Chapter 960 The Return of the Wanderer
The three of them chatted for the whole morning. After lunch, Song Yuanchao looked at the time and set off for the airport.
He was not leaving, but going to pick someone up, because today was the day Sun Yaoliang was returning to China.
Li Daqi and Qin Zhengguo did not go as they had their own arrangements. Song Yuanchao drove directly to the airport, parked the car in the parking lot, and then waited patiently at the international exit.
In a blink of an eye, it has been quite some time since Sun Yaoliang left. He has not been back in the past two years. He spends most of his time in the United States and the rest of his time in other countries. Sometimes he even attends classes at foreign universities, and no one knows what he is busy with.
Last week, Sun Yaoliang called Song Yuanchao and told him that he would be back today. Song Chaoyuan was very happy when he heard about it and agreed to pick him up at the airport today.
According to the flight time, Sun Yaoliang's flight should have arrived at 3:10 pm. Song Chaoyuan arrived at the airport half an hour in advance. It took him less than 20 minutes to park the car and walk to the international exit. There was still some time before the flight arrived.
Waiting there slowly, Sun Yaoliang's flight landed basically on time, but it would take at least half an hour from landing to docking, exiting the cabin, going through customs, picking up luggage, etc. Song Chaoyuan stood at the exit waiting patiently. At around 3:50, a group of people walked out. Song Chaoyuan didn't know whether it was the flight Sun Yaoliang was on. He scanned the crowd, looking for Sun Yaoliang.
After about seven or eight minutes, Song Chaoyuan finally saw a familiar figure. Wasn't that Sun Yaoliang?
Sun Yaoliang was seen wearing a grey suit, without a tie, and the top two buttons of his shirt were undone, slightly open. His hair was a little longer than before, probably because it had been groomed and looked a little different from what he remembered. He had a pair of sunglasses on his nose and was holding a briefcase in his left hand. In front of him was a luggage cart with several suitcases on it.
I haven't seen Sun Yaoliang for nearly two years. His appearance has changed a lot. He looks more like a successful person. Although he is not handsome, he looks more manly after dressing up like this. He exudes an extraordinary demeanor.
As he walked, Sun Yaoliang was talking to a man behind him who was also pushing a luggage cart. As they were quite far away, Song Chaoyuan could not see the man behind him clearly and just thought that he was someone Sun Yaoliang met on the way back to China.
Soon, Sun Yaoliang was about to reach the exit. At this time, Song Chaoyuan called him and waved in his direction.
Sun Yaoliang looked over here when he heard the voice, and waved to Song Chaoyuan happily when he saw him, while quickening his pace.
"You kid, you're finally back!" As soon as they met, Song Yuanchao rudely punched Sun Yaoliang's chest with his fist.
"Yes, I, Hu Hansan, am finally back!" Sun Yaoliang laughed. The two old classmates and good friends met again, and they were both extremely happy.
They hugged and patted each other's backs for a long time before they separated. Song Yuanchao looked at Sun Yaoliang and said with a click of the tongue: "Look, your temperament now is completely different from when you went out. You look like an overseas Chinese."
"Go away, is there anyone like you? You haven't seen me for two years and you're already insulting me when you meet me?" Sun Yaoliang scolded with a smile.
"Hahaha, who told you to dress so flashily?" Song Yuanchao laughed.
Chatting and joking, Song Yuanchao was about to take Sun Yaoliang's luggage cart and walk out together, but Sun Yaoliang grabbed him and asked him to wait.
Song Yuanchao was surprised and asked him what he was waiting for. Could it be that he had some luggage that he hadn't picked up yet? At this time, Sun Yaoliang pointed behind him and said, "Yuanchao, look who this is?"
"Who is it?" Song Yuanchao looked behind Sun Yaoliang and saw a man in his thirties wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses smiling at him. Wasn't this the man that Sun Yaoliang had just walked and talked with?
Song Yuanchao looked at the other person and felt that he looked familiar, but he couldn't remember who he was for a moment. It was not until the other person took the initiative to greet Song Chaoyuan and called him "Third Brother" that an idea suddenly flashed through Song Chaoyuan's mind.
"You...you are Hai Rong?"
"It's me! It's me! Third brother!" Lu Hairong's eyes turned red and tears fell uncontrollably. Yes, he was Lu Hairong, Song Chaoyuan's old classmate, their roommate, the youngest, who later went abroad.
Ten years have passed in a flash. The young boy back then is now almost middle-aged. Compared with the Lu Hairong in my memory, Lu Hairong is now tall and has lost the childishness he had in school. Instead, he has the temperament of a mature man.
In addition, he had the air of a scholar, and his every move was quite dignified. No wonder Song Chaoyuan didn't recognize him at first.
"Is it really you?" Song Chaoyuan came back to his senses and walked over without saying a word. Lu Hairong did the same. The two old classmates who had not been seen for many years hugged each other tightly. Different from the hug between Song Chaoyuan and Sun Yaoliang just now, this was a silent but full of friendship among men.
"Good boy, you're finally back!" Song Yuanchao let go of his hand and looked at Lu Hairong, who was slightly taller than him. He joked, "It seems that American milk bread is really nourishing. After so many years away, you're taller than me?"
"I was small to begin with, and I hadn't fully developed back then, so it was normal for me to grow a little later." Lu Hairong said a little embarrassedly.
"It's good that you're back. By the way, you and Yaoliang came back together? How did you meet in the United States?" Song Chaoyuan couldn't help asking.
"You should ask him about that." Lu Hairong pointed at Sun Yaoliang and said, "Fourth Brother once came to our university to audit a class. It happened that I was the main lecturer of that class. He recognized me first, but my appearance has changed a lot in the past few years. After class, he came over to ask me about it. But as soon as I saw him, I knew who he was. Isn't this Fourth Brother? I was also surprised at that time."
"Hahaha, what a coincidence! It's God's arrangement." Song Chaoyuan burst into laughter. Lu Hairong was right, he had changed a lot, but Sun Yaoliang had not changed much, and he had a very distinctive look, so it was reasonable for Lu Hairong to recognize him.
"Look at what you said. It makes me look like I'm sorry to the people? Hey, don't joke about this. I'm going to be angry!" Sun Yaoliang interrupted unhappily.
Song Yuanchao and Lu Hairong exchanged glances, and then both burst into laughter at the same time. Sun Yaoliang also laughed. The three men, who were over a hundred years old in total, laughed so hard at the exit that they were bent over with laughter. Many people subconsciously looked at them, and even the police comrades not far away noticed them and walked towards them to see what was going on.
Seeing this, Song Chaoyuan quickly told them to stop laughing, because if they continued like this, the police would come over to question them. Then, Song Chaoyuan asked them to go together, pushing the luggage cart towards the parking lot. Fortunately, Song Chaoyuan drove a car with a large trunk today, otherwise it would be difficult to put all the luggage in.
After putting away the luggage and getting on the train, Song Chaoyuan asked Lu Hairong if he had arranged a place to stay. Lu Hairong said he hadn't arranged it yet. He originally planned to stay in a hotel in Shanghai for a day and take the train back to his hometown tomorrow.
After hearing what he said, Song Chaoyuan said, "Why stay in a hotel? Since we are already in Shanghai, we can just stay at home. Anyway, there is a lot of space at home." He drove towards home. Lu Hairong was not polite and said with a smile that the guest should follow the host's wishes. As for Sun Yaoliang, Song Yuanchao did not ask for his opinion at all. Didn't this kid stay at home when he came to Shanghai? Given their friendship, is there any need to ask?
Along the way, Song Chaoyuan asked about Lu Hairong's situation over the years. After Lu Hairong went to study in the United States, the two sides had communicated for a period of time. However, after Song Chaoyuan graduated and went to Nanjing, and Lu Hairong's residence in the United States also changed, the contact was cut off, and many years passed in a flash.
Lu Hairong told Song Yuanchao that he first studied for a master's degree in the United States, and later went to Columbia University to pursue a doctorate. After graduation, he was invited to stay at Columbia University to teach, and is now a professor at Columbia University Business School.
Columbia University is one of the Ivy League universities in the United States. Although Columbia Business School is not as famous as the Medical School, it is also very good among American higher education institutions. As a young doctor who is not yet 40 years old and has a Chinese background, being able to serve as a professor in this school is enough to prove Lu Hairong's excellence.
Lu Hairong told Song Chaoyuan that he was married. He met his wife, a Chinese American, in college. The couple currently work at Columbia University, but his wife is a school administrator, while he is a professor and does some theoretical work.
He now has three children, a boy and two girls. The eldest is a girl, the second is a boy, and the third is also a daughter. His family is happy and the children are cute and sensible.
Last year, Sun Yaoliang came to Columbia University Business School and met Lu Hairong during an audit class. It was such a coincidence .
After the reunion, Lu Hairong invited Sun Yaoliang to his home, where Sun Yaoliang met his wife and children, and the two chatted about many past events.
When Lu Hairong learned that some of their old classmates were doing well, and that Song Chaoyuan had achieved the most success, starting from scratch and founding Shenghua Group, and was now a well-known figure in the business world, he was deeply moved.
When Lu Hairong went abroad to study, Song Chaoyuan helped him a lot, especially on the day he left, he specially gave him some US dollars and told Lu Hairong to tell him directly if he had any difficulties abroad.
Lu Hairong has always kept this incident in mind. When he first arrived in the United States, he could not adapt to life there. In addition, he was unfamiliar with the place and encountered many difficulties. It was thanks to the money Song Chaoyuan gave him that Lu Hairong got through the difficulties. In Lu Hairong's heart, Song Chaoyuan is not only his brother, but also his benefactor.
