DF Chapter 18
by VolareSong Ji’an hadn’t actually expected Sheng Jia to guess so confidently that she was the one who did it.
After all, who would so easily associate the school-level scholarship distribution with a classmate?
Even if the classmates knew her family was wealthy, they wouldn’t know that her mother was the chairman of Song’s Heavy Industry, just like Meng Yeran. If Song Ji’an hadn’t known her in the past, she probably wouldn’t have known her family’s background.
But Sheng Jia was so certain.
Song Ji’an looked at her, a little curious, and asked, “Why did you guess I did it?”
“Because that day when you were writing your project report at the cafe, there were data related to bonuses,” Sheng Jia said slowly.
“Just that simple?” Song Ji’an’s earnestness kicked in, and she said with some disbelief, “Just because you saw data about bonuses, you guessed that this school scholarship had something to do with me?”
The things she wrote at the cafe didn’t involve anything related to the school at all. They were all rough drafts, and she only processed them into detailed drafts at home. Some parts were even replaced with English, just to avoid being discovered too early, especially the bonus part, which used English abbreviations. Unless one professionally studied business English, these difficult words would be hard to recognize.
She specifically used this trick because she knew Sheng Jia was smart, to prevent her from failing before she even started.
Sheng Jia’s face still didn’t have much expression, but her eyes looked at her with interest, and she said lightly, “It’s the bonus amount, but not just the simple bonus amount.”
“The matter of the school’s new scholarship, the classmates may have just found out, but I knew it a little earlier. Teacher Liu called me into the office in advance to give me a heads-up and told me the specific amount of each scholarship level. I found that the amount that appeared on your project report had a very high overlap rate. Would that be a coincidence?”
Song Ji’an was slightly stunned, probably not expecting her loophole to be here.
But Sheng Jia didn’t give her time to continue thinking, she asked very bluntly, “Why did you suddenly want to donate a scholarship to the school?”
Song Ji’an rarely had such a long-term eye contact with Sheng Jia. Before she did this, she had thought of many possibilities for explaining this matter, anyway, to prevent Sheng Jia from thinking about her, and she would never discover that she made this decision in order to make Sheng Jia easier.
But now Sheng Jia’s eyes were telling her that Sheng Jia seemed to have seen through her thoughts long ago, and the current inquiry was just to confirm it.
Under her gaze, Song Ji’an’s heart skipped a beat, but the next moment she raised her lips and smiled, “Of course, it’s because I’m using a small project to practice.”
“I can’t leave school for the time being. My mother actually encourages me to do some investing every year. This time, it’s probably the biggest and most potentially rewarding investment I’ve made in recent years.”
Sheng Jia raised her eyebrows, “Investment?”
Song Ji’an said, “Yes, our school has always been a pilot training and selection base, you should also know. Jingjiang No. 1 High School has an undergraduate rate as high as 85% every year, and the key undergraduate rate is even among the top in the country. In fact, many people want to donate to the school. Even the flagpole used for raising the flag was donated by an alumnus, and their company’s name is written on it. What do you think this is for?”
“In addition to giving back to the alma mater, the main thing is to use Jingjiang No. 1 High School to make a name for themselves. It’s the same as college enrollment, you also have to do publicity to attract students.” Song Ji’an continued, “Taking advantage of the fact that there are no monthly exam scholarships in the school, I analyzed the enrollment situation and top employment situation of students in Jingjiang No. 1 High School in the past ten years, and found that many were signed in advance by large companies that had been promoted in the school before graduation, and they were very capable. If our family wants to get involved and grab more student resources, we must use a more memorable way.”
“After I submitted the comprehensive analysis to my mother’s assistant, they discussed the value of this investment and decided to approve the funds for me and sent professionals to negotiate,” Song Ji’an showed a smug expression at this point, like a child with “I’m so awesome, hurry up and praise me” written all over her face.
“Perhaps I can ask which company your family is?” Sheng Jia was not easily led away by her, “Being able to easily approve such a large sum of money to invest in ‘talents’ whose future is unknown, and it’s just a small investment in your mouth, the scale should be not small, right? Large-scale enterprises should never lack applicants.”
Song Ji’an had expected her to ask this long ago, and answered fluently, “Isn’t Tsinghua University and Peking University large-scale? Don’t they still have to do enrollment publicity and compete with each other every year? Every company has corresponding opponents, and if there are opponents, there must be competition. We can’t engage in monopolies here.”
Sheng Jia: …
Sheng Jia took a deep look at her, and finally applauded her as she wished, “Very impressive.”
This time it was a sincere compliment.
Song Ji’an was really amazing and excellent.
“Are you really praising me?” Song Ji’an’s eyes widened when she saw this, revealing surprise and excitement, “This is too rare, Sheng Jia, you’re showing the behavior of an ordinary little girl who can socialize for the first time.”
Sheng Jia heard the words, withdrew her hand, and asked expressionlessly, “So I’m not an ordinary little girl usually?”
“Yeah, you don’t even know how special you are. It’s usually hard to see you have emotional fluctuations. You’re always very stable, like a lone wolf who doesn’t need to communicate with people at all,” Song Ji’an joked with a smile, “It’s so touching to show the gregariousness of a wolf in front of me for the first time.”
Sheng Jia didn’t reply to this sentence, just packed up her desk and stood up to go out. Although she didn’t really want to go to physical education class, she still had to go for attendance.
Song Ji’an saw this and quickly got up to follow. She walked side by side with Sheng Jia and said, “Sheng Jia, my family is Song’s Heavy Industry.”
She was answering Sheng Jia’s question just now.
Sheng Jia tilted her head and glanced at her, nodding slightly.
The attitude between the two was too natural, which relaxed Song Ji’an.
Saying her family background put some pressure on her. In the past, she studied in a private high school, where there were no less talks about worldly wisdom, probably because the male principal was committed to dividing children of different family backgrounds in the school and classifying them, resulting in a hidden hierarchy in the school.
Song Ji’an couldn’t avoid it either. The only choices in front of her were either to hide her family and be speculated about, or to show off her family background and become one of the top in the school.
In fact, many of her friends in the past had subtle changes in their attitude after learning about her family background.
It wasn’t a big change, but after that, they would be more accommodating to her from time to time, and be more polite to her in school, but this would make Song Ji’an very uncomfortable.
This was also the reason why she finally chose to transfer to this place.
Compared with the way of dividing classes in the private high school she used to study in, she agreed more with Principal Lu Jing’s education method, and even felt that the education method of the Sanzhong next door was very good, otherwise it would be impossible to have students like Song Yi and them, everyone was full of energy.
Only an excellent educational environment can cultivate excellent talents, talents in all aspects.
The importance of grasping the study style is not just talking about it.
She just wanted a simple, ordinary environment.
Jingjiang No. 1 High School is well-balanced and treats everyone equally, which is simply too good. What makes her even more pleasantly surprised is that all the friends she made here are interesting friends. Even if they know her family is rich, they won’t be too surprised. Instead, they will joke from time to time. This is definitely the high school life she dreamed of.
Even Meng Yeran, who she had known for a long time, could get along naturally here, and she could see that Meng Yeran was also enjoying the high school life in No. 1 High School.
In fact, after understanding Sheng Jia, Song Ji’an understood that Sheng Jia would definitely not be the kind of person who would change her attitude because of her background, but she still felt a little guilty when she said it.
Now Sheng Jia was the same as she thought, without the slightest change, she just accepted it calmly, and then continued to walk forward without looking back.
Song Ji’an smiled, she took two quick steps and hugged Sheng Jia’s shoulders and rubbed.
Sheng Jia still pushed her away expressionlessly, “Can you not get so close to me?”
“I won’t,” Song Ji’an hugged Sheng Jia’s arm tightly like a piece of chewing gum, and acted like a rogue, “Sheng Jia, you look like a cat whose fur has been ruffled by me now, hahahahaha.”
Sheng Jia: …
When did we become this close?
She found that Song Ji’an would love to do some small actions like this every time she was particularly excited or excited, as if they were really familiar.
When did it become like this?
No, when did Song Ji’an stop being afraid of her getting angry?
Sheng Jia couldn’t push her away, and fell into contemplation with no love for life, until Song Ji’an called her several times before she came back to her senses.
“What did you say?”
Song Ji’an repeated as she pulled her forward, “My mother will be invited to speak as a school scholarship investor at the monthly exam commendation and summary meeting. We want to invite you to dinner together. Will you go?”
Sheng Jia was really stunned this time.
She slammed on the brakes, and Song Ji’an was also pulled back, and couldn’t help asking, “What’s wrong?”
As she spoke, she seemed to have thought of something that had been ignored by her too excited mood. A trace of annoyance flashed in her eyes, and she quickly added, “It’s okay if you don’t want to go, it’s just because I always mention you when I call my mother, and she wants to thank you for taking care of me during this time.”
Sheng Jia lowered her eyes to hide the complicated emotions in her eyes, and said as usual, “I haven’t taken care of you, so I won’t go.”
In fact, Song Ji’an had been prepared to be rejected for a long time, and she wasn’t too disappointed at the moment. It was just that the excitement just now had subsided. She skipped this topic and said with a smile, “It’s okay, let’s go to physical education class quickly, it’s almost time for class.”
Sheng Jia strode forward, carrying the voice she knew, which could not be easily suppressed in her mind.
——Song Ji’an’s mother will come to give a speech.
——Song Ningqiu will come to give a speech.
——My mother will come to give a speech.