You're dumping me, huh? Fine, then I'll just pick up the school beauty and make her my wif

After news of the Binhai New City spread internally, Zhao Guodong made seven phone calls to Gangcheng within three hours, with a total call duration exceeding forty minutes.

[In addition, the Second Master's wife, Zhou Yazhi, will depart from Beijing Capital International Airport at 8:30 PM tonight, bound for Hong Kong.]

The plane ticket was purchased on short notice and there was no prior booking record.

Seven phone calls.

Temporary flight ticket.

The fact that this couple was in such a hurry shows that the Binhai New City was a much bigger bargain for them than he had imagined.

That makes sense. After all, it's a 3 billion yuan infrastructure outsourcing project, and just taking a cut from the middle would yield an astronomical figure.

Having grown accustomed to street food over the years, Zhao Guodong was naturally eager to report to his backer when a proper main dish was suddenly placed on the table in front of him.

Zhou Yazhi's overnight flight to Hong Kong was most likely to be to meet Ye Yunjin in person.

There are some things that are difficult to say over the phone, for fear of giving others leverage against us, so we have to talk about them in person.

These people are quite cautious when it comes to petty theft.

Unfortunately, no amount of caution could help.

Jiang Che pondered for a moment before replying—

Jiang Che: Send someone to keep an eye on Zhou Yazhi. I need the complete itinerary: who she met in Hong Kong, where she went, and how long she stayed.

[Liu Anping: Received.]

In this way, the bait has entered the water.

All he has to do now is wait.

Let these people put their necks in the noose themselves.

So the young couple put the matter aside for the time being.

After a long day, both of them wanted to do something to relieve stress.

So they went back to the bedroom one after the other...

……

One hour later.

Su Qinghe came out of the bathroom, drying her hair as she spoke to Jiang Che, who was sitting on the edge of the bed:

"By the way, Che, the music club is having a small internal exchange activity next week, and the president asked everyone to prepare a piece of music."

Jiang Che got up, walked to the cabinet, took out a hair dryer, helped Su Qinghe sit down on the edge of the bed, and plugged it in to dry her hair.

"Have you decided what to play yet?"

"Not yet." Su Qinghe blinked and looked up at him. "Do you have any recommendations?"

"No, you should choose for yourself. Your taste is better than mine."

Su Qinghe thought for a moment, "Then I'll go to the music room to practice in a bit and try a few pieces to see how I feel."

"Okay, you go play the piano, I'll go read a book."

"When did you become so fond of studying?"

"I was forced into it."

Jiang Che pulled out a thick book on company law from under the coffee table. "The first batch of candidates for the training program will be announced next week. I can't go there and not even understand the most basic legal framework, can I?"

Su Qinghe glanced at the thickness of the book, then cast a sympathetic look at Jiang Che.

"come on."

"That's it? Not even a word of comfort?"

"What kind of comfort do you want?"

Instead of offering empty words of concern, why not—

Don't even think about it.

Su Qinghe rolled her eyes and said in a disgruntled tone, "Don't you know you should be more restrained? You just came once, and you're already here again?"

"So what? The young couple should communicate more to show their affection."

Jiang Che chuckled, "Don't you want to?"

"...Let's go to sleep tonight."

Su Qinghe blushed slightly and gave a soft hum, then got up, patted her skirt, and walked towards the music room next door with her textbook.

Jiang Che followed him upstairs, sat down on the single sofa in the corner of the music room, and opened the "Company Law" to read.

After adjusting her posture, Su Qinghe gently placed her hands on the piano keys and casually tried a few chords.

A melody flowed out.

It's Debussy's "Clair de Lune".

On the first try, Su Qinghe stumbled a bit in a few sections, but by the second try, it was noticeably smoother.

Only the sounds of the piano and turning pages remained in the music room.

Occasionally Su Qinghe would stop to make marks on the score, and occasionally Jiang Che would take a pen and write annotations in the blank spaces of the book.

The two of them went about their own business, and neither of them spoke again.

But this quietness itself is good enough.

It's very cozy and peaceful.

……

A week passed quickly.

At 10 a.m. on Monday, a crowd gathered in front of the bulletin board on the first floor of the School of Economics and Management.

The list of participants for the first cohort of the "Young Entrepreneur Training Program" was officially posted today.

Jiang Che struggled to squeeze to the front of the crowd and then found his name among the densely packed names.

Jiang Che, Class of 2026, School of Economics and Management.

Partner: Jiangsheng Group.

Logically, Jiang Che should have left after confirming that his name was on the list.

But by sheer coincidence, his gaze inadvertently drifted downwards and landed on another name below his own—

Gu Yanzhou, a 2024 graduate student from the School of Economics and Management.

Partner: Zhenyuan Group.

Jiang Che stared at the line of text for a few seconds, and the smile on his lips gradually faded.

Zhenyuan Group.

Liu Wei's territory.

Professor Chen Weiyuan previously mentioned that Zhenyuan would send people to participate in this joint training project.

Jiang Che had already prepared himself mentally. Since he had chosen to participate, he would inevitably run into Liu Wei's men sooner or later.

I just didn't expect Liu Wei to act so quickly, arranging manpower in the first batch of names.

Moreover, he is a master's student, so his abilities should not be underestimated.

We need to be careful.

Jiang Che silently memorized the information on the list, didn't look at it again, and turned to leave the crowd.

After walking a few steps, I sent a message to Liu Anping:

Jiang Che: Uncle Liu, please help me look up someone named Gu Yanzhou. He's a 2024 graduate student in Economics and Management at Peking University and a training representative at Zhenyuan Group.

……

The first meeting of the practical training program will be held at 2 PM.

The location is the multi-functional conference room on the third floor of Building B of the School of Economics and Management.

When Jiang Che arrived, there were already about ten people sitting inside.

The person in charge from the college was Professor Chen Weiyuan, who was accompanied by two project assistants.

Only a representative from the company has attended so far; no senior executives are present.

Jiang Che glanced around and then sat down in a seat in the second row by the window.

Chen Weiyuan noticed him and nodded slightly. Jiang Che returned a polite smile.

A few minutes later, the meeting room door was pushed open again.

A young man in a dark gray suit walked in.

He is about 1.8 meters tall, with well-defined facial features, and looks very young.

However, the aura emanating from this person was filled with an unfathomable composure.

That's completely out of character for his age.

This person was Gu Yanzhou.

After everyone had arrived, Chen Weiyuan gave a brief introduction, explaining the basic framework, schedule, and assessment methods of the training program.

The core content can be summarized in one sentence: Each participant will be assigned to an actual project of a corresponding partner company, participate in the operation as an observer or assistant, and finally submit a training report and defend it.

To put it simply, it's paid learning plus writing papers, which is a rare opportunity for ordinary students to improve their abilities.

The meeting quickly came to an end.

Chen Weiyuan asked all the trainees present to give a brief self-introduction.

The first few people gave their names, grades, and research interests in a standard manner, nothing special.

When it was Gu Yanzhou's turn, he stood up, bowed slightly to Chen Weiyuan, and then turned to everyone present.

"Hello everyone, I am Gu Yanzhou, a 2024 master's student in the School of Economics and Management, specializing in corporate strategy and mergers and acquisitions. The partner for this training is Zhenyuan Group."

He paused briefly at this point.

Then his gaze slowly swept across the entire room, finally settling on Jiang Che, and a barely perceptible smile appeared on his lips.

"I'm really looking forward to exchanging ideas and collaborating with you all in the future."