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

After each student finished their self-introduction, the free exchange session began.

The atmosphere in the meeting room became much more relaxed.

Several trainees gathered in twos and threes, exchanging WeChat contacts and discussing their research directions.

Jiang Che also stood up from his seat, preparing to ask Professor Chen Weiyuan a few details about the training cycle.

He had only taken two steps when a gentle, polite voice suddenly came from behind him—

"Junior Jiang Che, is it convenient for us to chat for a bit?"

Jiang Che paused in his steps.

He turned around and saw that Gu Yanzhou had already walked to within a meter of him.

The dark gray suit accentuated his tall and straight figure, and his smile was gentle and refined.

Adhering to the principle of not hitting a smiling face, Jiang Che turned around and responded with a polite smile.

"Hello, Senior Gu. I was planning to come and talk to you later, but I didn't expect you to come to me first."

"I listened very carefully to your self-introduction. Corporate strategy and mergers and acquisitions, right? That sounds impressive."

"Not at all," Gu Yanzhou waved his hand modestly, "I just did a few projects with my supervisor and gained some theoretical experience."

He paused, then changed the subject: "But you, Jiang, being selected for the practical training program in your freshman year is a first for the School of Economics and Management at Peking University."

Jiang Che understood the elegant meaning behind the music.

Praising him isn't the goal; the point is to steer the conversation towards him.

"Just lucky." Jiang Che smiled and didn't respond to that comment.

Gu Yanzhou, however, did not intend to let the topic simply slip away.

He took a half step forward, his tone carrying a subtle, yet profound meaning: "Junior Jiang Che is too modest. This is probably more than just luck, isn't it?"

"After all, as a freshman, being able to directly connect with Jiang Sheng Group for practical training is not something that can be done by luck alone."

Jiang Che maintained his faint smile as he looked at the other person.

Faced with Gu Yanzhou's probing, he didn't hide anything and directly told Gu Yanzhou his true identity: "Senior Gu, you flatter me. Jiang Sheng is my family's business. My family intends for me to get involved in family affairs in advance, so they asked the school to add my name to the first batch of names."

Since the other party wanted to test his background, he might as well lay it all out.

There's no need to hide things that are perfectly legitimate.

There were quite a few people around Jiang Che at this time. Although everyone was busy with their own conversations, a few people still heard what Jiang Che said.

For a time, many people turned their heads and focused their attention on the heir of the Jiang Sheng Group.

A hint of surprise flashed across Gu Yanzhou's eyes, as if he hadn't expected Jiang Che to admit his identity so readily.

But it only took him a moment to regain his previous gentleness and extend his hand to Jiang Che: "I see. Then I'm afraid I'll have to ask you for advice during the next training period."

"Senior is too modest. I should be the one asking you for advice."

Their hands clasped together in mid-air.

A few seconds later, Gu Yanzhou withdrew his hand, then said, "Then I won't bother you any longer, junior," and turned to walk towards the other trainees.

Jiang Che stood there, watching Gu Yanzhou chatting and laughing with the other students, and the smile on his face slowly faded.

He then gathered his thoughts and walked back to Chen Weiyuan at the front of the conference room, asking a few questions about the submission time of the training log.

Soon, the training session came to an end.

It was noon, and since he had class at 2 p.m., Jiang Che decided to go back to his dormitory for a nap.

Back at room 412, as soon as I arrived at the dormitory entrance, I heard a lively discussion coming from inside.

Jiang Che pushed open the door with some doubt and saw Xu Wenbin standing barefoot on a chair, talking animatedly to Song Mingxuan.

"Hey Lao Song, I'm not bragging, but my relationship with Lin tide is progressing at an incredible pace!"

Song Mingxuan looked at him with the kind of loving gaze one would give a child with intellectual disabilities.

"What are you all saying, making such a racket?"

After entering the room, Jiang Che casually tossed his bag onto the table, took off his coat and hung it up, then sat down on his bed.

"You're back, Lao Jiang. Look, as you can see, Lao Xu is reporting on the latest developments in the pursuit of Lin tide."

Song Mingxuan picked up the hot tea beside him, took a small sip, and then said calmly, "You've come back just in time. He was just about to start his third boast, and you'll get to hear the whole thing."

Jiang Che nodded, "Okay, then I have to listen carefully and see how my brother Xu pursues girls. I want to learn from his experience."

"Tell me, how exactly do you mean 'a thousand miles a day'?"

Xu Wenbin jumped off the chair and cleared his throat, pretending to be serious.

"Ahem, to be honest, we really have to thank Lao Jiang for this."

"Thank me?" Jiang Che was taken aback. "Thank me for what?"

"Think about it, if you hadn't dealt with Wang Qiang during military training, would Lin tide be paying so much attention to our dorm?"

Xu Wenbin analyzed confidently, "Once you start paying attention to someone, the distance between you and them grows."

"Now that we're closer, my chance to make a move will come."

Song Mingxuan pushed up his glasses and added sarcastically, "Aren't you just using Jiang Che's heroic actions as a pretext? He was so shocked by Jiang Che's heroic behavior that he was dizzy. What's it to you?"

"You're talking nonsense. It's true I benefited from Lao Jiang's influence, but Lin tide is willing to talk to me, isn't she?"

Xu Wenbin grinned and chuckled, "If they don't want to talk to me, even if I'm the one who beats up the instructor, they still won't pay any attention to me, let alone if I'm just taking advantage of their position."

"That makes sense." Jiang Che nodded in agreement.

Next, Xu Wenbin went on and on about all the things he and Lin tide had done together during this time.

Things like drinking milk tea together, going to the gym together, or going to the library together.

Jiang Che was listening quite attentively at first, but he gradually drifted off.

His gaze shifted from Xu Wenbin's face to Lu Ziang's bed without him even realizing it.

He then noticed that since he returned, Lu Ziang's bed curtains had been drawn tightly, and he hadn't made a sound.

Although Lu Ziang was not usually one to meddle in other people's business, Jiang Che was worried that something might have happened to him.

So he got up from the edge of the bed and walked over to Lu Ziang.

"Old Lu?"

As he walked, he asked, "Why haven't I heard you speak? Were you asleep?"

As he spoke, he had already walked to Lu Ziang's bedside.

The bed curtains were not completely drawn, leaving a gap about two fingers wide.

Through the gap, Jiang Che's gaze inadvertently swept across Lu Ziang's phone screen.

The screen displays a WeChat chat interface.

The nickname at the top of the dialog box clearly reads three words—

Gu Yanzhou.