[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-my-restarted-life-1992":3,"chapter-my-restarted-life-1992-my-restarted-life-1992-chapter-988":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},2280538,4460,"Chapter 988","my-restarted-life-1992-chapter-988",988,"\u003Cp>“Do you know which school it is?” Zhou Andong asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I only overheard a bit; I don’t know if it’s even true.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Hongkang lowered his voice again: “I heard it’s some Zhongshan something College of Chemistry. Supposedly, they’d started a project, but the higher-ups cut the R&D funding. So they came here hoping to beg for some donations.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Andong nodded, not caring much. These days, there were plenty of people using research as a front to swindle money everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention Zhuo Qihua, that pure foreign lackey wrapped in a rabbit skin—even he wouldn’t believe someone who suddenly showed up and asked for money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, someone patted him on the shoulder from behind; he turned to see a grinning face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Andong pointed at the man, looking as if he was deep in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You… you you… you’re that… that guy… that… that guy…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guy behind him turned black-faced; Jian Qiu smirked beside him, then pinched Zhou Andong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I remember!” Zhou Andong grinned, slapped his forehead, and looked suddenly enlightened: “Mao Sanlu, old classmate! How many years has it been? Looks like you’ve done pretty well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guy behind him grew even darker-faced; Jian Qiu couldn’t hold back anymore and burst out laughing, then slapped Zhou Andong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When did you get back to China?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man behind was Qin Zhi—the one Gu Minglan had sent to Britain with Jian Qiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Jian Qiu returned to China, he’d been waiting in Britain for his wife to join him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve been back about two months now, trying to figure out what to do, but I’ve got no money. A while back, I heard Guangzhou was holding some entrepreneur forum, with lots of rich bigwigs coming, so I came over to join the buzz and see if I could bump into any fools willing to invest.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Andong nodded toward Zhuo Qihua’s direction: “See that guy with glasses, fat face and big head?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Zhi looked over, then shook his head: “Didn’t see him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whether you saw him or not doesn’t matter,” Zhou Andong waved his hand. “That guy’s Zhuo Qihua—a famous philanthropist. Go find him; you’ll definitely get investment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t trick me,” Qin Zhi said skeptically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What would I gain from tricking you?” Zhou Andong lowered his voice. “I’ll tell you straight: that guy’s a fool.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Zhi rolled his eyes: “You think I’m the fool?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Saying that proves you’re the real fool,” Zhou Andong rolled his eyes back. “If that guy weren’t a fool, why would he donate all the money he worked so hard to earn?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Zhi opened his mouth, paused for several seconds, then said: “I know you’re using me as a fool to pull a scam, but somehow… your logic sounds strangely convincing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why won’t you believe me?” Zhou Andong kept pushing. “People have IQ, EQ, and AQ. IQ—I won’t explain that; you get it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“EQ refers to a person’s qualities in emotion, sentiment, willpower, reactivity, and interpersonal interaction. AQ is the ability to endure pressure and handle adversity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll tell you, that guy’s IQ and AQ are fine—otherwise he couldn’t have made so much money. But he has no EQ, and EQ is the most important part of a person’s intelligence.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Zhi thought for a long while, then said: “I think I get it… but I also think I don’t.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How dumb are you?” Zhou Andong sighed, shaking his head. “This is the second time we’ve interacted, and your EQ is flawless—but your IQ has a flaw.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean?” Qin Zhi growled. “You say that guy has no EQ—I don’t think he’s that stupid. But you say I have an IQ flaw? Now I feel your words dripping with malice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Andong bit back a laugh, keeping a straight face: “No IQ just means you’re dumb. Like in school—you get along great with every classmate, even with teachers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s your high EQ. But you just can’t study well, always failing exams. Can you call that a fool? No—you’re just low IQ, a bit stupid.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Zhi scratched his head: “There’s some truth to that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly!” Zhou Andong leaned back, resting on the chairback. “So that guy has no EQ—he’s a fool. Go find him; you’ll definitely get investment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright!” Qin Zhi nodded. “Whether he’s a fool or not, since you said it, I’ll go talk to him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Snap!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Andong snapped his fingers: “That’s right—any fool asking for money can ask anyone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jian Qiu’s fingers pinched the soft flesh on Zhou Andong’s waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Andong grimaced and grabbed her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jian Qiu leaned close to his ear, gritting her teeth: “What are you up to? I’m telling you, Qin Zhi is my childhood friend—he’s a good, honest kid. You can’t trick him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Andong mumbled: “I’m helping him—how’s this tricking him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jian Qiu gave him a look, turned to say, “Don’t listen to Zhou Andong,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Qin Zhi suddenly pulled the girl beside him: “Qiuqiu, this is my wife, Shi Mengjiao.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hello, Qiuqiu,” Shi Mengjiao, twenty-two or twenty-three, had single eyelids. At first glance, she wasn’t strikingly beautiful, but the more you looked, the more appealing she became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hello!” Jian Qiu sized her up, smiled, and shook her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Mengjiao said: “Qin Zhi often mentions you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Has he ever told you how, as a kid, he used to get beaten up by Qiuqiu, then run crying to her house to tattle, making Qiuqiu get punished too?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Andong turned around, eyes wide like a curious child, staring at Shi Mengjiao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhou Andong!” Qin Zhi growled low: “If you can speak, speak. If you can’t, shut your mouth. If it weren’t for Qiuqiu’s sake, I’d beat you until you’re crawling for your teeth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Andong looked innocent: “I didn’t lie. Even if you beat me until I’m crawling for my teeth, it won’t change the truth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pfft!” Shi Mengjiao laughed, looking at Qin Zhi: “Is that true?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s true?” Qin Zhi denied outright. “Don’t listen to his nonsense—he’s just jealous I’m better-looking and grew up with Qiuqiu since childhood.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, applause suddenly erupted from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several people turned around—the provincial and municipal leaders had arrived, and the clapping came from Guangzhou’s local entrepreneurs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they stepped onto the stage, Zhou Andong noticed Jian Zhengrong was there too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thinking about it, that made sense. Dongguan’s economic development was now second only to Guangzhou’s—he’d be strange not to come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Jian Zhengrong stepped on stage, his eyes scanned the crowd like a scanner, spotted Zhou Andong, nodded, then stopped scanning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Cao Li walked over and whispered something into Zhou Andong’s ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Andong looked surprised, pointed at his own nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Me?”\u003C\u002Fp>",1116,"2026-06-20T01:18:52.456Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","824e9aa015c3b97ac50fc1e2cbaa4d9fde51f580515f3889059b08e57515281d","my-restarted-life-1992-chapter-989","my-restarted-life-1992-chapter-987",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-restarted-life-1992-cover.jpg"]