I'm back in 1990

Chapter 221: The Team Is Getting Harder to Lead

The knife-cut noodles at the West Gate are packed at lunchtime, mostly with students from Shanghai University of Science and Technology and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. The main customers are from the north, who are used to noodles, so they come to this small restaurant whenever they have the chance to have a bowl of knife-cut noodles to satisfy their cravings and soothe their northern stomachs.

At the school gate, he naturally ran into acquaintances, and some people greeted Huang Xiaochuan. Huang Xiaochuan chatted with them for a few minutes.

All the tables were full. After Zhang Yun paid, she and Huang Xiaochuan couldn't find a place to sit, so they had to stand and wait for someone to make room for them.

Fortunately, a student recognized Zhang Yun and gave her his seat after finishing his meal in a few bites.

"Teacher Zhang, we've finished eating. Please sit here with us!"

"That's great, thank you!"

"Teacher Zhang, please enjoy your meal. We'll be leaving now!"

After Zhang Yun sat down, she realized that she had been tricked by Huang Xiaochuan. It was lunchtime, and the place was packed with people. It was noisy and chaotic, and it was not a good time to talk or chat. Before you had even finished eating, people were already standing next to you waiting for a seat. There was no time for you to chat or talk!

Zhang Yun could only patiently finish her noodles with Huang Xiaochuan, without having a chance to say a word to him. However, Huang Xiaochuan was right about one thing: the knife-cut noodles at this restaurant were quite delicious. As for whether they were authentic, he didn't know. After all, he hadn't been to the place where knife-cut noodles originated.

On their walk back to school, Zhang Yun still had the opportunity to ask questions.

"Huang Xiaochuan, did you go to buy the stocks you won in the IPO lottery that day?"

Huang Xiaochuan readily admitted it, saying they had met face-to-face at the stock exchange; it would be too disingenuous to deny it.

"Yes! Professor Zhang, weren't you also going to buy stocks?"

"Where did you, a student, get so much money?" Zhang Yun asked, voicing a question that had been on her mind for a long time.

Huang Xiaochuan laughed. He knew Huang would ask this. He replied, "I bought it for my uncle. I'm just a gofer, earning some pocket money from him. The people with me are my uncle's employees."

"Your uncle?"

Huang Xiaochuan embellished his uncle's image, portraying him as a powerful tycoon with a net worth of tens of millions and business interests that extended to Europe and America.

They successfully fooled Zhang Yun.

Huang Xiaochuan added, "Teacher Zhang, if you don't believe me, just ask any student in our class. My uncle has come to our school several times, and every time he brings me a bunch of food."

Zhang Yun had no choice but to believe it. She had also learned from Zhai Xi, Huang Xiaochuan's female classmate, that Huang Xiaochuan was a nouveau riche who spent money like water. She had indeed seen his uncle visit him several times in a shiny black Audi, bringing him lots of delicious food each time, which benefited all the other classmates.

Zhang Yun asked, "Were a few other classmates with you who went to buy stocks that day?"

"Yeah! We're all in the same dorm. I need to buy a lot of stocks, so I brought a few more people along to give me some courage and also to earn some pocket money together. So I called them all. The appearance fee is 100 yuan per person. Of course, such a good thing shouldn't go to outsiders." Huang Xiaochuan successfully fooled Zhang Yun.

As they were talking, the two arrived at the school gate. Huang Xiaochuan went back to his dormitory, while Zhang Yun was about to turn left back to her rented room when she stopped.

Huang Xiaochuan immediately smiled and said, "Teacher Zhang, I'm so sorry to have troubled you to walk me back to school. We're already at the school gate, so please don't bother seeing me off any further. I know the way back to the dormitory, so you should go back and rest!"

After saying that, he waved to Zhang Yun, turned around and strode away without any hesitation!

Zhang Yun said loudly, "Thank you, Huang Xiaochuan!"

Huang Xiaochuan turned around, smiled, and then left!

Zhang Yun put her hands in her pockets and left.

However, her woman's intuition told her that Huang Xiaochuan seemed to be hiding something. Although his words were watertight, this young man was really interesting. This was the first time Zhang Yun had met a boy like this.

As Huang Xiaochuan expected, several gossip-loving onlookers surrounded him as soon as he entered the dormitory.

"What did Teacher Zhang want to see you about?"

"What have you two been doing for so long?"

"Is Teacher Zhang trying to thank you for your heroic rescue?"

"Huang Xiaochuan, how come you're so popular with women? Even Zhai Xi and Hu Wei said that if you didn't have a girlfriend, they would have already made their move on you."

Huang Xiaochuan plopped down in a chair with a flourish: "My lunch was a bit too salty, I want some water!"

After saying that, he wanted to go find his big tea mug, but Ding Yi immediately handed his tea mug to Huang Xiaochuan.

"Come on, have some of mine. It's been cooled for about ten minutes, but the temperature is just right. It's made with Biluochun tea that I got from my uncle's house. It's high-end stuff."

Huang Xiaochuan took it without hesitation, gulped down more than half of it, and then said, "It seems pretty good! Is there any more? Get me some!"

"Hurry up and tell me what Teacher Zhang wanted to see you about? It's nothing, just a little bit of Biluochun tea. If it really comes down to it, I'll buy you ten or eight pounds. It's no big deal!"

"You have to keep your word! I want this quality, don't try to fool me with second-grade tea."

Wu Duo, Zhang Gaolei, and the others nodded eagerly, agreeing on Ding Yixian's behalf: "Yes, yes, yes! Old Ding definitely wouldn't lie to you, hurry up and tell us!"

Huang Xiaochuan then decided to reveal something to them. He deliberately pondered for a while before finally saying, "Let's go eat some knife-cut noodles together!"

The group waited quietly for what would happen next, but nothing came for a long time.

Ding Yi was getting a little anxious: "And then?"

Huang Xiaochuan shrugged: "And then I came back!"

"Damn it! You want me to give you ten or eight pounds of top-quality Biluochun tea for this? You son of a bitch! I'll give you nothing!" Ding Yi was about to explode. He realized that Huang Xiaochuan, that scoundrel, was just teasing them.

Huang Xiaochuan, instead, retorted, "See? I knew you wouldn't keep your word. I guessed it again, didn't I?"

"Two people sharing one bowl of noodles?" Wu Duo had set a trap for Huang Xiaochuan.

Huang Xiaochuan didn't react for a moment, then nodded: "Yeah! I just ate a bowl of knife-cut noodles! I have a bunch of witnesses, including Fatty Dahai from Class 3 of '89. You can ask him if you don't believe me."

Ding Yi understood the meaning of those words from Wu Duo's mischievous smile.

"Oh! I see. You and Teacher Zhang shared a bowl of noodles. Did you eat first or did Teacher Zhang eat first?"

Huang Xiaochuan then realized he had fallen into a trap. Enraged, he took off his sneakers and threw them at Ding Yi. Ding Yi was prepared and dodged them in a flash.

Huang Xiaochuan angrily pointed at each of these scoundrels and cursed, "Damn it, you dare to joke about the teacher? If the academic affairs office finds out, none of you will escape."

"We weren't joking about the teacher; we were talking about your business. Who told you not to tell the truth?"

Huang Xiaochuan said helplessly, "Damn it, why aren't there any female demons to seduce you all? You're all too energetic every day. Class monitor, you have a girlfriend, what are you doing hanging out with these single dogs? Be careful they don't corrupt you."

Huang Xiaochuan used the tactic of sowing discord.

Unfortunately, he had already mastered these techniques, so this move no longer works!

Huang Xiaochuan couldn't help but sigh, "The team is getting harder to manage now. These guys are getting harder and harder to fool!"

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