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Chapter 448: Let's End Today's Class Here

During the New Year, Zhou Yuwen's mother had been somewhat dissatisfied with Su Qing. However, compared to the other girls, Su Qing's attitude towards Zhou Yuwen's parents was indeed a bit more thoughtful. For example, Zheng Yanyan stayed at Zhou Yuwen's house for two weeks and never thought of getting his mother's contact information, while Su Qing, upon meeting Yang Lijuan for the first time, smiled sweetly and said, "Auntie, why don't we exchange contact info?"Then, during every holiday, she would always ask after their well-being.

Even if Yang Lijuan didn't like Su Qing, facing such an obedient and sensible girl, she couldn't possibly give her the cold shoulder.

In addition, this time, the drive from their home to Jinling was only two hours. When Yang Lijuan called Zhou Yuwen and he didn't answer, she had to settle for the next best option and reach out to Su Qing.

And Su Qing, naturally, made preparations early upon learning that Zhou Yuwen's parents were coming.

Actually, during this time when Zhou Yuwen's reputation was spreading far and wide, Su Qing's heart was highly conflicted. The media was constantly interviewing Zhou Yuwen and Jiang Xinyi, and people were asking about the relationship between them.

Zhou Yuwen did not reply directly. Instead, Jiang Xinyi faced the cameras and smiled with absolute confidence, saying, "What do you think our relationship is?"

Jiang Xinyi had always handled the finance work during the early stages of Zhou Yuwen's business. Now that Zhou Yuwen had risen to prominence, Jiang Xinyi naturally rose with the tide. This was especially true regarding the one-time influx of sixty million yuan and the successful integration of Xianlin Delivery with Baidu Delivery, in which Jiang Xinyi played an indispensable role.

Of course, this was also inseparable from the help of Jiang Xinyi's family behind the scenes.

But because of this, everyone took notice of the woman standing behind Zhou Yuwen.

The Jinling media then did a little digging into Jiang Xinyi's family background and quickly churned out articles portraying them as a brilliant scholar and a beautiful lady.

Given Su Qing's past attitude, encountering something like this would definitely lead to her throwing an angry fit. However, Lu Lin told Su Qing that this was all Jiang Xinyi's wishful thinking and that Zhou Yuwen had not admitted to anything at all.

He hadn't admitted it, but he hadn't denied it either!

This was exactly why Su Qing was quietly sulking now. In her subjective view, she was still Zhou Yuwen's one and only original partner. Therefore, with reports about Jiang Xinyi plastered everywhere, Su Qing expected Zhou Yuwen to give her an explanation.

The result was a wait that lasted nearly a month.

She never received an explanation from Zhou Yuwen.

Instead, she ended up receiving her future parents-in-law.

"Uh,"

Hearing his mother's words, Zhou Yuwen's expression was quite awkward.

This was especially true with Jiang Xinyi right there, who seemed to be helping him adjust his clothes but was actually eavesdropping.

This wealthy young lady was not as simple as one might imagine, especially when it came to matters between men and women.

Holding the phone, Zhou Yuwen said, "If you couldn't reach me, you could have just called back later. Why bother her?"

"How is it a bother? She is your girlfriend, isn't she? Now that your career is so massive, shouldn't she share some of the burden with you?" Yang Lijuan was very dissatisfied. She felt that Zhou Yuwen pampered Su Qing far too much.

After all, Su Qing was already his girlfriend.

Was it really so wrong for her to host them for a bit?

Zhou Yuwen replied that it wasn't about that.

"Sigh, where are you now? Have you two met up?"

"Almost. Your dad and I are about to arrive at your university. I'll stop talking for now. When are you coming back?" Yang Lijuan asked.

Zhou Yuwen said he had just finished up on his end.

"It will take me a little while to get back. How about this, I'll have Liu Shuo drive over and pick you up."

"No need for the trouble, we're almost there. Besides, I've already arranged it with Su Qing. If you find someone else now... what? You two didn't get into a fight, did you? You aren't fooling around outside just because you have money now, are you?"

"Mom, what nonsense are you talking about!" Zhou Yuwen frowned immediately upon hearing this.

What did she mean, he was only fooling around because he had money?

Furthermore, fooling around was for people who abandoned women after toying with them.

'Someone like me, who takes responsibility for every girl, how could that be considered fooling around?'

"It's best if you aren't."

"As for Little Su, that girl, I might have been a bit dissatisfied with her at first. But ultimately, it is your choice. Your dad and I operate on the principle of supporting you. As long as you are willing, that is more important than anything else."

Truthfully, saying this was also a matter of helplessness. According to Yang Lijuan's own thoughts, since her son was so excellent, he should definitely find a girl worthy of him. But now, Yang Lijuan could no longer see through her son.

Moreover, although she intervened in her son's life, she was not the type of woman with a strong desire for control.

After chatting with Zhou Yuwen for a while, she said, "Alright, your dad and I are about to arrive.

"I'll let you go for now."

With that, she hung up the phone.

Zhou Yuwen had chatted with his mother for almost five minutes. As a result, Jiang Xinyi had spent those five minutes seemingly adjusting his clothes. Once the call disconnected, Jiang Xinyi asked calmly, "Who was it?"

"..."

It was quite a redundant question. Although Zhou Yuwen hadn't turned on the speakerphone, they were so close that it was impossible for her not to hear.

The most crucial part was that Jiang Xinyi asked with an expression that made it seem as if she truly knew nothing.

'As expected, no woman is a simple creature.'

Zhou Yuwen replied, "Oh, my mom and dad came to Jinling. They couldn't reach me, so they asked Su Qing to pick them up."

"How do they know Su Qing?" Sure enough, just as Zhou Yuwen finished speaking, Jiang Xinyi couldn't wait to ask.

But Zhou Yuwen was well prepared. He said, "What, you didn't know? Su Qing is my first love."

Jiang Xinyi had heard about this before; Zhou Yuwen had two girlfriends in the past.

The first was Su Qing.

The second was Zheng Yanyan.

Jiang Xinyi could be considered the third, though her status as the third was controversial. Right now, the Jinling media was reporting on what a perfect match they were, but Zhou Yuwen's class had exploded into a pot of chaos.

The first to see the news was Liu Yue and her roommates in their dormitory.

This girl, Liu Yue, didn't have romantic feelings for Zhou Yuwen, but she certainly harbored admiration for him.

In the dormitory, she would talk about Zhou Yuwen eight hundred times a day. Ever since she returned from Zhou Yuwen's villa last time, she hadn't stopped talking about him.

She kept saying what a genius Zhou Yuwen was. In such a short amount of time, he had already bought a car and a house in Jinling by himself, and a villa at that.

"If only I could be like Zhou Yuwen,"

A few days later, Liu Yue heard the news that Zhou Yuwen had sold Xianlin Delivery for sixty million yuan. Naturally, she was shocked completely speechless.

When the news notification popped up, Zhou Yuwen's class was still in session.

Liu Yue was keeping her head down, scrolling through her phone by herself.

The very first headline read: "A Once-in-a-Century Business Prodigy! The Nineteen-Year-Old Multimillionaire!"

Liu Yue was deeply interested in news about multimillionaires. When she opened it and looked, she cried out in absolute shock.

"Holy crap!"

Her shout truly startled the rest of the class. After all, a lecture was currently underway.

Their counselor, You Changjin, was teaching the specialized drafting class. Seeing Liu Yue's sudden outburst, You Changjin teased, "What is it, Liu Yue? Did you make money on stocks again?"

"Haha!"

Hearing this, the students in the class immediately burst into laughter.

Liu Yue's small face flushed slightly. She just wanted to earn more money, and after recently dabbling in stocks and making a few hundred yuan, she had boasted about it to the class.

You Changjin had overheard her back then and poked fun at her.

"Teacher You!"

You Changjin was no outsider. Moreover, Liu Yue felt that since such a prominent figure had emerged from their class, it ought to be shared loudly. Otherwise, her sudden outburst of profanity would be far too embarrassing.

So she abruptly stood up, excitedly clutching her phone, and said, "I just saw a news article! The news says..."

"...It says that Zhou Yuwen from our class just made sixty million yuan!"

"Whoa!"

The moment Liu Yue finished speaking, the entire class instantly boiled over.

"Is that true? Our Zhou Yuwen?"

"Sixty million? Did he sell the rights to his novel again?"

A fierce discussion erupted in the classroom. You Changjin, who had just been teasing Liu Yue, was also taken aback. Liu Yue's sudden announcement left him entirely unsure of how to respond. Most importantly, because of her words, the entire class's discipline descended into chaos.

Everyone was grabbing their phones to check the notification, then frantically discussing it.

"Xianlin Delivery sold for sixty million? The app we've been using all this time? It's worth that much?"

"Why did he sell it? Wouldn't it be great to keep it for himself!"

Sitting near the front, Chang Hao stared helplessly at the push notification on his phone. He was already numb to it. Ever since Zhou Yuwen had made millions from writing novels, Chang Hao felt the gap between himself and Zhou Yuwen was far too massive. Now that Zhou Yuwen had started a company and made sixty million, what else could Chang Hao say? He was completely speechless.

The news notification laid it out very clearly.

It called Zhou Yuwen a peerless prodigy.

Driving a tiger to swallow a wolf, he used Meituan and Ele.me to drive up the price before ultimately contacting Baidu Delivery privately.

In reality, Zhou Yuwen's collaboration with Baidu could only truly be considered a lucky coincidence.

But independent news media would never summarize it in just a few words. Their articles flowed on for thousands of words, detailing how Zhou Yuwen never missed a single calculation, strategizing within a command tent to secure victory a thousand miles away. In the articles, Zhou Yuwen was portrayed like a god who had factored in everything, down to the very weather.

It was truly a pity that such editors didn't go write web novels instead.

Yet, it just so happened that everyone loved reading these kinds of articles. After finishing, they couldn't help but shout: Zhou Yuwen is such a badass!

'Damn, we're both university students, so why is Zhou Yuwen such a badass while I'm such a loser?'

"What? The article actually says that Liu Shuo, who's been following him all this time, also made 1.2 million yuan!"

That day, Zhou Yuwen's class utterly exploded. Many people were beating their chests in regret, saying that if they had known earlier, they would have built a good relationship with Zhou Yuwen at the start of the semester; that way, they might have at least gotten a cut of a few million.

"Sigh, what are you guys complaining about? Didn't the guys in Zhou Yuwen's own dormitory get nothing too?"

"I heard that when the semester started, those guys tried to isolate Zhou Yuwen."

When saying this, a few classmates couldn't help but shoot a stealthy glance at Chang Hao nearby.

Hearing these students' discussions, Chang Hao felt somewhat speechless. 'Isn't this just making things up out of thin air?' he thought. However, with rumors like this, it was impossible to explain oneself clearly.

Who knew which shameless mouth it came from, spreading rumors that there was a student from Jingcheng in Zhou Yuwen's dormitory who looked down on people. It was said that he initially competed with Zhou Yuwen for a woman, failed, and then banded together with the others to isolate Zhou Yuwen, even squeezing him out of the dormitory.

It would be one thing if people from other classes spread such rumors.

The problem was that the rumor had made its rounds and come right back to their own class, and these classmates who spent day and night together actually believed it?

Chang Hao was utterly speechless.

Some people laughed at Chang Hao, saying he had missed out on a massive fortune.

And other classmates joked with You Changjin at the podium, saying, "Teacher, you should have gotten involved when Zhou Yuwen was starting his business. You might have gotten a share of a few million too."

"Maybe even more than just a few million!"

"If that were true, the Teacher's Wife would probably come back and get back together with Teacher You!"

"Haha!"

Upon hearing this, the crowd burst into laughter once again. Everyone had seen just how heartbroken You Changjin was back when he and Jiang Xinyi broke up. According to Teacher You's own account, it seemed that the Teacher's Wife's mother looked down on him because she felt he had no money.

So if Teacher You had joined Zhou Yuwen's startup back then and earned a few million, they might not have broken up at all.

Sigh, but it was too late to say anything now.

That Zheng Yanyan sure cashed in, though.

"Damn, Haozi, when Zheng Yanyan didn't choose you back then, I was thinking she would regret it. But now, she's probably living the good life with Old Zhou!" said Jiang Chao from the neighboring dormitory.

"Zheng Yanyan scored big time, okay!"

Anyone who knew the name Zheng Yanyan felt that she had truly hit the jackpot.

Liu Yue quickly chimed in, "Zheng Yanyan broke up with Zhou Yuwen a long time ago!"

"Broke up? When did that happen? Why didn't I know about this?"

"Holy crap, in that case, Haozi, don't you have a chance again?"

"Huh, then who is Zhou Yuwen's current girlfriend?"

The crowd of students began to gossip.

At that moment, a new notification suddenly popped up on their phones:

"The Woman Behind the Successful Man! Behind the Business Genius is Jinling's Proud Daughter of Heaven!"

Liu Yue was the first to receive this news push. Upon seeing the notification, before she even clicked on it, she laughed and said, "My god, Zhou Yuwen is way too popular! Even his girlfriend is on the news."

"His girlfriend? Who is it?"

Hearing this, everyone's interest was instantly piqued.

Mainly because someone close to them had suddenly become a celebrity, which was a thrilling novelty for anyone—especially hearing that even being Zhou Yuwen's girlfriend was enough to make the news.

Liu Yue said she didn't know yet.

"The title is certainly something, though: Jinling's Proud Daughter of Heaven!"

"Hahaha, our university doesn't have any proud daughters of heaven."

Liu Yue tapped the headline. Since everyone was waiting in expectation, she began to read aloud. The opening went: "Behind every successful man, there is a woman silently giving her all!

And behind this nineteen-year-old business prodigy from a small town, just what kind of girl is she?

"This girl hails from Jinling, with parents who are authentic Jinling businesspeople."

"She was influenced by what she saw and heard from a young age."

Listening to Liu Yue read, the crowd couldn't help but joke, "Oho, who is this? We've never heard of her."

"Exactly! Doesn't Old Zhou only have two girlfriends? Since when is there a Jinling local?"

"And a family history of business? That sounds so high-class!"

"She received a high-quality education from childhood and was performing on stage on the piano at four years old!" Liu Yue continued reading.

The more everyone listened, the more amusing they found it, truly feeling that Zhou Yuwen was no longer in the same social class as them.

Listening to Liu Yue read with such emotion, You Changjin's brows furrowed slightly. "Alright, students, class time is limited as it is. If you want to gossip, wait until after class."

"Don't be like that, Teacher. Zhou Yuwen just made sixty million; we should be happy for him!"

"Exactly, Teacher, he's your student! Liu Yue, hurry up and keep reading!"

The students' expectation was sky-high.

And Liu Yue said excitedly, "Almost done, Teacher! I'm almost finished, just a little bit more."

"Her name is—Jiang!"

"Xin!"

"Yi!"

Liu Yue read it all in one breath, and the crowd burst into excitement.

"It really isn't Zheng Yanyan!"

"Hahaha, of course it's not Zheng Yanyan. Zheng Yanyan is from Jingcheng."

"Who is this Jiang Xinyi? The name sounds so familiar. I feel like I've heard it somewhere before."

"Ah, right! Teacher, wasn't your ex-girlfriend named Jiang Xinyi?"

"Holy crap! Teacher, Old Zhou's girlfriend shares the exact same name as your ex-girlfriend!"

The students discussed it fervently, excitedly pointing out this coincidence to You Changjin.

Until they saw You Changjin's expression.

The crowd froze.

No, it couldn't be, right?

"Students, today's class..."

"...will end right here."