Chapter 351 - Nearby Person—Water Lotus Moon! (1/2)

Afternoon.

It was already 3PM.

No matter how long he waited and waited, the Red String of Fate did not seem to have taken effect!

Oh? It can't be? Why was there no effect this time?

Zhang Ye had waited for so long, that even the flowers had wilted. Don't even talk about developing further with Wu Zeqing, he had not even been able to meet with President Wu. Thus, Zhang Ye did not stay any longer and just packed up. He said goodbye to his colleagues before joining a few other lecturers downstairs who were also heading home for the day.

Who knew that when Zhang Ye reached the first floor, he immediately spotted Wu Zeqing who was not too far away. It was not that his eyes were sharp, but that Wu Zeqing was too eye-catching. Such a beauty would be the focus of attention wherever she went. You couldn't help but see her even if you didn’t want to. There were five to six people walking alongside Wu Zeqing. It looked liked she had brought them along for official matters. From their conversation, it sounded like a small auditorium in the school needed some renovation work.

”It's not simple to modify the roof, right?”

”It needs to be refurbished once over no matter what.”

”If the facility lighting needs to be completely changed, then the overall work required would be rather intensive.”

Wu Zeqing and those workers walked past Zhang Ye. She did not even look at him.

Zhang Ye stood still for a moment, thinking if there would be an unexpected situation. Like whether Wu Zeqing would suddenly call him over or she might suddenly say that she was knocking off and ask Zhang Ye to send her home. He was just looking forward to something happening that would let the two of them become closer,but Zhang Ye was disappointed once again. President Wu had already brought the group to the small auditorium. Nothing happened and Zhang Ye had wasted the entire day waiting.

Whatever.

It's time to go home.

Zhang Ye could only drive off in his car. This lousy Red String of Fate was not doing its job today. Could it be that the gulf between him and President Wu was too large and their Marriage Affinity could not be connected together? That couldn't be. Zhang Ye looked down and saw that the Red String of Fate was still tied to his ankle and had not broken yet. This showed that their fates were still connected somehow. Hai, as he pondered further, Zhang Ye also slowly realised that for two people to get together, would usually take long term battling together, getting to know each other, etc, etc, etc. It would be a long path to traverse and this was even with connected fates. Some people knew each other for over 10 years before finally getting together, so for him, these few hours was nothing to be too anxious about. Marriage Affinity and cupid's luck were 2 very different things.

At home.

It was the weekend, so both of his parents were resting.

Zhang Ye was opening the gates with his key when someone suddenly opened the door from inside. Zhang Ye had a big fright!

It was his mother!

Zhang Ye wiped the sweat from his head said, ”It's you! You gave me a scare!”

”My son is back! Quick, quick! Come in, come in. Are you tired?” His mother pulled Zhang Ye into the house in a very warm and pa.s.sionate manner.

Zhang Ye changed into his slippers, ”I'm not tired. The cla.s.ses ended already and there wasn't much to do at school today.”

Dad nodded, ”Little Ye is back?”

”Yes, Dad. What are you two doing? Why aren't you watching TV?” Zhang Ye asked.

Dad said, ”We were just talking about you.”

Zhang Ye said, ”Oh, what about me?”

Mom broke out into a smile, ”What do you think? You have done your Dad and I proud! You've secretly gone on the pages of People's Daily! That’s really good! I've always said that my son's a great person! I've said it before! You see! We're talking about People's Daily here! It's not a paper that any Tom, d.i.c.k, or Harry could get onto! Even if you paid a lot of money, you wouldn't be able to appear on it! It's still my son who has such an ability! That ”Ode to Young China” was so well written!”

Dad said in a speechless manner, ”You said that? What did you say? Did you say that last night? You stopped our son and gave him such a scolding yesterday, saying that he did not respect his elders!”

Mom rolled her eyes, ”Did I say that?”

Dad ignored her and just continued reading the paper, ”You know it yourself, whether you said it or not.”

”Son, quickly have a drink.” His mother did not bother to bring up last night's events, ”Hur Hur, Mom will prepare dinner tonight, tell me what you want to eat!”

Zhang Ye laughed, ”I'm fine with anything.” As he said that, his eyes swept over to a stack of newspapers on the coffee table. There were more than 10 copies sitting on it, ”Oh, what’s that?”

His father looked over and said, ”Your mum bought all the People's Daily newspaper she could find on the streets from more than 10 newspaper vendors. She was giving them out in the district until the security guards came over to stop her thinking that she was handing out advertis.e.m.e.nts. Your mum with her bad temper even got into an argument with them.”

Zhang Ye: ”...”

His mother said indignantly, ”Who asked that guard not to know better? With my looks and bearing as a celebrity's mother, would I need to give out advertis.e.m.e.nts? Wasn't he asking to be scolded?! I was just chatting with our neighbours. Why was he so bothered? Of course I would give him a piece of my mind!”

Dad said in an annoyed fas.h.i.+on, ”A celebrity's mother has such qualities? What would others think if they knew? Our son has done us proud, but you should also think of how you should do him proud.”

His mother said in a fl.u.s.tered tone, ”Son, did Mom make you lose face? Tell us!”

What could Zhang Ye say? He could only cough and say, ”No.”

”See what our son says!” His mother stared at his father, ”I'm shaming our son? You are the one who's throwing away his face. Always wearing that sort of clothing and never changing your style. Little Ye is now doing well and earning big bucks. He's given us enough and you don't even want to buy new clothes? You are like a country b.u.mpkin!”

Dad stared back, ”My s.h.i.+rts are all handmade. Look at the quality, it's so good. They don't need changing even after so many years too, how is it old fas.h.i.+oned?”

Mom pouted, ”Let your son decide, I can't be bothered about you.”

The old couple began squabbling and Zhang Ye was at a loss of whether to laugh or cry. He did not want to get himself involved, so he slowly walked back into his room and lay on his bed waiting for dinner.

After dinner.