The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 208 The Warm Man and the Playboy

As soon as Jiang Pengfei spoke, Jiang Nansun's previously wavering thoughts immediately became firm.

She would never take such a crooked path.

Even if you want to apply to Professor Dong's graduate program, you should earn his favor honestly and fairly through your grades and abilities, rather than relying on personal connections.

When Yang Muyi saw Jiang Pengfei's eager expression and desire to make things happen, he immediately realized that things were not going well.

Given Jiang Nansun's proud and spoiled personality, once her rebellious spirit is aroused, refusing to join the group to go on a field trip to Dali would be a minor matter.

Don't go too far by rejecting the female lead of the "Old Boys" short film as well.

"I do have a few spots available for the inspection team, but there's no rush. Think it over and give me an answer by tomorrow."

No sooner had Yang Muye finished speaking than his "pig teammate" Jiang Pengfei spoke up again:
"Nan Sun, what's there to think about? Just agree."

By agreeing to join the inspection team, one would essentially owe Yang Muyi a favor.

As a result, Jiang Nansun could no longer refuse to play the female lead in the short film "Old Boy".

This time, Jiang Pengfei's assist was exceptionally precise, and Jiang Nansun nodded without any hesitation:
"Okay, I'll think about it and get back to you."

Their main goal is to go against Jiang Pengfei.

In front of Yang Muye, Jiang Pengfei could only stare blankly.

After lunch, Yang Muye said goodbye and left.

Jiang Pengfei originally suggested that he drive Yang Muye back to school, and that he could also try to get more information out of Yang Muye along the way.

Jiang Nansun stepped forward and rejected the proposal on behalf of Yang Muye.

Finally, Jiang Nansun personally escorted Yang Muye to the door.

As they were parting, Jiang Nansun suddenly said, "Now I finally believe that what you told me in the bar that night was true."

Yang Muye paused for a moment, then smiled.

"Congratulations, you've finally grown up."

Jiang Nansun frowned, about to retort.

Yang Muye spoke first: "Don't misunderstand, I just want to say that since you have already faced reality, you should also be considerate of your father. The stock market has been performing poorly lately, and he is quite anxious."

Jiang Nansun almost blurted out—

Even if you're in a hurry, you can't sell your daughter, can you?

Fortunately, I managed to hold back at the last moment.

After a moment of silence, Jiang Nansun told Yang Muye that the inspection team also had the matter of the female lead in the micro-movie, and she would seriously consider it.

After watching Yang Muyi get into a taxi and leave, Jiang Nansun turned around and went home.

As soon as he entered the living room, Jiang Pengfei, who was sitting on the sofa with Old Mrs. Jiang, immediately stood up.

Jiang Nansun didn't give her father a chance to speak, leaving behind the words "I'm sleepy, I'll go back to my room to rest first," and quickened her pace upstairs.

At the top of the stairs on the second floor, Jiang Nansun met his mother.

Dai Yin had just come out of her bedroom after making an overseas call and told Jiang Nansun that she had confirmed with Dai Qian that the news about the inspection team was true.

Daisy has already booked her flight and will be returning to China tomorrow.

"So fast?"

Jiang Nansun was somewhat surprised.

Dai Yin sighed:

“She has been abroad for more than three years, it’s time for her to come back and visit.”

"Okay, I'll go with you to pick up your aunt tomorrow."

"Nan Sun, there's something else. I didn't tell your aunt about your desire to join the inspection team on the phone earlier."

I never intended to participate!
Jiang Nansun held back the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

She stepped forward, took Dai Yin's arm, and rested her head on her mother's shoulder.

"Mom, I know your predicament. Auntie doesn't think much of Dad, and it was Dad who wanted me to go on the inspection tour. If you go to ask Auntie for help, you'll be caught in the middle and it will be quite difficult."

Dai Yin took Jiang Nansun's hand with satisfaction and patted it gently.

"You don't need to worry about what your dad thinks. No matter what you decide, Mom will support you."

"Ah."

Jiang Nansun nodded vigorously.

The mother and daughter chatted for a few intimate moments.

Hearing footsteps on the stairs, Jiang Nansun parted ways with her mother and went back to her room first.

After Jiang Pengfei went upstairs, he saw that Jiang Nansun's bedroom door was closed and asked Dai Yin what was going on.

Dai Yin was too lazy to deal with Jiang Pengfei. She left him with the words, "My daughter is all grown up now. She can make her own decisions," and went straight downstairs.

In the room, Jiang Nansun sat at his desk.

A brand new Apple Macbook was placed in front of me.

I have QQ running on my computer, but my status is set to invisible.

Jiang Nansun opened his friends list and saw that Zhu Suosuo's profile picture was also grayed out. He hesitated for a moment, but finally clicked to send a message.

"Are you there?"

After waiting for two minutes without any response, Jiang Nansun closed the dialog box.

He picked up his phone, about to send a text message to Zhu Suosuo.

"Drip drip!"

A friend sent me a message on QQ.

Jiang Nansun thought it was Zhu Suosuo replying to the message, so he immediately clicked on it.

The message was sent by a friend whose contact name was "Zhang Anren".

The other party was a second-year student in the Department of Architecture at Tongji University. When the new students registered, the student helped Jiang Nansun with his luggage and successfully obtained Jiang Nansun's QQ number.

After the two became friends, Zhang Anren would occasionally send Jiang Nansun tips on school life, as well as news he had heard from the department's student union.

Especially after learning that Jiang Nansun intended to apply for Professor Dong's graduate program, Zhang Anren paid close attention to Professor Dong's schedule and would immediately inform Jiang Nansun of any news.

Jiang Nansun didn't have any particular feelings towards Zhang Anren, but he didn't dislike him either.

Every time she received a message from Zhang Anren, she would deliberately wait two hours before replying with "Thank you, senior."

However, the message sent by Zhang Anren today surprised Jiang Nansun.

"Junior, I heard some news during lunch about Professor Dong. Jingyan Group is going to inspect a real estate project in Dali, Yunnan Province, and invited Professor Dong to serve as an advisor to the inspection team. Professor Dong is also planning to select a few undergraduate students from our department to be his assistants."

After hesitating for two seconds, Jiang Nansun decided to reply to the message immediately.

"Undergraduate students? Shouldn't this kind of thing be done by selecting students from Professor Dong's own master's and doctoral students?"

Male dormitory of the Department of Architecture, Tongji University.

Zhang Anren, who was sitting in front of his roommate's desktop computer, was about to log off QQ when he suddenly received a message from Jiang Nansun, and he was completely stunned.

Before he could even feel happy, Zhang Anren immediately typed a reply:

"I heard that this project is only in the initial stage at present. The final decision on whether to implement it will be made after the inspection team goes there. Serving as Professor Dong's assistant is just to go and broaden my horizons. Therefore, Professor Dong decided to give this opportunity to undergraduates."

Upon seeing the message from Zhang Anren, Jiang Nansun frowned slightly.

She instinctively felt that things were not as simple as Zhang Anren had said, but she couldn't directly question him, so she could only hint at it indirectly.

"Where did you hear this news, senior?"

"One of Professor Dong's graduate students told me this."

Zhang Anren told a lie.

This news was indeed heard from one of Professor Dong's graduate students, albeit through eavesdropping. Zhang Anren knew that the other person was one of Professor Dong's graduate students; they had met at lunchtime in the cafeteria that day, and Zhang deliberately sat in the seat behind the other person.

It was all unintentional, but I ended up hearing this bombshell news.

However, the full picture of this news is not as Zhang Anren and Jiang Nansun described.

According to the graduate student, the company that invited Professor Dong to serve as an advisor to the inspection team was the renowned Jingyan Group in the real estate industry.

If the project is implemented, Professor Dong is very likely to become the project's design coordinator.

If I could become Professor Dong's assistant and go on the inspection tour with the group at this time, I would definitely be able to "take the lead" in the project in the future.

At the very least, he could at least make an appearance in front of the senior management of Jingyan Group.

Professor Dong's graduate students would definitely be scrambling to participate in such an opportunity.

Professor Dong's decision to choose undergraduates over his own graduate students wasn't because undergraduates needed to broaden their horizons, but because his youngest daughter, Dong Yun, was a sophomore in the architecture department at Tongji University.

Professor Dong was worried about gossip if he included Dong Yun in the inspection team list alone, so he simply took only undergraduate students.

Aside from Dong Yun, there are at least four or five more spots available.

"The department should issue a notice soon to let you register, and to avoid too many people registering, the registration window will definitely be very short. I will notify you as soon as the registration form is available."

Jiang Nansun might not see the notification on QQ in time.

Zhang Anren's real purpose was to take this opportunity to get Jiang Nansun's mobile phone number.

While Jiang Nansun was still considering how to reply to Zhang Anren, Zhu Suosuo replied to her on QQ.

"Just logged onto QQ, what's up?"

Jiang Nansun finally found someone to confide in, and immediately left Zhang Anren to chat with Zhu Suosuo.

Zhu Suosuo was very surprised after listening to Jiang Nansun's story.

As a Shanghai native, she knew better than anyone how powerful the Jingyan Group was.

When Yang Muyi went to Jiang Nansun's house for dinner, he was actually riding in Ye Jinyan's car. Moreover, he was allowed to bring people to join the Jingyan Group's investment inspection team and go on a trip at public expense.

Jiang Nansun was still hesitating despite having such an opportunity.

"My dear young lady, I don't need someone like me, who majored in tourism management, to explain the status of Jingyan Group in the industry to someone like you who is a graduate of architecture, do I?"

"Even if we don't target Jingyan Group, are you still unmoved by Professor Dong from your school? Although the probability of a first-year student being selected is not high, what if there is such a lucky one? Are you just going to watch a strong competitor emerge on the road to postgraduate recommendation or entrance exam?"

"Besides, your aunt will also be joining this inspection tour, so wouldn't that give you even more reason to go?"

Looking at the messages sent by Zhu Suosuo, Jiang Nansun seriously suspected that her best friend had been bribed by Yang Muye.

Jiang Nansun sent a message questioning Zhu Suosuo, and Zhu Suosuo actually admitted it.

"Yang Muyi just called me and told me that he's coming to your house for dinner."

Jiang Nansun sent an "angry" emoji.
"Tell me honestly, what benefits did he give you to become his advocate?"

"A 7-day self-guided tour to Dali with round-trip flights, all in 5-star hotels, including meals, accommodation, and activities. If you were me, could you refuse?"

Upon seeing the message from Zhu Suosuo, Jiang Nansun was stunned.

After regaining her senses, she quickly typed a reply:
"Are you going too?"

"I've never been to Dali before, so I can keep you company."

Zhu Suosuo replied, half-jokingly and half-seriously.

On the one hand, it was indeed due to the pressure from Yang Muye.

If Zhu Suosuo doesn't convince Jiang Nansun, Yang Muye will tell Jiang Nansun about carrying him back to the hotel that night.

On the other hand, joining Jingyan Group after graduation has always been Zhu Suosuo's dream.

Now that she has such a good opportunity to show her face in front of the senior management of Jingyan Group, she naturally has to seize it.

What's more, he could accompany Jiang Nansun on a publicly funded trip to Dali.

Killing three birds with one stone, it's incredibly satisfying.

Jiang Nansun was somewhat tempted by Zhu Suosuo's words, but due to her proud and arrogant personality, she did not agree immediately.

Just then, Zhang Anren sent another message.

"Junior, hurry up and check our department's official website! The registration announcement has been released, and the deadline for registration is 4 PM today!"

Then Zhang Anren sent another message, this time a shaking window, reminding Jiang Nansun to check the message.

Jiang Nansun had no choice but to pause her chat with Zhu Suosuo and reply to Zhang Anren with an "okay".

Just as he was about to close the chat window, Zhang Anren sent Jiang Nansun another registration form file.

The official website will release an announcement at 2 PM, and registration will close at 4 PM.

Moreover, today is Saturday, and this information gap alone has already filtered out a large number of people.

If Jiang Nansun hadn't received prior information from Yang Muye, he would probably have been very moved to see the application form sent by Zhang Anren.

As for now——

Zhang Anren unplugged the USB drive from the computer, logged out of QQ, and stood up as if nothing had happened.

Zhang Anren's roommate, who was using the computer, was watching another roommate play games.

Zhang Anren made up an excuse to leave the dormitory and went straight to an internet cafe after leaving the school.

Send the completed registration form to the designated email address before 3 o'clock.

Only after confirming that the message had been sent successfully did Zhang Anren breathe a sigh of relief.

He then logged into QQ and saw a message that Jiang Nansun had replied to him half an hour earlier.

"Senior, thank you for telling me this news. I wish you the best of luck in being selected."

Zhang Anren originally wanted to ask Jiang Nansun if he had successfully registered.

I had already typed the words, but hesitated when I clicked send.

Although information asymmetry has already filtered out a large number of people, it does not mean that successful registration will guarantee selection.

On the contrary, the probability of being selected remains slim.

Zhang Anren himself didn't have high hopes; his main goal was to curry favor with Jiang Nansun through this matter.

The department will announce the list at 5 o'clock.

Being selected at that time would be like winning the lottery.

If both are rejected, it would be an opportunity to comfort Jiang Nansun and improve their relationship.

The next two hours felt like an eternity for Zhang Anren, who was anxiously waiting in the internet cafe.

After finally making it to five o'clock, Zhang Anren immediately logged onto the school's official website.

I haven't seen any new announcements, so I can only keep refreshing the page.

Another ten minutes passed before the announcement of the registration results finally arrived.

With a mix of trepidation and excitement, Zhang Anren opened the announcement.

Five students were selected.

The two students in front of him were juniors and seniors, and Zhang Anren didn't recognize them.

When he saw the third name, Zhang Anren's eyes widened suddenly.

It's his name!
He was selected!
Overwhelmed with joy and excitement, Zhang Anren felt dizzy.

It was unclear how much time had passed before Zhang Anren finally came to his senses.

Remembering there were still two names I hadn't looked at, I quickly scrolled down with my mouse.

The fourth person selected was Dong Yun, which was no surprise.

But when he saw the name of the fifth person selected, Zhang Anren was stunned.

Wang Yongzheng!
How could it be him?
(End of this chapter)