Chapter 206: Jiang Is a True Gentleman!

“Jiang Qin, let’s go sightseeing.”

“Shanghai’s too far, can’t go now. Wait until school starts.”

“Then, I really want to know what you’re up to.”

“I already came back to school early. I’m in the dorm previewing knowledge points for next semester. I have to say, the sea of knowledge really is dazzling.”

The disco ball on the top of the private room flashed nonstop, casting a kaleidoscope of colorful lights that made people dizzy. It was accompanied by the saccharine singing voice of the hostesses and the occasional coquettish glances they threw during their turns.

Jiang Qin stared at the scene before him for a while, and suddenly thought of the theme song from the animated TV series “Journey to the West”.

No matter the luring demons, the beautiful paintings, the knife mountain and fire sea, or the black stockings and short skirts, they can’t stop the Monkey King’s magic weapon Ruyi Jingu Bang that can grow or shrink as its master pleases…

That’s how the lyrics go, right?

Sigh, it’s been so long, some of the lyrics are fuzzy now. But he’s very certain the first, fourth and last lines are correct.

Jiang Qin turned his head to the right and saw that Guo Zihang and Yang Shuan were very excited, but also a little awkward amidst their excitement.

After all, they’re just students who just started college. They don’t have the guts to go hug a girl or anything, only daring to feast their eyes while letting out shy laughs.

Sometimes when the lead singer purposely flipped her short skirt or winked at one of them, these two would get incredibly thrilled, but still didn’t dare to make a move, only daring to discuss it amongst themselves.

“Did you… see that just now?”

Guo Zihang’s old face blushed: “No, I didn’t see anything, hehe.”

Yang Shuan also couldn’t help letting out a wicked laugh: “Hehe, I didn’t see anything either.”

“I’m telling you, Old Yang, I came here once before the new year, but I was a bit nervous that day, kept my head lowered out of shyness the whole time, didn’t dare to look closely.”

“Don’t worry, this time I’m here with you, let’s look boldly together.”

Zhao Zuchang watched from the side feeling extremely uncomfortable, but still sat upright, chain-smoking, almost sucking the cigarette butt into flames.

Look?

What’s the point of just looking?

It’s like treating someone to dinner – if the guests don’t start eating, of course he also doesn’t feel comfortable digging in.

This is called emotional intelligence.

And so, an erotic performance was made incredibly bland by these few men, full of a civilized, polite, noble and pure atmosphere.

The lead singer gave up after the eighth song and took a break to drink water while the next person came on.

She also found it strange. Damn it, this is the first time encountering a party that doesn’t cost any stockings or strain the vocal cords.

Next, the singer changed to a mature digital babe wearing office attire and a pencil skirt. Her high heels tapped on the floor with the rhythm, making clacking sounds.

Although this big sister’s voice wasn’t that great and her singing skills were average, Old Guo was obviously more excited, as if someone had punched him right in the heart.

“She kind of looks like that female teacher surnamed Pei who came to intern in our class in 10th grade, remember?”

“Old Guo, you’re really shameless. I thought you were quite honest in high school. Turns out you have so many indecent thoughts?”

“So what? A real macho man should directly face his feelings in this kind of situation!”

“Okay, putting aside the bottom line, she does kind of resemble Teacher Pei.”

The two buddies exchanged glances, let out wicked laughs, and continued enjoying the show.

At the same time, the smoking Zhao Zuchang turned his head and started observing Jiang Qin.

To be honest, President Jiang’s current behavior very much didn’t fit the atmosphere of going out to have fun.

From the moment they entered, he had his feet propped up on the tea table the whole time, lying flat on the sofa. He fiddled with a Nokia phone in his hands, pressing buttons and clacking away, probably texting someone. The corners of his mouth would occasionally turn upwards.

Of course, he wasn’t texting the entire time. Every now and then he would also chat a few sentences with Zhao Zuchang.

Things like issues to pay attention to in the early stages of reform, preparations to make in advance during the middle stages, troubles that could easily arise in the later stages… The entire private KTV room completely turned into another conference room.

“I bet President Jiang is a sanctified and refined true gentleman who has transcended lowbrow interests.”

After pondering for a while, Zhao Zuchang finally reached a conclusion he felt was very plausible.

He and Jiang Qin had only met twice in total. The first time was before the new year. In order to thank Jiang Qin for finalizing the reform plan for Wanzhong Mall, Old Zhao, under He Yijun’s instructions, took the expense funds to bring them here.

That day, Jiang Qin was also like this. Other than glancing at some legs, he didn’t show much interest.

According to him, he mainly brought his little brothers here to see the world.

At the time, Zhao Zuchang thought, President Jiang probably wasn’t very familiar with him yet, so he was a bit reserved and didn’t feel comfortable letting loose. Next time would definitely be better.

But this is already the second time. So it must be because of his upright character, right?

But as a man, Old Zhao found this kind of upright character very hard to understand. What exactly isn’t enticing about it?

“Little Yang bro, I have something to ask you.” Zhao Zuchang patted Yang Shuan’s shoulder.

Yang Shuan immediately shifted his gaze from the mature digital babe. “What’s up, Brother Zhao?”

Zhao Zuchang leaned over and lowered his voice, “Is President Jiang always this refined and sanctified? Why doesn’t he show any interest in matters of romance and passion? Did I arrange the wrong activity?”

“Impossible. My uncle is awesome at yellow jokes!”

“But President Jiang has been here for so long, and I haven’t seen him show any reaction at all.”

Yang Shuan smacked his lips. “Brother Zhao, actually the problem isn’t you. I think the activities you arranged today are great, but…”

Zhao Zuchang’s eyes lit up. “But?”

“But my aunt-in-law is just too beautiful, like a celestial maiden. The girls here probably can’t catch my uncle’s eye.”

“Oh, oh.”

Zhao Zuchang had never seen Feng Nanshu, so he didn’t believe this claim. How could there be a girl beautiful to that extent? He still preferred to believe that President Jiang was refined and sanctified.

“?”

Jiang Qin saw Zhao Zuchang’s look of admiration and felt a bit baffled, but his fingers replying to messages still didn’t stop.

Ever since going to Shanghai, the little rich girl reported her daily life to him every day, and also loved asking about what Jiang Qin was doing.

If he doesn’t say? Then she’ll keep calling him “gege” nonstop.

Anyway, that whole set of tricks Ding Xue taught her, she really learned and applied even better than the original.

But luckily, so far, Feng Nanshu had only learned the one big move of calling him “gege”. She doesn’t know anything else. Jiang Qin felt he could still hold up against it.

After a while, the office lady also got tired of singing, and another hostess wearing a cheongsam came up.

She sang coquettishly about love and affection. Although she stayed on tune, you could tell she was a bit perfunctory.

This was understandable. The drinks weren’t selling, tips weren’t coming in. Singing all night, how could she be motivated?

“President Jiang, want to change locations?” Zhao Zuchang asked in a timely manner.

Jiang Qin put down his phone and thought for a bit. “Manager Zhao, I’m feeling a bit tired. I think we should go back to the hotel to sleep. The main reason for coming here today was to let Shu’an see the world. I don’t really have the interest to be entertained. I’m a person of noble conduct. I normally wouldn’t come to this kind of place. But because you personally invited me, I really couldn’t refuse. As for the rest, forget it.”

“As expected…”

“What do you mean ‘as expected’?”

“It’s nothing, President Jiang. Let me go make a call first and ask if the hotel reservation is ready.”

Jiang Qin saw another hint of admiration flash through his eyes and thought to himself, he doesn’t really think I’m of noble conduct, right?

After a while, Zhao Zuchang returned to the room and said the hotel was booked. So Jiang Qin put his phone in his pocket and pulled the two energetic young men to head back to the hotel.

Guo Zihang and Yang Shuan still felt a bit unsatisfied. “Jiang bro, it’s only a bit past 8. How can young people fall asleep at this hour? Let’s hang out a bit more.”

“Calm yourself. Don’t live life however you want!”

Jiang Qin picked up his coat and tossed it to the two, then walked out the door, got in the car, and brought the two to the Longkai International Hotel.

From rushing on the road to guiding the mall reform, Jiang Qin had been tired for a day and was indeed a bit sleepy. He went to bed as soon as he got back.

But Yang Shuan and Guo Zihang tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. Left with no choice, they watched Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf all night, cleansing their souls with the green grasslands.

“How come this Pleasant Goat seems more and more coquettish the more I watch?”

“No idea…”

When early morning came the next day, the sun was bright and a sense of warmth filled the air.

Jiang Qin also got up very early. He first went to the hotel’s breakfast buffet to eat, then made a few calls to Su Nai, Dong Wenhao and the others, confirming the return to school dates of a few people.

Then, he tossed Guo Zihang and Yang Shuan to the nearest bus stop and drove back to Linchuan University.

There were quite a few people who came to school a day early, so Jiang Qin could see many people carrying large and small bags walking towards campus.

But what he found unexpected was that Zhou Chao and Cao Guangyu had already arrived at the dorms early.

“Jiang bro, long time no see.”

Jiang Qin put down his suitcase. “You’re all so diligent? Coming to school a day early?”

Zhou Chao shrugged his shoulders a bit helplessly. “My home is too far from here. I couldn’t get a ticket for tomorrow no matter what. I could only come a day early. But luckily you two are both here. I thought I’d have to sleep alone tonight.”

“What about Old Cao? You also couldn’t get a ticket?”

“I came back to school early because I haven’t seen Ding Xue for a month.” Cao Guangyu had a smug look.

Jiang Qin took out the bedsheets he brought. “How was your New Year?”

“Alright. Not much different from previous years. But I thought about it. If I could bring Ding Xue back home for New Year’s, that would definitely be great.”

“That’s not a difficult matter. If you want to bring her back, then bring her back.”

Jiang Qin casually said this while changing the bedsheets.

“That’s right. I plan to bring her back this Chinese New Year. Old Jiang, you need to work hard too. Don’t fall behind me.”

Cao Guangyu spoke with a barely concealed sense of superiority.

Zhou Chao came back from the balcony at this time. “Did you watch the Spring Festival Gala? That Xiao Shenyang in ‘Not Short of Money’ was so funny.”

Jiang Qin shook his head with an air of ease. “Didn’t watch all of it. During the comedy sketches, my mom scolded me for half a day saying I bullied Feng Nanshu.”

“…”

Cao Guangyu’s face turned pale. “You already brought Feng Nanshu home for Chinese New Year?”

“Isn’t it normal to bring a good friend home for the New Year?”