I'm in the county town, and you say I'm a big shot?

Chapter 712 Xia He Returns to Huijing
A plane flying from New York to Beijing, transiting through Hong Kong, was slowly landing at Lukou International Airport. Xia He, wearing a black turtleneck sweater, was sitting in first class with her daughter, looking out the window at the scenery.

Under the winter sunset, the outlines of Zijin Mountain and the Ming City Wall are clearly defined. The Qinhuai River flows quietly through the city, reflecting the afterglow of the sky; in the distance, the Yangtze River, like a white ribbon, flows slowly along the edge of the city, making the whole city appear both bustling and tranquil.

"It's been three years. I'm finally back."

Xia He sighed inwardly. The city seemed unchanged, but her state of mind had changed drastically.

She left all alone, but returned with a lovely daughter, a daughter she would cherish for the rest of her life.

Xia Qingqing, the daughter, seemed to sense the change in her mother's mood and turned her little face to ask, "Mom, are we home yet?"

"Yes, I'll be there soon."

"Oh, oh, I'm home, I'm home."

The little girl whispered happily.

Yes, before leaving, Xia He told her daughter that she was going home.

The plane landed smoothly at the airport. Xia He put on her down jacket, carried her bag, and held her daughter's hand as they got off the plane. They went through the jet bridge to the arrival hall, then through the immigration inspection hall. After completing the immigration procedures and collecting their luggage, they went through customs inspection before finally entering the public waiting hall.

As Xia He dragged her suitcase, she saw a young woman in a wool coat smiling and walking towards her.

It's Tian Qian.

"You're finally back." Tian Qian smiled and hugged Xia He.

Xia Qingqing, standing next to her, looked up at the unfamiliar aunt with curiosity.

"Qingqing, you've grown so much! Call me godmother!" Tian Qian squatted down and hugged the little girl with a smile.

“She’s your Aunt Tian, ​​but you should call her godmother,” Xia He said.

Only then did Qingqing call out to Tian Qian in a clear voice, "Godmother!"

"Sweetheart, baby." Tian Qian picked her up immediately: "You were so tiny when you were born, and you've grown so big in the blink of an eye."

"That just means we're getting old," Xia He said with a smile.

"Old? I haven't seen you age at all, your skin is still so good! Hey, what skincare products do you use in America?"

"I didn't use anything special, just La Mer and SkinCeuticals."

The two walked out, one carrying the little girl and the other dragging a suitcase.

Upon arriving at the VIP parking lot, I got into a white BMW 7 Series and drove into the city.

"Xia He, are you staying at my place or going back to where you used to live?" Tian Qian asked as she drove.

"Let's go back to the Golden Eslite residential complex. I haven't lived there in a long time, and I really miss it."

"I knew you wouldn't want to leave! Okay, I'll take you there, but Old Qiao and I will treat you to dinner tonight, and Ya Jing too."

"Is Ya Jing alright?"

"It's fine, but she stays at her teahouse all day and doesn't go anywhere else."

Lin Yajing is also her best friend, and she runs a teahouse called Qingchuang Xiaoshe by Xuanwu Lake.

"How long will you be staying?"

"I'll stay for a month, until after the Spring Festival. I want to go back to visit my parents and see if I can spend the Spring Festival with them."

Hearing this, Tian Qian sighed inwardly.

Xia He's relationship with her parents wasn't good; she had been in the United States for three years, and her parents hadn't visited her once. Of course, all of this was also related to Xia He's insistence on divorcing her ex-husband; her parents' firm disagreement further strained their relationship.

But blood is thicker than water.

"Hey, when is Fang Qingye coming?" Tian Qian asked again.

He said he'd come tomorrow.

"I was planning to ask you to go shopping again tomorrow, so I won't bother you for the next couple of days."

Xia He smiled but didn't say anything.

The car drove into the Golden Eslite residential complex on Longxi Road. After parking, the three of them took the elevator to the eighth floor, where Tian Qian opened the door.

"Finally home." Xia He put down her suitcase and looked around.

The room was spotless, indicating that it was regularly cleaned, and the furnishings were exactly the same as before I left. Even the orchid I brought back from Nanxin in the living room was still lush and green.

Tian Qian turned on the air conditioner and took out her keys from her bag, placing them on the coffee table.

"I'll give you the house key and your car key. The car is parked in the underground garage, and you can use it anytime."

"Thank you, Tian Qian, I'm so grateful for your care." Xia He was very thankful.

"Don't mention it, it was nothing."

Xia Qingqing also looked around her new home with curiosity, and even ran to the balcony to take a look. She said in her childish voice, "Mommy, this house is not as big as our house in America."

"Haha." Her words immediately made the two adults laugh.

Tian Qian bent down and affectionately pinched the child's little face, "You live in a villa in America, this is just a large apartment. When your father comes, you can ask him to buy you a big villa, even bigger than the one in America!"

The little girl nodded and asked Xia He, "Mommy, when is Daddy coming? I miss Daddy."

"Qingqing, be good. Daddy's busy. He'll come to see you tomorrow," Xia He said.

Fang Qingye was indeed busy, mainly preparing for the first meeting of the Cloud Ledger Alliance and the Cloud Ledger Forum Summit. He had been staying at Zhiyun Technology Company for the past few days.

Although it was mainly handled by Xin Tiejun's team, as the actual controller of the company, he was the one who ultimately made the final decisions on some major matters.

The meeting is scheduled to begin on January 14th and will last for two days. The venue is the Scarlton Hotel in the Shanghai International Financial Center, which is conveniently located just above the company.

"Have the invitations been sent out?" Fang Qingye asked.

"They've sent them out, including to several international investment banks like Goldman Sachs, UBS, and Morgan Stanley, and they were sent directly to their US headquarters," Xin Tiejun said with a smile.

The alliance meeting was attended by a small number of people, including the banks that announced their membership in the Cloud Ledger Alliance, as well as relevant officials from the central bank and the China Banking Regulatory Commission. The banks that announced their membership so far are the five major state-owned banks, Jinghai Bank, Alibaba's WeBank, and Tencent's WeBank.

However, Zhiyun Technology extended a wide invitation to participants of the Cloud Ledger Forum Summit, inviting not only domestic banks but also renowned international financial institutions, including the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, BlackRock, HSBC Holdings, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, and of course, Goldman Sachs and UBS, Wall Street investment banks.

I'm extending a perfectly legitimate invitation to you; whether you come or not is up to you.

To ensure security at this forum summit, in addition to the Carlton Hotel's own security personnel, Zhiyun Technology also partnered with Shencheng Security Group, hiring professionals from the group to participate in security. Bai Ou also drew employees from Tuofang Technology and its subsidiary Hengrong Digital Technology to assist Zhiyun Technology in the preparation of the conference.

Everything is proceeding at a rapid pace.

With everything arranged, Fang Qingye took a car from Shanghai to Beijing early the next morning to see Xia He and his daughter.

Of course, it wasn't just about reuniting; there were also more important things he entrusted to Xia He.

(End of this chapter)