"Doing business?"

"Brother Lin, you're really something! Not only are you a university professor at such a young age, but you're also running your own business?"

Lin Fan smiled slightly and said modestly, "I'm not as amazing as you say, Brother Guo Cai. Maybe I'm just lucky."

"Sigh, is having luck also a reflection of ability? There are plenty of unlucky people these days. If you want to do something big, you need a bit of luck, right?"

As they talked back and forth, the two became more and more familiar with each other.

Lin Fan looked at Guo Cai and for some reason felt that there was a strange burning in Guo Cai's eyes when he looked at him.

Of course, not that kind of intense heat.

Lin Fan had seen countless people, so after hesitating for a moment, he casually asked, "Brother Guo Cai, you've been asking me about going to Zhejiang City. Do you have something on your mind?"

After a moment of surprise, Guo Cai scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly, a simple and honest smile appearing on his broad beard, and said, "Brother Lin, you noticed."

"Well, my daughter is fourteen years old this year and just started junior high school!"

"Sigh, I don't expect her to become a talented intellectual like you, Brother Lin, but I do hope she can get into university and make our family proud. I've invested a lot of resources in her for that."

"However, this girl's grades in other areas are quite good, but her foreign language skills are a complete mess."

“My wife and I are both country bumpkins who have never attended school and know nothing about foreign languages, so we don’t know how to help her.”

"It seems like fate that I met Brother Lin today. Since you are a university teacher who teaches foreign languages, I wonder if you could come to my house and tutor my girl?"

Lin Fan knew his guess was right; the tall, burly man did indeed have some ulterior motive towards him.

He thought for a moment, then said with some difficulty, "Brother Guo Cai, it's not that I'm unwilling to help you, it's just that I have things to do in Zhejiang City. Right now, I'm like a headless fly, with no ideas in my head. I'll need to plan things out carefully once I get to Zhejiang City, so I probably won't have much time."

Guo Cai didn't expect Lin Fan to agree immediately, since the two had practically no interaction before meeting today.

They're practically strangers. Why should they come to your house to help after just a couple of words?

So Guo Cai quickly patted his chest and said, "Brother Lin, I don't have any other skills in this city, and I really haven't studied much and am just a country bumpkin, but I've done some small business over the years, and my connections in this city are quite reliable."

"If you don't mind, just tell me what you need, and I can help you. If all else fails, I can give you some advice based on my knowledge of Zhejiang!"

"You can save your time and just stay at my house. Stay for as many days as you like, and give my girl some pointers when you're free!"

"How about we make a simple deal?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Fan hesitated for a moment.

Without much thought, he quickly agreed.

Having no idea what was going on in Zhejiang, I decided to help this kind-hearted man since I had met him. If it could actually help me find some clues about my situation, it wouldn't be a bad idea.

Thinking of this, Lin Fan immediately nodded and agreed, "Okay, Brother Guo Cai, if that's the case, I can guide your daughter for a few days!"

"However, Brother Guo Cai, learning this is a long-term process of accumulation. The effect of just a few days of guidance may not be that good. If it is not useful in the end, I hope Brother Guo Cai will not blame me."

Lin Fan was telling the truth; he wasn't deliberately shirking responsibility or trying to sow discord between the two parties.

That's the truth. Although he was a university teacher, he wasn't a god, nor did he have any special teaching methods. He simply taught Guo Cai's daughter some of the foreign language learning methods he thought were good.

But even if you get the best methods, in the end, if Guo Cai's daughter is unwilling to learn or doesn't have the skills, or if she's unwilling to put in the effort, then it's all for nothing.

"Brother Lin, don't worry, I understand this principle. Just do your best to teach her. It's a way for me to find some comfort. If you teach her and she still can't learn it, then I'll just accept my fate."

Guo Cai thought, "I've already found a university professor to teach you, a mere junior high student, and yet you're still the same as before, with terrible foreign language grades. That might be just as Lin Fan said, either you don't want to learn, or you're just naturally lacking in language talent."

In this way, he has done what he should as a father. When his daughter grows up, she won't blame him, right?

The two got along so well that they talked until very late before going to sleep.

The next afternoon, after a train journey of more than twenty hours, Lin Fan finally arrived in Zhejiang City.

After being warmly welcomed by Guo Cai, Lin Fan went directly to Guo Cai's home.

Guo Cai had previously claimed to be just running a small business, but Lin Fan realized upon arriving at his home that Guo Cai was clearly not a simple person.

He lives in a very upscale residential area in the city of Zhecheng. The house is very large, nearly 200 square meters.

Ordinary small business owners could never afford such extravagance.

"Dad, you're back?"

The two returned home around 6 p.m., just as the students were getting out of school.

As soon as the door opened, Guo Cai's daughter rushed into his arms, showing that the father and daughter had a very good relationship.

"Qing'er, do you miss your father?"

Guo Cai rubbed his daughter's head, then stepped aside and pulled Lin Fan inside.

"Come, come, Qing'er, quickly call your mother over, she'll introduce you to a guest!"

The little girl, called Qing'er, was stunned when she saw Lin Fan. Then her eyes lit up and she had only one thought in her mind: What a handsome big brother.

"Ah! Dad, is this older brother a guest of our family? Or a relative?"

Qing'er tugged at her father's sleeve, stole a glance at Lin Fan, and whispered a question.

Guo Cailang laughed loudly, "No, this older brother is your father. I met him on the train."

"Don't underestimate this older brother. He's a teacher at Nancheng University, teaching college students. I invited him to my home so he could teach you, a junior high student!"

As they were talking, Guo Cai's wife came out. She was about his age, a petite and gentle woman.

Guo Cai then formally introduced Lin Fan to his wife and daughter, and Lin Fan was warmly invited inside by the family.

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