As September drew to a close, Bai Yu boarded a flight from Hong Kong to Sanya. He could finally go home!
The familiar airport, the familiar exit, the familiar person waiting to pick me up!
"Ah Hai, is it someone else coming to pick me up? Where are Shuangzi and the others? Didn't I call him?"
Unlike Bai Yu, who only recently returned to Sanya, Wang Hai, being just an assistant, returned to Sanya before Bai Yu went to Hong Kong.
"Brother Yu, Shuangzi is at the city dock. Our salvage boat will be ready soon. We're just waiting for the advance team to send a signal so we can set off."
Wang Hai explained why Li Shuang didn't come; she was mainly making preparations and waiting for information from the advance team.
"The search ship has been at sea for over a month now, and it still hasn't found the location of the shipwreck? That's not very efficient."
"Brother Yu, you're mistaken. I overheard Shuangzi talking to the people salvaging the shipwreck, and they said this is normal."
They've pinpointed the approximate location, and the search should be complete in a few days. Then we'll know whether we've found any trace of the shipwreck.
"Alright, let's go back first and wait for news at home."
After Bai Yu finished speaking, he took the lead and got into the driver's seat.
Although Wang Hai is his assistant and Wang Hai is a pretty good driver, Bai Yu still prefers to drive himself no matter what, unless he is really too tired.
Bai Yu then drove home, put her luggage at home first, and then went to the company to take a look.
As for Bai Yu now, you could say he's busy; he has a lot of things to deal with every day.
But if you say he's idle, he can ignore everything and do whatever he wants as soon as he gets rid of all his responsibilities.
He's in a pretty relaxed state right now, having just returned to Sanya from Hong Kong, and he's currently in a state where nothing's bothering him.
So when Bai Yu drove home from the airport, she didn't drive fast and took her time getting home.
What Bai Yu didn't expect was that when he arrived at his own door, the door was open. Was someone home?
"Ah Hai, what day of the week is it today? Is someone absent from work?"
While asking Wang Hai questions, Bai Yu took down her luggage.
He didn't have much luggage, just a briefcase and a backpack, where all his belongings were kept.
"Brother Yu, it's Saturday today, my aunt should be home, right?"
"Is my mom home? Mom, Mom, I'm home."
As the saying goes, when a child comes home, the first thing they look for is their mother. If the mother isn't there but the father is, the first thing the child will always say to their father is: "Dad, where's Mom?"
As soon as Bai Yu entered the house, he looked everywhere for his mother, and finally found her in the kitchen.
"Mom, what are you doing? Look what I brought back for you from Paris!"
While Bai's mother was cleaning the kitchen, Bai Yu came over, took out three gold medals from behind her, and hung them all around Bai's mother's neck.
"What a pity, those Frenchmen are so stingy. The gold medals they gave out weren't even pure gold. Each one was just slightly gold-plated, so each gold medal wasn't worth much money."
"Alright, what family uses pure gold medals for competitions? Why didn't you tell me you were coming back? We haven't prepared anything at home yet, and there's hardly any food left."
"Xiaoyu, what do you want to eat tonight? I'll call your dad and have him go buy it for you now, and we'll cook it for you later."
Bai's mother glanced at the medal around her neck. She wasn't particularly interested in it; what made her happy was that her son had returned.
To outsiders, all they see are Bai Yu's achievements, and how much fame and fortune he has gained through them.
But what Bai Ma saw was not just these things; she also saw how much her son had sacrificed for those three medals, and how much he had sacrificed for those three double Grand Slam titles.
For Bai Yu, Bai's mother felt nothing but pride and heartache.
However, because she is a teacher, she didn't express herself very well in some ways. After all, teachers have a certain air about them; otherwise, how could you teach them well if you couldn't command respect?
Therefore, the only way Bai's mother could show her concern for Bai Yu was by making her cook for her.
After all, Bai's father used to be a head chef at a five-star hotel, and his culinary skills were far superior to Bai's mother's.
Bai Yu didn't stand on ceremony. He ordered several dishes he wanted to eat, starting with a bluefin bream, then a chicken and a duck, and left the rest to his father.
After Bai Yu put his luggage away, he didn't rush to the company. Instead, he chatted with his mother in his living room.
The main topic of conversation was the experience and interesting stories from this trip abroad, as well as all the things that happened upon returning.
Of course, Bai Yu only mentioned the positive aspects, how he dominated the competition, how many endorsements he signed and how much money he made, how many brands he could use for free for several years, and how he could replace all the home appliances at home.
This is quite important. For example, Bai Yu signed an endorsement contract with Haier Group this time, which means he can use their refrigerators for free, including the four-door refrigerators with the latest technology.
The same applies to Xiaomi and Huawei; Xiaomi signed a contract for smart home appliances, while Huawei signed a contract for mobile phones.
In short, many of the endorsement deals Bai Yu signed this time are very practical, and to avoid conflicts with the brands she endorses, the contracts she signed are quite detailed.
For example, he might only endorse one product from a certain brand, and then sign a contract with another brand for another product.
This kind of signing is not allowed normally, but Bai Yu is popular now, and if he asks for a little less money, he can still sign it.
Now, if Bai Yu wants, they can replace a lot of their furniture and appliances with new ones.
Once people get into a good chat, they easily lose track of time.
Bai Yu and the other two chatted for the entire afternoon until Bai's father returned with a large pile of chicken, duck, fish, and meat. Only then did Bai Yu glance at the time, and it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.
That's good, he doesn't need to go to the company anymore. If he still went to the company at this time, he wouldn't even stay there for long before he had to go home.
So I'm not going to the office today; I'll just stay home.
Seeing that Bai's father had come home, Bai Yu had no choice but to go up and say hello, and then help carry his things.
After Bai Yu brought all the dishes to the kitchen, he never came out of the kitchen again. As for what he did in the kitchen, is there any need to ask? He was definitely working.
Even Wang Hai wasn't idle. Bai Yu planned to have Wang Hai, Xia Jing, and the others eat at home, so naturally he had to do some work too.
Considering that there might be a lot of people eating tonight, Bai Yu asked Wang Hai to go to the village's purchasing station to buy a lot of seafood to add a few more dishes to tonight's dinner.
While Bai Yu was helping out at his father's house, the latter told Bai Yu that he should take one day out of the next two days to treat the whole village to a meal.
As for the purpose of this meal, it was naturally to celebrate Bai Yu's achievements at this Olympics, and the other villagers in their small fishing village were also proud of it.
Moreover, although the meal was supposedly paid for by Bai Yu, he didn't actually have to spend a penny; all the expenses were covered by the village's public accounts.
It's not that Bai's father didn't want to pay the money, but rather that the village committee genuinely wanted to.
After all, since the Yuxue Seafood Processing Plant settled in the small fishing village, the village has been able to receive a large amount of dividends from the plant every year by contributing land as shares.
Aside from using part of the money to improve village facilities, part to support elderly people living alone in the village, and some of it distributed among villagers, there is still a considerable amount left unspent each year.
Originally, the money that wasn't spent could have been saved for the following year, but things are different now. This year, Baiyu achieved such great results at the Olympics, bringing glory not only to the country but also to their small fishing village.
This is something that really deserves a proper celebration, and it would be even better if the whole village celebrated together, so everyone could join in the fun.
Then the people in the village committee discussed it and decided to use the village's dividends to host a dinner party in Bai Yu's name.
Before the processing plant was large-scale, the village didn't receive much money each year. After Bai Yu won the gold medal at the last Olympics, this kind of thing didn't happen.
But now that the village has money, they certainly can't miss this opportunity, since it's a good thing that can increase the cohesion of the villagers.
Moreover, it's not just Bai Yu's business. In the future, whenever something big happens in the village, whether it's bringing glory to the country or honoring one's ancestors, we can take action. Anyway, the village has money!
Since everyone had agreed to this, Bai Yu naturally wouldn't spoil their fun, and agreed as well.
Moreover, the date was set for the day after tomorrow. He was going to the company tomorrow, which would also give the village some time to prepare.
While Bai Yu and her father were chatting, they were busy with their work.
Today is Bai Yu's first day home since the competition, so his first meal here is naturally going to be quite lavish.
Bai's father prepared ten hot dishes and eight cold dishes, including chicken, duck, fish, and meat.
Fish are divided into freshwater fish and saltwater fish, meat is divided into beef, mutton and pork, and cold dishes mainly consist of blanched seafood and ready-made braised dishes.
These dishes are mainly meat-based, with only two purely vegetarian options; the rest are mostly meat-based.
There was no way around it; Bai's father knew his son's tastes well enough. Bai Yu was a carnivore; the more meat there was, the more he would eat.
Around six o'clock, three cars arrived in front of Bai Yu's house. Bai Yue, Li Xue, and Xia Jing got out of one of the cars.
Li Shuang and Ke Ke got out of one car, while Lu Sheng and Zhang Yuxin got out of another.
Once everyone had arrived, it didn't take long for them to start eating.
The dinner was very lavish, and naturally, it took a very long time to eat.
After all, eating with a large group of people is not just about filling your stomach; you also want to chat while eating.
Both Bai Yu and Li Shuang had many questions they wanted to ask.
Bai Yu wanted to ask how the salvage work was going, while Li Shuang and the others wanted to ask if there were any fun or interesting things to do at this year's Olympics.
And why did Bai Yu only return now, after the Olympics had ended?
Some things are known to some people, but when they come from the people involved, they evoke a different feeling.
Anyway, it wasn't until after 10 p.m. that Li Shuang and the others left Bai Yu's house, some walking and some driving.
The ones walking were naturally Wang Hai and Xia Jing. They were getting married soon, so living together at Wang Hai's house was no problem.
Li Shuang and the others live quite far away, and the houses they bought are all near the company, so it's convenient for them to commute to and from get off work.
So if they want to go back, they naturally have to drive back.
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