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  Chapter 142: Subtle Progress iions

  TL: Etude

  “Being able to win this award, I truly deserve it… no, that’s nht, I am extremely honored.”

  “I’d like to thank Lin Uy, the Lin Campus Forum, the college supermarket, and the Tongxing Driving School.”

  “My mother taught me since I was young that the children of the poor must learn to take charge early…”

  At two o’clo the afternoon, at the Lin Uy pyground, during the Star of Learning award ceremony.

  Jiang Qin, holding the trophy in his hands, spoke to the audience, which wasn’t much rger thaaff, repeating his words like a broken record for aire hour, frustrating Manager Niu to the point of wanting to asd to heaven.

  This guy’s shamelessness knows no bounds!

  Doesn’t he know how he even got this award? Damn it!If only Ms. Jiang had foreseen this, he wouldn’t have e either. Even staying in the lousy driving school would have beeer than listening to this endless prattle.

  Meanwhile, Teacher Li from the Lin Campus Forum had already had enough, silently finding a er, fag the wall, his back to everyone, and started to smoke stealthily.

  Actually, he felt somewhat relieved.

  Luckily, the initial promotion was iive, and luckily, there weren’t many people at the award ceremony today. Otherwise, he would have been utterly embarrassed.

  Jiang Qin was indeed different from the ordinary college student, with a thid durable face.

  “Teacher Li, give me a cigarette.”

  “You smoke too?”

  Niu Shangtian, pulling up his pant legs and squatting beside him, replied, “I don’t usually, but I do when I’m upset.”

  Teacher Li took out a pack of Yuxi cigarettes and tossed it over: “Don’t worry about it, it’s over. Just avoid him iure.”

  “You say it’s over, but my troubles are just beginning.”

  “What do you mean?”

  Niu Shangtian, lighting a cigarette, took a deep drag: “This m, besides Jiang Qin, all ten others from room 208 signed up for driving lessons at my school.”

  Teacher Li: “…”

  “I was tricked and now have to offer them half-price lessons. After all this, I’ve essentially been giving Jiang Qin’s employees a be. Damn, I really lost out on this deal. The promotion wasn’t even worth it.”

  Teacher Li leaned in closer: “You could group them separately, make ten of them use one car, and drag it out. They won’t learn how to drive even in three years, and that would serve your purpose.”

  Niu Shangtian’s eyes lit up: “Damn, why didn’t I think of that?”

  “Just don’t say I taught you this.”

  “Don’t worry, Teacher Li, I’m not a bbbermouth.”

  As they fialking, both men, cigarettes in mouths, turo look at the atform. Jiang Qin was still going on endlessly, now beginning to thank the security guard and the janitor at the school gate.

  “Boss, boss, stop talking, it’s my turn!”

  “Yeah, boss, leave us some time too. We want to give our acceptance speeches. I’m a junior and haven’t won anythi!”

  Realizing that his acceptance speech had indeed gone on for too long, Jiang Qin hahe stage over to the sed-pce winner, Yang Shuai, and came down with the trophy.

  That Jiang Zhihua really had poor taste, the trophy’s appearance was utterly tacky.

  A bck pstic base topped with an open book design, all in gaudy gold.

  However, this was more than enough to please his parents. The tackier it was, the more they would trust it, because in their minds, trophies were supposed to look like this, and any other color would seem inauthentic.

  “It’s settled then. This year shouldn’t be too hard.”

  Jiang Qin hahe trophy to Wei Lan, askio take it back to the office. He then walked towards where Niu Shangtian and Teacher Li were squatting and smoking.

  Seeing him approach step by step, both the old Niu and Teacher Li felt inexplicably nervous, shuffling their buttocks back as if to distahemselves from him.

  “Manager Niu.”

  “General Jiang, gratutions! Star of Learning, well deserved indeed,” Manager Niu replied with a professional, yet insincere smile.

  Jiang Qin waved his hand dismissively, “I admit I took advantage of you this time, but I’m not the type to only be myself without helping others. So, I’m pnning to promote you for free on the forum.”

  Niu Shangtian was stunned for a moment: “Really?”

  “Yes, Yang Shuai and the others are learning to drive at your schoht? I’ll have them take some photos every day and post them on the forum. They’ll say how great Tongxing Driving School is, with only two students per car, o fight ue, and that they get their lise in just a month. Everyone should hurry up and sign up.”

  …

  Niu Shangtian swallowed hard and g Teacher Li, notig his frozen smile.

  They uood the underlying threat in Jiang Qin’s words. It was not a favor but a veiled threat: provide two-person service for his employees, or he would expose the poor service of their driving school. There was no way they could just use one car for all ten students and drag it out until their graduation.

  But what stueacher Li was the realization: had Jiang Qin phis all from the moment he saw them at the petition?

  Was he really capable of foreseeing such miails and avoiding even these small traps?

  “Hmm? Teacher Li, why has your face ged color?”

  “It’s nothing, just a special ability…”

  Jiang Qin, impressed with himself, thehe pyground for the college supermarket.

  At the supermarket, Jiang Zhihua was sitting inside, furiously staring at the new batilk tea cups on the ter, almost fuming at the top of her head.

  Star of Learning: Jiang Qin

  Tsk!

  Every time she saw these words on the milk tea cups, Jiang Zhihua felt a surge of anger.

  Having lived for so many years, being outwitted by aeen-year-old was something she found hard to accept, especially without any means to retaliate.

  What she didn’t realize was that Lin Uy was like a protective circle for her. She used es to open the rgest supermarket here without any petition, living too fortably.

  The schemes she could think of were mere child’s py for Jiang Qin. They might fool ordinary college students, but in the eyes of a businessman, they were nothing signifit.

  However, the packaging ge wasirely bad for the college supermarket.

  At least this m, a stunningly beautiful girl bought five cups in one go.

  She was about 1.7 meters tall, standing tall and graceful, with features so delicate that a gnce could captivate one’s heart. She was cool and ununicative, the epitome of a rid beautiful girl from a promi family. Yet, she poi Jiang Qin’s cups, not fussy about the fvor.

  Jiang Zhihua didn’t uand her choice at first, randomly grabbing the old cups, but the girl insisted on having Jiang Qin’s.

  Jiang Zhihua was baffled, thinking it was just bizarre.

  “Boss Jiang, how’s busioday?”

  Just as Jiang Zhihua was lost in thought, Jiang Qin walked into the supermarket.

  Jiang Zhihua’s face darkened further, struggling to breathe smoothly: “What are you doing here?”

  “I’m puzzled about something and came to ask you,” Jiang Qin replied.

  “I have nothing to talk to you about.”

  Jiang Qin leaned on the ter: “Just a quick chat. You wouldn’t wao linger here, would you?”

  Jiang Zhihua ched her teeth: “Ask quickly then.”

  “How did you e up with the idea for the Star of Learning petition? Wouldn’t a campus hunk test be more appealing?”

  “I thought the same initially. But Teacher Li said the Lin Campus Forum is an official forum. They o maintain professionalism and seriousness in tent. A frivolous event like a campus hunk test wouldn’t suit their image, and the school authorities wouldn’t approve. We had no choice but to settle for less.”

  Jiang Qin nodded, feeling the reason matched his thoughts, then grinned: “That’s great. At the end of the month, I’m pnning to hold a campus hunk test at the front pza and open a supermarket to divert traffic there.”

  Jiang Zhihua: “…”

  “Boss Jiang, that’s how business is. Where someone profits, another loses. You’ve just been too fortable in the school, inexperienced in cutthroat petition, and henaware of how vicious people be.”

  “Jiang Qin, I admit I uimated you. From now on, I’ll steer clear of you, okay? Why must you push things to the extreme?”

  Jiang Qin pulled out a dot and pushed it towards her: “Boss Jiang, let’s colborate. ect your supply to my group-buyiure. rofit together and share the reveherwise, I really will hold that campus hunk test.”

  Jiang Zhihua’s gaze fell on the dot, and after a long silence, she uood his true motive. Pig up a pen, she signed her name.

  She had no choice. Jiang Qin’s threat was to. It was clear: either colborate or fapetition.

  With the letter of i in hand, Jiang Qin couldn’t hide his satisfa.

  Food supplier √Retail supplier √Shopping mall √

  Moreover, sihe Polyteiiversity and Teachers College were far from Lin Uy, it would indeed be more ve for the staff to learn driving. With Manager Niu’s help, this was also settled.

  Ihe world is full of good people, all supp his entrepreneurship!

  Just then, the back door of the college supermarket suddenly echoed with the familiar sound of little leather shoes. Lifting his head, Jiang Qin saw the little rich dy, Gao Wenhui, and Fan Shuling walking in.

  “Jiang Qin? Aren’t you taking care of your wife anymore? She’s already had five cups of milk tea today!”

  “?”

  Feng Nanshu pa Gao Wenhui’s accusation: “I didn’t! I only had two cups; the rest were for Wenhui and Shuling.”

  Jiang Qin turo Feng Nanshu: “Why are you drinking so much milk tea?”

  “The milk tea cups at the college supermarket have your name on them, in seven different colors. She wants to buy two more,” Fan Shuling couldn’t help but expin.

  Jiang Qin widened his eyes: “While I’m out there ingly dealing with others, yetting fooled by them?”

  After a moment of thought, Feng Nanshu tried to sound posed: “Jiang Qin, which color do you want? Your best friend will buy it for you.”

  “No more drinking.”

  “I just want the cups.”

  Jiang Qin looked at Jiang Zhihua: “Boss Jiang, how about giving us two cups for free?”

  Jiang Zhihua was furious, forced to sign a trad now to give away cups for free: “Take them, just take them and leave.”

  “Go get them,” Jiang Qin said.

  The little rich dy raised both hands, one bd one white cup in each: “Already got them.”

  Jiang Qin ughed: “Now we summon the dragon. Make a wish.”

  “I wish to see you every day.”

  “…”

  Jiang Qin, stunned by Feng Nanshu’s ear expression, suddenly heard Gao Wenhui’s voice: “Jiang Qin, we’re going to the cafeteria to eat. Do you want to e with us?”

  “Sure, I’ve been busy all afternoo me treat you out.”

  Gao Wenhui’s eyes lit up: “You’re paying?”

  “I’m in a good mood today, so it’s on me. Let’s go.”

  Without thinking, Jiang Qin instinctively took Feng Nanshu’s delicate hand and led her out of the supermarket. The little rich dy, caught off guard, quietly looked at Jiang Qin, like a soulless kitten.

  “Wasn’t Jiang Qin only into toug feet? How e he’s holding hands now?” Gao Wenhui excimed in surprise.

  Fan Shuling crossed her arms: “It seems their retionship has made some subtle progress.”

  “No way, we must follow them. I o withis.”

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