Chapter 122: Chapter 122: After Raising a Child and Becoming Rich in That Era, the Delicate Beauty Was Spoiled 42 Tis
Li ihua smiled tenderly and shook her head, “Ruanruan, thank you.”
Thousands of words, in the end, all condensed into these two.
Su Zhiruan turned back, taking one last look at Li ihua, who waved with a smile, her eyes brimming with tears. She smiled, leading her younger brother and sister onto the train.
The journey was long, and from there, a new journey began.
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Qin Lianqi had returned to Jinghua several weeks earlier.
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But it wasn’t until a few weeks later that he finally returned to the Qin Family estate, to this all-too-familiar place.
The location of the Qin Family estate was worth its weight in gold, extravagantly expensive. The house was built in a European style, grand and majestic, ranking among the very top, even in Jinghua.
The elderly gardener trimming the branches at the gate did a double-take, thinking he was seeing things.
When he rubbed his eyes and looked again, he exclaid with surprise, “Young master!!”
The gardener’s voice was full of vigor, and soon, the maid who had been cleaning at the back of the house heard him too. She ca out, saw Qin Lianqi, and also shouted, “Young master, you’ve really co back!”
“Is anyone at ho?” Qin Lianqi walked in, looking up at the Qin Family estate with a detached voice.
He had left Jinghua for several years, and the biggest change over those years was naturally the transformation of his mindset.
The maid went to call the others, while the old gardener said, “The master and sir are here, you can go straight in—sigh, these years, Madam and the others wanted to find you several tis, but they were afraid you wouldn’t like that, so they didn’t go. The master has only you as a grandson; you should go back and have a good look.”
“Alright, I know.” Qin Lianqi nodded and then walked inside.
As soon as he entered, he heard his father’s cool voice say, “Finally willing to co back, are you?”
“How are you speaking like that, that’s your own son!” The mont the old master saw Qin Lianqi, he couldn’t help his tears from falling. His hair was gray, but he was in good spirits. He stood up and went to Qin Lianqi, nearly crying, “It’s good that you’re back, really good!”
Qin Lianqi’s father turned his head with awkwardness. Although he missed his son, he thought it would be embarrassing for a grown man to cry and carry on. So he continued in a cold tone, “I’ve always spoken like this, you know that. This kid must have failed to make it on his own, and that’s why he’s back, looking for a livelihood. Since you’re back, then join the company and learn more. That marriage arrangent I had for you, the girl has been thinking of you ever since she saw you once; you should et her.”
“I returned primarily because I heard Grandfather is unwell, to visit him. As for Father thinking I ca back because I can’t make it on my own and need a living, I can leave right now. As for the arranged marriage, I refuse.” Qin Lianqi helped the elderly man sit down, then spoke in an even tone, “I have t a girl I like, and I plan to marry her.”
Qin Lianqi’s father furrowed his brow, daring not to repeat the notion that his son had returned because he couldn’t make it on his own.
He knew his son well; he might seem uncompetitive and unassertive, but anything he set his mind to get, he was nearly always successful.
Back when Qin Lianqi graduated from Capital University, many didn’t know he was the young master of the Qin Family. There were plenty who wanted to recruit him offering high salaries, but after Qin Lianqi refused and tried starting his own business, he succeeded greatly. Later, because of the pressure to marry, he exhibited incredible rebellion and instead went to teach in the countryside.
But now, after a few years, he was saying he wanted to get married?!
The mont he said this, even the old master furrowed his brow, “Lianqi, is it a girl from where you’ve been teaching?”
“Yes, I like her very much.” Qin Lianqi stated emphatically.
The elder and Qin’s father both frowned at the sa ti, but the expression was fleeting.
The elder changed the subject, “Lianqi, co sit down. Have you eaten yet? Let Zhang Ma cook you a bowl of noodles. I rember you used to love noodles the most.”
“Alright.” Qin Lianqi looked at Zhang Ma; it had been a long ti since she had seen the young master, and now he seed stunned, not hearing her until he spoke again. Qin Lianqi said, “If Dad and Grandpa haven’t eaten yet, could you please prepare als for the three of us?”
“Yes, young master.” Zhang Ma went to make the als.
After catching up on old tis, Qin Lianqi shared his experiences and also learned about the family’s happenings over the years from his father and the elder.
Soon, the noodles were ready, and the three of them moved to the dining table.
“You might have stayed in a small place for too long,” the elder said thoughtfully, speaking from the heart to Qin Lianqi, “You should still find soone more suitable! Your grandfather is old and might not be able to keep up with the young people’s thoughts, but I still hope that the person who will accompany you for life, at the very least, should be able to speak the sa language as you.”
Thinking for a mont with squinted eyes, the elder suddenly brightened and said to Qin Lianqi, mysteriously, “I went to Capitol University a while ago to teach a professional course to the students. After the class, I heard that this year there was a girl who scored full marks in physics and enrolled in the physics departnt. She’s a genius. Let vet her for you and see if she’s suitable, shall we?”
Full marks in physics, enrolled in the physics departnt.
And she is a student at Jinghua University this year…
Qin Lianqi’s eyebrows twitched for a second; the description seed… oddly familiar…
“Oh?” He asked casually, as if the question had co up in idle conversation, “What’s her last na?”
“That… seems to be Su,” the elder, serving as the honorary dean of the Capitol University’s School of Science, could rember so details about the geniuses who ca to Capitol University each year.
Qin Lianqi took a deep breath.
The world, indeed, was very small.
“Then after you et her, if you think she’s good, introduce her to ,” Qin Lianqi smiled slightly, his attitude changing so quickly that both the elder and Qin’s father were caught off guard, “You are right. A full-score physics genius enrolled in the physics departnt naturally speaks the sa language as .”
Seeing this, Qin’s father also chid in, not to be outdone, “The whole family are science students, wouldn’t it be nice for you, son, to find a girl who studies humanities, soft and gentle?”
“Two years ago, I ca across an article in a magazine, the pseudonym was Zisu. Later, she wrote many exceptional articles. Though young in age, her thoughts and writing were incredibly delicate,” Qin’s father praised highly, pulling a magazine from the bookshelf nearby. He read a few lines and continued to praise, “Having a girl with excellent writing skills as a daughter-in-law wouldn’t be bad, especially since one of you is into science and the other into literature, complenting each other!”
Qin Lianqi: “…May I have a look at that book?”
Qin’s father handed it over without hesitation, continuing to argue with the elder over whether a physics genius was more suitable for Qin Lianqi or if the exceptionally talented writer Zisu would be better.
The conclusion they reached in the end was that both were quite suitable, except for the rural girl that Qin Lianqi had ntioned.
Only Qin Lianqi, looking at the printed words in the magazine, felt a ridiculous sensation rise within him.
He very much wanted to tell the elder and his father now.
Could there be a possibility that the rural girl, the physics genius, Zisu…
——were all the sa person!!
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