The lightness of the world of mortals

There is no scorching high temperature in Damai in August, but it is rainy and the humidity is surprisingly high.

The trip lasted for four days. Almost all the directors of the q fund were in North America. The board of directors could have been located in the United States, but in view of the situation of East and West and the possible location of the refugee city, the meeting location was set at Big step.

In this way, it is difficult to get all the directors to attend the meeting. Everyone has their own work to do. The four-day trip to Africa conflicts with the schedule of many people, but seven people must be present at the meeting to make a resolution. Chen Xilin called and talked one by one, and finally got seven people together.

Abadu is very happy every time he sees his boss, grinning with all his teeth.

Chen Xilin came prepared, wearing high-top rain boots, and was not afraid of the mud in front of the airport.Abadu followed her with a huge black umbrella, and the black umbrella followed Chen Xilin's pace, preventing her from getting a drop of rain.

"How about Abadu? What have you been up to recently?" Sitting in the jeep, Chen Xilin asked.

"Report to Boss Lynn! As before, I usually take care of my own small business. How is Boss Lynn?"

"I," Chen Xilin looked up out of the window, "it's okay."

"Boss Lynn, how is Miss Ming? I really like her!" Abadu showed his white teeth again in the rearview mirror.

Chen Xilin was stunned, "Everything is fine," then changed the topic, "How many people have arrived?"

"Even you, a total of four, have been settled in 'Buckingham Palace'."

"Buckingham Palace" is the Damai five-star hotel where Ming Yue stayed last time.

Chen Xilin nodded, "Thank you and your friends for your hard work."

"Boss Lynn, we are all so happy!"

Chen Xilin smiled, looking at Da Mai's slightly childish and willful "luxury" color scheme outside the window, thinking that this was also the scenery in Ming Yue's eyes three months ago.In three months, two people can go from being ambiguous to falling in love to breaking up to not having any contact with each other.Suddenly, I regretted it. If I hadn’t crossed that boundary, maybe I would have been a very good friend. If I hadn’t crossed that boundary, today Abadu asked about Ming Yushi, and he might be able to happily say: “She’s very nice, let me Greetings to you!"

So what?The scenery beyond the boundary is too alluring.I once wanted to play "wishiwerethere", but it really came, but it always seemed a step late.

In the evening, everyone arrived one after another. Chen Xilin washed and changed his clothes, and took everyone to the restaurant next to the hotel for dinner.

The rain has stopped, and the air after the summer rain is turquoise, and in Damai, the green is smudged with golden yellow.Chen Xilin was wearing a blue and black skirt with drapey material, and a pair of pointed flat shoes.

This restaurant specializes in fish and other seafood. It is a place with a high level of local consumption. People from embassies of various countries often come to have dinner.

Just one kind of tilefish can be eaten in four ways: smoked, grilled, raw food marinated in vinegar, and curry. When Chen Xilin arrived here, he became careful not to eat any undercooked food.Wang Qi's wife also came, a Chinese woman named Zhang Yali, about the same age as Chen Xilin.Her English is not good and she has no job. She takes care of her parents in her hometown in China for half a year and spends half a year with Wang Qi in Damai.Seeing that Chen Xilin could speak Chinese, he only talked to her.

In addition, two directors brought their other half to Damai. What is interesting is that the directors of the q fund are all men. The board structure pays attention to gender balance, but none of the four female directors can attend the meeting this time. Among the two "other halves", there is only one woman, and the other is a gay man who is out of the closet. The woman is older and a white American. Zhang Yali can't talk to her at all.

What Chen Xilin paid most attention to this time was whether Jack, the CEO of Huantai Bank, came.Part of Huantai's equity is controlled by Bai Xien. The last time the yacht climbed the ladder, Bai Xien went to replace Jack, but he couldn't replace the board of directors. Even if he couldn't come, Chen Xilin knew that Jack and Bai Xien were wearing a pair of pants.

Fortunately or unfortunately, Jack came.Maybe he came to better expose Bai Xien's intentions, Chen Xilin thought.

"Lynn, how is it? Are you still used to living in China?" Someone asked.

"I can probably get used to it anywhere," Chen Xilin said with a smile, "it can be here."

"Money can make everything comfortable." Someone exclaimed, and everyone burst into good-natured laughter.

"It's in Haicheng, right?" Someone asked again.

"Yes, Haicheng. It's really my hometown, so I'm quite used to it." Chen Xilin took a sip of lemonade from the slightly stingy ice cubes in the glass. If they don't love each other, Dong Suo will follow them.

"I thought Lynn was from Hong Kong."

"The older generation immigrated from Hong Kong, but their ancestral home is in Haicheng. In fact, my grandparents are also from Haicheng. Speaking of which, my grandfather only speaks Haicheng dialect to me, because I lived there a few times when I was young. Year."

"Oh~ no wonder Henry prefers you!" Someone laughed, "Everyone knows that the founder of Moby Dick prefers his granddaughter~"

Those words contained a strong prophecy that Chen Xilin would be the future master.

Chen Xilin smiled, "Henry treats everyone equally," and then changed the subject, "Which one of you is here for the first time?"

"Is this your first time here?" Ming Yu asked when he picked up Qing Anji at the airport.

Angie nodded, she was always calm, two points more mature than her peers, "Thank you auntie for taking me in."

Mingyu walked behind her, looking at the slim and slender girl, stubbornly pushing a half-person-high suitcase with a heavy boarding bag on her back, she declined Mingyu's suggestion to help her carry her luggage .A smile appeared on the corner of Ming Yue's lips unconsciously, looking like an elder.

She reached out to support the bag on Angie's back, but she didn't hold it up with one hand. It must have weighed more than ten kilograms, "Oh! It's so heavy, you don't have to let me carry it, but you can push it on the suitcase. .”

"No need, auntie, I don't feel tired carrying it like this." Angie smiled at her, pointing to the wide straps.

Ming Yue rented a car when he first came to the Netherlands for a week, and the lease period was three years.She only uses this car for travel, and usually buys a bicycle that is about the same price as a car to ride when commuting to get off work.That's when the car came in handy.

"Is auntie used to being here? Do you plan to stay for a long time?" Anji asked while carrying the suitcase into the trunk with Ming Yue.

Ming Yu handed her the antiseptic solution and rubbed his hands, "I, I can get used to it anywhere, and I don't have any long-term plans."

She can't tell whether people who can live anywhere are accustomed to wandering or yearn for a home. Before that home appears, it doesn't matter where they live.It is true that there is no long-term plan. She is afraid of seeing the end at a glance, and life needs variables.

She lives on the second floor of a small red brick building on a bluestone alley, and the second floor is the top floor.At the end of the nineteenth century, this district once stipulated a strange taxation law. The real estate tax was calculated according to the width of the front of the house. deeply.

Mingyu rented this floor, and what he liked was its large balcony. One side of it faced the narrow canal in the old city, and rows of colorful boats were parked by the canal all the year round. The unique European town style, beautiful houses of different colors, clean small streets, warm shops... They will look more humane than C City.

But the human touch is probably something imagined. In this city where she speaks hard Dutch, she doesn't feel as much human kindness as she did in City C for the time being.However, the flowers, plants and vegetables she arranged by herself on the balcony gave her more human touch.Human touch is not given by people, what people give is hurt.

Angie looked curiously at the temptingly red tomatoes on the vines on the balcony, making people want to pick them off just to please others.

"Does auntie grow so many tomatoes?"

"Well, because I don't want to eat 'Dutch tomatoes'."

"What does 'Dutch tomato' mean?" Angie tilted her head.

Mingyu smiled, "The Dutch were the instigators of genetically modified crops in Europe decades ago. At that time, they invented genetically modified tomatoes with high yield and beautiful appearance. Many Europeans in neighboring countries were warned by their grandma when they were young: don't buy them. Dutch tomatoes, very tasteless!"

Angie burst out laughing, her laughter was beautiful, and there was a kind of romance and innocence unique to girls in it: "Auntie's words are so funny, as if they were real!"

"It's true. When your next stop is Germany and Northern Europe, you can ask the locals if there is such a saying."

"Hmm! I'll remember to ask and then tell you!"

Ming Yu put a pot of lemonade on the garden table, "So what's the real reason why you came to Europe alone this time?"

This question was so sharp that Anji froze for a moment, and chose to confess, "I broke up with my boyfriend, don't tell my parents." She said in English.

Ming Yu raised his eyebrows sideways and poured water for her, "Of course, I won't say anything. So come out to relax?"

Angie shrugged, "I'm afraid I won't be able to get out if I stay where I am."

Ming Yue's heart twitched, and he reached out to hug her, "Let auntie hug her."

It was the warm south wind that melted people's hearts. After a hug, Anji's eyes filled with tears.Ming Yue tickled her nose, "If you want to cry, cry as fast as you can, and then continue to be an angel. You've only been here, and you still have ten or twenty years to go."

Angie pouted, "I don't want to toss for so long."

Ming Yue laughed, "I can't help you," and took a closer look at her, seeing her beautiful eyes glowing amber in the sunlight, "Why did you think of looking for me?"

"Ah," Angie took a sip of water, "Actually, I didn't expect it at first, it was my father who asked me to find you."

When Qinghui was mentioned, Mingyu felt a little embarrassed, so he also went to drink water.

"By the way, auntie, last time you left Los Angeles and didn't let us see you off, Dad was actually thinking about it,"

Ming Yu lowered his head and smiled slightly.

"Did you find any new clues later? About Sir Auntie."