After Jiang Sui arrived in Canada, he was quickly interviewed by the University of Montreal. The process went smoothly and he received an invitation a few days later.

On the day she received the notice, she suddenly made a decision to stay and not return home, just to adapt to the environment in advance. Anyway, no one was waiting for her in the country.

When she told Jiang Guodong the news, he immediately realized something was wrong.

Jiang Sui had no choice but to tell her father the truth: Si Nian would not come, they had broken up, and she would study there alone from then on.

Jiang Guodong was silent for a long time. Before hanging up the phone, he said to Jiang Sui, "Wait, Dad won't let Sui Sui be alone again."

Jiang Sui didn't know what Old Jiang meant by this sentence. Could he force Si Nian to come to her?

In the following days, Jiang Sui looked for a house by himself and successfully converted his tourist visa into a student visa in Canada. Then he started to attend classes and study step by step. After class, he actively participated in extracurricular activities with his Canadian classmates.

Jiang Sui seems calm on the surface, but actually she knows that only by keeping herself busy can she have no time for random thoughts.

One day in autumn, three people suddenly appeared in front of her, which made her overjoyed.

Jiang Guodong was sent by Gu Wanwai to Canada to live temporarily, and he met Mr. Wu who was on a business trip to Canada.

Jiang Sui didn’t know what a wonderful fate this was.

After they had a meal together, Jiang Sui found out that Mr. Wu's name was Wu Fan, who was eight years older than Jiang Sui and was an outstanding graduate of Montreal University. It was Mr. Wu who personally submitted her materials to Montreal University and personally guaranteed her, which was how she was able to receive the admission invitation from Montreal University.

She was grateful for this, so every time Mr. Wu came to Canada on business, Jiang Sui would treat him to a meal. As time went by, the two became close friends who could talk about anything.

But what Jiang Sui did not expect was that in order to get Old Jiang to come to Canada to accompany their daughter, Gu Wanhui was willing to take a downgrade and fight for the opportunity to be sent to Canada. This greatly changed Jiang Sui's attitude towards her.

Not long after Jiang Guodong and Gu Wan arrived, Jiang Sui gave up his rented house and moved in with them. From then on, the family of three finally put aside their differences and lived happily together. In a blink of an eye, five years had passed.

During these five years, Jiang Sui also went to several other countries for exchange and study. In the summer of her graduation year, she returned to Shenda to attend the graduation ceremony in China. She only met Xiao Wen secretly and did not tell anyone else.

She still chose to study for her graduate degree at the University of Montreal. Thanks to Mr. Wu, she was able to easily study under a world-renowned old professor at the University of Montreal.

As graduation approaches, Jiang Sui is once again faced with a choice: should she continue studying or work? She hasn’t decided yet.

On the eve of graduation, when she was doing her internship, she suddenly met Zhou Chengye, who was then a senior translator in the Translation Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

After not seeing each other for many years, the two chatted enthusiastically for a long time.

Before Zhou Cheng left, he asked Jiang Sui, "Have you considered returning to China after graduation? The company will be recruiting a group of non-common language translators in the fall."

Jiang Sui had never thought about this before. She asked him, "Will my overseas study background be enough?"

Zhou Cheng also smiled and replied, "Generally speaking, very few people do that, but there are exceptions, like me."

Jiang Sui couldn't help laughing. She actually forgot that Zhou Cheng was in the same situation as her.

"Will it be very difficult to pass the exam? Wouldn't it be embarrassing if I fail?" Jiang Sui was a little worried.

"Is Jiang Jiang also afraid of exams?"

Zhou Cheng also said this, and they both laughed.

Jiang Sui said, "I'll think about it and discuss it with my family."

Although she said this, she hadn't thought it through and had never mentioned it to her family.

Until one day, when she accompanied Wu Fan, who was on a business trip to Canada, to an auction, she finally made up her mind.

One of the items at the auction was from China, a comb made of Hetian jade from the Han Dynasty, with a few red beans inlaid on the back of the comb.

Jiang Sui didn’t take it seriously at first, but after hearing the host’s introduction, she was stunned.

"A comb is a token of love and a symbol of steadfast love. A jade comb symbolizes love that lasts till old age."

"Red beans grow in the south, and they sprout in spring. I hope you can pick more of them, as they are the most beautiful thing for you."

"The combination of comb and red beans is very beautiful and romantic, and it is the perfect choice to bring back to your loved one to express your love."

Jiang Sui didn’t know which boss bought the red bean jade comb in the end.

Because ever since she heard the words "lovesickness forever" from the host's mouth, her eyes were filled with tears and she could no longer hold herself back.

It was not until then that she understood why Si Nian had secretly left the red bean jade comb pendant to her the night before she left.

It turned out that from the night they confessed their feelings to each other, he had determined to marry her.

But now that you have made up your mind, why do you make that choice?

When Jiang Sui got home in the evening, he went straight into his room without saying a word. Jiang Guodong and Gu Wan just looked at each other and no one dared to ask any questions.

Jiang Sui rummaged through the drawers in the room and finally found the jewelry box that she had hidden away five years ago.

She opened it carefully, and the red bean jade comb lay quietly inside.

Jiang Sui's fingers touched it inadvertently, and suddenly he felt a wave of heartache again.

Since I can't calm down, I'll go back and face it.

No matter what, she wanted to ask him in person what did it mean to leave the red bean jade comb to her?

Half an hour later, Jiang Sui came out of the room and walked straight to Jiang Guodong and Gu Wan with an extremely serious expression.

"Dad, Aunt Gu, after graduation in the fall, I want to return home."

Jiang Guodong and Gu Wan looked at each other, then he asked Jiang Sui with a smile, "Have you thought about it?"

Jiang Sui nodded firmly, "Yes, I've thought about it. This is a good opportunity to realize my childhood dream. I want to go back and give it a try."

"Then go back. We will go back with you. Even fallen leaves must return to their roots!"

That evening, Jiang Sui contacted Zhou Cheng to inquire about relevant matters. Zhou Cheng welcomed Jiang Sui's decision and sent her some recruitment materials for her to familiarize herself with first.

Just like that, at the end of October, Jiang Sui and his family returned to northern Beijing together.

After returning to China and preparing for another month, Jiang Sui passed multiple rounds of examinations and finally joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

At first, there was a four-month closed-door devilish training. After passing it, Jiang Sui was transferred to the Asia Department to do Arabic translation work because she was proficient in several languages and minor languages were scarce. She worked and interned with her predecessors at the same time.

So in reality, Jiang Sui had been back in China for half a year, and he was so busy that he had no time to contact anyone, and he only met Zhou Cheng once during that time.

Qingming Festival was just a few days after the closed training ended. Jiang Sui had been away for too long and had not been able to visit his grandmother and mother’s graves. He decided to go back during the Qingming holiday, just to visit the graves and then go back to the courtyard, making a round trip on the same day.

Early in the morning, in the airport waiting room, the TV was broadcasting current news.

In order to get back in time in the evening, Jiang Sui got up very early today. She was so sleepy that she was leaning back in a chair with her eyes closed to rest.

A video of a senior leader visiting a certain enterprise was being broadcast on TV, and two people sitting next to Jiang Sui suddenly started talking.

"The Aijiang Group has been developing rapidly in recent years. Its subsidiaries are involved in various industries. It has also completed a lot of government construction projects in the past two years. It is said that it has a Hong Kong business background."

"But whether it's the CEO in Hong Kong or the mainland, they're all from Shenhai. I've noticed that before."

"The most mysterious person in this group is their chairman. It is said that he was appointed to take over the Si Group about five and a half years ago. Do you know Si? He is the major shareholder of HK behind Aijiang Group."

Hearing this, Jiang Sui slowly opened her eyes and turned her head to look at the two young men sitting two seats away from her.

"Yes, it is said that there was a big problem with the Smith Company at the beginning. After the new chairman took office, he carried out drastic reforms and it didn't take long to save the company."

"They have also turned their development goals to the mainland. This chairman is a capable person, but he rarely shows up in public. When he does, his two presidents are the ones who attend public events. There is very little information about him online, only a name. No other information is known. Hey, I think his name is Si Nian, which sounds pretty nice!"

"The name sounds quite young!"

"Who knows, it could be an old man."

As the two men were talking, they suddenly laughed quietly.

Jiang Sui retracted his gaze and checked his phone. There were still more than ten minutes before boarding.

She closed her eyes again, but as soon as her eyelids closed, Si Nian's handsome face suddenly appeared in front of her. He was smiling at her, and his dimples appeared and disappeared.

Jiang Sui opened her eyes in shock and stared at the void in front of her for a while. She took out her mobile phone, typed "Si Nian" into the search engine, and clicked "search".

Si Nian, Chairman of Aijiang Group.

Just as those two people said, no other information could be found, not even a photo.

Is he the chairman of a large group?

He is really good at everything he does.

But for such a glorious thing, why would you deliberately hide yourself?

Jiang Sui didn’t quite understand.

All this happened because he gave up being with her. Shouldn't he show it off in a high-profile manner to let her know that he made the right choice?

Jiang Sui searched Aijiang Group and Si Group on his mobile phone. Haha, the executive presidents were not strangers, Xie Xingzhou and Wu Chunhao.

He pushed all his brothers to high positions and made them the focus of public attention.

Scrolling down the page, we find that Aijiang Group has a second largest shareholder, Shenhai Cui.

Seeing this, Jiang Sui was not surprised at all. Considering the relationship between Cui Jin and Si Nian, as well as their personalities, it was normal for him to just be the boss behind the scenes.

The plane took off and landed on time. Around nine o'clock in the morning, Jiang Sui appeared at Jincheng Beishan Cemetery holding two bouquets of yellow chrysanthemums.

What Jiang Sui didn't expect was that a bouquet of chrysanthemums had been placed in front of his grandparents' and mother's tombstones, and the tombstones had been wiped clean.

Although she would call the administrator to ask for help with tomb sweeping every year, she did not call the administrator in advance to tell him about this when she came back this year.

Who is the one?

A figure carrying a bucket and scrubbing a tombstone flashed vaguely through my mind.

She turned her head and saw that the empty tombstone next to her mother was also wiped unusually clean. She thought it might have been cleaned by a staff member, or it might have been cleaned by the family who had just bought a new cemetery nearby.

Jiang Sui shook his head, trying to get rid of those irrelevant thoughts. He chattered for a while in front of his grandmother's and mother's tombstones respectively before going down the mountain.

The taxi was driving on the bumpy streets of Jincheng Old District, and Jiang Sui turned his head to look out the window.

A few years have passed, and northern Beijing has changed a lot, but this small northeastern city seems to have settled down and remains the same as before.

She remembered that the streets looked like this the last time she and Si Nian spent the New Year in Northeast China.

Why do I keep thinking about that person today?