CHAPTER 987: CHAPTER 570: SHE’S HERE!

Living room.

Guo Ran followed the middle-aged woman into the room, then saw there was a man on the sofa in front of the coffee table.

She glanced at him, and although the man was sitting on the sofa and didn’t stand up, she roughly estimated that he was about 175cm tall.

The height was acceptable, but the man was very thin, extremely skinny, with a lot of acne scars and pimples on his face, which didn’t look very clean.

Just by appearance, Guo Ran couldn’t accept it. She didn’t expect him to be very handsome, but at least clean.

Although she felt this inwardly, Guo Ran didn’t show it on her face and remained polite.

On the contrary, when the man saw Guo Ran, his eyes instantly lit up.

At 23, it’s the most beautiful age for a woman, and Guo Ran had a graceful appearance with a scholarly temperament typical of teachers.

A young and beautiful female teacher is perpetual currency in the dating market. The man’s attitude became warmer, completely not shy, and he greeted enthusiastically:

"Hello, hello, are you Mr. Guo!"

"I’m Sun Zhiqiang!"

Before this meeting, the intermediary had already told him about Guo Ran’s information and shown him a photo. Sun Zhiqiang approached with a trial mindset, and unexpectedly, Guo Ran looked much better in person than in the photo.

This made Sun Zhiqiang wildly imagine, thinking that marrying a wife like her would definitely bring face wherever he went, filling his 27 loveless years with hope.

"Hello, I’m Guo Ran." Guo Ran greeted back but did not shake hands.

The intermediary Aunt Chen smiled kindly, "Oh, you two young people must have common topics. I’ll go to the kitchen to cut some fruit, and you two chat."

After Aunt Chen left, only the two of them were left in the living room, and the atmosphere was slightly awkward.

Fortunately, the living room’s LCD TV was broadcasting today’s marathon, and the host’s voice through the TV screen slightly eased the awkwardness.

"Let me introduce myself first. I am a local from Yuzhou; my dad has a factory in the industrial park. I usually help with the factory’s finances."

This sentence was not true; actually, it’s his mom who does the finances, and he’s pretty much unemployed.

But, well, when out and about, one’s identity is self-assigned, so adding some gilding is necessary, right?

Guo Ran: "A teacher at Yu Zhou Fourth Middle School, teaching chemistry."

"Being a teacher is great, stable work, lots of holidays, but the salary isn’t much, unless you open a tutoring class." Sun Zhiqiang, facing a beauty, couldn’t help but show off his capability. "Actually, it’s easy to open a tutoring class; it mainly depends on connections for admissions."

"I live in Yu Lake View, a villa community full of wealthy people. If you get to know these people, you definitely won’t worry about students in the future; earning hundreds of thousands a year isn’t a problem."

Guo Ran smiled and nodded. In her past life, she heard similar words many times, but unlike other women, she never easily believed them after a few words.

She only smiled at this, warmly and kindly, her tone gentle and soft: "I now plan to study more, gain experience, and consider these things once my teaching level improves."

Seeing her like this, Sun Zhiqiang thought she enjoyed the topic and shook his head to negate: "It’s not that your teaching is great and someone will want you to tutor; this world relies on connections."

He began to discuss eloquently, imparting more grand principles.

Guo Ran listened, her attitude gentle, and the words she spoke were like a light spring rain.

Sun Zhiqiang only felt that talking to her was very soothing, like a spring breeze, especially since Guo Ran was very pretty, with a soft facial contour, delicate features like a painting, and fair skin like jade, with a faint blush.

Just sitting there, she emitted a tranquil and gentle beauty, refreshing and inspiring.

"I heard from Aunt Chen that she asked you to stay at her house last year, but you refused. Where are you staying now?" Sun Zhiqiang was trying to delve into her life.

"The teacher’s dormitory provided by the school," Guo Ran replied.

"What, still staying in a dormitory? How could that environment be nice!" Sun Zhiqiang said, "I have a house near the Fourth Middle School..."

Guo Ran politely declined: "The dormitory environment is quite nice."

Previously, the Fourth Middle School’s teacher dormitory was already good, and later, Evergreen Liquid donated a large sum of money, and the principal upgraded the appliances in the teacher dormitory. Also, as a single woman, living on the school premises was very safe.

Sun Zhiqiang listened to her words but didn’t quite believe it; how good could the teacher’s dormitory environment be? It was just for some teachers who couldn’t afford a house.

He sat up straight and looked into Guo Ran’s clear, warm, and shimmering eyes: "Earlier, I heard from Aunt Chen that you’re a very strong and independent girl."

Guo Ran sighed. Aunt Chen was really good at labeling her, and she reluctantly responded: "Not really."

She didn’t feel strong in the least.

Sun Zhiqiang stared at her, sincere: "But you know, strong people often live a very tiring life!"

Guo Ran: "It’s not tiring for me."

What’s tiring about her? The job was leisurely, the salary was enough for one person, and she could save a bit. Students even gave her throat-soothing candy and cosmetics. During holidays, she could even visit other cities to hang out with her girlfriends.

Life was very comfortable.

Oh, it was tiring, indeed, for instance, being tricked by Aunt Chen to come for a blind date at this moment.

Sun Zhiqiang waved a finger: "Look at you, I said you’re strong, and you won’t admit it, isn’t that proof of being strong?"

Guo Ran felt a bit muddled by his logic.

But she heard Sun Zhiqiang say: "Now, it’s fine, you used to be strong, but from now on, don’t be strong anymore."

Guo Ran was taken aback: "Why?"

Sun Zhiqiang laughed resolutely and boldly, patting his chest with a thumping sound: "Because your [strong] is here."