[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-my-restarted-life-1992":3,"chapter-my-restarted-life-1992-my-restarted-life-1992-chapter-945":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","My Restarted Life: 1992",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2280495,4460,"Chapter 945: Waste Is Shameful","my-restarted-life-1992-chapter-945",945,"\u003Cp>“That won’t do!” Jia Hongbin said with a smile. “We need to set our sights higher. You don’t need to run—just walk like a normal person. Then I’ll treat you to drinks. One call, and you stroll right over.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha…” Zhou Andong laughed heartily. “You’re definitely buying that drink.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After chatting a bit about family matters, Zhou Andong, Jian Qiu, and Jia Hongbin stepped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they saw Lao Si trotting over, tilting her little head up at Jia Hongbin and his secretary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uncle, brother, do you drink iced red tea or Very Cola?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Andong smiled. “This is my little Lao Si—my youngest sister.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Hongbin looked at Lao Si’s chubby, adorable face and ruffled her hair. “I’ll have iced red tea.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Me too,” the secretary added with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lao Si scampered to the fridge, climbed onto a stool, and opened it. Only then did Zhou Andong notice both bottles of iced red tea and both bottles of Very Cola had already been opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl grabbed two opened bottles of iced red tea, jumped off the stool with a thump, trotted over, and placed them on the coffee table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Drink up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she ran back, climbed onto the stool again, picked up the opened Very Cola, and looked utterly dismayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sigh… they’re all opened now. It’d be such a waste not to drink them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying that, she hugged the Very Cola and guzzled it down in loud gulps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Andong’s face darkened. Those two bottles of cola had clearly just been opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jian Qiu burst out laughing, hurried over, snatched the cola from Lao Si’s hands, and saw half of it was already gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Burp!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lao Si burped, then grinned foolishly at Jian Qiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Drink the rest of this half-bottle tonight, or it’ll be wasted.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jian Qiu’s lip twitched as she pinched Lao Si’s chubby cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No drinking tonight either.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lao Si blinked her eyes. “But won’t that be a waste? So sad.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She patted her round little belly. “Better to put it in my tummy—no waste.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let it be wasted,” Zhou Andong snorted. “We produce it ourselves. A bottle or two doesn’t matter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Burp!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lao Si burped again, climbed down from the stool with a sigh, and stared seriously at Zhou Andong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wasting is such a shameful thing, Brother. You shouldn’t act like this. Even kids know this—why don’t you get it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Hongbin couldn’t hold back anymore and burst out laughing. “Director Zhou, the child’s right. You’ve got to learn to save—don’t waste.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm!” Lao Si nodded vigorously, her face serious. “Uncle’s right.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she turned to Jian Qiu. “Sister-in-law, put it in the fridge quick—I’ll drink it tonight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jian Qiu bit her lip, her eyes crinkling into crescents as she glanced at Zhou Andong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wasting really is shameful. Maybe we should let her drink this half tonight?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sigh…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Andong let out a long breath. In his past life, Lao Si had always been clever at arguing—even when wrong, she could twist things into three parts reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that had only started after middle school. Why was she already acting this way in this life?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine,” Zhou Andong said helplessly. “But just this once. Next time, even if it’s wasted, you’re not drinking it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehe!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl nodded eagerly. “Okay, next time I promise not to drink it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Andong glared at her hard. “She’s been spoiled rotten at home.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Hongbin smiled. “If I had a daughter this smart, cute, and quick-witted, I’d spoil her too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Andong joked, “Then take her. Adopt her as your daughter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Done!” Jia Hongbin immediately agreed. “I’ll take her right now—she’s my daughter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lao Si’s eyes widened. She looked from her brother to Jia Hongbin, then turned and bolted into the inner room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mom! Brother’s trying to give me away as someone else’s daughter—go beat him up!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Andong and Jia Hongbin laughed again, and Jian Qiu was gasping for breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, they got down to business. Zhou Andong lit Jia Hongbin a cigarette.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The headquarters building and urban complex project for Qiudong has been approved by the city.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was exactly what Zhou Andong had expected. “I’ll call Yuxi Real Estate right away and send a team over to negotiate with you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Hongbin asked, “Won’t you be the one negotiating with us directly?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Andong shook his head. “I’m going to Xiangjiang the day after tomorrow for something very important.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Hongbin was disappointed. Though he’d only met Zhou Andong twice, and for less than two hours total,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he still felt talking with him would be easy—after all, as the boss, he could make final decisions on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What if we wait until you return from Xiangjiang?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Andong smiled. “You can wait if you want.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Hongbin asked, “When will you be back?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Andong thought. “I’ll return in October to attend an entrepreneur forum in Yue Province, then leave again. I won’t have time until the end of the year.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No way,” Jia Hongbin shook his head firmly. “Send someone else to negotiate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He figured waiting ten or twenty days was fine—but months? No way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The longer it dragged, the more likely something would go wrong. Better to settle this quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Andong said, “Then I’ll notify Jiangzhou and have them send a negotiation team to Beijing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright!” Jia Hongbin agreed, and they chatted a bit longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Andong and Jian Qiu saw Jia Hongbin off, then called Gu Qing and told her to immediately assemble a negotiation team to come to Beijing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After lunch, as it neared twelve, Zhang Shenghui still hadn’t called. Zhou Andong said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old Zhang’s not coming.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t wait,” Jian Qiu said. “Take the baby’s clothes and diapers over.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go,” Zhou Andong rose and went inside. “Mom, this bag is the baby’s clothes and diapers, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes,” Yuan Liying nodded. “There’s also a bottle and a can of formula.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mom,” Jian Qiu said, “We’re taking the stuff over. We won’t be back tonight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go ahead,” Yuan Liying waved them off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Andong picked up the bag and walked out with Jian Qiu to the elevator, pressing the button.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ding!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elevator doors opened. Zhou Andong and Jian Qiu froze at the sight of the person inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uncle An!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Congwen stepped out. “Where are you going?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To Compound Six,” Zhou Andong asked. “Do you have something?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nothing important,” An Congwen stepped back into the elevator. “Come on, let’s talk as we go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three left the hospital, and An Congwen said: “The Art Academy has invited you to attend the opening ceremony and give a speech.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1107,"2026-06-20T01:18:52.456Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","7beef1ae660fc4e4e79e17a8ef0c013f0ab4b25f07ba445ede6a96c831a58756","my-restarted-life-1992-chapter-946","my-restarted-life-1992-chapter-944",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-restarted-life-1992-cover.jpg"]