Chapter 1323: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 1323: Don't You Joke With Me

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

In the blink of an eye, next Tuesday arrived.

Wang Xiaohua was dressed simply, wearing a bachelor's gown, its tassel swaying gently in the breeze; his brows and eyes held a clear brightness, and though his bearing had weathered storms and shed its youthful naivety, he still carried the soaring spirit of a teenager.

His university career was about to end, but life had only just begun.

So even though he had experienced the passing of his beloved Li Jianjia, witnessed the entire process of his father being tortured to death by cancer, and seen at close range that horrific major car accident with 7 dead and 11 injured.

He had countless reasons to be pessimistic, yet he still chose an optimistic heart with which to face this complex, ever-changing world.

Just as he knew that choosing to return to his hometown and start from a grassroots civil servant post was destined to involve countless hardships, and might even lead to future destitution, he still went forward without hesitation.

Exactly as written in "How the Steel Was Tempered":

"A person's most precious possession is life, and life comes but once; therefore a person's life should be spent like this: when he looks back on the past, he should not regret wasting his years, nor feel ashamed for being mediocre and accomplishing nothing. In that way, when he is at death's door, he can say: I have devoted my entire life and all my energy to the world's most magnificent cause — the struggle for the liberation of mankind."

Looking at himself in the mirror, Wang Xiaohua felt that he had already prepared himself to dedicate his whole life and energy to this society.

The graduation photo was taken at the school gate; after the group photo, everyone was free to do as they wished.

Many people would go to the school library, classrooms, playground and other places to take commemorative photos.

After Wang Xiaohua finished the group photo, his mobile phone rang.

It was his eldest brother Wang Dashan calling:

"Hey, Third Brother, we've arrived!"

"I'm at the school gate; where are you? I'll come meet you."

"I can't say exactly where; I'll share my location with you on WeChat."

Wang Dashan hung up and turned on WeChat location sharing.

After seeing the shared location, Wang Xiaohua immediately used his phone to scan the code, unlocked an ofo shared Xiao Huang bike, and rode the shared bicycle over.

Before long, he arrived at Wang Dashan's side.

He saw that not only Wang Dashan had come.

Wang Erhai and Li Xiulan, these two family members, had also come.

Additionally, Zhang Sheng had come as well.

"Top Scorer, do you still remember me?"

Zhang Sheng was smiling broadly.

Wang Xiaohua took the initiative to shake hands:

"I remember, I remember — General Manager Zhang of Huangsheng Group; I remember when I was just admitted to Tsinghua, you even donated money to me!"

Zhang Sheng laughed and said:

"Not bad, young man, you've got a good memory! Heard you're planning to go back home to develop; whether our county town can achieve poverty alleviation and prosperity in the future will depend on you young talents!"

Wang Xiaohua replied politely:

"General Manager Zhang, you think too highly of me; whether our hometown can achieve poverty alleviation and prosperity still relies on big industrialists like you, General Manager Zhang — there's a saying, 'industry makes the nation strong'!"

Zhang Sheng heard Wang Erhai say this, and although he knew Wang Erhai was flattering him, he still laughed very happily.

At this moment Wang Erhai said to Wang Xiaohua:

"Third Brother, Uncle Chunsheng said he'd come too, but his flight is a bit later than ours; he'll probably get back in a while."

Wang Xiaohua just said:

"Okay, okay, it's really troubling him to make a trip from so far away."

Then Wang Xiaohua said to everyone:

"How about we go take some group photos first?"

Wang Xiaohua led everyone back to the school main gate.

He took individual photos with his mother, eldest brother, and second brother, and then a family-of-four group photo.

Then he took another group photo with Zhang Sheng.

At this time, Wang Xiaohua's other three roommates, Wei Qian, Wen Lingyun, and Wan Zhiyuan, walked over together and said they wanted a photo with Wang Xiaohua, so Wang Xiaohua took a few photos with them.

The whole school gate was bustling with noise and excitement.

Because today the entire college was taking graduation photos together.

The class group photos at the main gate required queuing and taking turns before they could be taken.

However, Wang Xiaohua's class was queued relatively early, so the big group photo had already been taken before his relatives and friends arrived.

"Teacher Gu!"

At this moment, Wei Qian suddenly waved toward the distance ahead!

Wang Xiaohua looked up and saw Counselor Gu Wenqing walking over in a beautiful dress!

Before she even reached Wang Xiaohua's side, she was already surrounded by a crowd of students clamoring and scrambling to take photos with her.

Gu Wenqing wore a smile, gently and patiently fulfilling the students' wishes, taking photos with everyone one by one.

To the extent that when Wei Qian greeted her, she could only smile apologetically and call back in response:

"I'll come over to you guys in a bit!"

After waiting a good while, Gu Wenqing walked over.

Then Wei Qian said they wanted the four dorm mates to take a photo with Gu Wenqing, and Gu Wenqing agreed readily.

After the photo, Wei Qian said:

"Teacher Gu, how about we take a photo together, just the two of us?"

Gu Wenqing agreed with a smile: "No problem!"

After the photo was taken, she even took the initiative to ask Wang Xiaohua:

"Xiao Hua, how about we take a photo together too?"

Wang Xiaohua smiled politely:

"Sure."

The two stood together; Gu Wenqing was even a bit taller than Wang Xiaohua, so Gu Wenqing slightly bent her knees, leaned in close to Wang Xiaohua, made a "V" sign with her hand, and showed a radiant smile.

Wei Qian pressed the shutter, using his camera worth over ten thousand yuan, and captured this photo.

After the photo was taken, Gu Wenqing was pulled away by other classmates, and there were still many classmates waiting to take photos with her.

Wang Xiaohua had nothing to say about this; after all, Teacher Gu indeed still had to go take photos with other classmates.

But Wei Qian came over and put his arm around Wang Xiaohua's, saying in a low voice:

"Are you stupid? You didn't even keep Teacher Gu for a bit longer just now; taking a few more photos would've been good too!"

Wang Xiaohua felt a bit baffled:

"Isn't she still going to take photos with other classmates? A few photos between us is enough. Wait, could it be you have feelings for Teacher Gu?" Wang Xiaohua was suddenly startled.

He recalled the scene just now where Wei Qian took the initiative to wave and greet Gu Wenqing.

Wei Qian was speechless and sighed:

"Do you really not understand, or are you pretending not to understand?"

"What are you talking about?" Wang Xiaohua was even more baffled.

Wei Qian said:

"Before, your exclusive interview in the Tsinghua Campus Newspaper, and later getting you on the freshman speech stage — you don't actually think you fought for those with your own ability, do you?"

Wang Xiaohua froze for a moment, then said:

"That indeed wasn't me fighting for it with my ability; it was Teacher Gu who helped me fight for it..."

Wei Qian said:

"Good that you know! She helped you such a huge favor, have you ever treated her to a meal?"

Wang Xiaohua said:

"I did! Right after the newspaper reporter finished interviewing me, I treated Teacher Gu and the newspaper reporter to a meal together, and sincerely thanked both of them!"

Wei Qian got a bit anxious:

"I mean treating Gu Wenqing to a meal alone; with an outsider there, what's the point?"

Wang Xiaohua's heart trembled slightly, then he laughed dryly:

"Wei Qian, don't joke with me."

But Wei Qian was dead serious:

"I'm not joking! Judging by my rich relationship experience, Gu Wenqing has at least a good impression of you; otherwise why would she help you so much? You brat, hurry up and seize the chance; otherwise once you graduate, you won't even get a fart!"