Chapter 129: 126. The Past of Prince Haiman (Bonus chapter for the Alliance Leader

Time rewinds to noon; location: Modu Jichang.

A private jet flying from London, England, to Shanghai landed at the airport, and Prince Haiman walked off the plane with his wife, Lin Mei, and his two youngest children.

Looking at the familiar sight of Modu Jichang, Prince Haiman took a deep breath, but immediately began to cough dryly, irritated by the cold air.

"You, really, can't you be more careful?" Lin Mei gently patted Prince Haiman's back.

"Cough, cough, it's fine, I just accidentally choked," Prince Haiman quickly recovered under his wife's patting.

"You haven't been feeling well lately; why don't we skip looking for that person this time?" Lin Mei suggested.

She knew that every year her husband came to Shanghai to look for someone, or rather, the reason Prince Haiman came to Huaxia and spent the New Year in Shanghai was precisely to find this person.

Prince Haiman smiled and said, "My health is perfectly fine, and didn't the doctor say there was nothing to worry about? Don't worry."

"If you want to find someone, why not go through the government? I believe that with the capabilities of the Huaxia government, they could find the person you're looking for very quickly." Lin Mei had always been puzzled by her husband's behavior.

Given Prince Haiman's status, it should logically be quite easy to find someone, yet he refused to use any methods, preferring to just wander around on his own.

If one said he cared a lot about this person, he hadn't used the government to search for them; if one said he didn't care, he came to look for them every year.

Moreover, Lin Mei was clear that her husband had been deeply influenced by this person; when they got married, Prince Haiman had told her personally that it was because of that person's influence that he had fallen in love with her.

Therefore, Lin Mei was also very curious about this person.

Hearing his wife say this, a sincere smile appeared on Prince Haiman's face, "You don't understand. Don't you Huaxia people believe in the word 'fate'? There is also a common saying: 'If fate brings us together, we shall meet even from a thousand miles away; if not, we may stand face-to-face and never meet.'"

Prince Haiman even quoted a poem, showing that he truly had a decent level of research into Huaxia culture.

Lin Mei said, unable to laugh or cry, "That describes relationships between men and women. If you hadn't kept saying that person was a man, I would have started to suspect something."

"Haha, you don't need to suspect that; that I love you is beyond doubt." Prince Haiman's skill at saying sweet things was still very high, and his tone was very affectionate.

"Back then, he and I met by fate. I believe that if we are truly fated, we will meet again in the vast sea of people," Prince Haiman said with certainty.

At this moment, he also thought of the scene when he first met that person, and a smile could not help but appear at the corners of his mouth.

When he first met that person, it was not a very pleasant experience.

Prince Haiman remembered that he was eighteen at the time, and it was his first heartbreak. Back then, Prince Haiman was still very sentimental; after the breakup, he sat alone on a chair by the river and began to cry.

Although Prince Haiman thought back on it now and realized he might not have been truly heartbroken, at that time he felt as if the sky were collapsing.

The most critical part was that, at this moment, that person walked over.

After this person learned of his situation, not only did he not comfort him, but he took out his wallet and handed him a photo of a woman inside to look at.

With a tone full of thick boasting, he said to him, "This is my girlfriend, she's about to become my fiancée. How about it? Envious, right?"

At the time, Prince Haiman was so angry his lungs felt like they were going to explode; he wished he could call over the bodyguards hiding in the distance to give him a sound beating.

Immediately after, what made Prince Haiman even more furious at the time was that this guy actually had no sympathy at all, and without a shred of tact, began to show off his romance with his girlfriend.

From their meeting, to their acquaintance, and then to their mutual understanding, that man recounted it all in a very gentle tone.

Although Prince Haiman was extremely angry at the time, he did not leave; he did not admit it then, but he was truly attracted by such a love story.

There was no heart-pounding drama, no schemes or deceit, and certainly no melodramatic events; their love was like water flowing into a channel, or as if they were born to be together—it was so plain, yet so warm.

That person later also talked to him about some Huaxia concepts of love and shared some of his views on love.

Although there were many mocking remarks in his tone, Prince Haiman didn't know why, but even though he was very angry inside, he just couldn't bring himself to leave in a fit of pique.

Just like that, in his heartbroken state, Prince Haiman ended up listening to that person tell love stories for an entire afternoon.

After returning, Prince Haiman's mind was filled with that person's words; when he thought about it carefully while sleeping that night, he discovered that the person actually wasn't showing off.

Analyzing it carefully, one could hear that the person was actually telling him one thing all along: love is beautiful, and regardless of whether both parties can continue on together, one should be full of anticipation for love; even if you part ways, you should remember the beauty of being together and forget the unpleasant parts—this way, when you look back on it in the future, you will have truly beautiful memories.

And at this time, Haiman also realized that the person was actually worried he would be unable to cope and jump into the river.

Although he was quite irritated by that person, Prince Haiman didn't know why, but the next day he returned to that place, and he actually managed to find that person.

For the next period of time, Prince Haiman would go to chat and hang out with this person whenever he was free; he found that chatting with this person was very interesting.

Even after that person learned of his status, he was only slightly surprised and did not change his attitude toward him; when it was time to mock, he mocked without mercy, not giving him any face as a prince at all.

The longer Prince Haiman chatted with this person, the more he discovered that this person seemed not to care about many things, or rather, had a very strong self-confidence.

Once, when Prince Haiman complained to him that he was short on money but didn't want to spend his family's money and wanted to earn his own,

that person casually gave him an idea. At first glance, it didn't seem like much, but thinking about it carefully, he discovered that what the person said actually had a complete developmental logic and was highly actionable.

Moreover, what left the deepest impression on Prince Haiman was that the person told him that if he really wanted to make money, he had to set his sights on his homeland, that mysterious ancient Eastern country.

At the time, Prince Haiman was very puzzled, thinking that this person only said so because it was his own country, but he remembered that at that moment, there was a very strong sense of pride on that person's face.

"Do you believe it? Twenty years from now, our country will once again stand at the pinnacle of the world, truly standing up—it will only take twenty years!"

Prince Haiman would never forget the expression on that person's face when he said those words; it was so confident and proud.

Although Prince Haiman didn't believe it at the time, he subconsciously followed a series of operations as that person had suggested.

Over these years, it had completely proven that person's correctness.

That mysterious ancient Eastern country really only took twenty years to stand once again at the pinnacle of the world.

From then on, Prince Haiman became increasingly curious about the culture of this country; the more he studied, the more shocked he was, and he became somewhat addicted to the history of this ancient country!

Prince Haiman spent over twenty days with this person—twenty-three days, to be precise.

When that person was about to leave, Prince Haiman asked for his address, saying they were friends and he would come to visit him when he had time.

However, the person only said something he didn't understand at the time: "Meeting is fate, but why must we have known each other before? If fate allows, we shall meet again in the world of the rivers and lakes!"

This was also the reason why Prince Haiman insisted on searching for him himself.

So, until now, Prince Haiman only knew that person's name: Zhang Ran! And from the chats they had while spending time together, he learned that he would settle in Shanghai with his future wife!

That is why, for so many years, every time he came to Huaxia, he spent the New Year in Shanghai!