Chapter 44: Original Position When the time comes, everyone will return to their original position...
The apartments in South Cowes Island were rarely bustling with activity.
The kitten also realized that Su Jiahao was a paper tiger and was just teasing him. It suddenly stretched out its claws and slapped him hard, then turned around and rushed into Qin Yonglian's arms.
The proud little plush looked at the other party with a smug look on his face, as if he was taking advantage of the power of the tiger.
One person and one cat, you come back and I.
Qin Kafei was finally caught by the biped named Su. He rubbed it in his arms and rubbed it hard before letting it go with satisfaction.
After lunch, Zhenyan and Qin Yonglian were not idle. They went back to the study upstairs to hold a company video conference.
Bai Ying and Su Jiahao had nothing to do, so they mowed the lawn in front of the lobby garden with the animals, basking in the sun.
"I can do this," Su Jiahao said, holding the lawn mower. "When I was a student, I helped my older brother mow the lawn almost every week to make a living."
The man joked that if he lost his job one day, he could work as a lawn mower for others.
"What a coincidence! I used to earn pocket money this way too. When I was younger, I was even more mischievous and even dismantled a lawn mower."
Bai Ying listed them all like the back of her hand. "Cutterhead, engine, travel wheels, comb teeth, rotating bevel gears... Machines come in reciprocating and rotary types, and when you take them apart, they're pretty much the same."
Su Jiahao turned his head to look at her with envy on his face.
"Really? More precious than gold!" the girl thought he didn't believe her. "My grandmother devoted her life to studying agricultural machinery. Whenever she brought a machine home, the first thing she did was almost always dismantle it, modify it, and then rebuild it."
"I finally understand why Leon likes you?"
“Eh???”
"Except for the most expensive telescope, he has dismantled almost all the equipment in his house."
Su Jiahao smiled as he recalled the past. "When Leon was a student, he had a radiant presence just by appearing on campus."
What kind of boy is high school student Leon?
Bai Ying was full of curiosity.
"Have you seen the Japanese manga-adapted movie "Crows Zero"? " Su Jiahao suddenly asked.
Bai Ying nodded, having a slight impression.
"At that time, Leon looked like the male lead, Genji Takiya," Su Jiahao made a hair-tying gesture, "the one played by Shun Oguri."
After this reminder, Bai Ying remembered.
He is taciturn and domineering, looking like an iceberg, but actually he is a young man with a simple heart.
"I am four years younger than him. My eldest brother was busy with his business and didn't take me with him. At that time, Leon took better care of me."
Su Jiahao sighed that if some things had not happened later, Qin Yonglian would not have left school, and would not have met Bai Ying.
"Later, Mr. Qin returned to school at an advanced age and met you. It must be fate." Su Jiahao concluded.
Bai Ying smiled, her eyes curved into crescents, "The fate between him and me, a match made in heaven, started even earlier."
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Zhenyan and Su Jiahao each had their own business and didn't stay for dinner. They hurried to catch a boat back to the city before the sun set.
Bai Ying and Qin Yonglian prepared a simple and warm dinner by themselves.
After cleaning the house, the girl went back to her room to take a shower.
When I went downstairs, I saw Qin Yonglian still sitting on the sofa in the same position, talking on the phone and working on two tablets.
The man pinched his brows, his voice becoming a little hoarse due to the long call.
The girl stood on tiptoe and looked around the living room.
Sensing the movement around him, Qin Yonglian looked back a few times, his brows relaxed, and he smiled and pointed outside the door.
Bai Ying understood and looked outside. It turned out that Coffee and the parrot uncles were playing in the garden.
The street lights came on, shining directly on the grass, and several small moths were flying around.
The little kitten was in great spirits, clapping its cute paws in the air.
Andy and Wei Zi were concentrating on picking up branches from the ground.
Coffee's attention was drawn back to the two birds and the cat, who were throwing branches at each other like playing football.
Bai Ying leaned against the window, watching with great interest.
"Oh oh," Qin Yonglian hung up the phone and threw it directly on the sofa.
"Come, let me help you blow dry your hair."
After washing her hair, the girl simply used a towel to gently dry it. At this moment, strands of wet hair still hung in front of her chest.
Although the water stopped dripping, it dyed the shoulders of the light blue pajamas dark blue.
In late spring, the temperature on the island drops sharply at night.
Qin Yonglian pinched her palm, which was slightly cool, and turned up the temperature of the air conditioner in the living room a few degrees.
"Actually, I'm not cold." The girl frowned slightly when she saw him.
"When you feel cold, you are likely to catch a cold," said Qin Yonglian.
Bai Ying obediently sat down beside him, "I have a magnificent stove, it's very warm!"
The man curled his lips slightly and smiled without saying a word.
It was Qin Yonglian's first time to blow-dry someone's hair. He looked serious, held the hair dryer, and moved it carefully across the hair.
Every time he saw Bai Ying blow-drying her hair, with the hair flying freely between her fingers, he thought it was very simple.
"You can use more force," Bai Ying imparted the secret. "For someone like me with thick hair, I usually divide it into sections and blow dry the roots, leaving the ends 50% dry."
The girl lowered her head lazily, and her snow-white neck was exposed defenselessly in front of Qin Yonglian.
The man's Adam's apple rolled unconsciously.
There was a humming sound coming from the hair dryer in her ears. Bai Ying felt very comfortable in the warm wind. She held her chin with both hands and gently rested them on Qin Yonglian's knees, feeling a little sleepy.
The wind stopped howling and was quiet for a few seconds. Bai Ying felt a soft, warm and moist breath on the back of her neck.
An itchy, indescribable electric current ran through my limbs and bones, accompanied by a beautiful emotion stuck in my chest.
"Leon?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Ying was picked up, her back pressed against Qin Yonglian's strong heartbeat.
"A wise man never falls in love, but I am willing to be a fool when I meet you."
After the man finished speaking, he rested his chin on the top of Bai Ying's head and kissed her closely, the scent of the mixture of shampoo lingering around their noses.
The air also softened, and as time passed, the emotions that had been blocking the girl's heart slowly dissipated.
A smile appeared on Bai Ying's face, and she tilted her head to rub her face against his.
"Oh, we're like little animals keeping each other warm in the snowy mountains."
Qin Yonglian held her tightly in his arms, as if there was really ice and snow around him.
Bai Ying asked, "If you could be given a chance, what animal would you like to become?"
"What about you?" Qin Yonglian pushed the question back.
Bai Ying hummed softly and said, "The mountain birds are chirping. I have always been a free-flying little bird."
"Then I will also turn into a bird and be your lovebirds."
"Leon, you're talking sweeter and sweeter." The corners of the girl's mouth rose involuntarily, and she giggled.
Qin Yonglian turned the person in his arms around, their foreheads touching, the tips of their noses almost touching hers. "Try it again and see if it gets sweeter."
The light kiss continued, even the breath was sweet, and the man hugged her tightly.
Bai Ying opened her phone and showed him her courses for the new semester. "I tried to choose classes that were concentrated from Monday to Thursday, leaving Friday free."
This way, she has three days off every week from Friday to Sunday. In addition to continuing to write the food column, she can start new work.
She saw Qin Yonglian busy with work every day. People who were smarter than her worked harder than her. She felt that she should not procrastinate, but take the initiative to run and make new breakthroughs in the new year.
"We had originally planned to go to Island Forest for molecular cuisine, but it ended up being a wasted trip." Thinking of his recent setbacks, Bai Ying was too embarrassed to contact Zhang Caiyi.
She promised to help her old friend contact Mr. Rabbit, and the restaurant replied that the chef had gone abroad for further studies and was now the acting chef in the restaurant.
"Business in the store is as booming as ever, and netizens also say that the quality is stable, but I always feel like something is missing?" Bai Ying pondered for a moment.
"Perhaps I really need to meet Mr. Chef himself to solve my mystery."
"Want to eat molecular cuisine?" Qin Yonglian asked.
"Can you do it too?" After asking, Bai Ying realized that she was worrying too much. Her boyfriend was the omnipotent Aladdin's lamp.
"I don't feel like eating right now. I just promised a friend something and haven't done it yet."
"Maybe the store didn't know you were the contact person. Didn't you introduce yourself as Baiying?"
Bai Ying shook her head, "I used the name from my work in the anime."
"Maybe you should try to contact him again," the man said meaningfully. "I think it's possible. Maybe he has been waiting for you."
When her eyes met those emerald eyes, the girl suddenly had an idea. She sat up straight and said, "I think we should give it another try. It might work. I should have asked Mr. Rabbit out for a drink a long time ago."
Qin Yonglian's smile deepened, and his breath covered him, "My girl, just try."
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Life in the new semester is richer and busier than Bai Ying expected.
The two of them had breakfast together every day. Qin Yonglian's classes were all in the evening. He went to the company during the day and went to school on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Bai Ying went to school activities by herself, and then went home together after Qin Yonglian finished class.
The only time we meet on weekdays is in the morning and evening.
Only on free weekends will I take a day and a night to return to South Cowes Island.
The kitten has not been taken back to the city yet, and with two uncles accompanying it on the island, it will not feel lonely at all.
It was another night when the lights came on. Bai Ying walked to the other side of the road of the side gate of the campus, lowered the brim of her baseball cap, and walked towards the long-awaited nanny car wearing a mask.
As soon as I got in the car, I asked, "Will I be photographed like this?"
Qin Yuan glanced at the rearview mirror and nodded slightly, indicating that she should not worry.
The nanny car drove around the school before arriving at the designated intersection to pick up Qin Yonglian who had just finished a meeting.
"Hello, Officer Qin. I think we look a lot like agents of the Special Security Service."
Bai Ying took off her mask and raised her hand to greet him with a smile.
Qin Yonglian held the girl's palm, squeezed it, and played with her fingers, "This is to protect you."
Qin Yuan was very considerate and put up the partition in the back seat of the car.
It allows young couples who rarely see each other to temporarily have a little world that belongs only to them.
At the beginning of the month, there was a major reshuffle of shareholders in several local mainstream media organizations, and now the largest shareholder is the Qin family.
The fact that Qin Yonglian returned to university was an open secret within a small circle of the industry.
The top paparazzi have reached a tacit understanding to avoid smearing the new young master's life anecdotes as much as possible.
The other students didn't know that the low-key classmate sitting next to them was the head of a company that managed tens of thousands of people.
Even the professor who was giving the lecture did not know Qin Yonglian's true identity.
But the woman behind the hot figure is the melon, the gossip, and the topic that must be captured.
Qin Yonglian is well aware of the media's tactics, so the best strategy is to be more cautious and let Bai Ying live her own life.
After a day of meetings, the man's voice was a little hoarse: "Zhen Yan left today and went to Shenyang in advance. He will assist me and rotate through the Northeast, North China, Central China, and Southwest China regions for half a year."
He has become the actual head of the group and knows that a true manager does not have to do everything himself, but must quickly build his own efficient team, and development is the bottom line.
After a management reshuffle, the South China region has become the AH Group's main base. China's vast territory and population have given other regions, often relying on their remote location, an opportunity to uproot stubborn tenants.
Unlike his father Tan Ansen’s authoritarian management style, Tan Yonglian’s strategy is to move things forward silently, occupying the high ground from the outside/periphery and then fighting back to the center.
"Everyone has his or her own place and mission, and should fulfill his or her responsibilities. The same is true for me."
Bai Ying rarely listened to Qin Yonglian talk about the company. She could feel the pressure he was under recently. Judging from news from all sides, the Qin Group was undergoing the biggest change in its history.
Turn the tide? Internal and external troubles? These were the words that flashed through her mind at the time.
Even the superhuman Qin Yonglian couldn't hide his fatigue. Although he had lost some weight, his chiseled jawline revealed a certain firmness.
Bai Ying gently stroked the back of her boyfriend's hand, her eyes filled with heartache, "Huluhulumao, don't be tired anymore."
"Don't worry," Qin Yonglian turned his head away, his eyebrows and eyes revealing a calmness that made the girl feel at ease.
"I still need some time. When the time comes, everyone will return to their original positions."
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