YM778.TV Chapter 39 She is Getting Married
Including the previously promised instruments, Zhang Menglong had almost spent close to 10 billion US Dollars today!
"Should I consider visiting other schools next time?" Zhang Menglong pondered, but he immediately abandoned the idea. He had his biases, after all, having graduated from Jiangnan University of Science and Technology, he really hoped his own school could continue to improve. If he invested in other schools, wouldn\'t that be creating competitors for their own scientific research?
"Come on, junior brother, have some milk tea!"
"Junior brother, are you tired? Rest for a while, I\'ll watch the equipment for you!"
"Junior brother, are you free tonight? Your senior sister is treating you to dinner!"
After Zhang Menglong\'s scientific research funds were received, Han Jinyu generously issued two months\' worth of labor fees to his students.
Once they found out that the funding came from Zhang Menglong, he became the darling of the entire research group.
As for literature reviews and experimental procedures, the senior brothers took care of all the detailed processes and explanations, sparing him the arduous task of reading and translating foreign literature.
And when it came to the hours-long experiments and tests, there was no need for Zhang Menglong to lift a finger; the senior brothers and sisters were practically fighting to do it for him, even directly handling and analyzing the data for him.
While other students racked their brains over their theses and worked through the night on experiments, Zhang Menglong lay in the laboratory on a Taishi chair, drinking milk tea, watching the S10 World Championship, thoroughly relaxed and happy.
Of course, he still had to spend a lot of time each day figuring out how to spend money. Naturally, playing games with "Starbucks Double Sweet" was also an essential part of Zhang Menglong\'s daily routine.
"Zhang Menglong, didn\'t you say you\'d start working on your graduation thesis in October? How do you still have time to play games with me?" The same sweet voice sounded over the team chat.
"Have you ever seen a rich second-generation write their own thesis?"
"Rich second-generation, my foot! Last time, I don\'t know who almost cried not getting through an interview here," the girl teased.
"Whoa, bro, my ego is shattered, don\'t spill it, all that\'s in the past."
"It\'s not even half a month yet, and it\'s already \'in the past\'? But seriously, how\'s the job search going?"
"Stopped looking. I\'ve inherited a few companies in my family, now I\'m just living it up, never gonna work a day in my life!" laughed Zhang Menglong, "Why don\'t you quit your job too? I can provide for you!"
"Get lost! Are you worthy?" the girl jibed with a laugh, "I only accept Hu Ge and Peng Yuyan. You, an engineering student, probably don\'t even have a hair on your head!"
"Dang, I was worried you might be some Auntie Qiao using a voice changer!"
"Zhang Menglong, you\'re asking for it, I\'ll twist your head off! Me, a universally unparalleled beauty? Getting to play games with me is the fortune of your last lifetime."
"Alright then, since that\'s the case, I\'ll come find you in Gusu in a few days; you\'ve got to treat me to Haidilao at least, right?"
"Ah? You\'re coming?" The voice of "Starbucks Double Sweet" suddenly tensed up.
"What, not happy to see me?" Zhang Menglong chuckled, "Or are you afraid that you can\'t hide your true self after we meet in person?"
"Sure, come on over, as long as you\'re not afraid I\'ll harass you! I\'m off to take a shower."
"Then I\'ll go turn on the camera in your bathroom."
"Hooligan!"
Zhang Menglong smiled as he put down his phone, his heart brimming with anticipation. What kind of person was she, really? Was she exactly as he had imagined in his mind?n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
At that moment, Zhang Menglong\'s phone rang, and upon seeing the caller ID, his body trembled slightly.
Wang Yujia—it was his roommate. Ever since the two of them had broken up, Zhang Menglong had not been in contact with any of her friends or roommates.
"Hello? Wang Yujia? Is something the matter?" Zhang Menglong tried his best to keep his voice calm.
"Siqi is getting married, this Saturday."
"Oh, really?" Zhang Menglong had already thought of this possibility when picking up the phone, but upon hearing it firsthand, he couldn\'t help but clench his hand into a fist.
"Are you going? Siqi asked me to inform you. She said it was a promise you two made at the time."
"Heh, have me attend the wedding just to humiliate me once more?" Zhang Menglong scoffed coldly.
"If you\'re unwilling to go, then I\'ll just tell her..."
"No need, tell her I\'ll be there. I, Zhang Menglong, am not someone who goes back on his word."
"Zhang Menglong, are you really going?" Wang Yujia was merely the messenger, but she had thought that Zhang Menglong would never agree to go, yet to her surprise, he agreed so readily.
"I will be there on time."
Zhang Menglong promptly hung up the phone. His expression alternated between somber and tormented. No matter what one has been through, when hearing certain news, how could one remain entirely indifferent?
"Hey, see you in Gusu at the end of the month. If you stand me up, you\'re dead meat. I\'ll come straight to Jiangnan City to whack you!" Seeing that message, Zhang Menglong pictured a person he had never met before, as if in a flash, letting go of something, his whole demeanor suddenly becoming much brighter.
"It\'s just the wedding of an ex-girlfriend, not a dragon\'s den or a tiger\'s cave. She\'s just someone who passed through my life," Zhang Menglong realized at once.
Xie Siqi, Zhang Menglong\'s ex-girlfriend and the only girlfriend he had ever had, they\'d shared many beautiful memories and had even promised to attend each other\'s wedding, even if they didn\'t end up together in the end.
It seemed that this was becoming a reality.
The story was actually quite simple. Xie Siqi\'s family background was not very strong, and starting from the summer of her sophomore year, she began using all her spare time to work part-time jobs.
Last summer, she worked at a mid-sized internet company operated by a certain family, not expecting that the son of the company\'s owner would take a fancy to her. At first, Xie Siqi stayed true to her heart, but as the man\'s persistent pursuit intensified, she finally wavered.
Not until Zhang Menglong saw her getting off a Panamera and kissing an unknown man at the dormitory did he understand what was meant by "I see raindrops falling on the fresh green grass."
That night was the first time Zhang Menglong had lost control of his emotions since elementary school.
He had confronted Xie Siqi once, but ended up being humiliated beyond recognition by her and the rich second-generation guy. Had his roommate not held him back, Zhang Menglong might have lost it completely.
"Good. It\'s about time to put an end to the past," Zhang Menglong mused. He couldn\'t always let the past trap him. If he couldn\'t say goodbye to the past, how could he possibly welcome the future?
"Hong Yi, come to my room for a bit, help me arrange some things."
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