After Wen Ying finished speaking, Li Mengjiao nodded vigorously and was the first to agree, “We are all good friends. Peng Guoqing is not inferior at all. He has such great perseverance. In just one year, he caught up with others’ many years of study progress. If it were me, I could not persist.”
Wang Shuang sensed the atmosphere was off and instantly suppressed her grudge against Peng Guoqing, “I am not some top student either. My foundation was similar to Peng Guoqing’s before. I worked hard for two years to barely get into a 211 university. I know I have a certain gap with my friends in studies, but that does not mean I am much worse than them in other aspects… At least I have not felt that everyone looks down on me.”
When it came to not being worse than her friends, Wang Shuang lacked some confidence.
But thinking of the 400,000 yuan shareholder dividend she received, Wang Shuang’s guilt lessened a lot.
She had to back up Peng Lvmao. She must speak with force!
So Wang Shuang added, “I have already agreed with Peng Guoqing. We will go to the same university. I believe he has no problem!”
Qin Jiao said lightly, “What school you get into is all superficial. Even graduates from famous schools do not necessarily study thoroughly. The process of learning is actually important. It lets us understand what we want. Uncle Peng, do you agree?”
Qin Yi basically confirmed that the Peng Zong in front of him was Peng Ningkang, whom he wanted to meet recently.
But today, Qin Yi did not plan to talk business.
Peng Zong was Peng Guoqing’s father. At this moment, Qin Yi only needed to fulfil his role as Peng Guoqing’s friend.
As a friend, Qin Yi must firmly defend Peng Guoqing.
Wen Ying and the others listed all of Peng Guoqing’s strengths. Qin Yi really did not know where to start praising. After thinking, he could only give what he considered the highest support.
“Little Peng transferred late and missed my sister’s and Wen Ying’s ‘entrepreneurship’. Of course, I myself just picked up the ready-made. If Little Peng has ideas, I am willing to transfer a bit of my shares now to make his ties with us closer.”
‘Shrimp King’ had become an important base for the Qin siblings. Apart from his own sister, Qin Yi would not transfer shares to anyone else. Saying publicly now that he would transfer some to Peng Guoqing was indeed great sincerity and trust.
Peng Guoqing was stunned.
This former playboy was first surprised, then moved, and a bit flushed.
Whether the Peng family had money or not did not matter to Wen Ying. She had talent and was not afraid of not earning money. There was no need for her to say these words to please anyone in the Peng family.
The others were even more so.
No one needed to rely on the Peng family to eat their fill.
In this past year, Peng Guoqing felt he was on the edge of the small group. He had been trying hard to enter the core but failed.
He did not expect his friends in the small group to be so supportive. They confronted his dad head-on to back him up…
Being praised as kind by Wen Ying made Peng Guoqing’s ears burn.
Was he as good as Wen Ying said?
Peng Guoqing quickly reviewed his past nineteen years. No great achievements, but indeed no bad deeds. That should count as kind!
Light shone in Peng Guoqing’s eyes. He instantly straightened his chest.
Mrs Peng’s gaze left the cold dishes on the table. She smiled and looked around at everyone, “Oh, Guoqing is not as good as you all say. Of course, I never felt Guoqing was inferior anywhere. With studies, if he himself does not figure it out, my worry does no good. Fortunately, he has figured it out now. I like that Guoqing makes friends with you all. You are all excellent. You will help Guoqing become a better person!”
Wen Ying saw that Mrs Peng followed an encouraging education style. She never denied Peng Guoqing and always found his strengths.
Wen Ying was quite envious.
Having such a mother, how lucky Peng Guoqing was.
As for a father like Mr Peng, whether he changed or not was optional. Making a change was best, of course. If not, anyway, it was not Wen Ying who would end up as the lonely old man in the end!
What more could Mr Peng say? For the first time, so many people confronted him face to face, yet he could not get angry.
So in the latter half of the meal, Mr Peng could only bury his head in eating, watching his ever-smooth wife lighten the atmosphere with a few words and make it lively again.
Mr Peng had not felt such bustle for a long time.
Business talks were never this noisy. Wen Ying and the others each said their piece, making Mrs Peng laugh nonstop.
When it came to Peng Guoqing reading his self-criticism at the flag-raising ceremony, Mrs Peng could not help chuckling, “The teacher did right. Guoqing is good everywhere, just his past taste was too odd. That hair was purple one day, green the next, like a colourful feather duster. I was even embarrassed to take him out on the street!”
“Mum…”
Peng Guoqing protested, “Can we skip this part?”
Wang Shuang was the first to disagree, “How can we skip it? The first time I saw you, your green hair shocked me. I thought this guy is so arrogant!”
Peng Guoqing warned Wang Shuang with his eyes. Wang Shuang glared back with equal force.
In front of parents, saying nice things about each other made friends. Exposing each other’s bottoms made good friends.
Mrs Peng was truly relieved.
The decision to transfer to Rong City was too right.
As Wen Ying and the others said, grades were not actually important. What mattered was the learning process, Guoqing’s growth.
Mrs Peng’s heart softened completely. She personally picked dishes for Wen Ying and the others, “Do not just chat. Eat more. Is the food to your taste? Shall I add a few more dishes? Anything you want to eat?”
Wen Ying looked at her bowl piled high to the brim and shook her head repeatedly, “Enough, enough, Aunt Zhu. No need to add more!”
Losing weight was not easy. Wen Ying insisted on eating only seventy to eighty percent full. Today she had already gone over a bit.
Li Mengjiao rubbed her little belly and painfully refused, “Cannot eat more. If I do, I cannot appear on camera…”
Everyone said no need for more dishes. Only then did Mrs Peng let the waiter bring the final dessert.
If Wen Ying were to rate this meal, she thought it was very enjoyable.
The unhappy one might be only Mr Peng?
Wen Ying guessed wrong.
Mr Peng’s mood was actually quite good.
Even the most picky and strict father would not dislike others praising his own son.
Mr Peng was not Xie Jinghu. His thinking was normal!
Wen Ying led the confrontation against him, yet Mr Peng liked Wen Ying the most.
Because Mr Peng had already seen that among them, Wen Ying cared about Peng Guoqing the most. This little girl was condemning his attitude towards his son Peng Guoqing!
The rest, Li Mengjiao had no schemes and only cared about eating and drinking. Whoever could eat and play with Li Mengjiao was her friend.
Wang Shuang liked to tease Peng Guoqing but truly treated him as a friend.
Qin Yi and Qin Jiao, this sibling pair, were purely there to make up numbers. They were not close to Peng Guoqing at all!
Mr Peng analysed these to Secretary Bai. Secretary Bai was shocked.
“…Indeed, nothing escapes you.”
Young Master Peng really cared about face. He even pulled the Qin siblings to make up numbers.
Secretary Bai thought Mr Peng would be angry. But Mr Peng did not mind at all.
“Why should I be angry? It is normal for real friends to come to this meal. For him to call the Qin siblings, who are not friends, that is truly his skill.”
