Chapter 202
"Hey, Ji Wanmei, who's this?"
Ji Wanmei heard Fang Xiaoqin's voice, turned around, and saw Fang Xiaoqin and Zhou Yuejuan walking over from outside the school together.
Since both of them were locals from Huadong City, they went home after the National Day holiday and only returned to school leisurely the day before evening self-study.
I never expected to run into Ji Wanmei standing very close to a man talking at the school gate.
Long before, Fang Xiaoqin, with her big mouth, had been talking badly about Ji Wanmei behind her back, saying that she had a boyfriend before she even entered the school, and that she was definitely not as simple as she seemed on the surface.
After Ji Wanmei saw through her true colors, she never got close to her. Unless necessary, she didn't confront her, and even when they were in the same dormitory, they didn't talk much.
Most of the time, Ji Wanmei played with Zhou Min.
Now that Lei Tingjun has been seen, and he's standing so close to Ji Wanmei, no one with eyes would believe that they're not in that kind of relationship.
Fang Xiaoqin was jealous that Ji Wanmei had so easily obtained the title of the most beautiful girl in the management department and was so popular at school.
Not only male classmates, but also teachers and even many female classmates liked her.
Therefore, whenever Ji Wanmei has something she considers a 'shameful thing', she wants to spread it throughout the whole world.
Ji Wanmei deliberately avoided mentioning her family background, but she always acted as if her family was very wealthy, with the best food, clothing, and daily necessities. Fang Xiaoqin had never been outshone by anyone, except for Ji Wanmei.
We lost completely.
No wonder Fang Xiaoqin felt uneasy!
"This is my private matter. Is it necessary for me to explain it to you?" Ji Wanmei said in a nonchalant tone.
Lei Tingjun immediately sensed from Ji Wanmei's tone that she disliked these two classmates.
Zhou Yuejuan secretly observed Lei Tingjun for a while, mentally assessing him using her perspective on men.
He was quite tall, taller than most men, but his dark, brooding eyes were intimidating.
Zhou Yuejuan glanced at Lei Tingjun's wrist again. Men from well-off families often wore quartz watches.
But this man didn't even have a watch.
This showed that she didn't actually have much money, and Zhou Yuejuan dismissed it, turning her gaze away.
"We're all roommates, just ask. If you're dating someone, just admit it openly. What's there to hide?" Fang Xiaoqin said this deliberately.
As he spoke, he kept glancing at Ji Wanmei and Lei Tingjun with ambiguous eyes.
Ji Wanmei frowned, intending to say, "Yes, he's my boyfriend, so what?"
“Even if you are classmates, you should know your place and have a sense of propriety.” At this moment, Lei Tingjun spoke up coldly, “You are college students, not gossipy old women in the village.”
His voice was deep and cold, carrying an inexplicable and intimidating aura.
In addition, his tall and imposing figure gave him a very strong aura of pressure, especially when his cold and stern face darkened and he stared at people with his dark, inky eyes, which was particularly frightening.
It feels like being in a jungle, being watched by a predatory beast poised to pounce.
Fang Xiaoqin and Zhou Yuejuan shuddered involuntarily, glared at him silently, muttered something under their breath, and walked away arm in arm with a snort.
Ji Wanmei turned around, looked him up and down, and then chuckled at him.
Lei Tingjun, confused, asked, "Meimei, what are you laughing at?"
He noticed that she clearly disliked the two female classmates, and that the two were speaking in a sarcastic tone. He figured that given Ji Wanmei's upbringing, she definitely wouldn't have a verbal conflict with them, so Lei Tingjun spoke up in time.
Ji Wanmei laughed so hard she almost fell over: "I never expected you to be so scary when you have a stern face!"
"Didn't you see? They were so scared of you just now, they couldn't even say a word, and their faces turned pale."
Lei Tingjun touched his chin and said helplessly, "Am I that scary?"
He had a little stubble on his chin, which added to his masculine charm.
However, combined with his clumsy movements, he doesn't look scary at all; in fact, he looks quite cute.
Ji Wanmei felt that she was starting to see beauty in the eye of the beholder.
"However, he's not scary at all when he's in front of me," Ji Wanmei said with a smile. In fact, she sometimes even felt that he was like a silly, clumsy big dog.
"Alright, I should go to school now. You should go back early, or it will get very late again."
The two parted ways at the school gate in such a rush that they didn't even have time to have dinner together.
Lei Tingjun stood outside the gate of East China University, watching Ji Wanmei enter the campus before glancing up at the university's imposing gate and silently turning away.
It'll be soon, very soon.
If he works hard for another six months, he will have the opportunity to study at the same university as her next spring.
By then, he would no longer have to worry about male classmates like Lu Zhuoxuan secretly approaching her.
Thinking about the future fills Lei Tingjun with energy, and he feels that no matter how hard or tiring it is, it is all worth it.
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After returning to Pingdong City, Lei Tingjun learned that after he returned to Pingquan County today, Old Cui from the brick factory in Honghe Township called him, saying that they had discussed it and asked Lei Tingjun to raise the purchase price to 22,000 yuan.
The most suitable bottom line for Lei Jun is naturally 20,000 yuan.
This price wasn't something he quoted randomly.
The calculation was based on the number of bricks that the Honghe Brick Factory's kilns could produce and supply, as well as the initial costs that his fleet and workers would need to invest along the route before the cement road was built to Honghe Township.
With an extra two thousand dollars, he would face additional cost pressure. Now that the transportation team has lost the income from waste recycling, he is unsure whether he can weather the storm if the initial investment is too large until he finds a better project.
So Lei Tingjun considered it for a moment, called back, and insisted that he could only offer 20,000 yuan. If it really didn't work out, he would give up his plan to acquire the Honghe Brick Factory.
This is a negotiation tactic; Lei Tingjun was naturally determined to acquire the brick factory in Honghe Township.
But he needs to have a backup plan for this kind of thing.
The next day, when A-Qiang returned, Lei Tingjun called him over to discuss buying the brick factory.
“I’ve spoken to the people in Honghe Township. If it’s worth 20,000 yuan, we’ll buy it,” Lei Tingjun said. “First, let me ask you what you think. How many shares do you want to invest in this brick factory?”
The two men in the previous transport team split their shares 40/60, but now that the brick factory is being repurchased, the amount of money needed is far more than just one or two thousand.
That's tens of thousands.
Back in 1988, there were only a handful of households in the entire township with 10,000 yuan in their pockets. If Lei Tingjun was the kind of person who was content with a little wealth, he could have become the first household with 10,000 yuan in the area if he had taken the money back to his hometown now!
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