National Tide 1980

After such a long time, Mi Xiaoran has not forgotten Ning Weimin.

Reason told him that he and Ning Weimin had parted ways and embarked on their own paths in life. There would no longer be any connection, and there should no longer be any connection.

But after all, Ning Weimin was the person she was most emotionally invested in during her youth, and the person who truly changed her destiny.

If it weren't for Ning Weimin, she would never be what she is today.

In her heart, Ning Weimin, who worked in the same department as her in Chongwenmen Hotel and asked her about the procedures for receiving customers with a student attitude, still lives tenaciously in the deepest part of her heart.

It was like a seed had taken root, blossomed, and bore fruit in her heart.

All she could pull out were branches, but the roots were deeply rooted in her heart, and they were getting deeper and deeper.

She tried to put it all out of her mind, but all she got in return was pain.

It hurts to the bone!

Even though he is already married, he has been living peacefully and peacefully in the United States for some time.

Even she herself thought that she had completely let go of Ning Weimin and left him behind.

But at some inadvertent moment, maybe I saw a scene on the roadside, a pedestrian, a bicycle...

I even passed by a Chinese restaurant and smelled the food wafting from it.

She would still be confused and suddenly think of the person who regarded her feelings and self-esteem as nothing and stabbed her heart severely.

Therefore, Mi Xiaoran's attitude towards Ning Weimin is actually quite contradictory.

Not to mention that she never figured out what she liked about Ning Weimin when she was so obsessed with him.

She couldn't even tell whether she hated this man now or still loved him.

She only knew that Ning Weimin was different from others, both men.

Even her husband Zhao Hanyu can't compare to him.

What attracts her to Zhao Hanyu is that he can take her out of the country, satisfy her desires, and give her the future she wants.

Of course this man loved her very much, wholeheartedly and infatuatedly.

It's a pity that her feelings for Zhao Hanyu are much weaker.

It is not accurate to say that she loves Zhao Hanyu. The more important factor is that she has found a man she can rely on and trust.

Ning Weimin was different, Mi Xiaoran liked him from the bottom of his heart.

Mi Xiaoran could clearly feel that Ning Weimin was different from anyone else.

His every move, every word and every action, there are even many things about him that others don't have.

It is this strangeness and freshness that makes Ning Weimin so eye-catching among the crowd, forming a unique charm that stands out from the crowd.

So much so that Mi Xiaoran was unconsciously attracted to it and unable to extricate himself.

If she was willing to marry Zhao Hanyu out of utilitarianism, there was also an element of anger.

Then her feelings for Ning Weimin were completely opposite, so pure that even she was moved.

If Ning Weimin had been willing to accept her, she would not have wanted any extravagant wealth in life, she only wanted the content that she should have in life.

Then she wouldn't even consider going abroad with Zhao Hanyu, but would focus on staying here to maintain her own romance and warmth.

She is a young woman after all, and she has young women's romantic dreams and requirements.

But no matter what, it was precisely because Luohua was ruthless and because Ning Weimin cruelly broke her illusions that she became more eager to live a good life.

She secretly made up her mind to live out her own life and let Ning Weimin take a good look at it.

The only meaning left in her life was to prove that Ning Weimin was wrong to reject her.

Even if she doesn't marry him, she can still live a life like a master.

Better off than him.

In Mi Xiaoran's eyes, if we don't talk about feelings, but only from the perspective of material and benefits, the value of Ning Weimin and Zhao Hanyu may have to be discussed.

If Zhao Hanyu is a big tree, then Ning Weimin is not as good as a blade of grass.

Because Zhao Hanyu himself is an American. Not only he graduated from a prestigious university, but his family also runs restaurants and laundries, and owns many industries.

Even in the United States, they are still the standard wealthy class.

Who does Ning Weimin mean to him!

A junior high school graduate just relies on his cleverness to flatter others and serve others, plus he has learned some foreign languages.

He is simply a modern version of a traitor and a bitch. In addition to fawning over foreigners, he also fawns over the children of cadres.

After working so hard to climb up, wouldn't he end up joining a joint venture and becoming a bad manager?

When she left the capital, she did feel that Ning Weimin's monthly income in Pierre Carton was scary enough, with a combined salary of two to three hundred dollars.

He also wears company-issued suits worth thousands every day and goes in and out of high-end foreign-related hotels with five or six people, which is really eye-catching and enviable.

But now she didn't see it that way. She went abroad and saw the world, and then she realized that the income of the most ordinary white-collar worker in the United States was at least three or four times that of Ning Weimin.

Even if I take some time to take care of my children every day and do odd jobs, I still get a monthly salary of 200 US dollars.

And Pierre Cardon is not a really high-end brand.

It's just an ordinary brand that provides ready-made clothing to the public, taking the low-priced mass route.

If you want, Americans can buy one or two sets of Pierre Cardin every month, and the price is much cheaper than in China.

As for Zhao Hanyu's monthly salary of more than two thousand US dollars, it can almost equal Ning Weimin's income for more than half a year.

She still remembers the shady things Ning Weimin and Zhang Shihui did at the Chongwenmen Hotel. They even lost their good jobs in order to make some shady extra money.

Now, of course, he looked down on Ning Weimin from the bottom of his heart.

I thought to myself, it seems that no matter how much I try to be a slut for foreigners, it would be better to go abroad and become a foreigner myself.

So when she returned to the capital to visit relatives this time, Mi Xiaoran had one goal in mind - she wanted to see Ning Weimin and return to him in person the $1,150 he had originally assigned Zhang Shihui to give to her.

In addition to telling him openly that he doesn't need it, he should stop giving things so secretly in the future, so as not to misunderstand his husband.

And she also wanted to tell him personally that if nothing unexpected happened, not only would she get a bachelor's degree in business administration from Queens College of the City University of New York this year, but she would also soon become a mother.

Her children will be native-born Americans.

She even wanted to be "friendly" and take the initiative to care about Ning Weimin's marriage and his career future.

She didn't need to ask her to know that even if a person with a junior high school degree joins a foreign company, he will definitely feel inferior and guilty if he stays in an environment full of college students for a long time.

Otherwise, why would he try to please everyone he meets, even going so far as to seduce a cadre's daughter.

As for her, of course she had to teach him condescendingly.

People cannot always rely solely on their cleverness. The most meaningful thing is to gain knowledge and broaden their horizons.

If he always sticks to a well-paid job and covets the comfortable life he is accustomed to, he will become a frog in the well sooner or later.

She wanted to take a closer look at Ning Weimin's expression when he heard all this.

She was very curious about how Ning Weimin would react to these soul tortures from her, and how he would respond.

Will he be ashamed and embarrassed because he has not grown up over the years?

Or will he be caught off guard and embarrassed?

However, even though this scene has been repeated countless times in Mi Xiaoran's imagination, even though it makes her very excited and happy every time.

But unfortunately, in reality, all this did not happen exactly as she expected.

What Mi Xiaoran never expected was that she and Zhao Hanyu could live more comfortably when they came back to visit relatives.

The kind-hearted Kang Shude actually asked Luo Guangliang to take over the house and lend it to her parents.

This old man actually still had a house in Dongcheng District, so he took Luo Guangliang and Ning Weimin there to celebrate the New Year.

So in fact, after she returned to the capital for several days, Mi Xiaoran had no chance to meet Ning Weimin.

It would be impossible to achieve her goal of feeling proud and having a good time at Versailles to relieve the hatred in her heart.

And on the contrary, Ning Weimin's name became a headache for her.

Although she hasn't seen him yet, she has always heard about Ning Weimin.

It had only been a few years since he came back, and it seemed that the neighbors in No. 2 Courtyard of Shan'er Hutong all regarded Ning Weimin as the most important person.

In such an important festival of the year, they actually chatted with each other, and the topic always turned to him.

Even her own parents and sister, like these neighbors, had to say Ning Weimin's name in a few sentences.

This naturally made Mi Xiaoran very upset. She was so annoyed that she couldn't even think about it.

But what stimulated Mi Xiaoran even more were the changes that Ning Weimin had made this year.

Although the neighbors didn't know much about it in detail, the little information they learned was enough to make Mi Xiaoran feel incredible and unbelievable.

In Shan'er Hutong, Ning Weimin brought in clothing scraps that benefited all the neighbors in the hospital. He also helped Luo Guangliang open a tricycle club in Tiantan Park.

In the street, in addition to developing financial resources for the street and upgrading the sewing club into a clothing factory, he also donated a toilet to the street.

Because of him, Aunt Bian became a decent person in the street. She was surrounded by self-employed people every day to please and compliment her...

Moreover, Ning Weimin also made a lot of achievements for Pierre Cardin Company.

He single-handedly founded the Tan Gong Restaurant, planned the Western Temple Fair in the Temple of Heaven and the Journey to the West exhibition, pioneered the first model competition in the country, and single-handedly promoted Qu Xiao to the championship of the competition.

He also invented the easy-open tie and trolley suitcase, and then went abroad to open a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan...

In addition, he also drove an American Grand Jeep, bought cultural relics from overseas and donated them to the country, opened a charity reading club, and actually fell in love with the Japanese female star Keiko Matsumoto...

Each of these things, one after another, which one sounds ordinary?

Is there anything that ordinary people can do?

Listen, listen, when you have gathered all this information together and learned enough.

Mi Xiaoran not only understood why the neighbors in the hospital admired Ning Weimin so much and cared about him so much.

She herself was even more shaken to the point of losing her mind and becoming dizzy.

Even Zhao Hanyu became very interested in Ning Weimin because of these things he heard, and kept asking about Ning Weimin's situation with the Mi family.

There is no doubt that Mi Xiaoran would not have thought of it no matter what.

Only a few years have passed, and Ning Weimin has grown to such a powerful and dazzling level.

He is undoubtedly already a celebrity in the city.

Because of his contributions to the city's media and cultural tourism, he has a huge say.

As long as he wants to, too many media reporters will want to interview him.

I'm afraid now he can be seen at any event or ceremony related to clothing.

He is also a key member of Pierre Cardon Company.

Even at such a young age, he can go to Japan to open a restaurant with millions of dollars and dozens of people on his own.

You know how much autonomy Pierre Cardon gave him, and how much trust and respect the several restaurant investment units have in him.

In short, these things made Mi Xiaoran feel that Ning Weimin was both close and far away, which was very unreal.

Sometimes she even wondered if her ears were hearing wrong.

All of this was like a dream, making her feel inferior and depressed from the bottom of her bones again.

On the surface, she was laughing after hearing this, but in fact, she wanted to shout, scream, and even cry.

After learning about this situation, she lay awake in bed for several nights.

She thought of her life with Zhao Hanyu in the United States for a while, and Ning Weimin for a while.

She couldn't help but compare her husband with Ning Weimin several times in her mind.

She didn't have much confidence at this time, and she seemed unsure whether Zhao Hanyu could surpass Ning Weimin in terms of career and income.

During those sleepless nights, Ning Weimin's image gradually became perfect and taller in Mi Xiaoran's heart.

It was so perfect that her teeth chattered, and so tall that it frightened her to the core.

She no longer had much confidence to remain arrogant in front of Ning Weimin.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, when Mi Xiaoran and Zhao Hanyu, as neighbors of No. 2 Courtyard, went to Tan Gong Restaurant with their parents and family to attend Ning Weimin’s banquet, that was when they experienced Ning Weimin’s Some skills.

They have never seen such a luxurious and gorgeous Chinese restaurant with rich cultural heritage.

So Zhao Hanyu was so excited that he wanted to find a camera and take pictures of all the decorations in the restaurant so that he could take it back to the United States for reference to his family.

After tasting the food here, even Mi Xiaoran regained his love for his hometown and felt that only Chinese food can be called truly delicious.

In short, life seems to be a circle.

Mi Xiaoran suddenly discovered that she started from a starting point, walked around and returned to the original starting point.

She has obviously pursued every step of her life sincerely, but now she is still empty-handed and has become a pitiful joke.

She was so deeply stimulated by the unacceptable fact that all the neighbors sat together. Everyone was obviously happy, but she was the only one looking at the tableware in front of her in a melancholy manner.

Everyone thought she was feeling unwell or even sick, but her husband Zhao Hanyu was extremely anxious.