My heart ached as I murmured, "No wonder Yan Meng always went out of his way to visit his grandparents every time he returned to Haicheng. To him, they were his salvation during those dark days!"
Ming Si nodded in agreement. "Yan Meng is a filial child. Since then, he has greeted your grandparents every New Year and festival. He used the first money he earned to buy gifts for your grandparents."
It was precisely because of Yan Meng's sincere filial piety that the two elders of the Ming family never regretted supporting him and treated him as their own grandson, which also made the relationship between Yan Meng and the two elders of the Ming family closer and closer.
Yan Meng is indeed a man who values friendship and loyalty, and I suddenly understand his extreme behavior today.
But now that Lu Jing is dead, his hatred for Lu Jing should have disappeared.
I don’t want him to be obsessed with the hatred of the past. I just hope he can let it go as soon as possible and let himself go.
…
The funeral ended yesterday and Lu Jing will be buried today.
What’s inappropriate is that today is the day for the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of a high-tech real estate project that has been scheduled for a long time.
Lu Jing was buried in the morning and the ribbon-cutting ceremony was at noon. Although the times did not overlap, it is never a good idea to have red and funeral events collide with each other. I was also worried about Lu Zhiyuan's mood.
After listening to the secretary's report on the itinerary, I specifically told her, "I'll go to the ribbon-cutting ceremony in person today. There's no need to notify President Lu."
"Isn't this inappropriate?" the secretary said emphatically. "After all, this high-tech real estate project is a joint venture between Xiguang Technology and Huake Real Estate. If you show up alone at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, it will cause discussion."
I didn't take it seriously: "Just do as I say, or have Xiguang Technology send someone over to fill in the gaps."
Seeing that I insisted, the secretary had no choice but to do as I asked.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony was quite noisy. Lu Zhiyuan had just experienced the death of his father, so he would definitely feel uncomfortable in such an occasion. I also didn't want to see him forcing a smile.
At noon, I arrived at the event site and unexpectedly saw Lu Zhiyuan.
He was wearing a pure black suit and had mourning bands on his arms. It was obvious that he had rushed over after Lu Jing's funeral.
I walked up to him and saw him sitting there looking at the real estate drawings. With a distressed look on my face, I said, "Why are you going through all this trouble? It's okay if you don't attend this kind of event. Just go back and get some rest."
Lu Zhiyuan looked up at me and smiled bitterly: "It doesn't matter, I also hope to be busy. At least when I'm busy, I won't have any random thoughts."
Seeing him forcing a smile, I couldn't bear it, but I didn't know how to comfort him.
I took off the mourning cloth pinned on his sleeve and gently reminded him, "There's a camera recording the ribbon-cutting ceremony today. Bringing this will easily cause discussion."
He smiled gently: "You are thoughtful."
I looked at him, and for the first time I wished he didn't smile at me. I would rather see him vent, at least he would feel better.
He and I each had our own thoughts, but we worked together to plan and complete today's ribbon-cutting ceremony.
After the event, all employees involved in the project were invited to have a meal together as per the rules. Everyone was celebrating enthusiastically, toasting each other, and it was very lively.
While accepting the toasts from my employees, I secretly glanced at Lu Zhiyuan.
He was in a depressed mood and didn't eat much of the food in front of him.
After a while, he stood up quietly and walked out alone.
I was worried, so after drinking a glass of wine, I used the excuse of going to the bathroom and took the opportunity to go out to look for him.
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