Chapter 1328
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Protagonist:
Li Xiulan
Zhang Sheng, sitting far from the table, had originally still been conversing with Wang Dashan.
Hearing Wang Xiaohua say these words to Niu Linxin, his face immediately bloomed with delight, and he then chimed in to mediate:
"The Top Scorer's words are indeed very correct! Young people should go to university! Regardless of whether it's a good university or a bad one, they just have to go! Without university, life is incomplete! Marriage and such can wait; play around more in university, date a few more times, accumulate more life experience!"
Once Zhang Sheng said this, Niu Linxin believed it even more deeply.
Wang Dashan also said:
"Right, right, right! It's because I didn't go to university that I often feel regret. If I had a chance to do it over, I definitely wouldn't have enlisted so early; no matter what, I'd get into university first — you can still enlist from university!"
Wang Erhai also chimed in with a sentence:
"In this day and age, without a university diploma, it's indeed hard to get by; even finding a job is difficult!"
Niu Chunsheng, however, wore a face full of gloom.
He didn't blame the Wang family, but he deeply resented Zhang Sheng.
Zhang Sheng was clearly fanning the flames!
The exchange between his daughter and Wang Xiaohua — why was an outsider like you, Zhang Sheng, running your mouth?
"General Manager Zhang, going by that logic, your daughter studied university abroad, so she must have dated quite a few times and accumulated quite a bit of life experience as well, right?"
Niu Chunsheng didn't display his anger on his face, but lightly tossed out this sentence.
And this sentence directly checkmated Zhang Sheng in the dark.
Zhang Sheng's heart gave a jolt; how could he not know that Niu Chunsheng was striking at his daughter's sore spot?
And his daughter studying abroad had indeed played very wildly, dated many times; just the boyfriends announced on her Moments had been swapped several times, including tall Black men and rednecks.
Zhang Sheng had even specially called to scold his daughter before, hoping she would behave herself outside and not return carrying a body full of gynecological diseases.
As a result, his daughter agreed on the surface, but the next day blocked him from her WeChat Moments.
However, Zhang Sheng was such an old fox; what scene hadn't he seen? His ability to adapt on the fly was not something ordinary people could compare to.
So he immediately feigned a troubled expression and said:
"My daughter has been wholeheartedly studying abroad; I often tell her it's time to get a boyfriend, but she refuses! If she weren't so terribly unsociable, why would I need to worry about her? Why would I need to, upon seeing a young person, swallow my pride and recommend her on WeChat? Me, caring about face!"
Zhang Sheng spoke these words with convincing detail.
Not only did he defuse Niu Chunsheng's checkmate, but between the lines he also crafted an image of an obedient good girl for his own daughter, and perfectly explained his reason for recommending his daughter to Wang Xiaohua!
These seemingly ordinary few sentences, yet he played the art of language to the extreme!
See, even Li Xiulan listened and couldn't help nodding, feeling it was very reasonable.
Even Wang Erhai and Wang Dashan believed him halfway.
At this moment Zhang Sheng spoke again:
"My daughter really is too unsociable; her biggest flaw is unwillingness to interact with the opposite sex! Didn't I just have Xiaohua add my daughter's WeChat? Result: my daughter saw he was male and refused. I called to ask why she refused, and she said she only wants to do academic research, not date. I scolded her a round, and only then did she agree to let Xiaohua add her!"
Zhang Sheng spoke these words carrying a strong sense of showing off.
Niu Linxin spoke at this moment:
"Uncle Zhang, your daughter unwilling to interact with the opposite sex — could it be she's a lesbian?"
Once Niu Linxin said this, everyone present couldn't help but be startled.
Niu Chunsheng nearly sprayed laughter, but still held it back.
Zhang Sheng, on the other hand, was like he'd been suddenly stabbed with a knife.
Niu Chunsheng hurriedly apologized:
"General Manager Zhang, truly sorry. My daughter is still young, only 17; she'll turn 18 after summer. Children's words carry no harm — don't blame her for speaking nonsense! Please don't take it to heart!"
While apologizing to Zhang Sheng, Niu Chunsheng's gaze toward Niu Linxin held a few more traces of approval.
This daughter of his, usually incapable of success but more than capable of failure, this time actually won him face!
Still, he feigned a scolding of Niu Linxin:
"Daughter, why aren't you quickly apologizing to your Uncle Zhang?"
Niu Linxin continued feigning innocent childish words, continuing:
"I'm speaking the truth; why apologize? From Uncle Zhang's description, his daughter rejects the opposite sex so strongly — if that's not a lesbian, what is?"
Niu Linxin also said to Zhang Sheng:
"Uncle Zhang, you'd better pay more attention to this; I heard lesbians abroad are very chaotic!"
Zhang Sheng's face turned completely black.
He was still thinking of shaping an image of a pure, innocent girl for his daughter in front of Wang Xiaohua?
Unexpectedly, he spoke too much, and this little girl Niu Linxin seized the loophole and attacked him to the death!
But he could only endure, forcibly squeezing out a smile:
"Impossible. My family education is very strict; from childhood I taught my daughter the Three Obediences and Four Virtues and other traditional culture; she's very rule-abiding."
These words of his were truly spoken glibly; he lied without even needing a draft.
In reality, where had he taught his daughter the Three Obediences and Four Virtues? His daughter had actually been unruly since childhood; she was already dating boys in junior high, even frequently not coming home at night.
Precisely because of this, his daughter's academic grades were even worse than Niu Linxin's!
Finally, with no other choice, he spent a huge sum to send his daughter to an international high school in Guangzhou; after finishing high school, she didn't even take the Gaokao, and he immediately spent money to arrange a foreign university.
Because he knew, if his daughter took the Gaokao, whether she could even score 300 points was a big question mark!
Better not to take the exam at all; that way it's easier to explain later — because a foreign university has already sent an invitation, so there's no need to attend the college entrance exam!
Of course, a foreign university like that, which doesn't even need to reference college entrance exam scores, is actually no different from those phony universities in China that can't even issue a graduation certificate.
Zhang Sheng felt that with this one sentence, he had smoothed things over.
Unexpectedly, this girl Niu Linxin refused to let it go, hounding him relentlessly!
"Uncle Zhang, maybe it's precisely because you controlled her too strictly before that your daughter, after going abroad to study and losing that restraint, started letting herself run wild! Besides, you controlled her too strictly, she's very prone to developing an aversion to men! So it's only normal for her to change her sexual orientation, right!"
Niu Linxin's words were spoken with such apparent logic and justification.
They left this old fox Zhang Sheng momentarily speechless!
Niu Chunsheng hurriedly scolded Niu Linxin again:
"Lin Xin, say a few words less! How do you talk to your Uncle Zhang!"
But Niu Linxin said:
"I'm just concerned about Uncle Zhang's daughter, aren't I? I didn't say anything wrong — things really are chaotic abroad right now; not long ago chat logs of a 'Study-in-France Squad' were circulating online!"
Niu Chunsheng then said:
"Your Uncle Zhang's daughter isn't studying in France, don't make wild guesses!"
Then Niu Chunsheng hurriedly apologized to Zhang Sheng:
"General Manager Zhang, children speak without thinking, children speak without thinking, truly sorry, please don't take it to heart!"
This father-daughter pair, one playing good cop, one playing bad cop, thoroughly humiliated Zhang Sheng!
Most importantly, he couldn't find any grounds to retort against Niu Linxin.
If he turned hostile and got angry at Niu Linxin, wouldn't he, the boss of Huangsheng Group, be too petty?
In other words, if he turned hostile, he'd lose even more completely.
So in the end he could only chuckle, pretending to be magnanimous and forgiving:
"It's fine, it's fine, children speak without thinking, I won't take it to heart. What my daughter is like, I, her father, still don't know? Xiao Hua, let's drink a cup. By the way, when do you arrive in the County Town to report in?"
Zhang Sheng hurriedly toasted Wang Xiaohua and changed the subject, using this to ease his own embarrassment.
End of Chapter
