Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 295: We'll Meet Again

"Wangwang, is this a hotel or a palace? Why does the window look so much like the houses of wealthy families in ancient costume TV dramas?"

On the shaking phone screen, Zhao Guihua, who had no idea that she was using the "deadly camera angle" to video chat with Zhou Wang, looked at the background behind Zhou Wang in surprise.

"Hotel... This is Beidu, so of course we have to stay in a unique place, so I arranged a courtyard-style room to experience it."

Zhou Wang sipped the sweet freshly ground soy milk, then stood up and showed his mother a brief overview of the environment in the suite.

"Wow, you really know how to enjoy yourself. This hotel is not cheap, right?"

"It's not that expensive, maybe a few thousand yuan..."

"You bastard, a few thousand dollars is not expensive?"

Zhao Guihua couldn't help but criticize Zhou Wang's consumption concept, "Mom knows that you are making money now, but you still need to save money where you can. Five or six hundred yuan can buy you a good hotel, right? Why do you have to be so extravagant..."

Zhou Wang was a little helpless about this, muttering in his heart, I'm going to tell you that this room actually costs 130,000 or 140,000 per night, I'm afraid you will jump in shock...

There is no way around it. To be frank, with the knowledge of Zhao Guihua and even Zhou Dajun, they only know that their son is a billionaire, but they don't have a clear idea of ​​what this level means.

They still hold on to many of the ideas that are inherent in the older generation... namely, "money is saved", "if you have money, you must save it quickly", etc.

Even though Zhou Wang gave Zhao Guihua a bank card with 5 million in it, Zhou Wang knew that his mother probably hadn't touched the money in that card, or she was fooled by the bank staff and didn't know what kind of extremely low-cost-performance long-term money she had deposited...

Zhou Wang had already anticipated this, so when the old couple returned to China some time ago, Zhou Wang secretly transferred 200,000 yuan to Zhou Dajun. Although his father was not a person who would spend money, he was at least much more generous than Zhao Guihua.

"Look at you. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, other families gather together, but you go to Beijing alone and don't even bother to go home..."

Because it was a special holiday, his mother's resentment towards Zhou Wang for not being home was much stronger than usual, and Zhou Wang could only listen to it.

He found that a man matures very quickly. In the past, when his mother nags him, he would probably retort with a sentence:

"Holidays? Those are for cattle and horses. Your son has money, so every day is a holiday..."

But now, he would just listen patiently, admit his mistakes, and then make a series of promises such as finding time to go home as soon as possible.

Who says that behind the accusations of Chinese parents are the love they are not good at expressing?
Because the money was in place, the progress of the home renovation was very fast. Zhou Wang took a quick look and saw that the whole environment had indeed changed a lot. Although Zhao Guihua kept complaining that she couldn't use this or adjust that, from her expression, she was obviously very satisfied with her "new home"...

Zhou Dajun was not at home. According to Zhao Guihua, he went to a reservoir to fish with Jiang Qingkui's father Jiang Jiaxing. This led Zhao Guihua to bring up the topic again.

"You have a girlfriend now, and you're not doing well with your sister Qingkui. How are you going to explain this to your uncle Jiang in the future... Hey, Wangwang, is there someone sleeping on your bed?"

"Hmm? Who is that? You must have seen it wrong..."

"Is it Su Ranran? Come on, let mom say hello to her..."

"Hello, Mom, the signal here is not very good. What did you say... Ha, I can't hear you clearly. Forget it, I'll hang up first. You should go eat..."

Zhou Wang held the phone further away and muttered a lot of nonsense, then hung up the video call as Zhao Guihua kept scolding him, calling him a "bad boy".

Slightly relieved, Zhou Wang put down the soy milk and walked back to the bed.

Sure enough, the senior schoolmate had woken up at some point and was staring at Zhou Wang with her quiet yet bright eyes.

Her beautiful face with a hint of laziness made her temperament less cold and more worldly, which made Zhou Wang really fall in love with Jiang Mo at this moment.

"Awake? Have you slept enough?"

Zhou Wang stroked her face and asked with a smile.

It was not the morning of the second day, but noon of the third day.

In other words, starting from the night before, Zhou Wang and his senior had been in the room for a whole day and two nights.

This kind of experience was something Zhou Wang had never experienced before. It had to be said that it was wonderful...

Two people, in a relatively closed environment, no need to wear clothes, no need to worry about anything, just the most primitive state of relaxation...

In fact, they didn’t do anything shameful all the time. After all, human energy is limited... It’s hard to say for Jiang Mo, but at least that’s the case for Zhou Wang.

I get so tired of copying that I don’t feel that strongly anymore. It’s more of a spiritual satisfaction.

Most of the time, the two of them would watch a movie together, watch Douyin together, or if Zhou Wang had something urgent to do, he would go and make a phone call while Jiang Mo would read a book or draw.

Neither Jiang Qingkui nor Yun Rou and Yun Lan came to disturb the two of them. However, when Zhou Wang needed something, Yun Rou and Yun Lan would bring in some food and drinks.

At this moment, Zhou Wang recalled, somewhat absent-mindedly...

Could this be something like the feeling of "home"?

Damn it, I can’t think about it. I’m only in my twenties, why am I starting to think about these messy things.

Help me up, I want to wander around for another ten years... no, twenty years!

"husband……"

At this moment, Jiang Mo suddenly spoke softly, interrupting Zhou Wang's wandering thoughts. He lowered his head in surprise.

"Ok?"

"Can I know... who Su Ranran is?"

Jiang Mo pursed her lips before asking.

Uh……

Zhou Wang then remembered that Jiang Mo must have heard everything just now. What surprised Zhou Wang was that according to what he thought he knew about Jiang Mo, she would not ask such a question.

Although he thought so, Zhou Wang did not hide Jiang Mo from others. He simply introduced her as "A very well-behaved sister. I will introduce her to you later if I have the chance~"

According to Zhou Wang's own expectations, Jiang Mo and Su Yajing should be the two girls he would least worry about meeting. One is a peaceful person, and the other is already aware of the situation...

Zhou Wang suddenly became curious about what would happen if they met...

"Um……"

Jiang Mo did not ask any further questions, or perhaps she should have noticed it already.

"Are you going to Qingmei's class this afternoon?"

"Ah."

Jiang Mo nodded slightly.

Her courses at both places are interspersed. Today is the first working day after the Mid-Autumn Festival. According to the established course schedule, she has to go to Qingmei to continue her studies.

Zhou Wang was about to say something when his cell phone rang.

He picked it up and looked at it, then gestured to Jiang Mo and walked towards the study.

Arriving in the study, Zhou Wang lit a cigarette for himself before answering the phone.

"Hello, Yiming?"

The person who called him was Tang Yiming.

After Zhou Wang made a call in the group yesterday morning, Zhang Zhiyuan, Lao Ruan, Tang Yiming, Zhou Yiquan and others who believed they had connections in Mingcheng responded one after another and readily expressed that they could help Zhou Wang vent his anger.

However, after some discussion, they finally handed the matter over to Tang Yiming.

The most important reason is that Tang Yiming is a real "local expert". Following his parents' job changes, he has lived in many cities in Yunnan Province. He has a wide network of contacts covering all walks of life.

Perhaps in terms of financial strength alone, he is not outstanding among the few people. Maybe Zhou Yi's whole family is richer than him.

But when it comes to the ability to do things and the methods mastered, Tang Yiming is undoubtedly the invisible No. 1.

Before Zhou Wang showed up, Zhang Zhiyuan had considered Tang Yiming his best partner in developing his business in Yunnan Province for this very reason...

And when it comes to dealing with these matters, Tang Yiming is also very experienced.

Now Tang Yiming called him a day later. Zhou Wang was somewhat surprised. Given Tang Yiming's character, he would have called only when he had confirmed the news...but this action seemed too fast.

Originally Zhou Wang thought that he would have to wait at least ten days or half a month.

"Brother Gou, is Beidu fun?"

They hadn't talked on the phone for a long time. After Zhou Wang answered the phone, Tang Yiming didn't rush to talk about business, but greeted Zhou Wang with a smile.

After chatting about their recent situations for a while, Tang Yiming smiled and said, "Brother Gou, I'm at the Kaihui Repair Shop right now. Things are almost done. Oh, this damn repair shop still has a lot of problems..."

As he spoke, Tang Yiming and Zhou Wang explained his operations.

In fact, it is not complicated. Tang Yiming found a scrapped Wuling Hongguang from somewhere and went to the door to blackmail people... Of course, the one who blackmailed people is not Tang Yiming, but the "cousin" whom Lao Ruan found from somewhere. On the surface, Tang Yiming and his friends just went there to help.

What’s interesting is that I thought it would take some effort, but it turned out that Han Yanqian’s repair shop was not very clean, and there were all kinds of problems such as selling inferior products as good ones and cutting corners.

Moreover, Han Yanqian simply could not associate it with Zhou Wang. After all, he and Zhou Wang had only met once, and he would never guess that such a method came from the young man whom he had only met once at that time.

So Han Yanqian was scared to death by the scene set up by Tang Yiming and others. He really thought that the Wuling Hongguang with problems was handled by his own repair shop, and he kept apologizing and begging for mercy.

Of course, Tang Yiming and others were not really going to blackmail. After discovering that the repair shop itself had enough problems, the follow-up measures that Tang Yiming had originally prepared were no longer useful, so he directly contacted the relevant departments.

The result now is that the repair shop has been ordered to close for suspected "illegal operation, illegal vehicle modification, and illegal use of dismantled parts from scrapped vehicles to repair motor vehicles." Han Yanqian has also received relevant administrative penalties and has been detained.

But this is not what Tang Yiming really wants to tell Zhou Wang...

After introducing the current situation, Tang Yiming lowered his voice and said, "Brother Gou, I talked to the two masters at Han Yanqian's repair shop. I'm afraid he has more tricks up his sleeve. It's very likely that he is involved in insurance fraud, defrauding customers' property, etc. You see..."

After listening to it, Zhou Wang understood instantly.

Illegal business operations are ultimately just administrative matters, but things like insurance fraud are a bit more serious.

It's not just a matter of losing all your family fortune... you'll most likely end up in jail.

Zhou Wang didn't know how Tang Yiming talked with the two repairmen, and why they told him such a dark thing. Zhou Wang also didn't know whether Han Yanqian was really serious, but this didn't prevent Zhou Wang from hearing his hidden meaning -

Zhou Wang looked back. Jiang Mo had just sat up from the bed. A ray of sunlight came in through the gap in the window. Jiang Mo was raising his fair palms in the air, fiddling with his green fingers in the light and shadow formed by the Tyndall effect.

At this moment, she seemed like an angel bathed in holiness, extremely beautiful yet indestructible.

"Then...just give him a ride."

Zhou Wang stared at it for a while before speaking into the phone.

……

In the afternoon, Zhou Wang sent Jiang Mo to the legendary Qingmei.

After all, it is one of the top universities in China, so Zhou Wang wanted to check in and treat it as a tourist stop.

After sending Jiang Mo to the classroom, Zhou Wang took Miao Ying for a walk around the Tsinghua campus. Originally, Zhou Wang thought that walking in such a place, he might be purified by the atmosphere of knowledge. Later, he found that he was overthinking.

Although Tsinghua University is open to the public and everyone can enter, the scenery is limited to the campus. As for all the buildings on campus, the most you can do is take a photo with them, and non-teachers and students of the school are not allowed to enter at all.

Zhou Wang saw a very distinctive building and wanted to walk in to take a look, but when he reached the door, he was stopped by a very serious female teacher. Zhou Wang was so upset that he could only go to the supermarket in the school to have a look. At least he had been into a building.

After finding that visiting Tsinghua University was not as interesting as he had imagined, Zhou Wang simply took Miao Ying to the side. Just to the left of Tsinghua University, there were two famous gardens next to each other.

One is the Summer Palace and the other is the Old Summer Palace.

Unfortunately, there were too many tourists, and many of the buildings in the garden had been restored. Zhou Wang did not find the sense of heaviness he had imagined, and was a little disappointed.

He is actually a person who likes to join in the fun, but he doesn't like simple noise.

After paying homage to the martyrs at the Old Summer Palace, they also took a quick tour of the Summer Palace. As it might take three or four hours to tour the entire garden, Zhou Wang was ready to call Miao Ying to turn back as soon as they reached the promenade where they could see Kunming Lake.

Before Zhou Wang could open his mouth, he suddenly heard a voice mixed with surprise and joy coming from the side.

"Zhou Wang?"

Zhou Wang found the voice familiar, until he turned around and saw the person coming, then he matched the voice with the face. He was surprised, but also laughed, and walked forward to pat the other person.

"Song Rui? Why are you here!"

The person who called Zhou Wang was a slightly plump young man with fashionable curly hair and well-dressed. He was Song Rui, whom Zhou Wang met because of the flight attendant Cheng Yiyi.

The other party used to be Cheng Yiyi's staunch licker, but surprisingly, he got along well with Zhou Wang. After that time at the BSK nightclub in Hangzhou, the scene was a bit awkward, so Zhou Wang never contacted the other party again. But he didn't know if he really came to his senses later...

At that time, Zhou Wang specially sent our ancestor to serve as the other party's spiritual mentor.

Song Rui was obviously surprised to see Zhou Wang, but he had several bottles of water in his hands, otherwise it seemed that he would want to hug Zhou Wang.

"I'm here with...a few friends to hang out. What about you? Is this your girlfriend?"

When Song Rui mentioned "a few friends", his expression froze slightly, but soon returned to normal. He glanced at Miao Ying who was standing quietly not far away waiting for Zhou Wang, and asked with a wink.

At the same time, Song Rui secretly admired in his heart, Zhou Wang is Zhou Wang, and Cheng Yiyi is not mentioned, that is his scar that has not yet completely healed, and Jiang Mubai, who was obviously throwing herself at him last time, is also a big internet celebrity who is pursued by countless men, but she took the initiative to hook up with Zhou Wang...

The girl with a ponytail who was following Zhou Wang now did not have very stunning facial features, but there was a rare heroic spirit between her eyebrows that made people's eyes bright.

There is no doubt that this is another high-scoring beauty who is above average.

If he wasn't too embarrassed to ask, Song Rui really wanted to take Zhou Wang as his teacher and learn a few moves...

"friend."

Zhou Wang just smiled and said something simple. He was about to ask Song Rui why he came to Beidu, but at this time, a dissatisfied voice came from behind Song Rui.

"Song Rui, why did it take you so long to buy some water? Xiao Jing and the others are still waiting, you..."

The relatively clear voice stopped abruptly halfway through, and the owner of the voice was a girl who was still wearing a short skirt and showing off her sexy thighs in the early autumn weather.

She was quite tall, about 170cm, with three-dimensional facial features, a slender waist, straight legs and a perky butt. It was Cheng Yiyi.

So sometimes the world seems big when you talk about it, but it is also very small when you shrink it. It is obvious that you will never see someone again, but you suddenly see them when you turn around.

Zhou Wang was just a little surprised that Song Rui was still involved with Cheng Yiyi, but Cheng Yiyi was stunned for a moment...

"Zhou, Zhou Wang..."

She called out Zhou Wang's name in a slightly trembling voice.

When she saw this man again, Cheng Yiyi avoided her gaze, and her inner emotions were extremely complicated.

This was the first time she decided to let go of her reserve and take the initiative to give the man a chance.

But she never expected that she would be so "shameless" and in return Zhou Wang would intensify his "humiliation"...

That night, Cheng Yiyi returned to the hotel and cried all night.

She cursed Zhou Wang with the most vicious words, but in between her breakdowns, she kept muttering Zhou Wang's name, because she couldn't figure out what was wrong with her that made Zhou Wang treat her like that.

Cheng Yiyi, who had always been pampered by others, experienced the first major setback in her life.

After she sobered up, Cheng Yiyi thought about asking Zhou Wang, but unfortunately she was destined not to get an answer.

Because after that night, Zhou Wang took the initiative to delete her.

This made Cheng Yiyi fall into more emotional torment. During this month, Cheng Yiyi's condition was very bad. She was even almost fired for delaying her shifts several times.

She had just adjusted herself a little recently, and she had resumed contact with Song Rui and promised to introduce a girlfriend to Song Rui. At the other party's suggestion, Cheng Yiyi simply took a few days off and flew to Beidu, just to relax.

But I didn't expect to meet Zhou Wang here again...

What made Cheng Yiyi's breathing almost stagnate at this moment was that even though they met again, Zhou Wang's eyes did not show much emotion when he looked at her. He just nodded at her coldly as a greeting.

Cheng Yiyi originally thought that she had really let it go, but at this moment she felt resentful again, especially when she noticed Miao Ying standing not far behind Zhou Wang.

So, does he like this kind of cool and aloof girls?

While Cheng Yiyi was feeling all kinds of emotions, Song Rui, who was standing beside her, didn't expect Cheng Yiyi to suddenly come to her. He was very embarrassed and tried to say something.

"Um, Zhou Wang..."

"You guys have finally achieved your goal? Congratulations!"

Zhou Wang just laughed and said nonchalantly.

"No, no, there are also Cheng Yiyi's colleagues and a friend of hers. She plans to introduce her colleagues to me..."

Song Rui quickly waved his hands to explain.

"Oh?"

Zhou Wang was stunned, but he thought that this was not bad. It was not that he looked down on Song Rui, but in Zhou Wang's opinion, Cheng Yiyi was really not very suitable for him.

If he really came out of the shadow of the past and became more open-minded, then that might not be a bad thing...

At this time, with the greeting, two young men and women came over. They were the "companions" that Song Rui mentioned.

The man was dressed in high-end brand clothes and was nearly 30 years old. He seemed to come from a well-off family. The woman had a slim figure and her youthful and energetic outfit exuded a sense of sexiness. At first glance, she was pretty, but her makeup was a little heavier than Cheng Yiyi's.

"Zhou Wang, let me introduce you. This is Zhao Yan, a friend of mine from Beidu. He is my elder brother in terms of seniority. The one next to him is Yiyi's colleague, Xu Jing..."

"Brother Yan, Xiaojing, this is Zhou Wang, a very good friend of mine."

Song Rui, who was in the middle, quickly introduced himself.

Zhao Yan's attitude was rather frivolous. From his words and actions, Zhou Wang could tell that he should also be a "young master". Although he was much older, his level was probably not much different from Qu Jie, Wang Feiyu and the like. Zhou Wang did not take it seriously and greeted him with a faint smile.

The girl named Xu Jing's eyes lit up when she saw Zhou Wang. She thought for a moment, then remembered something and exclaimed, "Ah, you can't be... the Zhou Wang on Douyin Weibo, right?"

"It should be me."

Zhou Wang is now a somewhat well-known figure. He is no longer surprised to be recognized from time to time. Just now when he was walking around the Tsinghua campus, a girl asked him to take a photo with her, so Zhou Wang just smiled and nodded.

Zhao Yan and Song Rui next to them were a little confused. Only Cheng Yiyi, who had secretly followed Zhou Wang's account, bit her lip.

Zhao Yan was obviously not interested in finding out what field Zhou Wang was an internet celebrity in. At this time, he just said to Cheng Yiyi eagerly: "Yiyi, didn't you say you couldn't walk? I bought a cruise ticket. Let's go over there to take a boat..."

Only then did Zhou Wang realize that Zhao Yan was interested in Cheng Yiyi, and that the girl named Xu Jing should be the one that Cheng Yiyi introduced to Song Rui.

Zhou Wang decided to take back his previous conclusion. This Xu Jing looked even less charming than Cheng Yiyi. She was obviously the kind of girl who knew how to have fun...

However, Zhou Wang couldn't possibly care about the messy relationship between them. After saying hello to a few people, Zhou Wang wanted to leave.

But to Zhou Wang's surprise, Song Rui didn't say anything, but Xu Jing tried to persuade him to stay: "Hey, Mr. Zhou, come and play with us. I see you guys are here to visit the park too..."

"No, my girlfriend and I have something else to do."

Zhou Wang glanced at Song Rui, who looked unhappy, shook his head to refuse, and directly changed the identity of Miao Ying.

Miao Ying on the side said nothing, but her eyes rippled slightly.

When Cheng Yiyi heard Zhou Wang admit that Miao Ying was his girlfriend, she unconsciously clenched her nails, and the resentment that had been dormant in her heart surged up again at this moment.

If she hadn't been pinching her palms, she felt like she was going to lose control again...

This man seemed to have such magic that he disturbed her heart again as soon as they met.

Only Xu Jing, blinking her long eyelashes, seemed not to care at all whether Zhou Wang had a girlfriend or not. Instead, she took out her cell phone with a smile and insisted on adding Zhou Wang's WeChat.

"Well...how about we add each other on WeChat? I'm quite interested in your story. If you have a chance someday, you can have a good chat with me..."

"But I'm not really interested in you, forget it."

Seeing that polite refusal seemed to be of no use at all, Zhou Wang simply restrained his smile and said this lightly.

"Song Rui, let's go. I'll call you later and have dinner together if we have time."

Ignoring the other person's rapidly changing expression, Zhou Wang took Miao Ying's hand, smiled and said something to Song Rui, without even looking at Cheng Yiyi who had a resentful look on her face, he turned around and left.

"Hey, okay..."

Song Rui, who was not good at dealing with such situations, could only respond quickly.

It was not until Zhou Wang and Miao Ying disappeared in the crowd that Zhao Yan, who had been watching for a long time, raised his eyebrows and asked Song Rui: "Xiao Song, who is this guy of yours? He looks quite arrogant."

Before Song Rui could speak, Xu Jing, who looked unhappy, said, "A startup internet celebrity on Douyin, who claims to be worth billions..."

When Zhao Yan heard the word "Internet celebrity", he sneered: "How can you believe this? The truly wealthy people would never open an account on any social media. They all make a fortune quietly. You just have too little experience to think these people are amazing..."

"Then what should we do? We are from an ordinary family. Brother Yan, you grew up in the circle of Beidu. Your perspective must be different from ours!"

Xu Jing had calmed down by now and said with a smile.

"Oh, stop praising me blindly!"

Zhao Yan, unable to suppress his smile, waved his hands first, then smiled and said, "But your coming to Beidu this time is indeed an opportunity. It just so happens that a very good friend of mine is going to have a party these days. I will take you with me then and let you see what real rich people are like..."

"Wow, Brother Yan, is that the one you mentioned who is one of the Four Young Masters of Beidu?"

Xu Jing immediately said in surprise: "Can we really go?"

"Of course you can go, as long as Yiyi wants to go."

"I...I want to go."

Hearing this, Cheng Yiyi came back to her senses, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded.

She had always been longing for a higher class, which was the biggest reason why she was attracted to Zhou Wang in the beginning. The party described by Zhao Yan was exactly what she was interested in, and it was really an invitation she could not refuse.

Seeing that Zhao Yan looked down on Zhou Wang, Song Rui wanted to defend Zhou Wang, but his personality prevented him from saying it. When he forced a smile, Zhao Yan put his arm around his shoulders and said earnestly:

"Xiao Song, listen to my advice. Stay away from those people who are just trying to attract attention. You come from a well-off family, and who knows what they are up to with you..."

(End of this chapter)