Chapter 36 "When my student tuition..."
"There weren't many people on the opening day, but now they've finally decided to come."
"I was busy that day."
"I know you're busy." Xiang Chen'an glanced teasingly in Lin Chaoyue's direction, "I heard from Zhao Huai'an that your talks went well, didn't they?"
Pei Shuwen lifted her eyelids: "What are you referring to?"
He flicked the ash from his cigarette at Chen An: "What, been single for too long? Do I have to bring up adult matters in public for you? Do you really think you're some kind of saint?"
“It hasn’t reached that level,” Pei Shuwen replied.
He nodded admiringly at Chen An: "Good, you're really good at holding back. You can keep him by your side every day without doing anything."
Pei Shuwen: "You sound more regretful than I am."
He stubbed out his cigarette at Chen An: "You called specifically to reserve the best spot and ingredients for me. You've gone to such lengths. I bet Wan Cheng that you're getting married soon, but at this rate, I'm afraid my beloved car will have to be handed over to someone else."
Pei Shuwen smiled and said, "It's just a car, Young Master Xiang has noticed it too."
When others call someone "Young Master Xiang," it's with fear and a desire to please them, but not with Pei Shuwen.
He was making a joke.
She appeared calm and collected, but was actually mocking him.
Pei Shuwen has a handsome appearance and is a gentle gentleman, but in reality, he is more cunning than anyone else and is vengeful.
Xiang Chen'an has known Pei Shuwen for twenty years and understands him better than anyone else.
certainly.
Excluding matters of the heart.
Xiang Chen An took another drag of his cigarette, then stubbed it out: "Alright, we've been brothers for so many years, I won't beat around the bush with you. I heard that your dad's Jin Cong Bay project was snatched away by a new company that has only emerged in recent years. The boss is younger than you and me, and his background is spotless. He's obviously a big shot."
"Everyone is saying all sorts of things now."
"Some say he is from the Zhou family of Yuntai, while others guess that his ancestral home is in Beijing and that he has powerful connections, so he came to Ningcheng to play dumb and take advantage of others."
The next sentence was cryptic to Chen An: "No one guessed it was you, but I think no one but you could do such a despicable thing. In the end, the bid was only 100,000 short. I don't think adding two more zeros would be much."
At this point, Xiang Chen'an took out another cigarette from the cigarette case and lit it.
"You're holding a cigarette but not smoking it? Here, let me light it for you."
Pei Shuwen: "No need, I've given it up."
He clicked his tongue at Chen An, bent down to gather the fire he had lit for himself, and then glanced at Lin Chaoyue over there.
He smacked his lips twice and sighed, "You've been quiet for too long, using your lawyer job as a shield. If Lin Tenghui hadn't left his daughter with you, I wouldn't have even guessed it was you."
As he was talking, he blurted out a curse word to Chen Anshuang.
"Damn, but it's really satisfying. Pei Zhenye went to so much trouble to take away the shares your mother left you. He probably never thought this day would come. In just two days, the stock dropped by 9 points. I've never seen anything like this before."
"So you're pinning the blame on me?" Pei Shuwen's voice was devoid of emotion.
To Chen An: "Don't tell me it wasn't you, I won't believe you even if you do."
Pei Shuwen: "It's me."
This time, he admitted it readily.
This is a sensitive matter.
When asked what he wanted to know, Xiang Chen An stopped asking and the conversation returned to Lin Chaoyue.
Xiang Chen An: "I met this little girl from the Lin family a few years ago. She was a beauty from a young age, a bright and clean girl. But she seemed more lively back then than she is now. To be honest, she doesn't seem like someone from this circle."
Xiang Chen An: "But you don't seem like someone from this circle. Everyone says that the two of you are impossible, but I think you two are quite suitable. Your maternal grandfather must have done a lot of work behind the scenes."
“The old man is getting on in years, and I was worried that one day when he passed away, no one would be there to support me. He has done a lot of work.”
Otherwise, given Pei Zhenye's personality, he probably wouldn't even want him to get involved with the Lin family.
For this reason, he never explicitly refused from beginning to end.
Xiang Chen An: "Old Fang's eyes are still sharp. I'll stall Wan Cheng a little longer. I've been eyeing his club's modified cars for a long time. Whether we can get them depends on you..."
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When Pei Shuwen returned, Lin Chaoyue was staring blankly at the foie gras on the plate.
She was preoccupied and didn't even notice Pei Shuwen standing right next to her.
Pei Shuwen: "What are you thinking about?"
"Ah, I wasn't thinking about anything. You're back. Why did you take so long?"
Actually, I had a bunch of random thoughts in my mind, otherwise I wouldn't have missed even hearing Pei Shuwen's footsteps.
Pei Shuwen: "Yeah, I chatted with a friend for a bit longer."
She saw it.
She looked in that direction again, and the man who had been standing next to Pei Shuwen was still there. When he saw her looking over, he raised his hand to greet her.
They seem very enthusiastic.
She couldn't see his face clearly from the distance, but she still nodded politely in response.
"Does your friend know me?"
"Yes, he is Xiang Chen'an, the second young master of Jinglan. Your two families have cooperated before."
"Yes, we do know each other. We've met a few times."
A few years ago, Lao Lin wanted to expand his business empire and set his sights on blockchain-related fields. Jinglan had a technology subsidiary that specialized in this area, and for a time the two companies had close ties.
But in her memory, Xiang Chen'an was a very clean-cut young man.
If Pei Shuwen hadn't pointed it out, she would have found it difficult to connect the man who was constantly smoking with the Xiang Chen'an she remembered.
"Aren't you going to invite him to come and eat with us?"
"No need, he has other things to do."
With nothing much to do, he sneezed at Chen An, then leaned against the car for a smoke before getting in. Finally, seeing that Pei Shuwen really didn't intend to invite him, he set his car to the bar district in the south of the city, intending to go there and have some fun.
This time, there were only the two of them in the private room.
Lin Chaoyue watched as Pei Shuwen sat down opposite her.
The two weren't far apart. Pei Shuwen had just passed by her, and she hadn't smelled any tobacco on him, nor did she now.
Pei Shuwen probably doesn't smoke.
"Who were you talking to on the phone just now?" Pei Shuwen's words interrupted her thoughts.
"Ah, Li Cong, my childhood friend."
Pei Shuwen said, "I know."
It's not surprising that they know; Li Cong is very popular in their circle and is a well-known nightclub prince in Ningcheng.
Lin Chaoyue initially thought that Pei Shuwen had only heard of him.
But then she realized, belatedly, that Li Cong had been "severely disciplined" by Pei Shuwen when he was a child.
She suddenly realized how small the world was.
Lin Chaoyue coughed lightly and explained for Li Cong, "He's not quite the same as when he was a child. He's not as naive as he used to be."
"Okay, let's meet up when I have time."
"Why would I see that guy Li Cong if I have nothing to do?" Lin Chaoyue took Pei Shuwen's words as just a casual polite remark.
Pei Shuwen: "What did you two talk about?"
Lin Chaoyue's heart skipped a beat, and she subconsciously looked out the window. Was the glass soundproof? She should be able to hear Li Cong on the phone just now.
Pei Shuwen and Xiang Chen'an talked for so long, but she didn't hear a thing.
The soundproofing here should be pretty good.
Thinking this way, she felt a little relieved.
But he still sounded a little awkward when he spoke: "It's nothing, I just mentioned the photos. Xue Wei is also in New York, living next door to Li Cong, so I asked him to put in a good word for me."
"Why don't you say it yourself? Did you really talk to him?" Pei Shuwen asked casually.
Lin Chaoyue instantly bristled: "No way! Those are all rumors, none of them are true. They're all just jokes. Who knows how the adults started taking them seriously? I've never really been in a serious relationship, and I'm not the kind of person who plays around..."
As she spoke, her voice grew softer and softer.
Why does she need to explain such things?
Lin Chaoyue silently picked up her chopsticks and started poking at the foie gras in front of her, the entire top layer of which had been poked beyond recognition.
A smile flickered in Pei Shuwen's eyes as she continued, "What else did you talk about?"
"It was nothing... we just chatted casually. We hadn't seen each other in a long time, and she asked me how my work in China was going."
“Then you said you wanted to resign,” Pei Shuwen said.
Lin Chaoyue wanted to deny it, but remembering the times Pei Shuwen had caught her in the act, she realized there was nothing to argue about.
"I admit, I did consider running away before, but I don't want to anymore."
To prove she wasn't lying, Lin Chaoyue put down her chopsticks and earnestly held up three fingers: "I swear, I really don't want to anymore."
Pei Shuwen: "Why?"
"There's no particular reason, I just suddenly felt like I was too lazy and useless."
Even Li Cong can help out at home.
Yao Yao's family is also in the music industry.
Although Pei Shuwen is a lawyer, his focus is on IPOs. I heard that law is not even his first degree; finance is.
After all that, it turns out she's just a useless little piece of trash.
She suddenly realized that not all of Liu Liu's words were nonsense; at least he was right to call her useless.
Pei Shuwen took the plate in front of Lin Chaoyue and gave her his foie gras instead.
"All work is interconnected; you'll get the hang of it after a while."
Are you trying to comfort me?
"No, if you follow me, you'll soon encounter all sorts of troubles, both imaginable and unimaginable; and what you need to do is simple: learn to solve these troubles and maximize your benefits."
It sounds difficult. She doesn't even have a direction right now. She's just drifting through her days as an assistant, unlike Pei Shuwen.
Yes, Pei Shuwen.
The big shots are right here beside you.
If not now, when?
Lin Chaoyue suddenly sat up straight, took a breath, and looked at Pei Shuwen with a serious expression: "Can you teach me?"
"Teach you?"
"What will I teach you?"
Lin Chaoyue pursed her lips tightly and then said, "Teach me what you just mentioned. I don't ask for much. Just don't cause trouble for my parents. It would be even better if you could help them a little more."
"Can."
Lin Chaoyue's face lit up with joy.
But before she could even feel happy for two seconds, Pei Shuwen added, "But my tuition is very expensive, how are you going to pay for it?"
"You're a lawyer, not a capitalist. Why do you keep talking about money? It's vulgar!"
Pei Shuwen looked at her calmly, which made Lin Chaoyue feel a little uneasy.
But she gritted her teeth and continued.
"You promised my parents you would take good care of me, and I'm your assistant now. When a boss asks his assistant to do something, he has to pay him a salary. How can you ask your assistant for money?"
Lin Chaoyue: "You don't need to spend too much time on me. Anyway, you don't check my work all the time. Just tell me a few more words when it comes to the key points. I'm very quick to understand."
No wonder she's so 'shameless', she really has no money left.
She finally managed to find a way to get Li Cong to help her ship back the wine she had stockpiled overseas, bypassing his parents.
She gave all the money in her card to Li Cong, and she only had enough left for food.
But even after she said that, Pei Shuwen remained unmoved.
It seems that getting something for free isn't going to work.
But she didn't have much to pay Pei Shuwen.
Lin Chaoyue steeled her resolve, took an object out of her pocket, walked around to Pei Shuwen, and stuffed it into his hand.
"This is all I have."
"Consider it tuition."
Pei Shuwen considered it for a moment, then raised an eyebrow at her.
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