Confession of Rebirth

The Zhou family didn't take Gu Chen seriously at first.Of course there was Zhou Xiaoting's crush on Gu Chen, but the Zhou family didn't take it seriously. More importantly, the Zhou family didn't think that Gu Chen, an ordinary student with no family background, had anything worth wooing.

Even if Gu Chen helped the Dazhou Group publicize a reputation crisis in time.In the eyes of the Zhou family, this is just what Gu Chen should do as an employee of the Da Zhou Group.According to the Da Zhou Group's performance appraisal system, they will reward Gu Chen with the portion he deserves.But that's all.I just hope that Gu Chen can be more interesting, and don't think that Zhou Xiaoting has admiration for him, and he can repay the favor by helping the Da Zhou Group once again, and fantasize about getting some unrealistic things.

The Zhou family's parents followed Zhou Xiaoting's advice and invited Gu Chen to come to their house for dinner, hoping that Gu Chen would retreat in spite of the difficulties.It's just that Huo Mingzhang messed it up a bit, and both parties felt a little bit unhappy.

Of course, the Zhou family didn't take it too seriously.After all, at least half of what they wanted to achieve was achieved.As for whether Gu Chen would hold a grudge because of his youthful vigor, with the background of the Zhou family, there was really no need to care.

Unexpectedly, Gu Chen suddenly turned into Professor Xing's student.He was also taken by Professor Xing to participate in economic seminars.In fact, that's all there is to it.After all, it has long been a common practice in the academic circle for professors to order students to do things.But the interaction between Professor Xing and Gu Chen at the dinner table made Zhou's father and son see another possibility.

You must know that Professor Xing has always advocated the development of the old western city for the site selection scope of this urban construction plan.However, the old urban areas are affected by the problems left over from history. There are usually a series of problems related to people's livelihood such as relatively high population density, old and narrow urban layout, numerous shantytowns, poor housing quality, and low per capita income of residents.

Professor Xing advocates the development of the old city, but also wants to take this opportunity to improve the living environment and quality of life of the residents of the old city.Really make some contributions to people's livelihood.However, the transformation of the old city involves a lot of demolition problems.As we all know, when demolition is involved in real estate development, the trouble is not just the compensation for the demolition.It also includes the follow-up resettlement of relocated households and various problems encountered during the demolition process, which may turn into social incidents if there is a slight carelessness.Of course, developers can avoid such tacit troubles.

For the superiors, the transformation of the old city is of course a problem that they need to consider, but if a new commercial center can be created out of thin air, the political achievements from scratch will be much more impressive than the achievements of renovating the old.

This caused the developer to agree with the wishes of some leaders.However, Professor Xing and other people's considerations for people's livelihood cannot be ignored.So the current situation is that the opinions of the two sides are deadlocked, and Professor Xing even has the upper hand because of the support of public opinion.

And Professor Xing's assertions and overly firm statements all along made the faction of Zhou's father and son give up the vote to persuade Professor Xing long ago.But Gu Chen's sudden appearance made them see a glimmer of possibility.If Professor Xing's attitude can be moved by contacting Gu Chensong, it doesn't even need to be loosened. As long as the cohesion of Professor Xing's faction is disintegrated and their voices become quieter, will the decision to set the urban construction plan in Dongcheng District be passed? easy?

Of course, this was just an inspiration that suddenly came to the Zhou family father and son after seeing the interaction between Gu Chen and Professor Xing. What should be done specifically still needs to be discussed in the long run.

After the dishes were served, Professor Xing couldn't wait to grab a piece of braised pork for Gu Chen: "Try it. See if the braised pork here is really delicious. It's fat but not greasy, and it leaves a fragrance on your lips and teeth. Keep it You eat it once, and you want to come again next time."

Gu Chen looked at the braised pork in the bowl, with a trace of hesitation and concern on his face.

"Eat!" Professor Xing said, and took a piece for himself.

Gu Chen didn't like to take away Professor Xing's kindness.Bite the bullet and took a bite.It just feels sweet and soft, with a lingering fragrance on the lips and teeth, and it melts in the mouth, without the greasy feeling of fat at all.

Professor Xing did not lie.

but--

Gu Chen glanced at Professor Xing: "It's quite delicious. But you can't eat too much."

Gu Chen stopped Professor Xing from picking up the second piece of braised pork in time, and then used serving chopsticks to pick up some light dishes for Professor Xing.Professor Xing was a little unhappy: "You are obviously abusing me. Why can you eat meat and drink casually, and I want to eat vegetables?"

"I'll eat it too." Gu Chen picked up some carrots and broccoli, as well as sliced ​​ginger from the side dish, and ate it slowly.

Professor Xing looked at his primary school students strangely.It was discovered that Gu Chen really focused on the vegetables and soup after a meal, and he didn't mean to force himself at all.It's amazing to keep in good health.

Professor Xing finally believed it: "You really don't like meat?"

Gu Chen said: "It's not like I don't like meat. It's just that I eat less."

Professor Xing sighed and shook his head.I feel that the days ahead may not be easy for me—if I come out to a meeting with Gu Chen in the future, I'm afraid there will be no excuse for stealing braised pork.

Shen Xingzhou felt that Gu Chen's eating habits were compatible with him: "Do you like ginger?"

Gu Chen nodded.In fact, it's not just ginger, Gu Chen also likes to eat green peppers and carrots in the side dishes, so that when he eats with others, he will often be complained about and shrink back, as if he doesn't dare to add vegetables.Or he just thinks that Gu Chen's taste is weird.Although Gu Chen himself didn't know what was weird about his taste.But in his previous life, in order to avoid others from laughing and complaining, he had already changed this habit.

Today is to cooperate with Professor Xing, and the other thing is that I feel that my eating habits are not rude, and I don’t hinder others. There is really no need to have a meal and worry about whether it conforms to other people’s three views.

Shen Xingzhou smiled: "If there is a chance, I will take you to eat ginger duck. You must like it."

Gu Chen was curious: "Mr. Shen is from Min Province?" I hadn't heard of it!

Shen Xingzhou smiled and said, "I'm the son-in-law of Min Province, so I can be regarded as half of Min Province!"

Gu Chen immediately understood.

Professor Xing said with a look of aftertaste: "Ginger duck is delicious! The duck meat melts in the mouth, and the duck skin is so soft and rotten that it can stick to the upper teeth after one bite. The soup with rice is also special. fragrant."

While speaking, he swallowed his saliva.

Gu Chen: "..."

Gu Chen and Mr. Shen looked at each other and smiled.

After dinner, Professor Xing asked the driver to take Gu Chen back to school first.When I got out of the car, I still didn't forget to say: "Just hand over the meeting minutes to me this Friday. Don't worry."

Gu Chen nodded.Bending down slightly, tilting his head to look at Professor Xing in the car: "You should also go to bed earlier."

Professor Xing looked at Gu Chen's exceptionally calm and soft face in the night, and found that the gloom between the child's brows had dissipated a lot, and even his brows were stretched a little.

He waved his hand at Gu Chen and rolled up the car window.The car left slowly, Gu Chen turned and returned to school.Go straight to the basketball court.

As soon as I entered, I found that the atmosphere in the basketball hall was not right.Huo Mingzhang and Cheng Yi stood in the stadium, surrounded by a circle of people outside.

Gu Chen frowned, and asked, "What's wrong?"

A group of people turned their heads in unison, saw Gu Chen, and immediately shouted: "Gu Chen, you are here!"

"Hurry up and persuade Huo Shao. He wants to play with Cheng Yi."

He said he was playing ball, but Huo Mingzhang's posture made it clear that he was not just playing ball, maybe it was an excuse to play ball, and he wanted to hit someone.

Gu Chen's expression darkened.Walk slowly between Cheng Yi and Huo Mingzhang, and stand in front of Cheng Yi: "How to fight?"

Huo Mingzhang didn't expect Gu Chen to be nosy, and his face was slightly uncomfortable.He said without confidence: "It has nothing to do with you. Just mind your own business."

Gu Chen looked back at Cheng Yi.

Cheng Yi looked a little nervous, and said: "You asked for leave this afternoon and didn't come to class. Gu Xiu asked me what you were doing. I said that you went to a meeting with Professor Xing. He also said that you are so good, and there are so many people I said bad things about you because I was jealous of you. Gu Xiu got angry. He thought I was talking about him. Then maybe he sued Huo Shao?"

Huo Mingzhang glanced at Cheng Yi, and quickly explained: "It has nothing to do with Gu Xiu. I just have nothing to do, and I want to find someone to play basketball. What's the matter, I'm a regular member of the basketball team, and I'm not qualified to find a training partner? You guys Are you thinking too much?"

"I'll accompany you." Gu Chen said lightly.His complexion was not very good-looking.

He remembered that in his previous life, Huo Mingzhang had never bullied anyone other than making things difficult for him in the basketball team.I don't know if it was affected by him getting rid of the plot in this life, but Huo Mingzhang never made things difficult for him a few times.But now turning his target to others, Gu Chen was worried that the plot could not influence him, so he casually took Cheng Yi as a scapegoat and took the plot instead of him.

Although Gu Chen didn't want to be at the mercy of the plot, he didn't want to hurt others either.He said to Huo Mingzhang with a little warning: "If you want to find someone to 'play ball' in the future, you can come to me. I will accompany you to the end."

Huo Mingzhang looked at Gu Chen in astonishment.He didn't know where Gu Chen got so angry, but he had known Gu Chen for so long, and he greeted people with a smile every day. face.

Huo Mingzhang couldn't help but sneered, "Who do you think you are? What qualifications do you have to accompany me to the end? I gave you face, right?"

Huo Mingzhang's words were too harsh, Gu Chen didn't respond, Zhou Xiaoting quit: "Huo Mingzhang!"

Zhou Xiaoting glared at Huo Mingzhang: "Why are you talking—"

"How much do you think your face is worth with me?"

All of a sudden, the entire basketball arena was silent.Zhou Xiaoting turned her head in disbelief, and stared at Gu Chen dumbfounded.It's almost unbelievable that those words just came out of Gu Chen's mouth.

Huo Mingzhang was also stunned for a long time before he could react, and smiled angrily: "What did you say?"

"Face is given by others, face is lost by oneself." Gu Chen said lightly, "You wanted to give me face, but you never asked me if I wanted it?"

Huo Mingzhang had never seen anyone who dared to be so arrogant in front of him.He pinched his waist, looked around in disbelief, and found that the other players in the basketball hall were also staring at Gu Chen dumbfounded.Finally, it was determined that it was not a problem with his ears, but Gu Chen's nervousness.

"Are you sick?" Huo Mingzhang was so angry that his lungs were about to explode, but looking at Gu Chen's expressionless dead face, the anger that rushed to his forehead disappeared for no reason.

Huo Mingzhang felt that he might never have been so patient in his life. He pointed at Cheng Yi, and then pointed at himself: "Does what happened today have anything to do with you? In order to stand up for this trash, you are in front of so many people." scold me in your face?"

As soon as Huo Mingzhang said these words, there was inexplicably a hint of weakness in them.Huo Mingzhang himself may not have noticed, but the basketball players on the sidelines, including Huo Mingzhang's two childhood friends, looked at each other strangely.

Gu Chen was a little impatient, and picked up a basketball from the ground: "Stop talking nonsense, play or not."

"Just fight!" Huo Mingzhang felt that he couldn't make sense with Gu Chen, and said angrily, "Go and change your clothes first, and warm up well. I, Huo Mingzhang, can afford to wait. Don't lose the fight and say that I didn't give you time."

Without saying a word, Gu Chen turned around and entered the dressing room.

Looking at Gu Chen's back, Huo Mingzhang felt more and more ashamed.Turning her head to seek agreement with the two friends: "Do you think Gu Chen is sick today?"

Jin Wei and Tao Jiang looked at each other with strange expressions and did not speak.

Huo Mingzhang looked at Cheng Yi again, and asked very dissatisfied: "What ecstasy soup did you pour into him again, why would he stand up for you?"

Cheng Yi never thought that Gu Chen would confront Huo Mingzhang for his own sake.I was a little moved for a while, and felt that I really didn't hold my thigh in vain for so long.But if it was said that Gu Chen stood up for him just for such a few good words, let alone Huo Mingzhang refused to believe it, even he himself would find it unbelievable.

You must know that Gu Chen is not the only one in the basketball team who coaxes Gu Chen to say good things every day.At least Huo Mingzhang and Jin Wei Tao Jiang were more enthusiastic than him.

Huo Mingzhang asked for a long time but didn't get a clue, and became more and more unconvinced.Jin Wei and Tao Jiang looked at Fa Xiao's suffocated and bewildered look, thought for a while, and said, "Did I get angry outside and take it out on you?"

Huo Mingzhang stared at him: "I'm promising, you dare to vent your anger on me?"

Tao Jiang said: "Otherwise, is there any other reason? Anyway, he always dislikes you."

Huo Mingzhang was stunned speechless.Just about to say something, the phone rang suddenly.

Huo Mingzhang answered the phone and asked angrily, "What are you doing?"

"Mingzhang, you mentioned to me before that you want to recommend your classmate to be my assistant to the president." On the other end of the phone, Huo Mingzhang's father said in a deep voice: "Dad has considered this matter carefully, and thinks that the person named Gu Chen Your child is a talent. Daddy should give the young man a chance—”

"It's late!" Huo Mingzhang directly interrupted his father's words, and said impatiently: "I asked you to fight for it that night, but if you didn't fight for it, you put on the airs of a boss and ignored people. Now I can't afford him!"

"People said, I don't want the face I gave you! Don't you want to understand?" The more Huo Mingzhang talked, the more angry he became, and he hung up the phone angrily.

On the other side, Zhou Xiaoting also received a call from her father.

"I remember that you students of University A, if you come from other places, you can have your account linked to the school during your studies. Gu Chen's account should also be linked to your school, right? As the president of the student council, can you put his account in your school? call out?"

"You want to transfer Gu Shen's household registration?" Zhou Xiaoting asked suspiciously, "Why are you transferring his household registration?"

"Gu Chen helped the Dazhou Group solve a reputation crisis. To the Dazhou Group, it is a great credit. Although Dad opposes the two of you being together, it is public and private. As the chairman of the Dazhou Group, Dad Of course, we must distinguish between public and private, and we must give Gu Chen the rewards we deserve."

"Originally, I wanted to transfer this child to your brother's side and let your brother cultivate him well. But I didn't expect this child to be young and energetic, so he resigned like this. But this is also good, the reward we deserve, we once Sex is all there is to it. It also avoids gossip outside, saying that the Dazhou Group is ungrateful and does not cherish talents."

Zhou's father said: "I'm going to reward Gu Chen with a house. I'll choose a 150-square-meter house in Dazhou and transfer it to him. What do you think?"

Zhou Xiaoting didn't expect Zhou's father to do this, and was stunned for a while: "Dad..."

"Xiao Ting." Zhou's father said earnestly, "Don't think that Dad is a very powerful person. Don't think that Dad is cold and doesn't know how to be grateful. You have to understand that no matter how great Gu Chen's contribution to the Da Zhou Group is, it is not worth it." Dad gave away a daughter. Although Gu Chen is good, as my daughter, you deserve someone better."

"Life is very long. You are only young now, and you haven't seen many men. I don't know how many young talents in this world are more worthy of your liking than Gu Chen. Don't entrust your life to it too early. Can you Do you understand my father's painstaking efforts?"

Zhou Xiaoting was in a complicated mood for a while: "Dad..."

"Okay!" Father Zhou said, "You quietly transfer Gu Chen's household registration tomorrow, and we will help him transfer the house first. Don't tell him yet, we will give him a surprise. It will also prevent Gu Chen from being young and arrogant." Thin-skinned, unwilling to ask for rewards from the Da Zhou Group."

"This is what he deserves."

"Yeah!" Zhou Xiaoting nodded and said hastily, "Dad, don't worry. I understand."

Father Zhou smiled and said, "Then we've made an agreement. I'll ask my assistant to wait for you at the real estate bureau tomorrow."

Zhou Xiaoting smiled and said, "Okay!"

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Xiaoting breathed a sigh of relief.In fact, from the day when Gu Chen broke up in Zhou's house, Zhou Xiaoting always felt like a big stone was pressing on her heart.He felt that the Zhou family was ungrateful, after all, Gu Chen had done such a great favor to the Da Zhou Group, yet his parents and elder brother didn't even show any sign of it.At the dinner table, Gu Chen couldn't get down.

Zhou Xiaoting felt that she had no face to see Gu Chen again.Even if she had the cheek to ask Gu Chen to treat her as a good friend.But when Zhou Xiaoting faced Gu Chen, she always felt a little guilty.

Well now, Dad finally figured it out and decided to reward Gu Chen with a house.Although according to Zhou's father, he didn't want the outside world to gossip and feel that the Da Zhou Group was ungrateful, but in Zhou Xiaoting's heart, even if it was a house reward, it was what Gu Chen deserved.

You must know that Dazhou Group is now at a critical moment for its Hong Kong stock listing, and Gu Chen's actions have helped Dazhou Group avoid a reputation crisis.Converted in the stock market, at least several hundred million!

Isn't it worthwhile to exchange a few hundred million for a house worth 600 million?

In the locker room, Gu Chen obviously didn't know what the Zhou family and Huo family were doing.He changed into his uniform and went back to the basketball court, where he warmed up for a few minutes outside the court.When he was about to enter the arena, he found Gu Xiu coming.

Gu Xiu was wearing a short white down jacket with a pair of black jeans underneath, holding a blue insulated lunch box in his arms.The whole person looked delicate and gentle, delicate, beautiful, gentle and harmless.However, the players in the basketball hall have just seen how powerful Gu Xiu is, and no one dares to underestimate him.

"What are you doing here?" Zhou Xiaoting frowned in dissatisfaction.In her opinion, if Gu Xiu hadn't sowed discord in front of Huo Mingzhang and urged Huo Mingzhang to bully Cheng Yi, Gu Chen would not stand up for Cheng Yi.It won't irritate Huo Mingzhang, an idiot, and Huo Mingzhang won't speak so badly.

"I'll come to see you play basketball." Gu Xiu timidly stopped, turned to look at Gu Chen: "Brother, you didn't come to class this afternoon, so I'm a little worried. I know you will definitely come to play basketball tonight, so I'll come and watch look at you."

As he said that, he raised the insulated lunch box in front of Gu Chen with a look of offering treasures: "This is the glutinous rice chicken I bought for you in the cafeteria. I know you like sweet things the most."

"Are you here to see Gu Chen?" Cheng Yi was almost beaten up just now, but now that he has Gu Chen covering him, he couldn't bear it anymore.Standing up and sneering: "I think you are here to check and accept the results, right? You want to see how Huo Shao 'plays' with me?"

"What are you talking about?" Gu Xiu looked at Cheng Yi suspiciously, "I don't understand."

"Don't pretend to be confused!" Cheng Yi pointed at Huo Mingzhang: "It's not that you provoked dissension in front of Huo Shao and asked Huo Shao to teach me. Could it be that Huo Shao himself doesn't like me?"

"I don't." Gu Xiu looked at Huo Mingzhang, then at Gu Chen, and retorted pitifully: "Cheng Yi, you should stop slandering me and provoke the relationship between our brothers. Did you play? Why didn't I know?"

Huo Mingzhang said impatiently: "I said it has nothing to do with Gu Xiu. It's me who wants to find someone to play. Do you not understand Mandarin?"

As he said that, Huo Mingzhang looked at Cheng Yi with disdain again: "You don't want to rely on your care to cover you up, so that you can stir up trouble everywhere. If you don't have the guts to play with me, just shut up."

Cheng Yi opened his mouth, but he didn't dare to say anything else.

In the final analysis, whether Gu Xiu complained to Huo Mingzhang was a private matter between the two of them.Cheng Yi has no evidence to prove that Gu Xiu and Huo Mingzhang have filed a complaint.In the same way, even if such a thing really happened, if Gu Xiu did not admit it and Huo Mingzhang insisted on covering Gu Xiu, he would have no way to refute it.

Talking too much, on the contrary, it's like Cheng Yi's small belly poured dirty water on Gu Xiu, and even provoked the relationship between the two brothers.

"Okay." Gu Chen frowned, interrupted the mutual accusations of a group of people, and asked Huo Mingzhang: "Are you playing or not?"

Huo Mingzhang had already lost his temper by Gu Chen: "I'm waiting for you to warm up, okay? Are you asking me if I'm ready?"

Before he finished speaking, a basketball flew towards his face.Huo Mingzhang raised his hand to catch it, dribbled it under his crotch a few times, and couldn't help complaining: "Who did you learn your bad temper from?"

"It wasn't like this before!"

With a feint, Gu Chen cut off the basketball in Huo Mingzhang's hand, turned around and took off to throw the ball.The basketball drew an arc in the air and fell into the basket accurately.

Gu Chen rubbed his wrists, expressionless: "You didn't talk so much nonsense before."