Who wants to take the civil service exam after being reborn?

Chapter 695 Professor Lu's "Son-in-Law" (Two Chapters Combined)

The next morning, Chen was awakened by the sporadic sound of firecrackers downstairs.

I wonder which kid is being naughty. Looks like I haven't had enough homework for winter break. I rubbed my eyes and checked my phone. Goodness, it's almost 10 o'clock.

"mom……"

Chen shouted as he walked into the living room.

The house was empty, no one was there, the table was covered with unwashed dishes and the chairs were a bit messy, it looked like you were eating a meal when you were suddenly taken away by aliens.

"I woke up to find myself the only human left on Earth?"

Chen chuckled twice, knowing that his grandparents must be in a hurry to go to the flower market, which was why they were in such a rush.

However, with no one home at once, you don't even need to close the door to change clothes; you can even wander around the living room naked.

This feeling is like the comfortable sense of taboo that comes with taking leave from school.

After changing my clothes and turning on my phone again, a flood of messages popped up.

There were reminders from Yu Xuan to "have breakfast," inquiries from Song Shiwei about "are you up yet?", and reports from Zhang Guangfeng.

Empress Dowager Mao and her entourage did indeed go to the flower market, but they simply didn't wake up their lazy son; Zhang Guangfeng arranged everything.

Other information includes subordinates' work reports or invitations to social events from friends or superiors.

To Chen's surprise, Yi Shan also sent a message saying that the "red-headed, white-background, black-letter" license plate had been arranged and would be delivered to him in the next day or two.

Chen was having a bit of a headache.

He's not the type to be high-profile at all. Even if he got such a prestigious license plate, he wouldn't want to use it, and would end up owing someone a favor for nothing.

But if I really don't use it, Yi Shan will think I look down on this thing and don't give him face.

So, the high-EQ approach is to buy a new car, put on the "red-headed, white-background, black-letter" license plate, and then leave the car and the plate together in the garage and put it away.

This way, neither Yi Shan would be offended, nor would people gossip behind his back that "the young Committee Member Chen got a special license plate and is driving around the province recklessly."

Occasionally, when these princesses come to Guangzhou, we can just let them drive this car, which is a win-win-win situation.

Chen sent Yi Shan a thank-you message.

As for those social invitations, just find any excuse to refuse. Many of them aren't sincere; they're just going through the motions out of politeness.

For example, if the boss of Company A wants to invite the deputy director of Company B to dinner, but the head of Company B is also in Guangzhou, shouldn't he casually ask, "Boss, do you have time to grace us with your presence?"
Although the head of Unit B, the department head, is most likely not to attend the banquet.

However, if you don't ask, the top-level director will find out about the situation later and think to himself, "Hey kid, he invited my subordinates but not me. Let's see if I can stop him now."

Therefore, when suppliers or partners come to Guangzhou and plan to invite Suhui's senior executives to dinner, they will definitely ask Chen Zhe one more question.

As one's status rises, at least a quarter of one's life is spent on these meaningless social interactions.

It's incredibly annoying, but there's nothing I can do about it.

By the time Chen finished replying to these messages, it was almost 11 o'clock, showing that even he couldn't avoid these trivial formalities.

"Well……"

I stretched and yawned, picked up the half-eaten steamed bun that had gone cold from the table, ate it casually, and went downstairs.

He first went to the office in the Science and Technology Valley.

With the Lunar New Year approaching, some businesses have temporarily suspended operations. For example, real estate agencies have closed for the holidays, and very few people are renting or buying houses during the Lunar New Year.

However, "Zhongda Learning Network" experienced a small peak in business, since people have more time to catch up on their studies during holidays.

As for services such as "Mobile Assistant" and "Reply," they are being developed in an orderly manner, but "Youmi Mobile" needs to get ahead of the curve because there is still a large market gap.

Chen Zhe met with everyone and reaffirmed the duty roster for the Spring Festival.

The system implemented in the past was a "leadership duty system," which always ensured that there was a leader with decision-making power at headquarters, such as Zeng Kun, Song Qing, Jiang Fu, etc. All of these senior executives had to be on duty for a day.

Of course, this wasn't arranged arbitrarily. Next year, the board of directors will be reorganized and established, and these people will all "join the board as committee members."

After the meeting, the scoundrel deliberately took out his phone to take a picture, lightly edited it, and inadvertently revealed the current time before sending it to the cosplay girl.

He said there was an emergency and he had come to the company to handle it, and that they could have dinner together tomorrow.

Actually, given how much trust the Sichuan girl has in her boyfriend, she could accept that the scumbag didn't even need to post this photo to "prove his innocence."

Moreover, Cosplay Sister has just established her own studio and is currently devoting all her energy to jewelry design. In addition, she also has relatives visiting this year, so she is equally busy.

Seeing that her boyfriend was busy today, Xianmei could only tell him to "drink less alcohol and call her after you're done."

See, with this kind of management, the whole afternoon is freed up.

……

Around 2 PM, the scoundrel drove his unremarkable X5 and parked it in the underground parking garage of Pearl River Imperial View.

In fact, Song Shiwei did not go to Zhuhai.

This was just to fool Old Chen and Empress Dowager Mao. When they thought Song Shiwei was about to come to their door, it turned out to be Sister Chest Trembling.

Just when they thought Song Shiwei was no longer in Guangzhou, she suddenly reappeared at their home.

Anyway, she managed to leave Old Chen and Dr. Mao completely bewildered, and before they could come to their senses, Sister Sweet had already made her visit.

Otherwise, with such a long winter break and her grandparents spending the New Year in Guangzhou, it wouldn't make sense for Song Xiaohua not to even visit her boyfriend's home once.

Professor Lu recently conveyed through Song Shiwei that the two families will be having dinner together this year.

I easily found my way to the 16th floor, pressed the doorbell, and the nanny came to open it.

"Didn't Aunt Bao go back to her hometown?"

Chen was a little surprised, thinking that Professor Lu's housekeepers were all on holiday.

Aunt Bao already knew this "son-in-law of the Song family." Chairman Song and Professor Lu only had one daughter, and if nothing unexpected happened, this young man would become the head of the family here in the future.

"Hello, Mr. Chen."

Aunt Bao explained with a respectful smile and a slight bow, "My child has to work overtime during the Spring Festival, so I'll just go back after the holiday."

"Oh."

Chen nodded.

The Spring Festival may seem like a time of festive decorations and lively celebrations, but it is actually the result of the sacrifices of a small number of people that enables the reunion of the majority.

"Just call me Xiao Chen from now on."

Chen took out a red envelope from his pocket and stuffed it into Aunt Bao's hand without saying a word. However, when he bent down to get his slippers, he noticed a few pairs of shoes that looked a bit "out of place" in the entryway.

My mother-in-law is a perfectionist; she insists on keeping things tidy. The fact that her boots, shoes, and casual shoes are scattered around today means we must have guests over.

"School leaders came to visit Professor Lu."

Aunt Bao explained from the side.

It might sound a bit funny, but Professor Lu is just a university teacher. Normally, she should be the one visiting the school leaders with gifts during holidays.

However, because her husband was an executive director of CITIC, his position was quite special, and some policy funds could only be obtained smoothly with Song Zuomin's intervention.

So the school leaders remembered this favor and also wanted to further deepen their relationship with Song Zuomin, so they took advantage of the Spring Festival to visit him with some gifts.

The visitors were Wang Lifeng, Vice President of South China Agricultural University, Sun Zhenhua, Director of the Personnel Department, and Li Min, Director of the Logistics Department.

"...Old Song was at home."

As Chen was changing his shoes, he overheard his mother-in-law explaining, "He got a phone call and had to go out because of something. Please have a seat, he said he'll be back soon." "Chairman Song has important business to attend to, we can wait a bit."

Vice Principal Wang said modestly, "Actually, we came here today to discuss another matter with Professor Lu. The former dean of the College of Plant Sciences is retiring, and the school leaders have thought it over and over again and still believe that this position is rightfully yours."

“Principal Liu and I had talked about this before.”

Lu Man waved her hand and said, "I said at the time that I couldn't take on this responsibility. I just wanted to teach and do research quietly, and I didn't want to get involved in too much administrative work."

"There's no conflict between the two, Professor Lu."

Sun Zhenhua, the director of the personnel department, said with a smile, "We'll pair you with a younger vice president, and you can delegate those trivial matters to him."

Li Min, the head of the logistics department, didn't say anything, but she had a forced smile on her face.

Director Li and Professor Lu are about the same age, and Director Li is very jealous of this colleague who has been named "the most beautiful female professor since the founding of Huazhong Agricultural University".

She thought Lu Man was being too pretentious!

The position of "dean" is something that many senior professors would fight tooth and nail for, but she didn't even care about it.

At school meetings, Lu Manming clearly didn't hold any official position, but the school always arranged for her to sit very close to the front in order to curry favor with her, leaving the department head to only see her back.

Vice Principal Wang is usually very authoritative at school, but he was unexpectedly so humble at Song Zuomin's home.

And the size of this house. I had heard that the housing price in the community was 5 yuan per square meter, and the residents were all rich and powerful. I never expected that her house would be a 300-square-meter flat.

Why?

Is it because her husband is Song Zuomin?
Will she still be this arrogant after Song Zuomin retires?
Director Li Min's cheekbones started to ache from faking her smile for so long.

However, what's painful is that she can only pin her hopes on Song Zuomin retiring many years later, and Lu Man will become a little "miserable". No one can be rich and noble for a lifetime!
"Then why not just promote the young vice dean to dean?"

Lu Man still refused, jokingly saying, "Now is the time to promote the rejuvenation of cadres, and I don't want to block the path for young people to advance."

"But the composition of the team..."

Just as Vice Principal Wang Lifeng was about to say something, a figure suddenly walked out from the entrance hall.

A few people glanced at him; he seemed to be a fair-skinned male college student, but he was very polite. He nodded politely in greeting and then asked, "Where's Weiwei?"

"I heard you were coming, so I just went to take a shower."

Professor Lu looked him up and down: "You're back from Heyuan? Why are you causing some trouble over there?"

"hey-hey."

The fair-skinned male college student smiled shyly: "It's just a misunderstanding. I'll go to her room and play on the computer for a while."

It's like a child coming home and seeing guests, feeling a little embarrassed, and hiding in their room.

"Don't go yet."

Lu Man called out to him, "We just finished drinking the purified water. Aunt Bao didn't notice. Go and change the water. We're going to make tea."

"it is good."

The male college student obediently walked over, bent down to tear open the packaging, and with a little effort lifted the water bucket steadily, precisely inserting it into the groove of the water dispenser.

Then, the sound of bubbles rising to the surface could be heard in the living room.

"Then I'll go play on the computer?"

After doing all this, the "good boy" asked for instructions.

"Go."

Professor Lu spoke as casually as if he were directing his own child, and when the nanny came to the living room, Lu Man casually said, "Wash some of the strawberries in the fridge and take them inside..."

"Is this Professor Lu's nephew or his nephew?"

Director Sun Zhenhua asked, "Judging from the other party's age and obedience, this should be his identity."

"No, he is..."

Professor Lu just replied.

"Is he General Manager Chen?!"

Just then, Vice Principal Wang Lifeng shouted loudly, his voice cracking with excitement, startling Director Li Min who was standing next to him.

"Principal Wang also knows Chen Zhe?"

Lu Man raised her eyebrows and asked.

"I have never met Mr. Chen in person. I saw him on camera when I saw the news about the new members of the CPPCC elected in the province."

Vice Principal Wang's gaze towards Professor Lu changed; he almost held his breath and asked in a cautious tone, "President Chen is your..."

Lu Man picked up her teacup, took a small sip, and said calmly, "Weiwei's boyfriend."

"Oh……"

Vice Principal Wang's facial muscles twitched, and a complex expression, a mixture of "how could this be?" and "as expected," bloomed on his face.

Director Li Min hasn't quite grasped the situation yet. She knows Chen Zhe, but she hasn't connected "tracing back to Chen Zhe" with "Lu Man, her colleague at school."

Even more unexpectedly, Chen Zhe was actually his colleague's "son-in-law".

"Old Sun, which General Manager Chen is it?"

Li Min asked Sun Zhenhua in a low voice.

Director Sun finally understood, but after a moment of intense shock, he let out a sigh of relief and pointed to Li Min's phone: "The boss who produces this thing."

"Chen Zhuo from Sun Yat-sen University?"

Li Min suddenly widened her eyes. She tried hard to recall Chen's image from the news, and finally began to connect it with the image of the obedient male college student who had just changed the bottled water.

Is it really just one person?!
The three leaders of South China Agricultural University remained silent for a good seven or eight seconds before Vice Principal Wang Lifeng shook his head and said, "I almost forgot, Professor Lu's daughter is also studying at Sun Yat-sen University. Not only is she academically excellent, but she is also outstanding in appearance and temperament. She was the school beauty in high school. She and President Chen are a match made in heaven."

Professor Lu smiled modestly: "It's not really true, it's just that the two children encourage each other to make progress."

"Professor Lu, how long have the two been talking?"

Director Sun Zhenhua was particularly curious. Putting aside his other identities, being the youngest municipal people's congress representative and provincial political consultative conference member was an achievement that would be difficult for any college student in Guangdong to reach.

Of course, I can't catch up with that myself.

The Provincial Department of Education is hosting a banquet for universities in the province. Chen Zhe is guaranteed a seat at the main table, but he might not be able to get a seat at a regular table.

"Well……"

Based on her understanding, Lu Man calculated and said, "It's been at least three or four years since high school."

"so long?"

Li Min was startled: "I've never heard you mention this before."

Professor Lu naturally couldn't answer. "I've never admitted it before, so why would I spread it around?"

Lu Man adjusted her gold-rimmed glasses, as if narrating a trivial matter: "What's there to say about young people dating? As parents, we don't need to interfere too much in our children's every move."

Upon hearing this, Director Li Min remained silent for a moment, her Adam's apple bobbing before finally settling into a complex sigh:

"President Chen is no ordinary young man. Sigh... Lao Lu, your vision and good fortune in this life are truly remarkable!"

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