Chapter 2326
He Will Protect Everything
"...We're all pretty much the same, having benefited from the protection of our families."
Therefore, when making life choices, one must do one's best for the development of the family.
I heard that the second son of the Chen family, who runs a shipping business in Hong Kong Island, has been trying hard to get close to Sister Xiaoqiong.
"Guess what that young master Chen was after?" He Xinghua was willing to offer his fiancée a different interpretation of what was happening in society.
"Want some money from Sister Xiaoqiong's family?" Xiaoqian replied sweetly.
Even though He Xinghua knew that Xiaoqian wasn't watching him closely, he still nodded before continuing, "Besides wanting her father's money, she also wants his status in the underworld in Macau and Hong Kong."
There are no outstanding individuals in the second generation of the Chen family.
Chen Lao Er's eldest brother is a capable administrator, but he is in poor health and not destined for a long life.
In the future, the Chen family's assets will most likely fall into the hands of the second son of the Chen family, that dissolute young master.
Xiaoqiong's father was thinking of using the Chen family's assets to launder his money and transform his business.
The Chen family wanted to leverage Xiaoqiong's family's influence in the business world to protect themselves and transform their family business.
Don't be fooled by the fact that Sister Xiaoqiong is now willing to hang out with actors but refuses to acknowledge that second young master of the Chen family.
I reckon those two will end up together in the future.
"Ah?!" Xiaoqian exclaimed in surprise, and didn't say anything more.
He Xinghua didn't say anything, but kept teasing his fiancée with his hands.
It looked like they were examining something.
The two looked together at the setting sun, the evening glow painting the sea, making it especially beautiful.
But the two of them were also well aware that such beauty was illusory and unreal.
"By the way, tell me the truth, did you agree to get engaged to me because you wanted something from my family?" Xiaoqian was so upset by He Xinghua's teasing that she sat up abruptly and glared fiercely at her fiancé.
He Xinghua couldn't help but laugh when he saw Xiaoqian pouting and pretending to be angry.
He also got up and sat down, pinched his fiancée's cheek, glanced at Xiaoqian up and down, and said in a deliberately flirtatious tone, "I'm just waiting for the day I can eat you up..."
"You scoundrel..." The girl's cheeks flushed even more, but she couldn't help but smile.
She also knew that if it weren't for her family's status in Malaysia, and if her uncle weren't a top-tier Malaysian tycoon, she would have been in such a predicament.
He Xinghua, or rather Lou Xiao'e, would not choose her either.
But she also knew that He Xinghua's affection for her was genuine.
Putting everything else aside, since her summer vacation started, He Xinghua has been willing to give up his lucrative business and spend time with her every few days, just like today.
If this isn't love, what is it?
In terms of money, the Zhu family is definitely no match for the He family.
Although her uncle's family was wealthy, he also had children and wouldn't just give the money to her or He Xinghua for nothing.
So He Xinghua was willing to get engaged to her, although it was also because they were from similar social classes. Xiaoqian knew that He Xinghua must love her.
For children from families like theirs, this is enough.
"Come on, let's change our clothes."
"Should we go home to have dinner with Mom today, or should we eat out?" He Xinghua stood up and pulled his fiancée up with him as well.
"Go home. I want to see Wanwan and Yuanyuan. Don't even think about bullying me again." Xiaoqian crossed her arms, and although it wasn't obvious, she still treated He Xinghua as a pervert.
There's no way around it; couples inevitably do all sorts of little things when they're together.
Some things Xiaoqian found sweet, but sometimes, when He Xinghua got carried away, she would feel scared.
In the He family's residence in Beijing, in He Shouyi's room, there was an ordinary writing desk.
The little bug was diligently doing his homework, and sitting next to him was He Ping, who was studying a chess manual.
The little bug is very inattentive.
In just a short while, she picked up the eraser and erased the notebook several times.
He Ping didn't even look at the little bug, but said helplessly, "Focus on your homework, what are you thinking about?"
"Brother He Ping, are you really not going to take the college entrance exam?" Xiao Chongzi's delicate cheeks flushed red at the question, but she wasn't afraid of He Ping. Instead, she stopped doing her homework and stared intently at He Ping's handsome profile as she asked.
He Ping put down the chess manual and smiled.
Looking out the window, he said to Xiao Xiaochong, "A person should always have a sense of mission."
If I go to university, at most I'll just be adding one more ordinary college student to the country. For my personal future, it might be a little better.
It has more potential for future development.
But for our Go team,..."
He Ping stopped there.
Because he himself was unsure what word to use to describe his importance in the Go team.
He was not as talented as Senior Brother Nie.
His greatest strength is his stability.
He has consistently held the title of second best among the younger generation in the team.
No matter what competition they participate in.
Eight out of ten times, Senior Brother Nie comes in first place.
For the remaining two rounds, he and the genius outside would split the remaining two equally.
It's not that he lacks the skill to compete for first place.
However, when he plays chess with his own family, he usually follows the standard moves.
They rarely resort to risky or unconventional tactics.
Like the great generals of ancient times, their favorite thing to do is to set up battle formations and defeat the enemy with fair and square military force.
He was very clear about his own position: he was a general, but not a famous one.
At least when he was in dire straits, he never had the urge to win through ingenious schemes or brilliant ideas.
His previous plan was that he should have already taken the college entrance exam in the past two years and was now pursuing further studies at a prestigious university.
But Senior Brother Nie persuaded him to stay with his words.
Nothing else, just friendly matches between us and our little ones over the past few years, several rounds every year.
In our family, we've always lost more than we've won.
This is no way.
After all, from the end of the Qing Dynasty, the most outstanding and first-rate talents were thinking of all sorts of ways to save the country.
Therefore, our tradition of Go has truly been affected.
Compared to a comfortable life now, we're going against the grain.
According to Nie Shixiong, he alone cannot revitalize the Go world.
We need more outstanding talents to enter this industry.
Only through quantitative change can a qualitative change occur, resulting in the emergence of a few geniuses.
Then we can tell the little ones who the master is and who will always be the apprentice.
Throughout those words, there was no mention of asking He Xinghua to stay.
But since then, He Xinghua has given up the idea of taking the college entrance exam.
He stayed with the Go team wholeheartedly.
Even if he doesn't get first place,
Even if all he could do was feed the pieces to his later junior disciples.
He didn't care.
After all, he didn't know what he could do after graduating from university, even if he went to university.
He wouldn't even leave Beijing to pursue his career.
He was never a very ambitious person to begin with, and he felt that his current life was quite wonderful.
They are doing things they are interested in and have a happy family life.
He has mischievous younger siblings, a mother who loves him dearly, and an unreliable father...
He will protect all of this. (End of Chapter)