Chapter 87

Youyou stood at the door of the rehearsal room, and as soon as she showed her sweet smile, the artists in the Beijing Art Troupe immediately smiled happily.

The little girl that the art soldiers just disliked must be too pampered and arrogant, and they said they didn't want to pay attention to her, but now she doesn't exist at all. Only after meeting her did I realize that this little girl is extremely polite and no one would deliberately target her.

She's just a child, a lovable one at that. Why are you targeting her?

"Come in quickly." Xu Xi, the captain of the song and dance troupe of the Beijing Art Troupe, waved his hand and called Youyou to his side.

Everyone asked about the child's previous experience in the Jiangcheng Art Troupe.

At that time, Youyou's joining the art troupe was not a small move. Not long after she joined, she participated in a large-scale performance in Ling City and accumulated rich stage performance experience.

After that, Youyou was not idle. Not only did she not miss any stage performance, she even participated in a movie.

"Are you the kid in "Gun War"? When I went to the cinema to watch this movie, I said that the protagonist's sister was so cute. I didn't expect it was you."

"No wonder I thought you looked familiar the first time I saw you."

"Our group leader said that acting requires talent. This is your first time filming and you acted so well. Why don't you continue acting?"

Youyou smiled shyly: "Because I like dancing."

After a pause, she blushed again and whispered, "But even though I like dancing, I'm still lazy."

The little girl was very frank and didn't hide anything when she spoke. She was a little shy when she smiled, and it seemed like she was touching everyone's heart.

It is very difficult to persist in dancing. Every art soldier present loves dancing, but no one dares to say that if they are given a chance to be lazy, they will still practice diligently.

Although each performance on stage only lasts a few minutes, it is the result of everyone's long-term hard work. During several rehearsals, there were always girls saying that they were tired and it was really difficult to hold on, but in the end, they would still grit their teeth and persevere.

Everyone felt the same way and immediately understood Youyou.

It happened to be break time, so Xu Xi took Youyou to get acquainted with everyone.

There were eight little girls in the group. In a short while, Youyou memorized their eight names and called them "sister" one by one, which made everyone laugh.

Everyone even felt that even if this kid didn't know anything, just being a funny guy in the group was enough to lighten the atmosphere.

But who knew that when they started rehearsing the dance, Youyou's performance was beyond their expectations.

After not practicing dancing for a while, Youyou's basic skills have become a little rusty, but as Director Xu said, she has a certain talent in dancing. Just by taking a look at everyone's movements, she can immediately remember them in her mind and perform them like her sisters.

The little girl is still young, but precisely because she is young, she dances more lightly and nimbly, and her figure is so soft that it seems like she came out of a painting.

"Youyou, have you always been so flexible?" a cultural soldier asked, "or did Captain Xu train you to be so flexible?"

Youyou touched her belly and said, "When I was chubby and had a round belly, I could already bend down and do splits."

Everyone burst into laughter.

A chubby little ball learning to bend over and do splits is a very funny scene just thinking about it.

The director of the Beijing Art Troupe is named Li. When Director Li arrived, Youyou had already become one with everyone.

She was just about to come in with a smile when she suddenly heard the conversation among the people in the group.

“I always feel that when I jump to this action, the connection is a bit stiff.”

"The music was quiet and melodious at first, but suddenly it became passionate, but the range and intensity of the dances didn't keep up, so the audience could only adapt to the rhythm themselves."

“It would be great if the connection in this regard could be improved.”

“Youyou, please dance for us. I want to see if the audience will think this transition is too abrupt.”

Youyou listened to everyone, stood in front of the mirror and jumped up.

She danced naturally and smoothly, as if she was slowly re-entering her former identity. The more she danced, the more excited she became, as if she didn't even feel tired.

When the song ended, the art soldiers were puzzled.

"It doesn't seem abrupt at all. It suddenly becomes spiritual."

“I feel like some details have changed, but not much.”

"Youyou, did you change that awkward transition just now?"

Youyou scratched her head: "Yes."

Upon hearing this, several art soldiers were immediately delighted. They stood up one by one and danced like Youyou had just done, dancing heartily and without any flaws.

Looking at this scene, Captain Li showed a gratified smile on his face.

At that time, when Director Xu of the Jiangcheng Art Troupe said that the child was talented, she was skeptical, but now it seems that such a good seedling is indeed worth cultivating.

Captain Li even thought that the child's choreography ability could be brought into play.

Her future is limitless.

…

Jiang Guo was waiting outside the art troupe for Youyou to come home.

This is my sister’s first time joining the Beijing art troupe. She’s not familiar with the way home, so I have to accompany her a few more times, otherwise she’ll get lost.

While waiting, Jiang Guo kept thinking about his own problems.

She has grown up. At the age of eighteen, she has started to have some concerns. She is no longer as heartless and daring as she was when she was a child.

Can a person really fulfill his dream by going to a foreign country where he is unfamiliar with the place?

Jiang Guo's heart was wavering until he saw Youyou coming out of the art troupe.

Maybe Youyou danced for too long, her cheeks were flushed and her soft hair stuck to her forehead, and it was obvious that she was exhausted.

But even though she was so tired, the bright light in her eyes could not be concealed.

As soon as Youyou came out, she pulled her sister and excitedly said how much fun she had in the group, and that she would definitely come again next time and every day.

Jiang Guo was stunned for a moment.

In Jiang Guo's impression, Youyou is always so happy, but this time her happiness is different from her previous happiness.

Receiving gifts on her birthday, getting first place in the exam, having a great time with her friends...all of these things combined would not make my sister smile more satisfied than she does now.

"Sister, Captain Li said that I can participate in choreography in the future! How great it would be if I could choreograph a dance with my own ability!"

"But I'm afraid I can't do it..."

Jiang Guo smiled.

Youyou loves dancing, just as she loves it even now and often recalls the scene when she was walking on the runway at Jingping Hotel.

The satisfaction gained through passion always fills people with a sense of accomplishment and is unforgettable.

"Youyou will definitely be able to do it." Jiang Guo rubbed Youyou's head, paused, and smiled brightly, "I will definitely be able to do it, too."

On the way home, Youyou jumped around just like she did when she was a little dumpling.

But she didn't expect that when she got home, there was a surprise waiting for her in the house.

"Little green eyes?" Youyou blinked and looked at Jiang Xiangjia, who was waiting till sleepy, in surprise.

Jiang Xiangjia had been waiting for several hours and his eyelids were almost drooping. When he heard his sister's voice, he jumped up.

“Sister!” The little black ball rushed over, and when he was about to hug Youyou, he suddenly “brake”, stopped with his two short legs, pulled his little hands back, tilted his head and shouted, “I miss you so much!”

Seeing Jiang Xiangjia so excited, Youyou couldn't help but spread her hands and gave her a big hug.

Jiang Xiangjia hid in his sister's arms, blinking his green eyes. After a long while, he realized that he was being hugged!

Her little face turned black and red with joy. When she looked up, she saw Meng Jinyu coming back.

When Jiang Xiangjia saw Meng Jinyu, he lowered his head again as if he had done something wrong.

She was still young and didn't know what her mother had done wrong, but when she was in the village, she heard that her mother and Youyou's mother had a deep grudge.

"I'm leaving soon." Jiang Xiangjia said in a low voice.

She thought that as soon as she finished speaking, Youyou's mother would pick up a broom and chase her away, but that didn't happen.

Meng Jinyu said to Jiang Huanming, "The last train is at 7pm. We can still make it. Let the children play for a while."

Jiang Xiangjia couldn't believe it.

Really?

"Thank you, sister's mother." Jiang Xiangjia didn't know how to call Meng Jinyu, so he said in a baby voice.

Meng Jinyu looked at the child and couldn't help but smile: "What are you thanking me for?"

Jiang Xiangjia was no longer afraid and ran around the yard with Youyou leading the way.

After a while, Sister Youyou’s two good friends also came.

She had a lot of fun playing with her sister and older brothers, and the smile on her little face was almost blooming to the horizon.

Jiang Xiangjia has never been as happy as he is now.

When she was a child in Fenglin Village, she had no friends and was carried around the village by her grandmother every day. Once, after much persuasion, her grandmother finally agreed to let her go and play with her friends, but while playing, she accidentally fell into a mud pit.

Grandma was very angry and ran to her friend’s house and yelled at her. From then on, no one wanted to play with her anymore.

Jiang Xiangjia knew that his grandmother loved him very much.

But she really wants to play with others.

Now I finally did it!

Jiang Xiangjia spent an hour in the courtyard of Meng Jinyu's house.

This was the happiest hour she had ever had in her life.

She really wanted time to pass slower and slower.

In the room, Jiang Huanming looked at the children's smiling faces and couldn't help but be dazed.

Meng Jinyu said: "Be nice to her. The child needs her father's company."

"Okay." Jiang Huanming lowered his head.

An hour passed.

When leaving, Jiang missed home but didn't cry.

Because her sister told her that she would soon make lots of new friends.

Jiang Xiangjia tilted his head: "Will anyone like me?"

"The little green eyes are so cute, I will definitely do that!"

"But I'm not as cute as my sister."

This time, Youyou was not cocky at all. She opened her little mouth and started to talk nonsense one after another, which made Jiang Xiangjia dumbfounded.

Finally, Jiang Xiangjia believed what his sister said.

She is the cutest little girl!

"Study hard and get into Jing City University when you grow up."

"Then we can play together again."

My sister said that it would take more than ten years to grow up. Jiang Xiangjia counted on his fingers and felt that more than ten years should pass very quickly.

She nodded confidently: "Sister will wait for me in Jing City!"

Jiang Huanming took Jiang Xiangjia on a train for more than ten hours and returned to Jiangcheng.

When the Jiang family saw the child, they were all stunned.

Jiang Gaoming asked: "Why did you come back? Didn't you say that you would leave it to Jin Yu and let her take care of it?"

Jiang Huanming glared at him: "Her father is not dead, why should she let others raise the child?"

Jiang Gaoming was confused.

Why did he suddenly change his personality?

What surprised everyone even more was that that evening, Jiang Huanming announced to the whole family that he wanted to divide the family business.

He would take Jiang Xiangjia to Jiangcheng and open a small grocery store.

Wang Xiaofen always felt something was wrong, so she quietly pulled Jiang Xiangjia aside to ask what was going on.

Children are simple-minded and say whatever they think.

Wang Xiaofen summed up the situation and felt extremely confused.

According to Jiang Xiangjia, when in Jiangcheng, the child not only met Meng Jinyu, but also met her own mother.

At dinner the next day, Wang Xiaofen pretended to ask casually, "I heard from the child that her mother lived with her in Jiangcheng for a while, but was later taken away by the police?"

Jiang Huanming took a bite of the food and said in a natural tone, "She was taken away. She was working as a nanny at the time, and the man of that family had committed a crime. Now she is fine. She packed her bags and left Beijing."

Jiang Xiangjia tilted his head, listening intently.

"Gone?" Wang Xiaofen asked suspiciously, "Where did she go? I heard from Xiangjia that she was sent to an orphanage for a while."

"It's listed in Shenzhen, maybe Shanghai." Jiang Huanming looked at Jiang Xiangjia and said, "He said he wanted to make more money and send it back for the children."

"You really have a change of heart." Wang Xiaofen curled her lips.

Zhu Dali nodded in agreement: "That's right, which mother doesn't love her child?"

Jiang Huanming did not continue the topic, but silently observed his daughter's expression.

Seeing the child's blushing face and secretly smiling, he also breathed a sigh of relief.

Maybe when Jiang Xiangjia grows up, he will know the cause of his mother's death.

But at least for now, he wanted to keep it from her.

Unconsciously, Jiang Huanming recalled what Youyou said in his ear while standing on tiptoe before leaving yesterday.

"Let Little Green Eyes alone make up for all the debts we owe you."

"Let her grow up happily and have a wonderful childhood."

Jiang Huanming never made any promises to the children.

But this time, he agreed.

He promised Youyou that he would do his best to take care of his youngest daughter and give the child a warm home.

This is what he should do as a father, but it was not until now that he realized it.

…

Jiang Huanming and Jiang Xiangjia finally left Beijing.

Youyou was a little worried about her little sister, but she didn’t feel reluctant at all towards her father.

Time cannot dilute the harm that Jiang Huanming has caused to his mother and their children. Wrong is wrong, and it cannot be forgotten by just saying "I regret it" in frustration.

But Youyou thought that if her father could focus all his attention on the little girl with green eyes for the rest of his life and take good care of her as she grew up, that would be a good thing.

Tomorrow morning, Youyou will start school.

My mother said that after entering junior high school, I can no longer be indecisive like before and must study hard so that I can lay a solid foundation for going to high school and taking the college entrance examination in the future.

Youyou was not convinced at all.

She is not indecisive. How could a indecisive child always rank first or second in the class?

At this moment, Youyou was packing her schoolbag and heard the conversation between her sister and mother.

"Mom, I want to go abroad and participate in a modeling competition." Jiang Guo asked nervously, "Do you agree?"

Meng Jinyu smiled and asked, "Don't you want to be a teacher?"

"Not at all." Jiang Guo said seriously, "Mom, I don't like children and don't want to teach them to read."

"Sister, but you like me very much." Youyou turned her head, her eyes sparkling, "Since I was very young, you have liked me the most."

"So conceited." Jiang Guo chuckled.

"I only like Youyou and Shanshan, not naughty kids. Our teacher went to a primary school to do some work and took us to take a look. When I heard the noisy noises of those kids, I was overwhelmed."

"My sister was also a naughty kid when she was young." Youyou muttered softly.

Jiang Guo said embarrassedly: "When mom saw me in that state before, she must have had this headache as well."

Meng Jinyu laughed out loud with joy.

Jiang Guo is studying a major that will allow him to be directly assigned to a school as a teacher after graduation.

However, Meng Jinyu had long seen that she was not interested in this.

But Jiang Guo is a girl after all. She would be lying if she said she wasn't worried about going abroad alone.

"It's not easy to go abroad. Let alone whether you can win an award in the modeling competition, just living there is a huge problem," Meng Jinyu said. "What if you get sick abroad and your mother is not by your side? What should you do?"

Jiang Guo said anxiously: "Then I will go to the hospital alone! Mom, I really want to give it a try, please give me a chance."

Shen Yuqing was also here these two days, and Jiang Guo often discussed this issue with her.

In fact, she doesn't think that foreign countries are so great, but there is no model competition in China now. If you want to become a model, you have to go out and try your luck.

"Mom, you said that in the future, China might have many models." Jiang Guo said, "I will come back then."

She will definitely come home, but only after she has made a name for herself.

"Since you said so—" Meng Jinyu raised her eyes and saw Jiang Guo's nervous expression, and smiled, "Then wait until you get your diploma before going, okay?"

Jiang Guo opened her eyes wide: "Mom agrees?"

Seeing Meng Jinyu nodded, she was very excited.

Over the years, Jiang Guo has become accustomed to seeking Meng Jinyu's opinion on everything.

If Meng Jinyu did not agree to let her go, she might not insist, but perhaps she would be a little disappointed in her heart.

Fortunately, her mother knew what she was thinking and couldn't bear to reject her.

"You still have one year to finish your studies. During this year, I will save money for your plane ticket. Jiang Guo, plane tickets are very expensive. When you go out, you must make some achievements and come back." Meng Jinyu said.

"Okay!" Jiang Guo nodded vigorously.

…

It was a sunny day when Youyou became a junior high school student.

Because she got the first place in the school in the entrance examination, she went on stage to speak as a representative of the freshmen.

She had the speech given by her teacher, but after she went on stage, she found the sunlight was glaring. She squinted for a while, but couldn't hold it any longer, so she put away the speech and started to make up something on the spot.

On the stage, Youyou was basking in the golden sunshine, her little face was tanned red, the corners of her mouth were raised, and she spoke confidently about her experience in learning.

But soon, she changed the subject and asked her classmates to come and play with her more often when they were free, saying that she loved making friends!

The principal felt something was wrong as he listened, and immediately glared at the head teacher of Youyou's class: "What are you asking the children to say? We should focus on studying. You are so old, how can you still have time to play together!"

The head teacher was speechless: "I didn't know Meng Youyou was so out of control!"

Finally, the head teacher came up to the stage and made amends for Youyou: "Meng Youyou, you have been able to get first place in many exams. This must be inseparable from your hard work, right?"

"It may be inseparable from my intelligence." Youyou thought about it carefully and said seriously, "Everyone in my family is very smart. My younger brother participated in the National Middle School Mathematics Competition and won first place!"

The students in the audience all widened their eyes.

Youyou is only in the first grade of junior high school. How can her brother participate in the middle school mathematics competition?

He must have skipped a grade!

The head teacher was sweating profusely: "Then Meng Youyou must have studied hard sometimes, right? I heard from some of the previous graduates that they would study hard until the early morning. Have you ever tried that?"

Youyou blinked and then noticed that the head teacher's expression was wrong.

Seeing the teacher in such a dilemma, she could only say, "I can do it, too."

headmaster:……

The freshmen are not fools. Seeing Youyou’s reluctant look, who would be mobilized?

After this freshman speech, Youyou became a familiar face in front of her classmates.

After she stepped down from the stage, she was quickly surrounded by people. The more enthusiastic ones directly asked to be her friends, while the shy ones stood aside, looking for opportunities to take action.

Looking at this scene, Wen Yan and Huang Ziqi fell into sadness.

Youyou has little girl friends now. Will she stop playing with them in the future?

…

Shen Yuqing has been in Beijing for some time and has not been in the Meng family most of the time.

Like Meng Jinyu, she is also someone who can't sit still and goes out whenever she has time.

Meng Jinyu was doing her old job, the clothing business. She didn't need to know much to help out.

The two of them worked in perfect harmony, and the business in the store was getting better and better.

Meng Jinyu found several salesmen, some suitable and some not.

She and Shen Yuqing retained talented sales clerks and taught them how to do their jobs, just as they had led their colleagues in the garment department at Chunyu Garment Factory at the time.

Not long after buying the store from Qi Yingying's family, Meng Jinyu set her eyes on another store. After discussing with Shen Yuqing, she rented the store.

With the experience of opening a store last time, Meng Jinyu was not troubled by the decoration problem this time. She quickly decorated the store and invited Shen Yuqing to stay and work with her.

Chen Yuqing didn't hesitate and paid some money. From then on, the two of them managed two stores respectively, and the business became more and more prosperous.

In the blink of an eye, it’s the end of the year.

Shen Yuqing has not been able to complete the application procedures to study abroad, but she is not in a hurry.

Anyway, I'm on the way to realizing my dream.

When she was trapped in that relationship, Shen Yuqing was always exhausted. Now that she has completely separated from Yu Pinhui, she feels relieved. Looking back at her past self, she just feels that she was too childish.

A good relationship should support each other to become a better person, instead of being like Yu Pinhui, who insisted on keeping her by his side and doing things she didn't like to do.

Now Chen Yuqing no longer feels sad about the lost relationship.

But who would have known that even though she had let it go, Yu Pinhui couldn't let it go.

Yu Pinhui came to Beijing near the Chinese New Year.

When he arrived at Meng Jinyu's house, the children were all there.

Youyou looked at the uncle, frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly her eyes lit up: "I recognize you!"

"This is Youyou, right? When you were a kid, you lived in the staff compound of the Chunyu Garment Factory. When I went to look for Yuqing, I brought you along to play." Yu Pinhui said with a smile, "You have a really good memory."

At that time, Yu Pinhui had already started dating Shen Yuqing. When Meng Jinyu went to Shenzhen City to purchase goods, she would bring Youyou and Shanshan to Chen Yuqing's house, and he would come to help take care of them.

It’s not really necessary to say that we need to take care of them. The children are very sensible. They eat and sleep well and don’t make any noise at all.

Yu Pinhui looked at Shen Yuqing and said affectionately: "It was from that time that I wanted to marry you. We can build a family together, play and study with the children every day..."

"Yuqing, I miss you so much after we separated. Can you give me another chance, come back to Jiangcheng, and start over?"

Youyou suddenly said, "At that time, Sister Yuqing was suddenly called back by her boss to work overtime, and Uncle Yu even took me to meet your grandmother."

Yu Pinhui perked up: "Do you still remember my mother?"

"Of course I remember. The old lady held my and Shanshan's hands and said that she also wanted a granddaughter and grandson like us." Youyou said softly, "The old lady was so good to us!"

Yu Pinhui began to talk incessantly.

"My mother likes children very much. At that time, she said that if I got married, I had to have a son and a daughter. It would be great to have both a son and a daughter!"

"It was not easy for my mother to take care of me. When I was sick, she carried me on her back and ran a long way to find a hospital. There was no one to help her at that time. Fortunately, she didn't burn me stupid."

Youyou listened carefully: "My mother is the same, it's not easy!"

"Isn't that right?" Yu Pinhui continued, "When I was a child, I had indigestion, so my mother used her teeth to break up the food, put it on a small spoon, and fed me mouthful by mouthful. Isn't that great?"

Youyou was embarrassed and confused: "Besides feeding it this way, is there no other way?"

"Anyway, my mom is so great." Yu Pinhui sighed, "Youyou, you are such a well-behaved child. You understand how difficult it is for your mom. You must listen to her in the future."

Youyou nodded and patted his shoulder: "Uncle, you are also a good child. You must always listen to your mother."

Yu Pinhui nodded solemnly.

Of course he listens to his mother!

Seeing these two people chatting enthusiastically, Shen Yuqing's mouth twitched.

Finally, Youyou was sent back to the room by her mother to do her homework.

Yu Pinhui was still not satisfied and was reluctant to leave. It was rare to meet a child whose values ​​were so similar to his own, and he really wanted to continue chatting.

It was not until Youyou's back completely disappeared from his sight that he remembered Shen Yuqing beside him.

"Yuqing, give me a chance, let's start over."

Shen Yuqing picked up the milk and fruit he brought and sent him out: "You should take it home and let your mother eat it."

Yu Pinhui said happily: "Yuqing, you care so much about my mother, I will definitely tell her."

However, he didn't feel happy for long, because what Shen Yuqing said was like a bolt from the blue.

"Don't come to me again, it's annoying."

With a "bang", the door was closed.

Yu Pinhui stood in the yard with a confused look on his face.

He went through so much trouble to get to Beijing.

Unexpectedly, I was kicked out before I had sat there for long.

If his mother knew that he had to take a train for more than 30 hours to and fro and it was thankless, she would definitely feel bad.

Yu Pinhui sighed softly. In order not to make his mother worry, he decided to stay in the guesthouse for two days before returning to Jiangcheng.

After returning, he will break up with Shen Yuqing!

…

Shen Yuqing finally got rid of Yu Pinhui's entanglement.

After seeing this man clearly, she no longer had any attachment to him.

She wanted to be like Meng Jinyu and spin like a top.

Instead of staying in her hometown and earning a salary from the Chunyu Garment Factory, she had to take care of her husband and children and take care of her mother-in-law after get off work.

After dealing with her relationship issues, Shen Yuqing focused all her attention on their clothing store.

Meng Jinyu had originally set her eyes on a small courtyard and wanted to buy it so that she and her children would have a real home in Beijing, but suddenly, she changed her mind.

"Yuqing, let's open a clothing company."

"Let's start the company first and design and produce clothes in bulk. When the brand becomes well-known in the future, we can hold order meetings every quarter. Then we will become wholesalers and no longer have to work so hard as retailers now."

Clothing company...

These four words must have been out of reach for Meng Jinyu and Shen Yuqing in the past, but now, it seems as if they can reach them by just standing on tiptoe together.

It is not difficult to start a company these days, but many people don’t think about this aspect.

The two of them discussed it carefully and decided to do it right away.

The clothing company was named after them both, "Yu Yu", and the two clothing stores are still open, managed by salespeople they selected, as a way to leave themselves a way out.

Two months later, Yu Yu Clothing Company was established.

Two people stand at a new starting point and begin a new journey.

…

Time passed in the blink of an eye. Meng Jinyu and Shen Yuqing's company went through the difficult road at the beginning and gradually gained a foothold in this industry.

In February 1984, a corduroy jacket paired with a beret designed by Chen Yuqing sold very well. Then in the spring, the two of them jointly designed a dropped-shoulder denim jacket, catching up with the trend and leading a new wave of fashion.

That year, the two of them made a fortune, and the name of Yu Yu Clothing Company was officially established.

In June, Jiang Guo graduated.

The moment she received her college diploma, she rubbed her eyes several times to make sure that it was her name written on the certificate.

Thinking back to when she was in her teens and was clamoring to drop out of school, Jiang Guo felt like it was just a dream.

This dream was beautiful because from the very beginning, she had a good mother who pointed out the direction for her, both explicitly and implicitly.

Jiang Guo successfully obtained her graduation certificate as agreed with her mother, and then began to prepare to go abroad.

At the same time, Shen Yuqing's application for studying abroad was finally approved.

In Meng Jinyu's memory, in 1985, China proposed the policy of "supporting studying abroad, encouraging returning home, and freedom to come and go" for studying abroad, which gave students great support in terms of policy. At that time, it would be easier to apply for colleges and scholarships.

She originally thought that Shen Yuqing would be able to go abroad to study design and fulfill her dream next year, but she didn't expect it to be a year earlier.

"Jinyu, when the time comes, Guoguo and I will be able to take care of you, and you can rest assured." Chen Yuqing said, "Just one year, after one year, I will come back, and we will make the company better together."

Meng Jinyu believes that both Shen Yuqing and Jiang Guo will come back.

Because their roots are in China, and their hearts are also in China.

Meng Jinyu spent a large sum of money to buy a plane ticket for Jiang Guo.

Even though she had prepared herself mentally and completed all the formalities to send her daughter off on the day, she couldn't help but feel her eyes turn red.

Gu Zhimin arrived at the airport twenty minutes before the plane took off.

In the past two years, he has taken the lead in leading his subordinates to solve a number of unsolved cases, crack down on criminal activities, and made significant contributions to protecting the people.

At the end of last month, he was promoted to deputy director of the Public Security Department. When he first arrived at the new unit, Gu Zhimin was very busy. When he remembered that he had to send Jiang Guo to the airport, he rushed over without stopping.

Fortunately, it's not too late.

Jiang Guo stood on tiptoe and looked for a long time, until her eyes fell on Gu Zhimin, a smile appeared on her face.

"Uncle Gu, I knew you would come to see me off!" she said with a smile.

Meng Jinyu said helplessly: "Uncle Gu is so busy, and you still insist on asking him to send you off."

"Of course not." Jiang Guo said, "I was worried that mom would cry too much, so I wanted to wait for Uncle Gu to come and comfort you."

Meng Jinyu was stunned and turned her eyes away awkwardly.

Gu Zhimin glanced at her and his ears turned red. He didn't look as serious as he usually did when he was cracking down on gangs and eliminating evil.

He assured Jiang Guo: "Don't worry, I will comfort your mother."

After a pause, he whispered again: "Leave it to me."

Jiang Guo walked up to Gu Zhimin's ear and whispered, "Uncle Gu, after I leave, you have to be brave."

Jiang Guo lowered her voice, but her voice was clear to begin with, and when she spoke openly, her words naturally fell into Meng Jinyu's ears.

Youyou looked at Meng Jinyu's blushing cheeks and blinked.

Over the years, she felt that her mother was amazing. No matter what she did, she was always quick and efficient and always achieved success.

It was not easy for the mother to raise several children alone, but she never complained and supported the family firmly.

But, won’t mom be tired?

Youyou looked at her sister's shoulder, then at her brother's shoulder, and then touched her own shoulder.

They are all so thin and weak.

Finally, she set her eyes on Uncle Gu's broad shoulders and fell into deep thought.

Last time, Uncle Gu quietly told her and her sister that he wanted to prepare a gift for her mother.

So this is what it means.

My sister is smart.

…

Although Meng Jinyu prepared a room for each child, the two sisters usually lived together.

Now that her sister is gone, Youyou feels empty.

However, she supports her sister's decision and believes that her sister will realize her dream many years later.

By then, Youyou will tell everyone that her sister is one of the best models in China!

In a few days, it will be Youyou’s birthday.

Twelve-year-old Youyou really wants a birthday cake.

Unexpectedly, Uncle Gu bought it for her before she even said anything!

The cake was colorful and had a cream flower on it. Youyou gently dipped her fingers into the cream and tasted it; it was sweet and sticky.

But this was the most beautiful cake she had ever seen in her life.

Uncle Gu lit twelve candles for Youyou and asked her to close her eyes and make a wish.

The lights in the room were turned off, and it was dim, with only the little girl's crystal eyes and the candlelight flickering.

Youyou closed her eyes and whispered, "I want to make three wishes. Is that not too greedy?"

Meng Jinyu smiled and rubbed her head: "Youyou, don't be greedy if you have many wishes."

"Then I agree!"

“My first wish is that my family members are safe and healthy, and that my good friends can get into the best high schools.”

"My second wish is that Youyou can grow up quickly, become a big girl, get into college, and become a dancer!"

"The third wish—"

Youyou raised her eyes and smiled sweetly: "I hope mom will always be happy."

Meng Jinyu was startled and subconsciously turned her head, unconsciously looking at Gu Zhimin.

Over the years, he had hinted and hinted many times, but she never had the courage to start a new relationship.

But somehow, suddenly, she wanted to be brave and see her own feelings clearly.

The two people's eyes met in mid-air, and this time, no one looked away.

“Huh!” Youyou puffed up her cheeks, blew out the candles, and said softly, “Youyou’s wishes will all come true!”