Chapter 267: Fate Meets Thousand Miles Away
By the time they left Africa, the mining town project had been officially signed, and Lin Ruoyan had nothing to do from then on. She happily returned to China, and by the time she arrived at her courtyard home, it was already dinner time.
Seeing her son rushing towards her with a look of concern, telling her about the pain of separation, the old mother was immediately moved. Her son had grown up and knew how to care for his mother.
Seeing that her mother was just as she expected, Lin Mengxi hurriedly said, "Mom, where is the gift you gave me?"
"Gift?" Lin Ruoyan was on a business trip to Africa, staying at a Chinese camp. There were shops and kiosks there, but they were all made in China, so there wasn't much to offer. The layover was short, so she didn't bother browsing the usual duty-free shops. Buying something at the Beijing airport didn't seem like a good idea.
Lin Mengxi took out the most recent exam record sheet and said, "Mom, I'm doing so well in school, including getting full marks in PE. Can you give me a new martial arts master?"
What does being a good student have to do with being a fighting master?
Lin Mengxi begged: "When I was young and ignorant, I still thought Aunt Lu was better."
Lu Wei's belly is already showing, and she's due next month. How can she possibly learn martial arts? Lin Mengxi must have known this, so perhaps the master he recently assigned to her was more demanding?
Well, looking at her cute and well-behaved son, she softened her heart. She decided to switch to a less strict martial arts master who would just ensure she had enough time for daily exercise.
Lin Mengxi achieved her goal and immediately found an excuse to go back to her room to read. The scene of loving mother and filial son collapsed in an instant.
Lin Ruoyan couldn't help but wonder if children with high IQs were all heartless. She really wanted to catch her son and beat him up! Unfortunately, she couldn't beat her son who insisted on practicing martial arts.
Or maybe after Lu Wei returned from postpartum confinement and resumed training, she'd go and take classes? With Lu Wei's personal guidance, she didn't believe she couldn't learn how to deal with her son.
But that will be several months away. Time has passed quickly this year. My brother and Du Pengpeng, who were originally planning to hold their wedding, were too busy with their business and postponed it to the end of this month.
Lin Ruoyan planned to go shopping with her sister-in-law to buy some things for the wedding. The cy mansion was huge, and although it was move-in ready, as a wedding room, it also needed to be decorated with various items that her sister-in-law liked.
Lin Ruxu even had his own things packed up and moved over by his wife, Chen, without giving it a second thought. There was no chance he'd decorate the new house. His wife was also quite busy, so he could occasionally do some shopping on his own, but he also had to prepare the festive decorations for the wedding day.
Although there is a wedding planning company to arrange it, the selection of products also depends on the host. Lin Ruoyan feels that she can help with some advice.
Her experience actually comes from the real world, helping college classmates arrange their weddings. Back then, they couldn't afford a full-service wedding company, so they bought many items themselves at wholesale markets. Lin Ruoyan's aesthetic is very close to the trend, so she's very confident.
However, when it came to the wealthy family's wedding, the wedding company was the best in Beijing, with a dedicated VIP reception room. Guests didn't have to go anywhere else; once they sat down in the reception room, all the materials they needed to choose from were presented to them. For items that were too large to bring inside, they took color photos or even videos to introduce them. In short, it was an eye-opener for Lin Ruoyan.
I originally thought it would take a few days, but it was basically done in half a day.
When she was bored, she remembered that she had to meet Du Tianrui when she returned to Beijing. If she hadn't gotten the key information from Du Tianrui, she wouldn't have been so calm and composed when bidding. She should treat him to a meal to express her gratitude.
So she called again and made an appointment to have dinner together at a high-end restaurant.
Since she was definitely not planning a date or a romantic relationship, Lin Ruoyan didn't dress up. She wore the same clothes she usually wore to work, and the only things she had in her wardrobe were designer brands. Her makeup was natural, not deliberately done for an artistic photoshoot.
Unfortunately, she was naturally beautiful, and even without much makeup she was very eye-catching. When she arrived at the hotel, she immediately caught the attention of the waiter.
Lin Ruoyan didn't bother anyone else. She made her own reservation for the hotel's private room and went there after asking for details. She thought she was early, but she didn't expect Du Tianrui to have already arrived. He simply announced Lin Ruoyan's name and went straight to the private room, reminding the waiter who was ushering her in that the young and beautiful woman must be Mr. Lin.
Du Tianrui came so early because he felt a little guilty. He brought two cameras, small ones made by Lu Fangyuan. One was disguised as a badge and worn on his chest, and the other was hidden somewhere he had secretly found in the private room before he came.
Lin Ruoyan never thought that Du Tianrui would have this trick. After sitting down, she didn't talk about anything else. She just talked about how she was very grateful for finally winning the bid for the African project.
Talking about Africa, Du Tianrui asked with envy: "Is it fun over there? Are there any people or scenery that are particularly unforgettable for you?"
"Of course the scenery is great. I originally thought Africa was all deserts and wastelands, but in fact their port cities are very developed, and the inland grasslands are very beautiful, with many strange plants that we don't see here. It is said that the fruits on many trees are edible. The locals don't like farming and grazing because food resources are not scarce." She didn't mention the rescue at all. Subconsciously, she was just helping a small favor.
Du Tianrui saw that the topic had gone off track, and he couldn't get too specific, so he pretended to be curious and followed up on what Lin Ruoyan said, "Doesn't Africa always receive various aids and suffer from famine?"
Lin Ruoyan casually talked about the real-life stories she heard during her trip to Africa. "If we analyze famine rationally, it's probably due to war and other man-made factors. For example, several countries upstream of the Nile River are experiencing famine because downstream countries prohibit upstream dam construction. With water resources scarce, how can upstream countries grow food?"
Du Tianrui, currently a physical education teacher at a university, was afraid of being linked to Lu Fangyuan, so he asked knowingly, "Why? Why are downstream countries so overbearing?"
"Backed by Western colonizers, an island nation far away from the European continent enacted a law during its colonial period in Africa stipulating how the water of the Nile River, which flows through several countries, should be distributed. How ridiculous is that? After the colonizers left, the local governments they supported used this law, citing classics and powerful military force to justify their actions. As a result, the upstream countries could only endure the anger and dare not speak out." Lin Ruoyan sighed.
"Later, wherever there's oppression, there's resistance. It's said that several upstream countries came to an agreement. They used magic to defeat magic, using this agreement to declare that they didn't need to inform downstream countries and could freely build dams upstream. At the time, the downstream countries protested, but they were very disdainful of the backward, impoverished upstream countries, believing that they didn't have the money or technology to build a dam themselves, and that a small dam wouldn't pose much of a threat. Later, rumors circulated that they were planning to build a dam even larger than our Three Gorges Dam and were hiring our experts to survey it."
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