Chapter 982: Picking someone up

Shen Ci didn't object; her mother was in pregnancy, and everything should be based on her wishes.

Seeing Shen Ci hang up the phone, Cheng An fastened his seat belt and asked: "A-Ci, where are we going?"

Shen Ci glanced at the time and said: "Let's go eat something first, and after eating, go to the airport to pick someone up."

Longcheng International Airport, International Arrivals Hall.

The big screen above the exit was scrolling in real-time with flight information for flights from Europe to Longcheng landing at the airport. Li Xiao looked up and carefully checked the flight number, and only retracted his gaze after confirming that the flight he was picking up had already landed.

During the waiting time, Li Xiao paced back and forth excitedly and anxiously, occasionally poking his head to look inside.

After a long time, several familiar figures finally appeared in his field of vision, and he hurriedly raised his hand and waved vigorously.

The group of people on the other side also saw Li Xiao and hurriedly waved back with a smile.

"Hi, Manager Liang!"

Li Xiao stepped forward to hug his old friend, the pure European Manager Liang with blonde hair and blue eyes, who was also his senior abroad.

"Xiao, you really didn't lie to me; China is really beautiful." Manager Liang patted Li Xiao on the shoulder and sighed with surprise.

The rest of the people were also visiting China for the first time. Just this Capital International Airport in China made them amazed.

Li Xiao greeted the rest of the people one by one and took them to the parking lot. There were nine people in the group, so Li Xiao specifically found a small bus to pick them up.

"Was the journey smooth?" After getting on the bus, Li Xiao asked with concern in English.

Manager Liang expressed gratefully: "Very smooth, thank you for helping us buy first-class tickets. Everyone isn't tired at all."

Li Xiao smiled and said: "This is my father's arrangement. He is very much looking forward to everyone joining the 'Li Group.' You will be the freshest and most advanced blood flowing into our group's artificial intelligence department."

Manager Liang and the others couldn't help but look at each other and smile upon hearing this, but they couldn't hide the innate arrogance and pride in their bones as Europeans.

That's right, these people were the top talents in the field of artificial intelligence recruited and gathered in Europe by Li Xiao under Li Wanchang's arrangement. The original plan was to recruit fifteen people, but because Guo Shangyong led the team to leave, Li Xiao had to introduce the nine-person team to the group in advance to fill the hole left by Guo Shangyong's team.

On the highway, the bus Li Xiao and his group were riding in brushed past the Porsche Shen Ci was sitting in.

Shen Ci arrived at the airport ten minutes early. She thought she would be able to pick up her grandmother soon, but it wasn't until the plane had landed for a long time that she saw the old lady walking out from inside with bags and luggage, looking around.

"Grandmother!"

Shen Ci hurriedly greeted her. Cheng An was quick-eyed and fast-handed, rushing over to help the old lady take her things.

As a result, as soon as that imposing aura approached, the old lady thought Cheng An was going to rob her things and was so scared she hid directly behind Shen Ci.

Shen Ci laughed and hurriedly explained: "Grandmother, this is the family driver. You can just give the things to him."

The old lady then understood, but because Cheng An's appearance was truly terrifying, especially the scar on his face, she couldn't help but be cautious when handing over the things.

Cheng An knew what he looked like. After taking all the things, he went to the parking lot first.

Only then did the old lady reveal a smile and look at Shen Ci: "A-Ci, aren't you in school? Why didn't you let Guangrong come to pick me up?"

"I don't have class today, Grandmother." Shen Ci explained: "Uncle-in-law opened a new roast meat shop and is opening soon. Guangrong has been helping to tidy up these days. Everyone at home is busy, so I'm the only one with nothing to do."

"Opened another shop? I didn't hear your aunt mention it." The old lady muttered.

Shen Ci didn't explain in detail, because her aunt had only just found out and probably hadn't had time to say anything yet.

She changed the subject and looked at the old lady, asking: "Grandmother, why did you bring so many things with all these bags? It must have been overweight for checked luggage, right?"

"Exactly!" Mentioning this, the old lady said with dissatisfaction: "You say this plane, it doesn't let you bring more. I also brought that wild black-bone chicken for your mother, but because it was overweight, I had to let your eldest uncle take it back. That thing is very nourishing. I estimate it will be stewed and eaten by your eldest aunt before I even get back."

Shen Ci couldn't help but laugh upon hearing this. The tone and expression of the old lady when she said this were a bit cute.

"There is everything at home. It would be better to travel light at your age. Carrying so many things is such a burden," Shen Ci said casually.

But her casual words sounded warm to the old lady's ears.

Because the old lady knew that A-Ci and the other children weren't close to her, because there was no emotional foundation since they were small. So there was no expectation in her heart to hear some intimate and thoughtful words.

But precisely because there was no expectation in her heart, hearing A-Ci say such a casual sentence so suddenly, the old lady took it to heart.

She curved her eyes, her tone obviously much happier: "That's different. Mine are all wild; they are all good things. You can't buy them even if you want to eat them in the big city."

Shen Ci didn't dampen the old lady's spirits anymore and nodded along with her words: "My mother will definitely be happy when she sees them."

The old lady widened her eyes: "That's for sure."

After getting in the car, the old lady and Shen Ci sat in the back seat, and the mirror in front just happened to reflect the upper half of Cheng An's face.

The full face was already scary enough, but the half-faced Cheng An was even scarier, scaring the old lady so much she didn't dare to speak the whole way. She closed her eyes and pretended to sleep as soon as she got in the car, and didn't open them the whole way.

When they returned home, Shen Ci had sent a message to her mother in advance, and Shen Jingjing had already been waiting at the door in advance.

"Grandmother, my mother is out to pick you up." Shen Ci patted the old lady and said softly.

The old lady wasn't asleep at all. Hearing the sound, she sat up straight with a "swoosh," leaned forward to look, and sure enough, saw Shen Jingjing waiting by the side of the road.

Accompanying her was Wen Shuyi.

As soon as the car stopped, the old lady couldn't wait to open the car door and get out: "Oh my, your belly is so big, you should have just waited inside. Why come out?"

"Mom." Shen Jingjing called out with a smile.

Wen Shuyi also followed on the side to call out: "Big sister-in-law, long time no see."

"Oh, big sister-in-law." The old lady enthusiastically held Wen Shuyi's hand and said gratefully: "It's been hard for you to take care of Jingjing all this time. Now that I'm here, you can just hand her over to me, and you can rest for a couple of days."

Wen Shuyi said with a smile: "It's not hard. I've actually gotten used to it."

While the few were talking, Shen Ci helped Cheng An take the things the old lady brought out of the trunk: "Mom, look at my grandmother's bags and luggage; she brought you a pile of things."

Shen Jingjing's reaction was the same as Shen Ci's. Seeing this, she couldn't help but say to the old lady: "Mom, why bring so many things? It's so tiring. There is everything at home!"

The old lady was still in that tone: "Can what you have at home be the same as what I brought? These are all good things. You can't find a place to buy them even if you want to eat them."

"Besides, it's not tiring at all. Your eldest brother sent me to the airport, and he carried them all."

As a result, mentioning this, she remembered that wild black-bone chicken that was taken back: "It's just a pity that my wild black-bone chicken wasn't brought to you..."

Listening to the old lady's muttering, Shen Ci and her mother couldn't help but look at each other and smile helplessly. ===== CHAPTER 983 =====