Chapter 6: Zhao Qingxun

After the meal, some classmates suggested going to a KTV to sing, but since everyone had just been admitted to university, their parents' restrictions were still strict, so they had no choice but to give up.

Yang Tianxing didn't want to go home yet; it was only seven o'clock, and for him, he hadn't had enough fun, so he dragged Shao Ziyang to an internet cafe to play games.

Tan Zhizhi watched Yang Tianxing walking further and further away, and a boundless sense of grievance rose in her heart. It wasn't as if they hadn't had group meals in high school; back then, every time a meal ended, Yang Tianxing would shamelessly stay behind to walk her home, under the fine-sounding excuse of doing it for her safety.

But at today's meal, the two of them didn't have a single word of conversation throughout, and they didn't even have any eye contact; the beautiful dimples on Tan Zhizhi's face didn't even show themselves today.

Fu Liwen, who was to the side, worriedly tugged at Tan Zhizhi: "Little Zhizhi, what's wrong with you today? You seem unhappy."

"I'm fine."

Tan Zhizhi shook her head: "Maybe I didn't rest well yesterday."

On the other side, Yang Tianxing was still joking heartlessly with Shao Ziyang: "I'm telling you, I heard that the beauties at the Finance Institute are blooming everywhere, there are so many of them; your Industrial University is definitely a monk's temple."

"You haven't even gone yet, you're definitely bragging," Shao Ziyang retorted with dissatisfaction.

Yang Tianxing gave a disdainful "Tch": "If you don't listen to your brother, you're guaranteed to suffer a loss. You butter your brother up a bit, and I'll definitely make sure you have something lined up for your four years of university."

After hearing this, Shao Ziyang was slightly tempted: "Really, Little Yang?"

"When has your brother ever lied to you? You pay for the internet fees today, okay? Remember, there are drinks too."

Shao Ziyang: ………

When Yang Tianxing got home that night, it was already nearly 11 o'clock. This wasn't because he didn't want to keep playing, but because of the rule set by Empress Dowager Gao: he had to be home before 11 o'clock.

After he quietly pushed the door open, he found a wall lamp lit in the living room, while other places were pitch black; a bit of faint yellow light also leaked out from the crack of his parents' bedroom door.

Just as Yang Tianxing was carefully changing into his pajamas, Empress Dowager Gao suddenly called out: "Is that Yang Tianxing?"

Her voice was somewhat weary, and it was also mixed with a thick sense of sleepiness.

"Yeah."

Worried about being scolded, Yang Tianxing quickly replied: "Mom, you haven't slept yet?"

"Are you crazy, coming back so late."

Empress Dowager Gao was indeed scolding him: "Your classmates are so good, you might as well just go home with them!"

Then, only a "Bang!" sound was heard, and the bedroom door of his parents was finally completely shut.

"Hehe."

Yang Tianxing chuckled; his parents were always so stubborn. Empress Dowager Gao was clearly waiting for him, yet she insisted on expressing it fiercely.

Hmph, what cute and face-conscious parents.

"Whoosh," as the curtains were pulled open, a beam of sunlight shone into the bedroom and hit Yang Tianxing's face.

He groggily opened his eyes and glanced at his watch: "Mom, what are you doing? It's only 10 o'clock."

Then Yang Tianxing pulled the quilt over his face to block the piercing sunlight: "At my age, if I don't sleep a bit more, I'll die of sudden death."

Gao Meilan slapped Yang Tianxing on the back without any politeness: "Get up quickly, we are driving to your grandmother's house to eat right away. You'll have fewer chances to see her after you start university, so go visit her more before you leave."

Only then did Yang Tianxing grumble as he crawled out of bed to start washing up.

"Grandmother, huh."

While brushing his teeth, Yang Tianxing thought: "I haven't seen her since I was reborn, I really should go visit."

Yang Tianxing's paternal grandparents passed away quite early, but his maternal grandmother was very loving toward him and had been very good to him since he was small.

After washing up and changing into clean clothes, Yang Jianjun happened to be waiting downstairs in the car. Sitting in the passenger seat of the Santana and smelling the familiar scent of smoke in the car, he leaned back comfortably in the seat.

"I've told you how many times not to smoke in the car, not to smoke in the car, have you ever listened?"

Gao Meilan's voice rang out from the back seat: "Why Yang Tianxing learned to smoke, it's all because he learned it from you………"

While Gao Meilan was nagging, the father and son, Yang Jianjun and Yang Tianxing, tacitly shut their mouths, fearing that Empress Dowager Gao's anger would escalate again.

Yang Tianxing's maternal grandmother and grandfather lived in a small county town next to Jinzhou. His grandmother was a housewife who also had to tend to a few mu of land, and his grandfather was a primary school teacher.

The drive wasn't far, and the scenery along the way was also very good; the mountains on both sides of the road looked full of vitality under the sunlight.

Yang Tianxing rolled down the window early to enjoy the breeze, and the air was full of the scent of summer.

After the car had been driving for a while, Yang Tianxing saw a fiery red sports car parked on the side of the road not far away. Beside it was a woman wearing huge sunglasses whose age was impossible to tell; one could only see a straight bridge of the nose and rosy lips, with coffee-colored hair draped over a high-end wool trench coat, her temperament outstanding.

She was holding a mobile phone and seemed to be making a call, but her eyes were looking around.

"Whoa, driving this car in '02, and driving it to a small county town, that's badass enough."

Yang Tianxing patted his dad's shoulder: "Old Yang, pull over up ahead."

Yang Jianjun didn't know what his son wanted to do, but Yang Tianxing's ideas were always whimsical, so he nodded and pulled the car over to the side of the road.

"What are you doing? It's almost 11:30, don't waste time," Gao Meilan patted Yang Tianxing, who was unbuckling his seatbelt, from behind.

"That beauty on the side of the road seems to need help, I'll go take a look."

Gao Meilan knew this son too well; Yang Tianxing would absolutely never care about such things normally, he would be too lazy to even take an extra look.

"You have such a kind heart? How come I've never noticed it before."

Yang Tianxing wasn't afraid of his mother's sarcasm and gave a "hehe" laugh: "Look at what you're saying, I'm a university student, helping others is basic procedure, okay?"

After he got out of the car, he also took the sunglasses he had stolen from Yang Jianjun out of his pocket, put them on his face, and walked over: "Beauty, is your car broken?"

That beauty leaning against the sports car looked at Yang Tianxing in confusion and shook her head: "No."

While speaking, Yang Tianxing carefully sized up the woman and the "Qin A" license plate on the sports car, thinking to himself that this temperament didn't look like someone from Qinhan Province at all.

Before Yang Tianxing could speak, the woman took the initiative and said: "Do you know how to get to Shiquan County?"

Yang Tianxing was stunned, then nodded: "I do, the car in front is my parents', we are also going to Shiquan County."

"Can you lead the way?"

The beauty wearing sunglasses said.

Yang Tianxing looked at the sports car, then looked at the beauty and replied: "Alright, wait a moment."

He walked back to the Santana, knocked on the car window, and after the window was lowered, he pointed to the sports car behind him: "Dad, that beauty is also going to Shiquan County and doesn't know the way, I'm going to point it out for her."

Gao Meilan said with some anger: "Just have her follow our car, does it really need you to get in there?"

"Oh my, I'm just a warm-hearted person, enough said."

He hurriedly turned and walked toward the sports car.

"Little bastard, not even afraid of being sold by someone else," Gao Meilan muttered with dissatisfaction.

Yang Jianjun wasn't too worried; after all, Yang Tianxing's ability to take action and get things done was something he had cultivated, and he had supported those wild, imaginative ideas from when he was a child—besides, his own car was still up ahead.

"Alright, get in the car."

Yang Tianxing naturally prepared to sit in the passenger seat.

The beautiful woman driving the sports car was slightly surprised: "You're sitting in my car?"

"Yeah, no worries, no need to feel embarrassed; we Young Pioneers are just this helpful."

Yang Tianxing pretended not to hear that the beauty meant he should just lead the way from the front, and continued: "Hurry up, I'm dying of heat, how do you open this car door?"

The beauty found it interesting after hearing that; she saw at a glance that Yang Tianxing was likely just a student and posed no danger, so she helped him open the car door.

Sitting in the sports car, Yang Tianxing looked around, occasionally making "tsk-tsk" sounds: "First time in my life sitting in a sports car."

Seeing that the beauty didn't respond and was just driving behind Yang Jianjun's car, Yang Tianxing didn't feel awkward and continued: "You're from Hong Kong, right, beauty?"

At this, the driving beauty was finally drawn into the topic and nodded slightly: "How did you know?"

"Very few people drive this car in the mainland during this period."

Yang Tianxing pointed at the car logo on the steering wheel: "What's even more obvious is your Hong Kong-accented Mandarin."

"Is it that obvious? I've always felt my Mandarin was pretty good."

Yang Tianxing smiled: "It's alright, do you have relatives around here?"

Seeing that she didn't reply, Yang Tianxing knew she probably didn't want to talk about it, so he didn't ask further.

After arriving at Shiquan County, Yang Tianxing wasn't in a rush to get out; he pointed the way the whole time and only got out after sending the beauty to her destination.

The beauty felt a bit embarrassed, took a stack of money from her wallet—estimated to be around 1000—and handed it to Yang Tianxing, wanting to use it as payment.

Yang Tianxing shook his head: "Forget it, I got to ride in a sports car anyway, no need for the money."

Seeing that Yang Tianxing had no intention of accepting, the woman didn't insist and put it straight back into her wallet.

"My name is Zhao Qingxun; if you go to Chang'an in the future and need help, you can come to the Runxing Electronic Equipment Manufacturing Plant to find me."

After saying this, she turned and left without a hint of politeness or lingering attachment.

Yang Tianxing clicked his tongue: "What a woman who does things cleanly and efficiently; shouldn't she have tossed me a business card? That would have been truly classy."