"dad……"

As soon as Qiao Guotao finished speaking, Yang Qiaoqiao heard a somewhat familiar voice coming from the doorway.

As soon as Qiao Haifan entered the office, his eyes lit up when he saw that beautiful figure. "Miss Yang!"

Hearing Qiao Haifan's surprised voice, Huo Beixiao frowned slightly and subconsciously stepped forward to half-block Yang Qiaoqiao's path, politely extending his hand to Qiao Haifan, "Mr. Qiao, hello, we meet again."

"Mr. Huo, hello." Qiao Haifan realized that he had been a bit out of line just now, and after adjusting his expression, he shook hands with Huo Beixiao politely and elegantly.

"Xiao Fan, do you know Bei Xiao and Qiao Qiao?" Qiao Guotao asked with some surprise.

Qiao Haifan told Qiao Guotao about how he met Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao on the ship that returned.

"Haha..." Qiao Guotao laughed, "That's why they say there are no coincidences in life!"

"Xiao Fan, the restaurant reservation is ready, right? Take us there."

This meal was not only with Qiao Guotao and his son Qiao Haifan, but Qiao Guotao also invited the leader in charge of student employment at Gangcheng University.

During the meeting, Qiao Guotao told the school leaders about Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao's recruitment needs, and then Huo Beixiao discussed the details with them.

Finally, it was decided that Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao could hold a job fair on campus. The school would promote the job fair beforehand to ensure that as many students as possible knew about it and participated.

As for how many students Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao's company can ultimately persuade to work for their mainland company, that's beyond their control.

The school has already given us a great opportunity, and Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao raised their glasses to express their gratitude.

The meal was enjoyed by both the host and guests.

When they saw the group off, Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao placed the gifts they had prepared in advance in their car.

After they left, Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao sincerely thanked Qiao Guotao and his son.

Qiao Guotao waved his hand, "Bei Xiao, Qiao Qiao, if anyone should be thanking someone, it's you two. I heard from Su Pan that you were the ones who worked hard to help our family buy back our ancestral home."

"It was just a small favor for me to connect you two, and besides, it was a mutually beneficial arrangement for me."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Haifan looked at Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao with some surprise, "Mr. Huo, Yang Qiaoqiao, so it was you who helped us buy back our ancestral home. Thank you, thank you so much!"

Qiao Haifan excitedly shook hands with Huo Beixiao again.

The Qiao family's experience was somewhat similar to Rong Shanhui's; they both went abroad during those years.

Fortunately, the Rong family still had a branch of the Rong family that remained in China, while the Qiao family left as a whole.

Later, as the older generation of the Qiao family passed away one after another, Qiao Guotao returned to Gangcheng after completing his studies abroad, where he taught at Gangcheng University and settled down.

After the situation on the mainland stabilized, Qiao Guotao also had the idea of ​​returning to his roots. However, he then realized that it would not be so easy to go back after choosing to leave.

Later, buying back the ancestral home became a major worry for Qiao Guotao.

Because of Qiao Guotao's wish, Qiao Haifan took advantage of the opportunity of China's reform and opening up to invest back in the mainland.

But after returning home, I found that buying back the ancestral home was not such a simple matter, mainly because the sale and purchase of houses in mainland China has not been fully liberalized.

Transferring property ownership involves complicated procedures, and many of these procedures cannot be completed simply by following the standard process. Even if they are completed, it may take dozens of trips to obtain a single document, making it a very difficult process.

After Qiao Haifan returned, he spent three months searching, but still couldn't find a single clue.

Finally, Qiao Guotao contacted Su Pan, who then entrusted the matter to Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao to handle.

When Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao helped buy back the Qiao family's house, they also found some old things from the house. This time, Su Pan specifically reminded them to bring some of those things to Qiao Guotao.

When they visited Qiao Guotao, they brought those things along with the gifts.

With those things paving the way, Qiao Guotao naturally did his best to help them.

When Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao said goodbye to the Qiao family father and son, Qiao Guotao asked Qiao Haifan to see them off.

Qiao Haifan stood there for a while after watching the car the couple had driven away.

Qiao Guotao stepped forward, patted Qiao Haifan on the shoulder, and asked him, "Besides business matters, did you think about your marriage this time you went to the mainland?"

Qiao Haifan snapped out of his reverie. “Dad, I’m only twenty-six this year. There’s no rush to get married. This time when I came back to the mainland, I felt that the market here is huge and full of business opportunities. I plan to establish my career first and then start a family.”

Qiao Guotao patted Qiao Haifan's shoulder gently and said, "Dad isn't trying to pressure you into marriage. I just want to say that it's normal for someone your age to meet a girl you're attracted to."

However, unlike Hong Kong, where adult men and women have freedom to date, mainland China's freedom of love is limited to unmarried men and women. If married men and women develop feelings for each other, they will not only face moral condemnation but also legal sanctions.

Qiao Haifan looked slightly embarrassed. "Dad, I know there's a crime of hooliganism in mainland China."

I... to Miss Yang...

"She's Mrs. Huo," Qiao Guotao reminded Qiao Haifan before he could finish speaking.

Before Qiao Haifan could even utter a word of explanation, he felt that Qiao's explanations were too weak and seemed unnecessary to even mention.

On the other side.

Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao rode in the Rong family's car back to the hotel.

But halfway there, Yang Qiaoqiao realized something was wrong.

This is not the same road they took to get there.

She and Huo Beixiao exchanged a glance.

Huo Beixiao asked the driver in front, "Master Chen, why aren't we taking the same route we came by?"

"Oh, Mr. and Mrs. Fok, you may not know this since you've just arrived in Hong Kong. Unlike the mainland, not many families in Hong Kong can afford a car."

There are a lot of cars in the port city, and it's rush hour at this time. The road we came on is now very congested.

The driver's tone was full of disdain for the mainland. Before he could finish his last two words, he suddenly felt something cold and hard pressing against his lower back.

When he realized what it was, he shuddered, his face instantly turning deathly pale, and cold sweat broke out on his back. "Mr. Huo... what are you doing...?"

"Drive back down that road!" Huo Beixiao's voice was as cold as ice.

"Okay, okay, I'll turn around right away, Mr. Huo, please don't be impulsive!"

The driver quickly turned the steering wheel and turned the car around.

At the same time, there were more than a dozen cars on each side of the road, as well as many motorcycles driving by.

Huo Beixiao's brows furrowed tightly.

Who exactly is targeting them and could mobilize such a large force?