Early the next morning, Chen Jiaxian was sitting in the waiting hall, looking at the diamond ring on her hand.
Her hands were small, which made the stone look extraordinarily large. This stone is really big, but I always wear it incorrectly and slip to one side.
Pan Qiaomu sneezed and sat next to her: "Do you want to do it in China or Singapore?"
Chen Jiaxian was startled: "What to do?"
Pan Qiaomu grabbed her hand: "Get married."
Chen Jiaxian was surprised: "Ah? Have we progressed to this point? Your parents?"
Pan Qiaomu pulled out a ticket from his pocket: "I'll take you to Singapore. It just so happens that this trip has been completed. My parents are flying to Singapore from Europe today."
Chen Jiaxian was even more surprised.
Pan Qiaomu said: "I grew up in Singapore - you don't know?"
Chen Jiaxian glared at him, and Pan Qiaomu hesitated: "Baby, I'm sorry, I'll send you my resume right now. The domestic market is huge and there are many opportunities, so my uncle asked me to develop in the country and explore ways for the family."
Chen Jiaxian started to have a headache: "Uncle? Family? Are all your family members in Singapore?"
Pan Qiaomu felt guilty: "Well, when we arrive in Singapore, I will take you and my family to dinner first. The family may be a bit big, but I believe you can handle it. My parents will arrive the day after tomorrow. Here, all the gifts are in my box."
Chen Jiaxian's head hurt even more: "Aren't you asking me to work overtime temporarily?"
Pan Qiaomu said confidently: "Po County is very small, so you have to socialize with your connections anyway. Those connections are all my family members, my classmates in elementary school, junior high school and high school, and my classmates' classmates. We are a win-win situation." Help me, help you.”
Chen Jiaxian knocked Pan Qiaomu on the head with the diamond ring in her hand.
After getting on the plane, the two of them had different tickets. After flying for a while, Pan Qiaomu came over to find Chen Jiaxian and saw that she was reading a book that she took from his home.
It's still the book "Love in a Fallen City".
Pan Qiaomu reached out to tease Chen Jiaxian's hair. Chen Jiaxian patted him: "Don't make trouble, let me finish reading."
Pan Qiaomu was wearing a shirt, standing casually and leaning on the airplane seat. He lowered his eyes and looked at the end of the same paragraph as her.
"...The fall perfected her. But in this unreasonable world, what is the cause and what is the effect? Who knows.
Maybe just because he wanted to fulfill her, a big city collapsed. Thousands of people died, tens of thousands suffered, and earth-shaking reforms followed. "
Chen Jiaxian closed the book.
She doesn't see her place in history as nuanced.
She just smiled and put the book back in her bag.
…
Shi Yuan's memorial service was very deserted.
He was born in the mountains. His mother couldn't bear the poverty and ran away. His father beat him badly. When he was ten years old, his father drank to death and his father's family did not want him. Fortunately, he was smart and relied on government subsidies to study. He slowly graduated from the mountains, went to college, worked, caught up with the times, accumulated wealth, but had no children.
Almost no one came to Shi Yuan's memorial service. In the business society, there are no permanent friends and enemies, only permanent interests. As Shi Yuan himself said, if you die, what's the need?
Shi Yuan donated more than half of the money he left behind and left part of it for Yu Ben.
After the memorial service, Yu Ben took Shi Yuan's ashes to Shenyang.
Shenyang is where Shi Yuan made his fortune. Yu Ben thought that Shi Yuan would probably be willing to stay here. But whether you like it or not, it doesn't matter. Shi Yuan himself always said that death is like a lamp going out. When he is alive, he climbs up hard. When he is dead, he is dead. He doesn't care about what happens after him.
Yu Ben chose a tomb for Shi Yuan, which was open and facing the sky. He knew that Shi Yuan had been looking upward his whole life. Perhaps many years ago, deep in the mountains, he looked up like this, looking up at the blue sky, trying to jump out.
it's all over.
On the way back, it snowed heavily. The road was slippery in the snow, so Yu Ben parked the car on the side of the road in a daze.
Shi Yuan took advantage of him, sorry for him. But Shi Yuan also supported him and helped him. It's true that he used him and almost killed him, and it's also true that they had some daring moments. It is true that he pays attention to interests, and it is also true that he has never firmly opposed paying for his ideals. Maybe people are like this, black and white, eventually blend into one place and turn into chaotic gray.
There is no way to evaluate, no love or hate, just a sigh.
Yu Ben stared at the white snow in front of him. After looking at it for a long time, my eyes hurt a little, and I shed some tears because of the reflection of the snow.
Yu Ben turned on the radio.
"——Boss Xu of Yongda Group has caused a deficit in national wealth. When will the verdict be announced and how should the verdict be pronounced? 'Houses are for living, not for speculation' will become the main theme in the future, and the era of buying and selling land will eventually remain in history..."
Yu Ben leaned on the car, gradually feeling a little confused. There is no need to go back to the time of Kangxi and Qianlong. Looking back at Tongguang, we are already disappointed - the past ten years were like a big dream. The wave came and the wave faded. Nothing changed, leaving only a pile of expensive mud bricks.
Yu Ben slowly started the car and gradually merged into the busy traffic of the old industrial base.
Times are always moving forward, and all good and bad will pass. The ups and downs, peace, scars, and laughter will all pass away. People carry everything on their backs and can only move forward, always forward.
He looked ahead.
The sky is covered with heavy snow, and the earth is completely white, like a new life.
He changed the channel, and the melody of the Cantonese opera "Dream of Red Mansions" came:
“Those who become officials will have their fortunes withered;
The rich and noble have lost their gold and silver.
Those who are kind can escape death;
Merciless, clear retribution.
It's like a bird that has eaten all its food and has thrown itself into the forest, leaving a vast expanse of white. The earth is really clean. "
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