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    The entrepreneurship bonus form was verified without issue. Xue Hongying filed it away and told Jiang Qin he could take Feng Nanshu and leave.

    “Remember to treat Feng Nanshu well!”

    “???????”

    “You may not know, but every year in the classes I teach, one or two couples form by graduation. I’ve eaten quite a lot of wedding candies.” Xue Hongying spoke with pride.

    Jiang Qin was stunned after hearing this. “Teacher, you must teach shipping, right? Otherwise you and Gao Wenhui must be related!”

    Xue Hongying’s eyes lit up. “Oh? Our class’s Wenhui also has good sense like me?”

    “Haha, thank you teacher. See you later, teacher.”

    Jiang Qin felt he couldn’t handle it anymore. He took the little rich girl who had been expressionless the whole time and quickly took two steps at a time to leave this place of right and wrong.

    Arriving at the front hall of the teaching building, the sun outside was warm, shining on the body, making one feel cozy and lazy.

    Before leaving, Feng Nanshu raised her arms level, obediently letting Jiang Qin zip up her down jacket.

    “Jiang Qin, fix my collar for me.”

    Jiang Qin reached out to adjust her collar, his fingers unavoidably brushing her smooth face. “Your counselor looks kind, but I suspect she’s not a good person. You must be vigilant and not fall into her pink trap.”

    Feng Nanshu’s eyelashes fluttered. “But she said you should treat me well.”

    “That sentence is fine to listen to, but ignore the rest. I can tell it’s all nonsense, her little mouth yaps even more than Gao Wenhui’s. Is she married?”

    “I don’t know.” Feng Nanshu was obedient and honest.

    Jiang Qin put on an act of sneering coldly. “I can calculate she’s not married, same as Gao Wenhui, all armchair strategists. You didn’t believe her nonsense, right?”

    “Jiang Qin, don’t be scared. I won’t believe even a single punctuation mark.” Feng Nanshu’s tone was serious and solemn.

    “Mm, I believe you.”

    Jiang Qin always felt something was a bit off. After speaking, he couldn’t help but glance at Feng Nanshu a few more times.

    Luckily, the little rich girl was looking up at the glorious winter sun, a silly look on her face, clearly just an innocent young girl, the easily fooled kind.

    Relieved, Jiang Qin took her hand and headed for the cafeteria.

    The little rich girl was wearing a pair of black ankle boots today and really wanted Jiang Qin to take her on the small path.

    Because it had snowed in Linchuan the past two days, the snow on the main road had long been cleared, but the small path in the maple forest still had remaining snow and fallen leaves that rustled when stepped on.

    Jiang Qin led her into the maple forest, watching the little rich girl leave a string of small, dainty footprints on the long walkway.

    She wore a pair of black jeans on her legs. Her slender legs looked even longer than Jiang Qin’s from a visual perspective, outlining her graceful and tight figure.

    The down jacket she wore was this winter’s most popular Korean short style, only covering to the waistline. When walking, the metal buttons on the waistband could vaguely be seen, as if any shorter it would expose her slim waist.

    In the sunlight with her long hair flowing, not speaking or smiling, she was a proper aloof rich beauty.

    Only when Jiang Qin pretended to let go of her hand would she expose her silly nature, whining and running back over to hold his hand again.

    “Don’t leave me behind again.”

    “You ran too fast. My old arms and legs can’t keep up. Let’s walk slower, the cafeteria food isn’t going anywhere.”

    Jiang Qin had a leisurely look, his steps slow, not at all like a student about to fail.

    But he wasn’t actually as relaxed as he seemed on the surface, because the information form he had just seen kept flashing in his mind.

    He had never actively asked about Feng Nanshu’s family situation. One, because there was no need to know if it wasn’t necessary yet. Two, unless the little rich girl brought it up herself, secretly prying into someone else’s family relations was very impolite.

    But only today did he realize, the little rich girl might not have a mother.

    In wealthy families, relationships are always difficult to cut off and understand. This was quite normal.

    Although Jiang Qin had never encountered it in real life, he had seen quite a few TV shows with similar plots and could imagine some wealthy family grudges.

    “You open the door! You dare steal my man, you dare open the door!”

    “Don’t hide inside without making a sound. I know you’re home!”

    Thinking of Auntie Xue’s domineering classic lines from back then, they weren’t outdated at all. Jiang Qin exhaled a puff of white air and grasped the little hand in his palm a bit tighter.

    Don’t think everything shown on TV is fake. Sometimes, real life is far more dramatic than TV shows.

    Was Feng Nanshu’s personality related to her family?

    Did she never mention her family to him because she was unwilling or for other reasons?

    Why was her dad in Shanghai while she lived in Jizhou?

    Was Uncle Gong’s role by the little rich girl’s side really just a driver?

    Jiang Qin had too many questions now. He felt he could write a few million words on the history of wealthy family wars. But in the end, he didn’t ask anything.

    It was fine as long as the little rich girl was happy now. If she had something on her mind she wanted to say, it wouldn’t be too late to listen then.

    Arriving at the cafeteria, Jiang Qin pushed open the thick insulated door curtain and walked in, only to see many people buried in studying in the corners near the heaters. Without needing to think, he knew the study rooms were probably all occupied.

    How can I study without a study room?

    I was already going to fail, and now they won’t even let me go to the study room. Is there no law anymore?

    Jiang Qin was furious. He picked up a steamed dumpling, viciously stabbed it into the vinegar dish to drown it, then fed it to the little rich girl whose little mouth was already open, waiting eagerly.

    “Is it sour?”

    Feng Nanshu shook her head, her eyes bright.

    “You’re too good at eating vinegar. This won’t do, you have to change.”

    Jiang Qin drowned another steamed dumpling and fed it to her. “Right, there’s something I need to tell you. This weekend I plan to take you to see He Manqi. She said she misses you, is that okay?”

    Feng Nanshu pursed her red lips. “But what if she also likes to call you brother?”

    Jiang Qin spoke while eating. “She’s a high school student, she can’t call me little brother. And she calls me brother out of courtesy in social interactions, it’s completely different from the meaning of the brother you call.”

    Feng Nanshu blinked blankly. “Then what meaning does the brother I call have?”

    “The brother you call…actually also means brother. It doesn’t have any other meaning. Eat, no talking while eating or sleeping, whoever talks next is a puppy.”

    “Oh.”

    Feng Nanshu lowered her head and began sipping the soup in small mouthfuls.

    Without a study room, half of Jiang Qin’s enthusiasm for studying was extinguished. He turned left and right with nowhere to go, so he took the little rich girl to 208.

    Recently, the 208 members were all preparing for exams and had switched to a three-shift work mode. Besides a few core employees, not many people stayed in the office.

    Jiang Qin cleared his desk and began one-on-one review with the little rich girl.

    No, review wasn’t the right word, it was more like re-learning.

    For some things, it wasn’t that Jiang Qin couldn’t learn them, but looking at them felt like staring at a fog, he couldn’t help but curse.

    The 208 employees on duty hadn’t received professional training and couldn’t hold back their smiles.

    The boss usually seemed brave and invincible, like nothing was too difficult for him. His current state was quite funny.

    “What are you laughing at? Is all the work done? How come you’re so free.”

    Jiang Qin glared as he swept his gaze around the office.

    “It’s been done long ago boss, our team has even written the product post for tomorrow.”

    Lu Feiyu answered without knowing any better, completely unaware that the best thing to do now was shut up. This was the immature behavior of college students.

    “So it’s because I gave too little work? Then write the day after tomorrow’s. No one leaves until it’s done.”

    As soon as Jiang Qin finished speaking, the content team members were furious and grabbed various small items on the desks to throw at Lu Feiyu.

    “You idiot, don’t you know not to infringe on the boss’s authority? He can lose face but we can’t laugh.”

    Dong Wenhao couldn’t help but scold Lu Feiyu. These were the soldiers he trained, their stupidity left him speechless.

    “I only understood a little before, today I understand very thoroughly.”

    The light had already left Lu Feiyu’s eyes.

    “Hurry and get to work. Remember in the future, disaster comes from the mouth, talk less and do more.”

    “…”

    After reviewing for half a day, Jiang Qin felt it was very effective. At the very least it no longer seemed like reading heavenly books. Having such a tutoring little angel was great.

    Jiang Qin stretched and felt if Old Cao and the others failed, his own mood might be even more beautiful.

    “Did Xuemei come today?”

    Dong Wenhao looked around. “She seems to be off this afternoon.”

    Jiang Qin pursed the corner of his mouth. “Wenhao, see if her camera is here. Take it out and take a photo for me.”

    “Oh oh.”

    Dong Wenhao didn’t know what to take a photo of but still rummaged around and found Lu Xuemei’s camera.

    Turning it on, there was still one bar of battery left, taking a few hundred photos was no problem.

    “Boss, found it.”

    “Wait for me to pose.”

    Jiang Qin held a pen in one hand and an advanced math textbook in the other, putting on a serious look. He told him to hurry and take it. Dong Wenhao immediately pressed the shutter a few times after hearing this.

    “Done, what’s it for?”

    “For future promotion or interviews. Just say entrepreneurial star Jiang Qin works and studies at the same time, succeeding in both ventures and academics.”

    After speaking, Jiang Qin took the little rich girl and left 208. After strolling around the school for a bit, by the time they returned to the dorm he was already very confident.

    This was the foundation from studying well.

    Especially seeing the three messes in the dorm still lying on their beds, saying it wasn’t urgent whenever he brought up reviewing, his confidence grew even more.

    “Jiang bro, don’t tell me you spent the whole afternoon reviewing? Please don’t, or I’ll feel guilty all night again.”

    “No, I went out to play all afternoon. Old Zhou, relax, just read your novel in peace.”

    Jiang Qin moved a chair to the balcony and squinted as he began sunbathing.

    Zhou Chao sighed in relief after hearing this, lying back into his quilt, his heart at ease and tranquil.

    Chapter Summary

    Jiang Qin finds out from a form that Feng Nanshu might not have a mother. He doesn't pry, deciding she can tell him if she wants to. Without a study room, he takes her to his entrepreneurship base to tutor her. He poses for "hardworking student" photos. Returning to the dorm, he feels confident about his improved studying compared to his lazy roommates.

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