Chapter 467 Ginkgo Leaves Falling
Chapter 467 Ginkgo Leaves Falling
September 2023, 9, Friday, sunny, 15~19℃.
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In the morning, on the ridge of the field, there are layers of terraces all around, with rice ears hanging low, and the air is filled with the aroma of moist soil and the faint smell of cooking smoke.
Qiuqiu ran forward along the road.
In the distance came the sounds of chickens crowing and dogs barking, mixed with the daily chatter in dialect.
"Little sister, what are you cooking today?" "Let's steam the corn buns!"
The familiar village was right in front of her, but she couldn't get there no matter how hard she tried.
An anxious expression appeared on her face and sweat was dripping down her face.
The familiar scene quickly turned eerie.
The originally golden rice fields gradually faded and turned gray, like the scenery in an old photo that has lost its vitality.
At this moment, a hunched figure slowly walked towards us from the path in the field, with silver hair and wrinkles all over his face.
He was wearing a blue cloth shirt that had been washed so much that it looked bleached, and carrying a bamboo basket filled with freshly picked red peppers.
"Mother-in-law! Mother-in-law!"
Grandma didn't look back, but just kept walking forward.
Qiuqiu wanted to shout loudly, but the voice was stuck in her throat and she could only let out a series of hoarse sobs.
"Thump, thump, thump--" The footsteps sounded hurried, but she felt as if she was walking on clouds. The ground beneath her feet was getting softer and softer, and every step was like sinking into a swamp and difficult to pull out.
Looking down, the rice fields had turned into muddy puddles, reflecting the broken sky.
Suddenly, grandma stopped and turned around.
Her face was still kind, but with an indescribable tiredness and sadness.
"Qiuqiu," she said in a long and slow voice with a strong Sichuan accent, "Why didn't you bring the money back? I can't wait any longer..."
Before she finished her words, her body began to disintegrate, turning into countless tiny dust particles that were blown away in the air by the wind.
Qiuqiu stretched out her hand to grab something, but she only felt something cold and wet.
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It was early in the morning, before dawn.
In a dark bedroom.
Qiuqiu sat up suddenly, her hands covered with cold tears.
Low sobbing sounds echoed through the room.
She covered her cheeks with her hands, curled up against the head of the bed, and her body trembled slightly.
The sky outside the window gradually brightened.
After wiping away her tears, Qiuqiu threw back the quilt and stood up, but her legs were slightly weak from running in her dream just now.
After checking the time, Qiuqiu changed into a sweatshirt and sweatpants and walked out of the bedroom with an expressionless face.
The senior student hasn't gotten up yet at this time, and the living room is a little dark and a little scary.
Qiuqiu took a deep breath and opened the curtains on the balcony. The morning light immediately poured in, bringing with it a hint of the fresh air unique to early autumn.
She sat quietly on the sofa, watching the sky outside the window getting brighter.
Then he changed into sneakers and took the elevator down to the first floor.
Put on your Bluetooth headphones and play music.
Su Yu's singing began to envelop her, and her mood gradually eased.
Qiuqiu put her hands in the pockets of her sweatshirt, lowered her head, and walked slowly out of the community.
When we came to the street, the surroundings suddenly became lively.
The passing cars, the people doing morning exercises, the aroma of fried dough sticks...
Life went on as usual, but to her, it all seemed to be separated by a transparent barrier, and she could never fit in.
She is actually a very timid person.
Afraid of the dark, insects, thunder and lightning.
And I often have nightmares.
This is also one of the reasons why she mustered up the courage to take the initiative to find her senior Gao Mengting to share the apartment.
Otherwise, given her personality, the best choice is actually to be alone, which can also avoid negative energy affecting others.
She has no goals in life.
After listening to 5 songs, Qiuqiu bought some breakfast on the roadside and returned to the rental house.
Put breakfast on the table.
The door of the master bedroom just opened and Gao Mengting walked out yawning.
"Hello, good morning, QQ." There was some warmth and teasing in her voice.
Ever since Tang Song started calling her QQ, Gao Mengting and some other familiar colleagues began to call her by this nickname.
Cheng Qiuqiu whispered, "Good morning, senior sister. Breakfast is still hot. Let's eat together."
"Thank you, wait a moment." Gao Mengting said and went into the bathroom.
Go to the toilet and wash your hands.
Soon, the two sat down at the dining table facing each other.
While eating the fried dough sticks, Gao Mengting asked, "How much is it? I'll transfer it to you."
Cheng Qiuqiu quickly shook her head and said seriously, "No need. You always drive me around, so just consider it as gas money."
"Um... okay, I won't argue with you anymore."
Knowing Cheng Qiuqiu's character, Gao Mengting didn't say anything else.
After breakfast, wash up and put on makeup.
The two of them went downstairs carrying their bags.
Just as I came downstairs, the lights of the Mercedes-Benz E 300L parked in front of me were flashing and the vehicle was unlocked.
"Get in the car!" Gao Mengting snapped her fingers excitedly and winked at the busty school girl.
Cheng Qiuqiu covered her mouth and chuckled, then opened the car door and got into the passenger seat.
The interior of the car was filled with a faint scent of perfume mixed with the smell of the leather seats.
Gao Mengting started the car skillfully, slowly drove out of the community, and merged into the early morning traffic.
Cheng Qiuqiu looked at her senior sister who was excitedly talking about her driving experience under the sunshine, and the gloom in her heart gradually dissipated.
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"Good morning."
"morning."
After saying hello to his colleagues, Cheng Qiuqiu sat down at his seat.
I packed up my things, turned on the computer and started working.
This time, she was not in a hurry to redesign the brand logo, standard colors, auxiliary graphics, etc.
Instead, I carefully read about the IP "He Yiyi", including the brand values it conveys, development history, important events, brand positioning and target audience, etc.
The words of the art director of Nebula International Group were like a thorn in her heart.
She didn't want to disappoint Tang Song and her senior, and she also wanted to prove her value at work.
He Yiyi’s live broadcast room currently accounts for 67% of Songmei Clothing’s sales, making it the absolute mainstay of the company.
It is broadcast an average of 5 days a week, 4 hours a day, and the number of viewers for a single show is stable at over 70.
The ages are concentrated between 25 and 35 years old, and most of them are working women and freelancers.
The average customer spending is between 200 and 500 yuan.
They have a certain purchasing power, pursue cost-effectiveness while also paying attention to design and quality.
The more Cheng Qiuqiu looked at it, the more she felt the importance of her job.
The visual identification system she created is not just about the logo and fonts, it will also affect subsequent clothing development and live broadcast room layout.
I just switched jobs from Inspiration Design and was offered a salary of over 1 yuan.
Cheng Qiuqiu has an immature student mentality and can't wait to prove himself. He even used C4D to animate the LOGO he made, and his design also focused on showing off his skills.
Now that I think about it carefully, the art director of Nebula International Group was right.
She lacked experience and was indeed too eager for success.
Cheng Qiuqiu bit her lip, feeling a little scared and guilty.
Looked at the time.
09: 20.
At this time on Friday, He Yiyi was broadcasting live, so Cheng Qiuqiu immediately stood up and walked towards the K3 live broadcast room.
She needs to have a deeper understanding of He Yiyi's live broadcast style, communication methods, and temperament in order to better design what she wants.
Come to the door of the live broadcast room and take a deep breath.
Cheng Qiuqiu first knocked on the door gently, then pushed it open and walked in.
Then, He Yiyi's voice was heard, soft and magnetic, with a sense of narrative in her tone, as if she was chatting with an old friend.
"This is a skirt I particularly like recently. It is one of those 'lazy must-have' styles - it doesn't require too many matching skills, and it will look great when you put it on casually."
"You see, this A-line style covers the hips and makes you look thinner. The fabric is a cotton and linen blend with a little stretch, so it's very comfortable to wear."
...
Cheng Qiuqiu simply listened to a few words, then felt that she was too conspicuous here, so she walked towards the corner.
Just as I passed a decoration, two familiar figures appeared before my eyes.
Gao Mengting and Tang Song sat in the dressing area of the live broadcast room, watching He Yiyi's live broadcast while talking in low voices.
The two were very close.
One is handsome and tall, the other is gentle and elegant. They look like a perfect match and are pleasing to the eye.
Cheng Qiuqiu's heart skipped a beat, and she suppressed her complicated emotions.
Gao Mengting showed a gentle smile on her face and waved at her, motioning her to come over.
"Mr. Tang, Mr. Gao." Cheng Qiuqiu stood beside Gao Mengting and whispered, "I came to watch Sister Yiyi's live broadcast to find some inspiration for the design."
Gao Mengting patted her arm and said affectionately, "Come on!"
"QQ, sit here. I just have something to deal with." Tang Song stood up and motioned for her to come over.
Cheng Qiuqiu glanced at Tang Song, nodded slightly, sat down on the office chair that still carried his scent and residual warmth, and pursed her lips.
Tang Song looked calmly at the top of the head of the cool designer.
[In cultivation... 15%...] (not yet germinated)
Wow! I haven’t seen it for one night, and it has jumped to 15%?
What a dark heart this is!
At this rate, Cheng Qiuqiu's [Dream Flower Seed] will sprout in about a week, which also means that the connection between the two will be officially established.
What Tang Song was most curious about was how this connection would be manifested.
Will it be possible to pass the system task like [Whisper of Humanity]?
These special items are rare and valuable.
A little snow increased his charm a lot.
Speaking of which, I have obtained another [Whisper of Humanity] for a long time, but it has never been triggered, which is a bit difficult.
At this moment, Gao Mengting suddenly coughed lightly and said unhappily, "Boss Tang, it's working time now. Isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to stare at female employees like this?"
Tang Song quickly came to his senses and found that Cheng Qiuqiu's face was red and she lowered her head and did not dare to look at him.
Tang Song smiled and looked at his partner, "Then take a closer look at the beautiful CEO Gao."
Since Gao Mengting was also going to appear on a live broadcast today, she deliberately wore a black and white plaid tube top dress, which was simple yet elegant, and full of soft and fashionable aura.
Sitting together with the "cold and indifferent queen" Qiuqiu, it formed a perfect contrast.
It made Tang Song's heart beat faster.
I couldn't help but go up and rub my partner's head, messing up her neat hair.
Gao Mengting stretched out her hand to hit him and made a "I'll teach you a lesson" expression at him.
The two of them quarreled quietly for a few times.
The staff around looked away and pretended to be working seriously.
A hint of envy and loneliness flashed in Cheng Qiuqiu's eyes.
[In cultivation... 16%...] (not yet germinated)
After discovering this strange reaction, a look of surprise flashed in Tang Song's eyes.
But this was a live broadcast room after all, so he did not continue playing with Gao Mengting. He said goodbye and turned away.
I returned to the president's office, turned on the computer, put on headphones, and entered the "Lime Technology Live Room".
On September 2023, 9, Qingning Technology officially released Lime15.
According to Liu Qingning, this is destined to be a press conference that will change the world's AI landscape and will also have a profound impact on society.
Although Qingning Technology is already very famous in a certain circle, it still has a gap with the top companies.
Today’s press conference will make this company’s name truly a sensation on the entire domestic and international Internet.
Tang and Song were full of expectations for this.
This should be the first time he witnessed the rise of his own gaming company.
"Ding Dong——" the WeChat notification sound rang in the earphones.
Two new messages popped up on the computer screen.
【Shen Yuyan: photo.jpg】
[Shen Yuyan: "Hey, let me share a little bit~ I was just selected as a candidate for the 'Yanzhao Youth Entrepreneurship Support Program'! This is the photo I took at Yancheng TV Station yesterday. What do you think? I hope it still looks a bit like the school beauty I was back then, haha."]
Tang Song raised his eyebrows and clicked on the photo to check it out.
This is an artistic photo.
Fashionable and sexy dark gray suspender dress, long black and shiny hair, and exquisite makeup.
It makes her look gentle and elegant, very beautiful.
You can still see the shadow of the exquisite campus beauty in her, but she is more mature and sexy now.
Tang Song guessed the school beauty's little thoughts and raised his lips. He typed a reply: "She looks even prettier than before."
"Buzzing—"
[Shen Yuyan: "(#covering mouth and laughing) Mr. Tang is really good at talking. I feel embarrassed~. By the way, a friendly reminder, the press conference of Qingning Technology is about to begin. I heard that it will be a big event. You can pay attention to it when you have time."]
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Youjie Housekeeping, General Manager’s Office.
Shen Yuyan looked at Tang Song's reply, with complicated eyes flashing.
Before Xu Qing was with him, she didn't have such a heavy psychological burden. She was just hesitant and wavering.
But now Xu Qing has established a relationship with him and has even met his parents.
It would be really shameful for her to hook up with her best friend's boyfriend again.
Even though I knew there were other women around him, the guilt in my heart was still very tormenting.
To her, Xu Qing is like a relative.
She and Xu Qing knew each other since junior high school, watched anime together, studied together, and were admitted to the same high school and university...
They have been almost inseparable for more than ten years.
Even if she has a boyfriend in the future, he will not be more important than Xu Qing.
What she feared most was that in the future, the relationship between her and Xu Qing would be strained because of Tang Song.
After all, she has seen many cases of people falling out because of love.
I said it last night under the influence of alcohol, but it was actually a test.
The shock Tang Song brought to her was so great that she really couldn't control herself.
Recently, every night, as soon as I close my eyes, I see his figure.
Shen Yuyan sighed, rubbed his brows, turned his attention to the monitor in front of him, and waited for the press conference to begin.
She specifically asked Xu Qing to invite Tang Song to North City Garden tonight. In fact, she wanted to take advantage of the Qingning Technology Conference to have a good chat with him.
Now Youjie Housekeeping is about to secure a major client, Xucheng Property, the second round of financing will arrive smoothly, and she is about to enter the "Yanzhao Youth Entrepreneurship Support Program".
All these can prove her excellence.
Shen Yuyan is a proud person, and she hopes to be appreciated by Tang Song.
Instead of competing with your best friend as a loser.
“Ding Dong——” the WeChat notification sounded.
Shen Yuyan picked up her phone and saw that someone in her high school classmates group was @ing her.
Click on the [Class 2, No. Middle School] group chat.
【Cheng Ziwei: "@沈玉言@白梦琳..., you haven't been in the spotlight for a long time, come and watch Yingying's highlight moment, so handsome."】
【Cheng Ziwei: video.video】
Shen Yuyan frowned slightly and clicked on the video to watch. This was an interview video from Guangdong media, and the protagonist was Ji Yingying, the investor relations director of Zhifang Medical.
The video was still playing, but Shen Yuyan's expression became more and more ugly.
Since junior high school, she has always been the most eye-catching one because of her appearance, IQ and EQ.
There were other very outstanding female classmates in high school, but they were all overshadowed by her.
For example, Ji Yingying and Bai Menglin.
Because it is a top student class in a key high school, the students all study very well.
Bai Menglin graduated from a 211 university and was admitted to the Chinese University of Hong Kong for graduate school. She currently works in a financial company in Central.
Shen Yuyan followed the other person's Xiaohongshu account and had a very wonderful life.
Ji Yingying went directly to the United States to study at university. She used to work as a simultaneous interpreter in New York. Later, I heard that she returned to China to work.
However, because Ji Yingying was too busy with work and never showed up in the group, no one knew.
Unexpectedly, she was suddenly interviewed by a TV station, and she also described her work development in the past two to three years in the video.
Because of his simultaneous interpretation work, he was noticed by the chairman of "Zhifang Medical", a domestic medical device company, and became his assistant, specifically responsible for connecting with foreign clients.
At the beginning of this year, Zhifang Medical was listed on the A-share market with a market value of nearly 10 billion yuan.
Because of her outstanding performance, Ji Yingying became the head of the company's investor relations department, a 26-year-old female executive of a listed company with an annual salary of one million.
The gimmick is naturally quite big, and coupled with her good looks, she is obviously defined as a publicity point for Zhifang Medical.
This interview also has an advertising nature.
In the high school classmates group, the discussions were more intense than ever before.
[“I just watched the original video on TikTok, and it has already received over 10 likes. Yingying is amazing. She’s going to be a celebrity!”]
[“Oh my god, I just found out that Yingying is in Zhifang Medical. I’ve bought its stocks. It’s awesome!”]
...
Looking at the flattery of his classmates, Shen Yuyan's breathing gradually became rapid and he felt mixed emotions.
Although her relationship with Ji Yingying, Bai Menglin and others is okay, there is comparison and competition between them.
Now these people gradually came ahead of her.
After turning off the group chat, Shen Yuyan closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
He gritted his teeth and turned his attention back to the live broadcast.
10 o'clock in the morning.
The Qingning Technology press conference officially begins.
The host is an internationally renowned science and technology journalist (bilingual host).
The opening video is very gorgeous, from the Big Bang to the AI revolution, and finally freezes on the logo of Qingning Technology.
After a brief introduction, Ye Hanwen, CEO of Qingning Technology, came on stage.
Shen Yuyan sat up straight, listening attentively, holding a notebook in his hand.
These are the topics that I will discuss with Tang Song in the evening, and I must memorize them.
As the live broadcast continued, the look on her face became more and more shocked.
Lime3.0, a multimodal general artificial intelligence model, covers multiple data types such as text, images, videos, voice, 3D point clouds, and supports cross-modal reasoning and generation.
With a parameter scale of over 1.87 trillion, it is currently the world's largest general-purpose model.
It supports more than 100 languages, and has the world's best Chinese comprehension and generation capabilities, as well as the world's fastest reasoning speed.
Real-time image analysis and generation, supporting super-resolution reconstruction, style transfer, defect detection…
Applied in fields such as autonomous driving and industrial quality inspection, the point cloud segmentation accuracy reaches 99.3%.
It provides top pre-trained models for multiple industries, empowering thousands of industries and allowing enterprises to call them directly.
...
In the consumer space:
Qingning Technology launched the official version of Qingmi AI.
Supports multimodal input, generates personalized answers, and supports mixed interaction of voice, text, and images.
In the corporate sector:
...
Because of his interest and ambition, Shen Yuyan has a deep understanding of the AI industry and naturally knows what these data mean.
Lime3.0 outperforms GPT3 released in March this year in all aspects.
It also brings a richer ecosystem and applications.
More importantly, its training cost is very low and its service fee is much lower than openAI.
This is a landmark press conference, especially for China, it is definitely a major earthquake.
Sure enough, as the press conference progressed.
Messages popped up on Shen Yuyan's phone.
Push notifications from major apps, various investment groups, entrepreneurship groups, social groups...
The news conference is spreading at an alarming rate.
Watching the heated discussions in the group chat, Shen Yuyan, as an entrepreneur, felt a surge of expectations and ambitions in his heart.
The next half day.
She continued to be excited and learned more about Lime 3.0 from various channels.
Looking forward to communicating with Tang Song in the evening.
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6:40pm.
The Bentley Continental was parked in the ground parking lot outside North City Garden.
Tang Song got out of the car and walked along the sidewalk for a while.
Just as he approached the gate pillar, his sight quickly caught a glimpse of a figure peeking out.
Tang Song raised the corner of his mouth slightly, pretended not to see it, and continued walking forward.
When he was close enough, he suddenly jumped forward half a step and shouted in a deliberately low and exaggerated voice: "Ah!"
Xu Qing, who was hiding behind a pillar, was caught off guard. She was so frightened that her whole body trembled. She let out an ear-piercing scream and squatted down with her hands on her head.
"You...you scared me to death!" She raised her head and glared at Tang Song with wide eyes.
Tang Song couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Who told you, an idiot, to hide properly and keep peeking at me?"
"You are the idiot! Idiot Tang Song! Idiot Tang Song!"
Then came the sound of Xu Qing pushing in anger.
The two of them came to Building 4, laughing and joking, and took the elevator directly to the 12th floor.
Open the door.
"Yanyan, I'm back!" Xu Qing shouted loudly inside and handed over the men's slippers prepared for Tang Song.
Change your shoes and walk into the living room.
Tang Song saw the school beauty Shen sitting on the sofa at a glance.
The white base shirt paired with black leggings is simple yet elegant, perfectly outlining her exquisite figure.
Her long, smooth black hair falls on her shoulders, and her eyes reveal a sense of freshness and laziness.
"Good evening, Tang Song." Shen Yuyan stood up, looked at him with curved eyebrows, and said in a gentle and clear voice, "Because Qingqing and I are busy today, I packed the food from the restaurant. I hope you don't mind."
Xu Qing pouted and said, "Yanyan, ignore him, he just scared me!"
Then, Xu Qing complained to her best friend about what had just happened.
Shen Yuyan blinked at Tang Song, suddenly took a half step forward, and gently pinched his face, "Humph, I'll let you bully our Qingqing."
Delicate and warm fingers, with a faint fragrance and a vague ambiguity.
It gently touched Tang Song's heartstrings.
Xu Qing obviously didn't see through the little trick between the two. Instead, she proudly hugged her bestie's arm and said affectionately, "Yanyan is still the best, mua~"
Tang Song raised his eyebrows slightly, stretched out his hands, and pinched his two best friends' faces, one on the left and one on the right.
Two different touches bring completely different experiences, which is very exciting.
Xu Qing pretended to be fierce and said: "This is our territory, be careful or we will beat you up!"
Tang Song smiled and said, "Okay, both of you come up together and see who lies down first."
"Yanyan, come on!"
Shen Yuyan showed an unnatural expression on her face and lifted her long hair. "Hurry up and sit down. The food is getting cold."
The dinner was very sumptuous.
Braised spare ribs, garlic broccoli, steamed sea bass, marinated platter…
After the three of them sat down, the atmosphere gradually became relaxed with Xu Qing's laughter.
Shen Yuyan did not talk directly to Tang Song about the Qingning Technology press conference, but took the initiative to talk about college life.
They chatted about their shared memories and friends.
When the chat is happy, they will open the photo album on their mobile phones and find some photos they have taken before.
Her time in college was probably her most glorious moment.
President of the Student Union of the School of Economics and Management, the campus beauty, participates in various performances and competitions.
In fact, short video platforms became popular later.
She has been deliberately marketing her title of "Yancheng School Beauty" in order to manage her own account.
The results are also very significant.
When she graduated in 2020, her personal account had more than 60 followers.
I chose to work as an HR in a Fortune 500 foreign company in order to accumulate personal connections and find suitable entrepreneurial opportunities.
It was because of this that Zhang Tianqi finally chose to co-found Youjie Housekeeping with her.
She also contributed her own account and used non-monetary property as capital, becoming an important publicity and customer acquisition channel for Youjie Housekeeping.
Otherwise, given her original situation, she would not have the money to own a 49% stake.
Therefore, in terms of entrepreneurship, she did not take too much advantage of Zhang Tianqi. At most, it was just a mutual benefit.
The night outside the window deepens, and the lights inside the house are warm and soft.
Dinner ended at around 8pm.
Xu Qing and Shen Yuyan went into the kitchen together and started to clean up the dishes and prepare the fruit plate.
Tang Song sat on the sofa, watching the variety show on TV with relish.
A light aroma enters your nose, mixed with the fragrance of fruits.
Shen Yuyan placed a plate of exquisite fruit platter in front of him and handed him a toothpick.
"Thank you." Tang Song reached out to take the toothpick and couldn't help but look at her again.
I have to say, this campus beauty is really something.
The cup size looks to be almost D, comparable to Qiuqiu's.
Noticing Tang Song's gaze, Shen Yuyan slightly turned sideways, picked up a grape with his fingers and put it to Tang Song's mouth, "This is super sweet, try it."
Tang Song nodded slightly and opened his mouth.
The grapes roll into your mouth, you bite them gently, and the sweet juice flows between your lips and teeth.
"It's really delicious." Tang Song's tone was calm and gentle.
Shen Yuyan bit her lip, her eyes flickered slightly, and then she showed a bright smile: "Did you watch the Green Lemon Technology Conference today?"
"Well, of course, the whole internet is talking about it now."
Shen Yuyan moved towards Tang Song, leaned forward, and spoke briskly and confidently: "The release of Lime 3.0 is equivalent to bringing multiple opportunities such as technology accessibility, cost reduction, and business model innovation to entrepreneurs. Even the housekeeping industry can be connected to it, which greatly saves costs..."
Because she had prepared her words in advance, her voice was clear, fluent and very contagious.
At this moment.
"Ding-ling-ling——" The cell phone rang suddenly, interrupting her words.
Tang Song took out his phone and took a look at it, a faint smile appeared on his face, "I'll go answer the call."
After saying that, he stood up and walked towards the balcony.
Standing on the balcony, Tang Song pressed the answer button, "Hello? Qing Ning."
A familiar voice came from the receiver, with a hint of fatigue and tenderness: "Xiao Song, what are you doing now?"
"I was having dinner and chatting with a friend. We were just talking about the press conference of Qingning Technology. You have worked hard today."
"I'm finally done with my work here. When I was sorting my things just now, I remembered the ginkgo leaf bookmark you made for me when I went to Yancheng to see you during college. Do you remember?"
"Of course I remember." A look of reminiscence flashed in Tang Song's eyes.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival in 16, around the same time, Bai Yueguang suddenly ran from the imperial capital to Yancheng to visit him.
At that time, I picked up a particularly beautiful ginkgo leaf on a road outside Yancheng University of Science and Technology. Later, I made it into a bookmark and gave it to Liu Qingning.
"I can't find that bookmark. I don't know when I lost it." Liu Qingning's voice sounded aggrieved, as if she was about to cry.
Tang Song quickly comforted him: "It's okay, I'll make another one for you."
"That's what you said!" Liu Qingning's tone instantly became lively, and she urged like a child, "I want you to go to the street near the University of Science and Technology right now, find me the most beautiful ginkgo leaf, and take a picture for me to see!"
"Um…now?"
"Now! I suddenly miss it so much. If I can't see it, I will definitely suffer from insomnia at night." Liu Qingning's tone was firm and willful.
Tang Song sighed, still with a doting smile on his face: "Okay, I'll go over now and send you photos later."
Beicheng Garden is located in Yuhua District, about 3 kilometers away from the University of Science and Technology, which is not far.
"Yeah, thank you, Xiao Song, you've worked hard."
After hanging up the phone, Tang Song turned back to the living room.
Shen Yuyan said with a smile: "Are you done? Let's continue."
Tang Song hummed and said, "I have to go out for something. Let's talk when I come back."
The smile on Shen Yuyan's face froze slightly, but soon returned to normal, but there was a subtle sense of loss in his eyes. "Okay, you go ahead."
Tang Song put on his coat and called to Xu Qing who was busy in the kitchen, "Qingqing, I'll be gone for a while and come back later."
Xu Qing was wearing rubber gloves and waving her hands while washing dishes: "I know, drive carefully on the road."
"Bye." Tang Song said goodbye to Shen Yuyan again, turned around and walked out.
Watching his back disappear at the door, the smile on Shen Yuyan's face gradually faded, replaced by a complicated emotion.
I suddenly had a bad feeling.
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The night is as dark as ink, the cold moon hangs high in the sky, and the stars are twinkling.
The Bentley Continental in Glacier White glows with a faint silver glow under the street lights, like a flowing moonlight, passing through the quiet streets of Yancheng.
The wheels rolled over the road, making a slight rustling sound that blended with the coolness of the night.
About ten minutes later, Yancheng University of Science and Technology gradually came into view.
After turning two corners, Tang Song stopped the car at a street intersection and looked forward.
The familiar streets still retain their original appearance, and the ginkgo trees on both sides sway gently in the breeze.
Some boys and girls who looked like students walked past him holding hands, talking and laughing.
The air is filled with the unique scent of early autumn, mixed with the fragrance of soil and fallen leaves.
Tang Song's thoughts seemed to have returned to the scene of him and Liu Qingning walking here.
After locking the car door, Tang Song walked into the street.
He lowered his eyes and looked carefully at the ginkgo leaves under his feet.
Looking for the right target.
I took a few steps forward.
“Da, da da—”
The sound of brisk footsteps suddenly came from the front.
In the corner of Tang Song's eye, a figure was slowly walking out from behind the tree.
She tilted her head slightly, a faint smile on her lips, and her eyes were fixed on him.
Tang Song's steps suddenly stopped, he looked up at the girl in front of him, and stood there in a daze.
The light shone on her body, reflecting a mottled halo, blurring the surrounding scenery and also blurring his thoughts.
The golden ginkgo leaves fell in the wind and swirled around her.
One piece just landed on her chest.
Seeing Tang Song’s dazed look.
Liu Qingning picked it up casually and threw it towards Tang Song, "Hey, what are you daydreaming about, idiot."
(End of this chapter)