Chapter 52: Teaching by word
The bicycle stopped with a squeak in the dormitory complex. Tang Wu got off, took Su Can's books, and walked beside him as he pushed the bike.
"I saw Lin Luoran a few days ago. She came to a gathering of my roommate Zhang Xiaoqiao's friends."
"Mm." Tang Wu naturally knew about it. It wasn't as though she hadn't heard the recent rumors, but she understood how stories grew in the telling. Her worries about it soon faded, not because she didn't care at all, but simply because she trusted him.
"Afterward, we walked around outside for a while, and I took her back to her university. When I got back, I even got written up for returning late. Lately, I've been thinking about asking our dorm supervisor, Wang Dongjian, to help me do something about that black mark. It'll probably cost me a meal. There aren't any problems on your father's end, are there?"
Somehow, Tang Wu felt much better. She nodded. "It's nothing. Don't worry."
Was everything really all right? Su Can had no confidence about that. He still wasn't sure. Although they had stolen the contract from Chaoyue last time, that would inevitably worsen relations between the two sides. Tang's father had been hired on the condition that he brought in capital, to revitalize Donglin Group's business and take a share of the contract profits. But if the other party sued for damages, Donglin Group would have to empty its coffers to pay. Tang's father could only shoulder it, and the money he had invested might very well go down the drain.
Being able to manage assets worth hundreds of millions didn't mean someone couldn't be brought down by minor details. In business these days, the more people did, the more mistakes