On this day, an official from the palace came to Su Xuezhi's temporary residence in the local area and conveyed her an invitation from the king.

"Madam, the king and our people all have great gratitude to you. After hearing the news of the ship schedule, the king sent me to invite you to the palace sincerely. You will be our most honorable guest, and you can wait for the ship there. I believe you will be able to spend a pleasant time."

Su Xuezhi thanked him, but politely declined the invitation. After seeing him off, although he knew that there was little hope, he still asked Ding Chunshan with the last bit of luck: "Have you been asked all of them? The fastest ship will be half a month later?"

Ding Chunshan knew that she was about to return home, but her luck was really bad. Just last week, a ship passed by and missed that one. The next one was the fastest and it would take half a month to arrive in Hong Kong.

He nodded: "Yes, madam."

These days, Eurasian ocean voyages traveling between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean are limited, and there are often only a few per month. Su Xuezhi is certainly aware of this.

"You don't have to hurry," Ding Chunshan comforted her, "It's just half a month, and it'll pass soon. I see the scenery here is pretty good, so you can just relax and visit and then go back."

Although he is actually thinking about returning home, he has been out for more than half a year, and he goes back half a month earlier or half a month later, and the difference is not big.

Su Xuezhi's eyebrows were slightly locked.

If she could only set out in half a month, she would definitely not be able to catch up. She pondered for a while and asked again: "Where is the freighter? When is the nearest freighter? How long will it take to arrive?"

"Freighter?" Ding Chunshan was stunned.

Compared with cruise ships that mainly carry passengers, generally speaking, not only have a longer ship schedule, but also have poorer conditions on the ship.

"Yes, freighter! Please ask me for information."

Ding Chunshan nodded: "No problem, I'll ask now."

He left in a hurry. After returning that day, he told Su Xuezhi that there was a Diamond cargo ship owned by a local shipping department and planned to set sail for China in a week.

"Although they were very honored to know that you wanted to take the trip back to China by a week, I looked at the flight and, in addition to the large port, I also had to stop at several small ports to relay goods. So the entire flight was calculated, which was almost the same as the cruise ship half a month later."

The last little hope is gone.

Su Xuezhi had no choice but to give up: "Forget it, let's wait for the boat in half a month, thank you for your hard work."

Ding Chunshan said it was a matter of duty. Su Xuezhi suppressed the disappointment in his heart, looked at him, and smiled apologetically, "You want to go back soon, right? Because of my business, you told you to come out after a few months of marriage. The wife is afraid she will complain."

Ding Chunshan's face was dark and hot, and he waved his hand and said it was okay, she had no complaints.

He got married last year, and his wife was the daughter of a gentry family in his hometown. It should have been a long time ago that the two families had been married, but he seemed to have no intention of the marriage. In the past few years, there was nothing wrong here, and he didn't reply very much. It seemed that he wanted to terminate the contract, but somehow, it didn't work out. It was delayed until last year. He was called back by his family for the incident, and then news came that he got married.

Su Xuezhi and He Hanzhu did not attend the wedding in person, but later gave him a gift. Later, I heard that although the bride was an old-fashioned girl, her family style was well-mannered and beautiful, and she was well-known in the local area. After he got married, he stayed in his hometown for several months. It can be seen that no matter what before, he should have been very satisfied with the lady after the marriage and got along very well. It was not until the New Year that he hurried back because he was going abroad.

In fact, Su Xuezhi didn't plan to let him accompany him at that time. He insisted on himself and came back on his own initiative, saying that others were reluctant to accompany him.

Unlike his old couple like He Hanzhu, the newlyweds made people separate. After leaving for so long, Su Xuezhi was a person who was accused of being accused of this, so he just mentioned it. Seeing that he responded so much, he naturally didn't say anything else. He continued to smile in his voice: "That's good. When I go back, I really have a big fuss. You will want to stay as long as you go back. Or maybe you can just bring your wife here, just so I'll know you too."

Ding Chunshan responded vaguely, and the assistant knocked on the door and said that the manager of the Diamond Freighter was visiting. Su Xuezhi invited someone into the apartment.

There are many overseas Chinese in the area. It is said that the family tree of many people can be traced back to the late Ming Dynasty. This manager is also one of them. He can speak pure Chinese. After seeing Su Xuezhi, he respectfully said that he had just heard the people below say that she wanted to take the Diamond cargo ship to return to China. It was a coincidence that the ship was fully loaded yesterday and there was no need to wait until next week. If it was fast, it would be able to leave the port tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Moreover, due to customer changes, some small ports that were originally going to pass on the way did not stop and could arrive within half a month. So I came to inform her of the latest updates and asked her if she was willing to take it.

"If you wish, I will command the captain, and we will do our best to provide you with a comfortable journey on the sea for Madam."

This is simply another village of light and light!

If she set out tomorrow and arrives at Hong Kong in half a month, she will hurry up on the remaining road. If everything goes well, she may still be on her birthday.

Su Xuezhi didn't expect that his luck would be so good. He was extremely surprised. He looked at Ding Chunshan and nodded immediately: "It's so great, I'm very willing. I also thank the Shipping Department very much for accepting me as a passenger. I will pay the persuasion fee that our group should bear. As long as we can provide us with an appropriate rest place on the road, I will bother you again if the rest is not good."

The manager said with a smile that the owner of the Diamond is also a Chinese man, with his surname Dong.

"Although Dong has lived overseas for hundreds of years, the family members have passed down Chinese culture from generation to generation and are devoted to China. Mr. Dong has been paying attention to the domestic situation before and has long heard of General He and his wife's name. He admires him very much. This time, he learned that his wife has returned with honor and wanted to invite her to the manor as a guest, but she is afraid of disturbing her wife before, so she dare not take the risk. Just so happened that when he heard about this, he could do his best for General He and her wife. He was lucky, so he asked her not to see her."

Although Su Xuezhi didn't stay here for a long time, he also knew that Mr. Dong was a famous and wealthy businessman in the local area. He owned one of the best rubber gardens. He was once awarded the title by the king and was very patriotic. A few years ago, he donated a huge sum of money to support military expenses.

Since the other party said this, Su Xuezhi was no longer polite and only thanked him again, asking the manager to convey his gratitude to the shipowner Mr. Dong on his behalf.

Sure enough, the next day, the Diamond set sail early. Su Xuezhi and his group boarded the ship at the port at 9 a.m. Everything went well. The freighter then left the port and sailed east along the Nanyang route.

Fu Mingcheng stood in a corner on the port shore, watching the ship shadow gradually leave the port and leave, suddenly a voice came from behind: "She is the famous Ms. Su, Mrs. He, a medical professor who just returned from Europe. You also specially asked my father to discuss it. You would rather pay your own money than hope that the Diamond number can send the person back to China early?"

Fu Mingcheng turned his head. Behind him was a girl with Chinese facial features and local women's outfits. She wore a long ankle-long skirt with shoulders. The sea breeze blew, and the skirt was swaying, graceful and bright, and very beautiful.

He is the lady of the Dong family and the only heir to Mr. Dong.

Fu Mingcheng and the Dong family are old acquaintances and have business dealings. Miss Dong has been helping her father run a business in recent years, so the two of them are naturally familiar with each other. He didn't answer, but just nodded slightly to Miss Dong, counting as a greeting, and then turned around and took a step to leave.

Miss Dong's eyes were withdrawn from the shadow of the boat, and fell on Fu Mingcheng's back, and said slowly: "Ms. Su, is it your sweetheart? If I guess, I advise you to turn back as soon as possible. Although you are rich and powerful, her husband is not an ordinary person. This corner of the wall is probably not easy to dig."

Fu Mingcheng stopped and slowly turned his head.

He frowned and said in surprise and displeasure: "Miss Dong, I always thought you were your father's best agent, and my previous cooperation was also very pleasant. I didn't expect you to say such words. I hope you pay attention to the standards of speech. The He couple is not someone you can be despised. I don't think that with our relationship, you can say such speculative and rude words in front of me."

Miss Dong paused, her ears were slightly red, and her face showed shame. She should have regretted her mistake just now. She was also a cheerful person and quickly admitted her mistake: "It's my fault, I shouldn't say that. I apologize for my mistake, for my offense to the He couple and my offense to you. Please forgive me." Her attitude was very sincere.

Fu Mingcheng's face calmed down a little: "Mrs. He once had great kindness to me. She is now in a hurry to return to China. I will do my best to urge the ship to leave early, that's all."

Miss Dong expressed her understanding and then smiled and said, "I heard that my father would not accept your subsidy and set off before the ship was full. In Shangyan, this trip to Diamond will cost money. So you owe us a favor, right?"

Her tone was a bit playful, as if she was joking, and seemed to be serious.

Fu Mingcheng took off his glasses, wiped his lenses, and said lightly: "Lingzun knew that it was Mrs. He who was in a hurry to take the ride, so he didn't have to say anything. He asked himself to send her off as soon as possible to express his respect for the He couple. I just conveyed the news. What do you owe a favor?"

"It turns out that he is a smart person, he can calculate it so clearly." Miss Dong nodded and smiled.

"This time, what about it before? A few years ago, I made great efforts to help you buy a large amount of corn slurry you want in Southeast Asia and buy almost all the ingredients. If it weren't for me at that time, you wouldn't have been so fast. Then you said you owed me a favor, you wouldn't have refused to admit it, right?"

Fu Mingcheng continued to wipe the lenses and said, "Ms. Dong, what do you want to talk about when you come to me today?"

Ms. Dong smiled and said, "Talk about cooperation."

"Didn't the Fu family and the Dong family have been in business in the past two years?"

"No! The cooperation I want is not a simple business deal, you understand!"

Miss Dong looked directly at Fu Mingcheng's two gazes raised.

"You know the difficulties our Dong family is facing now. My father is old and his health is very worried - thank you for seeing him before," said Ms. Dong.

"His opponent took the opportunity to want our lives. He proposed to me that the two families would marry each other, but in fact he wanted to embezzle my Dong family's property. I refused to get married, so they suppressed it from multiple parties. Our business was in trouble, and the rubber plantation was forced to sell part of it, and the only one of the Diamonds was left. I am unwilling to give up. I need a strong new partner, you are the best one. I hope you can invest in Dong's, and I can accept any form of investment-"

"Wait a minute!" Fu Mingcheng interrupted Miss Dong's words.

"You took the initiative to help me, just to use this to attract favor?" Fu Mingcheng was a little surprised.

"Yes!" Miss Dong nodded without any intention of denying it, "You have not told me so far what you are going to buy so much corn syrup for. For me, it is a business that is simply unprofitable or even lose money. You and I are both businessmen. Businessmen are born to pursue profits, and I will do my best to help you lose money. If I say I was doing charity at that time, you wouldn't believe it, right? What I want is to pay back in the future."

"Miss Dong, it seems that I really despise you."

Fu Mingcheng looked at her.

"But don't forget, as you said, businessmen are born to pursue profits. Why do I risk the failure of investment and even bring myself into the quagmire to cooperate with Dong like this? People don't have to be paid back with favors, and the money is also OK. I used to owe you a penny, every cent, and even the capital and profit, I can pay you back."

"Mr. Fu, listen to my explanation!" Miss Dong's tone was urgent.

"Indeed, I urgently need someone to invest in order to help me cope with the crisis, but to be honest, no one is completely uninterested. In fact, in the past two years, I have received more than once of intentions about being willing to invest, but I don't trust those people. I am optimistic about you and I believe in my vision. If we can further cooperate, it will not only be beneficial to Dong's family, but also profitable to you. As long as you nod, I can take you to see Dong's rubber plantation and coffee garden, which are our core and best assets. Until the end, I will never take action..."

"Ms. Dong, your description is very attractive, but sorry, I have no interest."

"Goodbye-" He put on his glasses that he had finally wiped and walked away.

"Mr. Fu!"

Miss Dong called him again.

"Sorry, I know this kind of entanglement is despicable. But even if it causes your annoyance, I still sincerely hope that you can consider my proposal. It is really a profitable business, otherwise those people would not want to snatch it."

She took a deep breath, forced the slight warmth from her eyes, and finally said in a calm voice as calm as possible: "I admit that I don't have a deep affection for the land and the manor, but my father is different. That's his lifelong hard work. So, I can't sit still and ignore it. I sincerely invite Mr. Fu, you will go for an investigation first. If you still have no interest after seeing it, I promise that I will never try to lobby again."

After she finished speaking, she looked at the back in front of her, held her breath, pinched her fingers in her palms, and waited nervously.

It seemed like a long time had passed. Finally, Miss Dong saw him slowly turning around again, her eyes fell on her face, and she stopped.

"I'll think about it."

After Fu Mingcheng finished speaking, he turned around and went.

This time, I really went there.

Miss Dong looked at his departure back and slowly, a smile of joy and expectation appeared on her pretty face.

She believed that with this person's vision and skills, as long as he was willing to follow him, he would understand that this was really something that would benefit both parties.

Day after day, year after year, everyone's life is moving forward according to the original trajectory. It is silent. Time and sea, there are regrets, new hopes, separations, and reunions in life.

He Hanzhu took He Mingen on a gunboat and went down the river. On this day, he learned that Helanxue and Ye Xianqi would arrive here soon, so he and his son got ashore first and waited to pick them up.

From the beginning of his memory, He Mingen knew that he had an aunt. She was her father's sister. In her early years, she was influenced and inspired by his mother, and she also determined to study medicine and be a person like his mother. From birth to now, he has never seen his aunt, but when he closes his eyes, he can clearly emerge in his mind. Because his aunt regularly communicates with his mother, He Mingen had already exchanged photos with her aunt. She has big eyes, red lips, and a snow-like face. In He Mingen's eyes, besides her mother, her aunt is the most beautiful lady in the world.

My mother once told He Mingen that my aunt is chasing her dreams, and she has the joy of success and the worries of setbacks. In the letter, my aunt always tells her mother her happiness and worries. Sometimes my mother will share it with He Mingen and read the letter of her aunt to him. In this way, He Mingen knew what her aunt was doing on the other side of the ocean, why she was happy, and why she was worried. My aunt liked Mingen, and she had written a passage to him more than once at the end of the letter, asking her mother to read it to him. My aunt said that she missed them very much, and Xiao Mingen. He Mingen also liked my aunt and looked forward to her return.

Now, this day has finally arrived.

He Mingen waited with his father. His father was with him at first, and soon, local people came to visit him after hearing the news of his father's arrival. His father went out and went out to talk briefly with others. He was sitting obediently at first, but after waiting for a while, he couldn't help but run to the window, lying on his head and looking out, and then he saw that there was no movement, and then he came back and forth several times. Suddenly, he heard the sound of people and footsteps coming from outside. Then, a nice girl voice full of excitement flew into He Mingen's ears.

"Where is Xiao En? He is really there too? I dreamed of him last night. I dreamed of me holding him. He called me aunt! When I was happy, I woke up!"

He Mingen raised his head and saw a young woman appearing in sight. She was wearing red clothes, her whole body as bright and dazzling as a ball of flames. She talked and laughed with the company and surrounded by people around her, hurriedly walked through the courtyard and walked quickly towards this side.

It's an aunt, a real aunt who is more beautiful than the lady in the photo!

He Mingen was so excited that his heart thumped and accelerated. He quickly broke free from the girl who was taking care of him, and rushed to the door like a gust of wind.

"Xiao Hun! It's really you! I am an aunt! I recognize you! You are a little taller than the photo and are more adorable than the photo!"
To be continued...