Chapter Eighty-Seven: Reunion
One of the distinctive features of the Stanford campus is its rectangular stone building, with yellow-colored stone walls surrounding the red-roofed building, connected by arcades and semicircular arches. These buildings are highly uniform in color and form, but have their own unique structures and Roman architectural elements. The iconic red-tiled roofs and bright blue skies of California complement each other to create an idyllic setting for the Stanford campus.
In addition to the beautiful architectural style, it also has a feature that it is large, and they walked around the campus for more than half an hour, but they were told that they had only visited less than a fifth of the campus. When I walked to the door of the green library, I also saw a group of people wearing only underwear giggling and flushing by the fountain pool, Qing Huan hurriedly turned away from her face with a black line, but saw that the people next to her had a familiar expression, and calmly walked aside, her surprised appearance seemed a little strange.
In the end, they rented three bicycles, and finally took a tour of the campus in the evening, and on the way to the hotel, Jamie suddenly said as if he remembered something: " By the way, it's a good time for you to come today, there is an event in the hotel near here in the evening, the designer who recently designed the new artificial intelligence robot Xiaoice will come to give a speech, and then there will be a celebration dinner, many people in academia and financial circles will come to participate, I have a friend who happens to be the organizer of this event, so he gave me two tickets......"
As soon as Su Jing heard that there was a dinner party, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly said, "Go, why don't you go, but there are only two tickets, but there are three of us." β
Speaking of this, she deliberately looked embarrassed.
Qing Huan smiled in her heart, and just as she was about to open her mouth to let them go, she stayed in the hotel to rest, but she didn't expect that Su Jing seemed to be expecting what she wanted to say, so she grabbed her hand and squeezed it hard.
She was in pain for a moment, and she didn't say what she wanted to say.
"Actually, it doesn't matter, Wendy can use a ticket, and Su you can enter as my female companion. Jamie thought about it for a moment and then smiled.
"Thank you, Jamie, you're so nice. Su Jing spoke sweetly when she heard this.
Jamie seemed to be very eager to eat her, and quietly glanced at Su Jing from the rearview mirror, his face flushed slightly, and then showed an extremely sunny smile.
Qing Huan glanced at Su Jing speechlessly, but didn't say anything more.
After returning to the hotel, Su Jing began to rummage in her suitcase, choosing what clothes to wear to the dinner tonight, but she didn't choose the right one, she didn't expect to have the opportunity to participate in this kind of activity this time, so the clothes she brought were more casual, no dresses or anything like that.
"I knew that I should have prepared a skirt, but my experience in this area is still insufficient, and I have to strengthen the response in the future, so as not to be caught off guard like this time. After Su Jing turned the box upside down, he sat on the bed with some loss and said.
"It's just an academic celebration dinner, and you're not the protagonist, and no one will mind what you wear. Qing Huan didn't care too much, and said while sorting out the suitcase.
"I don't think so, haven't you heard? People in the financial circle will also go, with those people here, the specifications of this banquet will not be small, and the women who go to the party must not all be dressed up in fancy clothes?" Su Jing disagreed with Qing Huan's statement, and after sitting on the bed and thinking for a while, she stood up, "Let's go, Qing Huan, let's go to the boutique to buy two dresses now." β
Qing Huan was taken aback by her, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Forget it, or I won't go at night, Jamie originally wanted to go with the two of you, and it would be bad for me to intervene, besides, I don't have the money to buy a new dress." β
"You stupid, this is a good opportunity to show yourself and expand your network, you are shouting all day long that you want to rely on your own efforts to make achievements, just like you, you don't participate in any activities, you don't establish any connections, why?" Su Jing nodded her forehead with some hatred.
"Even if I go, people won't be willing to come and make friends with me, right? Qing Huan muttered unconvinced.
"You can at least try to show your charm and mingle in front of one or two influential people, maybe it will be useful when you look for a job in the future, if you don't do anything, believe it or not, you will be blind when the time comes?" Su Jing glanced at her, and then said slowly, "Look, just like me, if I wasn't willing to talk to Jamie Hot for so long, how would he be willing to invite us to Silicon Valley to play? So, all of this isn't accidental, it's not lucky, it's earned by yourself, you know?"
"He's so affectionate because he wants to sleep with you, besides, I don't want to rely on men......"
"Why are you so axial? What's wrong with relying on men? Men don't rely on men? Aren't they still forming gangs and factions all day long? Aren't all men stepping on men's shoulders and climbing up, and everyone is using each other, what kind of men and women are divided? The important thing is that you have what the other party wants, and the other party has what you want, so you can rely on your self-righteous ambition to try to apply for the resumes of those big companies on Wall Street now and see if anyone will bird you?"
Qing Huan looked at Su Jing, and didn't know how to answer for a while, and didn't know how to refute.
"Okay, just listen to my advice, don't be like a countryman, cling to those old ideas, you should enjoy it, try your best to get some benefits if you can take the opportunity, why do you set so many rules and regulations for yourself all day long? Tired? This is known as the freest country, you will have a chance if you try, if you don't try, there will be absolutely no ...... Let's go, let's go buy dresses. Su Jing was very satisfied with this effect, and stopped talking to her, and pushed her out.
"But I really don't have the money to buy any more skirts...... Qing Huan sighed before being pushed out.
"Keep the dress clean and tidy, don't tear the label, and return it tomorrow." β
"Where's the shoes?"
"Put a latex pad on the sole of your shoes and keep it as good as new when you return it tomorrow. β
"Why are you so experienced? Have you done it before? But do you still need to do this?" Qing Huan glanced at her suspiciously, not believing that a person who drove a Mercedes-Benz sports car would have this kind of experience.
"Don't be stupid, how could I have this experience? Of course, I learned it from television. Su Jing looked at her like a fool and said indifferently.
Qinghuan: "......"
In the end, the two went to the boutique next to the hotel, Su Jing chose a red dress, the V-neck was very low, and the skirt was also high to the almost waistline, there was a feeling of losing up and down, and she was dumbfounded, and repeatedly confirmed with her that she really wanted to wear it to the dinner party like this?
"Of course, it's going to have an unexpected effect. Su Jing looked at the mirror confidently and said with a slight smile.
Qing Huan shook her head, and only chose a conservative white skirt for herself, which looked light, but after wearing it, she showed her advantages, and she felt that she was not in the limelight but was also very eye-catching.
When Jamie came to pick them up at night, he couldn't help but whistle, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes, especially when he looked at Su Jing, he could barely take his eyes off her.
When they arrived at the dinner hotel, they saw a string of luxury cars parked at the door waiting for the doorman to open the door, and the car driven by Jamie was a little cold in comparison.
After entering the door, Qing Huan immediately admired Su Jing a little, she really didn't guess wrong, in such a crowd, if they wore the clothes in the suitcase as planned, they would look very shabby, many of these people were wearing brands she didn't know, but even if she didn't know them, she knew that these would never be brand-name clothes in department stores, many of them should be from Gaoding.
"Look, I'm good to be witty, aren't I? Otherwise, we'd have been disgraced when we both came here tonight. Su Jing whispered in her ear.
Qing Huan nodded lightly, then glanced at Jamie, and saw that he was also a little confused, as if he didn't expect this dinner party to have such a high standard.
They didn't stand there for a moment, when the lights in the banquet hall suddenly dimmed, and then all the beams of light were concentrated on the front stage, and then a woman in an off-the-shoulder silver dress walked up, her long hair pulled into a bun, revealing a snow-white swan neck, and her facial features were so beautiful and delicate that she couldn't speak.
"She is tonight's protagonist, the main designer of the artificial intelligence robot Xiaoice - Ningxia. Jamie showed a look of appreciation in his eyes, and introduced Su Jing and Qinghuan in a low voice, "She graduated from Stanford with a Ph.D., and she was invited to come back to give a speech this time." β
"Tsk, goddess," Su Jing smacked her tongue and sighed, "People are so good-looking, have a high IQ, and have a high education, if the family background is better, it is simply the standard object of those elites." β
"But it's a pity that this goddess is already engaged, and I heard that they grew up together, how do you say it in Chinese?" Jamie tilted his head and pondered for a while, and then said in a very non-standard pronunciation: "Childhood sweetheart?"
Su Jing pursed her lips when she heard this, "Then her family background should be no different, and she can't run away from the arranged marriage......
Qing Huan didn't speak, she just looked at Ningxia who was giving a speech on the stage, and saw that she had a confident and intellectual temperament between her gestures, and her body seemed to exude a light that could not be ignored, and after attracting the attention of the audience, people could no longer take their eyes off her.
The moment she saw her, Qing Huan understood that this kind of background, this kind of aura is not something that anyone can have, it takes a long time of accumulation and precipitation to form, which is also the woman she has always dreamed of becoming.
Suddenly, there seemed to be a hot current flowing through her heart, and then somewhere in her chest seemed to start to burn, and the blood in her whole body began to boil.
"Thank you all for coming today, and finally I want to say that without the support of my fiancΓ© during this time, I may not be able to persevere to the end, so my success today is inseparable from you, Yi Dong ......" When Ningxia finally concluded his speech, he suddenly affectionately stretched out his hand to a tall man in a suit and leather shoes in the front row.
At first, he seemed a little surprised that Ningxia suddenly mentioned his name, but then he showed an elegant smile, walked a few steps forward to the stage, and then held her hand tightly.
The two hands were held together, as if they were meant to be held that way, and the fit was so touching that it was touching.