Chapter 171 Passed the Retest
During her second year of graduate school, Professor Chen Zan was invited to serve as a consultant for a key project at TInN headquarters, and she naturally joined the headquarters and the project.
The on-campus student apartment had very strict curfew management, and Chen Zan often had to work overtime during that period, so he moved out and found a house off campus.
At first, she shared a cheap apartment off campus with a senior student from the same college. The senior student lived with her boyfriend. Every night, Chen Zhan could hear noises coming from next door. They shared a bathroom and toilet. She would often wake up in the morning to see her boyfriend without a shirt on and without closing the toilet door.
She mentioned this to her senior, but she thought that the security in this area was poor and robberies often happened. If there was a man in the house, it would avoid a lot of trouble. Moreover, they paid double rent, and Chen Zan would not be able to find a cheaper house than here if he left.
She had saved a lot of money from scholarships and various bonuses at that time, but she did not receive a salary for joining the project team with her supervisor, so she had enough money, but not much, so she did not look for another house.
Chen Zhan was lucky enough that nothing bad happened in the first two months. Later, he followed his supervisor on a business trip for a week. When he returned home, he found that things in his room had been rummaged through. He called the police and reported that a thief had pried open the lock in the middle of the night.
She didn't have any valuables, and she only carried her documents when she was on a business trip. She had a luxury bag given to her by Xu Anan, which contained some loose change. Both the bag and the money were stolen, and she lost her keys at that time.
The police came and took a statement and checked fingerprints, and there was no further follow-up.
Afterwards, Chen Zan asked the senior sister if she knew that the door lock had been pried open. The senior sister said that her door was closed, she did not enter Chen Zan's room, and did not know that she had lost anything.
It was just such a coincidence that the two rooms pried open Chen Zan's door.
Later she moved out and rented a second-floor apartment in the old neighborhood from Ms. Fei after being introduced by someone. The rent was cheap and the only requirement was that she was not allowed to bring men home.
Ms. Fei also likes to cook. Whenever Chen Zan is at home, she will bring him the extra dishes. Several times, when Chen Zan was sick and it was difficult to see a doctor abroad, Ms. Fei helped take care of him.
Chen Zan always thought that he was lucky to have met such a warm-hearted and caring landlady.
Now Ms. Fei told her that the house was actually under Zhou Jingyu's name, and even she was the housekeeper hired by Zhou Jingyu.
In fact, in the first year that Chen Zan went abroad to study, someone who claimed to be Zhou Jingyu's friend came to the school to look for Xia Wu. It was winter at that time, and the heating in the dormitory was sometimes good and sometimes bad, so Chen Zan's cold never completely healed in those few weeks.
Someone found Chen Zhan and handed her a set of keys. The house was located on the bustling Rue de Rivoli and had her favorite fireplace and large study. Before the man even mentioned the name of the person being entrusted, Chen Zhan knew who had sent him.
Chen Zhan didn't want the key, but the man insisted on putting it in her hand, so she threw it into the school's wishing well in front of him, and no one came to look for her again after that.
That afternoon, a maintenance worker finally fixed the heating, and Chen Zan's cold was completely cured.
On the day she returned to Beijing from a business trip, she found out that Zhou Jingyu had been sending people to monitor her abroad. She felt it was absurd, angry, and even perverted.
After all, it’s creepy to think that there have been eyes watching me from behind during these years abroad.
But what Ms. Fei said now seemed to be different from what she thought. Ms. Fei said that she would definitely not accept the house given to her, and if the house was rented to her too cheaply, given her cautious personality, she would be suspicious and would definitely suspect ulterior motives.
They could only use this roundabout way, and because they were worried about her living alone, they asked Ms. Fei to come and act as the landlord to collect rent, and help take care of Chen Zan every now and then, when she didn't eat well or was sick.
After a few times, and because they were both Chinese and the other party was an elder, Chen Zhan naturally became closer to Ms. Fei, and would always mention any troubles he encountered to her.
As for the rental conditions, not allowing her to bring men home, Zhou Jingyu really couldn't be so generous as to watch her making friends abroad and have to hear about it himself.
If Ms. Fei hadn't let it slip, Zhou Jingyu probably wouldn't have told her that this was the type of surveillance he was talking about.
Just as she went back upstairs to pack up the remaining things, Zhou Jingyu called her. The time difference here is six hours behind that of Beijing. It was eleven o'clock in the evening for her, while it was only five in the morning for Zhou Jingyu.
"Are we there yet?" Zhou Jingyu's voice was drowsy and hoarse, and it was unclear whether he had just woken up or had not slept at all.
Chen Zhan said softly, "I just arrived a while ago and chatted with the landlady downstairs."
At this point, she paused and asked, "Do you have anything to say to me?"
Zhou Jingyu must have been distracted when he heard this. He laughed briefly and said, "Zhanzhan, I didn't know you were so clingy before."
Chen Zhan: "Hmm?"
Zhou Jingyu: "I miss you."
Chen Zan: “——…”
Perhaps sensing Chen Zhan's brief silence over the phone, Zhou Jingyu tutted his words lightly, and said with a hint of amusement, "Did I say something wrong? Okay, I know you miss me. What time is your flight the day after tomorrow? I'll have someone pick you up at the airport."
Chen Zhan laughed: "Zhou Jingyu, you really are..."
Forget it, since he doesn't want to talk about it, there is no need to dig into it.
Seeing that she hadn't finished speaking, Zhou Jingyu asked casually, "What is it?"
Chen Zhan curled his lips and admitted generously: "I miss you very much. I really want to go back and see you soon."
Zhou Jingyu was silent for two seconds, then suddenly said seriously, "Chen Zan."
She was stunned.
"Don't say sweet words to me, I'm afraid I won't be able to resist and break the rules and fly to you directly."
*
Chen Zhan knew that he had a meeting in the morning, so he didn't dare to talk to him on the phone for too long and urged him to go to bed.
The next day, Chen Zan packed up the things in the room. Those that he couldn't take away had already been sold on the flea market for international students. He then returned to school to meet with his tutor.
When passing by Place Vendôme, she suddenly remembered that when she was shopping here before, she came across a store opened by an independent designer, which is a niche international brand. At that time, Sister Anna also praised the store's unique jewelry design.
Chen Zan's mind flashed with Zhou Jingyu's eyes the night the exam ended, so he got out of the car.
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Around mid-March, Chen Zan received a notice for a re-examination, and only those who ranked in the top ten could enter the Translation Department's observation training.
The so-called observation training is actually elimination training. As for how many people will be admitted from these ten people in the end, Chen Zan is not sure. He only knows that the unified examination of professional colleges has always had an admission rate of less than 4%.
It was not until the end of March, the day before Chen Zan’s birthday, that she finally received an email from the Translation Department regarding observation and training, informing her that she would attend a unified class for intensive training the following Monday.
The offline teaching location is in the teaching building of the Education and Training Center of Beijing Foreign Languages Bureau.
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