In a foreign country, a certain street is bustling with people.
Although this street is located overseas, the shop signs on all the shops are written in Chinese, and the people coming and going are mostly people with yellow faces, black eyes, and black hair.
Standing at the street corner, it felt as if I were not in a foreign country, but on the streets of China.
Dongxiu came to the country for the first time during her summer vacation. She was curiously looking at each shop carefully. After browsing for a while, she looked up and saw a coffee shop in front of her. She suddenly felt a little thirsty, so she walked briskly towards the coffee shop.
The girl's beautiful profile and her light and agile figure, like a deer, made passersby on the street take a second look at her.
"Stop!" a man's voice suddenly rang out anxiously, followed by a screeching sound of brakes as a stretched Bentley came to a stop on the side of the road.
The Bentley's door opened quickly, and a tall, muscular figure emerged. Before anyone could get a good look at the person, the figure had already jogged away and disappeared around the corner, moving so fast that it was almost a blur.
"Looks like I must have been seeing things. How could she be here!" Huang Guanggan had been sitting in the car, glancing casually outside, when he suddenly froze. He thought he saw Chen Niannian.
Huang Guanggan was immediately overjoyed. He hurriedly told the driver to stop the car. Huang Guanggan saw the figure heading into a coffee shop, and he also quickly walked towards the coffee shop.
After entering the coffee shop, Huang Guanggan began to scan the area inside and out, but after looking around, he did not see the person he longed for.
Huang Guanggan couldn't help but laugh at himself. He sighed, shook his head, turned around, pushed open the door of the coffee shop, and prepared to go back to his car. He was really obsessed. How could Chen Niannian be here? He was really... really indulging in wishful thinking again.
The moment he pushed open the door, Huang Guanggan froze, and his eyes welled up with tears. He had imagined this scene many times, but he never expected it to actually appear before his eyes so unexpectedly.
Outside the door, that figure from the depths of my memory stood there gracefully, facing the reflection of the door, fixing her hair, a sweet smile on her face.
Huang Guanggan was reluctant to push open the door for a moment. So, the two of them stood there, one outside the door completely unaware, and the other inside, lost in thought.
Dongxiu had just planned to come in to rest and have a cup of coffee, but she saw a fresh juice shop next to the coffee shop, so she went in and drank a glass of watermelon juice in big gulps. When she came out, her ponytail suddenly came loose, so she walked to the coffee shop entrance and used the glass to fix her hair.
While Huang Guanggan was still in a daze, the girl outside the door had already tidied her messy hair. She playfully stuck out her tongue, smiled, and turned to leave.
The man inside the door finally came to his senses and hurriedly opened the door to chase after her.
A greeting in Mandarin gave the girl, Dongxiu, a sense of familiar warmth as she walked forward. She immediately stopped and looked at the stranger who had greeted her.
He was a man in his early thirties, with black hair and yellow skin. He wore a well-tailored suit, which made him appear mature and composed. At that moment, he was smiling at her, which made Dongxiu, who already had a strong affinity for Chinese people, also smile sincerely. "Hello, sir."
Upon hearing that the other person was also speaking Chinese, Huang Guanggan was also excited, "Are you from China?"
"Yes, and you?" Dongxiu looked at Huang Guanggan and asked curiously. She wasn't lying; she had indeed just returned from China. Her cousin, Chen Niannian, had just given birth to a beautiful daughter, and she had gone back to visit her. Looking at her cousin, she couldn't help but feel envious.
Over the years, my cousin's husband has always been so good to my cousin. My cousin seems to never age; she's always so young and beautiful. When they stand together, it's as if they're only a few years apart.
"I am also Chinese, but I haven't been back for some years." Huang Guanggan said with deep emotion. More than ten years ago, when he learned that Chen Niannian had gotten married, he was heartbroken. He never expected that he still couldn't forget her. So later, he secretly went back to see her. Seeing how sweet she and Yue Jiaoyang were, he felt empty inside and even more sad.
So Huang Guanggan simply stayed abroad, far away from that place of heartbreak. Later, after his parents retired, they also came here. The family lived quite well abroad. In particular, Huang Guanggan was quick-witted and seized business opportunities. Over the years, he has accumulated considerable wealth.
However, he has always been single. Although he is surrounded by many outstanding women, he can never settle down. Fortunately, people abroad are very open-minded about marriage, so he lives a carefree and easy life.
"I am Chinese, but I was adopted when I was young and came to live abroad. I grew up abroad," Dong Xiu said frankly.
Huang Guanggan had already realized when Dongxiu spoke that this girl was not Chen Niannian. After so many years, Chen Niannian could not possibly be this young, and her voice was also different. Although her eyebrows and eyes looked very similar, they were still different upon closer inspection.
Although Huang Guanggan mistook her for someone else, the face that looked so much like Nian Nian still made him feel a sense of goodwill and he wanted to get to know her better.
“I’m the opposite of you. Although I grew up in China, I left a long time ago and have been living abroad ever since,” Huang Guanggan sighed.
“It’s alright, we all share the same bloodline. By the way, this street has a very Chinese feel to it. Although I didn’t grow up in China, I love China. My relatives are all there, and I go back every year.” For some reason, Dongxiu became more talkative around the man in front of her. Perhaps it was what Chinese people often call “getting along at first sight”!
“I’m very familiar with this place. I wonder if I have the honor of being your tour guide today and telling you the stories of this place.” Huang Guanggan’s shop is on this street, so he is naturally very familiar with this place.
"That's great! This place is so big, I would really get lost if I were alone," Dongxiu replied generously. After all, having someone explain things to her was much easier than wandering around on her own.
On this traditional street, two figures slowly walked away, their laughter echoing from time to time. Perhaps this will be a beautiful story.
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