"My dear son, how did you do it?"

When Pei Ziheng went into the kitchen to get the dishes and chopsticks, Shen Mingzhu couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"Mom, guess what."

Shen Mingzhu thought for a moment, "Did he lose the bet with you? Or did he lose the game?"

Boys always like to play tricks like this.

"I guessed wrong."

"So what method did you use?"

Pei Ziheng said: "I told him that I have a way to keep his father safe."

Shen Mingzhu was shocked and surprised, "What can you do?"

"I have no choice."

Pei Ziheng smiled slyly, "I was just kidding him. Anyway, he's here, and I completed the task you assigned me, didn't I?"

Shen Mingzhu: “…”

Son, you'll get spanked easily if you act naughty like this, you know that? When the meal started, Shen Mingzhu kept helping Zhuang Xu pick up dishes out of a sense of making amends and apologizing, taking very good care of him.

I hope that after learning the truth about being deceived, the other party will be more tolerant towards his son.

I don’t know if God heard Shen Mingzhu’s prayers, but the next two days were peaceful and calm.

Zhuang Xu, who usually stayed at home, unexpectedly came to see Pei Ziheng every day for the first time.

I don't know what Pei Ziheng said to him, but he was very quiet.

Shen Mingzhu didn't ask any more questions and let the younger ones solve the problem themselves, not worrying that the two children would fight.

Ever since he had a duel with Gong Rong from the martial arts school last year, Pei Ziheng has maintained the habit of exercising and learning boxing, so he is more than capable of dealing with a weak young master like Zhuang Xu.

Two days later.

Taking advantage of the short break after the first semester of the MBA course, Shen Mingzhu took her brother and sister to Eugene, Oregon, USA, to visit Zhao Yun who was training at the basketball academy.

…

In order to give Zhao Yun a surprise, the mother and her two sons did not reveal any news before leaving.

When he walked into the reception room and saw the mother and her two children sitting in a row at the reception table, Zhao Yun thought he was dreaming.

"Aunt Mingzhu? Ziheng? Guoguo?"

"Brother Black Bear, long time no see!"

Pei Tang waved her hands happily at him, her beautiful almond eyes curved into a pair of crescents.

"Wow, Guoguo, it's really you!"

Zhao Yun wiped away the tears that were caused by his excessive joy and excitement, and the next second he picked up Pei Tang and lifted him into the air.

The sudden feeling of being in the air and losing weight frightened Pei Tang so much that he screamed.

After Zhao Yun knocked her down, she angrily raised her fist and started attacking Zhao Yun.

"Brother Black Bear, you are so annoying. Can you afford to pay for my fall?"

"Silly Guoguo, I can't bear to throw you down."

After playing with Pei Tang, he turned around to hug Pei Ziheng, but was dodged by Pei Ziheng's tactical retreat.

Zhao Yun opened his arms, looking unsatisfied, "Give me a hug, it's been a long time since we last met, don't you miss me?"

"Speak properly and don't use your hands."

Zhao Yun turned around unwillingly and smiled at Shen Mingzhu, "Aunt Mingzhu, let's hug each other."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was pulled over by Pei Ziheng.

"Hold, hold it for you."

Zhao Yun got what he wanted and hugged Pei Ziheng for a long time, reluctant to let go.

His mother wouldn't let anyone else hold him.

The basketball academy has two days of home visit leave every quarter. Zhao Yun originally wanted to save up for a week before returning to China to see President Zhao and his new sister. Shen Mingzhu brought the brother and sister to visit him from afar. He was so happy that he simply took all the leave and accompanied the mother and three of them to play in Eugene.

Eugene's natural scenery is quite beautiful, with snow-capped mountains, beaches, and various museums. Zhao Yun took the mother and her two children to visit them all.

During this period, Shen Mingzhu specially rented a family-style hotel with a kitchen and cooked home-cooked dishes in different ways for Zhao Yun, which moved Zhao Yun to tears.

The last day of playing was the day when the college entrance examination results were announced.

In that era, there was neither the Internet nor the telephone to check scores. Students had to go to school to check their college entrance examination results or have their teachers notify them one by one.

Pei Ziheng received the call about his grades at two o'clock in the afternoon, which was eleven o'clock in the evening in China.

Normally, Pei Yang should know his scores when he arrives at school early tomorrow morning, but his homeroom teacher Dong Lan informed him the night before.

Pei Ziheng scored 698 out of a total of 710 points, missing out on the city's top spot by just one point.

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Although class teacher Dong Lan expressed her regret to Pei Yang, she did not feel sad.

Because Jian Xun was the city's top scorer, just one point higher than Pei Ziheng.

The school and the class teacher only want the city's top student, it doesn't matter whether it is Pei Ziheng or Jian Xun.

Pei Ziheng himself was very satisfied with this result.

Shen Mingzhu was also very happy for her son and prepared a large table of Pei Ziheng's favorite food to celebrate for him.

Before I finished my meal, I received calls from the admissions offices of several prestigious universities.

In other words, Pei Ziheng was abroad, while Jian Xun, who was in China, had his home surrounded by the admissions team.

Among several prestigious universities, Pei Ziheng chose Tsinghua University because it is the top engineering university in the country.

Entering Tsinghua University will help him learn and improve his professional level on the one hand, and on the other hand, it will make it easier for him to find engineering talents for the company.

Before entering Tsinghua University, Pei Ziheng had already regarded the university as his own talent market.

Shen Mingzhu naturally supported and respected Pei Ziheng's choice.

Pei Tang happily shook his head and said, "When I grow up, I will also apply to the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Then I can go to the capital to study with my brother!"

Everyone at the table was amused by Pei Tang's innocent remarks.

Zhao Yun laughed the loudest: "Foolish Guoguo, you are only a few years old this year. By the time you take the college entrance examination, your brother will have graduated long ago."

Pei Tang pouted and said angrily: "Then I will take the college entrance examination next year, so I can catch up!"

His childish and cute appearance made everyone laugh.

…

After the celebratory dinner, Zhao Yun’s vacation came to an end and it was time to return to the basketball academy.

Before parting, Zhao Yun confided his inner distress and worries to Pei Ziheng.

After being encouraged by Pei Ziheng's "accumulate strength and then release it, proceed steadily and achieve long-term success", he also calmed down and focused on training and working hard to improve his skills.

His efforts were not in vain.

His overall ability in the basketball academy is now ranked in the top ten, but he still cannot get the opportunity to participate in the selection. Even the students who are worse than him have been signed by the clubs one by one.

"I feel like I'm wasting my time here. No matter how good my skills are, they won't even look at me. Just because I'm Chinese, they look down on me. Fuck! If I had known this earlier, I would have stayed in China and taken the college entrance exam with you and went to college together."

Pei Ziheng listened quietly to Zhao Yun's complaints and did not say anything to comfort him.

Being willing to listen is already out of brotherhood.

After Zhao Yun finished speaking, he said, "Only here can you have a chance to enter the NBA."

"Come on, I don't dream about this anymore." Zhao Yun laughed at himself.

Pei Ziheng looked at him and said, "Wait another year." (End of this chapter)