3-15: "Are you going to find him?"
By the time Huaiyan realized what was happening...
The others had already followed Bai Wenzhou and gotten into the car.
Seeing Lu Yu being left far behind by the two, the boy felt a little guilty.
"Teacher Bai..."
He wanted the man to stop so he could go back and explain to Lu Yu.
Lu Yu traveled a long way to find him, which must have taken a lot of effort.
Bai Wenzhou turned his head, glanced at the boy, and asked in a low voice, "Are you going to find him?"
Huaiyan immediately widened her eyes and shook her head.
The man's tone suggested something more than just a simple inquiry.
So the boy lowered his head as if nothing had happened and whispered, "No, no..."
As they were talking, Bai Wenzhou opened the car door, and the boy bent down and got into the car.
The boy wanted to say something more.
"They're here?" Zhang Sheng patted the steering wheel and glanced at the two of them in the rearview mirror.
The boy looked up in surprise, only to meet the other's probing gaze.
Then, the boy blushed and lowered his head.
"Hmm." Bai Wenzhou closed the car door and said calmly, "Let's go."
Zhang Sheng smiled upon hearing this and glanced at his childhood friend.
Then, he raised an eyebrow and changed the subject, saying, "Little friend, is your teacher, Mr. Bai, very fierce? Very difficult to deal with?"
Upon hearing this, Bai Wenzhou's forehead twitched violently.
He gave Zhang Sheng a cool look, the warning all too obvious.
Huai Yan, as if startled, sat down properly in her seat.
He dared not answer Zhang Sheng's question easily.
Even though it was obvious that the other party had a close relationship with Bai Wenzhou, they could even joke around without any restraint.
Thinking this, the boy's neck flushed red with bewilderment.
To be fair, Bai Wenzhou treated him quite well.
Huaiyan had seen Bai Wenzhou in class; he was aloof and sexy, yet often gave off a sense of distance.
The man seemed difficult to get along with, especially when he wasn't smiling.
This has led many people to perceive Bai Wenzhou as someone who is always aloof and unsmiling.
But it was Bai Wenzhou who helped him time and time again.
Huai Yan recalled that on the day he was bullied at school, Bai Wenzhou was the first person to find him.
Take him home to change his clothes, give him a bath, cook for him, and let him sleep in the master bedroom.
Later, when the perpetrators of the school bullying were caught, it turned out that they were all men.
There is also a competition spot for Jiang Yuxing.
Because they got their spot back, Jiang Yuxing's favorability rating, which was originally only 5%, jumped to 20% in the blink of an eye.
Therefore, if we really want to evaluate Bai Wenzhou, Huai Yan probably has no other answer.
The boy didn't answer immediately, and the atmosphere inside the car became somewhat tense for a moment.
Bai Wenzhou glanced at the stunned boy almost imperceptibly.
He certainly didn't expect the child to give any answer.
Bai Wenzhou withdrew his gaze, gently rubbed his temples, and closed his eyes.
Just when he thought he would never receive a response from Huaiyan.
The boy's soft yet firm voice rang out in the small space.
"Teacher Bai... Teacher Bai isn't fierce," the boy said softly, his eyelashes fluttering.
Zhang Sheng paused upon hearing this, then chuckled in disbelief.
He had initially worried that Huaiyan was too timid to answer his questions.
I'm also worried that the teenager might become withdrawn; he's an adult, but he seems so innocent.
“That’s impossible,” Zhang Sheng persisted. “Don’t be afraid, I’m here. You don’t need to worry about your teacher, Mr. Bai.”
"ah……?"
The boy looked up at Bai Wenzhou blankly.
The man didn't make any move; he only saw a near-perfect profile.
Huaiyan knew from the beginning that Bai Wenzhou was good-looking.
Looking at it from this angle now, there are still no blind spots.
The man had a high, straight nose and a perfectly smooth jawline; when he closed his eyes, he possessed an indescribable allure.
Zhang Sheng saw this scene in the rearview mirror and laughed out loud again.
"Little friend, don't worry about making your Teacher Bai angry. You don't need to look at him," Zhang Sheng said lazily. "Just tell me, has anyone been scared to tears by him?"
Bai Wenzhou: "..."
Bai Wenzhou was indeed known for his strictness.
After all, the man had taught Jiang Yuxing, who was the top student in the entire school, so even the dean of students treated him with kindness.
So the boy observed the man's expressionless face, which remained unchanged.
She answered cautiously, "No, no, Teacher Bai teaches very well."
have to.
Zhang Sheng sighed, thinking to himself that this was indeed his childhood friend's little fanboy.
Actually, it was Zhang Sheng who first discovered that Bai Wenzhou was being followed.
Zhang Sheng has a very good memory and remembers it very clearly from that time.
Bai Wenzhou did not linger his gaze on the boy for even a second.
Zhang Sheng felt that Bai Wenzhou had probably discovered it long ago, but hadn't paid any attention to it.
But at some point, things started to spiral out of control.
"Oh?" Zhang Sheng chuckled a few times, then asked teasingly, "So, what do you think of Teacher Bai's teaching?"
Zhang Sheng had indeed never heard his childhood friend give a lecture.
Since graduating from university, the two have been increasingly busy, and it wasn't until this year that things finally settled down.
Those who are indifferent will only think this is an ordinary question.
Just like adults always ask questions like, "Do you like your dad or your mom more?"
What was said unintentionally may have been taken to heart by the listener.
Huaiyan bit her moist lips tightly, and an unconscious blush appeared on her delicate face.
The boy was burning up, and as if Zhang Sheng had read his mind, he became restless.
He always felt that Bai Wenzhou's friends wouldn't ask such a simple question.
No matter how you answer, the boy seems to have only one answer.
Huai Yan opened her lips, which were bitten until they were bright red, her throat tightened, and she managed to squeeze out a syllable: "I..."
At the same time, perhaps seeing that the boy did not react, Bai Wenzhou said calmly, "Alright."
The boy, who had been incredibly nervous just moments before, suddenly froze.
Was Bai Wenzhou talking to him?
Okay, what does that mean?
Huaiyan finally mustered up her courage, but the moment the man spoke...
It collapsed immediately.
Huai Yan couldn't help but feel disappointed, thinking that Bai Wenzhou's reaction was the normal one.
Which teacher would be willing to listen to their student's confession?
The confession was bad enough, but it was from a guy.
I still don't like it.
The boy sniffed, and swallowed back the words he hadn't said.
Since Bai Wenzhou didn't want to hear it, he stopped talking.
Zhang Sheng, however, failed to notice the undercurrents surging on both sides.
He was still dutifully pressing the clutch, glancing at the navigation every now and then.
The destination was a restaurant called Shuiyunxuan.
The location was chosen by Bai Wenzhou.
This restaurant is considered high-end and is always packed. You need to make a reservation a week in advance if you want to come.
Last week, Zhang Sheng suddenly became interested and impulsively made an appointment.
I never expected to see children in person.
After the three got out of the car, Zhang Sheng casually tossed the keys to the servant who came up beside him.
Then, Zhang Sheng glanced at his childhood friend and asked in a low voice, "Did it work?"
Bai Wenzhou nodded and naturally put his arm around the boy's shoulder.
Although the tutoring was a spur-of-the-moment decision, it wasn't entirely useless.
This meal took a long time to finish.
The reason was that Zhang Sheng was so busy with company matters that he hadn't been to this store in a long time.
So as soon as he sat down, he ordered seven or eight appetizers.
The side dishes and main courses that followed also filled the entire table.
"Is it..." Huaiyan looked at the dishes on the table, somewhat hesitant.
"It's nothing," Zhang Sheng said, as if he knew what the boy was thinking.
He waved his hand dismissively and said, "Order whatever you want, Teacher Bai will pay."
As a small reward for something.
However, despite the large number of dishes ordered, Shuiyunjian is certainly not known for its "quantity" of food.
Looking around, most of the dishes that could be called vegetables only contained less than a third of the food.
Perhaps it's for aesthetic purposes.
"By the way, A-Zhou." Zhang Sheng tilted his head back and took a sip of wine, then remembered something and said, "Luckily, you made me withdraw from that project beforehand."
Bai Wenzhou calmly raised his eyes: "What?"
“Of course it’s the same company,” Zhang Sheng sneered. “Didn’t they get a big order recently? Now they’re in trouble.”
Zhang Sheng opened an architectural design institute and is doing very well in Licheng.
At the end of last year, their design institute received a large order. The client had many small requirements, and several essential load-bearing columns were cut.
After much persuasion from the design institute, the client finally agreed to the last proposal.
For aesthetic reasons, a few load-bearing columns can be cut, but the remaining essential ones must be of the highest quality to meet the highest fire resistance standards.
The problem is that the construction company that the client hired was a relatively unknown company.
At that time, the design institute still had a cooperation with the client, and the design institute had to send a few people to the construction site to supervise the construction.
But Bai Wenzhou immediately knew there was a problem and forced Zhang Sheng to breach the contract, thus ending the second half of the process.
After listening to Bai Wenzhou's words, Zhang Sheng paid a penalty fee and severed ties with the client.
With construction halted, the construction company naturally held a grudge against the design institute, and they did their best to sabotage Bai Wenzhou and Zhang Sheng.
Then, the funniest part came.
At the beginning of this year, the construction company somehow managed to restart construction.
As a result, their own people cut corners in the materials used, using substandard products.
Before the building was completed, after a rainy day, the workers went to work as usual, but the building was corroded by water and collapsed.
The falling steel bars caused several workers to fall from the 7th floor to the first floor.
The steel bars pierced the workers' vital organs, and several workers died.
According to conservative estimates, the construction company will need to pay approximately five million in total compensation.
This is still a conservative estimate. If the situation were to fall on Zhang Sheng's design institute, the institute would also suffer.
If Gao is found guilty of mismanagement, it might even implicate Bai Wenzhou.
Listen to the whole story.
Suddenly, Huaiyan paused in her eating.
The boy glanced at Bai Wenzhou with an ambiguous expression.
The man, too, was looking back at him with a brooding expression.
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