cooperate with him.
Gu Jiangkuo's first reaction was to run, but he was held down by several security guards.
Manager Li stepped on Gu Jiangkuo's hand in a frivolous manner and twisted it, "Little Gu, huh? You're crazy about money, you take any job without asking any questions..."
"Li Qing! What are you doing?"
A clear male voice sounded.
Gu Jiangkuo's head was held down by the security guard, so he could only tilt his head, squinting his eyes, which were slightly swollen from the beating, and look over with difficulty. The boy was just as clean and fresh as when they first met, with snow-white shoes, as if he didn't need to walk himself, and there was no dirt on the soles of his shoes.
Unlike myself...
Gu Jiangkuo glanced at himself out of the corner of his eye. His body and hands were covered in dirt. Without even looking at his face, he could imagine how miserable he was. He probably couldn't even recognize what he looked like.
Well, since I am in such a terrible state now, it is better not to let him recognize me.
...I probably wouldn't recognize him, after all, we only met once.
Gu Jiangkuo was lost in thought, watching Jiang Nuo's mouth opening and closing, and hearing some fragments of words.
"Don't do this again next time."
"At the company gate, bullying others by taking advantage of your power, what do you think?"
"Your family's set of 'jianghu rules' cannot be applied to the Jiang Group. I hope there won't be a next time."
It turns out that he is the eldest son of the Jiang Group.
No wonder, he has such an outstanding temperament. Only a young master who grew up in a honey pot can be so kind and sincere. Only a child who has been raised with no worries about food and clothing can be so delicate and exquisite.
Gu Jiangkuo heard Young Master Jiang order the security guard: "Help him up."
Then he chased away Li Qing, who had been following him closely, and asked Gu Jiangkuo, "Can you still walk on your own?"
Gu Jiangkuo stood up straight, and Jiang Nuo realized that this young man was a full head taller than him, with dark skin mixed with dirt and blood. Young Master Jiang frowned slightly, seeming a little scared and a little disgusted.
Gu Jiangkuo quickly took two steps back, as if afraid that the smell of blood would suffocate him, and whispered, "You can walk."
"Yes." The proud young master responded with a monosyllable and ordered, "Then follow me."
Gu Jiangkuo followed obediently. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Li Qing still stretching his neck at the door, glaring at him hatefully, as if he was afraid that he would complain to Mr. Jiang.
As expected, Jiang Nuo asked as they walked: "What's the problem between you and Li Qing?"
Gu Jiangkuo pursed his lips, knowing this was a good opportunity for revenge, but he hesitated. As the saying goes, it's easy to meet the King of Hell, but hard to deal with the little devils. Every company has executives who take kickbacks; it's an unspoken rule in the industry, known even to the top executives of major corporations. Furthermore, he wasn't any more aboveboard than Li Qing and his engineering team in getting the project.
If you don't answer this question well, you might end up suffering as well.
Gu Jiangkuo was thinking rapidly about how to respond, but the handsome, inexperienced young man had already come up with an answer: "Judging from your appearance, you must be involved in some gang like Li Qing used to be?"
Gu Jiangkuo: “?”
Entering the elevator, Jiang Nuo raised her fair, slender wrist, lowered her thick eyelashes, looked at her expensive mechanical watch, and muttered, "Forget it, I don't care about the trivial grudges between you two."
The young master seemed to be in a hurry and said hurriedly: "I have something else to do. I will ask someone to take you to the hospital later."
Is he leaving so soon?
Gu Jiangkuo actually forgot about complaining to Mr. Jiang, and was left with an indescribable melancholy in his heart.
When he was 14 years old, he suffered a great change and lost his father and mother overnight. He had no energy or conditions to experience the first blossoming of love and almost missed the opportunity of "early love".
So I am still a little unfamiliar with this feeling, and I don’t know that the first time we met was called "love at first sight", and now when we meet again it is called "heart-wrenching".
But I felt particularly ashamed in front of him, so I could only follow him absent-mindedly.
Then I saw the handsome young master was stunned at first after the elevator door opened, and then he quickly pressed the button to close the door. The elevator returned along the original route and slowly descended.
Young Master Jiang turned around, raised his head, looked at Gu Jiangkuo's face, which was so dirty that it was almost unrecognizable, and said, "Brother, can you still hold on? Do me a favor?"
After a fierce fight, Gu Jiangkuo's bones were almost broken, but looking at the big black and white eyes of Young Master Jiang, he said inexplicably: "No problem."
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