However, everything has two sides, and such "speed" has its drawbacks, especially in this internet era.
If the information technology doesn’t keep up and innovation capability declines, it’s easy to fall behind.
Besides, the company is still very young, just over a decade old. If it encounters a major financial crisis or sudden managent changes, it’s not guaranteed to survive.
This kind of opinion, Xiao ng, as an outsider, can’t make a judgnt.
She doesn’t know if it’s scaremongering, but... there’s one point that even she, the outsider, understands.
If the company’s senior managent isn’t united, the company’s developnt will never be stable.
The water boiled, and she threw the dumplings in, stirring with a ladle to prevent the dumpling skins from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
"Second brother-in-law is really going too far... Going back is bound to stir up another argunt, just thinking about it is annoying."
"An argunt takes two sides, it’s not an argunt if it’s one-sided."
Yin Shixiu chuckled lightly, without the worry and unease that Su Xiaong had.
Su Xiaong turned to look at him; even with her eyes covered, she could easily imagine the confidence beneath the white gauze, as if everything was within his control.
He always gave people the feeling that even if the sky fell, it couldn’t crush him.
Little did they know, he was also just an ordinary person.
She cooked the dumplings, put them in the soup bowl, and gave him a spoon to use.
After dinner, she intended to call ho and video chat with the kids, but then figured it was already late at night in Beijing.
So she didn’t disturb them.
The couple spent a quiet Christmas Eve and Christmas.
Perhaps the contract Su Xiaong reviewed impressed Yin Shixiu.
So, while busy preparing for exams, Su Xiaong also took on the role of acting as the CEO’s secretary.
Reading docunts to him, translating project proposals.
Because Yin Shixiu couldn’t see, Su Xiaong always put on an air of ease in front of him, though in private she was flipping through dictionaries until her eyes were going to go blind.
There were too many technical terms, and just looking them up in the dictionary didn’t always yield the correct result.
Honestly, she had never been able to help Yin Shixiu with work before, so finally being able to be of so use, she pushed through no matter the difficulty!
After New Year’s, although Xiao ng and Yin Shixiu were not in the country, Su’s father and Su’s mother had already moved to Beijing.
This year’s Spring Festival, the parents were going to spend it with the grandfather.
Once settled at Yijing Manor, they inford them not to worry about dostic affairs.
Su’s mother rested for two days, then visited the Yin Family.
Su’s father had difficulty moving, so Su’s mother didn’t let him move around unnecessarily.
Shuangshuang and Huang Huang saw Su’s mother and treated her as affectionately as they did Su Xiaong.
Zhou ngqin joked, "Distance makes the heart grow fonder; no wonder the kids are closer to their grandma than their nanny."
For Bai Sixian, Zhou ngqin was indeed an elder, so she politely replied, "That’s how kids are. When they haven’t seen soone for a long ti, they’re warm at first, then after a couple of days, they ignore them."
But Zhou ngqin had to admit, Bai Sixian was really good at handling kids.
Xiao ng and Yin Shixiu were expected to return later in the month, and she was worried Shuangshuang and Huang Huang would beco restless being away from their parents for too long.
Bai Sixian’s arrival surprisingly put the children at ease.
This also reassured Su Xiaong and Yin Shixiu quite a bit.
The day before Xiao ng went to take exams at Bath, she went with Yin Shixiu to the hospital to remove the bandages from his eyes.
On the way back, Yin Shixiu laughed at her for half the trip.
Though she was furious inside, in hindsight, she found it funny.
The doctor had already said earlier that his vision would recover, but Xiao ng was overly worried, staring intently as the doctor removed the bandages.
Seeing her anxiety, the doctor reassured her, "It’s okay."
Su Xiaong responded, but her worry never diminished.
After the bandages were removed, Yin Shixiu kept his eyes closed, and she could see two faint marks on his eyelids.
"Mr. Yin, you can open your eyes now."
The doctor said, and then Yin Shixiu slowly opened his eyes, imdiately t with Su Xiaong’s close, wide-eyed gaze.
She looked very tense, "How is it? Can you see? How many fingers?"
Yin Shixiu stared at her, for a long ti...
"Say sothing, would you?"
Su Xiaong urged anxiously, and Yin Shixiu remained motionless, making the doctor on the side nervous as well.
Then Yin Shixiu furrowed his brow, his eyes suddenly becoming lifeless, pursed his lips, and said three words, "I can’t see..."
Su Xiaong’s expression froze almost instantly, and she imdiately looked at the doctor, "He says he can’t see..."
The doctor, after a mont of being startled by Yin Shixiu, soon caught a glimpse of his mischievous smile.
Thus...
"Hmm... well, maybe he’s really blind now."
Su Xiaong swallowed, looking at the expressionless Yin Shixiu, her large eyes shifting nervously, trying hard to stay calm.
"How can you say sothing so irresponsible? Aren’t you a doctor?!"
"But... we’ve never encountered this situation before. Logically speaking, he shouldn’t be unable to see..."
The doctor looked innocent, making Su Xiaong genuinely angry.
She pulled Yin Shixiu up, saying, "What kind of lousy hospital is this, we’re going sowhere else!"
Unexpectedly, she couldn’t pull Yin Shixiu, but instead pulled herself into his arms.
In her daze, she heard Yin Shixiu with a strong hint of amusent, "How can I not see such a lovely sight?"
Su Xiaong looked up at the doctor again, only to see the doctor and nurse seed to be in cahoots, all smiling secretly.
That’s when she realized she had been fooled.
Thinking about her irritable emotions just now, she felt quite embarrassed.
She nudged Yin Shixiu with her elbow.
"Mrs. Yin, are we still going to another hospital?"
"You all are so bad..."
Su Xiaong muttered, if her heart was a bit more fragile, she could really be scared to death.
Just having removed the gauze, the contact with light causes a slight stinging sensation in the eyes.
After two days of adjustnt, it should be fine.
Early in the morning, Chen Lan drove Su Xiaong to Bath, a drive of about an hour and a half, arriving at the school gate.
The university is situated on a hill, which makes going up and down the hill inconvenient, but surprisingly quiet.
Adding to this are the nearby cafes, bars, and other facilities, giving a sense of standing apart from the world.
Its area is not large, smaller than A University, but the buildings are unique and the environnt is elegant.
Su Xiaong almost fell in love at first sight.
Standing at the school gate, her heart was beating as if it was about to jump out of her chest.
A not tall or thin, slightly plump middle-aged British man was already waiting at the gate, nad Randy.
He is the assistant dean of the language institute.
Chen Lan followed Su Xiaong into the school, and Randy led Xiaong to an empty classroom, asking her to wait for a mont.
Soon, a tall woman walked in.
Her skin was very fair, her features distinct but noticeably different from Caucasians.
"Su Xiaong, welco to the University of Bath. My surna is Fan, once you’re in, we’ll et often."
She is Chinese.
It’s not hard to guess she’s a teacher here.
She had a test paper in her hand and handed it to her, "This is the test, two hours, finish and submit it, OK?"
"Oh..."
"Then... let’s start."
Fan Fan said with a grin, then walked around behind her and took a seat.
Su Xiaong blinked, it seed perfectly normal... but also felt...
Very straightforward and efficient.
No ti to think more, cell phone and bag tossed aside, she picked up her pen and started the exam...
Chen Lan waited in the classroom next door.
But waiting idly was too boring, so he walked around a bit, unexpectedly running into Fan Fan buying a drink at the vending machine, pausing to ask, "Finished the test?"
"No, looking at her expression, the paper was quite challenging for her, she’ll probably use the full two hours."
"Then... who is supervising the exam?"
"."
Fan Fan bought a bottle of cola, shrugged, as if it was a matter of course.
"Then..."
Chen Lan blinked, Fan Fan patted his shoulder, "Why? Are you afraid she might cheat?"
"No, not really..."
He certainly knew the CEO’s wife wasn’t soone who would cheat, but...
Fan Fan naturally saw what Chen Lan was thinking, so she smiled and said, "Don’t be petty-minded, students wishing to enter the University of Bath have more discipline than that. Cheating here would be truly disgraceful."
Upon saying this, she left.
But Chen Lan felt uncomfortable hearing this remark!
Petty-minded?!
Who is this woman calling petty-minded!
Ti was up, Su Xiaong handed over her paper, Fan Fan received it, assessing it right in front of Xiaong.
This act certainly made Xiaong’s heart race.
Would she mark the paper right in front of her?
Thinking this, Fan Fan rely glanced at her and then folded up the paper, smiling, "Alright, the written results will be published simultaneously with other candidates in China, don’t worry."
"Oh... okay."
Fan Fan saw her nervousness, and with a smile patted her shoulder, saying, "When you return, think again about whether you really want to join the language institute, whether you truly... want to be a translator."
Su Xiaong blinked, about to ask more, but Fan Fan had already said goodbye and walked out briskly.
Chen Lan ca over, asking, "Madam, how did the test go?"
Su Xiaong looked at Chen Lan, seriously saying, "Do you know how grateful I am your boss was ’blind’?"
Chen Lan was stunned, unsure if Su Xiaong was joking or...
"If it weren’t for reading aloud plans and contracts to Yin Shixiu for over half a month, I guarantee I wouldn’t even score twenty points."
Su Xiaong said this while patting her chest, truly amazed...
She knew from doing those papers before that there would be quite a few specialized terms from other academic fields.
But...
Never so many before!
And with politics and economics as the main focus.
Is this considered a fortunate twist of fate?
Wait, even if so, these benefits might not be attainable.
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