19: 19. Treasure Student

The couple turned back in surprise, looking to the side.

Lu Feng held the baby in one hand and picked up the contract with the other, reading it fluently with correct pronunciation and smooth spoken English, without a single stutter.

The scene immediately fell silent, so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Lin Shaohui and Zhou Wenmei's jaws dropped, as if they had seen a ghost.

After hearing Lu Feng's fluent spoken English, the client on the other end of the phone immediately responded with surprise.

After the other party rattled off a string of professional terms, Lu Feng nodded, calmly responded, then picked up the pen on the table and began marking up the contract, writing down his suggested revisions.

Even his English notes were incredibly neat, as if they were printed.

Lu Feng handed the contract to Lin Shaohui and explained, "His intention is to add a supplementary agreement after clause 1.3, regarding the application of new materials and their corrosion resistance... Additionally, he wants a more detailed temperature stress analysis report under variable temperature loading."

Lin Shaohui dazedly took the contract, stunned on the spot, while Zhou Wenmei looked at her student with complex eyes, as if the person in front of her was a stranger.

However, the most outrageous thing was when the client on the other end of the phone suddenly said something, and Lu Feng frowned slightly, refuting him in English. The two actually started arguing over the phone.

Even Zhou Wenmei got a headache listening to the obscure professional terms, only vaguely catching something about a 2016 industry standard.

As a result, the client on the other end of the phone was actually... convinced!?

At this moment, Zhou Wenmei felt her worldview begin to crumble.

Is this still her student? Could some unclean spirit have possessed him?

More than ten minutes later, Lu Feng hung up the phone, exhaling a breath and saying, "Uncle Lin, just those few revisions, everything else is fine. He agreed to sign according to your version."

Lin Shaohui snapped out of it and excitedly came over to hug him tightly, patting his back repeatedly and saying, "Xiao Lu, you're practically my younger brother! This is great, truly great! You've helped me, your big brother, with a huge favor. A two-million-yuan project order has been saved!"

Zhou Wenmei stared at Lu Feng's dark face and couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Lu, you... you... when did your English become so... amazing?"

Lu Feng blinked and said, "I taught myself."

Zhou Wenmei: "..."

Although she knew there were some geniuses in this world who couldn't be judged by common sense, she had spent three full years of high school with Lu Feng, and only in the past two months of his leave had she seen him less. She really hadn't discovered that Lu Feng was this capable!?

His English scores used to hover around 110 points, so Lu Feng definitely didn't have this ability before. So... eliminating all impossible situations, what's left... no matter how impossible, must be the truth.

He learned it during his time off from school!!

Zhou Wenmei gasped, utterly shocked.

Although Lu Feng's grades were in the top five of his grade, his diligent and serious attitude was also very obvious; he was a hardworking student, not a naturally gifted one.

So Zhou Wenmei found it hard to believe that such a student could suddenly undergo such a drastic change.

"Oh, what are you doing? Interrogating him like a police officer? You just need to know that Xiao Lu has learned it, and that's a good thing," Lin Shaohui, who was busy making revisions nearby, looked up and said.

Hearing this, Zhou Wenmei also smiled. Indeed, no matter how Lu Feng learned it, this matter was ultimately a good thing.

Seeing that he didn't want to elaborate, she didn't press him further.

Lu Feng breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, if Teacher Zhou had delved deeper and pressed him, it would have been really hard to explain.

"By the way, Xiao Lu, so, what you said about doing well on the college entrance exam at dinner... could it be..."

Lu Feng nodded and stated directly, "I feel confident."

Zhou Wenmei said in surprise, "Good, then your teacher will look forward to it!"

After chatting for a while after dinner, Lu Feng also got up and left.

The couple walked him to the elevator, and Lin Shaohui kept saying, "Xiao Lu, with your English level, I can introduce you to part-time jobs. Without mentioning anything else, three thousand yuan a day is definitely not a problem."

Lu Feng knew this was his good intention, but he wasn't particularly short on money right now, so he smiled and said, "Okay, Uncle Lin, but I'll be going back to my hometown in a few days. We can talk about it again if there's an opportunity later."

As the elevator doors closed, Lin Shaohui sighed with emotion, "Courageous and resourceful, skilled in cooking, proficient in English—this treasure of a student will achieve extraordinary things in the future."

Zhou Wenmei's lips curved into a smile, and she said proudly, "Xiao Lu is a hardworking child, and he deserves to be favored by fate."

...After Lu Feng left the residential area, he scanned a shared electric bike to return to his rental apartment. He happened to run into the Landlord and a few aunties from a senior dance group bragging downstairs.

When the Landlord saw Lu Feng, his eyes lit up, and he hurried over, saying, "Xiao Lu, you were the one who stopped the security guard from harming someone at the entrance of Jiangcheng No. 3 High School today, right? Oh, I wouldn't have thought you, a skinny kid, would do such a good deed. Not bad, how about this: next month's rent increase, everyone else gets two hundred, but you only get a hundred."

Lu Feng frowned slightly: "Landlord, why are you raising the rent again? This is the second time this year."

Hearing this, the Landlord said indifferently, "That's just how the market is. Everyone else is raising it, so I have to raise it too. Young man, I've already given you a discount, so you should be content."

Lu Feng felt speechless. He didn't know if other places had raised their rent, but there's no way rent should be raised twice within the contract period. Last time it was one hundred, this time it's two hundred. No one's money grows on trees.

Moreover, this Landlord was very tricky; the electricity and water bills were completely opaque. The water bill Lu Feng paid alone each month was enough to fill a swimming pool, not to mention the electricity bill. He didn't even dare to turn on the air conditioning in the middle of summer now.

Before, he didn't have the money to move, but now that he had some money, he naturally wouldn't put up with this anymore.

And after the college entrance exam results were released, he would go directly to the university dorms, so there was no need to rent a place anymore.

He thought for a moment and said, "Landlord, I won't be renting anymore. The college entrance exam is over, and I'm going back to my hometown. I'll be leaving in the next two days."

The Landlord's expression immediately fell, and he tried to persuade him, "Young man, you're leaving already? Alright, I won't raise your rent then."

"Still no."

Seeing that persuasion was useless, the Landlord said sullenly, "Alright then, just give me a call when you're leaving."

Lu Feng nodded and went straight upstairs.

He was a decisive person; once he made up his mind, he would act immediately.

The furniture and appliances in the room were all provided by the Landlord. All Lu Feng had were some pots, pans, clothes, and such—not many things, just a bit fragmented.

Lu Feng didn't plan to take everything with him. He would pack them up and move them downstairs, and they would naturally be taken by those who needed them.

After washing up, Lu Feng stood by the window with a cup of hot water. This was the only window from which he could see the brightly lit city center.

His mind was filled with countless thoughts.

The college entrance exam was over; he was no longer a high school student, and his life would move on to the next stage.

Fate is truly unpredictable. A week ago, he was still toiling on a construction site, worried about money, but now he... negotiated with corporate executives without falling behind... prevented a massacre... negotiated a million-dollar order in English... and possessed Michelin-level cooking skills... All these changes came from that ability.

Lu Feng took a sip of water and smiled from the bottom of his heart.

This was the life he wanted.