Free Web NovelChapter 773: Chapter 19: Cannon Fodder in the Real World (19)
Of course, this doesn’t include Shi Yubai.
Mr. Huang waved at one of the men.
"Come, this is my second son, Huang Chen, about the same age as you, your senior, and from the same university."
Huang Chen looked at Jiang Lai and greeted her proactively.
"Junior, do you remember me?"
Jiang Lai’s mind was a bit muddled, numbed by the alcohol.
But even if she hadn’t drunk, she might not have remembered.
Huang Chen seemed to see through her thoughts and smiled, pointing at Jiang Lai’s arm.
"If I remember correctly, there should be a scar on your arm..."
"Oh, I remember, Hero Huang, I recall."
Huang Chen helplessly smiled at this nickname.
"As long as you remember, you can call me whatever you want."
Mr. Huang watched with a smile, seeing the two getting along well as old acquaintances, he then left with the remaining two people.
"Why did Uncle Huang leave?"
"I just returned to the country and heard that there was an honored guest at home, and Dad said we knew each other. I was wondering who it could be, but as soon as I saw you, I remembered.
After that incident at the university, I hadn’t seen you, and after several years, you haven’t changed a bit."
Jiang Lai waved her hand and sat under the nearby pavilion. Just as she was about to pour tea, Huang Chen naturally picked up the teapot and poured her a cup.
"Have you thought about continuing your studies?"
Jiang Lai looked at the teacup in hand and sighed.
"Academics aren’t important to me, I just want to live freely now."
"That’s true, but I think it’s still a pity. You were so outstanding before, completing your studies wouldn’t be difficult for you. Now there are online courses, if you’d like, I can talk to the school to let you attend online classes."
"Sure, that would be great. Please go ahead."
Jiang Lai indeed had thoughts of continuing her studies, and with a better way available, she was of course willing to take it.
"We were in the same club back then, remember? I was the president, and when you came for an interview, you still had a face mask on, saying you were applying for the secretariat.
At the time, the other ministers thought you were out of sync, but I found you very interesting."
Huang Chen loved to chat, and his tone was so light that he inadvertently created a relaxed atmosphere.
Jiang Lai was almost sober from the alcohol, and listening to him talk about the past made her smile. freewebnovel.cσ๓
At the time, she had been dragged there to make up the numbers, worried about getting tanned after military training, applying three face masks a day, and ended up going to the toughest secretariat interview still wearing one; she got accepted, and the incident was talked about for a long time in the club.
Of course, they also spread some baseless stories about the president and her.
Huang Chen didn’t mind but rather comforted her not to overthink it.
Jiang Lai had no time for those nonsensical rumors.
"Oh, do you remember our club advisor back then? The one with the wig that flew off when he sneezed during a speech."
"Yes, I remember."
Jiang Lai couldn’t help but laugh.
Huang Chen watched her laugh and became more enthusiastic as he spoke.
After being back for so long, Jiang Lai felt relaxed and happy for the first time.
It was a simple relaxation, not thinking about the future, reminiscing the past.
If it weren’t for that accident, the university days were pretty good, attending classes, daydreaming, spending youth freely like everyone else.
After all, it was a university she worked hard to get into, and she naturally had a deep impression.
The two chatted for a long time, Huang Chen’s words seemed endless, and Jiang Lai’s smile never faded.
Not far away, Mr. Huang watched the scene with a teacup in hand and couldn’t help but sigh.
"Ah, Lai hasn’t been this happy in a long time.
That Chen kid has some skills, huh."
"Chen is the best at making young girls happy."
Mr. Huang nodded with a smile.
"Jiang Lai, this child, thinks too much, she carries too much every day.
She needs to interact more with people like Chen, otherwise, she fake smiles all the time, which makes me feel sorry."
At this moment, he looked at Shi Yubai sitting opposite.
"Yubai, what’s wrong?"
Shi Yubai glanced faintly, looking at his fingertips that had turned white from gripping too hard.
"The teacup is too hot; we need to replace the teacups at home."
"Isn’t this teacup the one you carefully selected yourself? You’ve only used it a few times."
"Something meticulously selected might not be good; if it’s too hot, it should be replaced promptly."
After saying that, he tilted his head back to finish his tea and then carelessly tossed the teacup into the nearby bushes.
Mr. Huang saw this and his gaze carried a bit more depth.
"Yubai, successful people are always lonely, you need to get used to it early."
"Father is right, so I want nothing."
As summer was ending, it was the busiest time for the night market.
Huang Chen invited Jiang Lai to stroll through the night market behind the university town.
"I know you go to the night market every Saturday to buy a cup of milk tea and a portion of spicy crayfish."
"Don’t make it sound like all I think about is food. Does the whole school know I love drinking milk tea and eating crayfish?"
Huang Chen nodded.
"Yes, it’s reached my ears, which means the whole school knows."
Jiang Lai nodded in agreement to his invitation.
"Alright, I’ll come to pick you up tonight."
After Huang Chen left, Jiang Lai went back to look through her Moments from back then.
She used to quite like sharing her life, and sure enough, she saw Huang Chen’s likes there.
Thinking about it this way, they were friends on social media too.
"You and Huang Chen get along well, huh."
Little Buding suddenly commented.
Jiang Lai simply nodded.
"Not bad, back in school, when I almost killed someone, he was the only one who stood up for me."
"Why did you almost kill someone? Is it hard to be a law-abiding person?"
Do you have to go through the thrilling ups and downs of male and female protagonists in novels?
Can’t you just be an ordinary person?
"Come on, I was pushed to the brink, alright? I was once a model student planning to honestly go home and inherit the family business.
But those bastards like Jiang Li wouldn’t let it be.
President Ding, an ordinary life is really out of reach for us second-generation rich kids, okay?"
"Jiang Lai... stop saying things that make people jealous, just be a person."
Little Buding knew Jiang Lai wasn’t someone who would cause trouble proactively.
On the contrary, sometimes she was passive first; if someone provoked her, only then would she retaliate.
Most of the time, she couldn’t be bothered to fuss with those people.
If she almost killed someone that day, one can imagine how excessive the other party’s actions must have been.
"What did they do?"
"Spreading rumors."
"What rumors?" freewebnovel.cσ๓
"They said I planned my grandfather’s death."
Jiang Lai said it lightly.
As if a thousand years had passed, she was also able to recall that time.
At this moment, Little Buding suddenly realized that Jiang Lai had not always been so unbreakable from the start.
