Chapter 245 - 178: Lu Fan Sings a Love Song to Jiang Yixia, and She Accepted?

Chapter 245: Chapter 178: Lu Fan Sings a Love Song to Jiang Yixia, and She Accepted?

Jiang Sifan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Wen Wan say she had ignored Mrs. Wen.

He quickly encouraged her, "You’re already more dutiful than most children, but you can’t just keep sacrificing your own happiness. Since your parents don’t focus their attention on you, you should live for yourself. Take better care of yourself."

"What about you, Class President?" Wen Wan asked in return.

Jiang Sifan stammered, "Me...? I... What about me? I’m doing great."

"You carry too heavy a burden," Wen Wan said, her eyes red. "You can’t put so much pressure on yourself. Even if one thing doesn’t go perfectly, don’t be too hard on yourself. You’re already amazing."

Wen Wan’s words were like arrows, piercing straight to Jiang Sifan’s core.

He never expected Wen Wan to see right through him.

’Yeah, he puts too much pressure on himself, always trying to do everything perfectly.’

’The real reason was that he wanted to give his sister and mother a better life.’

’But in all this time, it seemed Jiang Sifan had never asked himself what he truly wanted.’

’Oh, wait. Maybe there was something.’

’A flicker of longing had definitely appeared in his eyes the last time he saw Liu Shiting driving her BMW 5 Series.’

’Guys love cars, after all.’

’As the saying goes: the poor show off with cars, the rich with watches.’

’Only after you own a car can you start aspiring to the next level of status symbols.’

’Of course, he knew that buying a car was still a huge challenge on his current income.’

’Besides, what kind of freshman drives to class, anyway?’

’Only a rich kid like Liu Shiting could pull that off.’

Just as Jiang Sifan was zoning out, Wen Wan rested her head against his back.

He could tell she couldn’t stay awake any longer.

She had fallen right asleep.

Jiang Sifan hadn’t expected her alcohol tolerance to be practically zero.

She really was a lightweight—knocked out by just half a glass of red wine.

Fortunately, all the girls from her dorm came down and helped carry Wen Wan back.

Before leaving, Jiang Sifan reminded her roommates, "Please take care of Wen Wan for me."

"Don’t worry, Class President. We’ll take good care of her~"

On the way back to the dorm, a few of the roommates started whispering among themselves.

"Do you guys think Wen Wan and the Class President are dating?"

"It looks like it."

"Let’s ask her when she wakes up."

"They’re always leaving early and coming home late to work on their business. Even if they didn’t have feelings for each other at first, they must by now, right?"

A short while later, the roommates got Wen Wan back to their dorm room.

One of them even got a warm towel and gently wiped her face.

Soon, Wen Wan started to come around.

They immediately started prying, "Wen Wan, are you and the Class President dating?"

Wen Wan, only now realizing she was back in her dorm room, shook her head in surprise. "No, we’re not."

"Really?" the other roommates chorused, raising their eyebrows teasingly.

Wen Wan blushed. "Really, we’re not."

"Even if you’re not, it’s bound to happen soon. I feel like it’s just a matter of time!"

No matter how much Wen Wan tried to explain, everyone believed they were just one confession away from being a couple.

When Jiang Sifan got back to his dorm, he was planning to take a nice, relaxing shower.

But then he discovered that two of the shops they had just secured deals with had been poached by Xu Junjie.

He didn’t get angry or flustered. Instead, he started looking into Xu Junjie’s pricing strategy.

Xu Junjie was still using a low-price strategy to steal their clients.

He was willing to operate with no profit margin, or even at a loss, just to win those shops over.

Jiang Sifan knew exactly what was going on. ’Xu Junjie is doing this for one reason and one reason only: to drive me out of business.’

When Gao Lao and the others heard the news, they were outraged.

Brother Ming was particularly confused. "But what about his own business? How can he keep going if he’s losing money?"

Jiang Sifan replied, "His family’s rich. They can afford to back him. His parents work at the court."

"Holy shit, isn’t this just blatant bullying?" Gao Lao said angrily. "Is there anything we can do?"

"For now, our only option is to improve our efficiency, perfect our service, and promote our service packages," Jiang Sifan proposed. "Gao Lao, you guys have joined Starry Studio now, so starting tomorrow, you’ll need to go out and drum up business too. For every shop you successfully sign, I’ll give you a 500-yuan commission."

That was all the motivation his roommates needed.

Qiu Zai, in particular, even put down his video game. "Holy crap, that much? I’m going out to find clients first thing tomorrow morning."

Jiang Sifan answered, "We have electives tomorrow. Go in the afternoon."

But Qiu Zai just waved a dismissive hand. "They’re just a couple of blow-off classes. It’s fine to skip them. Making money is more important."

"Let’s all work together, brothers, and drive that third-year bastard out of the picture!" Brother Ming said excitedly.

Jiang Sifan nodded. "Let’s focus on our own work, provide the best service, and make the clients feel that we’re worth every penny!"

And just like that, what had started as a personal grudge between Jiang Sifan and Xu Junjie slowly evolved into a full-blown conflict between the freshmen and the third-years.

Although the third-year students had two more years of experience at the college, Jiang Sifan’s crew embodied the spirit of a newborn calf that doesn’t fear a tiger.

If he wanted a fight, they were ready to meet him head-on.

All of this was observed by Lu Fan, far away in Zijin Manor.

He was quite impressed with the service packages Jiang Sifan had introduced.

Chen He remarked from the side, "The Young Master’s entrepreneurial mindset is becoming more and more like the Boss’s."

"Let’s hope he can keep it up," Lu Fan said with a smile.

「Meanwhile.」

「Yangcheng.」

Jiang Yixia was getting ready to close up her shop for the night.

Just then, the owner of the grilled skewer shop next door walked in.