Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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After resolving this mess, although it took much longer than expected, the result was ultimately good. Yan Han, who had won the prize money, suggested treating Brother Lin to another big meal. During this holiday, he had either been studying in his dormitory or occasionally going to Lin Jianlu’s house to do homework with him and had certainly enjoyed the Lin family’s good food and drinks quite a bit. He also felt that treating Brother Lin to a big meal was not enough to repay his kindness.
But he was at a loss, after all, Lin Jianlu lacked nothing.
If he said too much, people would say he was too calculating and might even get angry about it.
After discussing this yesterday, Yan Han felt he would be troubling Lin Jianlu again and didn’t know how to repay him, so he suggested splitting the prize money in half.
Although this amount of money wouldn’t be anything to Lin Jianlu, it was everything to him; good brothers should share the good times.
Unexpectedly, this one sentence was a mistake, and Lin Jianlu didn’t speak to him for a long time.
The older brother was also oblivious; he only realized the reason later and dared not mention it again. He only dared to mention a big meal.
A big meal wasn’t a problem, right? Lin Jianlu agreed immediately, nodding and saying, “Okay, put it on the tab.”
Then he still went back to the Lin family home with Lin Jianlu, because Aunt Tian had told him yesterday that she was going to stew veal today and that he absolutely had to come back with the young master to eat.
Yan Han only learned later that Lin Jianlu’s biological mother had died in childbirth. Although the two housekeepers were paid to do their jobs, they were emotionally similar to Lin Jianlu’s biological mother; they wouldn’t overstep their bounds, but they wouldn’t treat Lin Jianlu as an outsider either.
They were quite happy to take the lead in welcoming the young master’s friends.
On the way back, Yan Han sat in the car, bored, and muttered to Lin Jianlu, “Speaking of which, I just sold myself to Lu Xuan like that. Isn’t that hurting the enemy a thousand while losing eight hundred of my own?”
He was completely joking, since it was his own idea to have Lu Xuan’s company intervene.
If Lin Jianlu had directly negotiated with Tianhua from the beginning, they probably would have given him first place immediately.
But although he got the prize money, his older brother, Lin Jianlu, had incurred a favor, which didn’t align with the elder brother’s temperament and values.
He himself didn’t like owing favors, so why would he let Lin Jianlu ask?
However, now that he had already laid the net, it didn’t matter anymore; all that was left was for this elder brother to help pull it in.
In this situation, Lin Jianlu not only didn’t owe Tianhua any favors, but he also managed to uncover a minor blemish on the company’s reputation. This made it easier for Yan Han to bother Brother Lin.
Lin Jianlu said seriously, “If you sign, you sign. No one can force you to stay in the industry if you don’t want to.”
Yan Han blinked at him, “…Do I have too many privileges?”
“Yeah. A little.”
“Pretty good.”
“…”
Yan Han continued teasing him with a grin, “Maybe one day I’ll be starving and can work at your company to earn a living… With my good looks, do you think I can become famous?”
Lin Jianlu: “…”
Although he had become familiar with Brother Lin, Yan Han often chatted and joked around, but he still remembered his essential mission in this world.
During the summer vacation that followed, Brother Yan focused on preparing for the class placement exams after the start of the new semester.
Class 14 was good, but he couldn’t stay there stagnant.
All the competitions were over, and it was time for him to focus on his studies. Only by going to the top classes, knowing the level of other students, and constantly competing with the top students could he improve.
After all, X University, which he ultimately wanted to attend, was a university that only a handful of students from Luze High School could get into each year.
…For others, the college entrance exam was just a turning point in life; if it didn’t go well, it didn’t matter, there would be other opportunities.
But for him, the college entrance exam was different; it was a matter of life and death!
If he didn’t get into X University, he would have to go back and die, so who dared to slack off! He first finished all his summer homework and then spent most of the summer reviewing the previous material.
He had the courseware from the top student live-streaming system at hand, had a certain foundation, and the questions he had practiced in the top student competition were still fresh in his mind, so reviewing the material was not as difficult as it had been at the beginning.
And because the difficulty was not high, he didn’t need to ask the top student for help all the time while doing this, so Yan Han didn’t often go to see Brother Lin during the later summer vacation. Lin Jianlu was busy with something, so the two of them didn’t contact each other much later on.
Yan Han occasionally spotted Wei Ningxin and his friends in the school cafeteria or sports field.
Since acquiring the Deep Focus skill, even Yan Han’s body couldn’t keep up. It was incredibly draining, and the prolonged periods of being unaware of his body and often motionless had caused his neck and back to ache.
Moreover, after more than two months of training, he had unlocked level two of Deep Focus, allowing him to enter a learning state for up to an hour each time, further straining his body.
Therefore, for the sake of his health and energy, and to master the “physical” skill as soon as possible, Yan Han spent every morning during summer vacation running and exercising on the main sports field before the sun became too strong or too hot.
Occasionally, he would join in with the sports students, running laps together.
Wei Ningxin and his cronies had become quite familiar with Yan Han, always greeting him and exchanging a few words whenever they saw him.
It was only then that Yan Han learned that the sports students at their school didn’t get summer vacation… it was a bit of a struggle.
Then, after a while, no one knew who started it, but one day he suddenly received a call from Wen Juerong, telling him to quickly go check out the anonymous forum.
Yan Han really couldn’t be bothered with that forum anymore. His experience over the semester had taught him that whatever happened on that forum had no impact on his real life, so he didn’t care. He also couldn’t possibly take the time to check it himself.
At that moment, the older brother lazily asked, “What now?”
“You’ve been called out on the anonymous forum! They’re saying you are involved with some sports students during the summer vacation, saying you’re promiscuous…”
Yan Han: “???”
….
The clash with their morning exercise time wasn’t his intention. During the summer vacation, the indoor gymnasium wasn’t open to the public except for sports students. Wei Ningxin and the others also trained on the track at night; he couldn’t very well be expected to run on the track in the early morning sun, could he?
Yan Han simply didn’t want to care what others said, so he was even less likely to give up exercising because of it.
Most of the sports students, even those with partners, didn’t avoid suspicion. Besides, it was just a few words exchanged and an occasional lap race; how could some people be so quick to make assumptions?
Yan Han treated all the familiar sports students the same.
As for those who gossiped, he ignored them completely.
During summer vacation, besides studying, there were few other entertainment activities, and social interactions were minimal. Wen Juerong had only mentioned it to him once, so Yan Han didn’t take the rumors to heart.
He quickly forgot about them.
However, perhaps because there were more people gossiping during the holidays, these rumors persisted until the start of the new semester, remaining persistent.
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