Clear Feather of the Ring

Long Tianyu wanted to get engaged to Yao Yao, and Yao Yao agreed very readily.Even though Long Tianyu had agreed with her that the two of them would get engaged at most and go through formalities, and when their mother passed away, they would announce their breakup and cancel the engagement, and then gave Yao Yao a considerable breakup fee as a reward.

Yao Yao was listening to what Long Tianyu said to herself, while imagining the scene where she and Long Tianyu stood together arm in arm and appeared under the flashing light, imagining the countless envious eyes cast on her at the engagement banquet, I suddenly felt that even if he doesn't love me, so what, at least for a period of time, I will be his wife in name, Mrs. Long in others' mouths, and our two names will be bound together.If I am lucky enough and Longma's illness improves, it is not impossible for me and Long Tianyu to get married under Longma's urging.

With such fantasies, she agreed to Long Tianyu's request on the spot without any hesitation.

The matter of the engagement was decided so quickly and decisively that when Mama Long heard the news, she still couldn't believe it, and kept asking, "When was it decided? Has the time been set yet?" Happy like a child.

"It's fixed, we will hold an engagement banquet in the middle of next month." Long Tianyu sat beside his mother's bed, took out his phone, opened the calendar inside, pointed to one of the days and said, "I specially asked someone to calculate it, and that day is the most auspicious."

Seeing that Long Tianyu was so concerned about this matter, and even deliberately asked someone to settle it, Long Ma felt happy again. It seemed that this time he really planned to settle down and start a family.

On the third day after Yi Qing learned about Long Tianyu's engagement news from Yao Yao, the headlines in major newspapers and websites were all filled with "The sole heir of the Long Group announces his engagement and will hold an engagement banquet in the middle of next month" and the like. The title occupies the top spot, words such as "Long's Group", "heir" and "engagement" once topped the hot search lists.

In addition to the curiosity and anticipation of the grand occasion of the engagement banquet, Yao Yao, who miraculously completed the reversal from a sparrow to a phoenix, has also become the object of discussion after dinner.Almost overnight, she transformed from an inconspicuous assistant by Long Tianyu's side to the well-known young wife of the Long family, the future wife of the chairman of the Long Group.This kind of opportunity is a good fortune that many people can't ask for in a few lifetimes, and they can't even envy them.

When Xia Wenyi heard the news, he was in Yi Qing's small bookstore, basking in the sun on the tea seat by the window. He threw the newspaper to Yi Qing who was sitting opposite and reading: "What are your plans for the future?"

Yi Qing glanced at the newspaper, even if he only glanced at it hastily, the headlines and pictures on it were still too conspicuous to be forgotten.He pushed the newspaper aside and asked Xia Wenyi, "When are you going back?"

"I'll wait for you to go back with me."

Yi Qing closed the book and looked at Xia Wenyi: "I won't go abroad for the time being, you should leave early."

"Your charity is closed before it's too late. Come back to France with me, don't waste your life in this little place."

"My charitable organization, I am going to change the name and re-register, then pay for publicity to reshape the image, and then find a professional person to be in charge of daily operations. I will gradually fade out of the public eye and reduce the impact of the previous incident on the organization. .”

"When you find someone to hand over the job, what are you going to do? Guard this small bookstore?"

"I plan to go back and work as a teaching assistant while studying for a Ph. D., and then publish the nearly completed travel diary. After finishing the Ph. D., maybe stay in school to teach and try to become a professor? Or if the sales of the book are good, continue to travel around as a professional traveler. good."

Xia Wenyi listened, thought for a while, and nodded: "It seems to be good. I have another option here, do you want to consider it? I heard from a friend a few days ago that the newspaper you had practiced before is planning to open a The new column, dedicated to interviewing the most popular artists and cultural figures, is currently recruiting, do you want to give it a try?"

"Le Figaro? Don't they recruit people who need news majors? I have consulted some of the editor-in-chiefs before. My major is not the right one."

Yi Qing is willing to say a few more words on this topic, which means he is interested. Xia Wenyi laughed: "These regulations and so on are set for ordinary people. There are people I know there, and it is not difficult to get in. This is a newly opened column, and it is very important at the top, and they are willing to spend money on it. After entering, the treatment will definitely be good. Don’t you like to get in touch with this kind of stuff? In order to get someone’s signature, you just wrote someone Have you read through all the novels you have read before writing a paper and sending it? If you are interested, I will ask my friend to send you the specific information for a look?"

"You don't even need an interview? Just go in?"

"The form still needs to be changed. You need to take the written test they set up by themselves. After the written test, you will have an interview. As long as it is not too bad, basically there is no problem." Xia Wenyi took a sip of tea, and seemed to think of it again. What, he reminded again: "This kind of opportunity is rare. You also know that their family is a big head in the country. Every year, people who want to apply for a job squeeze their heads. It doesn't matter to ordinary people. They can't even cross the threshold. If you want Seize this opportunity. If you really like it, how about I tell my friend and ask him to greet the people inside in advance?"

"When is the exam?"

"Around the tenth of next month. You still have about a month to prepare, how about it?"

"let me think again."

"You make a decision early, so I can arrange it over there."

"Row."

After Xia Wenyi told Yi Qing about waiting for his news, he took the initiative to find Yi Zifeng and told him about it.Yi Zifeng was very concerned after hearing this, and asked Xia Wenyi out in private, and the two chatted in detail.Back home, I discussed with Qing's father again, and they both felt that this job was a good choice for Yi Qing's future development and for the family. Being able to work in such a well-known newspaper office, the people I came into contact with They are all famous people, even if they come out from there in the future, they have accumulated a lot of contacts, and they can be regarded as entering the local upper-class circle.Besides, Yi Qing's writing work is more reassuring to his family than the work he did in the travel agency before, and he will not worry about any accidents with him all day long.

In addition, the news of Long Tianyu's engagement announcement was in full swing, and the Yi family naturally knew about it.After all, Yi Qing and Long Tianyu had such a relationship, and the family members were also afraid that he would be affected by these reports, and remembered some unpleasant things in the past. For this reason, they also felt that he was not suitable for staying in S City for a long time. Going abroad is more like a good start. .

"Go and persuade Yi Qing not to let such a good opportunity go to waste. Don't think about whether you can get in or not. After passing the written test and interview, you can decide whether to go or not. It's too late to regret the exam." Father Qing instructed Yi Zifeng.

"Okay, I'll go talk to him."

"Is that Xia Wenyi reliable? You met him, what do you think of him?" After talking about the business, Qing's father started to care about Yi Qing's relationship that he talked about that night.

"I really care about Yi Qing. She is a practical person and looks reliable. If Yi Qing really went there, it would be great if they could be together. After all, the attitude towards the same sex in foreign countries is much more tolerant than that in China. Yi Qing can Living abroad is a good thing for someone like him."

"That's right." Qing's father sighed, "If your mother knows that he is going to go abroad again, I'm afraid she will have to shut herself up at home and be depressed for a while."

"There is no other way. Yi Qing can live a better life, which is better than anything else."

"Okay, you go talk to him."

Before Yi Zifeng had time to tell Yi Qing about this, someone jumped ahead of him.

When Yi Qing first received the call from that person, she was a little surprised when she knew her identity.She didn't want to talk to herself on the phone, as long as Yi Qing must come to see her and talk face to face.

"As far as the meeting between the two of us is concerned, I'm in Ward 208 of Renxian Hospital. You must come."

That afternoon, Yi Qing passed by according to the appointed time. Outside the door, whether it was a deliberate arrangement or for some reason, there were two bodyguards standing guard. out the door.After Yi Qing gave his name, he opened the door and went in smoothly.

Mama Long sat on the bed wearing glasses and newspaper. When she saw the door opened, she glanced at Yi Qing, then picked up the watch on the bedside cabinet and checked the time: "You are 15 minutes late."

Yi Qing stood at the door, bowed slightly to Longma, then straightened up, and walked over to her hospital bed: "I'm sorry for the delay on the way, sorry for making auntie wait so long."

Holding a large bouquet of white calla lilies in his hand, he threw the bottle of withered flowers on the coffee table in the ward into the trash can, went to the bathroom to change the clean water, and then inserted the flowers into it.After finishing all this, Yi Qing wiped her hands, stood opposite Longma's hospital bed, and asked, "May I ask you to come here today, what's the matter?"

Long Ma looked at the bunch of calla lilies on the tea table and asked Yi Qing, "How do you know I like this flower?"

"This flower just happened to bloom this season. There are many in the market. I bought it casually and didn't choose it on purpose. I didn't expect to buy it just right." Yi Qing smiled.

When I was with Long Tianyu before, Long Tianyu bought this bouquet of flowers for Long Ma's birthday. Yi Qing and him drove almost half of the flower markets in S city.Still impressed after all these years.After answering Long Ma's call in the morning, Yi Qing called several flower shops to ask if they had any in stock.Although it is the season of flowering now, it is not considered a hot-selling flower species. General stores do not buy many, basically only a few dozen flowers are bought for matching.

Such a big bouquet, he took his nap time at noon, and took a taxi to a flower shop far away to buy it. When he came back, he encountered a traffic jam and was late.

Long Ma pointed to the vase of flowers: "Bring it here for me and put it on the cabinet. I want to take a closer look."

Yi Qing took the vase over and placed it on the cabinet next to the hospital bed: "Just look at it, don't touch it. Its juice is poisonous."

Long Ma looked at the flower quietly for a while, with a hint of happiness on her face. "Thank you." She took off her glasses, put them on the cabinet, and said to Yi Qing, "Sit down, don't stand."

Yi Qing pulled up a chair and sat beside Longma's bed, "Auntie, tell me what you want."

"I've been waiting for you to call me, but I didn't expect it to come." Long Ma looked at Yi Qing and said, "You can really hold your breath."

"What does Auntie mean? I don't understand. Yi Qing hasn't received any appointment calls about Auntie before."

"That 750 million, you should still remember?"

Yi Qing frowned. When Madam Long said this, he immediately understood that the number that the finance department had left for him before was not Long Tianyu's, but should belong to Mama Long.

"Remember, your company hasn't cashed in yet."

"A glass of wine is 50 yuan, President Qing really knows how to drink it. Tianyu doesn't treat money as money, and is willing to burn it with you. As a mother, I love money. After all, every penny is earned by my employees. of."

Yi Qing listened to this and wanted to renege on the debt. Anyway, after that incident, he didn't plan to ask for the money anymore, and it didn't matter whether he gave it or not. "Take it as a joke, if it's not serious, forget about the money."

"As expected of the second young master of the Yi family, such small money as a few million is really not eye-catching. If you don't want it, you don't want it." Long Ma laughed, leaned over and opened the drawer next to her, took out two documents from it, and handed them over. To Yi Qing: "I don't know if the number above can catch your eyes."

Yi Qing took the document and opened it. It was an agreement.He glanced at the content quickly, then closed it and put it on the chair beside him. "I have nothing to do with Long Tianyu. What's the point of this agreement that Auntie made?"

"What, do you think you don't have enough money? The annual sponsorship fee of 1000 million yuan is fixed. I'm afraid you didn't get it just by holding a charity fundraiser?" Long Ma glanced at Yi Qing: "What's more, with your organization's current The reputation of the stinky street may not be able to hold a fundraiser. Young people, don’t be brave, bow your head when it’s time to bow your head.”

She looked like she was holding the winning ticket, waiting for Yi Qing's reply.Yishan lost popular support, without the donations from big companies and social celebrities, relying on Yi Qing's old capital to support it, the closure is already a predictable result.It was because Long Ma pinched him that she had the confidence to make this call and ask him to come over and talk to her about it.

She wanted Yi Qing to go, no matter if he went out of the province or abroad, as long as he didn't stay in S city, didn't stay in the same city as Long Tianyu, and didn't let Long Tianyu have the opportunity to see him, he could go anywhere.