Chapter 17

Wang Anran's face was not looking good. Although he knew that his whereabouts were not much of a secret, Li Rui's appearance still annoyed him and made him somewhat uneasy. If his movements could be so easily tracked by others, wouldn't that mean that his every move was under surveillance? It was no wonder that his second-generation friends, once they had official positions, became rule-abiding and no longer ran around recklessly.

Li Rui, however, did not dwell too much on Wang Anran's expression. Although he knew that his actions would certainly offend Wang Anran, tonight he only wanted to appear as a victor to mock Shen Zhenghui, and he couldn't think too much about other things. But he had to speak to Wang Anran first.

"Brother Wang," he said, with the familiarity characteristic of Chinese people, "I must congratulate you. Your family has gained another great general, and Sister Anping's business will surely flourish!"

"What are you talking about?" Suppressing his inner dissatisfaction, Wang Anran replied to Li Rui perfunctorily, "We just came out to play. Meeting you is a coincidence, but I don't understand what you're saying."

"Brother Anran, don't pretend," Li Rui finally stared at Shen Zhenghui with a bold and unrestrained gaze, "This Brother Shen built a large group company in less than a year," he then looked at Wang Anran, "Brother Zou Linghai is also interested in his company, but I heard he has already sold the company's shares to Sister Anping?"

"You have good sources of information," Wang Anran sneered, "We signed the contract today, and you already know."

"Oh," Li Rui slapped the back of his head, "I previously represented Brother Zou to talk with this Brother Shen, but Brother Shen is your good friend and was determined to sell the company to you. I was also giving you face, Brother Wang."

Shen Zhenghui found this conversation quite interesting, as every word seemed to have a hidden meaning.

"That's really thanks for giving me face!" Wang Anran smiled, but his eyes were fierce, and he patted Shen Zhenghui's shoulder, "Zhenghui is my classmate, we live in the same dorm, and we have a good relationship."

"So, I'm congratulating you, oh, Sister Anping has found a good assistant, congratulations on your wealth!" He also clasped his hands.

Wang Anran turned his head to look at Shen Zhenghui. Shen Zhenghui shrugged helplessly.

Li Rui deliberately moved closer to Wang Anran, "Brother Anran, can you reveal how much you paid for Brother Shen's shares?" He then took a step back, "Don't misunderstand, I have no interest in this, but Brother Zou wants to know. After all, he lost in his own territory and wants to learn from the experience."

Wang Anran snorted, "Business secret, I don't know, go ask my sister!"

Li Rui looked at Shen Zhenghui, "Brother Shen, what do you say?"

Shen Zhenghui rubbed his nose, "Brother Li," he forced a smile, "I'm going to Japan in a few days," he rubbed his hands, "The money from the sale is enough for my expenses in Japan."

"Japan?" Li Rui's face was full of disbelief, "You're going to Japan, abroad?"

"Sure, it's fun!"

Li Rui snorted, "When are you leaving? I'll see you off."

"No need, why be so polite?" **.

Li Rui's face seemed somewhat sinister, "You're really relaxed, are your girlfriend and you going together?"

"You're really joking, do I have a girlfriend?"

"What about your parents?"

"They have their own things to do, and besides, they are old and wouldn't be comfortable going out."

Li Rui rolled his eyes and then stared at Shen Zhenghui with an indescribable expression, "You're really a decisive person!"

"If you have time to come back to school, you'll hear all sorts of heroic and decisive legends about me." Shen Zhenghui waved his hand.

"I really hope I can hear such legends in the future." The last two words Li Rui emphasized.

Since both sides had basically laid their cards on the table, there was nothing more to say. Li Rui pretended to be enthusiastic and invited the two to play together, but as expected, they politely declined.

Wang Anran and Shen Zhenghui walked to the parking lot. Seeing that Wang Anran was about to drive, Shen Zhenghui stopped him, "Let's take a taxi! Driving after drinking is dangerous."

Wang Anran thought for a moment, "I'll call someone to pick me up." He then took out his phone and started calling.

Shen Zhenghui paced around idly, thinking about what had happened today.

Wang Anran had already called a staff member from his family to come and drive. He put down the phone and walked over, "I was thinking of having a low-key good time tonight, but these things happened."

Shen Zhenghui pursed his lips.

"Don't take it to heart. These guys seem to have strong backgrounds, but if they really want to cause trouble, their old men won't get involved. They won't go too far for my sake." Wang Anran thought Shen Zhenghui was unhappy and explained, patting his shoulder to comfort him.

"Oh, it's fine." Shen Zhenghui shook his head.

"Li Rui seems to hate you deeply, wanting to force you into being our family's white glove."

Shen Zhenghui chuckled, "Aren't you going to protect me?"

"Being a white glove looks good, but when something goes wrong, you're the one who has to take the blame." Wang Anran took out a cigarette, "I knew you had your own ideas and wouldn't take this path."

Shen Zhenghui smiled, "You might change my mind if you keep persuading me."

"Forget it," Wang Anran took a puff of his cigarette, "I consider you a friend and won't let you go down this path. I just didn't expect you to go to Japan to cozy up to women."

"Don't put it so crudely, it's a collaboration."

"Sooner or later, it will end up in bed," Wang Anran pushed further, "When you bring the whole Japanese family back, remember to give me half. I don't want anything else, just Aizawa Ai's..."

"Stop it, if you keep talking, I'll deny knowing you."

"Tsk, you're so prudish, didn't you tell me about these things in the first place?"

"I didn't know it would lead you astray so easily. By the way, don't you have over a thousand discs in your collection now?"

"Not really, only eight hundred, and watching too much isn't interesting."

"Rest in peace, your countless descendants..."

"Clearly, you've lost more..."

The two fell silent, as this kind of pointless banter felt like it was hurting their intelligence.

"Remember to keep your stuff hidden, don't let your family, especially your sister, find it."

"Do I need to be told?"

The Wang family's car arrived.

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After quickly settling the property division, Shen Zhenghui finally boarded the plane to Japan without any hesitation.

Only Wang Anran came to see Shen Zhenghui off at the airport, while the family's staff member stayed in the parking lot.

"Why are you so idle, don't you have to work?"

"Do you think the Youth League has anything to do? I'm just there to hold a position for my old man."

"Don't say that. No matter what position you're in, you should do your job. If you don't want the position, don't take it, but if you take it, do it well. You plan to enter politics, so you need to be patient and achieve results even in a quiet position."

"Alright, alright, you're more nagging than my dad. I came to see you off, you should be very grateful, and you're still trying to educate me."

"Exactly, since I'm going to Japan, I should create a Japanese atmosphere."

"What kind of atmosphere? Are you going to do a striptease?"

"That's not necessary," Shen Zhenghui became serious, "It should be like this." He extended his hand to shake Wang Anran's, then dramatically turned around and recited, "After singing the great river, I turn east, deeply immersed in the sciences to save the world. Ten years of seclusion to break through, even if I drown in the sea, I am still a hero." When he turned back, he saw Wang Anran with his mouth wide open in shock.

"How was it?" Shen Zhenghui asked with a smile.

Wang Anran quickly looked around, "This is a public place, don't..." He then looked again.

Shen Zhenghui smiled, if it were later, he might have recorded this scene on his phone.

"You're so far from the right spirit!" Wang Anran pouted, dissatisfied.

"Then I'll recite another one: Standing alone in the cold autumn..."

"Enough, enough, don't embarrass yourself. Someone might recognize me, and it would be embarrassing if it got out."

"Ten billion people, ten billion soldiers, national humiliation cannot wait for the next generation..."

"Hey, there are Japanese people around, they might understand Chinese!" Wang Anran touched his forehead, "If you go to Japan like this, you might end up in the sea."

"Then I'll swim to Taiwan and liberate the island!"

Wang Anran slapped his forehead, "Coming to see you off was a mistake."

At that moment, the announcement for the flight check-in sounded.

"Alright, get on the plane quickly, I have a meeting." Wang Anran patted Shen Zhenghui's shoulder and said, then hugged him.

"I thought you would stand by the airport's glass window and watch my plane leave!" Shen Zhenghui said.

Wang Anran shivered, "That's too gay. You're not leaving forever, I'll go first." He waved and turned to leave, ignoring Shen Zhenghui.

"Finally taking your job seriously?" Shen Zhenghui sneered and went to queue for the check-in.

"Ha!" Shen Zhenghui turned around, and a girl who looked like a student was covering her mouth, trying to suppress her laughter. Her eyebrows were distorted, as if she had encountered something very funny. But when she saw Shen Zhenghui looking at her, she became very embarrassed and lowered her head to hide her expression.

Shen Zhenghui didn't think too much about it, turned back, and saw the Japanese people in front of him bowing slightly to the check-in staff and walking up the aisle. After passing the check-in, he said "thank you" casually. Then he heard the girl behind him say "thank you" with a Japanese accent. When he turned around, the girl, blushing, lowered her head and walked past him.

"Ah, I'm leaving my country for Japan?" Shen Zhenghui felt a sense of unreality.

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Finally, Shen Zhenghui boarded the plane to Japan without any hesitation.