At around 5:30 p.m. on August 20, in the VIP room of Jang Sung-won's café in Jongno-gu, Jang Sung-won and Lee Ji-eun sat opposite each other, while Xiao Jing was glued to Jang Sung-won's side. Coffee and snacks are placed on the table.

Zhang Chengyuan said: "Zhien, we haven't seen each other for more than a year, right?" ”

"Hmm." Li Zhien nodded respectfully.

Zhang Chengyuan said: "I left you a phone number, but you didn't call me once!" ”

Li Zhien said: "I was put away by my grandmother, she said that you are a big star, you must be very busy, let me not disturb you." ”

Zhang Chengyuan said: "So that's the case, then I'll write the phone number to you again later, if you memorize it, you won't be afraid of being put away by your grandmother." ”

"Hmm!"

Zhang Chengyuan looked at Li Zhien's well-behaved appearance, couldn't help touching her little face lovingly, and said, "Eat something first, you should be hungry!" He shoved a few plates of dim sum in front of her.

Li Zhien said: "Xie Lu, Brother Xie Chengyuan." He picked up a piece of cream cake and brought it to his mouth and bit it gently.

Little Crystal muttered, "Brother, I want to eat it too, and you can also get me a piece." ”

Zhang Chengyuan scolded in a low voice: "Don't you know how to take it yourself?" Having said that, he reached for a plate of tiramisu and handed it to her, and handed it a small spoon.

Xiao Jing took it with a smile, thanked her, and suddenly said to Li Zhien: "Sister Zhien, I said that my brother loves me very much, do you think?" ”

Li Zhien glanced at Xiao Jing enviously and nodded slightly. She only has one younger brother, and I don't know what it's like to have an older brother to take care of her.

After that, the two girls ate with relish, while Zhang Chengyuan didn't eat a bite, just smiled and watched them eat happily, and stroked Xiao Jingjing's hair a few times from time to time.

After eating for about twenty minutes, Li Zhien and Xiao Jing stopped almost at the same time, and Zhang Chengyuan asked Li Zhien, "Do you think it's delicious?" ”

Lee Ji-eun said: "It's delicious, it's very delicious!" There was a sincere look on his face. Given her current family situation, she hadn't eaten these desserts for a long time, because sometimes she couldn't even eat enough, so how could she have spare money to buy these things to satisfy her hunger.

Zhang Chengyuan sighed slightly, he had already seen that Li Zhien's physical condition had not improved, and guessed that her living situation should not have improved, and it might even be worse, it can be seen from her height that her height was a little higher than Xiao Jing last year, but now she is about two centimeters shorter than Xiao Jing.

Zhang Chengyuan said: "Eat more if it's delicious!" ”

Li Zhien said: "No, I'm already full." ”

Zhang Chengyuan turned his head sideways and asked Xiao Jingjing, "Have you eaten enough?" ”

Xiao Jing said: "Of course not, how can I fill my stomach after eating a few plates of dim sum, I don't continue to eat because I want to keep my stomach for Western food, brother, the steak you invited me to eat the day before yesterday is so delicious, please invite me to eat it again later." ”

Zhang Chengyuan first agreed, and then teased: "I eat so many things every day, and I don't know where I eat, neither how much does it grow, nor how does it not grow meat!" ”

Xiao Jing retorted: "I have grown to the head, I don't see how smart I am, I can get into the top three in school every time I take the exam, and I will definitely be admitted to Seoul National University in the future." What she never forgot was that she went to the same university as Jang Sung-won, but she didn't know how difficult it was to go to Seoul National University.

Zhang Chengyuan knew that the gold content of her "top three" is not high, if you compare it with the students of the same grade in Seoul, it is just in the upper middle, and if you want to be admitted to a prestigious university in the future, you have to make greater efforts, but he has never had high requirements for her, and he just hopes that she can grow up healthily, so after hearing Xiao Jing's proud words, he didn't criticize much, but said: "Be humble in the future, don't praise yourself at every turn, you should learn from your sister Jien." ”

Li Zhien hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't learn from me, I don't have anything to learn." The results are not very good either. ”

Zhang Chengyuan said: "What you want to learn is your humble attitude, crystal, do you know the Tao?" ”

Little Crystal obediently taught: "I know the way!" ”

Jang Sung-won comfortingly stroked her head and asked Lee Ji-eun, "Are you still living with your grandmother now?" ”

Lee Ji-eun said softly, "Yes." ”

Zhang Chengyuan said: "Isn't there anyone else at home?" ”

"And my brother and two cousins!"

"What about your father and mother?"

Li Zhien's face sank, and he said in a low voice: "I'm here, I'm going to work outside!" ”

Zhang Chengyuan said: "Do you miss your parents very much?" ”

"I kind of think about it, but with my grandmother by my side, I don't think so."

Zhang Chengyuan continued to ask some about Li Zhien's family situation, and found that her family was really poor, living in a very small room, and eating almost all cheap food such as potatoes, no wonder there was some malnutrition, and he couldn't help but pity her a little more.

Xiao Jing asked: "Sister Zhien, aren't you having a hard time like this, you usually laugh very happily, I can't see that you are so tired!" ”

Li Zhien said: "I'm not very tired, although it's a little worse than other people's families, but I feel very happy, I can be with my grandmother every day, and I am accompanied by my younger brother and two cousins." The so-called contentment and happiness may just describe Li Jien's state of mind at this time.

Xiao Jing was stunned for a while, she really didn't understand Li Zhien's words, so she had to turn her head to look at Zhang Chengyuan.

Zhang Chengyuan said to her: "For some people, whether they are happy or not depends not on material conditions, but on whether their hearts are smooth and whether they feel satisfied, just like some homeless people live happily every day, while many billionaires often have sad faces." Looking at Xiao Jingjing's confused expression the more he listened, Zhang Chengyuan shook his head again and said: "Forget it, you don't understand what I'm telling you now, maybe you'll understand it yourself in a few years." ”

Xiao Jing pressed her cheeks with both hands, her eyes were a little confused, and suddenly saw Li Zhien nodding slightly, she was even more confused, and sighed: "Brother, I will never say that I am smart in the future, if you two can understand, why don't I understand it?" ”

Zhang Chengyuan said: "Some truths can not be figured out just by thinking, but can only be understood by personal experience." You still don't have to worry about this, when you have rich life experience, you may be able to understand. Like Xiao Jing, who has always been held in the palm of her hand and cared for the greenhouse flowers that grew up, almost everything can be satisfied, which instead fuels her needs, where can she really understand the truth of "contentment and happiness".

Then Zhang Chengyuan said to Li Zhien: "Listen to Crystal, do you want to be a singer now?" ”

"Yes!"

"Can you tell me why you want to be a singer?"

Lee Ji-eun thought for a while and said: "At the opening ceremony of the school's sports conference this year, I sang a song by Gummy's "It's Good to Know Be a Friend", which was applauded by many people, and I felt very happy and fascinated, so I suddenly had the idea of 'I was born to stand on the stage and sing'. Since that day, I have had the dream of being a singer. ”

Zhang Chengyuan said: "Is there no other reason? ”

Lee Ji-eun said: "Well, there should be, being a singer can make a lot of money, can make our family move from the current small room back to the original big house, can make our family live a better life, and my parents can also move back to live with us." "No matter how greedy you are in life, you will want to live a better life for yourself and the people around you.

Zhang Chengyuan said: "I hope your dream can come true as soon as possible!" Ji-eun, now I want to help you, I wonder if you are willing to accept it? ”

Li Zhien asked, "Brother Cheng Yuan, how do you want to help me?" ”

Zhang Chengyuan said: "You are a strong person, so I will not give you much help, and you don't need it." Now I give you two choices, one is that I directly recommend you to go to an entertainment company as a trainee, and then you can go on your own. Second, I will find someone to train you professionally in singing, and after the training, you will find an entertainment company that can give you a chance and continue your future path. ”

Xiao Jing said: "Brother, you are a good person to the end, and you have been cultivating Sister Zhien into a talent, I believe you will be able to do it." ”

Zhang Chengyuan glared at Xiao Jing and said: "I have my own measure in this matter, and I will be angry if you interject indiscriminately." ”

Xiao Jing glanced at Zhang Chengyuan dissatisfied, but didn't dare to speak anymore, just pinched Zhang Chengyuan's fingers hard to vent, and Zhang Chengyuan didn't care.

Li Zhien thought about it for a few minutes and said, "Brother Cheng Yuan, I'll choose the second one." If Zhang Chengyuan's help is too great, maybe she won't accept it, but if that's all, she thinks she should be able to repay it in the future.

Zhang Chengyuan said: "Tell me your reasons." ”

Lee Ji-eun said: "I want to find a brokerage company by my own ability. ”

Zhang Chengyuan praised: "Ambitious! You will be able to succeed in the future. ”

Lee Ji-eun thought to himself: "I also think that I will definitely succeed, it is just a matter of time or time." Now with Brother Cheng Yuan's help, he should be able to succeed faster. ”

After that, Zhang Chengyuan took Li Zhien and Xiao Jing to the Western restaurant next door and ordered steak, pasta and other food for the two. After eating, he asked Lin Zhixiu to send someone to drive Li Zhien home, and gave her a large box of desserts for her to take home for her family to taste, in order to prevent Li Zhien's grandmother from misunderstanding the origin of the dessert and tell her about tonight, Zhang Chengyuan also personally wrote a letter for Li Zhien to show her grandmother.

After saying goodbye to Li Zhien, Zhang Chengyuan drove Xiao Jing back to ** company. On the way, Xiao Jing said: "Brother, when Sister Zhien finished training, did you really stop helping her?" This seems to be in line with your style, brother. ”

Zhang Chengyuan said: "Of course I won't care about it, but I just can't tell her, lest she know that after someone supports her, she will usually slack off when practicing, just like you are now, your sister said that you are often lazy when practicing." ”

Xiao Jing said: "I'm just a little uncomfortable, I'll work hard in the future, brother, you can rest assured, if I don't work hard in the future, you can spank me." ”

Zhang Chengyuan smiled: "Don't cry your nose if it hurts!" ”

Little Crystal said: "I'm so old, I won't cry like before." Brother, why don't you open a café or a western restaurant near Cheongdam-dong, so that it will be much more convenient for my sister and I to eat at noon or night. "A child's mind can sometimes jump so fast that it suddenly shifts to other topics.

Fortunately, Zhang Chengyuan has long been used to it, and after hearing this, he thought about it for a while, and said: "This idea is good, I will let people hurry up and handle it, and after a while, I will let you eat enough every day." "For the sake of Xiao Jing's body, even if he loses money, he has to open a restaurant in Cheongdam-dong or nearby, and there are many people there, if he opens it well, he shouldn't lose money, and he can even make a lot of money.

On the same day, after returning home, Zhang Chengyuan called Lin Zhixiu and discussed the matter with her. Of course, he is still his hands-off shopkeeper, and Lin Zhixiu has to run specific affairs, and only when he encounters improper resistance, he will secretly take action and clear all obstacles with thunderous but covert means.