"Oh, so that's what it means!" Zhou Xuan suddenly realized, but Wang Xin had another meaning that she didn't say. That is, she wanted to slowly enjoy the world they had together with Zhou Xuan and enjoy the process.
Zhou Xuan is a capable and good person, which can be felt in the conversation. Although Zhou Xuan was so ruthless and cruel to those gangsters before, you have to think about it from the other side. Weren't those people also ruthless and cruel?
It was not unreasonable for Zhou Xuan to use such ruthless methods against them. Moreover, if Zhou Xuan had not treated them that way, they would have been just as fierce towards Zhou Xuan and her, perhaps even more so. Therefore, it was not unjust for Zhou Xuan to take those actions against them.
After walking for a while, Wang Xin felt his feet were a little sore, so he said, "Brother Zhou, let's take a taxi and buy tickets at the train station!"
Zhou Xuan didn't object. Together with Wang Xin, they took a taxi to the train station and bought two tickets to Danjiangkou at the station window. However, it wasn't a direct route; the train would take a short detour, first going to Hankou, then to Xiangyang, and finally back to Danjiangkou.
He bought two sleeper berths, two upper berths. After boarding the train on time, he found the carriage corresponding to his ticket and the number. He climbed onto the two upper berths. The snow-white bedding looked very clean. Zhou Xuan lay down as soon as he got on the train. He was very sleepy and fell asleep as soon as he lay down.
Wang Xin wanted to talk to Zhou Xuan, but seeing him lie down and fall asleep, she could only lie down fully clothed, feeling sullen.
Zhou Xuan naturally didn't think about why Wang Xin was sulking, nor did he read her thoughts. Fifteen minutes later, the train started moving. With a rhythmic "whoosh whoosh whoosh," the train slowly moved forward, gradually increasing its speed until it reached its fastest speed. Only a few minutes had passed.
The scenery outside the car window was getting too blurry to see clearly, rushing past us at breakneck speed. However, distant scenery was still clearly visible, and the movement of distant objects seemed much slower.
Wang Xin glanced at Zhou Xuan again and saw that Zhou Xuan had his back to her and seemed to be fast asleep.
Looking at this young man who seemed rather thin, Wang Xin felt as if she were dreaming. She never imagined that her life would change so much after meeting Zhou Xuan!
This kind of life, including the sense of security, was all brought to her by Zhou Xuan. Without Zhou Xuan, she wouldn't have the life she has now. Just as Zhou Xuan said, what use is a diploma if she's willing? It's not as useful as a word from Zhou Xuan. In this life, it's better to live well than to live well. Meeting Zhou Xuan is truly her blessing.
This is a regular train, not the newly opened high-speed rail. It will take about fifteen hours to get back to her hometown in Danjiangkou. She won't see anything from home until tomorrow. Although she took the train specifically to slowly make her way back, Wang Xin was still incredibly excited, though she didn't show it on the surface. How could she not miss home? She hadn't been back for four years. Her communication with her family was mainly through letters; she rarely made overseas calls because phone calls were too expensive. Wang Xin couldn't bear to make calls and preferred to save the money to send back to her parents. RO! ~!
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Volume 1, Chapter 672: Disdain
In fact, Zhou Xuan is a lazy person who usually just makes do and doesn't live the luxurious life of a super billionaire. Wang Xin, on the other hand, comes from a poor family and has been good at judging people and doing things since childhood. She is also very skillful. Zhou Xuan is a very easygoing person. After spending only one day with him, she really felt that Zhou Xuan is a sincere person who is not pretentious, does not lie, does not act, and says what he means.
Previously, Wang Xin didn't believe him mainly because what Zhou Xuan said was too outrageous, so she couldn't believe it. But now, she has no doubts at all, because everything Zhou Xuan said was due to his abilities and was completely true.
After Zhou Xuan made a phone call to Fu Ying, he fell asleep on his sleeper berth. A few hours later, Wang Xin bought him a boxed lunch, and after eating, he went back to sleep.
It had been a long time since Zhou Xuan had slept so well. He had been in a state of excitement for a while, and now that he had relaxed, he was sleeping really well.
An hour later, they arrived at Danjiangkou Station. Half an hour earlier, an excited Wang Xin had woken Zhou Xuan up to get ready. The two of them looked at the scenery outside the train window and couldn't help but sigh with joy. The changes in their hometown were truly remarkable. The desolate place that used to be there had now become a bustling market, with high-rise buildings springing up one after another. It was completely different from what they remembered.
This feeling was especially strong for Wang Xin, who hadn't been back for over four years and was amazed by the dramatic changes that had taken place in her hometown.
Neither of them had any luggage; they were both empty-handed. Wang Xin carried a women's bag containing only cash and documents.
Stepping out of the crowded train station, the streets were much more open and bright. Wang Xin skipped and hopped around, looking at everything. The feeling of previous years had returned. She stopped in front of a small roadside stall and asked the owner for a bowl of cold noodles.
The stall owner immediately got to work. He wasn't surprised at all when he heard Wang Xin speaking the local dialect; he just glanced at her because she was pretty.
Wang Xin turned to Zhou Xuan and said, "I really like the taste of this hometown-style cold noodles. It's sour, spicy, and has a smooth texture. I love to have a bowl of it when it's hot. It's cheap and delicious!"
Zhou Xuan knew that the jelly in his hometown was not the kind sold in supermarkets, nor was it the jelly commonly found in Cantonese cuisine. It was made from sweet potato starch or pea starch, cut into thin strands with a special tool, placed in a small bowl, and then seasoned with some prepared broth.
The key is this flavorful broth, made with homemade pickled cabbage broth from my hometown, plus chili powder, sugar, raw vinegar, and Sichuan peppercorn powder. A bowl of this cools you down to your core, and it's both sour and spicy. People from my hometown, young and old, all love this flavor.
There was a time when Zhou Xuan went to work in the south. His colleagues said they were going to eat liangfen (cold mung bean jelly), and he excitedly went with them, thinking it would taste the same as back home. But when he got there, he found out that the liangfen in the south was very different. It was like rice tofu, and you either added sugar or nothing at all when you ate it. It was quite unpalatable.
Wang Xin disregarded his image and drank the whole bowl in one gulp before asking Zhou Xuan, "Brother Zhou, would you like to have a bowl?"
Zhou Xuan's mouth was watering. This sour and spicy stuff was very appetizing. Wang Xin asked for another bowl and handed it to him. He accepted it without hesitation. After taking the first sip, he felt that familiar yet distant taste in his mouth. Even though this cold jelly only cost one yuan a bowl, Zhou Xuan felt that it was better than eating bird's nest and shark fin soup outside that cost a thousand yuan a bowl.
The two drank another bowl before stopping. Wang Xin paid four yuan, then went to the bank to open a bank account with five million yuan and withdrew two hundred thousand yuan in cash. Zhou Xuan accompanied her to the supermarket to buy some gifts. Originally, she had no luggage, but after leaving the supermarket, she had many bags and packages, more than luggage.
With so much stuff to carry, and Wang Xin being a living, breathing person, Zhou Xuan naturally couldn't take her flying around in the sky. Since there was too much stuff, he simply called another taxi. As soon as the driver heard that they were going to the countryside, he immediately said that it would cost two hundred yuan to go.
Just as Wang Xin was about to discuss the price, the driver said that two hundred, one hundred, or one hundred and fifty yuan would definitely be enough to complete the transaction. However, Zhou Xuan handed over two hundred yuan without saying a word, before Wang Xin could even stop him.
Seeing that the passenger hadn't reached his destination yet, the driver gave him two hundred yuan for the fare and immediately got out of the car with a smile to help them put the gifts in the trunk.
Wang Xin bit her lip and pulled Zhou Xuan into the car. She glanced at him again from inside, annoyed by his careless spending and lack of restraint. Although the 200 yuan for the car was a trivial matter for him, it added up. Such extravagance in everything was not a good habit. If she were to become his assistant in the future, she would have to change his wasteful spending habits.
Of course, Wang Xin didn't know that Zhou Xuan had the ability to turn things into gold; for him, money was inexhaustible and never-ending.
The taxi drove for nearly an hour to reach the town, and then another half hour on a narrow one-way rural road before finally arriving at Wang Xin's house. In the village, it seemed that a family was holding a birthday celebration, as several blankets were hanging in the living room from the road, with the character "寿" (longevity) and other symbols pasted on them in large 100-yuan bills.
Wang Xin said from inside the car, "This must be my second uncle's house. They've built a new two-story bungalow!" Then, pointing to the old wooden house next to the bungalow, she said, "That's my house!"
After getting out of the car, the driver helped take the gifts out of the trunk, and a large pile of them was placed on the ground. The adults and children from the family who were celebrating the birthday also gathered around. It was still a rare thing for a taxi to come to the village. Although Wang Xin and Zhou Xuan were not dressed very luxuriously, they were still very fashionable compared to the clothing in the countryside.
A middle-aged man in his thirties in the crowd looked at her for a while, then asked hesitantly, "You...you're Cheng Ge's eldest daughter, right? Are you Wang Xin?"
Wang Xin said with a grin, "Yes, Uncle, it's me. My parents are home, right? It looks like my second uncle is hosting a birthday banquet for Grandpa today, isn't he?"
The uncle Wang Xin called out to immediately nodded and said, "...Brother Dacheng, Brother Dali, Wang Xin is back, Wang Xin is back!"
The crowd erupted in cheers, adults and children alike exclaiming. Wang Xin recognized many people, and while she couldn't identify some of the children, she could recognize most of the adults, calling out their names. She made almost no mistakes.
The uncle then said, "Wang Xin, you've become so beautiful, I really didn't recognize you. Your dad said you weren't supposed to return from your studies for another six months, why did you come back early?"
Wang Xin said with a smile, "I've already graduated. I came back early just because I didn't do an internship. A company signed a work contract with me directly, so I came home to take care of some things first!"
At this moment, Wang Xin's father, Wang Dacheng, mother, Liu Chunhua, second uncle, Wang Dali, and second aunt, Wu Lin, also ran out. As soon as Liu Chunhua saw her daughter, tears streamed down her face. She went up and hugged her daughter, and the two of them cried together. They had cried when she left four years ago, and now they had cried again when they met again!
Seeing the genuine emotions displayed by the mother and daughter, Zhou Xuan couldn't help but sigh. He didn't say anything. Judging from their appearance, Wang Xin's mother and father were dressed rather poorly and looked somewhat old. The hardships of life had aged them the most. In contrast, her second uncle and aunt looked much more prosperous. Her second uncle was not very old, only in his thirties, and her second aunt looked even younger, only in her late twenties. Their attire and appearance were quite good.
Wang Xin cried for a while before her mother stopped and let go of her hand. Only then did Wang Xin call out to the group, "Dad, Second Uncle, Second Aunt!"
Wang Dacheng then quickly said, "Wang Xin, wife of the child, please let your daughter come home and sit down. She has come all this way and must be tired. Please come home and sit down!"
Wang Xin then turned to Zhou Xuan and said, "Brother Zhou... let's go to my house!"