now,

Inside a Western restaurant in Fukushima.

The melodious piano music floated in the air, and the warm yellow lights cast a tranquil and elegant atmosphere.

Chen Niaoshu sat by the window, flipping through the menu.

This is the only Western restaurant in Fukushima.

Most of the diners here are foreign businessmen, and you can occasionally see a few foreigners.

After ordering, she looked up at the person opposite her and said calmly, "Brother Xiao, I don't know where my cousin went either. I'm not lying to you."

Xiao Jin's older brother, Xiao Qi, said with a faint smile, "I'm not looking for you to ask where he went, but to find out what he's been doing in Germany."

This was indeed one of the reasons he came to Fuzhou.

Xiao Qi hadn't paid attention to her youngest brother for a long time, and when she suddenly wanted to check, she found that she couldn't find any information about him.

The Xiao family has connections abroad, so investigating a college student shouldn't be difficult for them.

He's always been a vigilant person; if he can't find out, that's a big problem.

“I don’t know either, his school is in a different district than mine. And as far as I know, he doesn’t attend school much,” Chen Niaoshu said frankly.

The truth is that Xiao Jin tried to contact her several times, but each time the meeting ended badly, and he stopped trying to contact her after that, causing the two to drift apart.

In order to integrate into life abroad as soon as possible, she befriended her classmates and joined them in mocking her motherland, which Xiao Jin encountered many times.

Later, after she became involved, she realized how wrong she had been.

However, her image is already deeply ingrained in her classmates' minds, and it will be difficult to change it.

"Not attending school?"

Xiao Qi asked, frowning.

This differed from what he had found out; the news from the other side was that Xiao Jin attended classes on time and there was nothing unusual.

Chen Niaoshu pursed her lips and did not refute.

She knew Xiao Qi well; he wasn't the kind of person who could be easily deceived, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to control the Xiao family.

He was the one who proposed the division of the Xiao family this time, and now asking Xiao Jin is probably just a precaution.

They probably wouldn't have taken it seriously before.

"You really don't know what he did abroad?" Xiao Qi asked suspiciously.

Chen Niaoshu is a very intelligent person, and Xiao Qi does not believe that she knows nothing.

Now that the Chen family is involved in politics, he doesn't dare to push them too hard.

But Chen Niaoshu is an extremely selfish person; she will only agree if there is an exchange of benefits.

"Shushu, I happen to have a friend who's selling a car. If you want it, your cousin can give it to you," Xiao Qi said, changing the subject and probing.

Chen Niaoshu raised an eyebrow. "Thank you very much, cousin."

The waiter served the food, and the conversation ended there.

Next, the two of them slowly cut their steaks, without ever discussing the previous topic again.

It wasn't until after the meal, when Chen Niaoshu rinsed her mouth, that she said, "You can look into the financial field, such as the stock exchange in the United States."

After saying that, she got up and left, without continuing the conversation.

Xiao Qi squinted, watching her departing figure as she fell into deep thought.

Finance? Securities trading?

He had only heard those two words in the newspaper.

...

At sea, darkness swallowed everything.

The cargo ship docked at an undeveloped island, surrounded only by the sounds of cicadas and waves.

"The sand here is so fine and soft," the chubby girl exclaimed.

Lu Qiuying glanced at her and said with a faint smile, "Not only are the valuables exquisite, but they are also very clean."

Under the cool moonlight, the three figures were reflected on the ground, overlapping with the shadows of the trees.

Yang Yanzhou found some dry leaves from somewhere and started a campfire.

"Where did Brother Shen and the others go?" he asked Lu Qiuying.

Lu Qiuying pointed in a direction, "It's over there, go take a look."

The shadows of the trees swayed, and the headlights of the cargo ship were on, through which two tall figures could be vaguely seen.

Lin Ziyan looked in the opposite direction she was pointing, her gaze falling on Lu Yunshen, her eyes flickering slightly.

He did indeed do it, without making it public.

Lin Ziyan's ears turned slightly red, and she silently looked away.

"Ignore them, let's have some beer first." Lu Qiuying didn't notice her strange behavior and opened the bottle with a bottle opener.

She never did any work when she went out with them; she was always just responsible for eating.

The chubby girl felt a little uncomfortable. Was it really okay to just wait to be eaten like this?

She looked at Lin Ziyan somewhat awkwardly.

"Are you hungry?" Lin Ziyan picked up some food from the side and handed it to her.

The chubby girl shook her head and pointed to the ingredients next to her, "Shall we go wash these?"

Lin Ziyan and Lu Qiuying exchanged a smile and said at the same time, "Once you're done washing, just sit there and relax."

Before she could react, a bottle of beer appeared in her hand, and the sudden coldness sent shivers down her spine.

The sea breeze at night carried a chill, sweeping away the heat of the day.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Fukushi gradually enters a period of significant temperature differences between day and night.

The three of them tacitly picked up their coats and put them on.

“Chen Zhenzhu, your name is very special,” Lu Qiuying said with a smile.

The chubby girl shrugged. "Isn't it a good description? Round and chubby."

"On the night I was born, my family was starving. My father found a clam on the rocks and pried it open. There was a pearl inside."

"He sold the pearls so he could have money to buy eggs and meat on the black market for my mother to take care of during her postpartum period."

Lin Ziyan nodded. No wonder Aunt Chen always had a complicated expression when she called Fatty's name.

"When my dad registered my household, he named me Pearl. I never expected it to turn out so well." The chubby girl smiled, her eyes narrowing into slits.

She was chubby since she was a child, and her weight increased as she grew taller.

Lu Qiuying rested her chin on her hand and listened quietly.

A short while later, the other three people came down from the boat with fish.

Lu Yunshen skillfully set up the grill and prepared to grill the fish.

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