Film and TV: Starting from childhood, I will give up Zhong Yi

Chapter 337 Jiang Nansun's Insightful Rebuttal to Wang Yongzheng

Fuxing Road, garden residences.

Jiang Nansun stepped out of his house.

She wore a simple white shirt, the hem neatly tucked into khaki cargo pants, making her waistline appear even more defined.

She carried a large brown bag over her shoulder and wore simple sneakers, exuding a touch of competence.

Lin Yuan's car was parked in front of her house. Jiang Nansun brushed her hair back and got into the passenger seat.

Lin Yuan nodded slightly and commented, "This outfit isn't so delicate anymore."

Jiang Nansun slightly raised her chin, her voice clear and bright, with a hint of arrogance: "I'm not delicate at all."

Lin Yuan started the car, and the engine hummed softly.

Jiang Nansun asked, "What are you doing at the Songjiang Hotel?"

"I have business there, of course," Lin Yuan replied.

Jiang Nansun cleared her throat and hummed softly, "I have a boyfriend."

"Songjiang is so far away, isn't it normal for me to give you a ride along the way? Are you afraid I have ulterior motives?" Lin Yuan understood the implication in her words, glanced at her sideways, and teased, "Little Jiang Nansun, you are quite pretty, but you are too narcissistic. What makes you think I went there today just for you?"

Jiang Nansun's pretty face flushed slightly, and she retorted defiantly, "Otherwise what?"

"Of course it's because of Lillian. She wants to put on a show for me in front of Wang Yongzheng, something I promised her a long time ago."

Jiang Nansun asked in bewilderment, "What about Wang Yongzheng? Is he there too?"

"You're supposed to be interning at the Songjiang Hotel, yet you haven't even figured out some of the data from the construction site."

Jiang Nansun pouted: "Professor Dong didn't explain in detail. He just told me to go over there and find the person in charge."

The two didn't set off early, and by the time they arrived at the Songjiang Hotel, it was already 11 o'clock.

There were many workers on the construction site, most of them engrossed in their work. The sounds of machines and hammering mingled together, creating a lively and energetic atmosphere.

The two entered the construction site inside the hotel and suddenly heard a loud "Hello".

Jiang Nansun turned his head, and it was Wang Yongzheng who spoke.

Wang Yongzheng was quite surprised to see Lin Yuan and Jiang Nansun appear together again.

Isn't Jiang Nansun's boyfriend that good-for-nothing Zhang Anren? Why is she always hanging out with this guy named Lin Yuan?
Wang Yongzheng didn't take Zhang Anren seriously at all, but Lin Yuan made him feel a little threatened.

His intuition, being a man himself, told him that Lin Yuan definitely had feelings for Jiang Nansun as well.

Wang Yongzheng took a few steps closer, picked up a white safety helmet from the side, and tossed it to Jiang Nansun.

Jiang Nansun reluctantly accepted the request and explained his purpose: "I'm looking for the person in charge."

Wang Yongzheng pointed to himself, "Me."

Jiang Nansun frowned instantly. She genuinely disliked Wang Yongzheng and didn't want to work with him, especially since he was the person in charge here.

Seeing Jiang Nansun's disgusted expression, Wang Yongzheng assumed she was complaining about the helmet being dirty and explained, "It's new."

Jiang Nansun sighed softly and put on his safety helmet.

Wang Yongzheng stepped forward, wanting to help her fasten the strap, but Jiang Nansun quickly stepped back, saying, "No need, I can do it myself."

Lin Yuan stood to the side, a slight smirk playing on his lips.

He also picked up a white safety helmet and put it on, then looked at Jiang Nansun and said casually, "I don't know how to fasten it, help me fasten it."

Jiang Nansun hesitated for a moment, but eventually raised her hand, stood on tiptoe, and helped him fasten the strap.

Wang Yongzheng's face darkened. If it were Zhang Anren's faction, that would be one thing, but who is Lin Yuan?

"Unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter or leave the construction site."

“I’m one of the people brought by Jiang Nansun, not just anyone, right?” Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow at Jiang Nansun.

“I will tell Professor Dong everything that happened here.” Wang Yongzheng gritted his teeth and walked inside with a livid face.

The two followed behind at a distance that was neither too close nor too far.

Jiang Nansun whispered, "Wang Yongzheng is petty; he'll definitely complain to Professor Dong."

Lin Yuan said calmly, "Since I brought you in, unless you want to leave on your own, no one can get rid of you."

Wang Yongzheng glanced back at the two people whispering behind him, his displeasure growing. He shouted, "Old Wei!"

A middle-aged man who looked like a worker came over after hearing the noise.

Wang Yongzheng handed over the blueprints: "Take a look. These clips, three here, two here, the clips are not evenly distributed. And this hanger rod, this part is fine, but look here, this hanger rod cannot exceed this angle iron. So, please redo it."

"Who can see that clearly?" Old Wei said, deflecting the question. "We've been doing it this way for years."

Wang Yongzheng said firmly, "I can see it clearly."

"Such a large area is impossible."

"why?"

“Xiao Wang, I know you’ve read more books than me, but you need to learn to be flexible in your work.” Old Wei said, showing off his seniority, “I started working on construction sites when I was eighteen, in 1988. You weren’t even born yet, were you?”

Wang Yongzheng retorted, "This just proves that experience is unreliable. If you can't even distinguish these things with your naked eye, then please use measurable tools to do it."

Old Wei looked unhappy: "Don't nitpick."

"If you're a little off here and a little off there, the whole project will be a huge mess, you know?"

“I don’t know, I don’t understand. I only know that it’s fine in terms of both functionality and aesthetics. Take a picture and you can’t see anything wrong with it. It’s such a large area, and if I change it all, it will take at least a day’s work. Will you pay the wages? If you pay the wages, I’ll do it. But if you don’t have the budget, I’ll take everyone out for lunch.”

Old Wei looked at the other workers and shouted, "Everyone, it's time to eat! We're having noodles today. Eat early and come back early, then we'll finish that this afternoon."

Wang Yongzheng pointed at Jiang Nansun: "Let me introduce you, this is our new colleague, in charge of attendance records. If you don't come, it'll count as a day of absence."

Jiang Nansun gave a polite smile and nodded slightly.

Old Wei simply looked at Wang Yongzheng, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with his threat, and turned away without looking back.

Wang Yongzheng looked at Jiang Nansun: "You've witnessed such a wonderful scene on your first day of internship. It's not too late for you to leave now."

"I'm not that sensitive."

"Alright, let's begin."

"Start with what?"

Wang Yongzheng raised his chin and looked up at the ceiling above him.

"Are you serious?"

"Ah."

"Complete reinstallation? The two of us?"

Wang Yongzheng glanced at Lin Yuan: "Yes, or you can call him along."

Lin Yuan smiled slightly: "I'm just here to watch the show."

Wang Yongzheng climbed up the scaffolding on his own.

Jiang Nansun hesitated for a moment, then subconsciously looked at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan patted Jiang Nansun on the back and pushed her forward: "No rush, let's take a look first. There will always be a better way. Actions taken after careful consideration are more likely to proceed steadily than hasty and blind actions."

The two walked to the scaffolding, and Wang Yongzheng bowed his head and said, "Princess, we design and architecture students are not like you think, just sitting in an air-conditioned room and drawing with a marker. You also need to use tools, pick up a saw and a hammer, and be able to do the work."

Lin Yuan chimed in from the side, "Teacher Wang is so eloquent, he must be quite good at using tools. Why don't you set an example for Nan Sun first?"

Wang Yongzheng didn't respond and started operating the machine directly, while Lin Yuan and Jiang Nansun looked up at him from below.

After about three minutes, Wang Yongzheng stopped what he was doing: "Did you see clearly? If you see clearly, you can come up and get to work."

Without saying a word, Lin Yuan grabbed Jiang Nansun's wrist and started walking out.

"Hey! If you leave, it'll count as a day of absence without leave," Wang Yongzheng shouted from behind.

"Where are you taking me?" Jiang Nansun asked.

"Let's eat." "I'm not hungry right now."

"You're not hungry, but I am. I'm going to eat noodles."

"Then why did you call me along?"

“If I didn’t call you, what would you do staying here? Do you really want to redo them one by one? One line takes three minutes, and there are over four hundred lines. Even if the two of you work non-stop, it will take ten hours. Can your skinny arms and legs handle it?”

Jiang Nansun sighed in frustration: "Then what should we do?"

“You can’t do it all by yourself, so I said, let’s go eat some noodles first.”

Jiang Nansun then realized what was happening and said, "Oh~ those workers went to eat noodles, you want me to go find them?"

Lin Yuan patted her head: "You're quite smart."

Jiang Nansun blushed a little after Lin Yuan patted her head: "Actually, I was thinking of going to find those workers just now too."

Lin Yuan looked at her seriously and nodded solemnly: "I believe you."

In the original drama, Jiang Nansun personally went to invite those workers back.

These words warmed Jiang Nansun's heart.

The noodle shop was quite crowded, and Jiang Nansun and Lin Yuan went inside.

The two went straight to the counter, and Jiang Nansun asked, "Madam, how much are those tables for the workers?"

"Let me calculate it for you," the proprietress said, fiddling with a calculator. "It's two hundred and sixty-eight in total."

"Then ask them if there's anything else they want to add?"

The proprietress called out to the workers, "The young lady is asking if you want anything else to add; she'll settle your bill!"

No one responded, and the atmosphere became slightly awkward. But with Lin Yuan by her side, Jiang Nansun wasn't too intimidated. She said to the proprietress, "Then let's add another large pork chop for each of us."

"Let me calculate," the proprietress said, tapping the calculator. "Four hundred and twenty-eight."

Jiang Nansun turned to Lin Yuan and asked, "What would you like to eat?"

"I'll have a bowl of pork chop noodles."

Lin Yuan found an empty seat and sat down, waiting for the noodles to be cooked. Jiang Nansun paid the bill and walked over to the foreman, Lao Wei, and they chatted softly.

Although Jiang Nansun was a bit spoiled, she was not arrogant or domineering. She kept agreeing with Lao Wei and saying things like, "Wang Yongzheng realized he was wrong" and "We will be working together for a long time to come."

After the meal, Lao Wei's anger subsided considerably, and he agreed to her request, preparing to go back and redo the work.

Jiang Nansun even packed a portion for Wang Yongzheng. Although she had some issues with Wang Yongzheng and even some resistance to working with him, her inherent gentleness and kindness made her consider these basic manners.

Back at the construction site, Jiang Nansun called out, "Wang Yongzheng! I packed lunch for you, come down and eat."

The workers followed behind and returned one after another.

Jiang Nansun said to Wang Yongzheng on the scaffolding, "The foreman said they'll do it."

Old Wei pointed to the suspended ceiling above his head and instructed the workers beside him, "Fix this first, and this one too. Check them carefully. Fix them all this afternoon."

Jiang Nansun wanted to ease tensions between the two sides, since she would be interning here for a long time. She didn't want the relationship to remain tense, so she deliberately said loudly, "You told me not to say that you treated them to the big bowl of noodles, but I still said it. It was your good intention."

Wang Yongzheng, however, was unmoved. Sitting on the scaffolding, he said, "I didn't say I'd treat them to a big bowl of noodles. It's clearly their project that has problems, why should I treat them to a meal? To curry favor with them?"

Upon hearing this, Old Wei immediately became furious: "Young lady, you're being kind, but she doesn't appreciate it."

Jiang Nansun was getting anxious and asked in a low voice, "Wang Yongzheng! Don't you know anything? The problem has already been solved."

Wang Yongzheng jumped down from the scaffolding and said in a serious tone, "You haven't solved the problem; you're creating hidden dangers."

Old Wei was furious: "I'm not changing it anymore, that's it for today."

Our group had already decided to go back to work, but this young man was putting on an act.

Jiang Nansun tried to stop him: "Hey! Foreman..."

Wang Yongzheng's words remained devoid of any sentimentality: "Master Wei, if you still can't work according to my standards tomorrow, then you don't need to come back."

Old Wei sneered, "Trying to scare me."

Jiang Nansun took off his safety helmet, hung it on the scaffolding, and turned to leave.

She simply couldn't stand this megalomaniac anymore.

Wang Yongzheng spoke up to stop him: "You can't leave."

Jiang Nansun said curtly, "You can also deduct a day's work from my pay."

“You must stay and finish this with me, or I will call Professor Dong and tell him you are not suitable.”

Wang Yongzheng picked up her safety helmet and handed it to Jiang Nansun.

Lin Yuan spoke up from the side: "Fight! Fight now!"

Wang Yongzheng looked at Jiang Nansun, his tone threatening: "Did I really hit him?"

Lin Yuan said calmly, "If you don't fight, I'll look down on you."

Jiang Nansun was somewhat worried.

Wang Yongzheng spoke again: "Jiang Nansun, this is a matter of professional ethics. I don't think you'll just leave like this."

Lin Yuan said calmly, "Why are you making such a high-sounding statement? If Nan Sun is responsible for all the workers' mistakes today, will she be responsible for all the rework in the future? What's the point of having a construction team then? Just hire Nan Sun. Officially, she did a good job by calling the workers back to redo the work; you were the one who refused. Personally, she's just here for an internship, responsible for recording attendance; the rework has nothing to do with her."

Lin Yuan ignored Wang Yongzheng's expression and continued coldly, "Teacher Wang, you like to suffer for yourself, even if you don't have to, but you can't ask others to suffer with you. That's selfish."

Lin Yuan took Jiang Nansun's hand and strode outside.

"Since none of the workers are here today, you don't need to do your internship here. Come on, I'll take you out for some fun."

Wang Yongzheng looked at the two people's backs and their clasped hands, his face very unpleasant.

“But what if he tells Professor Dong that I was really…” Jiang Nansun still had some concerns.

Lin Yuan reached out and tapped her head. "Does this mean that every time he threatens you, you'll obediently comply?"

"Of course not! But..."

"But what 'but'? If you're in the right, what are you afraid of?" Lin Yuan paused and said, "Also, have you forgotten what I just said?"

"What?"

“Since I brought you in, no one can kick you out unless you want to leave yourself,” Lin Yuan explained. “I also have another role as the on-site supervisor for the client here. If Professor Dong really takes sides and wants you to quit, I can let you stay and continue your internship. And I don’t think Wang Yongzheng would be willing to kick you out.”

Jiang Nansun looked surprised: "When did you become the resident supervisor here?"

"This happens to be Jingyan's project, and I'm a shareholder of Jingyan, so it makes perfect sense, right?"

Jiang Nansun then realized that her hand was still being held by Lin Yuan, her pretty face flushed slightly, and she quickly pulled it away.

After the two got back into the car, Lin Yuan didn't start the engine right away. Instead, he called Lillian.

"I have something to do this afternoon, so I won't be going to the Songjiang Hotel. I'll postpone the acting to tomorrow."

“You said last night…” Lillian’s voice came through the receiver.

Lin Yuan interrupted her: "Something really came up today. How about this, I'll go to the haunted house with you next time as an apology."

Lillian said shyly, "Go by yourself."

Last time, I was taken advantage of quite a bit in the haunted house, not to mention the fear and unease I felt after leaving the haunted house, and the absurd things he did.

If I were to go to the haunted house with Lin Yuan again, what would that look like?

Isn't that tantamount to saying outright that she's eager to offer herself up...?

"That's all for now, I won't say any more."

Lin Yuan hung up the phone.

"Hey—" Lillian still had something to say, but when she heard the phone hang up, she felt a little wronged.

(End of this chapter)