Chapter 3636【VIP】
At Liu Ruo's wedding, Xu Shanshan unexpectedly ran into Liu Qingqing. Even Fang Zhiwen, having lived two lifetimes, was only just beginning to learn that Liu Ruo and Liu Qingqing were cousins.
But looking at Liu Ruo's cold look, it seems that the relationship between these cousins is not very good.
Liu Qingqing obviously didn't expect her cousin to be so disrespectful. She didn't even bother to observe any taboos at her own wedding, and actually put on a scowl. She forced herself to finish her congratulations, then dragged her man, Ge Hong, over to chat with Fang Zhiwen.
Fang Zhiwen was chatting animatedly with Guo Zhan, and the inappropriate intrusion of Ge Hong and Liu Qingqing made him frown. Liu Qingqing, completely unaware, asked in surprise, "How do you know my cousin?"
"Comrade Liu is an educated youth from our brigade."
Liu uttered a soft "Oh!" and after a while L said, "My sister must have suffered a lot, right?"
Liu Qingqing wanted to ask Xu Shanshan about her cousin, but Xu Shanshan refused to say anything. Instead, she deliberately asked, "So you and Sister Liu are related? Why haven't I heard her mention it before? I don't think Sister Liu is very happy to see you. What's wrong? Did your family do anything to offend Sister Liu?"
Xu Shanshan's barrage of questions made Liu Qingqing's face stiffen. Her smile froze like ice. After a long moment, she finally said, "I don't know anything about the adults' affairs."
Fang Zhiwen, standing nearby, curled his lips into a smile, his face full of sarcasm. Ge Hong couldn't stand the slight and was about to lose his temper when the groom, Ge Xiao, approached. He'd assumed he was here to apologize, but instead, he extended his arms in a gesture of invitation and politely said, "I'm sorry, but we severed our relationship eight hundred years ago. There's really no need to force it together. Today is my wedding day. Would you and your wife please go back? After all, having you here is really spoiling the fun."
Ge Xiao's expression and tone were polite and friendly, but the words he said were like a sharp knife scraping people's face. Ge Hong couldn't stand this, so he pulled Liu Qingqing away.
After leaving the house, he couldn't help but angrily said to Liu Qing: "I told you not to come, but you insisted. With what your parents did, there's no way they'd care about you."
Liu Qingqing's cheeks flushed with shame, and she said a little aggrievedly: "My parents are my parents, and I am me. I don't want to think about what happened back then."
Ge Hong sneered, "Alright, we're all adults now, who are we expecting to be a fool? Let's go back!"
"Be obedient and save some face for yourself."
Once the annoying person left, Liu Ruo regained her composure. She sighed to Xu Shanshan, "It seems my cultivation still isn't good enough. I can't help but get angry and irritated when I see those people."
"Sister, this is perfectly normal. We're not monks, so how can we avoid joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness? Laugh when we're happy, get angry when we're angry, and do whatever makes you feel comfortable."
Liu Ruo smiled and said, "Sister, you have really changed."
"Well, maybe when people become more confident, their tempers also become worse." Xu Shanshan looked up at Fang Zhiwen and unexpectedly met his eyes. Facing Fang Zhiwen's smiling eyes, she couldn't help but smile.
Liu Ruo smiled slightly, then took Ge Xiao's arm and went to the table to toast.
Yang Jian ate his food and said, "No one from Ge Xiao's family came."
"His father disowned him because he thought it was shameful for him to marry into his family," Ge Xiao's childhood friend explained softly. Honestly, he truly admired his brother. Back then, Ge Xiao's stepmother was a rude person, withholding his food and beating him. He had gone to the countryside as an educated youth on his own.
"Ge Xiao kept it a secret; no one knew he'd gone to the countryside. It wasn't until he boarded the green train that his relatives and friends realized he'd signed up." A childhood friend of Ge Xiao lamented, "He's quite cunning. Before he left, he borrowed food coupons from relatives and neighbors in his father's name."
Xu Shanshan glanced at Ge Xiao. She hadn't expected him to be so decisive. No wonder he agreed to marry into her family after returning to the city.
Fang Zhiwen glanced at Ge Xiao and admired his decisiveness. Then he heard Ge Xiao's childhood friend say, "This guy even brought all his books with him when he went to the countryside."
Unlike the two geniuses Yang Jian and Guo Zhan, Ge Xiao was able to get into university purely through his own efforts.
Even though life in the countryside was so hard, he never gave up studying.
Guo Zhan and Yang Jian saw all of this, and that's how the three of them became good friends. As for Zhou Kai, although they lived in the same house, they were not the same kind of people.
Yang Jian had already colluded with Fang Zhiwen, and now L was trying to get Guo Zhan to join the partnership. Fang Zhiwen said confidently, "Comrade Guo, as long as you join, we can discuss the shares. And don't worry, the salary will not be lower than that of a stable job."
"We'll talk about this later. After all, I haven't graduated yet. But Yang Jian, are you sure you want to follow Comrade Fang? You won't even go if the school assigns you to do it?"
Yang Jian nodded and said, "Well, let's give it a try."
Guo Zhan actually disagreed a little. It was not that he looked down on self-employed individuals, but he felt that this was not the best solution for Yang Jian.
He knew Yang Jian's family situation very well. Based on his family situation,.
Fang Zhiwen could indeed help him make money, but apart from the money, there were no other benefits. So when you calculate it this way, the money Fang Zhiwen gave him was not much.
Add to that social reputation and the opinions of his parents and relatives, Yang Jian is bound to be under a lot of pressure.
According to Guo Zhan, even if you want to be a self-employed person,
There is no need to follow Xu Shanshan's man.
They said they were collaborating, but judging by how they interacted, Yang Jian was still the underdog. So the money they earned definitely wouldn't be divided equally.
Then in Guo Zhan's view,
Hearing this, Fang Zhiwen quickly interrupted, "Hey, Comrade Guo, I'm trying to recruit you, not pull my partners out. Comrade Guo, what you said is correct. However, policies are constantly changing. Are you sure what's good now is good? A few years ago, who knew the college entrance examination would be reinstated?"
Guo Zhan said unconcernedly, "That's true. It's just that when the wind changes, Yang Jian has enough ability to turn around in time. Although we don't know when the college entrance examination will resume, if we started studying the moment the notice was issued, wouldn't we have been admitted to university?"
"Uh..." After living two lifetimes, Fang Zhiwen was at a loss for words.
Xu Shanshan reached out and shook Fang Zhiwen's hand, stopping him from continuing to persuade her. She said, "Comrade Guo is right. A lifelong career shouldn't be decided hastily. Comrade Yang Jian, I think you deserve a stable job."
Zhiwen didn't understand what Comrade Guo Zhan meant, but she understood. Guo Zhan was afraid that Yang Jian would have no way out in the future.
No matter what Zhiwen did, someone would always be there to back him up. He didn't have to worry about housing, money, or anything like that. But Yang Jian was different. He was a good college student, and following Zhiwen into self-employment was a difficult situation for his family. Furthermore, he was not young anymore, and he would have to get married and have children soon. Without a stable job, who would care about him?
Xu Shanshan put herself in Yang Jian's shoes and advised him to get a stable job first.
Guo Zhan hadn't expected Xu Shanshan to say such a thing, and looked at her in surprise. To be honest, when he was in Chaoyang Brigade, he had a mediocre impression of Xu Shanshan.
He is a person who likes the truth. Although Xu Shanshan is beautiful, she lives with a mask. Her various performances can be called perfect, but Guo Zhan can see through it at a glance. It is her disguise, which she deliberately does for others to see.
She clearly didn't love Zhou Kai, but she acted as if she loved him deeply.
Even Yang Jian's infatuation with her had made Guo Zhan prejudiced against her. Especially since Yang Jian was now single-mindedly following her husband to become a self-employed person, Guo Zhan thought it was a honey trap used by Xu Shanshan.
He felt that Xu Shanshan was a person who only cared about herself.
But today Xu Shanshan's words made Guo Zhan silent.
He really didn't expect Xu Shanshan to consider Yang Jian.
He lowered his eyes, not daring to look at Xu Shanshan's face again. He wondered if he had really misjudged her. For some reason, he looked up at Fang Zhiwen again, only to see him grinning foolishly, completely unconcerned that his wife had ruined his plans.
After the wedding, Guo Zhan asked Yang Jian, "Why did you think of making money with Xu Shanshan's husband?"
"Of course I'm short of money. Brother, you know the situation at home. If Fang Zhiwen hadn't helped me, I wouldn't even be able to sleep on the stairs when I got home. Ge Xiao's stepmother is partial to me, but my biological mother is partial to me, so life is even harder."
"Didn't Xu Shanshan beg you to do that?"
"Brother, how is it possible? You know what I'm thinking. How could I dare to get close to her? Also, they're already married. Don't talk nonsense." Then Yang Jian told him how Zhou Kai found him and how he wanted him to ruin Xu Shanshan's wedding.
This was the first time Guo Zhan had heard of this matter. He was surprised and said, "I thought Xu Shanshan had chosen Gao to marry someone else."
Yang Jian rolled his eyes and said, "Do you think everyone is as shameless as Zhou Kai?"
Guo Zhan didn't say anything, but suddenly said: "If you encounter a bottleneck in your design in the future, come directly to me."
Meanwhile, Xu Shanshan was unaware of Guo Zhan's change in attitude towards her, but Fang Zhiwen was wary. Guo Zhan's pensive look had made him less willing to cooperate.
Although he had never heard of Guo Zhan's name in his previous life, he knew that Shanshan had the qualities that attracted outstanding men.
In his previous life, he was secretly jealous and sulking, but he didn't want to do that in this life.
He put his arm around Xu Shanshan and started to act like a spoiled brat, pitifully talking about his lack of security. Xu Shanshan was stunned. She had never thought that Fang Zhiwen would also be uneasy and insecure.
She thought she was the only one who felt this way.
Fang Zhiwen sighed softly and said, "Wife, you underestimate your own charm."
The vinegar he ate in his previous life was enough to open a vinegar factory in the town.
Xu Shanshan originally wanted to hug Fang Zhiwen, but her daughter L woke up inappropriately, and her sweet thoughts instantly turned to the child.
Fang Zhiwen sighed. He really had no way to deal with his precious baby Youyou.
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