The alarm bell rang in the middle of the night at three o'clock in the morning, and my mother knocked on the door "dong dong dong".
Liu Yifei opened her eyes from Chu Xuan's arms, raised her head slightly and shouted at the door, "Get up."
The knocking at the door stopped, and Chu Xuan woke up. He and Liu Yifei got up and got dressed, packing their clothes and the items and supplies they could take with them.
After a while, the couple took their luggage and went downstairs to meet up. They checked with their mother, Lu Tao, and Zeng Ni to see if they had missed anything. After confirming that everything was correct, they each ate bread to fill their stomachs, chatting on the sofa and waiting for the arrival of the vehicle.
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The reserved driver arrived a few minutes before four in the morning. Liu Yifei said "Here we come", and everyone walked out with their luggage.
After leaving the courtyard, Liu Xiaoli put the key under the flower pot. This was the way she had agreed with her landlord to say goodbye. The landlord would come and pick it up during the day.
After putting the keys away, Liu Xiaoli stood up and stood side by side with Liu Yifei, looking at the villa shrouded in darkness in front of her and reminiscing for a moment.
Although I didn’t stay here for very long in the past two years, I still have a lot of good memories left here.
This departure may never come again, which makes the emotional mother and daughter feel nostalgic for a moment.
"Let's go."
Chu Xuan put the luggage in the trunk, turned around and walked over to put his hands on Liu Yifei's shoulders. Seeing the mother and daughter reminiscing about the past, he understood.
But a foreign country is just a foreign country after all. Even if there are highlights, they are just like the footsteps of passers-by, and the end of their footsteps is ultimately their home in the capital.
The people who return home from Yan have their ancestral land, it’s nothing more than this.
"Let's go."
Liu Yifei leaned into Chu Xuan's arms, and the momentary nostalgia disappeared with a smile on her face, and then she pulled her mother around and got into the car.
The two beams of light from the car lights were particularly bright in the dark night, until the lights disappeared around the corner, and the area around the villa fell silent again, sending off these foreign guests.
Perhaps the truth, kindness and beauty left here by the mother and daughter were very pure, but there was a bit of sadness after this farewell, and even the moon quietly fell behind the house and disappeared.
The moon was setting and the sun was rising, and it was already past six o'clock when we arrived at the New York airport.
We ate a "sky-priced" burger at the airport, sat in the lounge and waited for a while. When the flight notification sounded, the group embarked on their journey back home.
At 8 a.m. on June 18th, United States time, a plane bound for the capital of China pierced the blue sky.
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"Here we are."
It’s still June 18th, it’s still past eight in the morning, and the time of the 12-hour flight seems to have not changed, but people in Chinese costumes are everywhere, strict and orderly police security, and the Chinese style that is different from the outside world.
The scenery tells the difference between China and the West after the transformation.
The family walked out of the airport passage, smiled and waved to the passengers who recognized them, and then got into the company's nanny car that came to greet them.
"Go to the company first."
"Going to the company? Go home and rest first."
"Sister Hua has hired a housekeeper to do some general cleaning at home. Let's go to the company to have a rest first, and then go back after finishing the work."
"That's okay, then go to the company first."
After waking up in the early morning, she took a few hours of driving and a half-day flight. Even though she had rested on the plane, she was still very tired after traveling for most of the day. When Liu Xiaoli arrived in the capital, her first thought was to go back and rest.
, get some sleep and then talk about other things.
But Chu Xuan's reason was good. If someone was doing house cleaning, he should go to the company first, take a rest, and then go back after the house was sorted out.
Seeing that their mother had been deceived, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei looked at each other. The couple smiled secretly and completed the first step of deceiving their mother into the company. The rest was up to Sister Hua.
"Sister!" She pushed open the door of the chairman's office and saw Sister Hua sitting at her desk. Liu Yifei happily greeted her.
When Wang Jinhua saw the family arriving, she stood up to greet them with a smile on her face: "Congratulations to Sissi on her successful graduation."
"Thank you, sister." Liu Yifei and Sister Hua hugged.
Chu Xuan met Sister Hua some time ago, but she and Sister Hua have not seen each other for more than three months since the filming of "Star You" was launched.
Although we often communicate on the phone, we haven't seen each other for a while. I am still very happy to see Sister Hua when I come back this time.
"Boss." Lin Xiaoya greeted Chu Xuan, and Chu Xuan waved to her.
"Thank you for your hard work, Sister Li." Wang Jinhua hugged Liu Xiaoli again.
After they separated, Liu Xiaoli immediately said: "We'll talk later. I want to take a rest first. I'm so tired. I'm doing some cleaning at home, right?"
Are you doing some hygiene at home?...Wang Jinhua quietly glanced at the couple. This was the reason they had planned in advance. When Liu Xiaoli said this, she responded: "Yes, I asked Zhihua to call me when I came to the company in the morning.
I took care of the housekeeping, and Zhihua helped open the door, so he should be doing it now."
"Then I'll go to the cubicle to rest. Is there any business today? It won't be delayed, right?" Liu Xiaoli said. The office has a cubicle for receiving guests. She thought it would not be good to sleep outside and be seen by employees coming and going.
, she just wanted to rest on the big sofa in the cubicle.
"It's okay, Sister Li, go ahead and get a blanket and turn on the air conditioner so that you don't catch a cold." Wang Jinhua wanted Liu Xiaoli to go to bed. It would be best to sleep until night, which would just fit in with her and the couple's deception plan.
Liu Xiaoli took out a blanket from the cabinet. In the past, when it was cold in autumn and winter, she would often put it on her legs to keep warm when chatting with Wang Jinhua in the company and asked: "What about you, don't you want to take a rest?"
Wang Jinhua looked at the couple, wanting to see how these two guys would respond.
Liu Yifei was quick-thinking and blurted out: "There's something going on at "Star You". Chu Xuan and I went over to take a look. Mom, please rest in the company first. If you have any questions, call us."
"Tsk, after all, they are young people, they are full of energy." Liu Xiaoli said, these two children have been traveling for most of the day and they don't feel tired. They don't rest even when they get home and rush to handle business as soon as possible. It's good to be young.
Ah, full of energy.
Anyway, she was very sleepy, so she said: "Then I won't care about you, let's go to sleep first."
Under the expressions of Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and Wang Jinhua who were as happy as foxes, there was a "bang" sound, the door of the compartment was closed, and Liu Xiaoli disappeared inside the door.
"This is going very well. It's best to sleep until night, then everything will be fine." Wang Jinhua sat down on the chair.
"No, mom is not a snoozer. She will probably wake up at noon or afternoon. Then I will have to rely on you, sister, to fool me." Liu Yifei said.
"Just say that we have been doing hygiene at home." Chu Xuan came up with an idea.
"It can't take that long to do the cleaning. Mom came to the company to rest when she was tired. When she had rested and heard that the cleaning was still going on at home, she would definitely go back and have a look." Liu Yifei objected to Chu Xuan's suggestion.
A solid idea.
Wang Jinhua couldn't help but laugh, watching the couple making plans to deceive his wife, this scene was very happy, and it was also a rare and interesting thing in the family.
"Then it's up to you, sister. Let's go back first. Grandma and the others are already here. We're going back to say hello. We still need to prepare two big tables of food, and we also need to discuss with family and friends how to start this surprise." Chu Xuan was not sure what to do next.
The deceived mother said there was nothing she could do and that she could only rely on Sister Hua. There were still many things at home waiting for the couple to deal with when they returned home.
"Sister, come on!" Liu Yifei waved her fist.
Come on...Wang Jinhua couldn't laugh or cry. As her daughter, she was asked to deceive her mother and she had to cheer her up. This really made her happy: "You guys go back, I will try my best to coax her with my sharp tongue."
"Then let's go first." Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei left, took the elevator to the underground parking lot, got into the nanny car, and walked home.
Along the way, the couple leaned on each other and closed their eyes for a nap. In fact, they were also tired, but in order to surprise their mother, they never showed their tiredness. Otherwise, when her mother saw that they were very tired, she might force them to stay too.
Let's take a rest at the company before talking.
I took a break in the car during the ride home to make up for the fatigue caused by the long journey. When I got home, I was very energetic again for what should be a very exciting time today.
"Grandma! Uncle and aunt!" Liu Yifei was very happy when she met her family.
Grandma and the others came yesterday, and were hosted by Su Chang and Jiang Xin. They stayed in the small villa for the night.
The family has been here all day but the host is not here. This seems very rude, but we are all members of the same family. Grandma and the others don't care about these little things at all.
By the way, my aunt also went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables and prepared all the ingredients for today's big meal.
According to grandma, by the time the two children, Qian Qian and Xiao Xuan, come to do it, the day lily will be cold.
This is true. Two people who don’t know how to cook waited for them to come back before buying vegetables. The day lilies were indeed cold.
Fortunately, some family members came in advance to help prepare these things.
"Changchang, great joy!" Liu Yifei and her two best friends hugged each other. It was a joy to meet good friends.
The decoration of the house can be completed smoothly, and the two friends Quan Nai help take care of it.
Although they complained on the phone that they were tired and miserable, they could not complain when they met now. Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei did not say anything about thanking them. These two people were not outsiders and everything was as they said.
The rest of the friends who have been invited have not come yet, such as Huang Xuan, Zhao Liying, Ren Quan, and Li Zhengtong. They will probably come in the afternoon. Tang Jili, Han Sanping, Zhang Jizhong and the seniors with close connections in the company will probably not come until dinner time.
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Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei ignored it for the time being. After seeing with their own eyes that everything was properly arranged on the lawn, they went to the kitchen to cook with their aunt. This was the top priority at the moment.
"Are you really cooking?" Jiang Xin thought it was a joke that the couple cooked on the phone, but she never expected it to be true.
"Don't worry, the poison won't kill you." Liu Yifei rolled up her sleeves and looked like a chef, but in fact she knew nothing.
"Just make four dishes." Chu Xuan said to reassure them.
"Oh, that's good. I believe that our aunt's cooking skills can still make other dishes available." Su Chang deliberately made an exaggerated expression and let out a long breath.
"Humph, you don't believe us, do you? Let's see if we don't come up with some dishes that will make you drool!" Liu Yifei vowed, looking like she was possessed by a Michelin chef.
The chef's aunt and the onlookers' grandma and uncle saw these young people bickering with each other. As elders, they found it interesting.
Under the guidance of their aunt, four young people, Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, Su Chang and Jiang Xin, were working with ingredients and side dishes. Not to mention being in a hurry in the kitchen, it was no different from a chaotic situation. It looked like
It’s not helpful, but it’s full of fun, and it’s not a happy place.
Fortunately, around one o'clock at noon, my aunt and cousin rushed over from Los Angeles. The family reunion was festive and happy, and my aunt joined the kitchen army and became a person who can really help her aunt effectively.
"Oh my God, you guys have been preparing for this surprise for so many days, how come it's like you're just improvising, gathering people at last minute, and asking me to cook as soon as I arrive?"
Faced with the complaints from their aunt Zhou Wenqiong, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were slightly embarrassed, and their aunts, Su Chang and Jiang Xin also found it funny, but it still added a bit of fun and made the atmosphere more joyful.
At two or three o'clock in the afternoon, Huang Xuan, Zhao Liying, Chen He, Li Congcheng, Ren Quan and other friends arrived one after another. The gathering of friends made the happy atmosphere even better again. Li Congcheng and Ren Quan, who have cooking experience,
Jiang Xin and Su Chang were replaced, and the liberated Jiang Xin and Su Chang went to help Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei entertain the friends who came.
As more and more people came, the whole garden villa became lively, everyone was preparing to congratulate Liu Xiaoli on her birthday today.
Liu Xiaoli, the client, was completely unaware of the situation at home. She slowly woke up on the sofa in the company cubicle, yawned, picked up the blanket and walked out.
"Are you awake?" Wang Jinhua sighed inwardly. It was only three o'clock in the afternoon. According to the plan, Liu Xiaoli would not be allowed to go back until dark, because the lighting arrangement on the lawn at home would be most effective and surprising after dark.
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Liu Xiaoli can't be let go until half past o'clock.
There are still more than three hours left before that time. How should we deceive the female devil in the eyes of this brother-in-law?
"It's three o'clock. We should have figured it out at home. Let's go home and take a look." Liu Xiaoli poured a glass of water, sat down opposite Wang Jinhua, and faced Wang Jinhua across the table.
"Well, Zhihua called and said it's done." Wang Jinhua answered daily, from eight or nine in the morning to three in the afternoon, in order to serve the execution of the housekeeping company in high-end communities. If she said it hadn't been done yet, it would only make Liu Xiaoli suspicious.
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But when Liu Xiaoli said she wanted to go home, it turns out that the daughter who understands her mother best is her daughter. Sissi predicted this situation.
Go home now? That's not okay.
Wang Jinhua had already thought of countermeasures in advance, and raised a topic in a normal way: "Now that Sissi has successfully graduated, and then successfully transferred her nationality, it will be perfect."
"That's right." Liu Xiaoli held a rubber band in her hand and tied her hair that had fallen away due to sleep with her hands. She lowered her head slightly and said, "Let's wait for the news. Xiaoxuan and I both think it should go well, otherwise we should have been beaten long ago.
I called and said there was no chance."
"Yes." Wang Jinhua nodded: "If there is no chance, we will probably notify you within a month. If we haven't notified you for such a long time, it means the process is going smoothly."
"Yeah." Liu Xiaoli tied her hair into a bun, picked up the water glass, crossed her legs and drank some water. She put the glass on the table and said: "If the nationality is successfully transferred back, the taxes and fees in the United States will be nearly 100 million.
, it makes me feel sad just thinking about it.”
Wang Jinhua shook his head: "There is nothing we can do about it. Fortunately, most of the assets are in your hands, otherwise it would be even more distressing."
"Thank you for your decision." Liu Xiaoli nodded slowly.
Whenever there is a topic between women, and it is about children, they talk about it endlessly.
From regretting not transferring her daughter’s nationality back in time before she was underage, to the highlight moment of her daughter’s graduation speech not long ago, and then to the wedding when the nationality is transferred, it would be the most perfect combination...
Unknowingly, while chatting, the time came to five o'clock in the afternoon.
"It's five o'clock." Liu Xiaoli picked up her phone and looked at the time and said, "Are these two guys still at Century Culture? Aren't they going to have dinner?"
Seeing that Liu Xiaoli was about to use her mobile phone to make a call, she was afraid that Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei would be exposed if they answered the phone at home. Wang Jinhua hurriedly said: "I told them to come to my house for dinner in the evening. They will go back later, and we will go back together later.
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"Zhihua is cooking?" Liu Xiaoli put down her phone and smiled slightly: "Sometimes I envy you. You have such a good husband and such a good temper. You have really good taste."
Wang Jinhua smiled happily and said, "Qianqian's vision is really good. Look at your son-in-law, you have just found a treasure."
Speaking of her son-in-law, Liu Xiaoli and Yan Yuese said: "The two best decisions I have ever made in my life were to make the determination to discover and promote Sissi's dream, and to acquiesce in the love relationship between Xiaoxuan and Sissi."
Wang Jinhua nodded slightly and tried to find another topic to delay time: "You said before that after Sissi returns from graduation and Xiaoxuan can completely focus on the country, you plan to form a management team and personally ensure their logistics.
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She looked at Liu Xiaoli: "When are you going to do it? You can choose any of the people in the company to serve Xiaoxuan and Qianqian. With the income that their business value can create, the salary and benefits will definitely be better than staying in the company, except
Not many people outside the management would say no.”
This was what Liu Xiaoli had been thinking. She said it to delay time, and she also planned to take advantage of her free time to talk to Liu Xiaoli about this matter.
Unexpectedly, Liu Xiaoli, who had this idea, shook her head: "Let's wait until the nationality is transferred. After Sissi transfers her nationality, there will be no limit to the breadth and depth of her domestic career. Then we can discuss development matters with them.
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Liu Xiaoli didn't talk about this topic, and Wang Jinhua had nothing to do if she didn't fall into the trap. If she continued to find some topic that was not available, Liu Xiaoli would become suspicious. After all, these small talk topics did not prevent them from talking again when they went home for dinner.
And it's dinner time, so it's not reasonable to keep talking about it.
"Go back, do you have anything else?" Liu Xiaoli wanted to go home.
Going back now obviously doesn't fit into Wang Jinhua's plan.
But I thought there would be traffic jams during the rush hour, so I could procrastinate here.
So, Wang Jinhua said: "Let's go home."
While Liu Xiaoli picked up the bag and turned around, she secretly sent a text message to Chu Xuan. If something went wrong in the plan, the couple at home would have to find a way to make it up.
Just like that, one of the two sisters was full of Xiao Jiujiu, and the other was unaware of it, and they left the office together.
