Chapter Seventy: The Distant Sky

  There were not many guests in the first class cabin, and it was even rarer for men to hit on women. After Su Xiaoli expressed her attitude, this seemingly elite gentleman didn't say another word, occasionally glancing at Su Xiaoli and Su Yifan, seeing that they shared a pair of earphones so naturally, he could only assume that what Su Xiaoli said was true.

  The flight attendants really have no shame, after showing "Die Hard" they actually showed a horror movie "Flight of the Living Dead", it seems like they won't stop until they scare half to death all the passengers on the plane. Su Yifan relied on the super strong battery life of his Air, accompanied Su Xiaqing to watch two movies, finally couldn't resist the temptation of the god of sleep or the goddess of sleep, and fell fast asleep.

  After more than a dozen hours of flying, when they arrived at New York airport, Su Yifan surprisingly didn't feel the slightest bit tired. After sleeping for a while, Su Xiaoliang also looked refreshed. The two walked out of security and the man who had chatted up Su Xiaoliang before followed closely behind them until they reached the glass door of the international exit, where he came over to talk again: "May I ask how you two are called? If it's not too much trouble, I can give you a ride."

  This is a typical sign of not giving up yet. Su Xiaqing smiled and shook her head: "No need, someone is coming to pick us up."

  The man obviously didn't believe Su Xiaoqing's words, and with a flickering gaze, he introduced himself: "My name is Huang Le, it's fate to meet the two of you. If there's anything in New York, you can contact me."

  Su Xiaqing took the business card handed over by the man, which was a three-fold card with a very delicate design. On it were written Huang Le's name in both Chinese and English, and on the back was a company logo. Su Yifan recognized at a glance that this was a well-known electrical appliance retail chain in the province.

  "Malls' electrical appliances will always be impacted by e-commerce, take care Mr. Huang." Su Xiao nodded lightly towards Huang Le and took out a mobile phone to glance at it, "Our car is here, goodbye."

  Under Huang Le's gaze, a silver Mercedes-Benz slowly drove towards the entrance and stopped in front of Su Xiaoqing.

  Su Xiaqing stood still on the spot, waiting for the driver to get out and open the car door.

  Su Yifan was surprised to find that the driver who opened the car door for Su Xiaqing was also a young girl.

  This girl is only in her early twenties, wearing a standard OL long suit, with long hair tied up in a ponytail, lightly made-up with a very pretty and slender face, and a mole at the corner of her right eye.

  "Director Su, please."

  Su Xiaqing watched as the girl helped her with her luggage, making Su Yifan feel a bit guilty, so he helped carry his own luggage up.

  The girl looked at Su Yifan with a glance, and her eyes were more strange.

  "Get in." Su Xiaoqing smiled as she watched Su Yifan help with the luggage. "My brother is really too gentle."

  Su Yifan scratched his head in embarrassment and sat down on the back seat with Su Xiaqing.

  Huang Le stared in surprise as Su Xiaoqing's car sped away, the value of which he was naturally aware, and this only made him more curious about the identity of this beautiful girl.

  The girl's driving skills were great, and she drove very smoothly even in the ridiculously congested traffic of New York. Su Xiaqing introduced to Su Yifan: "This is my assistant Monica, you can also call her by her Chinese name..."

  "Director Su..." The girl protested with a shout, then let out a weak sigh, "Oh, do as you please."

  Su Xiaqing knocked on the back of the driver's seat and ordered: "This is my family member, from now on you should respect him as much as you respect me, got it?"

  When Su Xiaoqing gave such a formal order, the girl's response also became very formal: "Yes, I know!"

  "She's Chinese name is Yilan, I usually call her Xiao Lanyan..."

  Yilan didn't protest this time and continued driving her car with concentration.

  Su Xiaoqing said: "I'll take you to your accommodation to rest first, then you can choose a place to eat, and I'll take you around."

  Su Yifan rubbed his head and said honestly: "Actually, I'm not that tired... but Light Sister, you should still rest for a bit, okay?"

  "Of course I'll rest with you," Su Xiaoqing said with a smile, "Don't worry, in New York I won't abandon you and run away."

  Su Yifan remembered what Yang Bingbing had instructed him to do and thought that it wasn't urgent today anyway, so he nodded and said: "Whatever you say."

  Su Xiaoqing arranged a luxurious residence for Su Yifan, with furniture and decorations that made him feel like he had walked into an American luxury drama. In the smallest of the villas, which exceeded 400 square meters in size, the bedroom assigned to Su Yifan was so large that he could run around in it.

  The best part is that there are still plasma TVs and game consoles in the room, as if Su Yifan traveled thousands of miles to America just to play games.

  Looking at the Xbox 360 placed right under the TV, Su Yifan remembered a joke: "I heard someone went to Lijiang, Yunnan for tourism, found a very comfortable hotel, and then the couple played World of Warcraft in the hotel room for a week..."

  Su Xiaoqing laughed uncontrollably: "If you're going to do it this way, I won't object."

  "I'm not doing it..." Su Yifan said, "I'm not that bored."

  Time difference is a very troublesome thing, Su Yifan just relied on his young age and good spirit, casually took a bath and rested for a while, still without any fatigue. On the contrary, Su Xiaqing spent a long time taking a bath and changing clothes, and when she reappeared in front of Su Yifan, it had already taken more than four hours.

  Su Yifan was in the middle of a heated game and immediately shut it off when he saw Su Xiaqing walk in.

  "Little sister, are you taking me to your company today?"

  "Alright, let's go today." Su Xiaoqing changed into a very fitting long coat and rearranged her hair, looking much more mature. "I'll get Yilan to come pick us up."

  Yi Lan arrived quickly, bringing another person that Su Yifan didn't expect.

  "Teacher Euler?"

  Ou La's face remained expressionless as he followed behind Yilan and walked towards Su Xiaoqing: "Miss Su."

  Su Xiaoqing nodded at Oola: "I'll trouble you for this period of time in New York."

  "This is what I should do."

  Su Yifan was a bit puzzled: "Qing Jie, how did Oola teacher also come?"

  "Protect you."

  "Protect me?"

  "Alright, I guess that's also a way of protecting me." Su Xiaoqing said with a smile, "I always feel like I'm living in danger, so I want to find someone strong to protect myself."

  Su Yifan had once said something similar to Su Xiaqing, at that time he had said that he wanted to be able to protect Su Xiaqing himself. Now hearing Su Xiaqing mention this, he couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart.

  "I also want to protect Qian Jie."

  Su Xiaoqing smiled and patted the young man's shoulder: "I look forward to the day when I will be protected by you."

  The same dialogue, but at this time, in Su Yifan's heart, it felt greatly different.

  Su Yifan had no concept of New York's streets and geography, and sitting in the car he could only rely on memory to distinguish which places he had seen before. After crossing the bridge, he finally recognized where he was going.

  "Hey sister, is your company in Manhattan?"

  "The more important companies are over here." Su Xiao said lightly, "Later I'll take you to see, it's the most important part of my current company."

  It's not an exaggeration to say that Manhattan, New York is the most influential region in the world, whether it's the United Nations headquarters or Wall Street, whether it's politics or economy. Many factors that influence the world are pulsating here, and the people who rush around every day are too numerous to count.

  It's still the charm of money and power after all.

  The Manhattan with towering skyscrapers is not much different from the Gotham City depicted in "Batman Begins", and the New York Stock Exchange building stands out particularly. Su Yifan glanced at it for a few moments before withdrawing his gaze, no matter how magnificent the architectural facade was, what flowed through it were still people, and those exaggerated exteriors were just to show off their power.

  Su Yifan didn't know where the parking place was either. He followed closely behind Su Xiaqing's footsteps and entered a large building.

  Yilan walked in the front, pressing the elevator to the 13th floor. Suyifan found that Su Xiaqing liked the number 13 very much, and she had such a preference for this taboo in the United States, which was quite strange.

  On the thirteenth floor, as soon as the elevator door opened, Su Yifan saw a huge company reception desk and a sky blue logo with three Chinese characters "Qing Guo Ji".

  The blonde-haired and blue-eyed beauty sitting at the front desk position revealed a flawless smile, and upon seeing Su Xiaoqing and her group appear, she hurriedly greeted them.

  Su Xiaqing waved her hand, letting the blonde girl not say a word, and took Su Yifan into the company.

  Su Yifan had imagined what Su Xiaqing's company would look like many times before, but only after walking in did he realize that he was completely wrong.

  Su Xiaqing once said that she was running a high-tech company. Su Yifan imagined that this company should have many employees wearing white coats, as well as R&D personnel with glasses like the bottom of a wine bottle. The company's white-collar workers should all wear simple and elegant suits, speaking mainly in abbreviations.

  Even Su Yifan had imagined that Su Xiaqing's company should have many old men, similar to scientific authorities, surrounding a circle studying certain technologies.

  Su Yifan himself is a very low-end tech enthusiast, and his understanding of technology can only be limited to this extent.

  Su Xiaqing's company didn't have any of these, just a group of young people, each with a phone on their desk. Looking around, the computer screens were filled with Excel spreadsheets used for data statistics.

  More and more people just stay on their phones, constantly making calls and receiving them.

  Is this... a high-tech company?

  Su Xiaqing's appearance caused many people to stop their work in hand, and then more people also stopped moving.

  Almost everyone stood up and faced Su Xiaoqing's group.

  Su Yifan could feel it too, those piercing eyes carrying a strong sense of respect.

  At this moment, Su Xiaoxiao was no longer that gentle and smiling beauty, as if she possessed infinite power that could subdue people.

  Behind Su Xiaqing, the sky outside the glass window was vast and distant. She stood like a descending goddess, facing the crowd's worshiping gaze with stillness.

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