In the early morning, the two children were already asleep.
Xu Tongdao and Wei Chunlan stood cuddled at the balcony railing outside the bedroom, watching the fireworks that exploded from time to time in the night. The couple did not speak for a while.
"husband."
Wei Chunlan suddenly called him softly.
Comrade Xu glanced at her, "Huh?"
A faint smile appeared on Wei Chunlan's face, and she said softly: "Are you still sulking? It's better to be more open-minded! After all, Xiaolu and Yuzhu have grown up, and they can no longer listen to you for everything. You have to get used to letting go.
Let them choose their own life."
Tongdao Xu let out a sigh of relief, nodded, and said nothing.
He knew what Wei Chunlan said was right.
But I still feel a little depressed.
Tonight at the end of the New Year's Eve dinner, he asked his younger brother and younger sister to express their opinions on when they would find a partner and when they would get married. Finally...
Alas, forget it!
As Wei Chunlan just said, my younger brother and younger sister have grown up, and it is impossible for them to listen to his elder brother in everything like before.
What's more, it's a major life event like marriage?
He is not an old man. In fact, he has figured it out just now. But figuring it out is one thing. The depression or loss in his heart is another thing entirely.
It has been ten years since he was reborn. He has been accustomed to arranging his mother's life, as well as his brother's and sister's lives. Suddenly, they were unwilling to let him arrange it, which made him feel a huge sense of loss.
"Aren't you happy yet?"
Wei Chunlan raised her face slightly and looked at his depressed expression, blinked, and suddenly said softly: "It's getting late, why don't we go back to the house and rest?"
Tongdao Xu was silent for a moment, hummed, and walked into the bedroom holding her waist.
…
Time flies.
In a blink of an eye, May 12th has arrived.
The Wenchuan earthquake happened in the same time and space as before.
The whole country was shocked.
Various news reports on the earthquake scene continue to appear in various large and small media, and the earthquake is also reported everywhere on the Internet.
Comrade Xu looked at the relevant news on the Internet and felt very complicated.
In fact, he hoped that the butterfly effect of his rebirth would prevent this earthquake from happening.
but……
The rebirth of human beings will obviously not affect the occurrence of natural disasters such as earthquakes.
The only thing that gave him some comfort was that he learned on the phone that the quality of the 32 Hope Primary Schools he had donated and built in Wensu over the past year was still acceptable despite the earthquake.
Wall cracking cannot be avoided.
However, none of the 32 Hope Primary Schools collapsed completely. Some teachers and students who were attending class were injured, but no one lost their lives.
only……
After all, his ability is limited. In more than a year, he can only donate and build so many schools.
After the earthquake, he instructed Ximen Food Co., Ltd. to work overtime and deliver truckloads of Ximen Yipin instant noodles.
But again - his abilities are limited, and there is not much he can do in the face of such a huge natural disaster.
…
On the second day after the development, when Comrade Xu came to the headquarters of Ximen Group, he could detect that everyone in the company looked at him with a bit of surprise.
Comrade Xu had expected their reaction, so he came to his office with a calm expression as usual.
Secretary Tong Wen came in to make tea for him.
Several times I wanted to speak but stopped.
Xu Tongdao noticed that she wanted to say something, but he didn't express anything.
After a while, cousin Tan Shi quickly came to his office.
Seeing him sitting on the boss's chair, already lowering his head to review documents, Tan Shi immediately stopped, took a deep breath, and looked at Tongdao Xu with a complicated expression.
"Xiaodao, what a coincidence, isn't it?"
Tan Shi asked suddenly.
Tong Wen, who was about to go out, subconsciously stopped.
Comrade Xu lowered his head and continued to review the documents in his hand. After reviewing a document, he frowned and looked up at Tan Shi and asked, "What's so coincidental?"
In fact, he knew what she was referring to.
But there are some things that cannot be admitted no matter what.
Tan Shi frowned and tilted her head slightly to examine the expression on his face, "You, you have been donating and building the Hope Primary School in Wengui since last year. I heard, I heard that you were responsible for the order from the beginning.
Those responsible for this must build those schools according to the highest earthquake-resistant standards, and now... an earthquake happened over there by such a coincidence, don't you think it's a coincidence?"
Tong Wen was also staring closely at Xu Tongdao's expression at this time.
She also felt that this incident was too coincidental.
It was so coincidental that she couldn't help but doubt it.
Tongdao Xu looked at the two of them coldly, frowning even more tightly, "Sister, what exactly do you want to ask?"
Tan Shi: "I..."
The doubtful words came to my lips, but I couldn't ask them.
Comrade Xu spoke up for her, "Do you think I concluded that there would be an earthquake there more than a year in advance? Do you think it is possible?"
Tan Shi was speechless.
She does have such doubts in her heart, but everyone has received a materialistic education since childhood, and they are not willing to believe in anything divine.
Therefore, she was shaken at this time.
Seeing that she couldn't answer, Comrade Xu lowered his head, continued to review another document, and said casually: "When I came to work today, I saw that everyone looked at me differently than before. I guess they were all suspicious, sister.
! I’ll leave it to you to refute the rumors, okay?”
Tan Shi: "..."
After a few seconds, Tan Shi responded, then said goodbye to Comrade Xu and went out.
When Tong Wen saw this, she laughed at herself and walked away lightly.
…
From the beginning of this earthquake, Tongdao Xu never thought about being in the limelight. He only wanted to quietly do his part.
I never thought about getting any benefit from this matter.
After all, to this day, he has more personal wealth than he can spend in a few lifetimes. For him, money is really just a string of numbers most of the time.
Can……
Sometimes, things often backfire.
The quality of the 32 Hope Primary Schools donated and built by his Ximen Real Estate in Wensu over the past year or so during the earthquake was reported by a certain media for some reason.
Then, this report was reprinted by more and more news media, and even made news on many local TV stations.
Even the news from Huizhou Satellite TV specifically reported on it.
Ximen Real Estate, and even Ximen Group, the parent company of Ximen Real Estate, have been frequently exposed in various media, and even on the Internet, many people are talking about it.
Ximen Real Estate, which was reorganized and established just over a year ago, became known to the whole country as if overnight.
Because both Ximen Food Co., Ltd. and Ximen Real Estate are affiliated to the Ximen Group, someone soon reported to Mr. Xu that the supply of instant noodles of various flavors produced by Ximen Food Co., Ltd. exceeded demand.
The person who reported this to him specifically mentioned that on the Internet, many people were saying that they should support conscientious enterprises like Ximen Group.