Under Xu Shengyi's reluctant gaze, Huang Wanzhen stood up and said goodbye and left.

After many years, the Fan family's salon is still held in the middle of every month. As soon as Huang Wanzhen left, she immediately became the focus. There was more white hair in Mr. Fan's hair, and one could imagine how hard he had worked in the past few years.

Mr. Fan was originally sitting on a sofa, talking to someone. When he saw Huang Wanzhen, he stood up and shook hands with her. Huang Wanzhen smiled and extended her hand to shake Mr. Fan's. "Mr. Fan, you have worked hard. I hope you take care of yourself."

Mr. Fan was still as elegant and gentlemanly as ever, with a peaceful smile on his face. He nodded at Huang Wanzhen and said, "It's all my job. I don't deserve any hard work."

After not seeing each other for many years, many old faces in Mr. Fan's salon were gone, replaced by some new faces. Mr. Fan introduced a gentleman next to him to Huang Wanzhen, "This is Professor Li from Peking University. He just came back from an inspection in Guangzhou."

Huang Wanzhen felt the address was familiar, but she didn't think much of it. She smiled and reached out to shake Professor Li's hand. Unexpectedly, Professor Li said, "Long time no see, Mr. Huang."

Huang Wanzhen looked surprised and asked, "Professor Li knows me?"

Professor Li smiled and said, "I guess you've forgotten that Professor Gao Caixue and I once took a train with Mr. Huang. We were short of money at the time and didn't have a ticket. Thanks to Mr. Huang's help, I was able to get out of this urgent situation. Mr. Huang lent me a full 700 yuan. It was truly a life-saving help."

Mr. Fan smiled and said, "Oh? Really? Mr. Huang has always respected Professor Gao. I guess he's doing this out of Professor Gao's respect. Otherwise, he would never have lent you so much money."

Huang Wanzhen suddenly remembered that this was Professor Li who was thrown out of the train window. At that time, the professor had a bruised face and nose. She was also very nervous and did not pay attention to his appearance.

Thinking of Professor Li's identity, Huang Wanzhen was filled with awe. She chatted with him for five minutes before going to find Mrs. Fan and Yin Jialuo.

Mrs. Fan and Yin Jialuo were very happy to see Huang Wanzhen. Mrs. Fan even held her hand and complained that Huang Wanzhen didn't come to see her. "If I hadn't called you, would you not have come? You've been abroad for so many years, and you didn't even come to see me, an old lady. Do you think I'm old and ugly?"

Yin Jialuo also chimed in, "Yeah, this heartless little guy didn't even go to see me. Why did he send so much food? Do I need your food?"

Huang Wanzhen pretended to be aggrieved. "Aunt Fan and the teacher have wronged me. Among the gifts for you, there is a piece of apricot-yellow cloud-patterned brocade, but I wove it myself. I only brought back two pieces from America with the pattern I designed. There's only so much cloth in the world, and when I came back, I thought I'd buy you each a set of material so you can make your own outfits."

"I'm still a PhD student and haven't finished yet. I was anxious to go back to class, thinking that my intention was enough. But I ended up being misunderstood by the two elders."

Chinese people have an innate respect for studying. After hearing what Huang Wanzhen said, Mrs. Fan actually regretted it. "Oh, I should have known not to call you. Wouldn't that have delayed your studies?"

Huang Wanzhen shook her hand. "It's okay. At most, I'll have to endure a few more days and nights. I'm still young, so it won't be a big deal for me. Teacher Yin knows that I've always taken my studies seriously and have a solid foundation. It won't be too difficult to catch up."

Mr. Fan originally wanted to invite Huang Wanzhen to give a speech at the university. After Mrs. Fan knew that she was so busy, she took the initiative to find Mr. Fan before he talked to Huang Wanzhen and dissuaded him from this idea.

If one were to feel homesick when approaching, Huang Wanzhen truly experienced this when she returned to Peking. The last time she left, she spent a long time preparing and didn't realize that she had so many relatives and friends in Peking.

This time when she came back, she received one invitation after another, all of which were the kind that she couldn't refuse. Huang Wanzhen was so busy that her scalp was numb and she was really "timid".

Not long after the salon ended, Huang Wanzhen met Shen Junyan, this handsome doctor. Although his appearance had not changed much over the years, his eyes had become much more mature.

Huang Wanzhen pushed Shen Junyan to the passenger seat and took the driver's seat herself. They drove to the Six Nations Hotel. When they arrived, Shen Junyan asked, "Can you drive now?"

"I knew how to drive before I went to the US, but I just didn't have the chance to drive. But I don't have a Chinese driver's license, only an American one, haha!"

Shen Junyan rolled his eyes, unbuckled his seat belt and got out of the car.

After Huang Wanzhen made such a fuss, the strange feeling that had developed between the two of them after not seeing each other for many years was instantly swept away.

Huang Wanzhen was tired of eating Western food in the United States. Thinking that she would have to eat on the ship for a month before leaving, she hurriedly called out to Shen Junyan who was heading to a Western restaurant.

"Brother, can we not eat Western food? I want to eat Chinese food."

Shen Junyan didn't even pause as he turned and walked towards the Chinese restaurant. Huang Wanzhen followed him with a smile, saying as she walked, "I can't get used to Western food anymore. My Chinese stomach can only accept Chinese food."

Shen Junyan put his hands in the pockets of his suit pants and turned to look at her, "Don't you like steak?"

"I love it. Who doesn't like beef? Let's eat it on the boat. It's free."

Shen Junyan shook his head helplessly, "You still need this little bit? It's your treat tonight."

"It's my treat!"

As soon as Huang Wanzhen sat down, she ordered a bowl of noodles. Shen Junyan teased her, "The richer you are, the more stingy you are." Then she ordered three-fresh shark fin, crystal braised pork, stewed deer tendon with bamboo fungus, and stewed duck feet with matsutake mushrooms.

Huang Wanzhen glared at him and said, "You must eat it all. No leftovers are allowed."

"Don't worry, there won't be any leftovers. I didn't even have lunch! I'm starving!"

"Even if you want to cheat me again, you shouldn't go hungry for a whole day, right?" Huang Wanzhen advised earnestly, "You need to eat at a certain time, otherwise your stomach will be upset. Doctors are so busy, and what if your body can't handle it during surgery? Your body is your own, don't treat it badly."

Shen Junyan let out a deep breath, "The hospital is short-staffed. We added a patient at noon today, so I missed lunch time."

After hearing what he said, Huang Wanzhen called the waiter and ordered another bowl of porridge for him. "Eat some porridge first. It raises blood sugar quickly!"

Shen Junyan teased her, "Why are you actively adding to my bill? Aren't you afraid of spending more money?!"

Huang Wanzhen retorted, "I'm short of your two dollars!"

"By the way, where is Chu Yanzhi? You wrote me two letters in the past few years, but that gentleman didn't write a single word."

The porridge arrived quickly. Shen Junyan took two big mouthfuls of it before saying, "I joined the army and rose through the ranks. Now I have no choice. We haven't been in touch for a long time."