Chapter 358: The light feathers of memory slowly drift down

There was a full 10 seconds of silence on the call.

Wen Wen Ruan sat on the living room sofa, feeling her mind drifting, momentarily unsure of what to do.

As a senior partner at Quan Jing Law Firm, one of the "Red Circle" firms, Luo Bin is a true socialite.

His figure frequently appears in reports by major news media, and he even has his own encyclopedia entry.

Wen Wen Ruan had previously looked up information about this high-profile lawyer out of curiosity.

Knowing he had once served as the head of the legal team for Smile Holdings, it was no surprise that he knew Jin Meixiao.

The problem was that to help her best friend resolve an international trade dispute, she had made Luo Bin owe Jin Meixiao a favor, and Luo Bin had only helped out of respect for Tang Song.

This meant she had passively made Tang Song owe a massive favor, causing him trouble.

In this world, the most expensive thing is a favor.

Especially for people at the level of Tang Song and Luo Bin, favors can appreciate in value infinitely.

Although she and Jiang Jiang Yiran were good sisters and best friends, if she really had to choose, she would undoubtedly stand on Tang Song's side; after all, they were the ones who were truly family.

Gritting her teeth, Wen Wen Ruan whispered a word to Jiang Jiang Yiran and the other, then stepped onto the balcony.

Her voice was nervous and uneasy as she said, "Lawyer Luo, this... I am truly very sorry. I originally only wanted to ask you if there was a way to resolve this, I didn't expect it to turn out like this. I'm sorry for making you put in so much effort. This counts as a favor I owe you and Jin Dongshi; if there is anything you need help with in the future, please just say the word."

Although she knew it was overestimating her own abilities, she still intended to shoulder it herself.

Perhaps sensing her abnormality, Luo Bin's voice became even gentler: "Wen Wen Ruan, may I call you that?"

"Yes, Lawyer Luo, please feel free."

"Actually, you don't need to take it to heart; the matter is far less complicated than you think. Jin Dongshi is willing to help you simply because she appreciates you."

"Jin... I'm sorry..." Wen Wen Ruan's towering chest heaved violently, her voice trembling as she said, "Lawyer Luo, what do you mean by this? I don't think I know Jin Dongshi, how... how could she know me?"

"Hehe." Luo Bin chuckled, his tone unusually teasing: "Regarding this point, when you see her in the future, you can ask her in person. I think Jin Dongshi will give you a very good answer."

"In person..." Wen Wen Ruan was silent for a moment, then whispered, "Then will this cause trouble for Tang Song?"

"Of course not, Wen Wen Ruan, you are too nervous. From a private perspective, I can remind you: whether it is toward Su Yu or Jin Dongshi, you can maintain appropriate respect, but you must never be fearful, as that will only make others look down on you."

Wen Wen Ruan's pupils trembled; being clever, she quickly discovered the blind spot.

The reason Jin Meixiao noticed her was, in all likelihood, also because of Tang Song.

Wen Wen Ruan whispered, "Thank you, Lawyer Luo, I understand."

"Then let's leave it at that, goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Hanging up the phone, Wen Wen Ruan stood dazed on the balcony, looking at the thick cloud layer outside the window, her eyes full of shock.

Who is Jin Meixiao?

Having worked at a media company in the Imperial Capital for many years, she naturally knew clearly.

In 2015, she graduated from the Imperial Capital Normal University.

In 2016, Smile Investment was officially established.

The years she worked in the Imperial Capital were exactly the period when Smile Investment was rising.

Many people around her had heard of it, discussed it, been shocked by it, and longed for it.

In its early days, although Smile Investment was powerful and spanned multiple fields, it was not considered famous, acting more behind the scenes.

But as the company became a group, changed into a holding company, and established Smile Capital, it stirred up bloody storms in the financial and investment markets.

The name "Smile Holdings" began to heat up rapidly.

Short videos, cross-border e-commerce, sharing economy, new retail, artificial intelligence, new energy, big data, biopharmaceuticals...

These hottest trends all had the shadow of this company.

And as the actual controller of the group company, Jin Meixiao naturally attracted public attention.

Besides these incredible business achievements.

Her own appearance, temperament, and demeanor were also impeccable.

Unlike a superstar like Su Yu, Jin Meixiao rarely appeared in the public eye and was exceptionally low-key.

An occasional blurry media photo could be widely circulated.

Even her outfits had become a trend imitated by others.

This is a true goddess.

Many people say that a person like her shouldn't exist in the real world because she is too much of a "bug."

Now Luo Bin actually told her that Jin Dongshi knows her, appreciates her, and is even willing to help her unconditionally.

Thinking of Su Yu's incredible show of goodwill, combined with Luo Bin's words today.

Wen Wen Ruan suddenly realized that she had still underestimated Tang Song's energy.

It's truly incredible!

"Ding-a-ling—" A sharp cell phone ringtone rang out.

Kang Kang Zerui's heart jumped, and he hurriedly answered the phone, "Hello, hello!"

"Yes, right! I am Kang Kang Zerui, the General Manager of Zeran Electronics!"

"Okay, Lawyer Zhang, please go ahead."

"That works, that works, then let's set it for two o'clock in the afternoon, I will wait for you at the company."

"Okay, thank you very much, sorry for the trouble."

"Bye-bye." Hanging up the phone, Kang Kang Zerui hugged his wife and whispered excitedly: "It's Lawyer Zhang Wei from the Shanghai branch of Quan Jing Law Firm, they are coming to the company this afternoon to sign the agency contract. The legal fee is charged at 4% of the contract value, which is 320,000 US dollars."

"That's great!" Having received the definite news, Jiang Jiang Yiran also completely let go of her worries.

Seeing Wen Wen Ruan walking over from the balcony, she quickly went to her side, hugged her best friend tightly, her eyes blurred with moved tears.

"Wen Ruan Wen Ruan, I don't know how to thank you, if it weren't for you, my and Kang Zerui's company would really be in big trouble, you saved us."

Kang Kang Zerui also walked over, his eyes red as he said, "Thank you, Wen Wen Ruan. If you need anything in the future, just say the word; we will definitely give it our all."

Then, he looked at Jiang Jiang Yiran, his face full of apology: "I'm sorry, wife, I've been emotionally unstable these past two months and have lost my temper at you many times. I know this isn't your fault, and I've wronged you."

Actually, letter of credit scams are not unfamiliar to those in import and export trade; they are even very common.

For example, soft clauses, fake letters of credit, "customer inspection certificates," etc.

Their company had a complete set of inspection and response methods and had seen through them several times before.

But this time was different; one was that company revenue had declined, and they were already under business pressure.

The other was that this letter of credit was real, and the buyer had colluded with the local bank, making it impossible to guard against.

Hearing his words, Jiang Jiang Yiran pouted aggrievedly and punched him hard in the chest, "I'll settle the score with you tonight! Let's go, Wen Ruan Wen Ruan, it's already noon, let's go eat."

"I'll book the restaurant!" Kang Kang Zerui hurriedly took out his phone and asked: "Wen Wen Ruan, I heard from Jiang Yiran that you like spicy food, I know a Hunan restaurant that is very good, let's go eat together at noon!"

"Honey, mua~" Jiang Jiang Yiran kissed Wen Wen Ruan heavily, her face flushed with excitement, "Why don't you stay at my house for these few days, let my husband handle the company matters, wherever you want to go, whatever you want to eat, we'll go together."

"Yes, yes, yes, Jiang Yiran, just take good care of Wen Wen Ruan, I'll handle the company side!"

The couple had been in business for several years and naturally had seen quite a bit.

They heard a lot from the words of that Lawyer Luo just now, but it wasn't easy to say it out loud.

Being able to make the International Chamber of Commerce, financial institutions, and government departments cooperate with them, the energy contained within this was terrifying.

And Wen Wen Ruan, who could mobilize this energy, meant something completely different to them.

"Okay, you guys tidy up first, I'm going to the bathroom." Wen Wen Ruan said with a smile and turned to walk toward the restroom.

"Click—" She locked the door.

Wen Wen Ruan looked at herself in the mirror and let out a long breath.

Jin Meixiao's name flashed through her mind over and over, and she felt very uneasy in her heart.

Hesitating for a moment.

She picked up her phone and dialed Tang Song's number.

"Du-du—"

After waiting for a long while, the call was finally answered.

Wen Wen Ruan licked her plump lips and said sweetly: "Hello, husband, are you busy?"

"Uh... no, I just finished buying a car with my parents, and I'm at a restaurant right now." Tang Song's familiar voice came through the receiver.

"It's over 30 degrees in Quancheng today, you've worked hard, husband, eat more at noon."

Tang Song said in surprise: "Damn, sister, why is your mouth so sweet today? Did you eat honey?"

"Mm-hmm." Wen Wen Ruan said with a smile: "It's just very sweet, my whole body is very sweet, do you want to taste it, husband?"

"Hiss~" Tang Song gasped, "Why are you so horny today? It's broad daylight!"

"There's even hornier stuff, why don't you video call me tonight and I'll let you see? I'm staying at a classmate's house tonight, but it's the guest room, it's quite convenient."

"Holy shit! You are... Wen Ruan Wen Ruan, you just wait for me!"

Wen Wen Ruan covered her mouth and giggled, leaned toward the microphone, and shouted in a magnetic, mature woman's voice: "Daddy, I'll wait for you."

Quancheng.

Restaurant lounge area.

Hearing the two words from the other side, Tang Song felt a surge of fire rush to his head, "That sounds great, say it again."

"Daddy." Today's big sister was unusually obedient.

In the past, she would at most call him "brother" in bed, but today this form of address had directly upgraded.

For some reason, he had an intuition that the big sister now was very excited.

She wanted to use this way to flirt with him and relieve her emotions.

The two of them exchanged a few lines of trash talk like this.

Wen Wen Ruan smiled: "Alright, I'm going to eat too, bye-bye husband, I love you."

"I love you too."

Hanging up the phone, Tang Song let out a long breath, his stirred-up mood unable to calm down for a long time.

Although Wen Wen Ruan was always indulgent in bed, she usually paid attention to her image under normal circumstances.

Coming out with this suddenly today, he really couldn't handle it.

After finishing lunch, he walked out of the restaurant.

Looking at the brand-new Audi A6L parked in the parking space, Tang Tang Jianying and Xu Feng were full of smiles.

Especially his father, Tang Tang Jianying, whose mouth was about to stretch to the back of his ears.

The Audi A6L was his true dream car, his "white moonlight," which he had especially liked when he was young.

It was just that he really couldn't afford it, so he could only feast his eyes occasionally.

Later, seeing his former colleague driving this car, he couldn't help but feel envious.

Now that his son had bought him a top-spec A6L in full, it could be considered fulfilling a dream of his.

Atmospheric and steady without losing fashion and elegance, the iconic Audi front face, matrix LED headlights...

3.0T V6 engine, a full 340 horsepower, compared to the Chery QQ he was driving now, it was simply upgrading from a bird gun to a cannon.

It really looked pleasing no matter how he looked at it.

He could gather with those old classmates and colleagues more often later and discuss the car's configuration with them.

Returning home, he rested for a while first.

His father pulled Tang Song to drive around the town a few times, excitedly chatting with him about how good the car's driving experience was and how beautiful the interior was.

4:00 PM.

After saying goodbye to his parents, Tang Song drove the Mercedes-Benz S-Class toward the county town.

Returning to Jing County this time, besides showing his cards to his parents, the most important thing was to find a way to trigger the item 【Light Feather of Memory】.

It was time to go back to his alma mater to take a look.

The First Middle School is located in the northeast corner of the county town, belonging to a new area that the government is focusing on developing.

Seven years ago, the surroundings were still somewhat desolate, but now residential areas and businesses are everywhere, bustling with activity.

He parked the car in a parking space on the side of the road.

Tang Song walked along the east-west street toward the south gate of the First Middle School.

Those old shops imprinted in his memory on the side of the road had all disappeared.

Since graduating from high school, he had never been here.

For example, the bridge rice noodles, food stalls, and grilled meat bibimbap he had eaten with Liu Liu Qingning for 3 years...

Even the whole street had been rebuilt.

"Hello, master." Tang Song knocked on the door of the guard room and whispered: "I am a former graduate of our First Middle School, I want to go back to my alma mater to take a look, is that okay?"

As he spoke, he took a box of Huazi from his pocket and handed it over.

The guard master looked up and seriously glanced at him, "Did you bring your ID card? Which year were you from?"

"I brought it." Tang Song put his ID card on the table, "Graduated in '16, Class 3, our head teacher's name is Li Gaisu."

"Oh~ it's Teacher Li!" The guard master smiled and took the cigarette, registered it on the form, and took out a QR code and put it on the table, "You came at the right time, every winter and summer vacation, there is a fixed time for alumni to visit. This is the school's alumni group, you can join it, and ask in it in advance if you want to come later."

"Okay, thank you." Tang Song took out his phone and scanned the code to join the group chat.

Immediately after, the access control slowly opened.

Tang Song said thank you and stepped into the campus.

The cloud layer in the sky was like cotton wool, as if it had been piled up casually.

The First Middle School is a fully enclosed high school, and it just happened to be summer vacation, so looking at it, the whole campus was exceptionally quiet.

Only the sounds of cicadas and birds drifted between the red buildings.

Tang Song strolled along the tree-lined path of the campus, admiring every plant and tree he hadn't paid much attention to before.

Experimental building, playground, canteen, student apartment, library...

Looking around, seeing the familiar yet strange environment, a sense of loss and trance surged into his heart.

He couldn't remember the details of many places, and he didn't know if they had changed, but he always felt they were similar yet different.

But some memories were exceptionally clear.

The hard work in the classroom, the sweat on the playground, the queuing for meals in the canteen, the late-night talks in the dormitory...

Of course, there was also her.

Her, wearing a school uniform and a high ponytail;

Her, waving at him while carrying a water bottle;

Her, sitting together teaching him how to solve problems;

Her, standing in the corridor smiling beautifully;

Black hard-soled leather shoes stepped on the somewhat old stairs, making a heavy "tap-tap" sound.

The familiar second floor of the teaching building, the familiar Class 3 of the third year.

Standing in the familiar corridor, passing through the transparent and bright windows.

He could see the familiar classroom, the familiar desks and chairs, the familiar curtains, the familiar ceiling fans, and the similar yet different blackboard newspaper.

Every place was like a key, opening the floodgates of his memory.

Scenes of the past flashed before his eyes.

Every frame was his youth that he couldn't return to.

Tang Song's gaze looked at the position in the 3rd row by the south window.

As if she were sitting there, tilting her head and looking at him, smiling like a flower.

Sunlight passed through the gaps in the leaves, through the window, falling on her hair, her nose bridge, her shoulders, falling on her long and dense eyelashes.

Immediately, his gaze looked at a position in the second to last row.

On the draft paper there, besides math problems, there was also that extraordinary name and the joy hidden in his heart.

"Thump thump—"

Tang Song seemed to sense something and looked up.

A piece of pure white feather was suspended in the air, emitting a faint golden soft light, beautiful and magnificent.

The light feather of memory slowly fell, rippling in his clear pupils.

Tang Song reached up and grabbed it hard.

"Whoosh—"

The torrent of youth surged in.

February 2016, just after the start of the winter vacation.

On the stone path outside the third-year teaching building.

The red and white sneakers suddenly stopped.

Immediately after, a cry of surprise rang out: "Holy shit! How could it be here?"

The classmate next to him, Shen Hang, turned his head in surprise and asked: "What's wrong? What's here?"

Tang Song didn't answer him, quickly squatted down, picked up a pink wired earphone from the ground, his eyes full of excitement and joy.

When Liu Liu Qingning had her birthday last year, he gave her an entry-level Hi-Fi earphone she had wanted for a long time.

To save enough money, he had scrimped and saved for a long time.

As a result, before the winter vacation, Liu Liu Qingning suddenly told him that the earphone was lost.

Because of this, she had spent the winter vacation very unhappily and cried secretly several times.

Seriously checking the details and material, Tang Song could confirm that this was the one he had given away.

This set of small-sized ear tips was something he had paid extra to match.

Although he didn't know why it fell here, this was undoubtedly a good thing.

Wiping the earphone clean with his school uniform, Tang Song shouted excitedly: "Shen Hang, I'm not going to the canteen, I'm going back to the classroom first, bye-bye."

After speaking, he ran toward the teaching building.

Through the reflection of the glass window, one could see his tall and thin figure, and the hair tips jumping in the sunlight.

Rapid footsteps echoed in the corridor.

"Move! Move quickly!" Tang Song pushed aside the classmates blocking the door and rushed into the classroom.

His gaze swept around, and finally landed on Liu Liu Qingning, who was lying lazily on the table.

Her head was just resting on a stack of test papers, her eyes half-closed, quietly basking in the sun.

The high ponytail tied diagonally hung down naturally.

Her chest was completely covered by the loose school uniform, but one could still see an impressive scale.

He coughed lightly, his footsteps gradually slowed down, his eyebrows and corners of his eyes carrying some irrepressible joy.

Coming to her side, he gently patted her shoulder, "Liu Qingning."

Liu Liu Qingning opened her eyes, sat up straight, and asked curiously: "What's wrong? What's so happy?"

Tang Song pursed his lips and smiled, looking mysterious: "Remember the Hi-Fi earphone you lost before? The one I gave you."

Liu Liu Qingning raised her dense eyebrows and said with a smile: "So you already knew, did Sun Sun Jiayue tell you?"

"Ah? What do you mean?"

Liu Liu Qingning reached her fair little hand into the desk and took out a beautiful pink earphone, "Here, my earphone fell into the bed crack in the dormitory, I only found it this morning when I was tidying up the bed. I originally wanted to take it out suddenly when listening to music with you tonight to give you a surprise."

Tang Song looked blankly at the earphone in her hand, and then took out the same model he had just picked up from his pocket.

His expression was strange as he said: "I just picked up an identical one downstairs, I thought it was the one you lost, this... this is too coincidental, right?"

"Huh?" Liu Liu Qingning looked at the familiar earphone in his hand, stared with her watery eyes and said: "It really is identical? Even the ear tips are the same!"

Tang Song scratched his hair, picked up the two earphones, and compared them carefully and meticulously.

The world around him seemed to slow down at this moment, the hurried footsteps of classmates, the laughter in the distance, all became dispensable background music. ===== CHAPTER 359 =====