The lightness of the world of mortals

"Sadness..." Chen Xilin took off his sunglasses, "Sadness is an emotion that expresses helplessness. You know, sometimes you create and struggle for the departure of a person or something, not because of sadness, nor for Remember, but give yourself an explanation."

Mingyu understood too well.Her stomach stirred slightly, and because of this, she said something that spread to her heart and spread to her internal organs.At first, I swore that the motivation to work hard was low-end and ridiculous. She just wanted to have a place in fates, just to show Ivan that without him, she could still afford PR's dress and live in a house in the north of the city. , even, she wants to see Ivan being trampled under her feet...

Is Jiang Ruojing's state of mind the same now?

But she later understood that the battle between her and Ivan was just a contest of her own wishful thinking.

Afterwards, every step she took was just an explanation to herself and had nothing to do with others.

Chen Xilin watched the change of expression on Ming Yue's face with interest, picked up the orange-yellow happy liquid on the table, and took a sip. Her lip color today was also orange-pink, reflecting the ubiquitous sunshine.

Mingyu realized that Chen Xilin was observing her, and smiled hastily, "Has there ever been a time when you just wanted to give yourself an explanation?"

The movement of swallowing slowed down, and the corners of the raised lips collapsed slightly, "Yes," paused, "my career."

Ming Yu didn't answer the conversation for a while, he was clearly talking about his relationship just now, but now he turned to his career.

"My career..." Chen Xilin further explained, "No matter what I encounter in my life, it will be digested and sublimated in my career in the end. You should have heard that I am working on a big project for the white whale. At least Li said, it contains my painstaking efforts in the past five years. How many five years are there in my life? When you arrive in Haicheng, Kent may tell you that I have a foundation in Dongsuo. Before returning to the United States, I asked him to help me hire An administrative officer takes care of the affairs over there. And I do these businesses, in the end, it is just to give myself an explanation, not for others, and no longer for others."

There was too much information at the moment, and Ming Yu sorted it out in his head... "So Dong Suo's foundation was handed over to Haicheng fates?"

"Yes, I was looking for you on purpose at first, but last week... Anyway, it's not a big deal. It shouldn't be a problem for Kent to handle it."

"Hire new people? Is it a new foundation?"

"No, it was established four years ago. Now I have to focus on the Beluga project, and I don't have the time and energy to take care of it myself."

Mingyu remembered that she called Chen Xilin two months ago, and the other party said that she was in Dongsuo. At that time, she wondered how she got there. Was it because of this foundation?

"This foundation... what is the specific purpose?"

"It's a non-profit organization that builds barracks for homeless people, provides medical assistance, helps them find ways to earn a living, and provides food and daily necessities when necessary. Beluga is my director, and I also put half of my annual income In the Foundation."

"half?"

Chen Xilin smiled, "Half, the remaining half is barely getting by."

Ming Yue squinted his eyes in the sunshine of Florida, "Great and humble. Did you just say no to 'no longer' for others?"

Chen Xilin lowered her head to sip the wine, she did not let herself go.

"Then who was it for?" Ming Yu asked.

"It used to be for one homeless person, but now it's for all homeless people, so the original intention was not great at all." Chen Xilin grabbed his sun hat, "Let's go sit on the beach."

The two of them took their outfits and spread them out on the beach. This was not a bikini beach. A family of five was collecting shellfish in the distance. The two couples brought three children under the age of ten, and they seemed to be enjoying themselves.

Mingyu's silk top was blowing slightly in the sea breeze, the light green color set off the lip color brightly, and the cut of the hanging shoulder on the left side allowed the fragrant shoulder to slide out, revealing a section of moonlight white skin.

She was still thinking about what Chen Xilin said just now.

"Ming Yu, are you the only child in the family?" Chen Xilin lay on her left side basking in the sun.

"um, yes."

"Last time you said that there is no one in Pingcheng's house...?"

"My... my father died when I was very young, and my mother bled away when I was born." This was a line she had memorized since she was a child, but she hadn't used it for a long time, and she felt a little strange.

Chen Xilin stood up unknowingly. She said earlier that there was no one at home. She wondered if her parents were both abroad or something else. Unexpectedly, both parents had passed away, and it was at her young age, especially her mother. I have never met...

"So... do you live with relatives?"

Ming Yu is afraid of making new friends, because she always has to touch the past that she doesn't want to mention.

"Following uncle. What about you? Do you have any brothers or sisters?"

Chen Xilin felt that she was changing the subject, so it was inconvenient for him to ask further, "I used to have a younger brother. When I was ten years old, there was a car accident and my younger brother disappeared."

Ming Yu gasped, she hated the word "car accident".

"There were my father and mother in the car. I was supposed to be in that car. They drove to the nanny's house to pick me up. But that day, the nanny's child celebrated his birthday. I stayed there temporarily and didn't let my family pick me up."

"Then they...?"

"Mom and Dad are both alive. Dad suffered severe brain trauma and was often in a state of amnesia. He couldn't take care of himself, but he could remember us occasionally. Mom was not in a good spirit either, after all, he was hit too hard. They are now in a nursing home in California."

Chen Xilin closed her eyes behind the sunglasses. In that car accident, her father told her when she was awake that it should be man-made. The murderer, the father said that the murderer was her uncle, his own brother.

But no one helped her find out the truth, and grandpa turned a blind eye. To him, the palms and backs of his hands were full of flesh, but it was true that grandpa loved her more than his uncle's son, Bai Xien.

"No wonder you said at that time that after you moved to the United States, you moved between three countries... Did you move around with your relatives?" Ming Yu felt that Chen Xilin was almost as miserable as himself.

"Well... Grandpa raised me."

She didn't follow her relatives, she avoided them, and her father warned her to stay away from her uncle's family when she was sober.Grandpa has never treated her badly with money. As long as it is what she wants, the stars in the sky can be picked off, but deep down in her heart she cannot really get close to the Bai family.

"Then..." Ming Yu comforted her softly, as if afraid of startling her, "It's comforting that the parents are still there, take more time to accompany them."

Chen Xilin gave her a smile, and she looked at Ming Yue, hesitating whether to tell her the real relationship between herself and Moby Whale, but gave up in the next second, maybe in the future.

"So in that old western-style building in Haicheng, the photo shows your...relatives?" Ming Yu suddenly remembered the scene that day, and his curiosity surged into his heart again.

Chen Xilin paused, "That's another family member of mine."

It was the same words again, Chen Xilin didn't want to tell himself, Ming Yu thought.

"But my ancestral home is Haicheng," Chen Xilin changed the subject, "My grandfather went to Hong Kong from Haicheng in [-]. After marrying my grandmother in Hong Kong, he immigrated to the United States with his family. My father was born here. I am the first Three generations of immigrants."

Ming Yu nodded and thought, "You were born in England again..."

"Well... my grandparents live in England, and my mother gave birth to me there."

So that's the case, Ming Yu shook his head, "I really want to order another glass of wine, to toast our miserable childhood."

"Order." Chen Xilin smiled.

The painful topic was brought to an end, and after that, no one wanted to bring it up throughout the afternoon.Ming Yu stretched out his feet outside the car, and dragged his feet with a layer of fine sand, which was not clean.

"Let's take a shower after getting on the plane." Chen Xilin suggested.

Ming Yue shrank back and closed the car door, clutching a delicate and beautiful shell inlaid with orange texture, "For you," she spread her palm, "Thank you for inviting me to fly."

Chen Xilin laughed, and took it carefully, "It's a very expensive shell." As he said that, he really put it into the inner layer of the bag like a treasure.

"When will you go to Haicheng again?" Ming Yu asked.

"It's really not my decision. I'm going through a process right now. I hope the sooner the better. Haicheng can't do without me."

"Well...then I'll wait until you go to Haicheng, if I'm still here, please..."

"You want to invite me again?"

"Again? Shall I invite you once?"

Chen Xilin thought for a while, "Yes, the first time we met was a reception where you were the host."

That's because you came here uninvited, Mingyu thought, "That doesn't count."

"So what do you want me to do when I go to Haicheng?"

"Well... eat food stalls."

"Great food stall," Chen Xilin muttered and started the car, "Oh, food stall," suddenly remembered what it was, "Okay, I ate it when I was young."

"really?"

"It's very true."

Ming Yue smiled, "It feels like you are under a lot of pressure, there are so many and big stalls."

"It's a lot of pressure, but it's also my pleasure." Chen Xilin stepped on the accelerator and drove towards the sunset.

Ming Yue took a shower in the bathroom with limited space, and changed into clean clothes. Fortunately, she brought an extra set in the morning just in case something happened.Chen Xilin was watching TV on the sofa, and seeing her come out, he gave her an approving glance, "Can we have dinner?"

"Okay, thank you."

After ordering a good meal with the flight attendant, Ming Yue changed the channel to watch the news, changed to Fox, his expression was fixed, there was a photo of Chen Xilin on the news, the host was aggressive, accusing this foreigner who has Hong Kong nationality and did not give up his British nationality It is holding the core military technology secrets of the United States of America.

Ming Yu quickly turned his head to look at Chen Xilin, who was staring at the screen solemnly.

"Fox, the extreme right media, always likes to talk about things..." Ming Yu comforted in a low voice, and his voice became smaller and smaller.

Chen Xilin got up and changed the channel.

cnn: The host was frothy: "When Ms. Chin started researching AI cloud, was this technology on the 'trade control list'?"...

abc: Next, let's connect with Attorney White to hear how Lynnsichin's US green card can help her? ...

CBS: Does the behavior of the white whale ignore the national security of the United States? ...

NBC: We have reason to believe that Lynn has a very special relationship with the founder of Moby Dick, Bai Henry...

HBO: According to insiders, Lynn is Henry Bai's granddaughter, or at least a member of the family...

Ming Yu looked at Chen Xilin in astonishment.

This has nothing to do with political stance. This is a question from all over the United States that shakes the Department of Defense.