Age of Legends

Chapter 21 Opportunity
On the way home that day, the family was silent for the first time in history.

Even Huang Huifen, who is usually noisy, didn't say much.

Zhang Chen deliberately suppressed this rhythm. In fact, he had always felt that his eldest cousin was a threat. He did not expect that the whole family would face that kind of scrutiny again at the dinner today, which directly brought back Zhang Chen's distant memories.

Zhang Chen thought that it was better to suffer a short pain than a long one, so he decided to solve the problem once and for all.

So that line was not a cry for breaking off an engagement, but an outburst of years of accumulated resentment.

Moreover, the whole scene took place at a new year party, and Li Degui was a high-ranking official. In this situation, Zhang Chen smashed the bowl in front of him, which probably had a big enough impact to make them not want to have anything to do with their family anymore, and their relationship plummeted to freezing point.

If this is the result, it is not a bad thing. Adults have to consider the pros and cons and be patient when doing things. I am different. I am still a minor. It is normal for me to go crazy and have unstable emotions when something happens.

The family walked to the door. When they were about to open it and enter, Zhang Zhonghua suddenly turned around and said, "Everyone says I'm incompetent, but it doesn't matter. It's good enough if you're more capable than dad..." Thinking of something, Zhang Zhonghua said, "Uh, forget it."

Zhang Chen was originally very moved by the first half of the sentence, but why did he say "forget it" at the end?

I guess you don't believe your son is capable of anything! ?
Zhang Chen was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Is such an abrupt turn okay?
Why don't you just say a sentence and make things look good, Dad!

I think I have disappointed them too many times. In my previous life, I saw many parenting experts on TikTok saying that children should be encouraged. I understand the truth, but people are lazy and lose patience.

An air pump is the one that can continuously provide encouragement. Overheating of the air pump will affect its efficiency, let alone a person.

So Zhang Chen has grown up to seventeen years old. After so many years, Zhang Zhonghua may feel that it is useless to cheer him up and say some encouraging words. He can deceive himself for a while, but how can he deceive himself for longer?
Well... Zhang Chen doesn't blame him.

Not long after returning home, Huang Huifen received a call from her eldest cousin's aunt.

"Oh, yes, the kid hasn't grown up yet, and hasn't awakened yet. I've criticized his cousin's husband over there. This guy talks nonsense when he's drunk! It's okay, it's okay, come to our house for dinner next time. It's outrageous to make such a commotion outside!"

It can be seen that during the whole process, the eldest cousin's aunt responded very quickly. She downplayed the situation and limited it to a family quarrel, and accused Zhang Chen of not growing up. Huang Huifen is well accustomed to this kind of rhetoric.

So she responded on the phone, “Uh-huh, yes yes…”

And the eldest cousin aunt handed over a knife in a limp manner. Yes, it was indeed the cousin's uncle who was wrong. He was drunk and said these things in front of the immature Zhang Chen, which caused a backlash. But Zhang Chen did not consider the occasion and did humiliate the cousin's uncle in such a big occasion.

So Huang Huifen was indeed instigated, and turned around and said to Zhang Chen, "After all, your cousin's husband is the chairman and secretary of the trade union. It's not right for you to smash his bowl in front of so many people in their unit. Next time, why don't you wait until you finish your final exams and go to your cousin's husband's house for dinner? You should say a few nice words to him. We are all family, after all."

Zhang Chen was speechless when he saw Huang Huifen's expression.

I do feel that my eldest cousin is difficult to deal with.

What else can I say? I can only remain silent.

……

Liu Shuzhen of course said it was Li Degui, but it was right to say so. The situation became less tense afterwards. Everyone in the Sugar and Wine Company thought it was just a family quarrel, a very normal thing. Which company doesn’t have these family quarrels? The union chairman was the same.

But today, Li Batian was teased by his nephew, which really opened people's eyes. I didn't expect that Li Batian also had a little Nezha that he couldn't handle. Today, he was going to make a scene at Chentangguan! Even Li Wei's mind was still confused when she returned home. She was angry about Li Degui's experience and Zhang Chen's reaction. After hearing Liu Shuzhen's call, Li Wei said a few words, "Mom, why did you ask Zhang Chen to come over for dinner! Don't ask him to come! It's still thirty years in the west, thirty years in the east..."

"Looking at his poor grades and his fate of attending a crappy school, he has no right to be in Yude!"

Levi said this with gritted teeth.

She was angry at her own weakness. When Zhang Chen got angry at her father, she actually wanted to beg him not to do that. When she thought of this, she became extremely angry.

……

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At night, Zhang Chen heard Huang Huifen and Zhang Zhonghua talking there. They both spoke in a low voice, but it didn't matter. Zhang Chen knew magic. As long as he turned up the volume of the English tape, their voices would become louder.

Zhang Zhonghua's voice came over, "Look, the performance of NanGuang Company is not very good. If the two of us change jobs, what can we do with that little salary? I think we still owe money, and Zhang Chen will need money in the future... How about we do some business?"

Zhang Chen thought that Zhang Zhonghua has always been a conservative person. Huang Huifen had proposed to do business before, but he rejected it every time. Why would he take the initiative to propose doing business this time? Could it be because of what happened today?

Did my resistance to Li Degui today also resonate with my father?
Or is it that others say he has no ability, so Zhang Chen has no role model?

"As soon as you mentioned it, I already had this idea, but what kind of business? How about I tell you to open a fruit stand? I've thought that would be a good idea..."

Oh, please don't do that.

Zhang Chen walked out of the room, and the conversation between the two of them stopped abruptly.

Zhang Chen simply sat down and said, "I heard you. Mom, Dad, I'm grown up now and can share your worries. My suggestion is this: you should analyze what kind of business you can do. What do you think you can do?"

The two looked at Zhang Chen blankly and said, "This is an adult matter..."

"No, it's my business from now on."

"Then what do you know..."

"Dad, you don't know. Although my grades are not very good, I read a lot of books."

"They are all crooked books!" Zhang Zhonghua agreed with this. In the past, he always saw Zhang Chen hiding under the table reading comics and novels for a long time. He said that if he could put all his attention on studying, how could he be at the bottom of the class now? Let them worry about his future.

At this point, Huang Huifen became excited again, "Hey, you said you were in such a good school like Yude, if your grades were at the top of the class, would your dad and I still be so worried? Would you still suffer the humiliation you suffered today?"

Zhang Chen glanced at Huang Huifen and thought to herself that there has been progress. She finally realized that this was the result of "cowardice"!

"Yes, yes, it's all my fault. But I have made up my mind to put my energy in reading novels and comics into my grades. Just look at my grades at the end of the semester!"

"Stop talking too much! Tell me your suggestion!" Zhang Zhonghua interrupted.

Oh, no, Dad, you don’t want to hear my aspirations at all?
(End of this chapter)