Life 1984

That night, Li Yunhai carried his luggage and came to Villa No. 3.

This was once Shen Xiulan's residence, and her scent is everywhere.

Shen Xiulan took her children to Hong Kong, and she did not take anything with her from the villa. After arriving in Hong Kong, she wanted to buy new things and start a brand new life.

Li Yunhai walked into the bedroom and turned on the light in the room. Suddenly, he saw a woman lying on the bed. Her black hair was spread out on the pillow. Her profile and eyes looked very much like Shen Xiulan!
"Xiu Lan!" Li Yunhai called out affectionately, walked over quickly and hugged the person on the bed.

His action woke the woman up.

"Brother-in-law!" Shen Xiuling rubbed her eyes and looked at Li Yunhai in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Although Li Yunhai held her tightly, Shen Xiuling was not frightened or struggled, but her face was full of shyness.

"Xiu Ling!" Li Yunhai quickly let go of Shen Xiu Ling and said, "I'm sorry, I was dazzled and thought it was your sister! Why are you sleeping here?"

"I like this big room!" Shen Xiuling stretched, pulled up her loose pajamas, and then covered her mouth and asked, "Brother-in-law, why are you here?"

Li Yunhai smiled awkwardly.

Shen Xiuling said, "I see. You missed my sister, right? Then you sleep here. I'll go back to my room."

Li Yunhai said: "It's okay, you go to sleep, I'll sleep next door."

Shen Xiuling held his hand and said, "I told you to sleep, so go to sleep!"

She got out of bed and said with a giggle, "It's so cold!"

Then she walked out quickly.

Li Yunhai sat down at the desk in the room, looked at the books on it, and then took them to read.

These are all the books Shen Xiulan has read.

Shen Xiulan has the habit of writing her thoughts next to books.

Li Yunhai looked at her beautiful handwriting, his heart filled with longing for her.

He opened the drawer and saw some notebooks that Shen Xiulan had not taken away.

Li Yunhai took it out and looked at it curiously.

These notebooks are from many years ago. The earliest one was written by Shen Xiulan when she was in school.

Li Yunhai flipped through the pages one by one.

He saw Shen Xiulan recording every little thing that happened in the school.

It also includes the story of how he and Shen Xiulan met.

"Wow, I was so unlucky today. I was bullied by two athletes from other schools and cried! Fortunately, a boy bravely stood up to help me. He is sunny and handsome, which makes my heart beat fast. By the way, his name is Li Yunhai, what a romantic name! Being with a boy like this must make you feel especially safe, right?"

Li Yunhai smiled and thought to himself, great, you fell in love with me the first day we met!
He continued to flip through the pages.

Until they graduated, Shen Xiulan mentioned Li Yunhai in her diary almost every day.

Sometimes it is a long text description.

Sometimes it was just one or two sentences, like this: "I haven't received a reply from Yunhai today. It's been two weeks. He's in the countryside. Could it be that his pen ran out of ink? Or that he didn't have money to buy stamps?"

Li Yunhai suddenly remembered that he had received several letters from Shen Xiulan during the summer vacation of that year, and each letter came with a brand new stamp.

At that time, he was still puzzled and thought that Shen Xiulan had accidentally brought it in.

Now that he had read these diaries, he suddenly understood.

It turned out that Shen Xiulan was afraid that he didn't have money to buy stamps and couldn't reply, so she prepared stamps for him.

What a deep longing and expectation this must be!

Li Yunhai felt a pain in the corners of his eyes and couldn't stop tears from falling.

He took out his cell phone and called Shen Xiulan without hesitation.

The call was answered quickly.

"Xiu Lan! It's me!"

Shen Xiulan said on the other end of the phone: "I know it's you. What's the matter?"

"I am divorced."

"Really divorced? Will she agree?"

"She couldn't accept my dirty thoughts and body, so she had to leave."

"Oh! Why bother? You are in your forties, and you can't see past this?"

"Xiu Lan, also, I'm planning to sell the company."

"Ah? Selling Sihai Group? Or one of its subsidiaries?"

"Si Hai Group includes all electronic businesses. The real estate is managed by another company, so it is not included in this transaction. What they want to acquire is not my real estate, but the core business, mainly the chip and lithography machine industries."

“Who’s buying it?”

"nation."

"How much did it cost?"

"One hundred billion."

"RMB?"

"Or do you think it's US dollars?"

"It's a pity. If this company develops well, it may be worth trillions in the future. Look at Intel and Microsoft, how high are their market capitalizations?"

"It doesn't matter! One hundred billion or one trillion, it's just a number. It's enough to spend anyway."

"Then what are your plans for the future?"

"Come back? Help me make a comeback? Create a new business!"

"Me?" Shen Xiulan was silent.

Li Yunhai said: "You have always been a good helper in my career. Now that I am divorced, what else do you have to worry about?"

"I bought a villa here and found a school for my children. All these things were thanks to Sister Guo's help. I finally mustered up the courage to come out and was about to start a new life. Why do you want me to go back?"

"Alas! Xiulan, things between us shouldn't have come to this."

"Yunhai, everything has its destiny. The fate between us has come to an end!"

"Even if our fate is over, we can still continue our relationship. Do you dare to say that you don't miss me? Don't you love me anymore?"

"I miss you and I love you! But I still have to leave you! Let me calm down for a while! I'm sorry."

Li Yunhai was stunned.

At night, he lay on the bed where Shen Xiulan had slept, feeling the subtle fragrance and sleeping particularly soundly.

The next day, Li Yunhai and Lin Zhi returned to the countryside with their three children.

The Li family and the Lin family had no idea that they were getting divorced.

Lin Zhi and Li Yunhai also tacitly agreed not to mention this matter and decided to keep it secret.

After they returned to Shiban Village, Li Yunhai lived in his own home, while Linzhi moved into Guixiangyuan with her children.

After retiring, Lin Zhenbang and Tang Yuxia lived in the countryside. They liked the mountains and scenery here and lived an idyllic slow life.

Lin Zhenbang and his wife were very happy to see their daughter and three nephews come back.

Tang Yuxia hugged Li Yanzheng and teased him to call her grandma.

Li Yanzheng shouted loudly with a shrill voice: "Grandma!"

Tang Yuxia smiled happily and kissed him continuously.

Lin Zhenbang asked, "Xiaozhi, where is Yunhai?"

"He's at home." Lin Zhi carried her luggage upstairs. Tang Yuxia said, "Ask Yunhai to come over for dinner tonight. We grow our own vegetables and raise our own chickens and ducks! They're delicious!"

Lin Zhi said, "He will come! He has something very important to discuss with you."

As they were talking, Li Yunhai had already arrived.

This time when they came back, he and Lin Zhi each took a car, driven by Ding Qiang and Zhuang Yong respectively.

Lin Zhenbang and his wife greeted Li Yunhai with a smile and asked, "Why did you come back in two cars?"

Li Yunhai said: "There are so many children, it's a bit crowded to fit in one car."

He sat down on the sofa with Lin Zhenbang, handed him a cigarette, and said, "Dad, I have something to discuss with you."

Lin Zhenbang lit up a cigarette and asked, "Do you want to sell the company to the state?"

Li Yunhai was stunned for a moment, then he felt relieved.

Although Lin Zhenbang has retired, he has many students and old friends all over Beijing. Of course, he would be the first to know about such a big event as the state's acquisition of Sihai Group.

This matter is top secret to outsiders, but to people in the circle, it is not a big secret.

Li Yunhai smiled and said, "Dad, you already know. It's this matter."

Tang Yuxia brought the tea over and placed it in front of Li Yunhai, saying, "Zhenbang told me about this, and we discussed it for a while. We both felt that you would not sell it, so we did not ask. What's the matter? Do you still want to sell it? If it's because of external pressure, then you don't have to care. If you don't want to sell it, no one can force you to buy it!"

Li Yunhai said: "I have agreed to sell it! One hundred billion RMB."

Tang Yuxia exclaimed, "You really sold it? You're still so young, less than 30 years old, and you're planning to retire?"

Li Yunhai laughed and said, "Let's talk about whether to retire or not later! I want to rest for a while first. Dad, do you think I made the right decision?"

Lin Zhenbang pondered and said, "The size of Sihai Group is already so large that it is feared. There is no large conglomerate abroad that is not controlled by the government! Even capitalism is like this, so you know."

Li Yunhai said seriously, "Yes, I have long thought that this day would come. Rather than letting state-owned capital invest, I might as well sell it directly. Because once state-owned capital invests, it will have several major impacts. First, the management rights will become chaotic, and second, overseas sales will definitely decline. Some countries and regions will reconsider the issue of Sihai Group's products entering the country. The United States made a fuss about it last time."

Lin Zhenbang said: "Your concerns are not unreasonable!"

Li Yunhai said: "So, I simply sold Sihai Group! This is the wisest choice. I feel relieved to hand over the core pillar industries such as lithography machines and chips to the state for management and operation. It doesn't matter whether we make money from foreigners or not, as long as the development of our domestic electronics industry can keep up with the pace of the world and not be strangled by foreigners, it will be fine."

Lin Zhenbang said: "Your idea is great! Giving up your own selfish interests to become a national treasure! So are you going to start a new business in the future?"

Li Yunhai said: "I have this idea. Actually, I still have a lot of businesses under my name. I am not completely penniless."

Lin Zhenbang said: "I support your decision! You have made 100 billion in ten years! In the next ten years, maybe you can make 1 trillion?"

Li Yunhai smiled and said, "I also want to build another trillion-dollar group!"

In the evening, Li Yunhai had dinner at Guixiangyuan.

Mr. Lin Zhenbang grows vegetables and raises poultry here, and is self-sufficient. He occasionally drives to the city to buy some daily necessities and lives a happy life.

Had a meal.

Li Yunhai said goodbye.

Tang Yuxia said: "Yunhai, why don't you stay here and sleep?"

Li Yunhai said: "My mother is at home, I will go to accompany her. Speaking of which, I am a really unfilial son. I haven't spent much time with her."

Tang Yuxia didn't say anything more.

After seeing Li Yunhai off, Tang Yuxia asked her daughter, "Xiaozhi, did you have a fight with Yunhai?"

Lin Zhi said, "Mom, how could you tell that I had a fight with him?"

Tang Yuxia said, "Don't lie to me, I just know it! You two have always been in love, but today you didn't even make eye contact! You still have to sleep separately at night? Think about it, in the past, you didn't have the conditions, but you had to create the conditions and go out to have a tryst!"

Thinking about the past, Lin Zhi felt a little sad, but she was afraid her mother would notice something, so she said, "We were young then! Now we are old, an old couple, who would stay together all day long?"

Tang Yuxia said, "How old are you? You're not even 30! I tell you, the love between husband and wife comes from love! If you deliberately treat him coldly, something bad will happen! Yunhai is not an ordinary man, there are so many women who miss him!"

Lin Zhi was silent for a long time before she said, "I understand."

At night, Li Yunhai tossed and turned in his bed at home.

How did my life become like this?
He was able to manage a large enterprise with tens of thousands of employees, but he could not manage a family of several people.

In the journey of life, there are often only a few key steps.

Li Yunhai didn't know whether he had taken the right steps or the wrong ones.

The next day, Li Yunhai chatted with his mother at home.

In the evening, he came to Guixiangyuan for dinner.

After dinner, Tang Yuxia said, "Yunhai, sleep here today! Your mother needs to be with you, as does your wife and children. How can a young couple sleep in separate beds?"

Li Yunhai looked at Lin Zhi.

Lin Zhi rolled her eyes at him: "Why are you looking at me? It's your freedom to sleep wherever you want! Maybe you like to accompany your mother!"

Li Yunhai said calmly: "Then I'll stay and sleep here."

Tang Yuxia smiled and said, "That's right!"

The children especially like the big courtyard of Guixiangyuan.

Li Yanxi pointed at the tree house and shouted, "Dad, Mom, can we sleep in the tree house tonight?"

Li Yanrui and Li Yanzheng also followed suit: "We want to sleep in the tree house!"

Linzhi stood in the yard, looking at the tree house on the big tree next to her, and couldn't help but think of the past.

The tree house was built, but she and Li Yunhai never went up there for any romance.

She looked at Li Yunhai.

Li Yunhai was also looking at her.

Linzhi said to her daughter, "There is no blanket on top of the tree house. It's cold now, so we can't sleep in it. And it's very small, so there's no room for five of us to sleep in it."

Li Yanxi uttered an "oh" and said unhappily, "Then I can sleep on top alone, okay?"

Lin Zhi said with a sullen face: "No! The bed at home is so big, isn't it enough for you to sleep in?"

Li Yunhai said: "The tree house is very big, enough for five people to sleep. I'll go make the bed! Tonight, let's experience the tree house as a family!"

The three children clapped their hands with joy.

Li Yunhai took a quilt and climbed up to the tree house to make the bed.

The tree house is very cozy and romantic.

This is the fairy tale world that Li Yunhai created for Linzhi.

It’s just a pity that they haven’t yet enjoyed their own world in there.

Tonight, Li Yunhai decided to fulfill his child's dream, as well as his own and Linzhi's dream.

The tree house is bigger than I imagined and very sturdy. There is no need for a bed inside. Just put a soft blanket on the wooden board and it will become a big bed.

Li Yunhai made a big bed and took the children up there.

There is a wooden ladder to get up to the tree house, and there is a balcony and railings around the house.

Electrical wires were pulled into the house and fluorescent lights were installed.

The children sang and danced inside, and it felt like they had entered a fairy tale world and had a novel experience.

Li Yunhai pulled up the curtains, and the entire tree house became a dreamy and warm home.

Linzhi came up with a kettle and a cup.

Li Yunhai asked, "Linzhi, what do you think?"

Lin Zhi hummed: "Very comfortable!"

Li Yunhai smiled and said, "Shall we have some romance tonight?" (End of this chapter)