Chapter 2359

"Bang, bang, bang..."

A sudden knock on the door dragged Zhou Andong out of his beautiful dream. He was sleepy, his consciousness still in a chaotic state, and he reached out in the dark, groping for the light switch.

Finally, a faint light lit up in the room, and Zhou Andong was able to open his eyes, raised his hand to look at his watch, and the hour and minute hands pointed clearly to the position of 4:35.

"Who is it?"

Zhou Andong's voice carried obvious dissatisfaction. He had fire in his heart but couldn't vent it, because the person who dared to knock on his door so early wasn't Fourth Sister or Su Su, or something urgent had happened. But it was only 4:30, those two girls couldn't get up so early, so something must have happened.

"What's the matter?"

However, what came from outside the door was Gu Bing's happy laughter: "Factory Director Zhou, it's dawn, time to get up and pee!"

Zhou Andong was so angry that he almost spat out a mouthful of old blood. He opened his mouth, wanting to curse a few times, but finally sighed helplessly, muttering: "Truly self-inflicted and cannot live!"

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Gu Bing noticed Zhou Andong's depression, and the force of the knocking became greater and greater, the sound shaking the window glass until it rattled, followed by Gu Bing's voice again, still so happy.

"Get up quickly, Su Su doesn't wet the bed now, if you, the father, wet the bed, how will you face your daughter in the future?"

"Up!" Zhou Andong responded irritably, then put on his clothes slowly, got out of bed, walked to the door, and opened it very reluctantly.

Accompanied by a creak, Zhou Andong slowly opened the door. The fresh air was like a clear spring, gently brushing Zhou Andong's face, bringing a trace of coolness, making him close his eyes involuntarily and take a deep breath.

When he slowly opened his eyes, his gaze naturally fell on the pomegranate tree in the courtyard. Although this tree wasn't tall, it was lush and green. The birds on the tree seemed to be affected by this beautiful morning, chirping happily, making people feel happy when they heard it.

Zhou Andong noticed the water droplets on the leaves as the birds moved on the tree, shining with seven-colored light under the morning sun, like crystal-clear gems embedded in the emerald green leaves.

Zhou Andong noticed this: "Did it rain last night?"

"Just stopped!" Gu Bing's mood seemed very good, and he took the initiative to enthusiastically light a cigarette for Zhou Andong: "Drizzling, it only rained for ten minutes or so, not big!"

Zhou Andong took a deep breath of the cigarette, feeling the smoke spreading in his lungs, then looked at Gu Bing and asked with dissatisfaction: "You knocked on my door so early, what do you want to do?"

Gu Bing sighed and pointed to his eyes: "Look, are my dark circles very obvious? I didn't sleep well all night last night, my brain kept pondering what you did at the First Bar.

So, as soon as it was dawn, I couldn't wait to run over to find you. Stop dragging it out, hurry up and tell me about the situation last night, let me understand how you waved your arms in the bar."

Zhou Andong looked at Gu Bing's complexion, which was rosy, and those eyes were even clearer in their stupidity; he didn't look like someone who hadn't slept all night at all.

"I don't want to say it now!" Zhou Andong pushed Gu Bing, who was blocking his way. With a cigarette in his mouth, he walked toward the front.

"Don't go!" Gu Bing chased after him: "I really want to know how you waved your arms and planned strategies in the bar last night."

Zhou Andong quickened his pace, Gu Bing followed closely behind, muttering non-stop, and the two went out the gate until they saw the workers constructing the courtyard in front greeting them, and Gu Bing closed his mouth.

Zhou Andong turned around in the surroundings; the boiler room at the entrance of the alley in the east had been built and was about to be capped. Some workers who got up early saw Zhou Andong and ran over.

Zhou Andong distributed cigarettes to them, chatted for a while, and by the way, understood the project progress and the new pipes. The workers didn't know much about these things, just saying they were still testing, and as for when they could be officially put into production, they didn't know either. Zhou Andong pondered in his heart that he had to go to Rifeng when he had time.

Before he knew it, the time had reached past six o'clock. Zhou Andong looked at his watch and then smiled and waved at the workers: "Alright, I have to go back to eat, I have to go to work in a while, you guys should eat too!"

"My good brother-in-law!" Gu Bing hugged Zhou Andong's shoulder and said with a smile: "Walk slower, tell me quickly what happened at the bar last night!"

Zhou Andong glanced at Gu Bing and then laughed: "You woke me up at 4:30, actually you didn't really want to know what happened at the bar last night, but were taking revenge on me, right? However, I can feel now that you are really curious, but I just won't tell you!"

"I'll treat you to lunch at noon, how about that?" Gu Bing tempted him: "Whatever you want to eat, I'll treat you, no discount."

Zhou Andong curled his lips: "I am the dignified Chairman of Yugong Group, the factory director of the Woolen Mill, do I lack your meal money? Who do you look down on?"

No matter what Gu Bing said, Zhou Andong just wouldn't tell him, and the more he was like this, the more curious Gu Bing became, the itchier his heart was, and then Zhou Andong just wouldn't say.

Just as Zhou Andong and Gu Bing finished breakfast and were about to go to work, Liu Ran was standing at the gate of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, still wearing that police uniform, the sun shining on him, making his posture very straight. It was just that his skin seemed to be much darker, but this instead made him look even more spirited.

Not long after, Zhou Anqin walked out of the campus. Her gaze first fell on a van opposite, and then slowly moved to Liu Ran, the corners of her mouth rising slightly, revealing a smile.

Liu Ran immediately stood straight, chest out and head high, and gave Zhou Anqin a military salute with a "pop," looking very decent. Then, Liu Ran took out a small red book from his pocket, held it carefully in his palm, and raised it in front of Zhou Anqin.

Zhou Anqin took the small book, on which were written the words "Admission Letter of Beijing People's Police Academy," then opened it and took a look, the smile on her mouth becoming even more obvious.

"When does school start?"

Liu Ran said spiritedly: "Report on the 20th, military training starts on September 1st. Because we are a police school, we have to go to the army for three months of closed training, and we can't come out during that time. In other words, if you want to see me again, you have to wait until three months later."

Zhou Anqin nodded and gently put the admission letter into her pocket: "So you don't lose it, come to me to get it when school starts."

Liu Ran grinned happily: "Good!"

Zhou Anqin cast her gaze on Liu Ran again and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Why are you so tanned?"

Liu Ran bared his teeth, revealing a row of white teeth: "The Municipal Bureau established a SWAT team, my dad found the Municipal Bureau leaders and let me train with them for a few days."

Zhou Anqin's curiosity was completely hooked, and she blinked her big eyes and pressed: "Then what did the Municipal Bureau leaders say?"

Liu Ran scratched his head and answered with a smile: "Actually, they didn't say anything special, just told me to be sure to return to the Jiangzhou Municipal Bureau to work after graduation."

Zhou Anqin nodded, then asked again: "How did you answer?"

Liu Ran suddenly straightened his body, chest out: "I told the leader, as long as you return to Jiangzhou, I will return to Jiangzhou, if you stay in Beijing, then I will find a way to stay in Beijing too. Anyway, no matter what, wherever you are, I will be there."

Zhou Anqin's mouth rose slightly, and she glared at Liu Ran with a smile: "Let's go, I'll take you to eat."

On the van on the opposite side of the road, a guy with curly hair was staring at the gate of the Central Academy of Fine Arts through the car window. The moment Liu Ran appeared, the guy's face became somewhat ferocious.

"Er Lu, look at that guy wearing a police uniform, is he the guy who appeared a while ago?"

Er Lu's face was narrow and thin, and very long, exactly a typical big donkey face. After hearing the curly hair's words, this guy nodded affirmatively: "It's him, absolutely can't be wrong. This time, keep a close eye on him, don't let him run away again."

The curly hair's expression became very serious: "Let's take turns watching, don't even blink."

"No problem." Er Lu nodded, then asked: "Do you want to report to the boss?"

The curly hair waved his hand: "No, report to the boss after investigating clearly."

A while ago, when Liu Ran came over, this guy reported to Lei Ming, and patted his chest to guarantee that no matter what background Liu Ran had, he would investigate clearly, including what color underwear he wore and how many times he went to the toilet at night.

Then, there was no then. Liu Ran never came out. These two guys sat in the car, and the weather was so hot, think about what that taste was like. Both were sleepy and tired. The curly hair wanted to smoke a cigarette to refresh himself, but found the cigarettes were gone.

So the curly hair got out of the car to buy cigarettes, and Er Lu sat in the car watching. Before the curly hair came back with cigarettes, Er Lu fell asleep. At this time, Liu Ran came out. After Liu Ran left in a taxi for less than two minutes, the curly hair came back, and they missed it perfectly.

The next day, the curly hair was scolded by Lei Ming. Fortunately, Lei Ming didn't tell Wen Sanmao about Liu Ran's appearance, otherwise, one of the curly hair's legs definitely wouldn't have been kept. So, learn from the mistake, this time Liu Ran appeared again, the curly hair would absolutely not tell Lei Ming first.

"This time, keep your spirits up, Er Lu, if you fall asleep again and let him run away, I'll break your leg first, and then go find the boss."

Er Lu swore: "Don't worry, this time I will definitely open my eyes wide, absolutely not sleeping."

The curly hair gritted his teeth and said to Er Lu: "This time, keep your spirits up, Er Lu, if you fall asleep again and let him run away, I'll break your leg first, and then go find the boss!"

Er Lu swore: "Don't worry, this time I will definitely open my eyes wide, absolutely not sleeping."

Just at this time, Zhou Anqin and Liu Ran had already arrived at the canteen. Because the teachers hadn't gone on vacation yet, the school canteen was still open, but there were relatively few people in the morning. Zhou Anqin and Liu Ran had just finished getting their food and found a seat, when the canteen door was pushed open, and three boys walked in.

As soon as these three boys entered the canteen, their gazes fell on Zhou Anqin simultaneously. Especially one of the tall and handsome boys, his eyes suddenly flashed with a light the moment he saw Zhou Anqin.

This boy didn't hesitate at all, walked quickly toward Zhou Anqin, and said with a smile: "Junior sister, why are you still in school? I thought you had already gone home."

Zhou Anqin smiled politely: "I have some things to deal with, and two roommates haven't gone home yet, so I stayed to accompany them for a few days."

The boy's gaze then turned to Liu Ran, who was sitting beside Zhou Anqin, a trace of vigilance hidden in his eyes, and he asked: "Junior sister, who is this?"

Zhou Anqin frowned slightly, but still explained in a polite tone: "This is my fellow villager, he was admitted to a university in Beijing this year, and came to Beijing early to take a look."

Hearing Zhou Anqin's answer, a look of sudden realization appeared on the boy's face, and he laughed: "Oh, so that's how it is."

Then, this guy said enthusiastically: "Junior sister, Mr. Guan Chufei is holding an art exhibition at the art gallery today, let's go see it together."

Zhou Anqin didn't even think about it, directly and without any hesitation refused: "I'm sorry, I really have other things to be busy with, so I can't go with you."

The boy clearly wasn't very satisfied with this answer. He hesitated slightly, but still unwillingly pressed: "The exhibition lasts for a week, you should have time tomorrow, right?"

Zhou Anqin smiled slightly and said softly: "What a coincidence, I don't have time this week."

The boy clearly didn't expect Zhou Anqin to refuse so decisively, and twice in a row, which caught him somewhat off guard. Although he was unwilling in his heart, he also understood that if he continued to pester, it would likely be counterproductive; not only would he be unable to change Zhou Anqin's decision, but it might also arouse her disgust, which would be a loss that outweighed the gain.

Thus, this guy was silent for a while, and finally decided to give up temporarily. He took a deep breath and said slowly: "Alright, then let's wait for Mr. Liu Baorui's art exhibition next month, and we'll go see it together then."

After speaking, he didn't even give Zhou Anqin a chance to respond again, just took a deep look at Liu Ran and turned to leave.

Liu Ran had been keeping his head down, stuffing his face, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him. Until the boy left, he slowly raised his head and said with a smile: "This person likes you."

Zhou Anqin's gaze fell on Liu Ran, blinked, and asked with a smile: "Not happy?"

Liu Ran shook his head and then said earnestly: "Someone liking you shows that you are very excellent. If I lose you, it proves I am not excellent enough. Therefore, I must work harder to let you know that besides Big Brother, I will be more excellent than anyone else."

Zhou Anqin didn't expect at all that such profound and sincere words would come from Liu Ran's mouth. She couldn't help but be moved, and at the same time felt gratified by Liu Ran's growth.

Some people say that love makes people grow; this sentence is indeed true. If it were the Liu Ran of a year ago, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to say such words even if he were beaten to death. However, the current him could express his thoughts so frankly, which was undoubtedly a transformation in his love.