Eating hotpot can cause heatiness.
"I will just eat a little bit." Wei Jiajia felt guilty, craving for hotpot.
Tang Mingli didn’t have the heart to refuse Wei Jiajia and allowed her to have just a bit.
Tang Yue couldn’t help but smile when she saw Wei Jiajia looking greedy for hotpot; an image subconsciously popped into her head.
She pictured herself pregnant, craving hotpot, while ng Siyu was beside her, coaxing her not to eat it.
She wondered if ng Siyu would care more about her or the baby in her belly?
At this thought, her mind started to wander far, so Tang Yue quickly pulled her thoughts back, thinking of ng Siyu, who was busy with company matters. She sighed, thinking that it wasn’t even about the baby—she couldn’t even see the baby’s father, let alone have a baby.
ng Siyu in Qing City suddenly sneezed.
"Brother ng, did you catch a cold?" Li Wei hurried over, took a deep breath, and said, sensing the salty air.
ng Siyu gave him a cold look: "Li Wei, instead of worrying about whether I’ve caught a cold, you should think about how to help Pinganda take root quickly in Qing City."
Li Wei imdiately fell silent.
Pinganda’s branch in Qing City was slowly growing, but precisely because of this, there were more things that needed to be done.
Zhao Xiangqian and Yan Dong were managing Pinganda in other cities, and Li Wei instantly felt overwheld at the thought of eventually managing a company by himself.
"With the new year fast approaching, don’t you want to go ho for the celebration?" ng Siyu questioned him. His heart had already flown to Wangjiang County.
He had promised Tang Yue to go ho and spend New Year’s with her; he couldn’t break his word.
"Brother ng, of course, I do," Li Wei said excitedly. Qing City was too cold for his liking.
"Then work faster and get ho sooner."
ng Siyu wished he could work 24 hours a day without sleep to finish everything.
*
In Wangjiang County, inside the house, there was a steaming hot pot under the warm light, casting smiling faces around. Outside, however, the world was blanketed in ice and snow, as snowflakes slowly fell from the sky, layering the earth in white.
"Teacher, do you an that there will be spots for exchange students early next year?" Tang Yue couldn’t help asking again, "Is it still to country F?"
This news took Tang Yue by surprise.
Teacher i affird, "Yes, it’ll be in country F, and it’s the famous fashion design institute there."
"Why wasn’t this confird before the holiday?" Tang Yue asked, puzzled.
As one of Huaxia’s top universities, Jinghua University always had exchange student spots which she was aware of, but there weren’t any for the fashion design departnt.
This ti, an exchange to a fashion design institute in country F?
For any fashion designer, this was the best of opportunities.
"Originally, it was for the architecture departnt, but sothing went wrong, and our design departnt managed to secure this opportunity," Teacher i explained with excitent, "Xiao Yue, I strongly recomnded you. A year of learning will be very beneficial to your future."
"Teacher i, when will we go to country F?" Tang Yue asked.
...
After hanging up the phone, Tang Yue fell into deep thought. She didn’t imdiately agree to Teacher i, nor did she decline. She imdiately called the company and found out that ng Siyu would be back in a few days. With Teacher i unable to wait any longer, Tang Yue felt sowhat disappointed.
"Xiao Yue, can’t Siyu co back for the New Year?"
Seeing the look on Tang Yue’s face, Zhang Hualian stepped forward to comfort her: "Xiao Yue, Si Yu’s company is busy, and we should understand. I know it’s not pleasant, especially since it’s your first year of marriage, and you expected to spend it together, and now you can’t reunite. But Xiao Yue, now that you’ve chosen to marry him, such things are bound to happen frequently, and we need to view them properly."
"Mom." Tang Yue knew Zhang Hualian had misunderstood.
Zhang Hualian interrupted her, "Xiao Yue, we have a long life ahead of us. Let’s make dumplings, so we don’t keep fixating on Siyu’s matter."
Zhang Hualian didn’t hesitate, pulling Tang Yue to make dumplings with her.
After a while, with clean hands and a few dumplings wrapped, Tang Yue finally spoke, "Mom, it’s not about Siyu’s matters; it’s sothing else."
Zhang Hualian had skillful hands and quickly wrapped a beautifully shaped dumpling, asking, "What is it?"
Tang Yue repeated Teacher i’s words briefly.
It took Zhang Hualian a while to react, then asked, "Are you saying you’re going abroad? To study in country F for a year?"
Going abroad!
That’s sothing she couldn’t even dare to dream of.
Her daughter was actually troubled about whether to study abroad or not?
After digesting the news, Zhang Hualian caught the key point and said, "You’re hesitating because it’s for a year, right? Do you want to go and study?"
If Tang Yue didn’t want to go, she wouldn’t be so conflicted.
"For soone studying fashion design, country F is an aspirational place." It was also sothing she wouldn’t even consider in her previous life.
Tang Yue was self-aware; her clothes were doing well, her designs were good because she had the advantage of foresight and two decades of study in fashion design in her past life. But for her, studying in country F would also be a good opportunity.
Broadening horizons can be very helpful in improving oneself.
"Xiao Yue, you’re married now, you’re an adult, I can’t make this decision for you, but I suggest you discuss it with Siyu," Zhang Hualian advised, not fully understanding the implications.
Tang Yue fell silent for a mont. She did want to discuss it, but Siyu was in Qing City, and by the ti he returned, it would be too late to respond to Teacher i.
After contemplating for two days, Tang Yue declined Teacher i’s offer.
If Siyu’s company grew rapidly, it would be when he was busiest. Finding ti to spend together would be scarcer, let alone going abroad, and seeing her.
Going to country F for further studies ant that within a year, she might return at most once, which also ant that if she chose to study in country F, it would be a year before she could see ng Siyu.
His ti was already limited, and eting opportunities sparse. Now they wouldn’t see each other for a year, and this made Tang Yue hesitate.
To her, fashion design was important, but Siyu was more important.
Knowing how it felt to miss soone, she was clear—she wanted to stay by Siyu’s side and couldn’t bear to part.
Teacher i tried to persuade her at length over the phone, but Tang Yue refused.
After hanging up, Teacher i was still very regretful and took a trip to Wangjiang County that very day.
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