When Will My Childhood Sweetheart Marry Me?-Chapter 124: Rapid Progress

Shedding his youthful recklessness, whether his body, untempered by the trials of life, could bear the responsibilities of the massive Zhi Zhen Group.

She wanted him to be happy all his life, yet she couldn’t help but harden her heart to spur him on.

She hoped her young man would forge a spine of steel in the storms, find his life’s direction, strive forward, and never cease.

Jiang Shuyao wanted to accompany Pei Yan, to witness and grow alongside each other.

"Let’s go," she said, coming up beside him and poking his hand with her finger.

Pei Yan lowered his eyes, touched the girl’s head, and took her hand as they left the building.

The manager stood outside the door, staring for a long time until the two figures had gradually vanished. He then muttered doubtfully to himself, "The circuit’s fine, how did the young master manage to make the smoke detectors in the entire building go off simultaneously?"

Xiao Zeng from the Business Department hurried over.

"Manager Li, the trade show people are pushing, asking when we can—"

He was interrupted midway by the manager, "Working here, you must remember one principle."

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"You can offend a customer but never that person just now, understand?"

Half an hour earlier, Xiao Zeng had tried several times to bring up the trade show but was stopped by the manager’s warning glance.

He was curious about the young man who had deliberately tampered with the smoke detectors, forcing the building to be evacuated, and why everyone in the lobby had to tiptoe around him.

As if seeing his confusion.

Before leaving, Manager Li patted Xiao Zeng’s shoulder, "Wait a few more years, then go check the CEO section on the Zhi Zhen official website."

"..."

The young man suddenly widened his eyes, clearly understanding.

The results of the Yangjin preliminary exams would be sent out in late December via email to the candidates.

This period was undoubtedly lengthy for Jiang Shuyao but also brought her a lot of joy from someone.

Pei Yan’s academic performance had improved dramatically of late, thanks mainly to the teachings of a strict but competent young teacher.

For him, the challenges in Chinese language were centered around poetry memorization and essay writing.

Though memorization only accounted for ten points, Jiang Shuyao’s requirement was that he must score at least eight points.

Meaning, out of ten questions, he could only get two wrong.

Thus, classmates in Class 2 often faced this painful scenario.

When Boss Pei was reciting, no sound could be made in the classroom.

It wasn’t impossible.

But being glared at for even sneezing was too torturous.

The students were furious yet dared not speak until they couldn’t bear it anymore. They sneaked complaints to the homeroom teacher, only to receive a single reply, "Unless he hits you, don’t come to me."

The students felt a thousand curses racing through their minds.

From then on, they utterly despised anyone with the surname Qin.

What truly changed their attitudes was the eve of Christmas when the monthly test results came out during evening self-study.

Pei Yan had jumped from last place to fiftieth from the bottom in his grade.

Although still at the lower end, the difference of fifty places was quite shocking.

Everyone saw Brother Yan’s efforts and had thought it was just a fleeting whim to pretend a bit, but this time, he was genuinely studying hard.

Class 2 couldn’t help but ask themselves a soul-searching question.

If even Boss Pei was willing to turn over a new leaf, what were they waiting for!

Pei Yan wasn’t the only one to improve.

Xu Kanfeng securely held the top spot in the class, while Chen Jin and He Qingzhou also climbed in the rankings to varying degrees.

After the evening self-study, Chen Jin suggested going to Seaside City to celebrate all night.

The response from the others was lukewarm.

"Hey, you guys, studying requires balancing work and leisure. Let’s go, tonight’s Christmas and Seaside City will surely have an explosion of beauties."

Chen Jin couldn’t stop talking about beautiful women, having just had his bank card unblocked by his old man. The healed wound had made him forget the pain, and he had thrown their ancestral teachings out the window.

Pei Yan finished reciting the "Six Kingdoms Theory" and closed his textbook to pack up his things.

"Brother Yan, are you coming? It won’t be fun without you."

With a cold look in the corner of his eye, the young man silently picked up his backpack and headed towards the classroom door, "Before the final exams, don’t invite me to similar entertainment activities. A simple dinner is okay."

As his words landed, a burst of ringtone sounded.

While all three watched, Pei Yan answered the phone as he walked.

"Yes, an eight-inch mousse."

"More mango sauce, please."

"..."

His voice faded away, and a light bulb went off in Chen Jin’s head as he suddenly remembered something. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

"Today seems to be Sister Yao’s birthday. I heard the chubby girl mention it a few days ago. No wonder, ah, Brother Yan is leaving so early tonight."

Upon mentioning it, Xu Kanfeng slapped his thigh, "I knew Boss Pei had been secretive lately; he was preparing a birthday gift for Sister Yao."

Chen Jin and He Qingzhou both asked, "What gift?"

Oh.

Xu Kanfeng shrugged, "I don’t know either."

Anyway, a gift is a gift. How could Brother Yan let him see it?

It was indeed Jiang Shuyao’s birthday today. With the end of term approaching, the intense revision almost made her forget herself.

Her parents, far away, had sent her a red envelope early in the morning.

Her mother would return to Rong in two days, while her father’s return would be delayed until after New Year’s Day.

Unexpectedly, for her eighteenth birthday celebration, her only company was the guy from across the door.

Although there was only one person celebrating her birthday, she received plenty of gifts tonight.

Most of her Class Six peers had given her something, with cards making up the majority, filled with everyone’s blessings, and many girls even drew cute cartoon sketches of her looking plump and adorable.

Jiang Shuyao was deeply moved, still sporting a faint smile on her face as she got into the car, holding her gifts.

"Miss Shuyao, this is the birthday gift Chairman Pei asked me to give you. Happy Birthday," Uncle Li said with a kind face as he handed her a box before starting the car.

She quickly took it, happily saying, "Please thank Uncle Pei for me."

A careless laugh sounded in the car.

"If you want to thank him, thank him in person. Why not visit the Pei Family this New Year?"

Hearing his teasing, Jiang Shuyao pursed her lips, "If my parents go, I’ll go."

Huh.

Pei Yan closed his eyes and switched positions to continue lying down, "Look at your ambition."

This guy, really.

She silently glared at him for a while before lightly pinching his leg.

"Can you sit properly? You’re almost squishing me out of space."

The young man lazily opened his eyes a slit at her words.

No space? Then sit on my lap.

Jiang Shuyao seemed to catch onto his shameful thoughts, blushing as she turned her head away, no longer wanting to engage with him.

After a while, the boy’s chest lightly trembled as he laughed heartily.

Uncle Li in the front row, not understanding the reason but influenced by the atmosphere, laughed along.

All along the ride, Jiang Shuyao, with her head bowed in a dim corner, truly wished to kick this jerk out of the car.

Just then, her phone’s penguin mailbox chimed with an email notification.

She was still in a daze from being annoyed by him.

As she casually clicked into her inbox and saw the unread email’s subject beginning, she completely didn’t know what to do.

—From ’Yangjin Independent Enrollment Examination Office’...