Chapter 1149: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 1149: The People Fighting Over the Inheritance Have Arrived

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

The waiters served dishes one after another, and everyone ate and chatted.

At this time, Wan Zhiyuan and Wen Lingyun only then learned that Wang Xiaohua's partner had jumped to her death.

They were both very surprised by this.

They completely hadn't expected that the love between Wang Xiaohua and Li Jianjia would end with this kind of outcome.

They all urged Wang Xiaohua to let it go; the road ahead in life was still very long.

Wang Xiaohua was moved by their warmth until his nose felt a bit sore.

Wan Zhiyuan even took the initiative to say his lab was short an assistant; final exams were coming up soon and he didn't have many classes to teach, so he wanted Wang Xiaohua to go help out.

Wang Xiaohua knew it wasn't that Wan Zhiyuan's lab lacked manpower, but that he wanted to give Wang Xiaohua something to do, to make him busy; only when a person is busy is it not easy to fall into wild thoughts.

Otherwise, being too idle makes it very easy to sink into negative emotions.

Wang Xiaohua agreed to Wan Zhiyuan's request and expressed his gratitude to him.

After this meal, Wang Xiaohua was already a bit drunk; Gu Wenqing was also very thoughtful and, together with Wei Qian and the others, saw Wang Xiaohua back to his dormitory.

After seeing Wang Xiaohua back to the dormitory, she only then returned alone to her own residence.

In the blink of an eye it was the next day; Wang Xiaohua had just woken up when Wan Zhiyuan urged him:

"Hurry up and get moving; eat breakfast and then go to the lab!"

Wang Xiaohua hurriedly climbed out of bed:

"Okay, okay!"

Then he got up, brushed his teeth, washed his face, put on his shoes, and they went together to the canteen for breakfast; after eating breakfast they went together to the lab.

Just as they arrived at the lab, Wan Zhiyuan assigned him some work, having him help find some experimental data.

Wang Xiaohua immediately threw himself into the work; it really was quite effective — at least he had no mind to indulge in self-pity anymore.

At noon he squeezed in a meal at the canteen near the lab, then hurried back to the lab; in the afternoon he had a class to attend; after class he hurried back to the lab again; when he returned from the lab in the evening, Wang Xiaohua also did some Administrative Aptitude Test questions on his own.

After he calmed down, he thought it over: the civil service exam path was still one he had to keep open for himself.

After all, he had prepared for this matter for that long.

So even if busy, every day he still had to set aside time to practice Essay Writing and Administrative Aptitude Test, to keep his touch.

Before, when he went to hit Gu Wenqing, it counted as smashing the pot and giving up completely.

Fortunately Gu Wenqing was magnanimous and gave him a chance, didn't ruin his life; he was endlessly grateful for this, and at the same time cherished the hard-won opportunity all the more.

After Wang Xiaohua got busy, he gradually walked out of the pain.

Although sometimes he still dreamed of Li Jianjia in the middle of the night, and upon waking from the dream couldn't help but feel grief well up, feeling as if a knife were twisting in his heart.

But at least he wouldn't sink into it unable to get out.

He himself was also working hard to adjust his own mindset.

He knew very clearly in his heart that no matter what, life still had to go on.

So he had to be strong, had to maintain an active and optimistic attitude.

And if Li Jianjia had a spirit in heaven, she certainly wouldn't want him to be crushed and never recover.

In the blink of an eye it was final exams.

After exams came summer vacation.

As soon as junior year ended, many students had already begun preparing for their future paths.

Wen Lingyun planned to use the summer vacation to go to Japan and exchange views on hydrogen energy technical issues with the research big shots there.

Wan Zhiyuan didn't accept the offers Tesla and BYD had sent him earlier; he wanted to establish his own independent laboratory, continue doing research, and later pursue a master's and PhD; if during grad school there was an opportunity to cooperate with outside new energy big companies, he wouldn't mind contributing his share.

Additionally he had already pulled together a group of like-minded young talents in the college, formed a research squad, preparing to launch research into new-type automotive batteries.

Because they were roommates, he also extended an invitation to Wang Xiaohua.

Wang Xiaohua hadn't put his mind on academic research for a long time; facing Wan Zhiyuan's invitation, he hesitated a bit.

On one hand, summer vacation really should find something to do.

On the other hand he worried that after joining Wan Zhiyuan's team he wouldn't keep up with everyone's pace, becoming a drag on the team.

After all, in Tsinghua University, which one isn't a heaven's favored child?

Whether in academic grades or research ability, in his own class Wang Xiaohua could only count as lower-middle level.

If he became a slacker in the team, that would be bad.

However, under Wan Zhiyuan's earnest invitation, and Wen Lingyun and Wei Qian's strong persuasion, he still agreed.

The result really was just as he guessed: the team Wan Zhiyuan pulled together, every single one was an extremely outstanding person — not only were their minds sharp, but their execution ability was terrifyingly strong.

For example, a simple thing like searching for materials: finding something helpful to the research direction amid massive academic papers, Wang Xiaohua might need a whole morning or even longer to find it; they usually found it in one or two hours, then spent a few more hours going through the found papers, roughly knowing what information was useful and what was useless.

Wang Xiaohua followed Wan Zhiyuan's team for over a week and discovered it was really hard to keep up with the pace; he felt very miserable inside; this gap in aptitude made him want to retreat inside.

Coincidentally at this time he received a strange phone call.

The call came from his hometown; the caller claimed to be Li Jianjia's relative, named Li Shunming.

He said he wanted Wang Xiaohua to go back and handle the inheritance left by the Li Family.

Hearing him say this, Wang Xiaohua's heart gave a sudden jump.

After asking in detail, he then understood.

It turned out this Li Shunming was Li Zhongxian's cousin's son, and was a paternal cousin to Li Jianjia — and a rather distant one at that.

Before Li Zhongxian fell from power, he had helped quite a few relatives and friends; after he got into trouble, those relatives and friends all kept their distance, not one of them ever took the initiative to help Li Jianjia — they didn't even offer a single word of greeting.

Now that both Li Zhongxian and Li Jianjia have passed away, this Li Shunming has suddenly appeared; he doesn't know where he found Xiao Hua's contact information, but he called and demanded Xiao Hua come back for a trip — it's obviously because he's after the inheritance.

The Li Family didn't leave behind much wealth, but that big house in the Central Garden at the County Town Center is worth at least several hundred thousand, even close to a million.

That house was originally seized when Li Zhongxian fell, but later the Discipline Inspection Commission investigated and confirmed it had been purchased with the Li Family's legitimate income, so it was unsealed and returned to Li Jianjia.

"Li Shunming, is it? Rest assured, I'll go back to the County Town tomorrow, but I'm putting my words straight first: if you want to fight over Jianjia's house, that's impossible."

Xiao Hua stated his attitude upfront, so Li Shunming wouldn't see his small stature and think he was easy to bully.

Hearing this, Li Shunming froze for a moment, then said impatiently:

"Can't explain clearly over the phone — come back and we'll talk!"