For the intimate relationship with Cao Aiqing, He Tianran has never shied away from anything, he is in front of his parents, even in front of the other party's parents, even in front of outsiders, the girl did not return to China to explain the relationship, after returning to China, the two parties are natural, it comes naturally, he treats this relationship, has always given people such an impression.

The friends around him are generally aware of the state of him and Cao Aiqing, so there is no need to explain anything, in fact, if you calculate it carefully, for the first time in the past two months, he has put the relationship between the two sides on the table.

And in order to say this, He Tianran has been waiting for four years.

The timing, the occasion, the smile of the parents, the sweet acquiescence of the lover, and the various gains obtained when this sentence is spoken, all of which slowly dissipate the suffering of the past four years, and become an important nourishment for growth after being integrated into the heart......

He really fulfilled and fulfilled his original promise, and his heart at the moment is indescribably high-spirited.

At the beginning, when he said, "Trust me once, let time tell", he didn't know what the outcome would be......

And now, time, has proven that he can.

He really can......

It's just that what follows is a kind of short-term ...... A sense of laxity.

It's like a person who runs a marathon and finally reaches the finish line, and after experiencing the baptism of joy, he will be overwhelmed for a while, and he will not know whether to continue running or stop there.

But either way, he's won now, and he deserves it.

"Xiao Cao, uncle bless you, you are all good children, you are better than ......"

He Panshan paused, his eyes subconsciously glanced at his ex-wife, and then he raised his wine glass and said with a smile:

"Better than me, come, have a drink with uncle."

"Uncle He...... You're sorry. ”

Cao Aiqing was flattered, and hurriedly respectfully touched a glass with the elder.

She didn't drink well, for fear of getting drunk on such an occasion, so she had to hold the wine glass with both hands and put it to her lips, and took a small sip with restraint, during which she also squinted at how much wine she drank in He Panshan's cup, thinking that if she drank less, it would not be good.

He Panshan noticed her observing gaze, smiled faintly, and only took a symbolic drink, put down the cup, and said with a smile:

"Xiao Cao, in fact, when I first met you in college, I thought you were very similar to Wen Yu......"

The old man looked at his ex-wife and asked deliberately:

"What do you think?"

Bai Wenyu took out the napkin on the table, tapped her lips, and asked lightly:

"It didn't matter what impressions were made before, but now?"

He Panshan shook his head slowly, slightly opened his lips and wanted to say a simple yes or no answer, but he stopped again, he looked at his son and his lover, restrained Fang Cai's relaxed expression, and asked:

"Xiaocao, I heard that you received an offer from your favorite company when you were in the UK, but it seems that you rejected it and chose to return to China after graduation...... Is it because it's natural? ”

Hearing his father ask like this, He Tianran suddenly became a little embarrassed, but only heard Cao Aiqing deny it softly in his ear:

"No, uncle."

He Tianran was stunned for a moment, he immediately looked at his lover, everyone sitting was quiet, the girl was silent for a moment, her eyes were bright and deep, she sorted out her thoughts, and said:

"I regard nature as my lover, and under this identity, he is not simply labeled as a rich man, a poor man, a handsome guy, or a director, but despite this, there will be some realistic 'gaps' between us after all.

Just like the things you just discussed with nature, the title of a show wants to sell for 100 million, and the production cost of 3 million is said to be a small amount of money, and it is as simple as a water drift, these ordinary conversations all reflect the existence of this 'gap' between me and nature......"

"Ai Qing ......"

He Tianran didn't expect that the chat just now would bring such a perception to the other party, he called his lover's name with a little worry, and the girl looked at him gently, shook her head, and signaled that she was okay.

She continued:

"Uncle, my family is somewhat of a wealthy family, my father has a position in the Municipal Museum and the University of Hong Kong, and is quite famous in the archaeological circle, and my mother is a self-media, usually freelance writers, but also happy to be idle, the two of them have accumulated a little wealth over the years, for me to study at UCL in the UK, but the tuition fee for the year I studied in the Ba Academy is 33,000 pounds, and the living expenses, accommodation fees, tuition and miscellaneous fees are added together to convert together, and there will be 500,000 yuan a year.

Half a million a year is not an unaffordable number for my family, but it's definitely not a small number.

This number is the number that my dad would frown slightly when I talked to my parents, and before I went to the UK, this is also a number that I can actually accept in my life......

The estrangement, the distance, or rather, this is a kind of 'gap' between me and nature.

I could have been with nature without any worries, but this reality will definitely not be as simple as the fairy tale ending, "They have lived happily ever after."

The love between Silly Bai Tian and the rich boy is always only the most exciting before marriage.

The princes and princesses in fairy tales may not understand the firewood, rice, oil and salt later.

But as the protagonist in reality, we must understand that when I chose to study abroad, in essence, I also wanted to improve the quality of my life and let me have more choices, because I believe that when I improve my experience, cognition, and vision, I will be able to better integrate into the natural life, even if we are not in the same industry, but with my ability, the people and things, things and situations that I can come into contact with will not be far from him.

Besides, uncle, you asked me if I returned to China for the sake of nature, of course there is his relationship with him, but not all, my parents spent money for me to study and pursue my dreams, and I don't think they want to see me give up my future for someone, and make a moth to a fire to make them worry.

However, in my heart, career is important, dreams are important, and love is equally important, so when I returned to China, it was not so much that I gave up something, but that it took me these four years to achieve something so fearlessly.

Design work can also be done in China, and the way to realize my dream is not only in London, but my love can only be found in Hong Kong City. ”

Everyone listened to Cao Aiqing say this slowly, He Tianran was still in emotion, and at this time, Cao Aiqing's eyes finally looked at him gently, the outlines of the faces of the two were reflected in each other's pupils, the girl was full of tenderness, and whispered the last sentence:

"Love is not the whole of life, but you are the only one in my life."

Back to the original question, are Bai Wenyu and Cao Aiqing similar?

In terms of these life choices, the former has gone through thousands of sails, and her heart is like ashes, she replied yes, it doesn't matter.

And the latter, on the contrary, she says, are all important.

What is it that makes these two seemingly similar women answer very different answers?

Is it age? Is it an experience? Or ...... Is it a lover?

The meal was eaten in such a harmonious and sweet atmosphere, but the two elders were a little silent, and they didn't know what they were thinking.

After the meal, He Panshan received a phone call, presumably from Nanshan Jiadi, and after answering, he stood up, changed into the formal clothes he wore when he came, and said that he would let his son accompany him to the community alone.

Five minutes later, the two went downstairs, He Panshan looked around to observe the environment of the community, He Tianran followed him, they walked to the artificial lake of the community, and listened to his father say:

"Not long ago, the company took a piece of land in the harbor area, how much can you take it is the ancestral shade left by your grandfather for our grandfather, I want to make that land into a high-end community, I originally wanted to hand it over to you, but you have been very busy in the past few years, so I want to hand it over to Yuan Chong to do, what do you think?"

He Tianran was stunned for a moment and asked:

"That'...... What about his original job in the company? ”

He Panshan shook his head and replied:

"Didn't he keep complaining that I didn't give him something to do, just this thing can train him for a few years, one of you two brothers is entering film and television entertainment, and the other is entering real estate development, each performing its own duties, how good."

“……”

He Tianran was silent, but many thoughts were already pouring out of his heart.

Doing film and television by yourself, it seems that it is not compatible with the Internet industry of Shanhai, but in fact, the connection here is very deep, you must know that the financiers who invest in some film and television dramas are almost all Internet IT industries, just like those we talked about during the dinner just now, the combination of the two industries can be said to complement each other.

But real estate development ......

To be honest, anyone can see that He Panshan does not want to work across industries, and He Yuanchong can make achievements in this area, but if he can't do it, it is not a crucial event for He Panshan.

What's more, this industry is really not related to the current He family's main business, let He Yuanchong do it, and use an appropriate metaphor to give He Tianran's feeling that it is......

A fief sent to royalty far from the center of power in ancient times?

He Panshan asked with a smile:

"Speaking of which, when bidding for architectural design in the future, you can arrange Ai Qing, by the way, when will your base in Zhuguang Lane be renovated?"

"Ai Qing told me that there are still two months, take your time, after the broadcast of "The Wild Heart", the company's team will definitely expand, and all workstations and interior design will have to be re-planned, I think that in the future, the company's operations, business, publicity, etc. These colleagues will stay in the Shanhai Building to work, so that the business will be easy to dock in the future, and the Zhuguang Lane side will be full of personnel from the production department."

Cao Aiqing has not looked for a job for the time being after returning to China, but at the request of He Tianran, he re-planned a set of interior design for his company, which is the most important job for the girl now, and now the employees of the film and television company have temporarily gone to the building of Shanhai Technology to work.

He Panshan nodded, agreed with his son's proposal, and quipped:

"Now you have a production company, a brokerage company, and a hundred people in total, if you develop and grow in the future, you can go to your brother to negotiate, rent an office building, take care of his business, and let him give you a relative price by the way."

He Tianran was also happy, and said with a smile:

"Is it interesting to change the left hand for the right hand? What I have in his hand, it's not yours after all. ”

"Hey~ it's all mine...... Whew......"

The old father subconsciously touched his pocket, took out a void and looked at his son, who also spread his hands and shook his head.

"Really quit?"

"Of course."

"I thought you kid was making other girls happy, and he couldn't last long."

"Since you want the girl to be happy, you have to pay some sincerity, I have always been sincere for sincere."

The father and son found a bench and sat down, the night breeze was cool and pleasant, there were many families of three in the community, old and young went downstairs for a walk, a little boy sat on the shoulders of a young father, and the two walked happily and noisily in front of the eyes of another father and son.

He Panshan's gaze followed their backs for a while, and when he retracted it, he said earnestly:

"Son, what Xiao Cao said just now made me have a different opinion of you, you should find an opportunity to thank others."

"Huh? Shouldn't you have a new impression of Ai Qing? Why are you still targeting me? ”

He Tianran was puzzled for a while, and his father slowly explained:

"There have been improvements, but more importantly, I am grateful to her for allowing me to see a different side of my son."

"I ...... I didn't do anything during the meal just now. ”

He Panshan shook his head:

"Naturally, you know, some of the people we felt untouchable when we were young, the so-called white moonlight, red roses, many times seen after many years, may not be as good as they once were, and even in the world changes, times change, and after your life continues to climb, it may get worse.

Because we are no longer the sews we were yesterday, you were introverted, shy, and silent when you were a teenager, and it is very normal to meet a kind girl like Ai Qing and be heartbroken.

Originally, I thought that you would gradually fade your love for her because of the change of personality, career success, and self-confidence, you don't have to be in a hurry to deny it, this is very normal, and it is also a very human thing, after all, when you walk on this road, some of the opposite sex you meet in the future will not necessarily be worse than Xiaocao.

You can imagine that if you didn't like Ai Qing at the beginning, it was the little girl who took the initiative to pursue you in college, it was Bai Lingye who helped you succeed in your last drama and let you officially start the road of directing, and it was Xiao Wen who compared you to the weeds in front of the mountain this time, I think any of them, if they approached you and liked you during that period, they would leave a place as important as Xiao Cao in your heart. ”

He Tianran looked at his father and paused word by word, "But none of them are Ai Qing." ”

"That's right, none of them are Xiao Cao, and I seem to despise you two, so that now I can't give you any life advice."

He Panshan rarely softened his son, his tone was low, and his expression was self-deprecating, and He Tianran was a little surprised in an instant.

"Son, I don't know if you realize that Xiao Cao's words just now only said his own part, and the so-called 'gap' between the two of you is not something that she can cross alone, but precisely because she went abroad to study, and in the past few years that you have not confirmed the relationship, she has given you a chance to prove yourself.

You may be ignoring yourself, and you may be waiting for loyalty and commitment, but in the eyes of others, there is undoubtedly something else behind this act that is equally precious.

Xiao Cao is a very, very smart person, especially after she said this today, I am even more sure that the reason why she has not confirmed the relationship with you in the past few years is that she has tested you, and second, she has definitely helped you. ”

“…… Helped me? ”

He Tianran muttered to himself, and when the old father saw this, he smiled, and his fingers were raised and tapped on his son's forehead.

"At least in this matter, I see that my son is different from me, different from most people, and if you had been together sooner, I don't think I would have seen that, she...... Helped you perfect yourself and let me see a different side of my son. ”

Father's words suddenly reminded He Natural of the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, and Wen Liang said to himself——

She didn't want to kill an idealist.

Wen Liang knew himself for only half a year at that time to be able to say such a thing, so what about Cao Aiqing?

One year in high school, four years in college, and another four years of studying abroad, what does she want to do with such a pair of souls who tacitly understand each other to the point of tacit understanding?

Perhaps, in her words just now, it is-

She wants to be an idealist.

"It's time to tell you a secret, son."

Just when He Tianran was silently distracted, He Panshan suddenly seemed to be playful, and suddenly came to such a sentence.

“…… What? ”

"Do you know why my mother and I are safe now, and she even goes back to China to help you?"

Because of those words just now, He Tianran was still immersed in his thoughts, and his mind was very confused now, so he could only rely on some common sense to say:

"Although you are divorced, you still have some feelings, I am her son anyway, isn't it normal for her to come back to help me?"

He Panshan shook his head: "You are only half right, there are not only feelings in life, you should learn from Xiao Cao." ”

"That's ...... Why? It's impossible for you to hire my mother back to China for me and help me manage the brokerage company, which is even more unrealistic. ”

"Isn't that realistic? Let me tell you something even more unrealistic......"

He Panshan sank, he wanted to maintain a joking and relaxed tone, but the next sentence, for He Tianran, was tantamount to a thunderclap in his heart-

"Although my relationship with your mother has existed in name only, in a legal sense, I have ...... with her It's still husband and wife, and we're not divorced. ”

"What......"

He Tianran was shocked on the spot, his brain went blank, and he couldn't say anything......

The old man glanced at his son's expression, with a hint of tiredness in his eyes, but he still had a little thought to joke:

"Huh...... Son, you studied finance as an undergraduate, you should know what it means to divorce a company of Shanhai's size, and the husband and wife who are both founders have an emotional dispute. ”

Of course, He Tianran knows that this is a part of the division of common property, and the division of equity included here is often complicated to deal with because it involves the stability of the company's control, the shareholder structure, and other shareholders' rights and interests.

Shanhai is not without other shareholders, but the original founder has only two, one is He Panshan, the other is Bai Wenyu, one is responsible for technology and one is responsible for business in the early stage.

At first, He Tianran's grandfather was not optimistic about his son's devotion to the emerging industry of network IT, but if it weren't for Bai Wenyu's guarantee, Shanhai might not even be able to get the money to rent office space and buy work computers at the beginning, let alone develop into such a scale as it is today.

"When your grandfather invested in me, he opened a condition, that is, half of the equity in the company belongs to Wen Yu, this is the dowry given to her by the old man, although she has experienced so many rounds of investment over the years, and the equity has been diluted, but son, guess me, why am I still the actual person in charge of Shanhai? When your mother left, why didn't you take a penny from the company? ”

Prior to this, He Tianran had always believed that Bai Wenyu would return to China every few years, and even return to Nanshan Jiadi, Tao Wei ignored this, why He Panshan accepted He Yuanchong generously, it was because of the emotional ties between each other, although the broken mirror could not be reunited, but it was better than a broken jar.

But now after hearing such facts, He Tianran recalled and examined these behaviors again, and found that among these unhappy memories, they were all hidden in the details of his parents' lives......

"Aunt Tao......"

"Maybe she also feels that she owes me something with Yuan Chong by her side......"

He Panshan sighed, he and Bai Wenyu had the name of husband and wife, but they broke off the relationship between husband and wife.

And Tao Wei, although they have lived in harmony over the years, they can't give each other a real name......

“……”

He Tianran was silent, the more he thought about it, the more ridiculous he felt, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was full of a ridiculous reasonableness......

Finally, he hung his head and muttered in a low voice:

"Why...... Will this happen? ”

"Because, that's life."

He Panshan patted his son on the shoulder, he stood up, and said earnestly:

"The appearance of Xiao Cao has made me see a different you in the past few years, you are better than your father in this regard, but son, what is the future, I hope you can remember today this self who has fulfilled his promise.

After the knight waited for the princess for ninety-nine days, and showed her noble character, did it mean that everything was over?

No, son, you remember that waiting is not a result, on the contrary, waiting for it means beginning. (End of chapter)