Chapter 291 When Will I Meet Yan Chaozong? (1/2)
To the young people, every senior—those who had gone through the storm, the stress, and the rapid changes—was a valuable asset to them. The seniors could help them avoid detours. Even if they could not be open to all of the senior’s advice, they would still benefit a lot. However, it was difficult for most of the young people to encounter such seniors.
Qin Sheng thought of himself as a pretty lucky one. When he was young, he was instructed by his grandfather. Influenced by what he constantly saw and heard, he knew a lot of truth. His outlook of the world, life and values were directly affected, aiding him in getting along easily and skillfully with people. Speaking of that point, a lot of people weren’t on par with him.
When Qin Sheng was at school, he ran into Uncle Lin, a tycoon, who had been all-powerful in the business field for many years. He infused positive thoughts and outlooks into Qin Sheng every day, taking him to meet various people and to experience different kinds of occasions, widening his knowledge.
After his grandfather passed away, Qin Sheng had been traveling around for more than two years, enabling him to gradually consolidate everything he had learned. After all, theory was nothing but theory. Only after testing and experiencing what theory said on his own could Qin Sheng turn it into his own thing.
After Qin Sheng went back to the city, he got help from Han Guoping, Jiang Xianbang, and Cao Da successively. Consequently, Qin Sheng really saw himself as a lucky one. Since God was quite kind to him, he thought little of the hardships he had endured and the difficult days he had gone through.
He chose that path on his own. Whether he needed to finish that path while crying, laughing, cursing, feeling exhausted, standing, or kneeling down, he had no choice but to stick to it until the end, unless he decided to tell himself that he could not stand it anymore and it would be best to give it up.
Before giving up, he needed to go ahead.
As an experienced one, Cao Da exploded without reason that day. He actually did not know what kinds of situations Qin Sheng was facing at the moment. He intended to make Qin Sheng understand that whether he got along with people or dealt with issues in later days, he needed to maintain the sense of order and also learn when to hold fast and when to let go. He could not abandon things, which he had been struggling to hold onto, for the sake of quick results.
However, after Qin Sheng listened attentively to what Cao Da had said, he naturally overthought it. He had been struggling between two choices. Should he be true to himself and fight to the end with Yan Chaozong, whatever the result and the future of the group of people who were by his side, would be? Or should he stop holding onto his principles and bottom line and start making concessions? Even if he would be stampeded into the dust, he could still face all of the people calmly. By doing so, at least, he could keep the job, which was not bad at all, leading an ordinary life with Lin Su, and stop others from experiencing the ups and downs because of him.
What Cao Da had said was related to the general direction. However, as for how to do it in detail, Qin Sheng needed to figure it out, taking the current situation into account. Upon looking back, people would find out that they had made many decisions helplessly on the basis of the circumstances. Based on the current environment, people had no choice but to make an optimum choice.
It was also the same with how Qin Sheng should make his choice. Though he neither wanted to abandon his principles and bottom line, or to swallow his pride, things would not go as however he liked.
On the way back to Golden Coast, Gu Qingyang said with concern, “Brother Qin, in my opinion, you looked somewhat exhausted in the past two days. You should rest early tonight. I will wait downstairs. You can call me anytime you want.” Due to the unexpected accident, which had happened in Poly International, Chang Baji’s imprisonment, and Qin Sheng’s predicament, Gu Qingyang understood a lot of things, including the reason why he needed to be engaged in social activities.
No wonder back when his Senior Uncle had taken him out of the mountain, he had told him the following sentence, “To be disengaged from social activities is to cultivate your physical body; to be engaged in social activities is to cultivate your mind.”
The group of people, including Hao Lei, were as busy as bees. As Qin Sheng’s full-time driver, Gu Qingyang helped Qin Sheng to take care of some things in the meantime. After all, sometimes, Qin Sheng was too busy to attend to every issue.
Upon hearing what Gu Qingyang had said, Qin Sheng smiled knowingly as he replied, “Qinyang, sorry for troubling you these days.”
Gu Qingyang replied somewhat impulsively, “Brother Qin, this is my duty. Senior Uncle also advised me to do that. You don’t need to be that polite. Whatever you would like me to do, you can just inform me and let me know. I won’t refuse it.” He just felt that there was nothing he could help Qin Sheng with, at all. He could only do some donkey work. As a matter of fact, even if his task was to commit murder and arson, he would be willing to do it.
Qin Sheng nodded quietly and said, “I get your point.”
Gu Qingyang was practical and Gu Xiaobo was tactful and sophisticated. Consequently, if Qin Sheng was going to assign either one of them with any new task, of course, Qin Sheng would choose Gu Qingyang.
By the time when Qin Sheng went back to the Golden Coast, Lin Su had already arrived home. After taking a shower, she was chatting with her several besties by the group video at the moment. Obviously, she was very happy. After all, she had not contacted any of her friends in a long time. Whether it was she or her friends, who had been missing her, they certainly had many things to talk with each other.
Upon hearing the sound indicating the door was open, Lin Su hung up the video chat with her besties. After all, Qin Sheng mattered more to her than anyone else. Wearing a pair of slippers, she ran out hurriedly as she said, “Here you are.”
Stroking Lin Su’s silky hair, Qin Sheng smiled as he said, “Since you look so happy, I wonder… who did you meet today?” He gave no indication of suffering from great pressure. As the saying went, even if he had suffered from too much bitterness and exhaustion outside, he needed to face his family members with a smiling face at home. Though Lin Su was smart and capable, she actually was willing to be a delicate lady for his sake. What else could he ask from Lin Su?
Taking Qin Sheng by the hand, Lin Su smiled cutely as she said, “I went to the Academy of Art to look for Ruoqing first. It so happened Song Chu was in Hangzhou, too. She also came to join us. It also coincided that two good friends of ours were also here. We spent the whole afternoon together and enjoyed ourselves. Tan Jing will rush all the way here from Shanghai tomorrow. We had not seen each other for a long time. During this period, a lot of things had taken place.” Obviously, she appeared to be in a pretty good mood.
Qin Sheng asked her on purpose, “Well, speaking of the reason why you had been missing for half a year, how did you explain it to all of them? Could it be that you told them honestly that you had eloped with me? In this case, your friends must hate me quite a bit. Previously, Song Chu and Tan Jing teased me a lot, saying I was aiming at the moon. Now, not only had I aimed at the moon successfully but I also took the moon away. They certainly were eager to kill me.”
Covering her mouth, Lin Su smiled adorably as she said, “You got it. I did tell them the truth. They did have the intention to get you killed and cursed you quite often. However, they fully supported my decision. Because instead of choosing to put up with the marriage, choosing to marry someone suitable, choosing a properly matched marriage, and an alliance, I chose love.”
What Lin Su had said about her friends was expected. After all, speaking of them, who Lin Su took as her besties, though they had some flaws, they had surely been treating Lin Su quite well. Qin Sheng was quite confident of that point. Because he believed that no one in the world could jerk Lin Su around.
Qin Sheng smiled awkwardly as he said, “It seems that they will often give me a hard time deliberately in the future. I need to think about some solutions.”