Chapter 424
Lu Zhuoxuan's Side Story (Part 1)
In his second year after graduating from East China University, Lu Zhuoxuan took the research studio he had set up at the university and officially established an IT project company.
At that time, Lu Zhuoxuan realized that in the future development of the country, whether in the economy or the cultural industry, the Internet technology track would be extremely important.
Currently, the level of this field in China is still quite backward, and there is a great need for professionals in this area.
After Lu Zhuoxuan's technology company was established, he recruited relevant technical talents from all over the country and formed a relatively professional team.
Meanwhile, Lu Zhuoxuan also began preparing to study for a master's degree abroad.
Only by continuously learning advanced technologies from abroad can we overtake and catch up with other countries on a backward track.
Lu Zhuoxuan has always had this ideal and ambition.
Originally, we weren't going to make a decision about this so soon.
After attending Ji Wanmei and Lei Tingjun's wedding, Lu Zhuoxuan made a decision upon returning home.
He sent his application materials to a university in the United States, intending to pursue a two-year graduate degree there.
The school responded quickly, as many schools would welcome Lu Zhuoxuan to pursue graduate studies given his excellent resume and grades.
Grandma Song was a little reluctant to let her grandson leave.
After all, she had raised him from childhood, and he had feelings for him even more than for his son and daughter-in-law.
However, the children have grown up and are going to pursue their own world and ideals as young people. An old woman cannot stop them from moving forward because of her own selfishness.
Back then, Lu Zhuoxuan's father was about the same age as him, around twenty-four or twenty-five, when he went abroad for further studies.
The couple later returned and became pillars of the nation's development.
Grandma Song hopes that her grandson, whom she raised herself, will surpass her in talent and ability.
However, in the past two years, her health has not been good, especially her legs and feet. Sometimes on rainy days, her rheumatoid arthritis flares up, making it very painful to walk. She has to use crutches or be supported by someone to walk.
Fortunately, the Lu family has a solid foundation and always has housekeepers and maids, so even if Lu Zhuoxuan goes abroad, there is no need to worry about no one taking care of Grandma Song.
"Grandma, don't worry, I'm only going for two years, and I'll be back in two years. Besides, I'll come back to visit you every summer vacation. We won't be apart for too long."
Lu Zhuoxuan held his grandmother's hand and said, "That's right. After I'm gone, you have to take good care of yourself and don't make me worry."
Lu Zhuoxuan's parents live and work in Beijing, and can only come back to East China for holidays, as they are usually too busy with work to visit.
Grandma Song said, "Go ahead and do it without worry. I'm not so old that I can't walk."
"Young people should take advantage of their youth to go out and explore, so as not to waste their youth. Otherwise, when I get to my age, I will not be able to go to such far places."
With his grandmother's words, Lu Zhuoxuan left with peace of mind.
After boarding a plane to San Francisco, Lu Zhuoxuan began his two-year academic journey.
Upon arriving in the United States, he was met by a designated person who quickly completed all the necessary procedures.
My student life has begun.
Lu Zhuoxuan originally thought that this was just a routine, uneventful two years in his life plan.
However, he met a female international student from China here, which changed his original expectations.
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The girl's name is Liu Nian.
The day I first met that female student was at a group of students' birthday party.
She formed her own band and sang a lazy, soft English jazz song on the small stage of her birthday banquet hall.
His deep, husky voice carried a sense of leisure and ease, like the afternoon sun, yet the melody possessed a unique rhythm.
She was wearing a cropped tank top that would never be seen on a Chinese girl, along with a leather mini skirt and a pair of very Western cowboy boots.
It looks cool, wild, and... unrestrained.
Lu Zhuoxuan had never heard a girl sing like this before, as if she had just woken up and was whispering sweet nothings in her lover's ear.
Lu Zhuoxuan's upbringing and education made him somewhat averse to girls who were unrestrained and dissolute.
So he only glanced at her briefly and didn't pay much attention to the girl.
However, while talking with other male students at the banquet, Lu Zhuoxuan discovered that they were all very infatuated with and adored the girl singing on stage.
In the eyes of these foreign boys, this girl, with her mysterious and sexy Eastern charm, was simply a goddess, a sex symbol.
Lu Zhuoxuan didn't particularly like these kinds of noisy, clinking glasses and boisterous gatherings.
He was like this in the country, and he remained the same even abroad.
His self-discipline and uprightness made him stand out from these unrestrained foreigners.
After the band representative finished performing, the girl named Liu Nian walked off the stage, picked up a cocktail, walked up to Lu Zhuoxuan, looked him up and down with a half-smile, and said in fluent English, "You're Lu Zhuoxuan, the new software engineering student? Chinese?"
Lu Zhuoxuan glanced at her, but replied in Chinese, "Yes. Aren't you Chinese too?"
The implication is that there's no need to speak English with him.
Liu Nian, holding a wine glass, burst into laughter at Lu Zhuoxuan's reply. Lu Zhuoxuan was puzzled as to what she was laughing at.
All I could see was that she had heavy makeup on, with blue eyeshadow, bright red lips, and wearing exaggerated earrings, and her hair was permed into big waves.
He had a cigarette dangling from his hand, puffing away.
Lu Zhuoxuan had no patience to waste any more time with her. He finished his drink indifferently and left the scene.
However, two days later...
Lu Zhuoxuan unexpectedly saw the female student named Liu Nian again at school.
She wore a white shirt, a navy blue pleated skirt, knee-high socks, her hair was tied in a high ponytail, and her face was bare of makeup.
He looks to be only in his early twenties.
It was completely different from what I saw during the band performance at the party that day.
If the woman Lu Zhuoxuan met that night was a glamorous and sexy rock star, today he met a pretty and quiet female college student.
Liu Nian walked up to Lu Zhuoxuan, extended her hand, and still wore a half-smile. This time, she spoke in perfect Beijing-accented Mandarin: "Your name is Lu Zhuoxuan, right? My name is Liu Nian. Let's get to know each other formally. After all..."
She made a pointed remark: "We are all Chinese."
Lu Zhuoxuan was slightly surprised by the two different temperaments that this international student girl, who was also from China, displayed in just two days, and raised an eyebrow slightly.
He extended his hand and smiled slightly: "Hello, my name is Lu Zhuoxuan, it's nice to meet you."
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