After Li Er returned to school, he focused most of his attention on studying, but he would occasionally think of Li Bala.

That day, Li Er called Li Bala and asked about her recent situation.

"Bala! I haven't heard from you for a long time, are you okay?"

"Little ears, I'm fine."

Li Er asked, "What's the good idea? Tell me."

"I plan to take root in Shanghai and work hard for the future with my man."

Li Er was stunned for a moment after hearing this. Although she had long guessed that Li Bala might go to Shanghai to find Zhao Shucheng, she didn't expect them to be together so soon.

"Are you staying in the Magic City because of Xu Yi?"

"You always tell me that I should have dreams, just in case they come true. I decided to learn from your courage and challenge fate like never before."

Li Er was silent for a while, then asked, "So, you are living together now?"

"Guess what, I'm living in a very comfortable room with a sunny king-size bed. When I open the window, I can see the sea."

After hearing this, Li Er was a little bit unconvinced. After all, he had lived in Zhao Shucheng's rental house before, so he naturally knew that there was no view of the sea outside this community.

"You are exaggerating. There is no sea near the campus."

At this time, Li Er heard the bell for class. After saying a few words to Li Bala, he hurried to class.

Li Bala looked at the scenery outside the window. Although she felt a little sorry for Xiao Erduo, she couldn't give up her love for friendship, so she could only say sorry to Xiao Erduo.

While Zhao Shucheng was in class, he received a call from his father, asking him to go home quickly.

Hearing his father asking him to go back so anxiously, Zhao Shucheng thought that Zhuang Meijuan's condition had relapsed. He could only tell the teacher and hurried home.

But when Zhao Shucheng returned home, he saw his mother chatting and smiling with Jiang Jiao, and she didn't look like anything was wrong at all.

"Mom, you're so anxious for me to come back, what happened?"

"Jiaojiao is going back to the capital, you go and see Jiaojiao off."

Zhao Shucheng asked, "You made me come back just for this?"

"Isn't it possible? Jiaojiao is a girl. If you don't go and send her off, what if she encounters danger on the way?"

Zhao Shucheng said: "But you can also go and send it off. I was still in class when I received your call. I thought..."

"Why? Can't I ask you to come back unless it's urgent? Tell me, how often have you been home since school started? You weren't like this before. Before the college entrance examination, I was worried that you wouldn't get used to it, so I quit my job and went back to my hometown to take care of you. But now that you're in college, you don't even come home anymore."

Zhuang Meijuan glanced at Jiang Jiao, who was feeling a little uncomfortable, and continued, "I know you are with that Li Bala now, but you two are not suitable for each other. Jiaojiao is the most suitable person for you. We are not forcing you to be with Jiaojiao. Even as friends and old classmates, what's wrong with you seeing Jiaojiao off?"

"People say that when you have a wife, you forget your mother. You don't even have a wife yet, you're just a girlfriend, and you forget about us. Don't you think that's wrong?"

Zhao Shucheng raised his hands and said, "Mom, mom, stop talking. I'll go see Jiang Jiao off. It's not that I don't want to come back to see you, but I think I'm an adult now and I should have my own space and freedom. Don't worry, I will definitely come back often to accompany you in the future."

"You are sensible. By the way, we can ignore your relationship with Li Bala, but you are still young and should focus on your studies instead of just hanging out with her every day."

Zhuang Meijuan actually wanted to remind Zhao Shucheng that he could be on good terms with Li Bala, but he must not cause any death. But Jiang Jiao was right beside her, so she couldn't say it so bluntly, and she just hoped that her son could understand.

Zhao Shucheng said, "I know everything you said, don't worry. By the way, Jiang Jiao, have you packed your things? Let's go after you pack them. I'll take you shopping later, so you can return to the Magic City empty-handed."

"No, I don't need anything."

Zhuang Meijuan said, "Jiaojiao, don't be polite. This is what Xu Yi should do. It's not easy for you to come here, so you should let Xu Yi accompany you to visit the Magic City. But you are still students now, so you should focus more on your studies."

"But when you come to the Magic City during your winter vacation, your uncle Xu and I will ask Xu Yi to have fun with you."

Jiang Jiao looked at Zhao Shucheng with half belief and half doubt, as if he didn't believe that Zhao Shucheng was really so obedient.

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "No problem. It won't take long anyway. You're welcome to come and play anytime."

Zhao Shucheng drove Jiang Jiao to the airport and took her to the surrounding shops for a walk. Jiang Jiao only picked out a few not-so-expensive items.

When Zhao Shucheng sent her to the boarding gate, Jiang Jiao suddenly looked at Zhao Shucheng and asked:

"Xu Yi, have you really decided to be with Li Bala in the future?"

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "Why do you ask?"

"Don't I have any chance at all?"

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "Jiang Jiao, you don't know me at all. I am actually a very philandering person. Li Bala is just one of my women, but not my last one. And if you want to be a big star in the future, you shouldn't be bound by a relationship, nor can you become a third party, so we can only say that we are not meant to be together."

"I don't believe it. I know what you mean. I will think about it carefully. When I think it through, I will contact you!"

Without waiting for Zhao Shucheng to say anything else, Jiang Jiao checked his ticket and entered the station. He waved to Zhao Shucheng with a smile, then turned and left.

Zhao Shucheng looked at Jiang Jiao's back, not knowing what expression to use for a moment. In fact, he had never thought of having anything to do with Jiang Jiao. After all, Zhao Shucheng didn't want to serve such a young lady. Besides, he already had Li Bala, and there might be other women in the future, but Jiang Jiao might become a female star, and there would be no shortage of paparazzi following her. He didn't want to be the protagonist of gossip news.

After leaving the airport, Zhao Shucheng went straight back to school.

As for why he didn't see his father Xu Ruiyang at home, Zhao Shucheng actually knew it very well, because his company is now facing a big crisis. In the original plot, Xu Ruiyang's company went bankrupt soon because of a lawsuit due to business failure. But it was because of Xu Yi's depravity and even various behaviors that made Zhuang Meijuan seriously ill and even passed away. This involved a lot of Xu Ruiyang's energy, especially the need to take care of his seriously ill wife in his hometown, so he could only contact the company by phone, and naturally lacked the ability to respond in time.

But the business world is like a battlefield. The enemy will never give you time to relax, and will not even stop because you slack off. Naturally, they will choose to add insult to injury.

But it’s different now, because Zhao Shucheng asked Zhuang Meijuan to return to Shanghai for treatment, and the disease was discovered early and not very serious, and Zhao Shucheng’s grades have been very stable, so Xu Ruiyang is not overly distracted.

However, the opponent still set a trap for Xu Ruiyang's company. Now Xu Ruiyang is so busy dealing with this and he has to go home very late almost every day.

Zhao Shucheng knew that as long as Xu Ruiyang passed this test, it would be the turn of the rival company to suffer. After all, Xu Ruiyang's company was engaged in foreign trade business. If such a large order was secured, it would be much easier in the future. On the contrary, they had lost the order and secretly prepared the supply of goods, squeezing a lot of funds from the company. If the goods could not be sold as soon as possible, the capital chain would be difficult and there was a high possibility of bankruptcy.

Of course, Zhao Shucheng didn't really care whether his father's company could survive this difficult time. After all, he had made money from his investment during this period and could fully support his family. So Zhao Shucheng didn't give his father any advice, but just let him solve the problem himself.

However, he also planned that if his father really went bankrupt, he would pay to solve the debt problem, so that his parents could rest assured and work hard. If his father survived the difficulties, he would let his father invest in him and set up a new company to copy the technologies or products that were considered advanced in this era in Zhao Shucheng's previous world.

Of course, Xu Ruiyang is the best worker and also his father. He can let Zhao Shucheng continue to be his boss without interrupting his enjoyment of this world.

At night, Zhao Shucheng returned to the rental house, but heard a cat's meow.

Li Bala didn't seem to expect Zhao Shucheng to come back so early. She walked over with a white kitten in her arms, a little nervous, and said, "Xu Yi, you're back. I adopted a kitten. You don't mind, do you?"

Zhao Shucheng shook his head and said, "I don't mind, but since you have raised it, you need to take care of it yourself, such as cat food and bathing it."

"No problem, I can do it!"

Zhao Shucheng asked curiously, "Why did you suddenly think of raising a cat?"

Li Bala said: "I was alone at home, reading and watching TV, feeling a bit bored, so I wanted someone to keep me company. I happened to see it on the road, look how cute it is."

Zhao Shucheng stroked the kitten with his hand. It seemed that Li Bala had given it a bath before, so its skin was very smooth.

"Not bad. If you like it, keep it. But when we have time some other day, I'll take it to the veterinary hospital with you to get it sterilized. Otherwise, the cat will be very noisy and will affect the neighbors upstairs and downstairs."

"Does it have to be done this way? Isn't that too cruel for it?"

Zhao Shucheng said: "It's not cruel at all. If you really can't bear it, you can wait until it has its own children before doing the surgery. At least you can leave it with offspring."

Li Bala stroked the kitten and said, "Let's talk about it later. Let's talk about it later."

Zhao Shucheng couldn't help but shook his head when he saw this. In fact, this was already the best way. It was better than those who raised a child and then abandoned it.

For the following period of time, Zhao Shucheng's side was calm. Every day he either went to school or went home to do things that he liked with Li Bala.

On this day, Li Bala was reviewing at home and preparing to apply for night school when he suddenly received a call from someone and immediately rushed out.

Li Bala came to a coffee shop and met Jiang Jiao who called her.

"Jiang Jiao, you called me so anxiously and asked me to come over. Do you have something to tell me?"

Jiang Jiao said: "Li Bala, did you sleep with Xu Yi?"

"Yes!"

Jiang Jiao was almost mad with anger, but she still controlled her emotions because she knew that facing someone like Li Bala, losing her temper would be useless and might even make her continue to harass Xu Yi.

"Li Bala, you should leave Xu Yi. You two are not from the same world! Maybe you don't know this, but Xu Yi's family has a big business and they have a deep relationship with our family. We are a perfect match."

Li Bala smiled and said, "I know you two are a perfect match. I knew it when we were in Zhangzhou. And your father even drove Xu Yi home, didn't he?"

"Miss Jiang, you are simply telling me that your family is rich and Xu Yi is also rich, so you want me to leave."

Jiang Jiao said: "You are right, I am rich, why don't you accept it?"

"How can I not accept it? But what does your money have to do with me?"

Jiang Jiao said, "But there is one thing you definitely don't know. Xu Yi's father's company is in trouble now and only my father can help them through it. If no one helps, Xu Yi's family will go bankrupt, and even Xu Yi will have to bear heavy debts."

"It's not easy for their company to get to where it is now, and it's even harder to make a name for yourself in Shanghai. Can you bear to see Xu Yi become an ordinary person because of you, or even have to work part-time to pay off his debts for the rest of his life? With me, he won't have to work so hard, and he can continue to study in school, and he can even be a rich second-generation that everyone envies in the future."

Li Bala looked at Jiang Jiao suspiciously and said, "Are you telling the truth? But why didn't Xu Yi tell me about it, and why does he study and live like nothing happened every day?"

"Of course Uncle Xu didn't want to tell Xu Yi and deliberately kept it from him, but he didn't keep it from my father."

Li Bala hesitated for a moment and said, "Why should I believe you?"

"You may not believe it, but after Uncle Xu's company goes bankrupt, it will be too late. I suggest you go back to where you came from. This is not a place for you to stay."

Li Bala said, "Are you done? Are you tired?"

"I'm not tired. Xu Yi and I are going to get married. It's worth it to be tired by helping him deal with some wild flowers and weeds. Besides, I'm doing this for Xu Yi's own good. As long as there are no other women around him, my father will definitely be willing to help Xu Yi's family."

Li Bala parted with Jiang Jiao with a heavy heart, and returned to the rental house feeling a little distraught.

She didn't know if what Jiang Jiao said was true. If it was true, did she really want Xu Yi to be in debt because of her and even have no future?

But she was reluctant to leave Zhao Shucheng like this. After all, they had just confirmed their relationship and were very much in love.

After Zhao Shucheng came back, he saw Li Bala who was worried and asked curiously: "Ba La, what's wrong with you? Why are you so worried? Did your grandma call or did something happen?" (End of this chapter)

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