Chapter 129: The Clouds on the Horizon

The first round of mahjong finished, Yang Tianxing won with a winning hand, and he was about to leave immediately.

Wu Qiang cursed: "You're not allowed to leave after winning money; can't you understand this rule, kid?"

"I just don't understand it!"

Yang Tianxing stood up and said: "I worked for Boss Zhang at the Runxing Electronics Factory and nearly lost my life, and now he won't even do me a small favor—I'm leaving!"

Yang Tianxing really left as soon as he said he would, looking quite angry.

"This kid, his words and actions are too overbearing."

Wu Qiang said to Zhang Liye: "Yang Tianxing just has that dog-like temper, Boss Zhang, don't take it to heart."

Wu Qiang was the team leader of the couriers; he hadn't had much schooling and usually didn't care to bother with those green college student agents, yet he had a strange fondness for Yang Tianxing's reckless personality.

"Only a fool would take it to heart; can't I tell he's doing it on purpose?"

Zhang Liye curled his lip: "That kid Yang Tianxing is full of bad tricks, but during those few days of pandemic quarantine, his parents came over, and I observed that they are honest people."

"Heh heh, even a dragon has nine sons and each is different; I just find Yang Tianxing quite agreeable."

Wu Qiang smiled and said: "Then, Boss Zhang, do you not intend to agree to the thing he mentioned?"

Zhang Liye shook his head: "I'm just a franchisee, and Shentong doesn't give me shares; as long as I can make money, let alone Rocket 101, I'd support even Tank 101."

"The key is."

Zhang Liye was also helpless: "This depends on whether Xu Zhizhou and Wang Shuzhu are willing; the Zhongtong Company established last year was once part of the same family, and aren't they still fighting over territory now? Aren't Xu Zhizhou and the others worried that Rocket 101 will turn against them later?"

Wu Qiang asked: "Then does that mean Yang Tianxing has no way to implement it?"

Zhang Liye thought for a moment and said: "He is very capable at managing relationships, otherwise how did he get so many titles in university? Doesn't he brag about being familiar with Zhao Qingxun from Hong Kong? If that woman supports it, maybe it could actually work."

"Forget it, forget it, don't worry about that son of a bitch."

Zhang Liye shuffled the mahjong tiles with a "clatter-clatter" and said: "Call someone else over, let's keep playing."

Yang Tianxing was indeed acting; he dropped his sour expression as soon as he left the chess and card room, thinking to himself that since he dared not try with Old Zhang and lacked other channels, it seemed he could only find a way to probe Wang Shuzhu's bottom line.

Wang Shuzhu, that beautiful young married woman, was very delicate in her thinking; she never refused to attend dinners, social engagements, or KTV, but she drank in moderation and acted with restraint.

Whenever the hired hostesses arrived while singing, she would immediately pick up her small bag and leave.

When she heard about men's activities like massages after dinner, she would generally leave 15 minutes before the social engagement ended, so as not to make those men awkward, nor would she be embarrassed herself.

In short, she was a woman who knew how to protect herself and save face for others, and she had never let Yang Tianxing be her driver.

"How can I deepen my relationship with such a beautiful young woman?"

As Yang Tianxing thought about this, he returned to school; passing by the gate of Jiaotong University, Yang Tianxing immediately remembered that night when a girl said to him: "Thank you for your kindness, but I need to consider it seriously."

"Sigh~"

Yang Tianxing let out a sigh and walked into Jiaotong University without realizing it.

Walking on the Jiaotong University campus, there were freshmen in military training uniforms everywhere; Yang Tianxing felt his familiarity with Jiaotong University even exceeded that of the Finance Institute.

Sitting on a bench under the girls' dormitory building, Yang Tianxing lit a cigarette carelessly, closed his eyes, and vaguely felt that the girl who ate fruit cake and dangled her slender calves was still sitting beside him.

Actually, sometimes when a relationship ends or a loved one leaves, there isn't that much sadness at first, but in the days that follow, as you inadvertently walk down a familiar road, pick up a cup you once used, or find yourself on some night after dusk, the memories instantly flood your heart.

Your heart immediately aches, and if you are outside, you still have to pretend that nothing is wrong.

"Hoo."

As Yang Tianxing smoked, he suddenly felt someone sit down beside him.

Opening his eyes to look, it was actually Jiang Yuxin.

"I thought I would never see Yang Tianxing at the Chang'an campus of Jiaotong University again."

Jiang Yuxin was wearing a white cotton-polyester long dress, and when she smiled, two small canine teeth were revealed.

Yang Tianxing thought to himself that since Tan Zhizhi had already left, why would he still come here, but he said aloud: "How could that be? You are still here, how could I not come over?"

"Is that so?"

Jiang Yuxin looked at Yang Tianxing: "Do you like to lie to girls the most?"

Yang Tianxing was stunned for a moment: "Why do you say that?"

"When school started last year, I gave you my dormitory phone number."

Jiang Yuxin smiled: "It's been a year, and you've never called."

Yang Tianxing turned his head to glance at Jiang Yuxin, and Jiang Yuxin also looked at Yang Tianxing with her bright, sparkling eyes.

"Women really hold grudges."

Yang Tianxing thought to himself, she could remember such a small thing for a year; besides, if I had called, it would have been to find Tan Zhizhi—she had a mobile phone, so why would I call the dormitory?

"Where is that handsome boyfriend of yours?"

Yang Tianxing didn't want to talk more about the "dormitory phone" matter, so he changed the subject.

"We broke up; he was only pursuing Tan Zhizhi in the first place, and since Tan Zhizhi transferred to the Yanta campus, he naturally broke up with me."

Jiang Yuxin tilted her head and said: "Actually, I wasn't sincere either; I wouldn't even let him hold my hand."

Yang Tianxing didn't speak, silently smoking his cigarette; Jiang Yuxin checked the time: "It's about time, let me treat you to dinner."

"Forget it, I'll go back to my own school to eat."

Yang Tianxing shook his head and said.

Jiang Yuxin wasn't angry at being rejected: "Although the Yanta campus is a bit older than the one here in Chang'an, the headquarters for graduate and doctoral students are all there; I heard that not even a week after Tan Zhizhi arrived there, she once again outshone everyone and became the focus of attention."

"Let's go, I haven't eaten at the Jiaotong University cafeteria in a long time."

Yang Tianxing said without hesitation.

However, while eating, Jiang Yuxin didn't talk about Tan Zhizhi's specific situation at Yanta, only chatting about trivial daily matters.

For example, after 'Little Cicada' left the Chang'an campus, those girls who had been suppressed for a year suddenly became excited.

When Tan Zhizhi was here, no one at the Chang'an campus dared to call themselves the school beauty or class beauty; once Tan Zhizhi left, several 'department beauties' popped up just in the International Trade Institute.

Yang Tianxing listened absentmindedly, and when he was finished eating and preparing to leave, Jiang Yuxin smiled and said: "If you want to come to Jiaotong University to eat in the future, you can find me; at least the pressure won't be as high."

"Fine."

Yang Tianxing nodded, and after entering the gate of the Finance Institute, he picked up his mobile phone and dialed Shao Ziyang's dormitory phone number.

"Ziyang, I'm going to Yanta this week. You invite Xiao Zhiliao out, but don't tell her that I'm going too."

Shao Ziyang sounded a bit troubled: "Isn't this lying to Xiao Zhiliao?"

"Don't talk nonsense. If she knew I was there, she definitely wouldn't come out. How else can I do it if I don't lie to her?"

Shao Ziyang still wouldn't agree.

"Ziyang, can you see the clouds on the horizon from where you are?"

Yang Tianxing asked suddenly.

Shao Ziyang was stunned for a moment: "I can see them, what about it?"

"Look at those clouds on the horizon."

Yang Tianxing leisurely exhaled a smoke ring: "Do they look like the 3,000-plus yuan you owe me?"