Rebirth after the college entrance examination

Chapter 201 Xia An's Girlfriend
Considering Le Ning's jealousy, Xia An said that Xu Wanying's main purpose in inviting him to dinner was to get him to sell tea.

Le Ning paused for a moment, then said "Oh," and continued on the phone, "I did hear her mention that her family grows tea. Can you help her?"

"It's not a matter of helping or not helping. In business, we should just deal with things on a case-by-case basis. Her family are growers, the source, but they don't have their own processing plant. Hand-frying tea is costly and inefficient. With more than a thousand acres of land, they can't produce much all year round."

Not only did she answer Le Ning's question, but she also took the opportunity to play the victim for Teacher Xu.

The idea worked, and Le Ning chimed in, "If you can help her, then help her. Her parents are getting old..."

Xia An suppressed a laugh and said, "Yeah, yeah, my wife has spoken, so I definitely have to help. I'll buy some for her, put them in the supermarket, and if they sell, I'll sell them; if they don't, I'll keep them for myself."

Hearing that it would cost money, the little girl felt a little distressed... and asked again, "Will it cost a lot of money?"

Xia An couldn't hold back any longer and burst into laughter.

"Hey, what are you laughing at!"

"No, no," Xia An coughed twice and said, "How could a shrewd merchant lose money? I just buy some tea dregs."

Le Ning: "What kind of help is that? How can they make money?"

Xia An teased, "So, do you want me to help or not? To spend money or not?"

Le Ning: "I don't care about you!"

After chuckling a few more times, Xia An explained, "Most tea merchants don't buy tea dregs. Most tea farmers just sell them to fertilizer plants for five cents a pound, or feed them directly to livestock."

Le Ning asked, "Then what do you need that for?"

Xia An said, "Boil, purify, and make tea paste. A piece the size of a sugar cube can make more than twenty cups, and we sell them for five yuan a piece. It's about making use of waste."

Le Ning: "..."

Speechless, she gained a direct understanding of what "making money" meant for the first time.

Xia An teased her, saying, "I won't cheat her. Although the cost is low, I'll give her a share of the profits. Today is just a brief chat. She'll discuss it with her family when she goes home for the New Year. Whether it works out or not is another matter."

Le Ning sighed, feeling both admiration and pride in her boyfriend's abilities and intelligence, yet also a sense of inexplicable fear.

He's amazing. He can even find a business opportunity in something so simple. On the other hand, I'm just a student who doesn't know anything. Am I worthy of him?

The confidence and pride that she had gained from being called a proud daughter of heaven since childhood had been repeatedly eroded over the past six months, and Yue Nvxia began to reflect on whether her decision to seal her sword for love had been somewhat hasty.

What you can't have is always the best. I should have seduced him. If he hadn't agreed to date me, I should have kept playing hard to get... I wish I had met strategist Yueyue sooner...

"What are you doing over there? It sounds so noisy."

Xia An heard what sounded like women arguing on the phone, especially Wang Yue's loud voice, whose shout of "Aren't you annoying?!" was deafening.

Then, his gossipy nature was piqued, and he asked the question.

Changing the subject, Le Ning said with a wry smile, "It's all because of you."

"Because of me?" Xia An was taken aback.

Le Ning said, "Your reputation is too big... Never mind, it's okay. Don't drive after drinking. Go home and get some sleep."

Seeing that she had no intention of saying anything, Xia An stopped asking.

But if you guessed, you could probably guess that it was the title of "Xia An's girlfriend" that made her known at Dongshan Conservatory of Music, attracting a crowd of onlookers.

He guessed correctly.

After hanging up the phone, Le Ning rubbed her temples, turned around and pulled aside Wang Yue and several other classmates who were blocking the door. She then spoke to a pretty young girl at the door, whose face was flushed and who had clearly been drinking:

"I know Xia An. We went to the same junior high and high school, and now we're in the same college. Everyone at our school knows him. Are you looking for him?"

“I know him and I have his phone number. I call him when I need to contact him. I'm not looking for him. I'm just curious and came to see you to see what his girlfriend looks like.”

The rosy-faced girl tilted her head and looked Le Ning up and down, then smiled.

"It's beautiful, I'm leaving."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Watching her retreating figure, Le Ning thought of her former self—so carefree. Wang Yue closed the door, angrily saying, "Who is this person? She's like a lunatic. How does she know Xia An? Were you classmates at the same school?"

Le Ning shook her head, also wondering why she had Xia An's phone number.

Silent all night.

Since the cafeteria was also closed for the holiday, Le Ning and a group of students from Binhai University who were staying there left school early in the morning to have breakfast, and then rushed back to the Grand Theater of Dongyin for rehearsal at nine o'clock in the morning.

The facilities at professional music schools are also quite professional, and the stages are very large.

Teachers from both schools worked together to organize the students into lines, with the choir on the right and the string orchestra on the left.

They were all hot-blooded young men, and their formation resembled an attacking army. A few males in the two groups glared at each other from a distance, seemingly desperate to protect their little princesses, afraid that someone might peek at them.

The teachers shook their heads helplessly and discussed, "Why don't we just leave it to the others? It's like we're going to have a war."

So, they rearranged it.

A group of string instruments stands behind the woodwind instruments...

For two hours, I did nothing but practice formations, not even a single piece of music.

Wang Yue poked Le Ning, who was a meter away in the wind band, with her piano strings, and nodded towards the edge of the stage.

Le Ning frowned and nodded slightly.

Even without Wang Yue's reminder, she had already seen the red-faced girl from last night.

Everyone joined the line, except for one man and one woman—the orchestra conductor and the choir lead singer.

The male conductor is a third-year student at her own school, so what about the girl...?

Wang Yue muttered dejectedly, "I never imagined that we were all serving her."

In a typical orchestra, the most outstanding and attention-grabbing player is the pianist, assuming there are no singers.

Le Ning whispered, "Focus on rehearsing and don't think about anything else."

Wang Yue pouted and snorted.

Although it was lunch break time, both teachers told them to try it out once before dismissing everyone.

The rosy-faced girl walked gracefully to the center of the stage, giving Le Ning a knowing smile along the way. The smile was meaningful, but not hostile.

Le Ning blinked, stopped thinking about it, and followed the conductor's gesture, playing the notes.

As is well known, the Donghai Spring Festival Gala has always been famous for its chaotic and noisy Errenzhuan style. This year, it finally managed to put together a Western-style performance, but it was only a bel canto version of "Singing for the Motherland".

Everyone exclaimed: "I'm speechless!"

But to be fair, the red-faced girl's voice was truly professional, with ample breath support and a steady rhythm. Although it was her first rehearsal, she perfectly kept up with the orchestra's beat and never went off-key.

As they walked side by side out of the school, even Wang Yue, unusually, stopped mocking them. Pointing to the red-faced girl surrounded by admirers, she said, "She sings well, but she's too flamboyant."

A girl from the same Lemon band said, "Bel canto emphasizes technique, but how many people are willing to listen to it? In terms of pop music, it may not be as good as Teacher Xu and Ningning."

As they walked out of the school gate, the group stood there in astonishment.

The rosy-faced girl swaggered out of the group of classmates and ran toward a lemon-yellow Porsche sports car, then threw herself into the arms of a woman wearing sunglasses next to the car.

He even stood on tiptoe and gave her a quick kiss.

Wang Yue, Le Ning, and a group of students from Binhai University all swallowed hard, as if in a daze.

Then the red-faced girl pointed in Le Ning's direction and said something to the woman in sunglasses with a smile.

The woman in sunglasses took off her sunglasses, glanced at Le Ning from afar, and then got into the car.

Wang Yue nudged Le Ning and chuckled, "Now I'm relieved, she definitely has nothing to do with Xia An!"

(End of this chapter)