allonlinenovel Chapter 1377 The world of two people
Chapter 1377 The world of two people
Seventeen doesn't want anyone to get close to her, but she will smile at people. Her smile is beautiful, a light beauty, as ethereal as the clouds in the sky.
When someone approaches her, she becomes crazy, as if her world has been invaded, and everyone stays away from her.
As spring comes and winter goes, the flowers on the mountain bloom in a riot of colour.
Zhuang Zhoucheng chose Baihuazhou to hold the meeting of the Beijing Youth Chamber of Commerce. He chose this place because, firstly, he could accompany his daughter, and secondly, it was very quiet and had an excellent environment, making it a semi-private holiday resort.
The reason why Zhuang Zhoucheng decided to let Seventeen stay in Baihuazhou instead of the Garden of Eden on the Sea was because it was closer. The Garden of Eden on the Sea was also a good place for recuperation, but it was too far away. He wanted to come and visit when he had time. He would feel at ease just by seeing his daughter safe and sound from afar.
Now I don’t ask for anything else but the health and well-being of my children.
After the first day of the meeting, all the partners from Kyoto and other places were properly arranged in the clubhouse on the mountain.
The summit of Baihuazhou consists of two major areas: the Hundred Flowers Garden (four-fifths) and the entertainment and leisure area (one-fifth). The Hundred Flowers Garden and the leisure club are separate. The Hundred Flowers Garden in front is open to the public and can be visited with a ticket. The club in the back is a membership-based area, and tourists are not allowed to enter.
But basically tourists don’t know that there is such a place in Baihuazhou, and the brochure only contains a few brief introductions to it.
The buildings behind the Hundred Flowers Garden resembled a mysterious mountain villa, hidden deep within the flower forest. Within the villa, various structures were scattered. Seventeen's retreating villa was tucked away in the most secluded and quiet corner, surrounded by a high wall. This was the private residence of the family, closed to all. The clubhouse and chamber of commerce on the other side were built later, separated from the private residence by a wall.
After Zhuang Zhoucheng settled all the important clients, he quickly went to Seventeen.
Seventeen fell asleep. Zhuang Zhoucheng half-knelt beside the sofa, looking at his sleeping daughter with a peaceful expression.
"Dad will give you everything you want, okay? Dad will never arrange anything for you again and will just do whatever you want, okay?"
Seventeen has always been unwilling to sleep in bed and has been sleeping on the sofa for several months. Zhuang Zhoucheng also rests on the sofa at night, staying by Seventeen's side to keep her company.
Late at night in the mountains, it was as quiet as a sleeping baby, with a cold wind blowing all the time. Wind chimes hung on the windowsill of the villa, and the whole villa was filled with the crisp sound of wind chimes all night long, accompanied by the cold wind blowing in, which seemed extremely ghostly.
Perhaps because he was not used to the crisp sound of wind chimes, Zhuang Zhoucheng did not sleep well that night. In his half-awake state, he would subconsciously check to see if his daughter was okay.
According to her caregiver, she had been quiet for a while, but recently she'd started making noises again at night. Zhuang Zhoucheng felt heartbroken, yet helpless. With his daughter like this, he couldn't agree to his wife moving in to take care of her. Huo Yan had been in poor health recently, and he was worried she might get hurt.
Zhuang Zhoucheng didn't know when he fell asleep. He was suddenly awakened by the tinkling sound of wind chimes.
"Qiqi..."
He suddenly sat up and turned to look at the sofa next to him, but there was no one on the sofa.
Zhuang Zhoucheng was startled and searched up and down the stairs with his coat in hand, but found no one.
"Qiqi, Qiqi..."
Zhuang Zhoucheng shouted loudly at the door of the villa, and the sound echoed throughout the mountain, spreading out layer by layer and coming back layer by layer like waves.
All the guards in the room came out, each with a panicked look on their faces. They appeared hurriedly with their clothes on, undoubtedly having been frightened awake.
"Master Zhuang, Miss..."
There was no one in the room, so she must have gone out. "The eldest lady likes to sing in the middle of the night recently. She might have gone out..."
"Go out? Are you going to climb over the wall?" Zhuang Zhoucheng asked angrily.
Several guards looked at each other, and finally one of them bravely said, "The young lady is very good at climbing walls. She is not afraid of the glass fragments on the wall..." At this point, seeing the old man's face was extremely bad, he quickly changed his words, "We know that the young lady likes to go out to relax at night, so the glass fragments on the wall have been removed and the power has been turned off. When you were not here, Master Zhuang, we did not close the gate at night, but you..."
It was closed today. I checked it several times at Antedi. After all, there were people in the mountains today. Even if there was no one, the gate should have been locked. Safety first.
"She often goes out? At night?" Zhuang Zhoucheng asked in a deep voice.
"Yes, the eldest lady always goes out to sing late at night in the Hundred Flowers Garden. We have tried to stop her. But if we don't let her go out, she will scream and hurt herself with a knife. We... later followed her out a few times, but we didn't dare to get close. We followed her from a distance. We found that the eldest lady just went out for a walk and sang a few songs. She would come back when she was tired. After coming back, she slept very well." The nurse told the whole story of Seventeen's situation.
It's not that they are sleepy and irresponsible, letting the patient go out alone at night.
They had followed her several times and discovered that the young lady was simply relaxing and venting her emotions in her own way, which was actually a good thing. After confirming that she wouldn't do anything stupid or hurt herself again, they stopped following her.
While the Baihuazhou Hundred Flowers Garden is open to the public and accessible to all visitors, it's open daily from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. At other times, the access to the mountain is blocked, and a metal gate at the entrance checks admission fees. Even the entrances and exits for insiders are tightly closed. The walls surrounding the mountaintop are fully electrified, providing a strong barrier to prevent outsiders from entering.
So even in a flower garden, it is very safe.
Zhuang Zhoucheng frowned, and after a moment of silence, he waved his hand and said, "You all go back and rest. I'll go take a look."
"Master Zhuang..." the nurse called out to Zhuang Zhoucheng, "Please do not disturb the young lady. She's like a sleepwalker. If you forcibly bring her back, she might be upset."
Zhuang Zhoucheng nodded, "Let's all go and rest."
Zhuang Zhoucheng followed a small path out of the archway, left the villa, and went to the Hundred Flowers Garden to look for Seventeen. The Hundred Flowers Garden almost took up the entire hilltop and was very wide, with a rose garden, a sea of lavender, a hibiscus garden, and so on, each with its own garden. It took some effort to find Seventeen.
Rong Zhen couldn't sleep at night. He had come to Beijing with his father, and after several years of working in the company, he was gradually taking over Hanhai International. Rong Zhen's father was Rong Hancheng, Qian Ziang's eldest brother. The Palace of Kings in Kyoto was now in Rong Zhen's hands.
The Beijing Chamber of Commerce is a formal business organization formed by merchants from Beijing and Kyoto. Its primary purpose is to provide more resources and platforms for merchants from both regions to jointly build a harmonious and mutually beneficial business model. The president of the chamber of commerce is Zhuang Zhoucheng from Beijing, and the vice president is Rong Hancheng from Kyoto.
Rong Zhen will come to Beijing with his father for a meeting this time. In addition to expanding his network of contacts, he also has another purpose, which is to acquire the Chen Palace in Beijing.