Chapter 55

"Jia Hongjian, you're here?" Wang Koulan, who had just returned from working overtime, greeted him a bit awkwardly, "Sorry, I didn't mention that it was a friend's company that was acquiring, but it turned out to be our company..."

"No problem, Sister Wang. I'm not an outsider, so why would I hold it against you? This is a capital society, after all. The big fish eating the small fish is quite common. Besides, you secretly informed my family, which helped us make a fortune in the stock market. My family is even considering using this money to take a trip to Northeast China, which would be a good opportunity to take me there as part of a plan..." Jia Hongjian said with a cheerful smile.

Old Mr. Luo, who was standing nearby, looked at Jia Hongjian with surprise. It seemed he had connected Jia Hongjian's trip to Northeast China with the water-to-oil scam in Harbin. The old man's perception of Jia Hongjian changed instantly, as if he were seeing a new-era Lei Feng. He almost patted Jia Hongjian on the shoulder and said, "Kid, you're bold and daring, that's great!"

"Little Hongjian, be sure to take care of yourself when you go to Northeast China, okay? Don't push yourself too hard, got it?" The old man finally said with concern. However, to Jia Hongjian, this sounded like a warning about the criminal gangs in Northeast China. In his previous life, he had heard that the criminal forces in Northeast China were very powerful, with someone named Jiao Siye becoming wealthy through demolition work, even becoming a new bridegroom every night, until he was taken down for exceeding the authority of a high-ranking official.

So, to Jia Hongjian, who had been reborn, it sounded like the old man was cautioning him about the criminal gangs in Northeast China. "Hehe, Grandpa Luo, don't worry. Am I the kind of person who acts recklessly? Rest assured." His words meant that he wouldn't go to places like nightclubs or karaoke bars where there were many thugs, but the old man interpreted it differently.

Old Mr. Luo, recalling how Jia Hongjian had exposed the fake products on national television, thought that this kid wasn't the type to act recklessly. Instead, he seemed to be the type who would act recklessly in any situation. However, after some thought, the old man realized that although the fake product exposure incident was big, Jia Hongjian hadn't tarnished his reputation. He then concluded that Jia Hongjian had intentionally made a big deal out of it.

"Um... just be careful. After all, it's not our territory, and you're going with your family. No matter what, be cautious," the old man said finally.

"Sure thing, don't worry," Jia Hongjian patted his chest and promised, thinking to himself that he would keep a close eye on his father and make sure he didn't go to places with many thugs or delinquents, and wouldn't let his father get into trouble.

At this moment, Luo Lizi, who had been quietly reading a book, seemed to have heard something. She grabbed Jia Hongjian's pant leg and asked, "Uncle, are you leaving again? Don't go, okay? Teach me knowledge? I'll be very well-behaved and won't run around during breaks..."

"Ha ha, good girl, don't worry. It's not because you're not well-behaved that I'm not coming. I'm going to the north to do something important, just like how you teach little kids to sing. I'm going to teach others some things..." he coaxed the little girl.

However, to the old man, the meaning was still twisted. The old man patted Jia Hongjian's shoulder, "That's right, your Uncle Jia is going to do something important. Many adults don't know how to do things, but Uncle Jia, though young, has a lot of ideas, so he's going to teach those adults..."

Finally, after finishing dinner at the Luo family's house, Jia Hongjian walked to the door. He suddenly turned to Zhang Fenggu, who was seeing him off, and asked, "Xiao Zhang, by the way, I forgot to ask you. You finished junior high school, right? Do you want to study high school courses on your own? If you do, I can copy my textbooks and practice papers for you..."

"Is... is... is this appropriate?" The sudden happiness left Xiao Zhang speechless. Of course, she wanted to study! If not, why would she have a younger brother in junior high school, and why would she have come out to work to earn money for his future college expenses? Hearing Jia Hongjian's offer, she felt a sense of unworthiness. She hadn't done anything to help Jia Hongjian, yet he was offering to help her realize her dream of studying... She, a plain and uneducated girl from the countryside, couldn't believe her good fortune.

"What's inappropriate about it? Hehe," Jia Hongjian smiled naturally, "Actually, I'm a big villain. I'm just copying the materials to avoid feeling guilty about not studying hard myself..."

But somehow, even though he was speaking the truth, it sounded like a kind lie to Zhang Fenggu, meant to ease her pressure in accepting the copies. The girl from the deep mountains in the southwest couldn't hold back her tears. She was too simple and didn't know how to express herself, so she could only bow with tears streaming down her face.

After bowing twice, Jia Hongjian held her shoulders, "That's enough, two bows are enough. Three would be too much. One bow is for a couple, and three is for a farewell to a deceased person..."

After Jia Hongjian left, Old Mr. Luo and Wang Koulan looked at Xiao Zhang, who was still standing at the door, crying like a stone statue. They suddenly felt that they, as adults who had lived for many years, had done many things that were not as good as what Jia Hongjian, a child, had done. "Ah, indeed, one should learn all one's life. We need to learn from Jia Hongjian," Old Mr. Luo said softly. Seeing his daughter-in-law nod, he suddenly thought of something and said, "Right, Koulan, Jia Hongjian is going to Northeast China to expose the water-to-oil scam. Ask your old classmate, the journalist, if they're interested. With a journalist following, even if Jia Hongjian suffers a loss, he can get it back once it's on TV."

"Ah? Going to Northeast China to expose the scam? Okay, I understand." Wang Koulan looked at her father-in-law in surprise, finally understanding what they had been talking about earlier. She quickly went into the house to call Liu Min.

After leaving the Luo family's house, Jia Hongjian didn't go home directly. Instead, he went to Putuo District and to Wang Danshui's house. When he knocked on the door, Wang Danshui, who was eating sticky rice cake with sugar, was surprised to see him and asked what he wanted.

"Nothing much, I haven't seen you since I came back from Beijing. I just wanted to see if you've gotten uglier." Jia Hongjian, now transformed into a big devil, started teasing the little wildcat. Seeing the little wildcat about to get angry, he quickly calmed her down with a single sentence, "Come on, let's go out for a meal. I'll treat you until you're full."

"Really?" The little fox spirit, who was a foodie, didn't care about Jia Hongjian's earlier words. Her eyes sparkled like stars, as if she had just received a diamond ring from her boyfriend.

"Really, the 3000 yuan from you, me, and Jingxing has grown to nearly 30,000 yuan. I'll treat you to a meal as a thank you for your trust..."

The little fox spirit dropped her bowl and hugged Jia Hongjian tightly, not noticing the sensitive touch of her chest on him. She even kissed him on the face with her lips still sticky with sugar!

After the kiss, the little fox spirit was stunned. She blinked her eyes, looking at Jia Hongjian as if trying to remember what she had just done and asking what to do next...

"Wipe your mouth..." Jia Hongjian, experienced, wiped the sugar off his face, "You have 20 minutes to get dressed nicely. I'll wait for you downstairs."

Exactly 20 minutes later, Wang Danshui appeared in a white dress. The dress was short, just above her knees, and her legs, which were clearly wearing flesh-colored stockings, shone. Although she wasn't wearing makeup, the simplicity of her appearance gave her a natural beauty, like a lotus blooming in clear water. Her hair was tied in a neat ponytail, different from her usual loose style, and the overall look made her look like a dreamy, pure, and beautiful high school girl.

"Pretty, right?" The little fox spirit asked with a smile, standing next to Jia Hongjian. "What are you going to treat me to?" "Ramen, as much as you want. I'll buy you a hundred bowls if you want." Jia Hongjian knew that if he said this to any other woman, he wouldn't get a smile, but the little fox spirit, Wang Danshui, looked as if she had received a precious treasure, almost unable to close her mouth.

By the time they reached the Lanzhou Ramen shop, it was past the dinner hour, and the shop was almost empty. "Boss, bring five bowls of ramen, one at a time, don't cook them all together, or it won't be fresh," Jia Hongjian said to the boss, who was watching TV in the corner.

"Sure thing!" The boss happily got to work, "Are you from the north? You have a big appetite! Southerners have small appetites, men only eat one bowl, not like us from the northwest, where men eat two bowls!"

Hearing the boss's accented but fluent Mandarin, Jia Hongjian smiled but didn't say anything. He had only planned to eat one bowl as a formality.

Soon, the first bowl of ramen arrived, and Jia Hongjian placed it in front of the little fox spirit. "Really, you can eat as much as you want?" She still seemed a bit unsure. "Yes, really. You said you've never been full since you were little, so this time, you'll be full," he smiled.

The little fox spirit smiled charmingly, a smile that could make any man do anything for her. She picked up a chopstick of noodles, blew on them, and opened her small mouth to eat. Jia Hongjian always found it amazing how her small mouth and ladylike eating habits could finish a large man's meal in no time.

The scene before him was the same. She ate the noodles and meat in the bowl in a minute, and the boss's son was just bringing the second bowl to the table.

He saw the charming girl and was momentarily captivated, unable to take his eyes off her. He thought he had never seen anyone as beautiful as a fairy. "Serve the noodles!" Hearing his father's call, he snapped back to reality but noticed something.

He saw the fairy-like Han girl eating the second bowl of noodles at the same pace. In the time it took him to snap back, she had already finished the second bowl!

Jia Hongjian saw that Wang Danshui had finished two bowls of ramen without drinking any soup and asked, "Not drinking the soup?" "No! The soup takes up too much space, and I've already had dinner at home, eating five sticky rice cakes, so I can't let my stomach be full of soup..." The little fox spirit, with her lips still greasy, smiled sweetly, showing her dimples.

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