Chapter 63: There Are 25 of Us Like This

"A middle-aged woman doesn't think about keeping an eye on her own husband, but always keeps her attention on her son; what is the point of that?"

Yang Tianxing carried Gao Meilan's two gifts, muttering as he walked along.

After Gao Meilan had taken the things out just now, she had issued an order to leave without a second word; Yang Tianxing had ended up being kicked out.

He first arrived at the Finance Institute's female dormitory and called Liu Jiaoyue down: "These are the cotton boots my mom bought for you."

Liu Jiaoyue subconsciously wanted to decline, but Yang Tianxing emphasized his words, shaking his head: "My mom gave them to you, my mom! Not me!"

"Tha, thank you, Auntie."

Liu Jiaoyue took the cotton boots, looking at a loss.

"If you want to say thank you, you should thank me, because I was the one who brought them back."

Yang Tianxing said with a thick skin.

"Oh, thank you."

Liu Jiaoyue said obediently.

Yang Tianxing sighed helplessly: "You're such a fool."

When Tan Zhizhi received her gift, she acted much more naturally; she put the pearl hairpin on her head and asked with a radiant smile: "Does it look good?"

Yang Tianxing glanced at it, curled his lip, and said: "It doesn't look good, it's just like Sun Wukong's tightening headband; how good could an old lady's taste possibly be?"

Tan Zhizhi pouted and said: "It's clearly very pretty, Auntie Gao still knows how to care for me, you've never bought me a gift."

"Please take off that down jacket immediately, I'm going to donate it to Project Hope."

Tan Zhizhi was wearing that light pink down jacket, and as Yang Tianxing spoke, he moved to strip it off her.

Finally, Tan Zhizhi struggled to stand up, blushing as she spat: "Hooligan."

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Yang Jianjun and Gao Meilan went to the Huaqing Palace and the Terracotta Warriors on the third day, and were prepared to return to Jinzhou on the fourth day.

Fearing trouble, Yang Tianxing simply went to the bus station alone to see off his own father and mother.

Perhaps because parting was imminent, the mother-son relationship that had been in a cold war for two days inexplicably recovered.

Along the way, Gao Meilan nagged again about Yang Tianxing needing to take better care of himself, saying that starting a business was only a hobby and a side job, that his focus should still be on his studies, that it would be even better if he could get into graduate school, and that those two girls could only ever remain classmates………

Yang Tianxing didn't agree, but he didn't deny it either, just kept nodding with "Mm, mm, mm."

After finally waiting for his parents to enter the station, Yang Tianxing finally let out a long sigh of relief, but Gao Meilan was extremely reluctant to leave.

"Old Yang, why don't we buy a house here at Chang'an University? The suburbs aren't that expensive, we can take out a loan, or just sell the old house."

Yang Jianjun looked at Gao Meilan's expression and realized she wasn't joking, so he earnestly advised: "Let's just forget it, it was hard enough for Tianxing to get into university and have a little free space, let's not cling to him."

Gao Meilan was unconvinced: "They say you raise children to provide for your old age; I only have this one son, if I don't follow him later, am I supposed to go to a nursing home?"

"Following him is one thing, but you can't be this clingy."

The couple was just like all middle-aged couples; their child had grown up and started to have his own thoughts and life, while they were slowly growing old, and their midlife crisis was gradually becoming apparent.

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After Yang Tianxing returned to school, students had already come to the 101 Startup Base for interviews, which showed that the flyers from "Duan Yu," "Ming Yuexin," and "Duan Zhengchun" had already had an effect.

Yang Tianxing was the interviewer; he didn't have high requirements for the part-time students, and he approved them after a simple inquiry.

It was just like how people who sell insurance would buy insurance themselves; the students working part-time for the express delivery service were also part of the customer base themselves.

These students planning to work part-time included both freshmen and sophomores.

Most of the applicants were freshmen and sophomores. Some freshmen were still quite shy, and they were mostly just joining in the fun out of curiosity; while the sophomores were more proactive, actively stepping forward to ask for details.

However, upon hearing that this startup base had been set up by a freshman, some sophomores couldn't quite keep a straight face, as they would, after all, be working for a freshman.

"The part-time ad said we might be equipped with PHS phones later, is that true?"

"You kids are pretty badass, daring to play this big as freshmen, and even daring to apply for school support projects."

"I've waited so long, why hasn't anyone in charge come to greet us?"

Liu Jiaoyue had just finished registering a student's information and hurried over with a flushed face, head lowered, handing over a notebook: "Yo, you, please register your personal information on here."

Seeing that Liu Jiaoyue was a girl and still had her head lowered, the sophomore student roared even more unscrupulously: "What are you saying?! Can't you speak louder?"

Yang Tianxing took a look, set aside the student he was currently interviewing, walked over, and said: "Hello, Senior, I am the person in charge of Startup Base 101. Let's ask a few simple questions and do an identity registration."

The sophomore student looked Yang Tianxing up and down, and upon hearing him state his identity, he said to his classmate: "You freshmen are pretty badass, actually starting a business without a sound, and even daring to come and vet us sophomores."

The students waiting to be interviewed over there still wanted to queue, and since this sophomore boy wouldn't get to the point, Yang Tianxing said impatiently: "Are you going to interview or not? If you're interviewing, let's chat for a bit, if not, then get lost."

Yang Tianxing hadn't wanted to cause a conflict, as it wouldn't sound good if it got out from his own startup base.

"Hah, a freshman with quite a temper. Which department are you from? Tell me, maybe I'm familiar with your counselor."

The sophomore boy said in a slouching, insolent manner.

Yang Tianxing threw the pen in his hand, a fierce glint flickering in the corner of his eye: "You piece of shit, are you here to cause trouble?"

"How the fuck can you curse at people? You have no respect for a senio..." Before the sophomore student could finish his sentence, his entire body was kicked flying by a burst of force.

The startup base, which had been noisy due to the applicants and onlookers, instantly fell into a dead silence. Many students who had come to apply were shocked by this scene; they moved their feet silently and consciously lined up.

The sophomore boy clutched his chest in disbelief; who could have imagined that the freshman in front of him would make a move without any warning.

"Giving you face, are you? The National Day holiday is already over, there's no such thing as a 'freshman' left in this school."

Yang Tianxing lit a cigarette, then, without even looking at the sophomore boy, sat back down in his original seat.

"Chen Qijie, right? Sorry about that just now, let's continue."

The freshman named Chen Qijie nodded blankly, even sweeping a glance with his peripheral vision at the senior who had been kicked flying, his attitude immediately becoming proper.

The sophomore boy lying on the ground finally caught his breath, and in front of everyone, he was filled with grief and indignation, roaring: "You son of a bitch, you dare hit me? Do you believe I'll call people to smash your shop?"

"Then you'd better call a lot of them, otherwise there won't be enough to go around."

The one who spoke wasn't Yang Tianxing, but Liu Lei, who had been in the fight with Zhou Yang at the time; he walked out from another storefront holding a deck of playing cards.

He had just returned from playing games with a few internet-addicted teenagers and had simply been sitting in his class activity center chatting and bragging, never expecting to run into this.

Liu Lei dared to talk back to the instructor and even went to Zhou Yang's dormitory to fight; his courage was certainly not small, and if Yang Tianxing had truly wanted to make a move just now, Liu Lei might have been even faster than him.

Fu Yiming was also present, and he said with a grin: "Senior, you must call for more people, otherwise there won't be enough to go around; there are 25 of us like this."

This sophomore senior who had been kicked away saw that the situation was wrong, did not even dare to utter any harsh words, and left dejectedly while pulling his classmate along.