Chapter 380 - Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust (1/2)

Lunar New Year’s Eve would be tomorrow, so a lot of cars went to the airport. Today was the first day of the statutory holiday, but given the Spring Festival travel season, many people took a holiday a few days earlier. The legal holiday was for a few days, just enough to spend time with the family, visit relatives, and go to a party with old friends. The Spring Festival was the only one time that they could see each other every year and also the only time their relationship could be cemented.

A friendly company could win their staff’s loyalty. Job-hopping might be the fastest way to get promoted in the profit-oriented world. But everyone is human, not a machine, and they could make a choice after weighing the pros and cons based on their feelings.

Qin Sheng would go back with Su Qin every year when they were students in Shanghai. It was a special feeling to hold each other in the sleeping berth filled with smells and people, and to hear all kinds of accents and stories.

“Su Qin must be in Xi’an now?” Qin Sheng had no time to see her, and even if he had, he did not want to disturb Su Qin because he and Uncle Su had already made an agreement.

After graduating from senior high school, Qin Sheng rarely went back to Xi’an. The total number of times could be counted on his fingers, among which today was the most special, aside from that time they traveled.

Every time New Year was near, his classmates or friends studying or working in Xi’an would recommend a song in their Moments to greet their friends living in other places. When listening to that song, those classmates or friends would feel more desperate to go back.

The song was called “Back to Xi’an”, written by Ma Fei, one of the popular local singers in Xi’an.

The song came to Qin Sheng’s mind, then he told the driver in the front of him, “Xiaoliu, turn on Bluetooth. I want to listen to music.”

The Qin family sent two cars, one for Qin Changan and Gongsun, and the other one for Qin Sheng and Qin Ran. Hearing what Qin Sheng said, Qin Ran became jealous and said, “Xi’an is your real home, right? Are you feeling good now? Music?”

“This song comes to my mind suddenly and makes me recall lots of old friends and stories,” Qin Sheng replied, as if deep in thought.

Qin Ran teased him, “I’m just kidding. What music are you listening to? Let me try and find your taste.”

Qin Sheng had the driver connect the player to the Bluetooth and found “Back To Xi’an” on NetEase Cloud Music. Soon, the familiar melody started to play in the car. Looking out at those people in traffic, Qin Sheng thought of this song to be Back To Chengdu, Zhengzhou, Guiyang, etc.

“Picture, Weibo, noodles with bean paste again, no chili oil, but salt.

Foam bun of Mi started a branch in your dream. The time to get up is coming when breaking up, to the subway station.

Ah-yoo…

High buildings one by one in the city, but no room for me.

Friends are all in other places, leaving nobody to talk to. The day to afford a room in Beijing is far away.

Hello~ My friends, the paddywack is ready.

Hello~ My friends, are you still on the subway?

Hello~ My friends, when are you going to get back to Xi’an?

My friends, see you in Xi’an.”

When the song was over, Qin Sheng’s smile became bigger. The Xi’an accent sounded familiar and friendly. The lyrics were simple and frank, with a beautiful melody. The Xi’an accent made this song unique, especially the last part that was a talk between two friends and stirred up the listener’s feelings.

Every New Year, many people would be in floods of tears when listening to this music. They finally chose to leave those big cities and go back to their hometowns.

“You really have a great feeling for Xi’an!” Qin Ran laughed. She had few feelings for this song. After all, she lived a different life. But she could understand Qin Sheng.

Qin Sheng did not deny it and smilingly answered, “I lived there for over 20 years. It’s special to me.”

They arrived at the Capital International Airport by eight o’clock, and saw that it was full of passengers. But they were not affected by that because they would go to take Qin Changan’s private plane through the business boarding building.

The private plane was the most advanced Gulfstream G650 in Air China’s charge. Two stewardesses were the same beauties that Qin Sheng had met last time. After a smiling greeting, Qin Sheng went to take a seat, with Qin Ran sitting opposite.

The two beauties knew a lot about the Qin family. That middle-aged man looking as if he lacked vigor was the owner of the Gulfstream G650. That graceful beauty was his daughter. But the two beauties knew little about the young man they met just twice. They supposed from their conversation that he was that beauty’s younger brother, that man’s son. Then, why did he not show up with them?