Chapter 117 The 1980s: A Dramatic Saga That Killed Both the Male and Female Protagonists
"She only scored a little over 300 points, which is more than 100 points below the cutoff for vocational colleges. There's no way she'll get into any university."
Jin Shu on the other end of the phone didn't react.
These days, international calls are too expensive. If Jin Shu didn't have an overseas company, Xiao Wang would never have experienced the feeling of talking to someone on the other side of the ocean.
"Alright, alright, I'm not talking to you anymore, it's pointless. I heard from your school that a lot of reporters want to interview you. If you're not coming back, I'll cancel them for you."
Jin Shu certainly didn't have time to go back.
Learning was one of the original owner's wishes, and she has now fulfilled that wish. The next thing she needs to do is to fulfill her last wish.
To live a good life.
Jin Shu wasn't really sure what constituted a good life, so she could only try her best until she could choose any kind of life she wanted. That would probably be considered completing her mission.
As her business grew, Jin Shu hadn't been back to her hometown for a long time.
Later, her company went public overseas. As the founder of the company, Jin Shu took a large number of shares and stepped down to become a director. The annual dividends were enough for her to squander for the rest of her life.
Jin Shu returned to China at the beginning of the 21st century.
By this time, Golden Crane had become a renowned luxury brand both domestically and internationally, offering a wide range of products from its initial clothing and footwear to its current jewelry.
Jin Shu achieved financial freedom in her twenties and left the place where she had worked for nearly ten years, returning to her original rural hometown.
The place has changed dramatically. Wide and clean roads lead in all directions, and every household has a small villa with red bricks and green tiles. Cars are parked in the yards, and what used to be farmland has now become a large factory. Almost everyone in the village works here.
This is one of the original factories of Jinhe, and this village is the richest village in the entire province, precisely because two nationally renowned entrepreneurs came from the village.
Jin Shu, founder of Jinhe Group, is worth hundreds of millions.
Lu Xu, founder of Lu's Foreign Trade Group, is worth billions.
Both men chose to open branch factories in their hometowns, using them as centers to expand outwards, which boosted the rapid development of the entire city's economy.
The Jin family's genealogy has been rewritten, with Jin Shu's name as the first page.
The house where Jin Shu lived back then is now under the village's protection and is open to tourists.
Therefore, when Jin Shu returned to the village, she had a strange feeling that she was alive, but had been dead for a long time.
The village has over a thousand people, young and old. Even toddlers who have just learned to crawl can pronounce Jin Shu's name, but when she appears in the village, very few people recognize her.
Looking at the absurd and comical scene before her, Jin Shu recalled that she was the same in her original world. She was revered by the six realms, and memorial tablets were erected everywhere in honor of her.
A familiar feeling welled up in her heart, and Jin Shu suddenly felt a little bored.
The mission is complete. What's next for her?
After accompanying Zhou Yanzhu and Jin Baosheng on a trip around the world, I would occasionally go back to play with my younger brother's children and have a meal with Xiao Wang's family.
Xiao Wang got married to the vice president of a listed company. The two are considered a powerful couple. The video of their wedding day was so extravagant that it made the news.
Not long after her marriage, Xiao Wang gave birth to a child. After that, she gradually disappeared from the workplace and, with her substantial family wealth, began a life of retirement and raising her child.
She's still as talkative as ever, no, she's even more talkative now.
He could talk about Jin Shu all day long.
"Do you know that Chu Dong has been arrested? I heard he was sentenced to more than ten years in prison."
"Oh? I don't know."
"I knew you didn't know, did you know that Chu Dong and Jin Yin got married?"
Jin Shu shook her head.
"Jin Yin almost lost everything due to the losses. She secretly borrowed money from loan sharks, but the debt collectors came to her door and made a scene. Her parents sold their house to pay off her debts."
Later I heard she was pregnant, and the child was Chu Dong's. Good heavens, she got pregnant right after graduation. Those two had been doing *that* for a long time.
They invited a lot of people to their wedding, but the banquet was almost empty on the day of the wedding, which caused quite a bit of a misunderstanding.
After that, I thought she was going to settle down and live a peaceful life with Chu Dong, but I never expected her to run off with a foreigner! After disappearing for two years, she came back with a mixed-race man!
Chu Dong searched everywhere for her, and when he finally found her, he lost control and stabbed her in the street with a knife. I heard the scene was horrific, and Jin Yin almost died.
Later, Chu Dong was arrested, and Jin Yin was stabbed several times with no one caring for her. I couldn't bear to watch, so I secretly paid her medical bills.
At this point, Xiao Wang sighed.
At this moment, she looked at Jin Shu.
“Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if she had stayed in the village. Maybe she could have lived a peaceful and stable life.”
"If she can't change her personality, she'll end up with the same fate no matter where she is."
"That's true. Let's not talk about her anymore. So, what are your plans for the future?"
"Go out and see the world."
"Have you finished watching?"
"After you've finished watching, move on to the next leg of your journey."
Xiao Wang was confused, so she couldn't help but offer some advice.
"You're such a good person, why don't you find a partner? Even if you don't get married, they can take care of you. Everyone gets sick sometimes, what will you do when your aunt and uncle get old and you're all alone?"
"If you've lived long enough, then die."
"Pah! You're always like this. You were so energetic at the beginning, but now you're so dejected!"
Jin Shu just smiled, and Xiao Wang thought she was joking, but in fact, that was exactly what she intended to do.
Because she has been living for so long, without a plan or mission, she really doesn't know what else she can do while she's alive.
"Don't think I'm meddling, but Lu Xu, he's been waiting for you since he was over thirty and hasn't dated or gotten married. Don't you have any feelings for him at all?"
"His choice not to get married is his own, and it has nothing to do with me. People live for themselves, so don't put such high praise on me."
The most unreliable thing in the world is love between men and women. If you're willing to fall into this trap, don't drag me down with you. I'm not interested.
"Lu Xu is so pitiful, falling in love with someone as heartless as you."
Xiao Wang, of course, couldn't understand Jin Shu's thoughts.
She just thought it was normal for outstanding people to attract each other, but Jin Shu was like a cold goddess. Even though she had known her for more than ten years, she felt like she had never really known her.
And even though she's almost thirty, Jin Shu still looks the same as she did back then; she seems to have never changed.
“It’s okay, my son will take care of you in your old age.”
"Yes, thank you."
Let's forget about retirement, since Jin Shu only lived to be thirty-five.
Having seen all the beautiful landscapes, just like before, I'll find a place to rest in peace, and that will be the perfect end to my life.
As her consciousness drifted, she seemed to sense someone crying beside her.
Who will cry for her?
(End of this chapter)
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