Seven years later

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New York, USA

“ThreeTowOne”

Another batch of graduates from New York University, a world-renowned university, has graduated. Xia Qingcheng put on a black and purple bachelor’s uniform and took pictures with alumni. Compared with before, she has a much better relationship with her classmates, but she still keeps a long distance .

After taking the last wave of photos, a lady who had been watching for a long time walked over with a big smile, and handed the flowers in her hand to Qingcheng.

“Thank you, Mom.”

“Happygraduation, congratulations.” (Happy graduation, congratulations)

(Author: Because English is too poor, as long as there is nothing about China, all conversations will be in English, so I can make up my own mind.)

Qingcheng’s teacher stopped her: “Qingcheng.”

Qingcheng bowed slightly and responded politely: “Teacher.”

“Qingcheng, congratulations on your graduation.”

“Thank you.”

“Qingcheng, you are an outstanding graduate of our class, and your achievements are obvious to all. The teacher really hopes that you will think about it and stay and continue your PhD.”

Qingcheng declined: “Thank you teacher for your expectation, but my life has already been planned, so I have no plan to stay.”

“That’s a pity, but I still wish you a bright future, come on.”

“Thank you, teacher.”

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For the family dinner in the evening, for Qingcheng’s graduation, the parents invited all relatives.All the relatives are praising Qingcheng for being excellent and capable, and Qingcheng’s parents are well educated, etc., but Qingcheng doesn’t like to hear these words at all.

After dinner, Qingcheng returned to her room, closed the door, and she sighed.Walk to the desk and pick up the photo frame on the desk. This is a photo of the Cubs and the cheerleaders.

I’ve done my parents’ job – graduated cum laude from NYU.After graduation, the first thing that comes to mind is you.It’s been so long since we left without saying goodbye back then, don’t you know that the relationship between all of us will be alienated because of this?

She put down the photo frame and sat on the balcony in a daze alone.

“Ding Dong~” The phone calls.

It’s that guy, “Hello, Mr. Du, what’s the matter?”

“Miss Xia, do you have time to come out for a drink?”

Qingcheng dislikes this address the most, and that boy Du Tang likes to use this address to joke about himself, “Are you in trouble? How many times have I said it, my name is Xia Qingcheng.”

“Everyone is equal, so you are allowed to call me Mr. Du, but I am not allowed to call you Miss Xia?”

“Stop making trouble, the old place?”

“see you later.”

–bar

Qingcheng came, and the two sat at the bar, the waiter: “What do you want to drink?”

Du Tang: “Whiskey.”

Qingcheng: “Ordinary red wine.”

“A lot, please wait a moment.”

Du Tang propped his hands on the bar, leaned his head, frowned and said: “Xia Qingcheng, after all these years, you still drink ordinary red wine, can you pursue it a little bit?”

“I’m not interested in wine, and I don’t like drinking.” After saying this, she recalled that in the past few years, she didn’t know how much red wine she drank due to her poor drinking capacity.

“As the heir of the Xia Group, since you don’t know about wine, that’s fine, and you only drink red wine all the time, no, you said that you will take over your company in the future, what should you do for entertainment?”

Qingcheng gave him a blank look, “I never wanted to take over that company.”

Du Tang smiled, “Do you think it’s realistic? You are uncle’s only daughter, and you don’t have an older brother. If uncle doesn’t hand over the company to you, who will it be?”

Qingcheng’s voice was like broken ice, “That’s his company, it has nothing to do with me.”

“Has your relationship with your uncle not eased yet?”

silence.

Waiter “Your wine, please use it slowly.”

“thank you.”

Qingcheng picked up the wine, took a big sip, and answered Du Tang’s question, “He understands me at all.” Then, he took another big sip of wine.

“I still know a little about your family. You and your uncle just lack communication.”

Qingcheng smiled wryly, “Communication? The so-called communication between us is actually just him announcing all his arrangements. I am just a listener and performer, and I have no right to speak.”

“I think uncle may not understand that everyone needs time. He is a businessman, a top businessman. He is an order to his team, and his employees dare not resist.”

“Yes, so, does he enjoy this feeling? I’m not his employee, but he also orders me with the same gesture.”

Both took a swig of wine.

Du Tang wanted to help Qingcheng very much. He had known her for ten years. As a friend, he had never understood Qingcheng before. The years of getting along with each other in college allowed them to quickly understand each other. Qingcheng would be very tired if he did this. Are you going back home?”

Yes, I don’t know how many times it has happened, she wanted to go back to China, and she wanted to go crazy, and she wanted to go crazy with that group of people.

Du Tang knew Qingcheng well, he knew how much she missed those friends in China.

“Uncle is a businessman, and negotiation is a common thing in their work. You know better than me how many people want to cooperate with the Xia family. They are all negotiating with uncle. If you want to return to China, the only way is to negotiate.”

He looked at Qingcheng seriously, “You have to convince him that you really need to communicate. You are already 21, I think, uncle will choose to listen to you about some things.”

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When Qingcheng returned home, she saw her mother alone in the living room, and asked, “Mom, is my father in the study?”

“No, he’s already asleep.”

asleep?This was the first time she had heard that her father went to bed so early, usually at this time either for work or entertainment.

“He’s too tired. He’s almost exhausted because of a new project for the company. If he hadn’t spent half a day hosting a banquet for you today, he would still be in calligraphy now.”

“Oh.” Qingcheng really wanted to ask him about his situation, but in the end he just said “Oh.”

“Qingcheng, come here, I have something for you.”

Mother took out an envelope from a floor cabinet, “This is for you.”

“what is this?”

Mother smiled and said nothing, Qingcheng opened the envelope, it turned out to be…a plane ticket…