Wu Jin Ban returned to the courtyard house in the southeast before dark, helping Fu Bao clean the yard and helping Xue Mei cook. He was incredibly cheerful.
Xuemei was extremely gratified. Wujinban was a child she had watched grow up, and if his personality was too extreme, it would be detrimental to his future.
Southeast also returned early, bringing back many books about timber and furniture for Wu Jinban:
"Five and a half pounds. I don't know anything about these things. I bought these at the bookstore. If you think they're useful, take a look. If you don't, just leave them."
Wu Jinban quickly picked up the books, flipped through them, and said, "Uncle, thank you, they're all useful."
"Take this money and buy more books. There's a wealth of knowledge and beauty in books." Southeast took out a stack of money.
Wu Jinban smiled as soon as he saw it. He pulled out two hundred-yuan bills from a stack of money and said, "Thank you, Uncle. This is enough."
Southeast waved his hand repeatedly and said, "Books are very expensive, so take them. Your uncle hopes you can read more books."
Wu Jin blinked, forcing back his tears, and put the money on the table into his pocket.
This thick stack of hundred-yuan bills must be worth at least ten thousand yuan. I'll keep it for now and repay you when I'm able to.
At four o'clock the next morning, Wu Jinban placed a letter on the bedside table, cleaned his room, packed his luggage, and left quietly.
Two days later, when Duoduo saw Liujin standing on the platform, she was overjoyed. Liujin and Wujinban were best friends, so Wujinban must have come too.
She quickly slung her backpack over her shoulder, grabbed her suitcase, and rushed downstairs, running straight to Liu Jin: "Brother Liu Jin, you came to pick me up! Thank you! Where's Brother Wu Jin Ban?"
Liu Jin took the suitcase from Duo Duo and said, "Let's go home first."
Duo Duo's heart sank. He seemed to understand something, and he snatched the suitcase, asking, "Where's my brother?"
Liu Jin was a little depressed. Wu Jinban had given himself a task that was too difficult, even more difficult than filming a movie.
"Your brother went back, and he asked me to apologize to you," Liu Jin said with some difficulty.
"Why? Didn't he call to tell me he was coming back? I rushed all this way, how could he leave?" Duoduo suddenly burst into tears.
A young man was crying on the crowded platform, and people thought Liu Jin was bullying a child.
"Don't cry, people will think I did something to you. You haven't cried for many years, have you? You're not going to relapse into your old habits again."
Liu Jin felt goosebumps all over when he thought of how loudly Duo Duo cried when she was little.
Duo Duo choked for a moment, but gradually regained control of her emotions. She wiped her tears with her arm and said, "Okay, then I won't cry anymore."
"That's right, don't you want to see your grandparents, aunt, and great-grandmother?" Liu Jin coaxed.
Duo Duo nodded and left with Liu Jin. When she saw that Liu Jin had actually driven there, she was extremely envious: "Brother Liu Jin, you can actually drive!"
"This is the company car. My mentor asked me to drive it. I'll take you to your aunt's house first, and then I'll go to work."
Listen carefully to what I'm about to say. Wu Jinban asked me to tell you this: your brother needs to work hard, so he should go back and strive for success as soon as possible.
Duoduo was confused. What did he mean by "striving"? Striving wouldn't make a difference if it took a day or two.
"Brother Liujin, tell me the truth, and I'll keep it to myself even if it rots away," Duoduo said.
Liu Jin hesitated for a moment, wondering if it would be suspected of sowing discord if he were to say it.
Forget it, I'd better not say anything. He's just a little kid, his emotions are still unstable, so let's take it easy on him.
"I really didn't know. I was quite surprised when your brother came to see me," Liu Jin said.
Duoduo looked at Liujin's open and honest face in the rearview mirror and couldn't help but sigh. He acted just right. Did he think she was blind? She had seen that moment of hesitation.
Well, since Liu Jin is unwilling to talk about it, something bad must have happened. He can try to find out indirectly.
Liu Jin dropped Duo Duo off at the entrance of the eight-courtyard house and left. He had already wasted two and a half days on Wu Jin and a half.
You have to understand that once the filming equipment is turned on, it's like money is constantly flowing out, so he has to race against time.
When Grandma Yan saw Duo Duo come in, she was so surprised she could hardly speak: "Duo Duo, did your father pick you up?"
It was only then that Duoduo remembered that her grandfather had called her father, and wondered why her father hadn't come to pick her up.
"No, it was Brother Wu Jin Ban who called me. I came by car alone, and Brother Liu Jin brought me back," Duo Duo said.
Grandma Yan understood and quickly said to Duoduo, "Go call Sister Fubao. Wujinban is staying with Fubao."
Duo Duo paused for a moment. Didn't Liu Jin say that Wu Jin and a half had already gone back? Why did Grandma say that Wu Jin and a half was with Fu Bao? Could it be that Liu Jin was deliberately teasing her?
Duoduo happily ran into the side room, picked up the phone and dialed, but no one answered the phone at Fubao's place.
"Grandma, no one is answering the phone." Duoduo was a little dejected.
"She'll definitely be here soon. Your sister Fu Bao comes to class every day," Grandma Yan said with a smile, while also wondering why Wu Jinban hadn't arrived yet.
Fu Bao came in and paused for a moment when she saw Duo Duo. Duo Duo saw Fu Bao and ran over to her immediately: "Sister Fu Bao, where's my brother?"
Fu Bao glanced at Grandma Yan. They hadn't told Grandma Yan about Wu Jinban's return to Denmark, because they were worried that she would be upset.
"Come with me." Fu Bao pulled Duo Duo and ran out.
Grandma Yan frowned. Had something happened that she didn't know about again?
This time, Duoduo didn't let Fubao off the hook, relentlessly pressing for answers. Fubao, left with no other option, had to recount the whole story.
Duo Duo was stunned. A sense of powerlessness welled up inside him. He had tried so hard to get along with his father, all so that his brother would change his mind.
But what is Dad thinking? My brother finally comes home, and he manages to drive him away in anger.
No, my brother didn't leave in anger. He was moved by my aunt's ideas. My brother already has a goal, so what should I do in the future?
Duoduo was deep in thought when she noticed Fubao looking at her and quickly asked, "Sister Fubao, what do you want to do in the future?"
"I want to go to university and then help Yushu with fashion design," Fu Bao said very frankly.
She enjoys needlework and her embroidery can fetch a high price, but Yu Shu's embroidery is even more exceptional.
My aunt said that in the future, all the industries in Shanghai would be handed over to Yushu, and the garment factories and haute couture shops in Beijing would also be handed over to Yushu.
So Yu Shu had already discussed it with her. Yu Shu would go to Shanghai to manage the businesses, and she would help Yu Shu manage the two companies in Beijing.
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