Chapter 720: Reunion
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Even though Director Li wanted to follow Lu Zhou for the next 48 hours, that was obviously not possible.
Other than Lu Zhou’s own family, he had never invited anyone to stay at his mansion even though he had plenty of spare bedrooms.
After promising Director Li he wouldn’t go on the s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p, he finally was able to get rid of him.
Lu Zhou worked at the s.p.a.ce launch site until four o’clock in the afternoon. He asked w.a.n.g Peng to send him back to his Zhongshan International mansion. He was about to take a bath and get some food, but his doorbell suddenly began to ring.
Lu Zhou walked to the door and looked at the security camera footage near the mansion entrance. He was shocked.
He quickly opened the door.
“Dad, Mom, Xiao Tong? Why are you guys here?”
Lu Bangguo carried a suitcase through the door and smiled.
“If I don’t come, you’ll end up in s.p.a.ce again!”
Lu Zhou smiled and said, “Why didn’t you guys tell me, I would have picked you up.”
Fang Mei sighed and said softly, “You’re so busy with your work. We didn’t want to disturb you, that’s why we came all the way here from Jiangling. Families should stay together for the holidays. You shouldn’t be alone.”
Lu Zhou stared at his parents and went silent for a while. He had a guilty smile on his face.
“Sorry… It’s almost Chinese New Year, and I haven’t even called you guys.”
Old Lu didn’t say anything. He just reached out and patted his son’s shoulder.
“It’s fine, I understand.”
Sometimes, men didn’t have to communicate with words.
Lu Zhou could feel that his father was understanding. He also felt that his father was proud of him.
Xiao Tong, who was wearing a backpack, squeezed between her parents and rushed next to her brother.
“Brother, Brother, I heard you went on a rocket?”
Lu Zhou smiled and said, “Well, not a rocket, it’s an aeros.p.a.ceplane.”
Xiao Tong’s eyes lit up as she asked, “Wow! Is it fun?”
Lu Zhou smiled and said, “It’s fun, I’ll bring you up there some time… But not this time. This time is a bit risky. I don’t even plan on flying.”
When Old Lu heard that Lu Zhou was going to take his baby daughter to s.p.a.ce, he suddenly said, “Forget about it! Give me a grandson, then we can talk about going to s.p.a.ce!”
Fang Mei stared at her husband and said, “What do you mean grandson, what about a granddaughter?”
Old Lu immediately said, “Granddaughter is good too! Two grandchildren are better!”
Xiao Tong stuck her tongue out and stopped talking.
I can’t go to s.p.a.ce until my brother gets married and has kids…
I guess I’ll have to wait a while.
It was nearly six o’clock at night.
There was still some grocery in the fridge. After Fang Mei took a look, she told Old Lu to buy two pounds of braised meat and some vegetables. She then put on an ap.r.o.n and started to cook.
Lu Zhou didn’t want his mom to cook. After all, she just got off a tiring train ride to Jinling. However, he wasn’t able to convince her otherwise, so he gave up persuading and just sat down at the living room sofa instead.
Their parents were both busy, and Xiao Tong and Lu Zhou were the only two in the living room.
Lu Zhou turned on the rarely used TV, in hopes of killing some time. In a cla.s.sic big brother fas.h.i.+on, he began to ask Xiao Tong about her school.
“How’s studying in Britain?”
Xiao Tong’s feet were placed on the coffee table as she replied while playing on her phone, “It’s alright, the school isn’t as lively as in China. I don’t really like to party, so I just hit the library with my roommates.”
Lu Zhou said, “Speaking of which, you’re graduating next year, right?”
Xiao Tong said, “Yeah, pretty much.”
Lu Zhou said, “Have you thought about what you plan on doing after graduation?”
Xiao Tong turned off her phone and thought for a while. She then scratched her head.
“I plan on doing a PhD at Oxford, or work at HSBC.”
Lu Zhou said, “You have an offer from HSBC? HSBC accepts master’s students?”
Because Lu Zhou had never borrowed money from a bank before, he didn’t know a lot about finance. If he recalled correctly, HSBC was the biggest bank in the UK and had a lot of influence around the world.
Xiao Tong awkwardly rubbed her nose and replied, “Of course they take master’s students. My supervisor helped me get an interns.h.i.+p over the summer. My job prospects are looking pretty good. HR asked me if I planned on working there after graduating. Even though I’ll be starting from the bottom, I quite like the environment there.”
Lu Zhou said, “I guess you’ll have to choose either academic or corporate. If you choose academic, then PhD is obviously a good choice, but if you want to get into corporate, then HSBC’s offer is quite attractive.”
Lu Zhou couldn’t help but feel a little down.
He thought back to his experience as an undergraduate student. Even with the system helping him, he had to put in a considerable amount of effort to get here.
Of course, Xiao Tong also worked hard to get where she was today. Even though Lu Zhou did help her with a letter of recommendation, she was still the one who utilized her opportunities.
This was like how if an idiot student were given the system, they wouldn’t be able to achieve much…
Xiao Tong blinked and asked in a serious manner.
“Then, Brother, what path do you think I should go with?”
“You’re asking me?” Lu Zhou smiled and said, “I don’t know anything about finance, so my opinion doesn’t matter… Ask Ms. CEO.”
“Ms. CEO?”
“Yeah, Chen Yushan.”
Xiao Tong saw Lu Zhou’s slightly embarra.s.sed face. She smirked and poked her brother’s arm.
“Hey, Brother, tell me honestly, which stage are you guys at?”
Lu Zhou angrily stared at her.
“What do you mean which stage, you’re still young, don’t ask about this stuff.”
Xiao Tong was suddenly interested in this gossip, and she said, “I’m not young! Think about it, Chen Yushan is 26 years old, and she’s still single, she has to be waiting for you.”
“… You don’t know sh*t.”
Xiao Tong wasn’t happy.
“Ah, I obviously know women better than you. What a minute, Brother…”
Xiao Tong suddenly had a weird look on her face.
Lu Zhou stared at the ceiling and sighed.
“What now…”
Xiao Tong looked at her brother strangely and asked, “Are you… h.o.m.os.e.xual?”
“F*ck off!”
The news broadcast began to play on the TV.
The report was regarding the upcoming launch mission.
Xiao Tong looked at the screen and pointed at it.
“Brother.”
“What now?”
“Will this launch be successful?”
Lu Zhou began to contemplate, and after a while, he had a smirk on his face.
“Of course it will.
“A hundred percent.”
The entire country was looking forward to the moon landing project.
Billions of hopeful eyes were watching.
Lu Zhou couldn’t let them down.