The world did not end on that day after all.
Time keeps rotating and moving towards the next time node without any delay.
One year later.
The struggle between Wanshan and Qingzhou is coming to an end.
Over the past period of time, Wanshan’s golden signboard has gradually lost its appeal to investors.
no way.
Since the first day Wanshan started its operation, it has been burning money like crazy, trying to crush Qingzhou with the capital behind it, but there has been no effect. Under Xu Cheng's desperate and crazy counterattack, Wanshan can be said to have been suppressed by Qingzhou from beginning to end.
Nowadays, the status of Qingzhou and Wanshan is like that of Mouya and Panda, who were both in the live streaming industry.
One that is becoming increasingly glorious.
A speed of decline.
Seeing that Qingzhou Weibo has already become the number one social networking site in China, Wanshan has fallen into the black hole of the capital chain and cannot escape.
Qiao Yiming gritted his teeth and was determined to empty out the remaining funds of Qingzhou as he had estimated.
"June, Qingzhou will not survive June this year."
June.
Among the several listed companies in Hong Kong, the most brilliant one is a company called Feixing Innovation Technology, which soared 112% at the opening, reached a maximum increase of 218%, and still soared 166% at the closing.
Among the several listed companies in Shanghai, one of the most popular new stocks is a logistics and transportation company called Lida Logistics. On the first day of listing, its intraday price soared by nearly 86% and closed up 60.45%.
This would not seem like a big deal, but when people paid close attention, they were surprised to find that the largest shareholder behind these two companies was Xiami Ventures, a previously unknown VC venture capital company.
As soon as this incident happened, it immediately alarmed the entire venture capital industry. People in the circle began to speculate about who this Xiami Venture Capital was and why it had been so low-key before.
After much investigation, everyone finally discovered that a man appeared at the listing ceremonies of these two companies. This man was very famous.
Xu Cheng.
And soon afterwards, Xu Cheng acknowledged the outside world's speculation.
This incident shocked the entire capital circle.
You should know that Lida Logistics is now ranked among the top three in the country in the logistics and transportation industry.
As for Feixing, it is absolutely correct to say that it is the number one in the domestic drone industry.
The investor who has such vision is that young man again!
This also became the ultimate killer move to defeat Wanshan.
Before this, everyone had always felt strange, wondering where Xu Cheng got such courage from.
Now the truth has come out.
There is no need to continue this farce, Wanshan is destined to be defeated by Qingzhou.
Just as investors were cutting losses and withdrawing their investments, Qiao Yiming was suddenly investigated by the China Securities Regulatory Commission and was soon arrested on charges of insider trading.
Not long after, Wanshan was acquired by Qingzhou, and the confrontation between the two companies that lasted for nearly two years finally came to an end.
2014.
The eve of the Spring Festival.
A prison in Yanjing.
"3731, someone is here to see you."
Qiao Yiming, with a shaved head, walked into the visiting room in handcuffs. He looked at the face outside the window with some surprise.
"Why are you here?" he smiled.
Xia Yue also smiled and looked him up and down.
"You've lost a lot of weight, just like when you were in junior high school."
Qiao Yiming sat in his seat uncomfortably, scratching his head, too embarrassed to speak.
"How are you doing?"
"Fortunately, I have a boyfriend and I am going to take the postgraduate entrance exam with him soon."
"Yes, really." Qiao Yiming lowered his head again and scratched his scalp with his fingers. "It's fine, it's fine."
The two were silent for a long time, and Xia Yue suddenly said.
"Xu Cheng is here too."
"He's here too?"
"He's outside, he didn't come in."
"This guy." Qiao Yiming forced a smile, "We haven't seen each other for many years."
"He said he wanted you to reform yourself in there, and he doesn't hate you."
"We're all brothers." Qiao Yiming wiped the corners of his eyes, and the back of his hand became noticeably moist where he had wiped. "I don't hate him either."
Time passed quickly. At the reminder of the prison guard, Qiao Yiming stood up and said something to Xia Yue who was standing through the window before leaving.
"Can you help me ask him, if I had gone to the Magic City, would things have been different?"
Xia Yue also stood up.
"Xu Cheng said that if you stayed, he would never think of suppressing you."
Qiao Yiming stood there in a daze as if struck by lightning, then with red eyes, he lowered his head deeply.
"I was wrong."
…
Sea of ​​tranquility.
After the New Year, there was a heavy snowfall in the small town, and the whole city looked completely different.
"My hands are so cold, my hands are so cold."
Lin Wanzhou blew a layer of white mist towards her red, frozen hands, "Xu Cheng, where are you taking me?"
"You'll know when you get there. Are your hands cold?"
"cold."
"Why don't you put it in my hand?"
"whee."
The girl let her boy hold her hand, and the two of them got on the bus at the bus stop at the entrance of the community.
It seemed that because of the cold weather, not many people went out and there were still many seats left on the bus.
The two of them sat down in a seat at the back.
The girl looked at the light and shadow passing by outside the window, and her butterfly-like eyelashes fluttered slightly.
"Xu Cheng, do you feel the same as when we were in high school?"
"no the same."
"Why is it different?"
"At that time, I didn't dare to hold your hand openly."
"nonsense!"
Lin Wanzhou was a little angry, "You were going to play with my hands every day then!"
"Then let me put it another way."
Xu Cheng put his hand on Lin Wanzhou's thigh again, "I didn't dare to touch you there at that time."
"I'll give you three seconds to take it, otherwise..."
"Otherwise what?"
"Otherwise, don't even think about taking it."
The girl's graceful thighs were pressed together, tightly clamping the hooligan Xu Cheng's hand, making it impossible for him to pull it out.
After the bus had passed a few stops, the announcement of "Galaxy Plaza" was heard, so Xu Cheng pulled Lin Wanzhou off the bus.
This is a commercial street. Even though the snow on the ground makes walking a little slippery, it still can't stop people's enthusiasm and it is extremely lively.
The young man pulled Lin Wanzhou forward a few steps, and the two left four rows of shallow footprints.
"Would you like some coffee?" Xu Cheng turned his head and looked at Lin Wanzhou.
"Now?"
Lin Wanzhou looked at him strangely and said, "No, it's too cold. I don't want to drink anything."
"…Then do you want to read a book?"
Xu Cheng asked again with some helplessness, as if he was afraid of being rejected by the girl, and hurriedly added, "It has air conditioning, it's warm inside."
"All right."
Lin Wanzhou saw through his little tricks but agreed without exposing them.
Xu Cheng took her to the corner of the street, to the door of a coffee shop with a simple yet stylish decoration style.
Through the floor-to-ceiling glass window, Lin Wanzhou could see that there were quite a few people in the store, all sitting in their seats, leisurely drinking coffee and chatting.
“When did Jinghai open such a store?”
"you guess."
Xu Cheng took her to the entrance of the store. Seeing the strange name of the store on the sign, "This is not a porridge shop," Lin Wanzhou vaguely guessed something and looked at Xu Cheng in disbelief.
"This is……"
"Come and have a look first."
The boy pulled her inside, and the temperature from the air conditioner instantly warmed their bodies.
The cat in the store saw the people coming, greeted them lazily, then licked its white fur and took a nap.
When the waitress saw Xu Cheng, she greeted him respectfully.
Xu Cheng waved his hand to indicate that everything was fine, then took Lin Wanzhou on the escalator to the second floor.
It is quiet here. There are many rows of wooden bookshelves filled with books. There is a large staircase next to it. Many people sit on the stairs and read with books in their hands.
"A girl once told me that she was actually a loser and her dream was to open a milk tea shop." Xu Cheng held her hand and whispered to her, "I modified it a little bit. After all, I promised her that I would open a shop for her here. The first floor is a coffee shop, the second floor is a bookstore, and the third floor..."
"What's on the third floor?"
Lin Wanzhou was so moved that her voice choked up.
He actually remembered her dream and made it come true for her.
Even though it was just a casual remark she made when she was young, he remembered it so clearly.
Under the guidance of Xu Cheng, they went to the third floor of the building through a relatively hidden staircase.
The space here is not very big, and it is surrounded by one-way floor-to-ceiling glass. There are sofas, TVs and carpets in the room, making it look habitable. There are some flowers and plants by the window, as well as a hanging chair.
"On rainy days, you can lie in the room and read a book, then take a nap. You can do all of this here." Xu Cheng quietly told the girl about the little dreams she had. At this moment, he was like a dream weaver, weaving them all for her.
"Oh, look here."
Xu Cheng pointed to a strange mark on the wall. It was a coordinate axis with a function line y=kx+b (k＞0) drawn on it.
If Lin Wanzhou looked carefully, he could see that the vertical axis was the insolence value, and the horizontal axis was the intimacy of the relationship.
That was the intimacy function curve that Xu Cheng drew to define the relationship between the two.
"Why is it different from before?" Lin Wanzhou clearly remembered that the original image was a quadratic equation curve with an opening facing downward.
"I feel like I was careless before. Now, the closer I am to you, the more I want to be unrestrained. The degree of unrestrainedness is infinite."
"You rascal, I won't let you touch me at all."
The girl said words against her will with eyes full of happiness.
"Oh, yes, there is also this book."
Xu Cheng took a copy of The Detectives of Sherlock Holmes from the bookshelf nearby. "Remember, Lin Wanzhou, when we were little, you brought this book from home for me to read. You thought I could deduce things, so you always asked me to deduce things for you that were lost."
"I was too naive at that time. Who knew you were a liar since childhood and had no idea that you were capable of any reasoning."
Talking about the past, Lin Wanzhou complained embarrassedly.
"Eh, hey, hey? Don't talk nonsense. I can indeed make inferences. I can do it now."
"Um?"
Lin Wanzhou looked at him strangely.
"I can really reason." As if to prove it, Xu Cheng said, "If you don't believe me, I'll go out now, and then you think of something in your mind, and I'll come in and do it."
"OK."
Lin Wanzhou didn't believe that Xu Cheng was really that weird.
As the boy pushed the door open and left, he thought about what happened when he entered the room and picked up the pillow.
But Xu Cheng is so capable, what if he really has a way to guess it?
The girl thought seriously.
snort.
Then she would not admit it and would not let this guy be proud in front of her.
"Lin Wanzhou, are you ready?"
Hearing Xu Cheng's voice outside the door, the girl agreed.
"Okay, that's it."
After hearing Lin Wanzhou's answer, Xu Cheng pushed the door open.
Just when the girl was still feeling proud and Xu Cheng didn't walk towards the sofa, the boy hugged her, then lowered his head and kissed her lips in the girl's confused eyes.
"Hmm?"
Lin Wanzhou struggled symbolically for a few times, then closed her eyes and put her arms behind Xu Cheng's back, feeling the love of her childhood sweetheart.
hateful.
This guy really guessed it.
…
After the winter vacation, Xu Cheng and Lin Wanzhou entered their last semester of college, which was also graduation season.
Unlike others, the two of them had already obtained the qualification for guaranteed admission to graduate school based on their excellent grades.
After completing their graduation project, they began their graduation trip around the world together.
We took a hot spring bath and watched cherry blossoms together in Japan, rowed on the Seine River in Paris, took photos with the Eiffel Tower's reflection in the water, attended a concert together in Venice, watched the spectacular sunset in Santorini, and finally went to Barcelona to watch Messi's game for Barcelona, ​​and then enjoyed the evening breeze together on Caramel Mountain.
The last stop of the trip is Longyearbyen, located at 78° north latitude, known as the northernmost city in the world.
When Xu Cheng and Lin Wanzhou arrived, the weather had not yet completely changed to the polar night.
The sky presents a charming blue hue, and above the vast snowfield, you can also see the fairy-like aurora flashing.
"Lin Wanzhou, slow down."
Xu Cheng called Lin Wanzhou, who was skiing very fast in front, and the two stopped under a short coniferous tree.
"What are you doing? Slide faster or you might run into a polar bear."
"The polar bears are so full from all the tourists that they won't eat you. As this is the last stop of our graduation trip, I'll take a photo of you as a souvenir."
"Okay, I'm going to cover my room with photos of this trip."
"Here, you stand under the tree and circle around, and I'll kick the tree to make some of the snow fall off. That way it'll look nice."
"Uh-huh."
Lin Wanzhou turned around obediently. Xu Chengteng kicked the tree and the accumulated snow fluttered down like a snow curtain, blocking the girl's sight.
When her vision became clear again, the young man was already kneeling on one knee on the ground.
The weather was very cold, but he took off his gloves and held a ring in his red hands.
"Lin Wanzhou, will you marry me?"
After being stunned for three full seconds, the girl's eyes suddenly became moist and hot.
"Xu Cheng, are you, are you proposing to me?"
"Yes."
"Are you really proposing to me?"
"I'm really proposing to you. I've been planning this since the beginning of our trip, Lin Wanzhou. I want to marry you. I want you. I want you to be my wife. I want you to be with me forever. I also want you to give birth to a litter of cubs for me."
"Who wants to give birth to a litter?" Hot and wet tears flowed from the corners of the girl's eyes.
Xu Cheng smiled wickedly.
"Hehe, you haven't answered me yet, Lin Wanzhou, will you marry me?"
Only this time, the girl did not pretend to be stubborn. She took off her gloves and stretched out her red, frozen hands towards Xu Cheng.
In that icy and snowy city in the far north, I gently uttered those three words that would promise my whole life.
"I do."
This was destined to be the happiest day in Xu Cheng's life.
On the way back to the hotel, I couldn't help but share this matter with my father and mother.
"Mom, Lin Wanzhou is going to marry me. Really, my proposal was successful. She is wearing my engagement ring now..."
"What are you bragging about?"
Inside the hotel corridor, the girl shyly clasped her hands together, and the silver-white ring on her left middle finger gave her a strange feeling from time to time.
He Ying spoke a few more words to Lin Wanzhou. Her excited voice was a little choked up on the other end of the phone, but she kept saying, "Aunt and Uncle wish you all the best." Lin Wanzhou on the other end of the phone also had tears in her eyes, feeling that all this was like a dream.
"Now I can call you my wife every day, right?" After hanging up the phone, the boy held Lin Wanzhou's hand and asked .
"No, no way." Lin Wanzhou's face was greasy.
"Why?"
“Haven’t gotten past that yet.”
"Then let's do it tonight!"
Xu Cheng's aggressive look made Lin Wanzhou confused. How could the wedding be held tonight? It was not until a long time later that she realized that the one Xu Cheng wanted to hold was herself.
The reserved girl gently hit his chest.
"I...I'm afraid of pain."
"Then some other time."
Xu Cheng touched her head and then opened the door.
The two of them went in, and the next second, Lin Wanzhou was already in his arms, hugging his body tightly.
"I heard someone say that if you kiss me all over my body, it won't hurt..."
These words were like igniting a volcano. Xu Cheng felt as if he had endless strength in his body. As the girl screamed "Ah!", he picked her up by the waist and they fell on the bed together.
The clothes were like snowflakes, falling around one by one.
"Lin Wanzhou, you are so beautiful."
“Wow, I haven’t taken a shower yet…” Lin Wanzhou covered his eyes.
"I don't mind."
"No, if you don't wash yourself, I won't eat you."
"???" Xu Cheng couldn't help himself any more, "Then let's go take a shower together."
"ah?"
The boy was totally unreasonable, he hugged her around the waist again and went into the bathroom.
The water dripped on the two of them drop by drop.
Lin Wanzhou glanced at Xu Cheng and covered her eyes shyly. The next second, as if she had made up her mind, she moved her hand away and opened her eyes wide to see her boy clearly.
The boy held her in his arms, pressed her tightly against his, then sniffed her smooth neck.
"Honey, you smell so good."
As a demonstration, Lin Wanzhou also stood on tiptoe and sniffed his neck.
"You smell good too."
"Mua, Lin Wanzhou, I'm going to eat you up cleanly later."
“…How many times?”
"At least seven times!"
"Then...I'll count...not even once less!"
Coming out of the bathroom, Xu Cheng helped Lin Wanzhou blow dry her hair. The girl wrapped herself in a bath towel and lay down on the bed, nervously waiting for something.
Xu Cheng opened the suitcase and took out small props for emergency use.
"What's this?"
"To prevent having a baby."
"No... don't use..."
"call……"
Xu Cheng hugged his girl, the girl who had never been absent from his side since she was six years old.
He gently kissed every part of the girl's cheek and listened to her calling "husband" in his ear over and over again.
The cold wind howled outside the room.
There were pleasant moans in the room.
It was not until the next morning that the bright sunlight penetrated through the gaps in the curtains and entered the hotel room.
There seemed to be a trace of happy tears in the corner of the girl's eyes.
"Have you had enough sleep?" Xu Cheng rubbed his eyes and looked at her in his arms.
"I'm still sleepy."
The girl moved her body and hugged Xu Cheng tighter.
"But I want to take a closer look and remember the scene this morning."
"Sleep well and have a good night's sleep."
Xu Cheng kissed Lin Wanzhou lightly on the forehead.
"In the days to come."
"We still have countless mornings like this."
"My dear wife."
Lin Wanzhou smiled sweetly, then kissed Xu Cheng's neck which was already covered with countless red marks, and finally leaned against his chest and closed her eyes peacefully.
"Let's stay together forever."
"My dear husband."