Everyone was watching the girl on TV.
She was so dazzling, like the sun in the sky, seemingly right beside them, yet actually light-years away.
The news ended, and someone turned off the TV.
"Zhou Xiaonian is Zhou Xiaonian. He doesn't show up unless he's causing a national sensation!"
"Xu Jing'an really understands her. No matter when she appears, she is always the most dazzling presence."
"Being classmates with such a goddess really elevates our academic standing!"
"Come on, let's celebrate our upgrade to a café! Have a drink!"
Everyone drank heartily, one cup after another, and before long, some people were drunk.
Xu Jing'an was drunk.
He usually doesn't drink at all, but tonight he lost control and got completely drunk, muttering incoherently.
Lin Jinquan, who was close to him, nudged Wu Zetian next to him with his elbow and said in a low voice, "What's wrong with Brother Jing tonight? Everyone else is drinking happily, but why does he seem to be drinking alone? Zhou Xiaonian is so successful, why isn't he happy at all?"
Wu Zetian handed Xu Jing'an a glass of water, watched him drink it, and then sighed: "What else could it be? He's just feeling inferior. There was already a significant gap between the Xu family and the Gu and Zhou families, and he himself had always been overshadowed by Zhou Xiaonian. Now that Zhou Xiaonian has become the youngest engineer to develop an aircraft carrier, while he's just an ordinary young diplomat, the gap is widening. He can't reach it anymore. How can he be happy?"
“But this is just the beginning. In a few years, when he becomes a minister, won’t he still be able to reach her? People always get better as they grow up.” Lin Jinquan really couldn’t understand it.
Wu Zetian shook his head, unsure of what to say: "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Let Jing-ge process it himself. But I'm really happy that Zhou Xiaonian is so amazing."
Who's unhappy?
Zhou Guiying was overjoyed.
She grabbed Zhou Yue, her eyes red with excitement: "I told you she could do it, I told you she definitely could, and look, she really can!"
Zhou Yue was also moved to tears. She was so proud of her daughter's outstanding achievements.
But it really hurts.
Zhou Xiaonian had a miserable life before she was two years old. Her life only got better after Zhou Guiying came to live with her. However, her mother was always away from her, always striving to improve herself and become better. Eight out of ten times, she was not there when Xiaonian needed maternal love and care the most.
After starting university at seventeen, she lost contact with her family. It's hard to imagine how such a young girl could cope with the fear of being far from home and loved ones.
She is only 22 years old, yet she carries such a heavy burden of honor and responsibility.
Zhou Yue really wanted to hug her, but she couldn't.
"mom."
"Hey!"
Zhou Yue responded and then suddenly turned around.
"Niannian?!" She rubbed her eyes in disbelief. "Niannian, is that my Niannian?"
Zhou Xiaonian ran over and hugged Zhou Yue tightly: "Mom, I missed you so much!"
"Mom misses you too..."
The mother and daughter embraced and wept bitterly, which also made Zhou Guiying cry. Gu Xiaoyue rushed over and cried with them.
The four women were crying together.
Gu Yunzheng, who was not far away, watched quietly, feeling a pang of sadness in his heart.
He felt very sorry for his daughter, Zhou Xiaonian, and also felt guilty because he and Zhou Yue were both focused on their careers during her upbringing, and they gave her far too little care.
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