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Chapter 160 He was like a ray of light

In the past, Kang Zhengyang would usually get off work quite late, but today he left work early and went home.

He still lives in that place, which is similar to an urban village, on the northeast side of the high-tech zone.

After entering the house, his wife, Gu Qing, was cooking in the kitchen. She was a little surprised that he was back so early: "Why are you back so early today?"

Kang Zhengyang put down his briefcase. "A reporter from the Yangcheng Daily is coming to interview us tomorrow. Come with me tonight and help me pick out a nice suit."

He deliberately kept his tone calm, as if it were just a small matter. But if it were really a small matter, he wouldn't have deliberately left work early and gone out to buy a new outfit.

Gu Qing, who was cooking in the kitchen, paused for a moment, followed by a surprised voice: "The Yangcheng Daily wants to interview you? You're going to be in the newspaper?!" He rushed out of the kitchen with a spatula in hand.

Kang Zhengyang said calmly, "The main purpose is to interview President Shen, but President Shen asked me to come along." However, he couldn't suppress the urge to smile, enjoying the admiring look Gu Qing was giving him.

He and Gu Qing were classmates in college, and it was Gu Qing who pursued him back then. At that time, Gu Qing always looked at him with such adoring eyes, which made him very pleased.

However, since the two graduated, Gu Qing has shown that kind of look less and less.

In the last two years, Gu Qing has shown even more disdain for him.

If it weren't for Shen Kang's appearance, Kang Zhengyang even thought that the two of them might have gotten divorced in the next few years.

Fortunately, Shen Kang appeared.

"Then I won't cook this dish, let's just go out to a restaurant to celebrate! After dinner, I'll go pick out some clothes for you." Gu Qing went straight back to the kitchen, turned off the stove, took off her apron, and was overjoyed.

Taking advantage of this moment, Kang Zhengyang brought up the matter of moving again: "Qingqing, I now earn eight thousand a month, and it might go up in a while. How about we move out of here? Although we can't afford to buy a house yet, we can find a nicer place to rent first."

But just like he had mentioned before, Gu Qing's voice of refusal came from the kitchen: "It's all the same to live anywhere. If you have money, save it up and wait to buy a house."

Seeing that she remained as resolute as ever, Kang Zhengyang didn't say anything more.

Gu Qing finished tidying up and came out of the kitchen, and the two went out. They ate dinner first, and then went to a shopping mall to start picking out a suit for Kang Zhengyang.

While browsing in a store, I saw Kang Zhengyang come out of the fitting room, wearing a sharp, brand-new suit.

Suddenly, Gu Qing's eyes reddened as she looked so spirited.

She felt as if she had returned to university, to the first time she saw Kang Zhengyang.

Their years at university were filled with wonderful memories, but things slowly changed after they entered the workforce.

Seeing her sisters, who were originally not as good as her, suddenly living a better life after marrying a rich husband, driving nice cars, living in big houses, and some even living in villas, while she, the famous beauty on campus, was living in a place similar to an urban village every day because of Kang Zhengyang, it was impossible for her not to mind.

Therefore, Gu Qing grew increasingly disgusted with Kang Zhengyang's job as a teacher. She hoped he could be more ambitious and not so unambitious. At the very least, shouldn't he buy his own house instead of making her stay in this awful place with him? When chatting in the classmates' group, she didn't even dare to speak, afraid that others would ask about her current situation.

It was from that time on that Gu Qing started arguing with Kang Zhengyang more and more, and the two gradually fell into endless quarrels. Gu Qing also felt more and more tired and gradually had the idea of ​​divorce.

What she feared was not the current hardship, but the lack of hope for the future. And in Kang Zhengyang at that time, she saw no hope.

In particular, she also encountered a new boss at work.

The new boss was in his thirties, and his appearance was far inferior to Kang Zhengyang's. They didn't have much in common, but the new boss was very wealthy, owning a house and a car. Most importantly, he was infatuated with her.

Reason told Gu Qing that she should spend more time with her new boss. Once she was certain of his resolve, she should divorce Kang Zhengyang and start a new life. Then, she wouldn't need to remain silent in her classmates' group chat anymore, nor would she be afraid of others asking about her current situation.

But her emotions told Gu Qing that she couldn't bear to part with Kang Zhengyang like this. Even if Kang Zhengyang was inflexible and unambitious, and that she might have to rent a house for decades if she followed him, even if he couldn't provide her with any comfortable material life, she still couldn't bear to leave him.

Torn between reason and emotion, Gu Qing painfully endured that agonizing period.

She thought that once the mundane details of life had completely worn away her feelings for Kang Zhengyang, she would be able to make a rational choice. But unexpectedly, President Shen suddenly appeared.

Even more unexpectedly, a few months later, Kang Zhengyang had undergone a complete transformation, becoming once again the idol she had adored in college, even more dazzling than before—he was going to be featured in the *Yangcheng Daily*!

"What's wrong with you?"

Kang Zhengyang was startled by Gu Qing's sudden reddening of her eyes and quickly came over to wipe away her tears.

Gu Qing laughed through her tears, "It's nothing, I'm just too happy."

Kang Zhengyang seemed to sense something, but didn't ask any more questions. He just silently wiped away her tears.

Both of them were talking, but without prior arrangement, they both thought of Shen Kang.

That person was like a ray of light, illuminating their desperate and dark lives.

Shen Kang arranged an interview with the Yangcheng Daily for the morning of the next day at the original Anjia Household Services store on Xiangping North Road.

The following morning, Shen Kang drove to the store. As soon as he entered, he found that Kang Zhengyang was already there, his appearance standing out among the uniformed employees of Anjia Housekeeping.

Kang Zhengyang was dressed in a sharp, brand-new suit, his beard was clean-shaven, his hair was styled with mousse and was shiny and smooth, and his black leather shoes were polished to a shine that could reflect light. The most outrageous thing was that there was a flower stuck in the breast pocket of his suit!

"Old Kang, if you didn't know better, you'd think you were getting married today," Shen Kang said jokingly as he walked up to Kang Zhengyang.

Kang Zhengyang smiled somewhat embarrassedly, then looked at Shen Kang's attire with surprise: "Mr. Shen, you're dressed like this for the interview?"

Shen Kang wasn't dressed up specially today; he was just wearing a simple white long-sleeved shirt and jeans.

It was done as casually as if they were just about to go downstairs to throw out the trash.

"Isn't this a bit bad?"

Shen Kang looked down at his outfit, stroked his chin thoughtfully for a moment, then went to find his Anjia cleaning uniform, put it on, and was satisfied: "That's much better."

"————" Kang Zhengyang didn't know what to say, only feeling that President Shen handled things with ease.

After the two waited in the shop for a while, a reporter from Yangcheng Daily arrived.

Pan Siyu, a reporter from Yangcheng Daily, came alone.

This is a young woman in her early twenties.

She stood at the entrance, looked up at the sign above, and after confirming that this was the place, she went inside, feeling a little resentful: she had been working at the newspaper for a year, and had initially come with the idea of ​​becoming a well-known reporter.

Her idol was Peter Arnett. She also wanted to become a journalist like him who had interviewed Saddam Hussein and later exposed Operation Merkel's "Following the Wind," becoming a participant and promoter of history. However, things didn't go as planned. Since joining the Yangcheng Daily, she had either been reporting on trivial matters or doing policy propaganda-type news reports based on instructions from above.

This report is the same.

So Pan Siyu wasn't very enthusiastic; she just wanted to finish the interview and call it a day.

Then she walked into the housekeeping company's store, and after a quick glance, she immediately locked onto her target.

Pan Siyu walked up to Kang Zhengyang, showed him her press card, and said, "Hello, Mr. Shen, I am Pan Siyu, a reporter from Yangcheng Daily. I will be conducting this interview."

Pan Siyu didn't receive a response from "General Manager Shen." Instead, the young Anjia employee next to her smiled and extended his hand, saying, "Hello, Reporter Pan, I am Shen Kang."

?

Pan Siyu looked at the young man who claimed to be Shen Kang with great surprise, so much so that she forgot to politely extend her hand for a moment—this boy looked only eighteen or nineteen years old, right? Is he really Shen Kang?

Shen Kang didn't mind, and naturally withdrew his hand, then pulled over a stool from the side and handed it to Pan Siyu.

"Shall we begin, Reporter Pan?"

"Huh? — Oh!"

Pan Siyu finally came to her senses, sat down, and couldn't help but ask again, "Mr. Shen, may I ask how old you are this year?"

"18 years old."

This accurate number startled Pan Siyu again, and she asked, "Then you should still be of school age, right?"

Shen Kang smiled. "Actually, I am still in school. I'm a freshman this year."

18 years old, a freshman in college, a handsome young man, and the owner of a recently rising housekeeping company —

Pan Siyu's mind suddenly became active, and she became excited.

If it's just an interview with the owner of a housekeeping company, then it's really not very interesting. But if the owner is an 18-year-old college freshman, then it's very interesting. It might even turn into a big news story!

So Pan Siyu turned on the recorder and began the interview. She didn't bother with the previously prepared interview notes and focused the interview on the topic of "Shen Kang".

"Mr. Shen, what made you decide to start this company?" "Mr. Shen, at your age, to have achieved such success, what was your family background like? Did they have a positive influence on your decision to start this business?" "Mr. Shen, how did you balance your campus life with settling down and building your career?" ————