Chapter 229 After Many Years

The days slipped by quietly amidst their busy work, and soon the day of the resumption of the college entrance examination arrived.

The first college entrance examination had a large number of participants, ranging in age from seventeen or eighteen to thirty-four or thirty-five. Because most of the people who had been sent to the countryside before this exam could return to the city through the exam, some could also find connections to return.

Cities across the country have seen a major resurgence.

After the college entrance examination, many small stalls and vendors began to quietly emerge.

He Caiwei bought two plots of land and several old houses connected together near her home. Because many people are returning to the city, even though their area is relatively remote, quite a few people are coming back. She renovated those old houses and turned them into rental properties.

Of course, the land cannot be touched for the time being, but that cannot suppress He Caiwei's expectations for the future.

Before the spring breeze of reform and opening up had even swept across the land, He Caiwei had already stretched out her lazy tail, quietly working towards her future path of lying low and doing nothing.

Lu Qinghua and Lu Qinglang, the brother and sister, were admitted to Kyoto Huaqing University without any problems. Uncle Lu was already of retirement age, but the authorities wouldn't let him go, so he had no choice but to continue working.

Of course, when Lu Qinghua and her brother went to university in Kyoto, their aunt also took the twins back with her, ostensibly to take care of the twins as well as her nephew and niece.

He Caiwei never dreamed that she would run into Qu Qingqing when the first batch of foreign investors were introduced.

After so many years apart, she thought they were from two different worlds and would never meet again.

Judging from Qu Qingqing's appearance, she must be doing quite well. With the domestic investment promotion efforts, a group of patriotic people in Hong Kong immediately returned to China with their funds to start private enterprises. This was already the year 1980.

Qu Qingqing's appearance was so distinctive that it would be difficult for him not to recognize her. However, he was now wearing makeup, had big wavy hair, and dressed as a professional woman, looking mature and capable.

The first private enterprise project in Pengcheng was not secured by Qu Qingqing, but by Lu Qingzhu, who heard rumors that she could return to China.

He bought two large plots of land because of the need for factory and office buildings, and the money he spent was not much thanks to government subsidies.

When He Caiwei saw her second brother, she didn't care about her image at all and rushed over to give him a bear hug.

"Second brother, when did you get back? Why didn't you tell me?" Because they had been too busy to go to Hong Kong for the past two years, the siblings hadn't seen each other for almost three years.

"I was just thinking of giving you and your older brother a surprise, wasn't I? How was it? Weren't you surprised?" Lu Qingzhu looked at her younger sister, who was still young and beautiful, and really wanted to sigh at how kind time had been to this girl. She was already thirty-five or thirty-six years old, but she still looked like a young girl.

"Yes, yes, so what do you think? Do you want to move all the businesses back this time, or..." He Caiwei said to him as she led him into the office, where his brother was still waiting.

"No, I plan to keep real estate in Hong Kong. Didn't you tell me to buy more land before? I bought a lot. There's a plot where I'm building a small villa, and another plot where I plan to build some apartment buildings. But I'm not very satisfied with the designs. Do you want to take a look for me? Apart from the real estate, I plan to move everything else back to China so I won't have to keep traveling. And I plan to settle down in Shenzhen."

“Xizi and the others want to go back to the capital. Dad is already helping them get houses and land. They also plan to invest back in China. I won’t get involved there. But Xizi said he’d give me some shares later…” Lu Qingzhu really didn’t come back alone this time. He came back with his brothers, but the other two planned to stay in Beijing. He wanted to go with his older brother, so he came here by himself. You know, his brother is now the mayor of Pengcheng.

It seems his uncle and aunt really like this place, and he's even thinking of moving here when his parents retire.

Shenzhen has a very short cold winter each year, making it a suitable place for retirement.

Meeting Qu Qingqing was truly an unexpected accident. He Caiwei was taking her little girl to school when she saw Qu Qingqing with another man and woman near the school, inquiring about shops for rent or sale.

There were some private enterprises, but soon many of those shops were also state-owned. It was strange that she didn't go to the neighborhood office to inquire, but instead went to each of these shops one by one to inquire.

However, He Caiwei didn't pay her any attention. After all, she didn't know if the female lead's halo was still there. She didn't want to be hurt by the female lead's halo by accident.

"Qu Weiwei..." He Caiwei was a little surprised to be called by her name before she was 5 years old. However, she hadn't had a basic reaction for so many years, so she didn't turn around to see who was calling her. She knew without a doubt that the only people who knew her old name were the original members of the Qu family.

So many years have passed, and her appearance has changed a lot. Although she still looks more like my mother, and I do resemble Old Man Qu in some ways, she no longer acknowledges that she is a member of the Qu family, so she ignored who was calling her and just left.

Qu Qingqing was not giving up. She knew that the person in front of her must be Qu Weiwei. For some reason, her intuition was always very accurate. In Hong Kong, she relied on this intuition to make a name for herself. So even if the woman in front of her did not admit it, she would still follow her closely.

He Caiwei is still working at the textile factory, but she has now taken over her brother's job and become the factory manager. Of course, she didn't just take over her brother's job; after all, she has done an excellent job at the textile factory over the years, which has been agreed upon by the major managers in the factory.

The textile factory is doing quite well now and there's no sign of decline. I wonder if it will be put up for sale eventually. If it is, then she'll take it over.

Qu Qingqing had inquired around these past few days and found that He Caiwen and Qu Weiwei's current residence only had one address, and it had already been renamed. However, when she saw He Youyou, she confirmed her guess: the Third Aunt was indeed here.

For the next few days, Qu Qingqing stayed outside the textile factory, watching Qu Weiwei live a carefree life, her heart filled with resentment.

This emotion reached its peak when a car arrived at the textile factory gate to pick up Qu Weiwei.

After making some inquiries, I discovered that Qu Weiwei's current name is He Caiwei, and the man she married is actually the mayor of Pengcheng.

This made her even more resentful. Why was it that she, also a daughter of the Qu family, was doing so well after leaving, while she was abandoned by everyone, forced to flee to a foreign land, and almost died there?

She was able to come back now thanks to her own efforts, but looking at her delicate and youthful face, and then at herself, who was only in her forties but looked like she was in her fifties or sixties with a face full of wrinkles, the madness and jealousy in her eyes were about to burn her to ashes.