"When you were little and learning piano, you said that when you grew up, you wanted to be a pianist and then open a studio to teach people who couldn’t afford piano lessons how to play. You were only a few years old back then, and your father played along, saying ’My Ah Li is the best, and I must support her!’ That was the first ti Dad deposited money into the account,"
"Later, when you started painting, you said you wanted to be a painter and open your own studio, and Dad deposited another sum of money."
It seed that Li Xueqing’s expression turned reminiscent as she rembered her husband and their daughter as a child, her gaze tender.
Turning back to Ye Li, she couldn’t help but pinch her nose, "Think about it, how many tis have you changed your mind from childhood up until now? But no matter what you do, Dad and Mom will support you! Mom and Dad had planned a long ti ago, whenever you decide to pursue your dream, this money will be your starting capital, and today is the ti for it!"
Handing her the card, Li Xueqing softly said, "As for how much money is in there, Mom doesn’t know; you create your own business plan and see to it yourself! If you make a profit, we’ll be grounded and steady, aiming to earn more! If you lose, then learn from the experience and don’t get discouraged."
"Ah Li, Dad and Mom will always support you!"
"Thank you, Mom!"
Her heart warming and swelling, Ye Li was on the verge of tears.
Li Xueqing paused.
She had given Ah Li the card.
But she needed to tell her the password as well.
However, what was the password...?
Frowning in thought for a long while but failing to recall it, Li Xueqing made a ntal note of it.
After dinner, checking the ti, it was just about dawn overseas.
If it were in Imperial City, it would be exactly the ti for Brother Shen to get up.
Li Xueqing called his WeChat video.
Buzz.
Buzz Buzz.
After a long wait, the call still wasn’t connected.
Wondering if he had stayed up late again and ssed up his biological clock, Li Xueqing hung up the phone.
No sooner had she put her phone down than an incoming call rang out.
With a strange thought flitting through her mind, Li Xueqing answered the call, her voice full of reproach, "Brother Shen, did you stay up late again last night?"
The voice on the other end was cheerful, "No, no, totally not... When the phone rang, I was shaving in the bathroom. Honey, I swear, I didn’t stay up."
They chatted briefly about family matters, and Li Xueqing couldn’t wait to share the good news about her daughter.
"Brother Shen, Ah Li plans to start her own jewelry design studio..."
"Really? That’s wonderful! She’s truly our daughter, full of courage and drive!"
"I gave her the bank card we prepared as her starting capital."
"... Oh, of course!"
"But I can’t rember the password, Brother Shen, what is the password?"
"Uh..."
There was a mont of silence on the other end, and after a good while, the voice said with frustration, "Look at my mory, why can’t I think of it? Give a mont to rember, and I’ll send it to you, okay?"
"Okay."
After a bit more small talk, they hung up the phone.
Li Xueqing sat by the bed for a long, long ti as if struck by a thought.
So long that when Aunt Lan knocked on the door asking why she hadn’t turned on the lights yet, Li Xueqing finally snapped back to reality.
Checking the ti, it had already been more than thirty minutes.
But in the WeChat chat, his promised password had not arrived.
"Sister Lan..."
Li Xueqing looked up at Aunt Lan, "What day did Brother Shen leave on his business trip?"
"It was..."
Aunt Lan’s brow suddenly twitched, "October 22nd."
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