Chapter 268: A Necklace of Strawberry Hickeys

As the interview ended, the reporters packed their equipment and were seen out by Jiang Qin and Director Gu.

The sky had turned to dusk, the sunset glow like a scroll of fiery red, gorgeous and moving.

Jiang Qin stood in the parking lot of the teaching center with his hands in his pockets, feeling slightly relieved.

At present, the promotion of group-buy in Linchuan was 80% complete, preliminarily reaching the goal. Next, as long as the Linchuan government took action, group-buy could rest easy in this region.

This was the first step of the sword-hiding plan. Once the Zhihu website was upgraded, the second step of Zhihu promotion could proceed.

But based on current progress, the website upgrade would take at least two more months. Although it was a long time, fortunately the summer vacation was long enough.

The timing was just. With college students away from school, even if Zhihu’s upgrade was successful, it couldn’t immediately start promotion. Jiang Qin felt he was a handsome master of timing points.

“Director.”

“What is it, Siqi?”

“Doesn’t the school still need to do a special interview with Jiang Qin? Could you ask him to stay a bit longer so I can chat with him about the follow-up interview?”

Chu Siqi chased to the door and quietly asked Gu Chunlei.

Director Gu looked at her with pitying eyes, “Little girl, how are you so infatuated?”

Chu Siqi bit her lip, “Director Gu, don’t make fun of me…”

“Don’t worry, leave this to me.”

“Director, don’t be like this. It’s my business that I like him. Don’t keep promoting me to him, he’s annoyed enough with me already.”

After listening, Director Gu felt it was novel, “You’re so pretty, how could he be annoyed with you? There must be some misunderstanding. I’ll interrogate him for you later.”

“…”

Chu Siqi watched Gu Chunlei walk towards Jiang Qin and couldn’t help gently releasing her bitten lip.

Actually, she had grown a lot over time and was no longer the brainless girl who dared to argue with Hong Yan on the street.

She had begun to learn to think and had gained some schemes.

She knew Director Gu loved to gossip, so just now she absolutely didn’t mention Jiang Qin pursuing her, only saying she liked Jiang Qin, with the purpose of making Director Gu curious.

Moreover, Director Gu was also a warm-hearted person who liked to help people match up.

Yes, she wanted to use Director Gu to probe Jiang Qin’s attitude towards her.

People say first love is the most beautiful and pure existence in memory. Chu Siqi knew she had no chance against someone like Feng Nanshu, but she at least had the halo of first love.

But she knew speaking up would make her disliked, so she could never bring herself to. Until just now, when Director Gu asked if she liked Jiang Qin, she suddenly had this idea.

What she couldn’t say could be said through Director Gu’s lips.

She was in such agony now. Although Wang Huiru kept urging her to let go, she couldn’t resist as Jiang Qin became more and more dazzling.

The more dazzling he was, the harder it was for Chu Siqi to forget and the more unwilling she felt. So she wanted to know if Jiang Qin had any lingering feelings or regrets for her.

If he did, even if the rival was Feng Nanshu, she dared to try.

“Jiang Qin, let’s have dinner together tonight. According to Dean Zhang’s arrangement, the school will plan an interview for you. Let’s eat and chat.”

After seeing off the last batch of reporters, Jiang Qin turned around, “Of course, I’ve always wanted to treat Director to dinner. I even booked a table before coming, but I’m a bit shy and embarrassed to bring it up.”

“You’re shy? You’re already almost sweet-talking.”

“It’s true Director, I get shy in front of good-looking people.” Jiang Qin said seriously.

Gu Chunlei was silent for a moment, “There are so many students in the school, yet you’re the one who got rich. There’s a reason for that.”

“You flatter me Director. Could you wait for me to use the restroom? Then we’ll go.”

“Go ahead.”

Jiang Qin smiled and went to the teaching center bathroom, then took out his phone to call Wei Lanlan, telling her to quickly go book a table at Nanshan Restaurant, pretending it was booked earlier.

The director said to have dinner, you can’t let the director pay.

Since he was going to pay, saying the table was booked in advance was much more likable than booking it last minute. It’s all in the details.

After leaving the restroom, Jiang Qin waved his hand and called over everyone from the broadcasting station.

They had been working hard here all day, all for his interview. A meal wasn’t expensive. If he only treated the leaders, it would be poor conduct.

“Look, he directly treated the entire broadcasting station to dinner. This is what a real second-generation rich is!”

“Yeah, completely different level from those who claim to be second-generation rich but only buy a few cups of milk tea.”

“Are you dumb? Jiang Qin is a first-generation rich, okay!”

“Right, those who start from scratch are first-generation rich, a generation higher than second-generation rich.”

Hearing this, Yao Junjie’s face darkened and he almost started cursing.

He wasn’t a member of the broadcasting station, so he wasn’t included in the invitation. But because Chu Siqi said she always had feelings for Jiang Qin, his sense of crisis swelled, so he had to tag along no matter what.

It was precisely because of this that Yao Junjie was sarcastically mocked by this group of broadcasting station boys the whole way.

Most crucially, the girl he had pursued for so long actually secretly liked Jiang Qin. What kind of dog-biting weed situation was this.

Also, Wang Huiru and Si Huiying came to watch the commotion. Upon hearing they were going for a meal, they immediately prepared to return to the dorm. After walking a few steps, they were stopped by Jiang Qin and told to go with them.

Whether they went or not, two tables would be booked, so it made no difference.

Besides, when they met at the University of Science and Technology before, Jiang Qin had planned to treat Wang Huiru to dinner. This time it could be considered making up for it.

As for Chu Siqi, that was all in the past.

When you stand at a high enough height and look back at everything before, you’ll find the past obsessions aren’t worth remembering for too long, because they have no value.

The brain capacity is small and the heart capacity is also small. If you always remember trivial things, you’ll miss even better things.

At night, the lights turned on. Dishes were served one after another, dazzling and fragrant.

Everyone was tired after a day and had takeout for lunch, so once the dishes arrived, they immediately began devouring.

“Jiang Qin, you and Siqi were high school classmates?” Gu Chunlei couldn’t help asking while eating.

Jiang Qin nodded, “Yes, and Wang Huiru too. We were in the same class in high school.”

“One of you is an entrepreneurial star, one is Linchuan’s campus belle, and you were high school classmates. Such a strong fate, yet nothing happened between you two. Jiang Qin, your standards are quite high.”

“?”

Jiang Qin thought, what kind of nonsense is this, “Director, drink less. This alcohol is strong.”

Gu Chunlei pointed at Chu Siqi beside her, “I’m not drunk. Do you know our Siqi has been thinking of you?”

Chu Siqi put down her glass, bit her lip, and looked at Jiang Qin with glistening eyes, wanting to know how he would answer.

“The past is the past, nothing worth remembering. I very much admired Classmate Chu’s looks back then, but many people admired her. She didn’t have to choose me, so it wasn’t wrong.”

Director Gu: “?”

Chu Siqi was a bit anxious, because what she feared most was Jiang Qin completely letting go. Completely letting go meant unbinding himself and not reminiscing about the past anymore. The halo of first love simply couldn’t exist then.

“Jiang Qin, I really didn’t reject you. I really planned to be with you as soon as I got to college!” Chu Siqi bit her lip.

Jiang Qin smacked his lips, “Then I might not have had time to start a business and wouldn’t have today’s achievements.”

“I like you as a person, your personality. Even if you weren’t so dazzling, I wouldn’t mind.”

“I believe it. Let’s toast to that.”

Jiang Qin raised his glass and downed it, “Is the air conditioner in this room broken? Why is it so hot.”

As he spoke, he reached out and unbuttoned two buttons at his collar.

Chu Siqi still wanted to confess, but when her gaze fell on his neck, the words in her mouth were instantly swallowed back, her heart icy cold.

No need to guess, those were planted by Feng Nanshu.

What kind of passionate entanglement did they have when together? Did they use protection?

Director Gu and the others also saw it clearly, thinking, are those hickeys from his girlfriend?

No, not strawberries. F*ck, this is a strawberry necklace!

But this wasn’t the most important thing. The important part was something was off about his conversation with Chu Siqi. Didn’t they say Jiang Qin didn’t like Chu Siqi? But how come Jiang Qin said Chu Siqi rejected him?

“What exactly is going on? Who pursued who between you two?”

After dinner, Jiang Qin went to pay the bill first. Director Gu asked her most curious question while walking out.

“Jiang Qin pursued Siqi in high school, but Siqi didn’t agree. Later after starting college, Siqi began to regret it.” Wang Huiru couldn’t help adding.

Yao Junjie blanked for a moment, his eyes suddenly bright, “F*ck, so this guy is a simp, hahaha. I thought he was some male god. F*ck, hilarious.”

Gu Chunlei glared at her and turned to Chu Siqi, “Do you actually like Jiang Qin? If you only regret it after seeing his success, that’s not called liking at all.”

“I like him, but I realized it too late…”

“So Jiang Qin settled for someone else? Chose another girl?” Gu Chunlei felt she more or less understood.

Jiang Qin had pursued Chu Siqi in high school, but because Chu Siqi kept hesitating, Jiang Qin chose to let go and chose someone else, getting a neck full of strawberries. Now Chu Siqi regretted it.

This… was hard to judge.

Yao Junjie pouted and glanced at Jiang Qin standing at the door, “Very normal. If you can’t get them, letting go is also a choice. If you can’t get the prettiest, then find the next best. He’s quite smart.”

Wang Huiru: “…”

Si Huiying: “…”

Just then, a pink electric scooter suddenly zipped by on the street. An absolutely stunning girl instantly attracted everyone’s gaze.

She wore a short-sleeved shirt with a reindeer print, her hair in a high ponytail. Her eyes were clear and cold, like moonlight piercing the night sky, as if the noisy street had become a mere backdrop in an instant.

The pink electric scooter gradually slowed to a stop and the girl stared at Jiang Qin with a silly expression. Her long lashes seemed dyed golden under the lights, splendidly radiant, stunningly beautiful.

“Why were you riding so fast? Weren’t you afraid of falling?”

“I was wrong, but I’ll dare to do it again next time.”