Episode 528: Two-Way Run
Xu Yan: "Your father and I can go before your mother-in-law's birthday. There's no need to go too far in advance. Don't let it interfere with Shan Zhan's work. He's in the rising period of his career."
Qiao Yunxue: "That's what he meant."
She smiled and said to Xu Yan, "You and Dad didn't stay for a few days at our wedding last time, and he was still looking for an opportunity to perform well in front of you."
Xu Yan: "As long as he treats you well, that's all that matters. Your father and I don't care about that."
"Then come over here, I miss you guys too." Qiao Yunxue used her coquettish method.
Xu Yan had no choice but to agree. "Then I'll check with your father about the air tickets and give you the flight number once I've booked them."
Qiao Yunxue: "Yeah, I'll wait for you."
"By the way, Mom, you don't need to book a hotel. Fu Shanzhan and I will arrange it." She added.
Xu Yan: "Okay, then remember to thank Shan Zhan on behalf of your father and me."
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In Jiangcheng, the Qiao family.
After finishing the video call with her daughter, Xu Yan put down her phone and looked at her husband with a serious expression opposite her. After the couple looked at each other, Xu Yan sighed lightly.
Then, she took the initiative to speak: "After we go to Beicheng this time, let's talk to Shanzhan alone. Xiaoxue won't listen to the matter of graduate school if we just talk about it between the two of us."
Qiao Yanzhou was very disappointed: "It's all because of me being spoiled."
Xu Yan: "You can't say that. Xiaoxue has been very well behaved since she was a child. She is still young. It's normal for her to be impulsive when she meets someone she likes."
"As long as Shanzhan treats her well, that's all that's fine." Although Xu Yan regretted that Qiao Yunxue didn't go on to graduate school, she still understood Qiao Yunxue's love-brained decision. "There's still time to take the exam again. Let Shanzhan talk to her."
Qiao Yanzhou: "Getting married at such a young age, neither of you is mature. She'll regret it when she suffers in the future."
When talking about this matter, Xu Yan's expression became more serious.
She was silent for a moment, then sighed. "People can never teach people, but things teach people correctly. She won't listen to us if we try to persuade her now, and we can't bring her back. We just need to be prepared to cover for our daughter."
Qiao Yanzhou rubbed his solar plexus and felt a severe headache.
Xu Yan comforted him, and also comforted herself: "At least Shanzhan is a good person, and he's also very good to Xiaoxue. He's just a little immature, but maybe he'll get better in the future."
"Who can predict what will happen in the future?" Qiao Yanzhou waved his hand. "No matter what happens to Shanzhan in the future, Xiaoxue must continue to improve herself."
Xu Yan: "I think it would be helpful to let Shanzhan persuade her. She will definitely listen to him."
Qiao Yanzhou nodded thoughtfully. It seemed that this was the only way he could try now.
"Shanzhan's mother's birthday is coming soon. What gift should we prepare?" Xu Yan felt a little overwhelmed when he thought about this.
Although their family can be considered a middle-class family, the gap between them and the Fu family is too big. If the gifts they send out are not appropriate, it will affect Qiao Yunxue's image in the Fu family.
"Don't worry about it," Qiao Yanzhou said. "Last time, I heard Shanzhan's mother say she likes Chinese painting. Let's give her the original painting of Master Zhang in my study."
Xu Yan was silent for a while. "You are just hard on the outside but soft on the inside. In the final analysis, you are still worried that Xiaoxue will be looked down upon by her in-laws."
Qiao Yanzhou remained silent, saying, "Now I just hope they both have some ambition and can live a good life."
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After breakfast, Qiao Yunxue remembered her parents' reminder and went to check the master's admission information for the next semester.
Qiao Yunxue majored in Western literature in her undergraduate studies and in modern art as her second degree. She has been drawing since elementary school and also took a master's degree in a related major.
When she chose these two majors in her undergraduate studies, she actually planned to take the IELTS and study abroad in her junior year. Her parents even chose the school for her, but because she was in love with Fu Shanzhan, Qiao Yunxue was no longer focused on her studies.
He took the IELTS exam, but did not prepare the school application materials seriously, which made Qiao Yanzhou and Xu Yan very angry at the time.
However, Qiao Yunxue was smart and had a high talent for learning. She prepared for the postgraduate entrance examination for half a year and was admitted. She ranked among the top in both the written test and the interview.
In the end, she gave up this time because she married Fu Shanzhan.
Qiao Yunxue reviewed what she had done after she met Fu Shanzhan, and couldn't help but sigh.
She patted her forehead and for the first time felt that it was not an exaggeration for people around her to say that she was lovesick. From an outsider's perspective, giving up her studies for a man was simply crazy.
But who made her meet Fu Shanzhan?
Qiao Yunxue thought of how good Fu Shanzhan had been to her and felt that what she had done was worth it - in this relationship, she had never made unilateral efforts, and Fu Shanzhan also gave up his original dream for her and chose to change his career.
If this must be called a sacrifice, then both of them made sacrifices, and Fu Shanzhan never asked for credit or reward in front of her for his transfer to civilian life.
When two people in love collide with each other, it can't be called being obsessed, it's called running towards each other.
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Xu Yan and Qiao Yanzhou booked flights for Friday. That night, after Qiao Yunxue received the flight information, she told Fu Shanzhan immediately.
At that time, Fu Shanzhan had just come out of the shower.
He wiped his hair and sat down on the bed. After listening to Qiao Yunxue, he immediately picked up the phone and said, "I'll arrange a hotel for my parents and take you to pick them up at the airport."
Qiao Yunxue hummed, put her arms around his neck, and jumped onto his lap to sit down.
Fu Shanzhan kissed her and typed messages on his phone screen with both hands.
After sending the message, Fu Shanzhan hugged Qiao Yunxue and said, "Mom and Dad, do you have a favorite restaurant? I'll book a table in advance."
Qiao Yunxue: "Wanhe Banquet will be fine. They liked it very much last time."
Fu Shanzhan: "Okay, I'll ask my assistant to reserve a table tomorrow."
Qiao Yunxue: "By the way, I have something to ask you."
Fu Shanzhan: "What's the matter?"
"My parents want me to continue my studies. What do you think?" Qiao Yunxue asked him for his opinion.
Fu Shanzhan: "I don't think it matters. You have to decide for yourself. I will support you no matter what you choose."
Qiao Yunxue: "If I go to school full-time, I'll have a lot of classes and won't have much time to spend with you. Are you willing to let me go?"
Fu Shanzhan smiled and rubbed her face, "Now that you put it that way, I'm really reluctant to let you go."
Qiao Yunxue: "Then I won't take the exam."
"I haven't finished yet," Fu Shanzhan looked at her, "We still have a lot of time in the future, and you will only have two or three years to study."
"You are a good student and have high talent. You are still so young, so you should go to school more." Fu Shanzhan felt that her parents' considerations made sense.
Qiao Yunxue: "So you really want me to go?"
Fu Shanzhan: "Yes, a little, but I won't force you. It's your decision."
Qiao Yunxue asked him seriously, "If I say I don't want to study and just want to be with you every day, will you dislike me for not being ambitious?"
Fu Shanzhan chuckled and pinched her nose. "Who am I to look down on you?"
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