Chapter 1 Childhood Sweethearts

Although it was morning, Beijing in July was still sweltering with heat.

Glancing at her daughter, who was in a hurry to go out with her delicately made-up face and dressed beautifully, Mother Liu called out, "Aren't you going to have breakfast, Shishi?"

Liu Shishi changed into her small high-heeled sandals neatly, turned around and waved to her mother, "I'm not going to eat anymore. I made an appointment with Yi Yi to go out and play today, and he's been waiting for me downstairs for a long time.

Mother Liu scolded: "You don't sleep at night and don't get up in the morning. Since you have an appointment with Xiao Song, can't you get up earlier? It's so hot and you're making her wait for you. Can you be more careful?"

Liu Shishi stuck out her tongue mischievously, "Oh my, Yiyi won't blame me, mom. Besides, I stayed up late last night just because I was chatting with him. He also slept very late. We are the same!"

Mother Liu's face turned cold when she heard this, and she said in a deep voice: "Are you asking for a beating? You still have the nerve to compare yourself with Xiao Song. He is the top scorer in the college entrance examination, and he doesn't need his parents to serve him on weekdays. He is very independent and self-disciplined! Do you have the level of a top scorer to dare to compare with Xiao Song? You play with him every day, can't you learn from his strengths and be a little more motivated!"

Hearing her mother nagging at her, Liu Shishi hurried out and went downstairs, pouting her lips and talking to herself as she walked: "I'm not the top scholar, but the top scholar listens to me."

After her daughter left the house, Mother Liu shook her head helplessly. Looking at her husband who was silently eating breakfast at the dining table, she became furious and said, "Eat, eat, eat. All you do is eat!"

Father Liu looked at his wife who was angry for no reason with an innocent look on his face: "What's wrong, honey?"

"Can you please pay more attention to my daughter's matter? Is there any news about the matter I asked the old man to help arrange?"

His wife was suddenly in a bad mood, so Father Liu changed his usual glib tongue and put down his bowl and chopsticks and said quickly, "The old man has already used his connections. After the summer vacation, when school starts, the crew will go to the dance academy to select people, and the director will choose our daughter to act in the crew."

Although the thing she was worried about had been settled, a mother still worries about her child even when he is far away. Thinking that her underage daughter would leave her parents and embark on a completely new path, Mother Liu felt heartbroken.

She discussed with her husband hesitantly, "I don't know if choosing an actress for my daughter is the right path. Shishi is only 17 years old and I am worried. I want to accompany her to the crew when the time comes."

Father Liu nodded in agreement and said, "I think it's okay. You go to the crew with Shishi and take good care of her."

Women are sentimental after all. Her father-in-law and husband have paved the way for their daughter, but Liu's mother is still worried. "I hope we haven't done our daughter any harm. I heard that this circle is very chaotic. It would be nice for Shishi to be a ballet teacher after graduation. Xiao Song's mother looks old-fashioned. Would she be willing for her son to marry an actress in the future?"

Hearing Liu's mother's words that somewhat belittled her daughter, Liu's father frowned and said angrily: "You are just worrying about other people's business. The two children are underage and have not yet started. They have a long way to go in the future!

Besides, my precious daughter is beautiful, innocent and romantic. Why would Liu Xiaoxian look down on my daughter? The Song family wants to marry Shishi as their daughter-in-law, but I don’t agree!"

After hearing this, Liu's mother rolled her eyes, knowing that her husband was just speaking in anger. No one knows a daughter better than her mother, and she can see clearly what her daughter is thinking. The 17-year-old girl is in love for the first time, and her heart is all on Xiao Song.

Xiao Song and Shishi have lived in the same community since they were young. They have been childhood sweethearts and were raised under the care of her and her husband. Xiao Song is a good child with good conduct.

But the problem is that the child is too outstanding. It’s not that the mother looks down on her daughter, but Shishi is really not worthy of her.

Xiao Song is not only handsome, looking three times better than the stars on TV, but he has also been a good student since childhood.

This year, he skipped a grade to take the college entrance examination. Last month, the results were announced. He was the top scorer in the 2004 Beijing City Liberal Arts College Entrance Examination and has been admitted to Peking University in advance. Some time ago, reporters came to the community every day to interview the top scorer. It was lively for more than ten days before it calmed down.

In addition, Xiao Song has published several best-selling books in recent years. I heard from my daughter that he has earned tens of millions of yuan in royalties alone. He is truly a man of both talent and beauty, and a man of great wealth at a young age.

My daughter has an okay temperament, with some baby fat on her face and only delicate looks. She never went to high school and attended an art school with an average level of education. Later, she worked hard to be admitted to the Peking Dance Academy to study ballet, but was told three months ago that she could not continue dancing due to her physical condition. Her career as a ballet dancer has come to an end, and she has no idea what her future will be after graduation.

My daughter has been spoiled by me and my husband since she was young. She doesn't know how to do laundry, cooking, or housework. She is noisy and naughty all day long, just like a tomboy.

Now I have a close relationship with Xiao Song. As the saying goes, childhood sweethearts cannot defeat the one who comes from heaven. When Xiao Song went to college, she met those beautiful girls from Peking University. What could my daughter use to compete with others?

Xiao Song’s mother Liu Xiaoxian is an associate professor at Beihang University, and her father Song Zhang is the chief physician of cardiothoracic surgery at Peking Union Medical College Hospital. This year, he was specially appointed as a “Yangtze River Scholar” by the state and has a very high social status.

The Song family is a typical high-level intellectual family. Mother Liu doesn't think that Song's parents would like their poor academic daughter. Thinking of this, Mother Liu can't help feeling irritated and worried about her daughter's relationship which has not yet blossomed.

Seeing that his wife was a little irritated, Father Liu patted her arm and comforted her, "Okay, okay, don't worry about it. Xiao Song is a very good child. If he and Shishi can succeed in the future, I won't object.

But a forced melon is not sweet, let the children decide for themselves on important matters in life. If the two children are really not destined to be together, there is nothing we can do, right? As long as Shishi feels happy, I agree with whatever kind of man she finds in the future."

"If you don't take it seriously now, what if Shishi and Xiaosong don't work out, and your daughter enters the entertainment industry and is deceived by an old man who knows how to coax people? You will cry!

I'm optimistic about Xiao Song. There's no one better than him in this area. The key is, don't tell me you can't see your daughter's mind. When Shishi comes back, I'll teach her a few tricks."

"Master, this is too slow!"

A handsome young man was standing downstairs of Liu Shishi's apartment. He looked down at his watch. It was almost 9 o'clock. An hour ago, he sent a text message to Liu Shishi to tell her that he was downstairs. Liu Shishi replied quite quickly and said that she would be downstairs soon. But she hasn't shown up yet. He was getting a little anxious waiting in the hot summer weather.

The boy's name is Song Ci, or Xiao Song in Liu's mother's eyes. He was born on January 1, 1987, so the elders in his family gave him the nickname Yuandan. But Liu Shishi liked to call him Yi Yi, saying that it was her exclusive name. Over the years, Song Ci just let her call him that.

On the surface, Song Ci is a handsome young man of seventeen or eighteen years old, but his inner soul is that of an adult in his thirties.

In his previous life, he was a senior computer engineer at ByteDance. He was proficient in ByteDance's core big data algorithms and was a top talent in the IT industry. In addition, he was interested in financial investments and had achieved financial freedom long ago.

Unfortunately, he was always busy with study and work, and had been single for more than 30 years. He had not had time to spend his money. After a car accident, he was reborn from 2027 to 1987.

(End of this chapter)