Chapter 69: The Price of Growth

Stockholm, Sweden, more than eight years later.

A plane decorated with five stars and a logo that resembles a fire phoenix landed lightly at Stockholm Airport in the drizzle. After a while, the passengers got off the plane in twos and threes, and half an hour later, when the passengers were gone, the flight attendants lined up to get off the plane, three crew members walked in front, and a flight attendant in her early thirties led three flight attendants and an air police officer to follow the crew and board the warm minibus.

In northern Europe in mid-September, the maximum temperature during the day is about 15 degrees, and once it rains on a cloudy day, the temperature is cold to the bone. The minibus slowly drove out of the airport in the drizzle, and the people on board rubbed their hands and stomped their feet, and after a while, it warmed up, and the atmosphere in the bus became lively.

It shows a flight attendant with a round face and a little baby fat coquettishly mentioning a topic, and another flight attendant with bright eyes and a crisp voice sings "A Girl's Prayer" sung by Miriam Yang with a voice comparable to that of a singer. This is one of the most popular champion songs of the year, and the original song is an old Polish song with a history of more than 100 years.

Several crew members playfully asked for another song, among them, Navigator Xu showed off his mountain song voice by the way, Driver Liu turned his head and shouted at the rest of the people to perform, and the co-pilot was bowing his head to please the flight attendant foreman: "Zhiyan, you also have a song, everyone has never heard you sing." ”

This flight attendant foreman is Han Zhiyan, and her current age can be regarded as a flight attendant.

Han Zhiyan kept her head down and fiddled with her mobile phone, as if she was chatting with someone by text message, and when she heard the words of the co-pilot, she raised her head and smiled reluctantly, stroked her hair and said, "I'm going to be there soon, next time." ”

There was a commotion in the carriage, and the stewardess with baby fat on her face shouted coquettishly: "Sister Han, when are you going to invite us to your house to sit, I haven't been to your house yet." ”

Han Zhiyan smiled professionally: "Hehe, that's not my home, a friend asked me to live temporarily." ”

The flight attendant immediately followed: "Sister Han has a lot of friends, when will you introduce us to each other." ”

Han Zhiyan smiled gently: "Okay, okay, let's be free." ”

After driving from the airport for more than an hour, the car stopped next to a lake-view apartment by Lake Mälaren, and the rest of the people in the car got out of the car. ”

Han Zhiyan showed a helpless smile, waved at everyone, closed the door and continued to walk. The occupants of the car entered a fifteen-story apartment building. When everyone got into the elevator, the baby-fat-faced flight attendant just now was depressed and lamented: "Sister Han is really hardworking, I heard that the flight attendant at the same time as her is either married to a big man or married a rich man, only Sister Han is still running in the sky in her thirties." ”

The flight attendant who sang just now also sighed: "That's it, I heard that Han Zhiyan is a bad person, she is very soft-hearted, others fall in love, make money and earn things, she has talked about three loves, and she tosses herself empty-handed." ”

Several crew members pretended to be reserved and remained silent. But their eyes were shining, and they both wanted to hear gossip. The flight attendant with a fat face immediately added: "Yes, yes, I heard that the first boyfriend she talked about was a fake big money, cheated women out of money to eat soft rice, and stepped on a few boats." The woman who was deceived by him debunked him, chased him everywhere to collect debts, and Sister Han was still flying in the air, unaware of it.

In the end, the man was desperate and relied on Sister Han, defrauded Sister Han of all her savings, and planned to let Sister Han go into debt. Fortunately, Sister Han's best friend was an insider and helped Sister Han drive away the soft rice man, but it is said that her best friend immediately turned her face with Sister Han, and I heard that Sister Han was soft-hearted, not only did not collect debts from the man, but also gave the other party a plane ticket, and the last tens of thousands of deposits, so that the man ran away by himself. ”

The elevator reached the floor rented by the flight attendants, but everyone's gossip was burning, and a group of people huddled together to go to the pilot's room and continue to gossip.

“…… It was a big trouble, and later Sister Han changed companies, and as soon as she calmed down, an official chased her again. It is said that which official is young and promising, is a bureau-level cadre, but who didn't expect that guy to be a crony eater, relying on his wife to climb up, the wife is the child of a cadre, and the old father-in-law single-handedly pulled his son-in-law to climb to the position of director.

This matter was later known by his wife, and his wife chased after the company, and Sister Han had to change companies again, physically and mentally exhausted...... This time she found a young man who looked simple and planned to live a peaceful life. The young man was the representative of a European company in China, Chinese, who often flew around in the air, and the two met in the air, and it was very sweet and ......"

"And then, then what?"

"Then the financial turmoil, the little young company collapsed, and the little young disappeared."

"Ah......", the female pig's feet in this story are too sad, and everyone has been reminiscing for a long time and lamenting for Han Zhiyan's fate. When the navigator Xu came out of the shower, he heard everyone's discussions, and retorted disappreciatively: "You guys, don't be sour and disparagement there." Sister Han, that's a good person, and there is a good reward. Look at people, changing four airlines in a row, and the flight attendant foreman sits firmly everywhere. Every time people are in a desperate situation, there are always people who jump out and spare no effort to help, can you do it? Think about it, if you get to Sister Han's step, how many friends can be willing to help like this? ”

Being reminded by the other party, Liu immediately remembered the rumors he vaguely heard, and immediately put on a straight face to be fair: "Yes, yes, you guys don't have to be right or wrong." Although Han Zhiyan has only just come to our company, her contribution to the company is a great ......"

Navigator Xu wiped the water droplets from his hair and interjected to add: "That's it! How much money can you earn by plane pulling guests? The money-making part is 'random freight'. Stockholm is a remote route, Han Zhiyan is a good person, and she knows a lot of important foreigners, otherwise how could she pick a company to change jobs? Since our airline poached Sister Han, every time we return from Stockholm, the cabin is always full. ”

The flight attendant with a fat baby face showed a remorseful application, but her eyes immediately lit up, and she asked coquettishly: "So, Sister Han can make a lot of money just by taking the 'logistics commission'?" No wonder she's ......."

Navigator Xu put down the towel and kindly reminded: "So, don't be delusional about it, Han Zhiyan can't squeeze away." Six months ago, when she came to report, I happened to be hanging out in the ground service office, and I heard Director Han personally assure: let Han Zhiyan fly randomly for two years, and then transfer to ground staff as soon as the route is stable. In the past two years, the company has to coax her...... Also, the house we rent now is also the favor of Han Zhiyan. ”

Liu Driver nodded and agreed: "I've heard this, we rented the eleventh floor of this apartment, it is said that Han Zhiyan's foreigner friend gave a friendly price, and the rent is cheap - the cleaner hired on the eleventh floor has a monthly salary of 30,000 crowns, and the annual cleaning and sanitation fee on the light floor is 600,000 yuan, but the rent of nine rooms on this floor is only 1.5 million crowns a year...... We're just living for nothing. ”

At this time, Han Zhiyan's minibus has stopped at Lake Mälaren, this pier is actually not far from the apartment building rented by the flight attendants, if you have the heart, standing by the window on the eleventh floor, you can see the back of Han Zhiyan waiting for the ferry on the pier.

More than eight years have passed, Han Zhiyan is slightly old, and the young girl eight years ago is now like a young woman. Flying in the air for a long time, sleeping badly, resting and resting badly, her face looked a little haggard, and always with a lazy taste, at the moment she lazily leaned on the van, shivered slightly in the cold wind, and subconsciously looked down at her phone.

A speedboat slowly approached the dock, this speedboat was gray all over, the railing was gilded, it looked clean and tidy, and there was a little bit of low-key luxury. The blue "Ariana" on the boat was very conspicuous, and Han Zhiyan's eyes lit up when she saw the speedboat appear, and she hurriedly waved at the speedboat.

The speedboat approached the shore unhurriedly, an old housekeeper in his fifties held a cloak in his hand, he respectfully stretched out his hand to Han Zhiyan to pull, and handed over the cloak, Han Zhiyan obediently let the other party put on a windbreaker, and leaned into the butler's arms like a bird, and let the other party pull and jump onto the speedboat - no matter who this scene falls on, it will feel that this man and woman are either father and daughter, or lovers.

But the old man was just a butler.

When the two entered the cabin, the old housekeeper took a step back respectfully, took Han Zhiyan's hand, asked the other party to hold the railing, and then turned around and retreated. The speedboat quickly started and headed for the depths of Lake Mälaren.

Also translated as "Lake Meilun", Lake Mälaren is about 120 kilometers long and more than 40 kilometers wide at its widest point. There are large cities such as Stockholm and South Telyer along the coast. To the southeast of the lake is the South Telje Canal, which leads to the Baltic Sea. There are more than 1,200 islands in the lake, the largest island covers an area of 100 square kilometers and is the exclusive resort of the Queen of Sweden, while the smallest island is only a few hundred square meters, which can only build a small house.

The scenery of Meilun Lake is very beautiful, typical Nordic scenery, quiet and beautiful, full of breathtaking blue, so it has become the world's top vacation and summer resort, but in fact, there are more than 1,000 islands in Meilun Lake, and it is a few large islands that have really been developed.

Because of its proximity to the Arctic Circle, the lake is frozen for six months of the year, and after the lake is frozen, it is only possible to pass on the ice for a few months, and the rest of the time it is not possible to walk on the ice. In summer, the navigation time is also very short, the temperature here in June is only more than 10 degrees Celsius, and the lake surface can completely thaw at the beginning of June. As a result, the islands on the lake are isolated for almost half of the year, which means that under normal circumstances, the houses on the islands are uninhabited for half the year, and the development of small islands will of course not be tried.

However, there are always some abnormal people in the world, some people like to live in isolation, and some people like the smell of isolation...... Of course, this preference can only be maintained for a short time, after all, man is a social animal.

The island was bought by a wealthy man who is said to be a young and upstart who got rich on the Internet and who bought the island four years ago and started to build on it. Fortunately, this person pays attention to environmental protection, and the island cottage designed is very beautiful and chic, and it is also very compatible with the environment, the construction process is very quiet, and the garbage disposal is very proper...... Therefore, although he made a big move, he was also acquiesced by the locals.

The island originally had its foreign name, but after the owner completed the construction, he inlaid a stone slab on the island that was buried flat on the ground, and a small bronze tripod was erected next to it. Two seal characters are engraved on the stone slab: "weak water". Therefore, she doesn't care what others call Han Zhiyan on this island, she calls it "weak water island" herself...... Of course, outsiders don't actually know that there is a "weak water" stone monument on the island. As a private property, the island is currently visited only by Han Zhiyan and the housekeeper who manages the properties in the Lake District.

The weak water island is not large, about 800 meters long and 300 meters wide, and the shape is a bit like irregular willow leaves. The reason why the locals allowed the unknown owner to break ground on the island was because the owner hired a famous designer to build a house full of harmony and beauty according to the shape of the island.

The house is only one storey, and it was built from the southernmost part of the island, and occupies a third of the island's area depending on the shape of the island. The roofs are staggered and shaped like wrinkled willow leaves, and even the veins are simulated – but those simulated veins are actually solar panels. Whether viewed from the air or from the side, the whole building is integrated with the island, and the part that protrudes from the ground is simply grown out of the ground.

The speedboat slowed down and slowly approached the pier at the southern end of the island. The pier is shaped like a shield tip, but it is actually the south balcony of the villa on the island, which is only five or six meters deep, and across the balcony is the villa's glass doors and large glass windows. Han Zhiyan boarded the balcony, but the housekeeper did not follow, he bowed to Han Zhiyan on the boat, and explained politely: "Miss Han, please poop - the bath water has been placed for you, and the water temperature is just right." Your dinner will arrive in an hour's time, and your maid Vera will arrive at five o'clock tomorrow morning, what else do you command? ”

Han Zhiyan waved her hand lazily and took out the key to open the door. The housekeeper didn't call the speedboat driver to leave until Han Zhiyan entered the house.

On the other end, after Han Zhiyan entered the house, her feet flung and flicked, the high heels on her feet flew into the air and then fell, her shoulders twisted and twisted, and the windbreaker immediately fell to the ground, and after a few more steps, the blouse fell and the skirt was thrown on the ground. When she threw down her suitcase, she pushed open the side door of her bedroom, revealing a circular bath eight meters in diameter......

In the south section of this house, there is a bedroom with a lake view, two doors on the left and right of the bedroom, one leading to the bath and the other leading to the dining room. There is also a door on each side of the bed in the bedroom, which leads to the depths of the villa, which is more than 200 meters deep and is the functional area of the villa, facing the land of the island. There are living rooms, guest rooms, study rooms, gyms, ballrooms and other facilities.

When Han Zhiyan walked to the edge of the bath, there was only underwear and underwear on her body, she reached out to test the temperature of the water, stretched her waist lazily, and then casually poured the bath salts placed on the side of the bath into the bathtub, lazily took off her underwear and underwear, and jumped into the warm water with only her mobile phone. Closing her eyes and enjoying the massage water flow for a while, Han Zhiyan looked at her phone frequently, and occasionally couldn't help it, she sent the same text message again and again: "How long is it?" I fell asleep. ”

Ding, a text message came: "The formalities are very troublesome, don't wait for me." ”

Han Zhiyan threw her phone aside, twisted around and fluttered in the water for a while, picked up the bathrobe from the bath, and climbed out of the water briskly, the phone had been forgotten by her by the bath, she walked to the living room barefoot, ready to watch TV and wait for dinner.

The days in Sweden are very long, with dawn hours approaching 18 hours. It was already eight o'clock in the evening, and the temperature had dropped to ten degrees Celsius, but it was still very bright. Walking barefoot on the floor with floor heating is warm and comfortable. When she walked into the living room and turned on the TV, Han Zhiyan buried herself in the thick plush sofa and dozed lazily.

Soon after, the maid who delivered the meal arrived by ferry, and the various dishes that served the meal were wrapped in tin foil and served in the microwave to be heated. The dinner was very rich, more than ten dishes plus two pizzas, the maid sent it into the kitchen, Han Zhiyan was stunned for a while at the table full of dishes, and then said in a daze: "Pizza bar...... I stood for eight hours, flew back from New York, stood for twelve hours, and now I just want to sleep. ”

The maid only understood the word pizza, she put the pizza in the microwave, turned around and went to the bathroom, re-put a pool of fresh water, cleaned up the clothes that Han Zhiyan threw on the ground, made the sheets and made the bed by the way, and then turned around, the pizza was already on the table, Han Zhiyan took a few bites, and ordered: "Clean it up, I want to sleep." ”

So, the maid cleaned up the kitchen, went over to help Han Zhiyan fold the quilt, quietly locked the door and left the villa, at this time, the lake became shining, although the sky was still bright, but someone couldn't wait to decorate the lake area with a night scene.

The night view of the island is also beginning to show, this island claims to have the world's most advanced environmental and energy-saving equipment, its lights are gradually brightened as the night deepens, and now at the beginning, the fluorescent lights embedded in the surrounding area only flash a vague blue light, and when it is late at night, the decorative lights can be lit up one by one, outlining the whole island full of psychedelic colors.

The islands on Meilun Lake are basically bought by wealthy people. Island owners have different preferences for the decoration of their islands, and many of them are nouveau riche, and the decoration style of weak water islands is neither prominent nor outdated on Meilun Lake. But this building, which has just been completed for a year, has a certain reputation in the Lake District, firstly, because the island's residents like to be quiet and never affect others; The second reason is that although the owners of this island often do not stay at home, they spend a lot of money every year.

Not to mention that he has hired a Lake District property company to take care of and clean this villa all the year round, creating a lot of jobs for the Lake District, it is said that the female guest who often appears is also a big consumer, and the weekly food delivery service alone is more than 100,000 kroner per month......

Vera, the maid who left the island of weak water, patronized and reminisced, not noticing a speedboat passing by. On the speedboat, a Chinese man with a height of 1.9 meters, despite the oncoming cold hunting wind, stood on the bow of the boat and urged the speedboat to speed up to the weak water island.

Han Zhiyan slept very deeply, she did not sleep in a lake-view room near the water, but lived in a guest room facing the land of the island. Four months ago, when the housekeeper asked her to choose, she chose this room with thick walls around it, because she felt that the glass door facing the water was a bit unreliable, or whether it gave a sense of security.

In the haze, someone entered her room, Han Zhiyan opened her eyes in a daze, and the person opposite answered "It's me", Han Zhiyan immediately closed her eyes with reassurance, and muttered in her mouth: "It's over, so to speak...... You're an adult...... You can get ......."

Han Zhiyan, who was extremely sleepy, felt that her head was like paste, and it was clear that she knew what she wanted to say, but her tongue did not obey, and drowsiness always came up in bursts. She closed her eyes and was half asleep. After a while, I felt the bed sink, and then, a pair of hands were placed on top of the double peaks on my chest, and those hands began to be unhonestly kneaded. Han Zhiyan tried her best to open her eyes, she wanted to say, "You are an adult, don't be childish, don't touch me." ”

But for a moment, she seemed to be stunned, she wanted to say but couldn't control her tongue, her head felt dizzy, and her skin was extremely sensitive. With a burst of numbness in her chest, she lazily found herself turned over, her hands tugging at her legs, and she snorted in a daze, dissatisfied, wanting to say, "Don't make trouble, you're an adult today." But her drowsy head didn't listen to the domination, and she couldn't say it.

In a trance, Han Zhiyan felt a hard thing rub between her legs a few times, and she was thinking hard about what this thing was, and she felt that thing slowly slid into her body. At first, the intrusion brought a tingling sensation, and she wanted to shrink back in a daze, but her body was immediately covered by the other party, and then, the thing twitched, and each impact brought her a tingle.

In the midst of the lightning, Han Zhiyan suddenly woke up, that thing ...... Her body tensed suddenly, and her hands weakly wanted to push the person away from her, but she couldn't use the strong impact one after another, and in the confusion, she felt that she was constantly subconsciously straightening her waist to cater to the other party, and she couldn't wait to bury herself deep in the other party's arms.

"Forget it, it's already in...... I kind of know that there is really no free lunch in the world", Han Zhiyan thought dullly, her waist and limbs unconsciously straightened up, catering to the impact of the people on her body again and again.

After the passionate joy again and again, Han Zhiyan turned over and continued to fall asleep, in a daze, she felt that she had been tossed again and again, all the muscles in her body were complaining, she shouted weakly a few times to stop, but the words turned into bursts of humming.

She was finally awakened by the smell of rice, lying on the bed to taste the smell of food, Han Zhiyan felt extremely hungry, and cooed out of place alone, Han Zhiyan stretched her waist, feeling pain everywhere in her body, but as long as she stretched her muscles as much as she could, she felt full of pleasure.

The big boy on the opposite side came in with a food cart, and the little one who used to be has grown up now...... Han Zhiyan lay in the distance and quietly pinched her leg to confirm that last night was not a dream. I didn't know how to speak. Suddenly remembering the other party's tardiness, she asked softly: "The formalities have been completed?" ”

An Feng, who was opposite, had just turned eighteen years old today, he stretched his waist and replied with a smile on his face: "It's done, now I'm an adult." From today onwards, I can use my account at my own discretion, and Steven paid the bill with me last night and secretly returned to New York today. ”

"You treat me as your adult gift" Han Zhiyan secretly scolded herself in her heart, she half-bowed in bed and asked, "So, you have chosen that university?" ”