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Chapter 349: Chapter 287: Pleading (4400 words)

To avoid gossip, Yan Junze had never brought Xiang Er to school to show her off. Even his roommates, Zhao Zheng and He Bishou, had never met her.

They had only heard from Huahua that Yan Junze had brought a cousin who was currently living off-campus. Huahua was also tight-lipped and didn’t reveal any more information.

If they knew how stunning this cousin was, Zhao Zheng and He Bishou would probably have taken the opportunity to follow Huahua to visit her long ago.

Huahua’s assistance to Xiang Er was exceptionally thorough, from how a girl should dress and basic social etiquette to communicating with others of the same or opposite sex, what a true friend is, and when emotions spark into love—all as if reciting treasures from her chest, resembling the rhythm of a life coach.

That day, Yan Junze and Huahua went to the rented apartment together, and he listened with interest, learning alongside Xiang Er as they both became students of Huahua’s teachings.

Eventually, Yan Junze added, “You said you have a lot of fans on the Trembling platform. I didn’t believe it at first, but now I finally do.”

With a proud smile, Huahua replied, “I’m about to break 5 million fans, and I’ve taken some side gigs promoting cosmetics. Right, I can bring a few for Xiang Er for free.”

Yan Junze looked at Xiang Er. He could feel that, although she remained silent, she was clearly yearning, so he nodded, “That would be great, thank you.”

“Thank you, Brother Hua,” Xiang Er said.

Huahua waved her hand dismissively, “Don’t call me brother, just call me Huahua.”

Yan Junze chuckled, “Or maybe you could call her Sister Hua.”

Huahua raised her small fists and gave Yan Junze a few punches on the chest, then suddenly remembered something and reminded him, “Does Xiang Er usually have poor health? I feel her temperature is quite low. Yesterday when I tutored her in makeup, her whole face felt cold.”

Yan Junze replied, “Their whole family has this kind of constitution—hands and feet always cold, unable to warm up even when bundled, but their health is really good, no need to worry.”

“Hmm, but girls need to take more care of themselves,” Huahua continued smoothly, “especially around the abdominal area, which really needs to be kept warm. If it’s constantly too cold, you can buy some womb-warming patches online. I know of a good brand…”

Yan Junze quickly excused himself.

“Female” conversations weren’t quite his place to interject.

When he got back to school, he found the security captain Wang Tao waiting for him at the dormitory entrance. Since the other two roommates hadn’t returned yet, he stood there in the hallway, causing the other dormitory residents to panic, thinking there was another room inspection. They promptly closed their doors and hurriedly hid any contraband.

Wang Tao didn’t mind, and waited for Yan Junze to return. Then, with a beaming smile, he cheerfully asked, “Junze, have the villagers’ payments reached your account?”

Yan Junze nodded, “Yeah, it’s nearly three hundred thousand in total, thanks to everyone.”

“No,” Wang Tao waved his hand, “they should be thanking you. They’ve sent the money but still weren’t at ease, insisting I come over again in person to say thank you.”

Yan Junze gave a toothy grin, waving his hand, “No need to be so formal.”

Wang Tao then added, “By the way, did Director Yuan from the guidance office contact you?”

Yan Junze was taken aback, “No, what’s the matter?”

Wang Tao said, “I overheard Director Yuan on the phone today; it seemed like someone in an important position had called him, looking to meet with you. But Director Yuan didn’t say anything, just kept refusing.”

“Someone in an important position?” Yan Junze frowned.

“Yes.” Wang Tao nodded, “Director Yuan spoke very politely to him, but still didn’t yield, not revealing any of your information.”

Although that’s what was said, Yan Junze was well aware that if the other party really wanted his information, there were plenty of ways to find it even without Director Yuan’s help.

As Wang Tao finished speaking, they both paused; a black sedan was slowly approaching along the road by the row of plane trees at the bottom of the dormitory building.

Normally, the school forbade entry to outside vehicles—unless it was for official business or someone had connections.

After the black sedan parked, a slim figure scuttled all the way from a distance.

Yan Junze took a closer look; the hurrying person was none other than the guidance office head, Yuan Lison.

Right as Director Yuan ran up to the car, the door opened, and a tall, plump man got out. Wearing a dark blue suit, with a big belly, followed by a woman of about his age.

Once the woman got out, she looked up at the dormitory building, spotting Yan Junze and Wang Tao looking in their direction.

After exchanging a couple of words with the man, Director Yuan also looked up and saw Yan Junze.

When Yan Junze saw the two people who had gotten out of the car, he guessed who they were.

The man in particular, with his facial features resembling Zhou Jiajie’s, and given Wang Tao’s recent mention of an important figure in contact with Yuan Lison, was likely Zhou Jiajie’s father, the Deputy Mayor of Shuntian City, Zhou Guhua.

And the woman, who had alighted from the car and taken Zhou Guhua’s arm, was probably Zhou Jiajie’s mother.

The driver didn’t get out, leaving Yuan Lison feeling helpless—he didn’t expect that despite his consistent refusals, the other party had directly found the college. Now that Yan Junze was in the building and witnessing the scene, evasion was no longer an option.

Initially, on the phone, Zhou Guhua sounded anxious and slightly accusatory, which wouldn’t be good for Yan Junze to find out about, so Yuan Lison had tirelessly blocked for him till now.

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