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Chapter 259 Dean Teng

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At that time, in May.

In the early summer of City B, the sky is full of poplar catkins, and the whole city is full of big rose flowers, which are in full bloom on the flower racks on both sides of the road.

Houhai on weekends is the most leisurely and comfortable.With water, you can see the mountains, weeping willows brush the banks, the streets are full of green shade, the green leaves in the park are covered, and the water is as green as oil.

A gust of cool early summer wind blows in from the wooden windows, and the bells on the door curtain jingle in the quiet teahouse private room.

Teng Zhongqian was wearing a Chinese-style white shirt with a stand collar, black trousers, long sleeves rolled up to the elbow, and an old-fashioned silver watch with a white dial on his left wrist.

Dressed like this, he looks like an ordinary middle-aged man.

He was sitting under the window, holding a white porcelain teacup in his hand, smiling at Tang Xi'en, kindly and cordially.

Tang Xi'en was in a trance for a while, and for a moment he forgot that the man in front of him, who was as close as the uncle next door, was the most authoritative person in the judicial circle.

She stood outside the door, looked at him, swallowed her throat, and after a long time, she called out shyly, "Hello, Dean Teng."

Teng Zhongqian put down his teacup, put one hand on his lap naturally, and beckoned to her with the other: "Xiao Tang, come in quickly."

Tang Xi'en squeezed the bag strap that was straddling his body, and after entering the private room, he turned around and pulled the wooden sliding door.

She went to sit down opposite Teng Zhongqian, straightened her back subconsciously, and looked at her with a smile: "Hello, Dean Teng, what can I do for you?" She tried her best to make herself look decent.

Teng Zhongqian looked at her with a smile, and said straight to the point: "I saw the "Lawyer Says" you participated in, and there was a lot of noise on the Internet, saying that you were going to enter the entertainment industry to make movies. I don't want the legal and political circles to lose a talent like you. That’s why I decided to meet you.”

His tone was relaxed and he smiled the whole time, which eased Tang Xien's nervousness a lot.

Tang Xien pursed his lips, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "A film company came to ask me if I wanted to make a movie, and I have already declined. The reason why I went to "Lawyer Says" was because the law firm I opened with my friend hadn't received any cases. That's why I thought about appearing on the show to advertise. I definitely have no idea of ​​entering the entertainment circle."

"That's good." Teng Zhongqian nodded, poured a cup of tea for her, and also poured a cup for himself.

While drinking tea, he looked at Tang Xi'en who was sitting opposite him through the thin water mist, just like the first time he saw her at Gu's house.

If his eyes were full of suspicion when he looked at Gu's family, then his eyes were full of relief when he looked at him like this.The way she looked at her changed unconsciously, as if looking at another person through her.

Tang Xi'en drank his tea with his head down, put down the teacup, seemed to hide his embarrassment, smiled with his lips pursed, and there was a deep dimple on the right side of his cheek.

"I heard that the Department of Treaty and Law of the Ministry of Commerce has always wanted you to come over, but you didn't agree?" Teng Zhongqian put down his teacup and asked with a smile.

Tang Xien smiled, with a little embarrassment on his face. Originally, he wanted to explain that the reason why he couldn't go to the Law Department was because the financial pressure had not eased after the bankruptcy last year, but thinking about it, telling an unfamiliar elder that he It doesn't seem appropriate to be short of money, so I avoided the important thing and said lightly: "I want to make money first, and I can only look at the matter of going to the Judiciary later."

Teng Zhongqian listened patiently and didn't ask any further questions. After greeting her for tea, he poured another cup for her: "I heard that your hometown is from the city?"

"Yes," Tang Xi'en nodded, "Xiancheng County, Taobao Township, and Ruanjia Village."

"Taobao Township?" Teng Zhongqian put down the teapot in his hand, "I heard that the place is very poor, and it has not escaped poverty until now, and few of them can go to school. How did you go to the United States to study for a Ph. D.?"

"That's right. It's very poor, and everything you see is loess. After the house is built with mud bricks, it just lives like that. The poultry come and go in the yard and in the room. When it rains, your shoes and pants are all muddy." Tang Xien smiled, slender and white With greasy fingers pinching the rim of the teacup, she lowered her eyes to look at the clear yellow tea in the white jade porcelain cup.

"In our side, more than ten years ago, ordinary girls were not allowed to go to primary school. I was lucky. I went to the town to study in junior high school, then went to high school in the city, and went to Hong Kong to study undergraduate. Then I came back. I went to graduate school at B University. I just applied casually to Harvard to study for a Ph. D., but I got in unexpectedly.”

She spoke lightly, summarizing her difficult student days in a few words.It's not that she was embarrassed to let Teng Zhongqian know that she had a hard time in those years, but that she felt that it was not appropriate to talk about the sensational things in the past in front of an elder who met for the second time.

Just when Fu Shiyu asked her about her past, she tried her best to talk about it in a positive way. She only complained to Le Man when she was a poor student and in the lonely late night when she was a poor student.
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She didn't show off or cry miserably, but Teng Zhongqian felt all kinds of feelings in his heart.How could he not have imagined her experiences in those years, but if she didn't tell her, he wouldn't ask any more.

He tried his best to get close to her, so he planned to ask her more about things. When people are talking and recalling the past, it is easier to talk to the listener.

"You are very competitive." Teng Zhongqian said, "Now that you have gained a firm foothold in City B, have you ever thought about taking your parents over?"

"Yes. I took my mother and my sister over."

"How many brothers and sisters are there in your family?"

"There is also a brother and a sister."

"It's hard being a big sister, isn't it?"

When Teng Zhongqian asked about the Ruan family, Tang Xi'en suddenly didn't know how to answer.

She felt that her eyes were dry and her throat was a little choked.

As soon as the matter of the Ruan family was mentioned, she thought of Ruan Fusheng's ferocious appearance.But when she looked at Dean Teng, who had only met twice but cared about her, she felt complicated emotions.

She actually understood that she shouldn't tell Teng Zhongqian too much about her life experience, but for some reason, at this moment, she couldn't hide her words.

After struggling for a moment, she replied impulsively: "I am different from the traditional 'big sister'. My younger siblings and I were not born to the same father, and we have no relationship since we were young. With the intentional provocation of our stepfather, the relationship has become even colder, especially the younger brother. , I am often my enemy. But fortunately, I went to the town to study when I was very young, so I spent very little time growing up with them."

"Is your stepfather treating you badly?" Teng Zhongqian asked.

Tang Xi'en stared down at the teacup in his hand, bit his lower lip and shook his head, his eyes were slightly moist: "It's not very good." But he didn't say much, just summed up Ruan Fusheng's harsh treatment of her in those years in three words.

Teng Zhongqian looked at her like this, his eye sockets were also a little red, and his masseter muscles were clearly textured because of the clenched teeth.

His hand on the table was loosened and then tightened into a fist, and the men's diamond ring stuck on the ring finger of his left hand shone glaringly under the sunlight outside the window.

The light moved and slowly approached Tang Xien's right hand on the table.

　There are two more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)