Chapter 62

Sixty-two

As he watched Tao Luanxi walk into the community, Qiu Yi received a text message from Lin Fan: "Chairman Qiu wants you to go back now."

In the darkness, the light from the screen shone on Qiu Yi's face. Qiu Yi held the phone and looked at it for a long time. He quickly replied "OK" and threw the phone on the passenger seat.

When Qiu Yi drove back to the Qiu family's ancestral home, the lights in Qiu Mingde's office were still on.

"Grandpa, why aren't you asleep so late?"

Qiu Mingde sat on the sofa calmly, sipping the medicinal tea prepared by the servants: "I'll discuss your 'condition' with you when you come back."

Qiu Mingde smiled, not disguising the mockery in his eyes. Qiu Yi pretended not to see it, took off his suit and hung it on the hanger, then sat on the sofa opposite Qiu Mingde while adjusting his clothes.

"My cousin said this is a rare opportunity and asked me to give it a try." Qiu Yi leaned over and added a little hot water to the stove where the medicinal tea was boiling.

"How rare is it? You don't need these." Qiu Mingde put down the cup and sneered: "Qiu's family business is so big that it needs someone to take care of it. What I need most is a successor, not some college student."

“Yes, this is what I want to do.”

"That's enough!" Qiu Mingde waved his hands: "I know you have studied hard for so many years just to prove that you are good enough. I have always seen what you are like. It's already good enough. The most important thing for you now is to master the company's affairs as soon as possible. It doesn't matter how you do in your studies."

Qiu Yi clenched his fists and said, "You mean you don't want me to go to college?"

Qiu Mingde didn't say it explicitly, but just smiled and said, "If you want to continue your studies, our city's C University is very good. I'm familiar with several directors of the school, and I can help you arrange your classes on weekends. You can also go there to attend classes when the company is free."

Qiu Yi said nothing, but stared at the flickering orange flame in the stove.

"What do you think?"

Qiu Yi lowered his eyes, extinguishing the fire in them: "I will take care of my studies and the company, so you don't have to worry about it, Grandpa."

Qiu Mingde narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the young man in front of him deeply.

"That's fine," Qiu Mingde nodded after a while, "Summer camp, go if you want!"

"Thank you, Grandpa."

"Hand over the past time with Lin Fan, and come to work in the company during the remaining days of summer vacation."

On Monday, as soon as the weekly test papers were handed out early in the morning, Shen Tan International followed his usual practice and scolded the whole class with a stern face. Some people in the class were dissatisfied and whispered, "You scold us for doing well and you scold us for doing poorly. Is there any justice in the world?"

Shen Tan sneered: "It seems that you have a lot of opinions. Who said that just now? Stand up yourself!"

There was silence below. Zhang Zhi held his head and raised his hand: "Brother Shen, I was wrong. Go on, please continue!"

Shen Tan narrowed his eyes and said, "Zhang Zhi, right? Did you do well in the exam?"

"That's more than ten points more than last time! That's quite good!"

"Why don't you tell me that you lost almost 20 points in English this time? Your English teacher told me a long time ago that you have been sleeping in class recently. Do you want to go to heaven?"

"The old English lady's lecture is so hypnotic, who can stand it?" Zhang Zhi muttered softly, but was interrupted by Shen Tan's stern voice: "You are so poor! Get out and sit in the front!"

Shen Tan didn't glare at him. Shen Tan was clearly pointing to the first row. He was extremely reluctant and struggled, "Didn't we agree before that the seats would be arranged according to grades? Brother Shen, have you forgotten?"

"I can't forget it, but I'm not happy with this arrangement. Do you have any opinion?"

The people below had just seen Zhang Zhi being criticized, so how could they dare to say anything to Shen Tan at this time?

"I have already taken a picture of the seating chart. Class monitors should come to my office after class to get it. The seating arrangement will still be changed once a month, but please follow my seating chart! Is that clear?"

"Clear—"

The crowd below agreed in unison and lifelessly. Shen Tan nodded, and then he was slightly satisfied: "After all, your performance this time is still an improvement overall. Just keep doing this and don't slack off!"

As soon as the class was over, Wei Yuan followed Shen Tan to the office, and when he came back his face was full of joy.

"Tao Luanxi, Tao Luanxi, we are sitting at the same table again!" Wei Yuanxing held up the seating chart and said, "Teacher Shen, I will sit with you!"

"ah?"

Tao Luanxi turned his head to look at Qiu Yi, who was also looking at him. The two exchanged glances, and Tao Luanxi stretched his head to look at his watch.

Tao Luanxi's position did not change, but his deskmate became Wei Yuan, and two rows ahead of him were Qiu Yi and Zhang Zhi.

"Please give me more advice in the future, classmate!"

Tao Luanxi smiled back: "You too."

As soon as school was over in the afternoon, the class started chattering and adjusting their seats according to the seating chart sent by Shen Tan. Zhang Zhi was moving the table while swearing and complaining. Qiu Yi was annoyed by what he heard, and he crumpled up a piece of draft paper and hit him on the head: "Shut up!"

Zhang Zhi covered his head and hissed, then turned around and glared at Qiu Yi. Qiu Yi stared back coldly: "If you want to fight, get out! If you don't want to fight, get out!"

"Okay!" Zhang Zhi waved his hand: "I won't bother with you. I know you are in a bad mood."

"Then shut up!"

"Tsk!" Zhang Zhi frowned in dissatisfaction: "Why are you angry at me? It's not me who asked to change the seat!" After saying that, he lowered his head and moved to Qiu Yi's side: "Could it be that Shen Tan found out about your affair?"

Qiu Yi leaned back in his chair, pursed his lips tightly and didn't want to talk, his face was full of "Keep away from people and animals". Zhang Zhi couldn't find an answer from him, so he turned his head to look at Tao Luanxi, who happened to be looking here too. When he noticed Zhang Zhi's gaze, Tao Luanxi withdrew his gaze.

Zhang Zhi smiled, lowered his head and took out his cell phone.

Wei Yuan was still packing his things. While he was packing, he was talking to Tao Luanxi about the questions he encountered in this exam. Tao Luanxi was in a mess and felt annoyed when he heard his chattering.

After a while, the phone rang. Tao Luanxi picked it up and saw that Zhang Zhi had sent him a message through the class group on QQ: "Waiting for Husband Rock/OK."

Tao Luanxi said bluntly: "Get lost!"

"Why are you two so fierce? I greeted you kindly but you both told me to get lost!"

"You owe it!"

The other person paused for a second or two: "Tao Luanxi, you were not like this before. You used to be so gentle to your classmates. But when you fall in love, you can't control yourself?"

Isn’t it?

Tao Luanxi raised her head and glanced at the back of Qiu Yi's head. She felt as sad as a wife whose husband went out to fight in the war and never came back for years. Maybe Zhang Zhi was right about the wife waiting for her husband.

"Be more low-key from now on. Shen Tan is very sharp-eyed! Why does he understand you two? Think about it yourself!"

This is what Tao Luanxi was worried about. Shen Tan seemed to know it now, but he kept silent. As a result, Tao Luanxi did not dare to act rashly and could only wait and see.

It was not known whether Zhang Zhi, Tao Luanxi and the others had misunderstood, or whether Shen Tan was just too thoughtful and pretentious. After changing seats, Shen Tan treated the two people as usual, but they could not see anything unusual.

The places for the summer camp were announced, a total of three. Shen Tan announced this in the class and said very frankly that the first two places were given to Qiu Yi and Tao Luanxi, just because these two people have always been the first and second in age, and no one can compare with them in academic performance.

The students naturally had nothing to say.

"The third place goes to the monitor of Class B. Although his grades are not as good as most of you here, he has been making significant progress. In the last midterm, he also got the second-best score. He is a student with great potential."

This was roughly the end of the report. When the class was over, Shen Tan called Qiu Yi and Tao Luanxi over and explained the details of the summer camp.

"I am the leader this time. If there are any problems outside, please report them to me immediately. After you go out, you will represent No. 1 Middle School. Your words and actions must be consistent with your status as No. 1 Middle School students. Do you understand?"

Tao Luanxi nodded: "I know, thank you, teacher."

"Yeah," Tao Luanxi was relieved, mainly because of the other person.

"Qiu Yi, what about you?"

"I will never take the initiative to provoke others unless they provoke me."

Shen Tan glared at him and couldn't help but spit out a curse: "Who the hell messed with you for no reason? Do you think you are RMB? I'm telling you, Qiu Yi, if you dare to do anything naughty outside, I promise to kick you out immediately!"

Qiu Yi sighed impatiently, and caught a glimpse of Tao Luanxi looking at him, frowning and hinting at him.

"Alright, alright, got it, I'll just not cause any trouble!"

"very good."

Qiu Yi stretched lazily, and when he put his hand down, he naturally put it on Tao Luanxi's waist. Shen Tan didn't notice because there was a table in front of him.

Qiu Yi curled the corners of his lips and said, "It's a date at public expense. I'm full and I'm going to get into other trouble!"

The author has something to say: I'm going out to eat today, and I'll make up for it tomorrow~