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Chapter 124: Hakixuan, You Rascal

Everyone felt curious and whispered among themselves.

A male student in a well-tailored suit walked toward the guests’ seats.

Shen Qingshu, who listened to the discussion, noticed him and stepped forward at once.

“He’s here.”

The crowd heard the voice, stopped whispering, and looked at the newcomer.

When they saw his face clearly, confusion appeared on everyone’s face.

They wondered why the deputy supervisor suddenly appeared.

Scenes like this rarely appeared at such times.

Moreover, he dressed so formally; did it mean the person replacing the boss was actually him?

When Shen Qingxuan walked up, everyone finally reacted, sprang to their feet, and greeted him.

Shen Qingxuan nodded to each of them, waited until they sat down, and then smiled and said, “Relax, everyone. I just receive a last-minute arrangement from the company and come over to join the fun.”

Hearing this, their expressions eased a little, yet their doubts did not disappear.

Because Shen Qingxuan stood there, no one dared voice their thoughts.

After he chatted with them for a few moments, Shen Qingxuan picked up his phone and opened the chat window with Jiang Yubing.

Several messages from Jiang Yubing already waited there, mostly telling him not to be nervous.

When Shen Qingxuan intended to reply, a new message popped up.

Hurry Up and Sleep: “[Husband has not replied for three minutes and five seconds. You aren’t chatting with other little sisters and forgetting me, are you?]”

Hurry Up and Sleep: “[Kitten crying emoji!]”

Seeing the emoji Jiang Yubing sent, Shen Qingxuan paused for a second.

Then the corners of his mouth slowly lifted, and the last trace of tension inside him vanished.

Shen Qingxuan thought for a moment, slid his finger through the emoji panel, found a panda face, and sent it.

Above the emoji, bold words said, “[Your husband is here!]”

Next to it lay another similar one that Shen Qingxuan usually used to greet close friends.

As soon as the emoji went out, a video call popped up on the phone, obviously because Jiang Yubing waited for his reply.

Shen Qingxuan hesitated not at all and tapped accept.

After the video connected, the two simply stared at each other, and neither intended to speak.

After a short while, the host on stage announced, “Next, let’s invite the sponsor representative to speak.”

Shen Qingxuan heard this, waved goodbye to Jiang Yubing, and hung up.

Then he stood up, straightened his clothes, and walked toward the stage.

He barely left when the others started whispering.

“So, the person who replaces the boss is the deputy supervisor?”

“Looks like it is. But I really don’t get it. What gives him the right?”

“We worked hard for days; the deputy supervisor never helped, and now he dares to steal the boss’s credit.”

“I don’t understand it. Even if they are cousins by marriage, the boss wouldn’t step aside like this.”

“I have no idea what the company is thinking, tolerating this conduct.”

Meanwhile, in the audience seats.

“Hao, stop looking so glum. Look, the sponsor representative is about to speak.”

Zhao Hu spoke while nudging Zhang Yunhao with his elbow.

“I heard the school sports meet is always sponsored by Jiangbei Group.”

Zhao Hu kept talking, looked at the figure walking onto the stage, and exclaimed, “Whoa! Is the representative this young?”

Facing Zhao Hu’s question, Zhang Yunhao only gave a faint “Oh” as a reply.

At that moment, he lowered his head and stared blankly at the phone on his thigh.

On the phone screen, a mass of green chat text and a glaring red exclamation mark looked out of place amid the lively atmosphere.

At that moment, a voice rang out on stage: “Respected teachers and dear students, good morning…”

Hearing the voice, Zhao Hu felt it sounded familiar.

He lifted his eyes toward the speaker on stage, and a classic curse burst from his mouth, “Damn!”

The students around him looked at him strangely but quickly looked away.

Zhao Hu saw that the other showed no reaction and tugged at him.

“Hao, look! It’s Shen Qingxuan.”

Zhang Yunhao responded casually, “Got it.”

In his opinion, seeing Shen Qingxuan at the sports meet was normal, so what was the fuss about?

“I mean…”

“Ah, just look at the stage anyway.”

Zhao Hu was so shocked that he became tongue-tied and simply made Zhang Yunhao look at the stage.

Zhang Yunhao looked puzzled; wasn’t the person on stage just a Jiangbei Group representative giving a speech?

Whether in junior high or college life, school leaders always talked a lot.

Yet the voice did sound familiar; surely Shen Qingxuan wasn’t giving the speech on stage.

No way, right? With this doubt in mind, Zhang Yunhao lifted his eyes toward the stage.

At that sight, he also couldn’t hold back a curse, “Damn!”

The student beside him looked at Zhang Yunhao with displeasure.

“Why the big reaction? Do you know the person on stage?”

They tolerated Zhao Hu’s outburst because of his fighting power.

“As for you, are you done yet?”

Zhang Yunhao hurriedly made an apologetic gesture to them.

After they looked away, he turned his gaze back to the stage.

Watching Shen Qingxuan bask in glory on stage, Zhang Yunhao almost ground his molars to pieces.

“Hakixuan, you rascal…”

“On what basis!”

“That’s the Jiangbei Group representative.”

“You quietly won the first campus belle, and now when did you become the Jiangbei Group representative?”

“Answer me!”

“You did nothing and still grabbed the MVP in the end!”

“Freeloader!”

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Song Shi searched the crowd with his eyes but still failed to find the figure that haunted his thoughts.

He remembered clearly that she nodded that day and admitted she was from Jiangbei College.

A whole month passed; they never met, and even when the school forum erupted, she never came out to clarify anything.

He originally thought she would surely come to such a large event as the sports meet.

Just to see her once, Song Shi even registered as a volunteer.

While he was thinking, a buddy who was also a volunteer shouted behind him, “Song Shi, why are you standing here spacing out? They’re waiting for us over there!”

Song Shi snapped back to reality, turned his head, and saw the buddy looking at him in confusion.

He waved his hand in embarrassment and replied, “No, nothing. I just spaced out for a moment.”

The buddy curled his lip. “You’ve been absent-minded all day. Did you set your eyes on some senior?”

As he spoke, he placed a hand on Song Shi’s shoulder and whispered in his ear, “Who is it? Let me see what’s going on.”

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