Rebirth of the Rich Second Generation's Growth Diary

Chapter 168 Daily Life on the Return Journey
There are many ways to make others feel that you understand education.

The simplest and most direct one is often that you have a son or daughter who is worthy of praise from others.

There are also many ways to get others to praise your son.

But the simplest thing is that your son really deserves the reputation and is worthy of praise.

Although I have heard similar praise many times.

But whenever others talk about this topic again, he still feels particularly satisfied.

Compared to flattery, it is undoubtedly more pleasant for others to praise his son for whatever purpose.

Summer vacation is coming soon.

Li Xu would be back soon, and he had already confirmed this with Li Xu over the phone in advance.

When the company is not so busy, Li Yuqian still misses Li Xu occasionally.

This emotion seemed to have suddenly arisen the year Li Xu went to college.

It's kind of funny to say.

As a man in his prime, he has a company with hundreds of full-time employees.

There are countless types of dispatched workers and the people affected by them from upstream and downstream.

Logically speaking, at his age, he shouldn't have such strong feelings of longing.

But Li Yuqian really felt it.

In the past two years, he has become less interested in making trouble.

It is difficult to say exactly what caused this shift.

However, two days ago, when he was sitting and chatting with Tang Rui in a teahouse, Tang Rui gave him an analysis, which made Li Yuqian feel that it made some sense.

Tang Rui said at the time: "You have such an outstanding successor who is even better than you, so of course you would have such thoughts."

"Honestly, who doesn't want to enjoy life?"

"But when you and I are in our position, there are so many mouths to feed."

"Many times, it's beyond your control. You can't stop just because you want to."

"Until the child grows up, don't you have to shoulder all the responsibilities yourself?"

Having said that, Tang Rui sighed slightly.

He glared at Li Yuqian fiercely and continued, "I really envy you for having such an outstanding son. The kingdom you conquered will now have someone to carry on your legacy."

I have to say, although Tang Rui's words sounded a bit rough.

But it made Li Yuqian feel extremely happy.

This is indeed the case. They are often unable to control themselves now.

Of course, this is only a superficial reason.

On a deeper level, it’s still that worry.

This kind of worry, although I don’t usually think about it actively.

But it’s always there subconsciously.

He would worry that his son would not be able to protect the foundation he had worked so hard to build.

This is by no means an exaggeration; his business is indeed very large now.

But not big enough.

Moreover, their business is not asset-heavy.

Being asset-light has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that the cash flow will be more abundant, the investment period will not be that long, and the cost can be recovered quickly.

But the downside is that once you encounter some troubles and need to sell your assets, there won’t be much to sell.

As an industrial enterprise, we do have some advantages when dealing with local governments compared to companies like real estate.

But correspondingly, the attitudes of all parties are more directed at him as a person rather than his company.

Even without Lao Wang, Wanda is still Wanda.

But it is hard to say how long Xiaomi can continue to prosper without Lei Jun.

In addition, both internal company personnel and external investors are keeping a close eye on the resources in his hands.

If the heir is unreliable, it is hard to say whether he can protect the family business.

When Li Xu was in high school, there was a time when Li Yuqian even wanted to withdraw some funds to get involved in real estate and other businesses.

At least leave some heavy assets to Li Xu, such as shops or factories.

These can be rented out and provide a stable cash income.

In this way, even if Li Xu is not that smart, he can at least live a happy and healthy life.

After all, their company's business seems to have plenty of cash and considerable revenue, but it needs to keep running, otherwise it will regress.

As a decision maker, just a few stupid decisions can easily lead to the rapid decline of the company.

Especially when capital traps are involved.

Of course, those worries I had in high school have now completely disappeared.

Although this brat didn't tell him about the trouble Li Xu had caused in college.

But Li Yuqian has many ways to find out.

Even Li Xu now appears in financial news from time to time, in news clips and related reports in newspapers.

He treasured them all carefully.

We can see a lot from what Li Xu does.

Li Yuqian was very sure that his son had all the qualifications to be a qualified heir.

It is precisely because of this that he, who is still in his prime, actually has the urge to relax.

I thought that after a few years, after Li Xu graduated from university, I would gradually transfer the company to him.

There was good news from the branch office these days. They had won another project. With the trend of smart city construction, their company's business had really grown a lot. After a busy day, they could have some leisure time. Li Yuqian thought about it and asked Tang Rui to go fishing.

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Compared to his father's leisurely life these days, Li Xu is actually quite relaxed too.

This time he didn't choose to fly back, but he also didn't drive back like last time. Driving from the capital to Jinchuan City once was enough.

He chose to take the high-speed rail back. Of course, there was someone traveling with him, but it was not An Duoduo.

An Duoduo is still very busy this summer. There are not many things at the Capital Company that require her to take care of, but she still plans to check on it from time to time.

Besides that, there was the competition. There was a very important competition coming up. In An Duoduo's words, this might be her last competition during her college years, and she wanted to give it a serious try.

So there are only two things for her this summer vacation. One is to help Li Xu look after the company, and the other is to train and prepare for the competition.

He still felt a little regretful that An Duoduo could not go back with Li Xu.

When An Duoduo was talking about this, she saw regret on Li Xu's face, but it made her a little happy.

She asked Li Xu with a smile: "Why can't you go back with me? Does that make you unhappy?" Li Xu said: "That's right."

"why?"

Li Xu said: "It is always a happy thing to have a beautiful woman by your side."

An Duoduo looked at him with a strange look, and after a moment she said, "That's really not something you would say."

Li Xu immediately smiled and said, "What's wrong with that?"

An Duoduo snorted and uttered two words: "Flirtatious."

Then, seeing Li Xu's innocent expression, she smiled and said, "It's okay, though. I'm happy to hear it. See you later."

Of course, I didn't go back with An Duoduo. Although I felt a little regretful, it wasn't too serious. After all, there are many beautiful women in the world, and there are also many beautiful women who have a good relationship with Li Xu.

The train was speeding, and the scenery outside the window was quickly receding, but in the distance, the flow was slower, allowing people to see clearly how beautiful and magnificent the land that gave birth to and raised them was.

Li Xu sat by the window, looking at the scenery outside the train leisurely, feeling comfortable.

The train's silver-white body shone with a metallic luster in the afternoon sun, and the air-conditioning vents emitted a slight hum.

The blackout curtain beside Li Xu was half rolled up, and the glass window reflected the blurry shadows of three people. In the distance, the dark green mountains were slowly rotating along with the ups and downs of the railway tracks, and the shadows of the nearby telephone poles were pulled into continuous black strings by the speed of the train.

Sitting next to him was Xia Xiaohe, and opposite him was Tang Qiaoning.

After a while, Li Xu slowly withdrew his gaze, suddenly woke up Xia Xiaohe who was taking a nap, and said to Tang Qiaoning across from him, "Come on, let's play Landlord."

Tang Qiaoning asked, "Why do you suddenly want to play Landlord?"

Xia Xiaohe was woken up at this time. She rubbed her sleepy eyes, yawned lightly, and was still a little confused.

Li Xu pulled out a deck of cards and said, "I took the train back specifically and chose a seat like this, isn't it just to avoid being bored on the way back?"

Xia Xiaohe blinked and said, "But... I'm not very good at it."

Tang Qiaoning also shook her head and said, "I don't know either."

Li Xu took out a marker from his body and said, "It's fun if you don't know how to do it." As he spoke, he unpacked the playing cards and shuffled them skillfully.

Tang Qiaoning's eyes widened: "Huh?"

Li Xu coughed and said, "I mean, you have to learn if you don't know."

He quickly shuffled the cards, then placed them on the table and said, "It's actually very simple. Let me tell you the rules. It's like this... that... and then this. Do you understand?"

Xia Xiaohe nodded, not quite understanding.

Tang Qiaoning seemed a little distracted when listening and said, "You are the only one who is an expert. The two of us definitely can't beat you."

Li Xu said nonchalantly, "We're just having fun anyway. We're not playing for money. See this?" He pointed to the marker on the table and said, "Whoever loses draws on their face according to the amount of chips they lost."

Xia Xiaohe's eyes widened immediately, and hesitantly said, "Is that so? You're really too much."

Tang Qiaoning was also a little hesitant. After all, Li Xu would still be very handsome if he drew a few strokes on his face, but she would not be beautiful if she drew a few strokes on her face.

Seeing that both girls were hesitant to play, Li Xu sighed slightly and said, "Forget it, since you don't want to play, I won't force you. Let's go to sleep." As he spoke, he was about to put away the playing cards.

Tang Qiaoning was just about to go to sleep when Xia Xiaohe hesitated and said, "Let's try it for a couple of times first. Can we not paint on our faces first?"

Seeing that Xia Xiaohe agreed, Tang Qiaoning had no choice but to agree as well.

Sitting next to Tang Qiaoning was an auntie who found it a little funny to watch the three young people playing games.

After the Landlord game officially started, Tang Qiaoning and Xia Xiaohe were not completely unable to play as Li Xu had imagined. At least the rules were very clear to them.

As the playing cards rang against the imitation wood-grain table, the pearl pendant on Tang Qiaoning's earlobe swayed gently as the train turned. When she raised her hand to tidy her hair, the sandalwood bracelet on her wrist touched the stainless steel handrail, making a light thud.

After trying a few games, with some wins and some losses, Tang Qiaoning and Xia Xiaohe undoubtedly gained great confidence.

In this way, the three of them officially started the card game with stakes.

Li Xu's card skills may not be very good, but he was lucky today. He had been winning the previous few rounds, and he was able to become the landlord in every round.

He painted on Xia Xiaohe and Tang Qiaoning's faces very fairly. He painted a rabbit on Xia Xiaohe's face and a sunflower on Tang Qiaoning's face.

The consecutive victories made Li Xu a little too proud of himself: "No way, the two of you, together you can't even beat me, hahahaha.

"Xiao He, you didn't expect that the last card in my hand is not the little devil."

"Oh, Xiaohe, you should have blown him up just now."

"Sorry……"

When Xia Xiaohe rubbed her eyes, her eyelashes cast a trembling shadow on her cheek, and the fluff on the brim of her sweatshirt was slightly undulating in the air from the air conditioner.

As Li Xu's fingers were flying as he shuffled the cards, the LED light strip on the top of the car suddenly lit up with a warm yellow glow, indicating that a tunnel was approaching.

But there is no such thing as an ever-victorious general in this world, especially in a game like cards that relies half on luck.

When Li Xu resumed trading, it was finally Xia Xiaohe and Tang Qiaoning's turn to draw on Li Xu's face.

At this time, in addition to the sunflower, Tang Qiaoning's face also had two mustaches, and Xia Xiaohe was not much behind, with an additional frown.

Now it was the two girls' turn to take revenge. Li Xu smiled and closed his eyes, saying, "Come one by one."

Tang Qiaoning had long wanted revenge. Holding a marker, she said with a smug look on her face, "Open your eyes, open your eyes, or I won't be able to draw so well." She gestured at Li Xu's face, not putting pen to paper for a long time, silently calculating. "You are the lucky Xiaowei family, and you've been bombed twice, so I have to draw four strokes on your face in total."

Li Xu opened his eyes and said with a smile: "You are too long-winded, hurry up and kill me."

Tang Qiaoning smiled slightly, and quickly drew four five-pointed stars on Li Xu's face, all in one stroke.

Then she said with some pride: "Okay, this way even if I can't win the next round, I've made back my money."

Willing to accept defeat, Li Xu looked at Xia Xiaohe again and said, "Xiaohe, it's your turn."

Xia Xiaohe held the marker, hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Then close your eyes."

Li Xu closed his eyes. After a moment, he felt four gentle taps under his right eye, and then he heard Xia Xiaohe say, "Alright."

Li Xu opened his eyes with some surprise.

There are only 4 points, and I guess you can't really see them.

Tang Qiaoning, who was standing next to her, looked at Xia Xiaohe in shock and said, "Xiaohe, you..."

Xia Xiaohe said shyly, "I, I'm embarrassed to draw too much. I think it's enough."

Then she raised her eyes and looked at Li Xu very gently. At this time, the four faint dots on Li Xu's face formed a sharp contrast with Tang Qiaoning's four crooked and ugly five-pointed stars.

Suddenly Tang Qiaoning realized something.

At this moment, she noticed that a magic trick was being performed on the TV opposite. The magician was holding three red balls in his hands and changing them back and forth.

When she saw the ball, the first thought in her head was that she should take it off and put it on her nose.

After playing for a while, they felt a little tired. The three of them ate something and wiped the marks on their faces almost clean with the wet wipes they brought with them. Then they gradually calmed down and took a nap.

After a while, Li Xu suddenly felt a little extra weight on his shoulders, and at the same time a fragrance drifted into his nose.

Li Xu opened his eyes and tilted his head slightly, and saw Xia Xiaohe leaning lightly on his shoulder, sleeping soundly, while Tang Qiaoning opposite him also fell into a deep sleep, curled up in the seat with her knees against the net bag on the back of the front seat. The refracted light spots of the mineral water in the net bag danced on her cheeks, making her look delicate and charming.

Li Xu felt comfortable and slowly closed his eyes again.

The electronic screen at the connection between the carriages displayed the real-time train speed. The deep blue night sky was spreading from the eastern sky, dyeing the last few rays of sunset into a blurred rose gold at the end of the railway track.

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ps: You really don’t want to vote for the monthly ticket (sigh)

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