Chapter 523, Progress

Huh!

Finally, Zeng Ziqian and the others were sent away. Lu An subconsciously raised his left wrist to check and found that it was still early, so he quickly took a shower and rested for a while before coming to Dormitory 8 in Nanyuan.

He leaned out of the window, "Auntie, help me call Huang Ting."

The dormitory auntie turned on the loudspeaker and started shouting:

"Huang Ting from 317, Huang Ting from 317, someone is looking for her downstairs."

"Huang Ting from 317, Huang Ting from 317, someone is looking for her downstairs."

She shouted twice in a row, but no one upstairs responded.

At this time, the dormitory auntie started the gossiping mentality of a menopausal woman, "What? Did you have a fight with your girlfriend?"

Lu An denied it, "No."

"Really? Don't lie to me, in the past, when you shouted, the beautiful girl would immediately come down happily. Now it's been 7 minutes, and there's not even a shadow." The dormitory auntie is worthy of being the patron saint of the girls' dormitory. She knows the dynamics of the girls very well.

Lu An said, "Maybe she's not here."

The dorm auntie asked with a smile, "Yes, she is. I saw her go up half an hour ago. Do you want me to call her again for you?"

Lu An looked up at the third floor and said nothing.

The dorm auntie seemed to see what he was thinking, "Are you afraid that others will know that there is a problem with your relationship? You dare not call her?"

Lu An was speechless, "Auntie, why do we like to watch tricks so much?"

The dorm auntie answered irrelevantly, "How about I call Ye Run for you?"

Lu An waved his hand and said unhappily, "Is it reasonable?"

"It's really unreasonable. If I were Ye Run, I wouldn't want to be a spare tire." It was rare to see him being turned away, so the dorm auntie started to crack pumpkin seeds leisurely again, and asked at the end, "Do you want to have some? It's boring to crack them alone."

Lu An was not in the mood, and looked up at the third floor of the girls' dormitory again, intending to turn around and leave.

Unexpectedly, someone came down from the corridor at this time, Jiang Wan.

The two looked at each other, and Jiang Wan walked directly past him and went out.

Lu An understood and followed.

The two finally came to a corner where no one was. Jiang Wan stopped, turned around and looked at him and said, "I have been persuading Tingting just now, but she didn't want to come down."

"Thank you, I actually guessed that it should be like this." Lu An expressed his gratitude.

Huang Ting asked: "When did you come back from Shanghai?"

Lu An replied: "I just arrived not long ago, I went to the studio to take a shower, changed clothes and came to find you."

Then he asked: "How is she now?"

Jiang Wan shook his head, "Not very good, she is still normal during class in the daytime, but she often hides in the quilt and cries secretly at night, and her eyelids are slightly swollen every morning."

Lu An was heartbroken, but he could do nothing about it. He couldn't get into the girls' dormitory at all.

Jiang Wan suddenly asked: "Is that Mercedes-Benz woman pregnant?"

Lu An looked at her.

Jiang Wan explained: "I didn't guess randomly, it was Tingting's aunt who said it."

Lu An asked in a low voice: "Her aunt should be very angry now, right?"

Jiang Wan blurted out, "What do you think?"

After saying this, she felt that her tone was a bit too much, so she paused, and then calmed down and continued:

"Angry for sure. Tingting loves you wholeheartedly. She let you hug and kiss in the karaoke aisle after knowing you for only two months. She gave her body to you after only one semester, and took you back to the Huang family. Think about it, is she going to marry you? But now she has ended up like this, no matter who is her aunt, she would be angry."

Lu An was silent.

These are all facts, and he was powerless to refute them.

At this point in the conversation, the atmosphere was a bit stiff, and the two looked at each other, and didn't speak for a while.

After a long time, Jiang Wan asked very seriously: "Are you greedy for her body and haven't slept enough, so you want to reconcile with her? Or do you really want to treat her well?"

Lu An sighed, "We have known each other for 2 years. You know that there is no shortage of beautiful women around me, but in college, only Huang Ting is my woman."

Hearing this, Jiang Wan felt a little uncomfortable and awkward. From childhood to adulthood, everyone around her thought she was beautiful, but this beauty was not invincible, at least it didn't work with Lu An.

Seeing her expression was not right, Lu An, who was in a complicated state of mind, reacted belatedly and said apologetically: "Don't get me wrong, I, I didn't mean you. Uh, it seems that I can't explain it clearly."

Jiang Wan forced a smile and tried to pretend that nothing happened: "It's okay, it's true that you said it about me."

Looking at each other for a while, Lu An was the first to be unable to bear it, "Hey, don't be stiff, let's change the subject."

Jiang Wan hummed, thought for a moment and said: "Don't worry about these two days, wait until the weekend, I will ask A Ting to go to the movies, then you can come."

After she finished speaking, she added, "I will try to put the time in the evening, the kind that can't enter the dormitory after watching the movie, you can decide by yourself then."

Lu An thought this idea was average, but it was also a helpless solution, "Remember to ask Zhou Juan to come along."

Jiang Wan instantly understood what he meant. If she asked Zhou Juan, she could go back to the clothing store with Zhou Juan to sleep, without having to worry about her safety, and there would be one less light bulb.

Jiang Wan smiled and said, "You really put a lot of effort into women."

Without waiting for him to reply, she said again: "But I want to remind you that there may not be much hope in one go. You have to be prepared for a long-term attack. I think A Ting was really hurt by you this time. It won't be easy to recover."

Lu An nodded, "I know."

Jiang Wan said, "That's it, I'll go back to the dormitory first, and I'll try to notify you when I have a chance."

"Okay, thank you." Lu An followed her out of the corner and sent her back to the dormitory.

Jiang Wan waved his hand, "It's not far from the dormitory, nothing will happen, you should go to bed early."

Lu An said, "I'd better watch you go in and calm down. It won't take a few minutes anyway."

Seeing that he insisted, Jiang Wan didn't say anything else and walked ahead.

When she was about to enter the dormitory hall, she suddenly turned her head and asked mischievously: "It's not convenient for you to call Ye Run now, do you want me to call Ye Run down to accompany you?"

Lu An: "."

Seeing that he looked constipated, Jiang Wan smiled and walked into the corridor.

The dormitory auntie stuck her head out of the window, "Hey, Lu An, Huang Ting ignores you. I think her friends are good. They are not bright in the east and bright in the west. They are all beautiful and soft to sleep in your arms."

Lu An wanted to curse "disrespectful to the elderly", but in the end she didn't curse out, and waved her hand in disdain and left.

In the next month, Lu An almost went back and forth between three points, either attending classes, painting in the studio, or eating in the cafeteria.

According to the plan, Jiang Wan was going to take Huang Ting to the movies, but when Huang Ting heard that they were going to the movies at night, she immediately declined on the grounds of "unsafety".

Jiang Wan did not give up and tried many times in different ways, but after a month, he failed and had to announce the bankruptcy of the plan.

What is that saying?

Lu Xun said: God is fair. When you close a window, you will open another window.

Lu An repeatedly hit a wall with Huang Ting and was frustrated in love, but his inspiration for oil painting was gushing out.

In a month, he painted 6 paintings. This high-quality continuous output shocked him.

Damn, I didn't expect that the twelve landscape screens would be gone like this. It was really unexpected.

Standing in front of the easel and admiring it for a while, Lu An, who hadn't slept for 48 hours, felt very tired. He rested on the sofa for a while, and then grabbed the receiver on the coffee table and made a few calls.

The first call was to Zeng Ziqian.

He asked briefly, "How is the progress in Shanghai?"

Zeng Ziqian reported, "Boss, we have bought suitable shops in prime locations in 6 districts including Huangpu and Jing'an. Now we are in the decoration stage. It is tentatively scheduled to open on September 1st in the second half of the year."

Lu An was very satisfied and asked, "What about other places?"

Zeng Ziqian replied, "Based on more than a month of investigation and research, we found that the purchasing power of northern Jiangsu is not as rational as we expected. On the contrary, Hefei and Zhejiang Province next door have great potential. What do you think, boss?"

Lu An thought for a while and ordered, "Su Province is a whole. We must stick together and not give others a chance. Even if the short-term benefits may be a little less now, we have to consider the overall situation. What do you think?"

This issue has been discussed at the high-level meeting of Bubusheng. Seeing that the boss said so, Zeng Ziqian naturally would not refute, but suggested, "Boss, now the 7 supermarkets have millions of revenue every day. Otherwise, we will split into three groups, and northern Jiangsu, Hangzhou and Hefei will go hand in hand?"

Lu An was stunned. Is this girl so ambitious?

He asked worriedly: "I'm afraid that there will be confusion if there are not enough people."

Zeng Ziqian issued a military order, "If there are not enough people, we can recruit. Our Bubusheng is now a large enterprise with great reputation and influence outside. As long as we open recruitment to the outside world, we will definitely attract many outstanding talents and high-quality college students to join. I will be responsible for this personally. If there is a problem in the future, I will take full responsibility."

Seeing Lu An silent, Zeng Ziqian gritted his teeth and said: "Boss, time is not waiting for me. Now some places have begun to follow suit and enter the retail industry."

The phrase "time is not waiting for me" prompted Lu An to make up his mind and said immediately: "Okay, I approve it. You make a plan report for me and take action."

"Okay!" After Zeng Ziqian hung up the phone excitedly, he immediately called his assistant Xiaohong: "Except for the Shanghai Stock Exchange, call back all the middle-level and above managers to hold an emergency meeting."

Looking at Zeng Li who was excited, Xiaohong didn't understand why, but still executed the order well.

The second call, Lu An called Yu Wanzhi

As soon as the call was connected, he asked with concern, "Sister Yu, how are you feeling recently? Do you have any discomfort?"

Yu Wanzhi answered irrelevantly, "Do you miss me?"

Lu An replied, "Yes."

Seeing that he was so cooperative, Yu Wanzhi smiled warmly, "I'm fine. I have had much less morning sickness than in the past two months. I can go home for dinner now."

Lu An asked, "Have you confronted your uncle and aunt?"

Yu Wanzhi shook her head, "That was originally my plan, but my physical condition has improved, so I've been dragging it out until they ask."

Afraid that he would think too much, Yu Wanzhi said, "In fact, my parents have been busy recently, especially my father, who has almost no time at home. In addition, I go home to stay overnight from time to time. Even if they have some guesses in their hearts, they may not have made time yet."

Lu An touched his temple and felt a burst of pain there. Damn it, if you want to come, come earlier. Anyway, sticking your head out is a knife, and shrinking your head is also a knife. It's really annoying to keep the knife hanging over your forehead.

But later, thinking of the new round of expansion plan of BuBuSheng Supermarket, he felt that there were advantages to being late. At least in a few months, when he faced the Yu family, he might have become a billionaire. You know, I'm only 21 years old. They must give me a higher potential score.

Yu Wanzhi asked: "When do you plan to return to Changshi?"

For this kind of question, Lu An did not lie, "The day after tomorrow morning, tomorrow I will come to Shanghai to see you and your daughter."

Perhaps he had prepared for this, Yu Wanzhi didn't react much, but said: "I'll prepare a plane ticket for you."

"Yeah." Lu An hummed, and then said: "I will go back to my hometown when I return to Xiangnan this time. I will give you all the information you need to go abroad, and you can take care of the rest."

Seeing that he was always thinking about what he cared about most, Yu Wanzhi felt warm in his heart, "Okay."

The two talked for about 20 minutes on this phone call, and then it seemed that Yu's mother called her to have dinner, and then ended the call.

Hearing the busy tone on the phone, Lu An took the receiver and thought about it, and called home for the third time.

No one answered, so he called the tailor shop in the town, but still no one answered.

Strangely, Lu An called his aunt's house, and then he knew that his eldest sister went to the county town for further studies, and the tailor shop was temporarily closed for a few days.

Wow, this is a rare thing, the eldest sister actually knew that she was going to further studies, and he, the old beard, was inexplicably in a good mood.

The fourth call, he called Qingshui

Hearing that he was coming to Shanghai tomorrow, Meng Qingshui said she would go to Sister Yu's villa to wait for him and have dinner together.

As for more, the two tacitly did not mention it. After all, Lu An's purpose of returning to Xiangnan this time was to date Sister Qingchi, so it was better not to break this window paper.

The fifth call, Lu An called Meng Qingchi.

As soon as the call was connected, Meng Qingchi said: "Xiao An, sister is busy now. The teacher will have an emergency operation soon. I need to help. When will you come?"

Hearing this, Lu An did not hold back, "The flight the day after tomorrow morning."

"Okay, sister will pick you up at the airport."

"Yeah."

Less than a minute before and after the call, Meng Qingchi's mood went through a roller coaster, with tension, guilt, and a hint of expectation.

She and Lu An both vaguely realized that this meeting was the first formal date between the two. It was different and very memorable, and it also formally indicated that she indirectly acknowledged Xiao An's identity as a partner.

Once this identity was acknowledged, Meng Qingchi would not be able to retreat even if he wanted to give in to his sister in the future.

At this time, there was no way back. It was the road where she had been hesitating and wandering in the past, but it was the way home that Lu An had been waiting for for a long time.

After being silent for about half a minute, Meng Qingchi immediately cleared his mind, gathered his thoughts, and devoted himself to work.

After making the phone call, Lu An breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly felt so lonely. He looked around the room and felt itchy.

Damn it! It was understandable that Huang Ting hid from him for a month, but what are you doing, my little wife? Hiding from me too?

Is there any law left?

Do you really think that the Lu family rules are just for show?

You wait for me, I will bring you back tonight no matter what!