Chapter 559: Chapter 187: The ’80s Drama Queen is Forced to Operate and Becomes a Top Student (22)

The group of friends launched into a heated discussion.

In the end, when no one could convince anyone else, they all turned in unison to look at Sheng Leyun and Gong Zicheng.

Sheng Leyun cleared her throat. "Your ideas are all pretty good. You just need to nail down the sourcing and sales techniques, and there shouldn’t be any major problems."

Having received her approval, the friends nodded excitedly.

At that, Sheng Leyun eagerly turned her head to Gong Zicheng. "Brother Cheng, I want to sell women’s clothes and accessories. I heard there’s a place in the south where the clothing styles are good, the quality is decent, and the prices are especially cheap..."

"And they have all kinds of factories there—for cassette tapes, snacks, toys, and small trinkets, they have everything..."

The other friends also stared at him intently, each putting on their most pitiful expression.

Gong Zicheng chuckled and lightly flicked Sheng Leyun on her smooth forehead.

"I’ll ask around when I get back and see if any of the adults are going there on a business trip. We can go together and see the world!"

The moment he finished speaking, the group jumped for joy.

They were actually going to take a train to the south?

Sheng Leyun cheered wildly along with them. In her excitement, she forgot all about propriety and spontaneously turned to give Gong Zicheng a hug, expressing her pure joy and delight!

The girl was fragrant and soft. When she smiled, it was as if the entire Milky Way had been crushed and scattered within her eyes, and the evening sunset lingered affectionately by her side.

In that moment, it was as if he were seeing a hundred flowers bloom at once. His heart was so full of joy he desperately wanted to seize that instant forever...

He couldn’t help but gaze at her with a softened expression, the corners of his lips turned up in a doting smile he himself didn’t even notice—a look so tender it could drown a person in an instant.

The group were all people of action. The very next day, Gong Zicheng contacted someone: the purchasing manager for a privately-owned clothing store in the city.

The manager was also bringing an accountant and an assistant.

After getting the okay and confirming the dates, the friends started arranging to buy sleeper car tickets.

The parents were worried, but they also didn’t want their children to miss this chance to broaden their horizons. In the end, they went one after another to the Gong family home to speak with Gong Zicheng, telling him he absolutely had to look after the kids.

They weren’t asking for much—they just hoped their kids wouldn’t get lost.

Back home, they also made their children recite their family’s contact information over and over, along with various self-rescue methods and how to hide their money...

The friends had learned patience by now and obediently followed all the arrangements. This brought the parents some small comfort, and their anxious hearts settled down a bit.

Their train ride from the Capital City to the south would take two days and two nights. Every family packed two large bags of food for their child, and they prepared about ten servings of each item. They had no choice—their kids had too many "brothers"!

The parents booked them all sleeper berths, where fewer people got on and off.

The adults bought platform tickets, carried the luggage, and saw the children onto the train. They gave a long list of instructions: which food to eat first, to call home immediately upon arrival, to obey Brother Cheng’s arrangements when they went out, not to eat strange food, and to be careful not to get an upset stomach...

Each of the friends was surrounded by one or two, or even three or four, of their parents.

The adults only reluctantly got off the train when the whistle blew, signaling its departure. They clung to the windows, still shouting last-minute instructions.

The children, who had been laughing and excitedly anticipating the journey, all found their eyes turning red in that moment.

It was true what they say: a mother always worries when her child travels far. They deeply felt the profound love their parents had for them, and some got their first taste of what it meant to grow up.

But as the train began to move and the city receded into the distance, rows of beautiful brick-and-tile houses and Western-style homes were replaced by wide, neat fields.

The group’s spirits lifted instantly, and passionate feelings about their ideals and dreams began to bubble up.

The group watched the scenery outside with fresh eyes for a while, then began to rummage through their bags to see what their parents had packed. They shared any snacks they found, always giving the first share to Sheng Leyun, and the second to Gong Zicheng.

Some had also brought playing cards, comic books, and even a particularly luxurious Walkman.

The group was a hive of activity, happily chatting, playing cards, reading books, and listening to music.

Sheng Leyun, however, didn’t join in. Instead, she sat next to Gong Zicheng, listening to Manager Huang talk about his store, the development of the clothing industry, his experiences with sourcing goods, and so on.

Perhaps because the purchasing manager saw them as just kids, he didn’t deliberately hide things that could be considered trade secrets. In fact, these secrets became fodder for his boasting.

"I’m real tight with those clothing wholesale bosses in the south. We’re like brothers, so I get goods much cheaper than others. When we get there, just tell me what you want to buy, and I’ll take you..."

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