Today should be the first day Qin Sheng had arrived in Tsingtao officially. Apparently, Tsingtao extended a warm welcome to his arrival. The weather today was extremely fine and comfortably warm. The sun was shining brightly. There wasn't any sea breeze at all. Standing in front of the French windows, one could see many strolling visitors and passers-by at the seaside. Happy and carefree, the smiles on their faces were bright.
Song Zhiqiu slept in for a while. It was not until Qin Sheng went to make breakfast that she got up, took a shower, and changed into another suit of pajamas. After that, she lay in a sling chair in front of the French windows drowsily and enjoyed the comfort as the sunlight shone on her face. A while later, she picked up her mobile and made several calls. That was because she had made appointments with two of her friends originally, who were both descendants of the Song family's cooperation partners in Tsingtao and quite close to her. Qin Sheng's
In the sitting room of the mansion were all the leading people who had initiated the plan targeting Qin Sheng. Hu Lan, Li Qingfeng, and Luo Changgong were here, each representing a big power. Gu Xiaobo, the betrayer, was also here. "You already know what happened and the result. Let's talk about it. How should we tell others about this? What was wrong with our plan?" Hu Lan, who had directed the plan, started the talk. He had reported the situation to the Second Master of the Yan family, and as he expected, he was scolded, but not very seriously considering that Qin Sheng was a nobody to Second Master Yan. Feng He was quite direct and said, "I think someone might have told Qin Sheng about our plan before, or he wouldn't have escaped so easily." "Then, who?" Li Qingfeng said, showing interest in Feng He's view, as he took a glance at Luo Changgong, who was most probably the one who had leaked the message. Besides, he was willing to see Luo Ch
In China, the provincial capital is usually the economic and political center of the province. But there are exceptions that in some provinces, other major cities might take the place of its provincial capital. For example, in Shandong Province, Tsingtao city developed much better than Jinan, the provincial capital. It was a similar case with Xiamen in Fujian Province, and Dalian in Liaoning Province. These major cities were far more advanced in their development of economy, culture, and other aspects, thereby stealing the show. It was particularly true for Jinan. In the recent two years, not only Tsingtao, but Yantai, another major city in Shandong Province, developed much further in the economy. The first reason why Tsingtao could take the leading role of economic advancement in Shandong Province was its location. Tsingtao was blessed to be a harbor city, fully prepared for economic growth. And the second was its history. During the previous hundred years of history,
Song Jianing was three years older than Song Zhiqiu. They had been getting along well with each other since childhood. Song Jianing always cared for Song Zhiqiu, especially when they were studying abroad. They went to Britain to study from senior high to university. Song Zhiqiu got her bachelor's degree at the University of Cambridge and then went back to China because she didn't like living abroad and her mother had a condition in those days. Song Jianing got his bachelor's degree at the Imperial College and then got an MBA at London Business School. When they studied abroad, they had to look after each other. That was why their relationship was special. As for what had happened two years ago, most members of the Song family were against Song Zhiqiu marrying Qin Sheng. Song Jianing, however, firmly supported her; though he preferred that his cousin would choose someone good enough for her in order to win her a better position in the Song family. Besides,
Since Song Jianing knew that Qin Sheng had come to Tsingtao, he would not let Qin Sheng leave so easily. As for what had happened previously, Qin Sheng had to explain it to him; otherwise, he would not suck it up. From now on, this issue was no longer under Song Zhiqiu's charge. Instead, Song Jianing would take care of it. The Song family hated Qin Sheng to the core. Consequently, after the Song family received Song Jianing's call, they sent many people over soon after. It did not occur to Song Zhiqiu that the situation would get out of her control. She did not know what she should do. However, she simply could not let her cousin take Qin Sheng away. If so, the seniors in her family definitely would not spare Qin Sheng. Consequently, Song Zhiqiu begged as she said, "Brother, don't do this. Kindly let him go. I already let go of the issues that happened before." As Song Jianing knew that Song Zhiqiu had been with Qin Sheng over
In No. 8 on Laiyang Road, putting aside how amazing the security guarding in this kind of luxurious mansion and villa quarter was, the surveillance cameras, which were seen everywhere, were enough to make people flinch. Besides, at this moment, there were many bodyguards of the Song family in Song Jianing's villa. Consequently, it was not easy for Zhuang Zhou and Nan Gong to enter the villa easily. Though they had exerted great effort to sneak into the quarter, they had no choice but to fight for an opportunity outside Song Jianing's villa. At this moment, they received a call from Gongsun. After Zhuang Zhou finished talking with Gongsun over the phone, he frowned as he said to Nan Gong, who was by his side, "Gongsun and Qin Ran are on their way to Tsingtao." The look in his eyes was thoughtful. He had figured out the reason why Gongsun and Qin Ran would be here soon, which was that Qin Changan finally had made up his mind to reconcile with Qin Sheng and
It was Song Jianing's father who had called him. After the Old Master passed away, the whole Song family was under the charge of Song Jianing's father. His Second Uncle was in Jinan and his Third Uncle was in Tianjin, both on business. All the in-laws of his two aunts came from wealthy families. Consequently, his two uncles were both government officials. Besides, the Song family in Beijing was influential and the Song family in Shandong had powerful connections in Northeastern China. Besides, originally, they were old and well-known families. Consequently, Song Jianing dared not disobey his father's order at all. Otherwise, he would be punished in the future, which had happened previously. As a result, he had no choice but to lock Qin Sheng up and waited for his father and his Second Uncle tomorrow, who would hold a discussion first before making up their minds. Two bodyguards supported Qin Sheng and took him into a guest room. Originally, Song Zhiqiu ha
In winter, the fog was rarely seen in the coastal cities, which was unlike those inland cities, especially those with a poor geographical environment. As a result, whenever winter came, it would be the busiest time of the year for the southern coastal cities, especially many cities like Hainan. Somebody even jokingly called Sanya a special administrative region of the three provinces in Northeastern China. However, though the rich could go to the south to pass the winter days, the ordinary had no choice but to put up with the fog. Besides, the gap between the rich and the poor became wider and wider, making the contradictory conditions more and more obvious. As a coastal city in the north, the winter in Tsingtao was somewhat cold. However, at least it was not foggy at all, which could be counted as a blessing. If the weather were much better, it would be much more comfortable, which was true for the weather over the past few days. Today was
There are always some things in life that are very strange. They would definitely not go the way you planned. Instead, if you do not want things to go a certain way, that would be exactly what happens. Usually, this is how miracles happen. Many people seek the root of this problem, yet in the end, they could not pinpoint if it is a psychological or scientific problem. At this moment, this was exactly the case for the Song family. Standing in the villa's living room, Qin Ran fell into a deep silence after saying those words. Other than the family members who already knew this fact, the rest were so shocked that they took a long time to process it. The impossible became a fact. This was something that they could not believe at all. Qin Sheng, the young man whom they had done a thorough background check on in the beginning, was actually Qin Changan's son? How could that be? Who was Qin Changan? He was the unseen big shot in Sijiu