Chapter 117 Give You an Opportunity

  Musical instruments, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry, songs and fu, all literary and artistic projects are listed in the separate competition category, and biology, chemistry, mathematics, etc. are also listed.

  Because the participants in the friendly match are all elites cultivated within the school, the competition is extremely fierce, and the spectators are even more enjoyable.

  In the end, Su Mo didn't participate in the competition again. The Taekwondo competition was won by Ning Shi Yang, and every item of the competition was taken by students from Donghai University. One by one, the leaders of Jinghua University were so angry that their heads were steaming with rage.

  In short, Donghai University won a crushing victory over Jinghua University, and Su Moye didn't know how the media would follow up on this afterwards. Anyway, after the competition ended, she sent her friends back to Donghai and then took leave again, returning to Beijing alone.

  Because when leaving, Song Xue Li met with her, it has been more than a year since she last saw Song Xue Li, and even had no contact, knowing that she was resentful in her heart. There were also some things to be dealt with on the side of the capital, so she could only stay in the capital for a while.

  Flying to Beijing, thinking back to when I just returned to school, Wang Mingzhi's smiling face was full of joy, knowing that this time's Beijing joint training session did not disappoint her. Without sending a high-level school leader to follow, she entrusted everyone to Su Moruo's leadership, and the final result did not disappoint her either.

  As soon as I arrived at the airport, my phone was turned on and a text message popped up. Looking at the content of the message, the corner of my mouth twitched slightly. I walked slowly to the entrance of the airport and saw Song Xue Li leaning against a red Ferrari not far away, pulling her suitcase over to her at a leisurely pace.

  "Who are you, I don't know." Su Mo walked into the red Ferrari, and the fashionable girl glanced at him with a slanted gaze, then turned sideways and opened the car door to get in.

  Knowing why Song Xue Li was angry, Su Mo Ruo slowly stretched out her hand and knocked on the car window.

  The car window slowly rolled down, revealing Song Xue Li's face full of displeasure. "What are you doing? I already said I don't know you."

  "That's it, I'm leaving." Hearing this, Su Moer picked up her suitcase and turned around to leave.

  "Hey, can't you just go along with me for once? It's clearly your fault, but somehow it ends up looking like I'm the one who's in the wrong. " Su Mo walked a few steps before Song Xue Li's dissatisfied roar came from behind him.

  Slowly stopping in his tracks, he turned his head to look at Song Xue Li with a helpless expression, "You're not unaware of the situation back then."

  "But you've never contacted me all along." Song Xue Li's tone carried a hint of dissatisfaction.

  "Didn't you say you didn't know me?" Su Mo Ruo looked at Song Xue Li with a seemingly smiling yet not quite smiling expression, her tone teasing.

  Who would have thought that Su Mo Ruo would suddenly turn the conversation around, instantly becoming flustered and embarrassed, biting her lip and staring fiercely at Su Mo Ruo, but unable to utter a single word.

  She turned around and walked a few steps to Song Xue Li's side. For this friend, she still cherished her relatively more. As the young lady of a large family, it was rare for her to maintain such a pure heart, although she had some of her own small temper, but she could feel that towards her, she was very sincere. Such friends were hard to come by.

  "Alright, alright, let's hurry up, I'm starving." Su Mo Ruo had one arm around Song Xue Li as they headed towards the Ferrari.

  "Han Xiang has already booked a table, let's go to our usual gathering place." Song Xue Li sat in the driver's seat, looking at Su Mo Ruo who was resting with her eyes closed in the passenger seat, and mentioned it lightly.

  "Hmm." Also don't know if it's because I've been resting too much lately, but I seem to have lost some of my usual energy and get drowsy more easily.

  She didn't know when she arrived at the restaurant, but Su Mo Ruo only felt a faintly familiar male voice in her ear, and her slightly blurry eyes opened to see Tan Yun Ning's gentle and handsome face.

  "What are you doing here?" Su Mo's brain was still in a state of short circuit, and he hadn't yet come back to his senses when these words suddenly popped out of his mouth.

  Tang Yunning's originally gentle and handsome face flashed with a hint of dark energy, "What do you mean I'm here?"

  "...Uh..." The words that followed were left unspoken by Su Mo, replaced only by an awkward smile.

  Looking at Su Mo Ruo like this, Tan Yun Ning immediately smiled warmly, "Haven't you been resting well lately?" Looking at Su Mo Ruo's tired appearance, Tan Yun Ning asked with some heartache.

  "No, I feel like I've been sleeping a lot lately and it's not good for me, getting lazier and lazier." She shook her head, sighed in her heart, indeed a life of toil. A lifetime of hard work, just a little idle time, sleep a bit more, and surprisingly, the more you want to rest, nothing can be done, indeed cannot relax oneself.

  Upon entering the restaurant, the familiar decor, bright and clean windows, and elegant tablecloths and curtains create an atmosphere as refined as a lady. Everyone's tone of voice is softer when dining and speaking, as if each guest fears disturbing others in the restaurant.

  It's still the small private room where a few people used to gather frequently, but now the status and thinking of the four individuals are completely different from before, especially Lin Hanxiang and Song Xueli.

  Who would have thought that the two of them had already become a real couple and were in the midst of a passionate romance.

  But the Song family seems to be unaware of this matter, which is what Tan Yun Ning and Su Mo Ruo are more worried about. The Song family is a wealthy and influential family, while Lin Han Xiang is poor and has nothing but his talent. If he rashly goes to their doorstep, even if the Song family doesn't care about social status, Song Xue Li is after all their only daughter, the future heir of the family, how can they just let her marry a man who is so poor?

  The Song couple must have made arrangements for their daughter's future. If the two are no longer around, then someone who can be mentioned in the same breath as the Song Group must be found to take care of their daughter. Only then can there be someone to support and rely on each other with their daughter after they leave, and work together to develop the group further, so that the group can go even farther.

  As soon as Song Xue Li walked in, she directly sat down beside Lin Han Xiang. Her demeanor seemed completely disregarding the presence of the two of them, smiling and serving Lin Han Xiang with chopsticks, herself appearing to be having a great time.

  Lin Hanxiang had a helpless expression as he looked at Su Moruo and Tan Yunning, "Every time it's like this, no matter what I say she won't listen."

  "That's great, finally someone can suppress her." Su Mo said calmly, looking at Lin Huanxiang's bitter melon face.

  She remembered when she first met Song Xue Li, she was a rich young lady with people always flattering her. She wasn't good at making friends either, all she knew was that having money would attract countless people to get close to her. It's even more impossible for her to do things like serving dishes and holding chopsticks for a man voluntarily. That Lin Han Xiang could change her to this extent is truly not easy.

  "What did you just say? What do you mean by suppressing me?" Song Xueli looked up, her eyes flashing a warning as she spoke.

  "Haha, look, you're getting angry now."

  "Alright, you hurry up and eat, I've had enough here, how can I finish so much?" As for Song Xue Li, it was all because of Su Mo Ruo that she got to know her. Actually, at the beginning, she didn't like this princess-like girl, but as they gradually interacted, she slowly changed herself in a way that could be seen with the naked eye. Now, she can spend an entire month constantly visiting the kitchen just to make a meal for Song Xue Li, so that she can have a good home-cooked meal.

  He remembered his mother saying that if a woman could cook and do chores for you, especially when she didn't know how to but learned anyway, it meant that this woman truly loved and cared for you. If you accepted such a woman, you would be happy for the rest of your life.

  Song Xue Li did as she was told, and after Lin Han Xiang said that, she put down the public chopsticks, picked up her own chopsticks, and started eating slowly.

  For such a gentle and quiet Song Xue Li, Su Mo Ruo was not surprised in his heart. After all, compared to the previous Song Xue Li who was fierce and violent, it was simply too surprising.

  After dinner, the four of them found a teahouse and started chatting for a long time. It had been some days since they last met, and Tan Yunning and Lin Huanxiang hadn't contacted each other in two years due to work reasons.

  "Mo Ruo, how about you transferring to Donghai University?" Lin Huanxiang also knew that Su Mo Ruo was transferring to Donghai, and although he was surprised by her decision, considering the way Jinghua University treated Su Mo Ruo and the attitude of Donghai University towards her, even if it were him, he would probably have decided to transfer to Donghai as well.

  Song Xue Li, who was standing beside her, curled up her mouth and said, "They're actually very good. You know our school's joint tournament? This year they let this guy lead a group of Donghai University thugs to steal the first place title, greatly defeating our school's proud geniuses... Fortunately, I didn't participate, otherwise my face would have been completely lost." Song Xue Li narrowed her eyes and smiled ambiguously at Su Mo Ruo.

  Lin Hanxiang has been very busy lately, and I haven't heard of him before. It's just that every year, the school has a friendly match with Donghai University, which he knows about because he knows that the principal of Jinghua, Yang Chongshan, and the principal of Donghai, Wang Mingzhi, used to be soldiers together and are old comrades with a good relationship.

  Tan Yunning finally spoke up at this time, "You're very clever, dodged a bullet." But the words that came out were neither salty nor bland, and almost made Song XueLi throw a cup of tea directly in his face.

  The corners of her mouth twitched slightly as she waited for Tan Yunning, and in her heart, she really didn't understand how this poisonous tongue could say such things and still maintain a calm demeanor. Song Xue Li was truly baffled.

  She immediately turned her head to look at Su Mo Ruo, "Mo Ruo, you must be careful not to get involved with this man. Look at him, his mouth is poisonous, being with him will only bring you trouble in the future."

  Song Xue Li spoke with relish, but didn't notice that Tan Yun Ning's aura had gradually transformed into icy coldness, his eyes seemed like sharp knives, fiercely staring at Song Xue Li.

  "What are you doing?" After finishing speaking, Song Xue Li raised her head to look at Su Mo Ruo, only then did she realize that three pairs of eyes were staring at her, filled with doubt and muttering.

  "You're too noisy." Tan Yun Ning frowned at Lin Han Xiang, his tone didn't fluctuate in the slightest, but he was absolutely able to hear that he was messing around.

  Hearing this, Song Xue Li suddenly became anxious, her face red with anger as she stood up, her eyes wide like a cow's, pointing at Tan Yun Ning, "Do you have to be so venomous? Do you also want to interfere in my affairs with Han Xiang?"

  "It was you first," Tan Yunning said with a confident tone, staring at Song Xue without blinking, making Song Xue feel embarrassed and speechless, she sat back in her own seat.

  "Alright, you know Yun Ning's personality, and by speaking to him like that, you're just asking for trouble." Lin Han Xiang smiled wryly as he placed his hand on Song Xue Li's shoulder, his face filled with helplessness. Most of the time, Song Xue Li's stubborn little temper left him at a loss for what to do.

  "Alright, let's get back on track." Su Mo said lightly, pulling everyone out of the vortex with her words.

  Lin Hanxiang's face had an additional hint of a smile, and he continued to ask simply, "You sound quite busy, could it be that you've already started your own business, just like you mentioned before?"

  "Hmm." There's no need to hide anything now, after all, there have been many reports about the Mu Group in Hong Kong, and as the chairman, although she doesn't often appear in the media, if someone really wants to know, her identity can't be hidden. Moreover, she is not a stranger to Lin Hanxiang, previously she had thought of inviting him to work for her, but he found a job first, and also never expressed any dissatisfaction with his current job in front of them, so suddenly asking him to come work for her would seem a bit abrupt.

  "What's the situation now?" Thinking about his work on this side, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Without a background, only ability, no matter how hard he struggled in the company, he could only be a mid-level manager. Unless he met his lifetime benefactor, it seemed that he would find it difficult to rise higher in his life.

  Many people say it's easy to start a business, but when they actually do it, they realize how difficult it is. Starting a company and making a profit is not something that can be done easily without a solid network of connections.

  "How was your day? How's work?"

  Listening to Su Mo asking about his work, Lin Han Xiang smiled faintly, "It's okay, anyway, it's always like this wherever I go."

  "What's wrong, didn't go as planned?" Su Mo Ruo asked softly, sensing Lin Han Xiang's thoughts.

  This time, without waiting for Lin Hanxiang to speak, Song XueLi had already spoken up, "Needless to say, I've told him many times before. Since this job isn't going smoothly, then don't do it. Either he can start his own business or let him come to our family's company. Anyway, in the future..."

  "What are you talking about? I've said it all before. Work is the same everywhere, and there are many times when things don't go smoothly. With your way of thinking and temperament, you're just a spoiled rich girl who lacks nothing. Of course, you wouldn't understand our thoughts. I've said it before, being with me won't give you the luxurious life that the Song family provides, because I don't have parents as good as yours..." Lin Hanxiang's face was filled with anger, his voice slightly raised as he spoke, his head tilted to one side as he looked at Song Xueli.

  This Lin Hansheng is someone Su Mo has never met before, but he also understands his thoughts. After all, as a talented young man without any background, wanting to make something of himself, yet not having such a platform, being stuck in one company, doing work he doesn't like, must be suffocating for him. And Song Xue's words are just like a spark.

  Song Xue Li was also frightened by Lin Han Xiang's sudden outburst, her eyes were red from being yelled at, but she stubbornly endured it and didn't let herself cry.

  Looking at this situation, Su Mo could only advise Song Xue Li, "Xue Li don't think too much, Shifu is also because of the pressure being too great."

  Lin Hanxiang is now also speechless, lowering his head to drink tea in a depressed manner, as if the tea was wine, drinking it in big gulps without even taking a breath, looking extremely anxious.

  Song Xue Li's eyes were red, and she carefully looked at Lin Han Xiang. She had been with Lin Han Xiang for more than half a year, and they had always gotten along warmly. Today was the first time Lin Han Xiang had lost his temper with her. Before this, she had thought that this was just Lin Han Xiang's standard as a good man, but now it seemed that every man had a temper. The things she said today, upon careful consideration, were indeed not right. After all, Lin Han Xiang and she came from completely different backgrounds, so how could he listen to her and directly go to their family's company? He was so capable and talented, and he wanted to find a stage where he could showcase himself through his own efforts.

  "Do you want to be your own boss?" Su Mo asked Lin Hanxiang lightly.

  This remark made Tan Yun Ning look at Su Mo Ruo, knowing that she was not a person who favored relatives. Since she said this, it means that she appreciated Lin Han Xiang's ability, and secondly, the friendship between the two of them could make her trustworthy. Moreover, since they were just friends or siblings in a mentorship relationship, entering the company management would not lead to criticism.

  Suddenly hearing Su Mo's words, Lin Han Xiang instinctively knew that this was said to himself, raised his head to look at Su Mo, looking at her deep and mysterious eyes, his heart slightly moved, but shook his head, "To start a company, there are too many experiences that I need to accumulate, too many connections that I need to build up, wanting to establish one's own company, have one's own career, this is probably something everyone wants to do, but it's easier said than done."

  "What do you do in this company now?"

  "I originally applied for a management position, but in the end, I only got an assistant to the general manager... But what I do is basically all the work of the general manager. Many documents are directly handled by me, and then he just takes a look." Lin Hanxiang said about his current job, can't help feeling frustrated. He clearly applied for the position of general manager, even if not that one, at least should have been given a deputy general manager, but unexpectedly ended up with an assistant to the general manager, doing things that the general manager needs to handle, yet without having any authority as a general manager. Many times his proposals are rejected, he never has the opportunity, no stage to showcase his talents. Since entering the company, it's like being a pearl covered in dust, all his talents are suppressed.

  "So if I give you a management position, will you seize it?" As soon as he said this, Su Mo's eyes sparkled with spirit and looked straight at Lin Hanxiang, waiting for his response.

  "...you..." Lin Han Xiang suddenly heard this sentence and for a moment couldn't react in time.

  Lin Hanxiang, who had been suppressed for two years, was a bit suffocated. As for her sudden words, he couldn't bear it and repeated again, "I'm saying, if I give you the opportunity to be in a management position, will you grasp it?" Then continued staring at him.

  "...... Of course, I will." Lin Hanxiang's face was filled with surprise, this sudden news was so sudden for her.

  He slightly nodded and took out a business card from his bag and handed it over to Lin Huanxiang.

  The name card, looking at the content above, his eyebrows gradually furrowed, because this name card was not Su Mo Ruo's own, but a person named Hui Qin's name card, and the position was even more strange, secretary?

  Digression

  I'm back a bit late, I'll post one chapter first and then continue writing. There will be another update later, the promised 10,000-word update will definitely be fulfilled today, but it might exceed midnight, still counts as today's update though.