"Don't take what Li Ming said yesterday to heart. She's really nonsense. Look, I'm definitely not going to meet my Mr. Right today. You said, I have to work all day and can't go anywhere, so how can I meet my Mr. Right, right?"
Xia Xingchen smiled and put down the teacup. "Actually, I really don't care about it anymore. If feelings can really be calculated by a few cards, there wouldn't be so many relationship experts in the world. Right? And..."
At this point, she paused, thinking of that man, and felt more at ease, "I have confidence in him and in our relationship."
"I'm glad it doesn't affect you, otherwise, I would be really guilty." Li Ming clasped his hands together and gestured.
Xia Xingchen shook his head and didn't take it to heart.
Anyway, all relationships are actually full of twists and turns, and that's why they seem so precious and make people worry so much. If they really have to go through so many hardships and twists and turns to be together, then... they will cherish each other even more, right
Therefore, if that day really comes, we might as well treat all of this as a test for each other.
Xia Xingchen thought optimistically. However, she never expected...
… … … …
afternoon.
Xia Xingchen was looking at the time.
It takes him 10 hours to fly from Kyoto to the capital of Country M, and he is still in the air.
She put her phone back in her pocket and was about to continue working when Yunduan suddenly came in with a document in her arms and a red face. Her face was lowered, but a hint of emotion could be clearly seen on her face, like a girl seeing her infatuated senior.
Xia Xingchen didn't care at first, but suddenly she remembered something and her heart skipped a beat. She stared at the clouds in a daze and suddenly lost her mind.
It was a long time before she came back to her senses until the cloud passed by her and returned to her workshop.
After hesitating for a moment, he couldn't help but looked back at the clouds.
"You... met someone you like?"
"You can tell that?" Yunduan said in a low voice, "I just bumped into him in the elevator when I was leaving. It's a bit cliché, isn't it? But, he is really handsome, and he is such a gentleman..."
Even though his voice was very low, Yunduan was still talking with excitement.
so…
Did Li Ming’s words come true
Xia Xingchen shuddered. Yunduan had more to say, but she couldn't listen any more. Her mind was in a mess.
Could it be...
In the future, I might really make him lose everything?!
She thought, if that day ever came, she would not allow herself to reach that point. How could she let him destroy his lifelong ambitions just because of her
… … … … …
The time difference between Country S and Country M was huge, and Bai Yeqing was very busy, so his schedule was packed in just a few days. Various meetings and diplomatic receptions left him no time to spare.
It was not until the third day that I actually had time to meet with Mrs. Lanting, the UN Secretary-General.
After finishing a day of public activities, Bai Yeqing made a private appointment with his wife. The two met in the hotel suite where he was staying.
Late at night, in the small hall, Madam Lanting and Bai Yeqing sat face to face.
"You have something private to talk to me about so late at night. Could it be about my niece Lan Ye?" Madam Lan Ting smiled. "I heard from Lan Zhan that your two families are interested in getting married?"
Bai Yeqing said nothing.
Madam Lan Ting said, "I think you and Lan Ye are a good match. She is very straightforward and will not hide her feelings if she likes you. Besides, you two are half comrades-in-arms and know each other well. You are much more suitable than Song Weiyi."
"I do have plans to get married recently." Bai Yeqing answered his wife's question and sipped his coffee. "You also know the person I'm going to marry."
Madam Lanting was surprised for a moment before she said, "I understand what you mean. It seems that the person you are considering marrying is not my niece. Since I know her, whose daughter is she?"
"Xingchen." Bai Yeqing had no intention of hiding anything. When he mentioned this name, the expression in his eyes softened unconsciously.
"Xingchen?" Madam Lanting was even more surprised. "But the one I know, Xia Xingchen?"
"That's exactly her."
"Why are you two..." Madam Lanting didn't continue the conversation, and only said: "She is a good girl, but you two are of different social statuses. Let alone your parents, those people in your party may not agree to this. When the time comes, my brother will be the first to oppose it."
Bai Yeqing remained silent. It's not that he hadn't considered these things. His political power was not stable yet, and there were too many things that could tie him down, so if he wanted to get married now, it was really not the right time.
"No matter who agrees or not, the decision of marriage is always mine. If I hadn't met her, I might have used marriage as a stepping stone to a political career like others. But now..." Bai Yeqing paused, looking at Madam Lanting with determination in his eyes, "I have to keep this stepping stone and let it lead to other paths."
Madam Lanting smiled, "I didn't expect you to be such an infatuated person."
"In fact, everyone in our Bai family is infatuated." Bai Yeqing calmly brought the topic back to the point. His inquiring eyes stared at Madam Lanting. Madam Lanting paused slightly and looked up to meet his gaze.
"Ma'am, I don't know if you've heard that my uncle should be out for the time being."
When she mentioned that person, Mrs. Lanting's hand holding the coffee trembled slightly. After a while, she nodded and whispered, "I have heard Lan Zhan mention it."
"This time it was so smooth, thanks to Madam's help." On Lan Zhan's side, Madam Lan Ting had obviously interceded a lot.
Mrs. Lanting sighed and did not deny it.
In a blink of an eye, it has been more than 20 years...
She didn't even know if she could live another two years...
"Actually, I didn't come here to talk to you about my uncle." Bai Yeqing took out a document from the side and handed it to Madam Lanting. Madam Lanting looked at him suspiciously, and he gestured, "Take a look."
She didn't ask any more questions and just opened the information bag.
It would have been fine if I hadn't looked at it, but once I did, my eyes became hot and a tear fell without warning. After a while, it seemed that I just remembered that he was sitting opposite me, and I tried hard to hold back my tears, but how could I hold them back
He handed over a handkerchief in a gentlemanly manner, "If you don't mind, please use it."
"Thank you." Mrs. Lanting took the handkerchief and wiped the tears from her eyes. She did not hide anything - since he had come to her with the information, she thought he knew everything.