I will practice more in the United States

Chapter 234 Goodbye, My Deskmate
"Hello, are you also going to Shaolin Temple?"

Whether in the previous life or this life, this was one of the few times that Li Ang took the initiative to talk to girls.

It's not that he was attracted by her beauty, but the girl in front of him was Li Ang's desk mate for three years in high school. Even in this world, she should have never met him before, but this did not stop Li Ang from wanting to chat with her.

Gao Ranran was stunned for a moment, her mouth slightly open. Before she could think of an answer, her tall college roommate beside her gave her a playful smile.

"Yeah, we don't have classes recently, so we came out to travel and have some fun."

Gao Ranran didn't know why. In the past, with her socially anxious personality, she would be most afraid of being approached by strangers. But today, she answered for the first time and also provided some additional explanation.

Li Ang found Gao Ranran's expression somewhat funny. Even in another world, this classmate still had a socially anxious personality.

In fact, Li Ang was not much better than her in the past, but the two equally introverted people had common topics in many things and were one of each other's few friends.

But after graduating from high school, we went to different cities and had less contact. We could only chat online from time to time. After we started working, we might not even contact each other more than twice a year.

Gao Ranran's roommate was watching with a smile on his face. On the other side, the group of employees following Li Ang were also watching from a distance.

In fact, they have basically never seen such a scene. After all, with Li Ang's various conditions, appearance, height, figure, wealth, achievements. Pick any one of them, and there will be a lot of women chasing after him.

"How about we go together? I heard there's a Buddhist meeting today. It only happens once a year. We can go and take a look."

Li Ang extended an invitation.

"okay."

If Li Ang's hearing wasn't good enough, he probably wouldn't have been able to hear Gao Ranran's mosquito-like reply.

She did come here today with plans to visit the Buddhist association, but mainly to accompany her roommate who is interested in Buddhist culture.

Her roommate had an exaggerated expression on her face, as if she had discovered a new world.

Then he quickly rubbed her waist with his arm, signaling Gao Ranran to take out his phone and add the contact information.

Although she was usually not very interested in men who approached her, she had no choice but to look at this guy because he was too handsome. His temperament was completely different from the crowd. And his skin was so bad. She didn't know what kind of skin care products he used. If she hadn't looked carefully, she would have thought he was wearing makeup. But when she looked closer, she realized that he was wearing no makeup at all.

Normally, she wouldn't have the courage to talk to such a handsome guy, but she didn't expect that such a good luck would fall on her roommate.

However, there are pros and cons. Handsome guys like this are usually good at having fun. I hope my silly roommate doesn't suffer too much. Forget it, just eat. Considering the looks, it's not certain who will suffer. Since I have to take lessons in relationships anyway, I might as well find a handsome one and just pay attention to safety measures.

Gao Ranran didn't know that her roommate had just thought about their breakup. Her hand just happened to touch the phone in her pocket, but her body was still struggling with whether to take it out. Under the conflict of multiple commands, she felt like she was stuck.

Li Ang smiled and found that her reaction when she was nervous was exactly the same as before, so he took out his mobile phone and asked her to add him on WeChat.

"My name is Li Ang."

"Gao Ranran."

The two were adding each other on WeChat when the other two roommates who had just gone out to buy water also came back.

As soon as she came over, she saw her roommate, who was suffering from social anxiety, adding another man on WeChat. The older sister in the dormitory was so scared that she quickly asked another tall roommate in a low voice what was going on.

"What else could it be? We just met on the road, and we chatted and added WeChat. Xiao Ranran is lucky in love."

The roommate who was left behind, with delicate makeup and clothes that didn't care about the temperature, had a strange expression on his face, but didn't say anything.

"What about you? Are you also out for fun during the final semester of college?"

Gao Ranran held it in for a long time, and finally took the initiative to ask a question, which consumed a considerable part of her limited time to talk to strangers.

Li Ang shook his head. "I haven't started college yet. I'm on leave from high school. I came here to do some things and have some fun at the same time."

"That's my junior. You can consider our university."

The tall roommate chatted with her and smiled at Gao Ranran, indicating that he was assisting her.

Li Ang shook his head again, "I don't have any plans to go to college for now, but maybe I can come visit your school if I have the chance in the future."

"Aren't you going to college?"

Even the oldest sister who looked the most mature among the group couldn't help but ask puzzled questions.

Li Ang did not explain much, and they did not ask more questions. After all, the two parties were not that familiar with each other.

But it is obvious that Gao Ranran's roommates have changed their attitude towards him.

After all, among contemporary young people in China, it is still relatively rare to have only a high school diploma. Even if one has poor grades, they will generally choose to study in a junior college.

If they only have a high school diploma, there is undoubtedly a clear gap between them and the 211 universities they are attending.

Li Ang is no longer the person who carefully chooses his words and cares deeply about what others think of him, so he never intends to hide anything during communication.

Everyone has his or her own path to take. He or she is fully capable of not planning his or her life step by step, nor does he or she need a diploma from a top university to prove himself or herself. Therefore, he or she will not deliberately conceal this fact when talking to others.

Because of the Buddhist meeting being held today, there were a lot of tourists going up and down the mountain. Before we even got to the entrance of Shaolin Temple, it was already crowded.

Although there is no ticket for this Buddhist meeting, everyone who comes in needs to spend fifty yuan to burn three incense sticks, which is also a disguised form of charging admission. The temple collects this money not just for the income. Even if there are a thousand people participating today, the total incense money is only fifty thousand yuan. They can earn more than this from a random ritual.

The reason for this threshold is, firstly, to limit the number of people. If everyone rushes in, there will not be enough space inside; secondly, it is also to screen pilgrims. Those who come here to worship Buddha seriously will not care about spending the extra fifty yuan, while those who just want to join in the fun will affect the order in the venue if they come in.

When they arrived at the entrance of the venue, a blond-haired, blue-eyed financial officer had already rushed over to pay all the company's fees before Li Ang.

Gao Ranran was planning to pay for Li Ang, but unexpectedly, Li Ang just pointed at the foreign woman in front and said:
"Our company's finance department has already paid for it."

"Ah? So you've already started working, and in a foreign company. I was wondering why there were so many foreigners following us. It turns out they are all your colleagues."

Gao Ranran's tall and cheerful roommate said in surprise.

"You guys are quite interesting. This is the first time I've seen so many foreigners come to Shaolin Temple to attend a Buddhist meeting. They even reimbursed the employees for the incense money."

The older sister in their dormitory was wondering how Li Ang, who didn't even graduate from high school, was able to work in a foreign company?

You know, even if graduates from their school can find a job in a foreign company, it would definitely be a good place to go.

Li Ang smiled and replied:
"This time it was mainly because of my business that I brought them here."

"Sure, sure. It's not bad to promote our country's culture to these foreigners."

The tall roommate nodded, and his impression of Li Ang improved a little. At least he was not the kind of scoundrel who skipped school and hung out on the streets.

The roommate at the back, who had delicate makeup and was wearing leg-revealing boots, did not participate in their discussion, but instead focused on the attitude of the foreigner who was responsible for paying the money towards Li Ang.

She had just checked secretly in the back. The windbreaker that Li Ang was wearing, which seemed to be casually matched, was sold for more than 10,000 yuan on the official website. The shoes on his feet were also a pair of limited co-branded sneakers, and the estimated price was also several thousand or even tens of thousands.

In fact, judging from Li Ang's overall temperament, he is definitely not an ordinary male student. Given his family background, perhaps he doesn't even need to take the college entrance examination.

Combined with the attitude of his so-called colleagues in the company towards him just now, she even had reason to suspect that this company was opened by his family, and he was a rich second-generation who inherited the family business.

I have to say that although the results of his analysis are not so accurate, his meticulous observation is still quite impressive.

After entering the clubhouse, Nie Zhaofeng immediately came forward to greet us with great enthusiasm.

"Chairman Li, this side, I have someone reserve a seat for you."

Seeing that there seemed to be four girls next to Li Ang, Nie Zhaofeng was very considerate and notified the people who helped him save seats through WeChat to leave a few more empty seats.

"Thanks a lot."

Li Ang nodded, and walked forward under his leadership.

Nie Zhaofeng turned around and saw those girls still standing there in a daze. He asked Li Ang in a low voice if they were with him. After getting a positive answer, Nie Zhaofeng quickly asked them to come and sit together.

Although the venue is large, some of the good seats in the front row have basically been reserved. If you arrive early, you can only grab a seat in the middle at best.

Not to mention those who were not very enthusiastic about coming, basically they can only find seats in some corners.

Gao Ranran and her roommates were still digesting the title of "Chairman Li". After hearing Nie Zhaofeng also greeting them, they didn't bother to think too much and hurriedly followed.

The most excited person among them, of course, was the eldest sister in the dormitory. It was she who proposed to come here to attend the Buddhist meeting. She originally thought that she could only sit in the last row, but she didn't expect that she would have the opportunity to sit in the front row.

When they sat in the first row of the venue, the roommate with exquisite makeup confirmed her guess, "Chairman Li? It seems that he is really a rich second-generation. Did he become the chairman of the local chamber of commerce?"

As for Gao Ranran, she has been in a state of confusion since Li Ang said that he came with people from the company. She originally thought that she was an ordinary male college student, but now it seems that she has a new identity every once in a while.
All in all, when they sat in the first row under the gazes of so many people in the venue, they couldn't help but feel a little proud.

People are all vain, and the power and status that people spend their entire lives pursuing are actually reflected through the different treatments among people.

At this moment, this privilege was brought to them by Li Ang. Strangely enough, the educational gap that they once thought would be difficult to cross in their lifetime seemed to have been completely bridged in this short period of time. Even a new gap was created between Li Ang and them.

"Mr. Li, nice to meet you again. I look forward to your performance today."

The person who spoke was Yanfeng. His attitude today was much better than when they first met. I don't know if it was because the burden of this matter was no longer on his shoulders.

Li Ang nodded in response. In fact, he still hadn't figured out what he was supposed to do at the Buddhist meeting, and how he was supposed to win the first prize. It couldn't be that he was just going to talk about Buddhist scriptures, right?

Li Ang glanced at Nie Zhaofeng, trying to find some answers. He seemed to understand the meaning in Li Ang's eyes, but just shook his head slightly. When he was a martial monk, he didn't care about these so-called Buddhist meetings.

When the abbot walked onto the stage, the entire space was as if the microphone had been turned off, leaving only the sounds of Sanskrit surrounding it.

After listening to him talk about the process of today's Buddhist meeting, Li Ang finally knew where he should perform.

The third agenda of this Buddhist meeting is for everyone to bid and take some items home, or it could be a variant of an auction.

After all, monks don’t talk about money, they only talk about fate. Whether you have a fate with Buddhism depends on whether the donor has enough money.

When the monk was lecturing, Li Ang was practicing inner strength with his eyes closed. When everyone was communicating, Li Ang was practicing inner strength with his eyes closed. It was not until the third item on the agenda that he finally opened his eyes.

But in the eyes of Gao Ranran and others, Li Ang just kept his eyes closed and maintained the same posture for several hours.

It is really not easy for contemporary young people to have such concentration. When the lecture reached the second half, except for the eldest sister who was most interested in Buddhism, everyone else basically went to watch videos and read novels.

(End of this chapter)