Two months later, Guanchao re-elected a new board of directors and produced eleven new directors. Xin Qi was elected chairman and CEO with a majority of votes.

At the same time, Cheng Qirang quietly resigned. Three days later, Zheng Yiting announced her divorce from Cheng Qirang.

Not long after Xin Qi took office, at his suggestion, Guanchao appointed a number of outstanding women into the management team, including Cao Mu as the executive president and Min Hui as the chief technology officer. After HR's investigation, they agreed with the complaints of 23 female employees within the company, and dismissed employees with bad deeds, including three senior executives: Sun Yifeng and Wang Tongyuan were on the list of dismissals.

A number of female tide watch employees headed by Min Hui filed lawsuits against Cheng Qirang for sexual harassment, sexual assault, and infringement of personality rights, and the case was filed. While lawyers say to be prepared for a protracted battle, at least it's a brave start.

Guanchao redrafted and adopted the latest company management system, which clearly prohibits sexual harassment and discrimination; HR has also promulgated internal systems for complaints, investigations, and handling; established a preventive mechanism, stipulated the code of conduct for employees, and listed in detail Negative behavior that is considered sexual harassment and is listed as a priority in induction training.

None of this had a big impact on Min Hui.

At the moment Cheng Qirang left, she didn't even have the pleasure of "revenge".

She repeatedly analyzed her feelings and came to the conclusion that the most difficult and fearful moment had passed, and was washed away by the flood of Mushui River. When she returned to Ben Thanh again, she was already a brand new woman.

Su Tian gave her life, Xin Qi gave her love.

Two strangers who came suddenly, joined forces and gave her the power to be reborn.

And they each paid a terrible price.

Under Xin Qi's care, Min Hui's body fully recovered. When she could get down to the ground, the Bluebirds and Tide Watchers were in full swing. In order not to affect Xin Qi's work, she moved out of Qingteng Garden and lived in Mingsen Community. She visited Su Quan regularly and returned to her old life rhythm.

Time passed quietly.

After becoming CTO, Min Hui is full of energy and more busy at work. Despite this, she would go to Tianying Mountain Base to practice paragliding every weekend. Han Yi was often absent, Qin Rui became her head coach, and she quickly passed the B-level certificate.

A week before the Qixi Festival, Min Hui called Xin Qi and said, "I got the certificate for two-person flying. This Saturday, the weather forecast is good. Do you want to go to heaven?"

Over there, Xin Qi was startled: "How did you pass the test? So fast?"

"It's not too fast. I've been learning for more than a year. I took Han Yi several times. He said that I was flying well. Once, when I encountered a cloud and mist, I was almost sucked in by the cloud. Fortunately, I responded. Come on, tumbling down on a farmland and sitting on a cloud of cow dung."

Over there, Xin Qi laughed heartily: "You can take me to fly earlier."

"I'm afraid that you will get sick in the air, so you must practice your skills well enough and the flight is smooth enough to invite you."

"So, now is the time?"

"Yes. Do you want to go?"

"Go. You dare to go, why don't I go?"

On Saturday morning, Xin Qi drove to the take-off site on the north slope of Tianying Mountain Base. He rarely wore a black motorcycle jacket, a pair of washed-white jeans, and flying sunglasses. He was completely punk all over. character.

don't know if it was because of the light or because of his body. His face was a little pale, as if he had just come out of prison, and he hadn't seen the sun for a long time.

Min Hui was very confident, but when she saw his face was wrong, she couldn't help but feel nervous: "Xin Qi, are you sure you want to fly?"

"Sure."

His mood was stable.

"Your face is a little pale, do you need... take some tranquilizers?"

"unnecessary."

"The weather is very good today. There are no clouds in the sky and the wind speed is stable. The updraft from this slope is quite strong. We can fly very high and very high."

"Excellent." He whistled happily.

After laying out the umbrella, Min Hui carefully helped him put on the helmet and fasten the harness. After checking the body up and down several times, he said, "Areyouready? (Are you ready)"

Xin Qi nodded.

"I said one, two, three, and then we ran together. One, two, three—"

The two of them leaned forward forcibly, and after trotting about ten steps, the paraglider inflated and rose into the air.

Under the action of the airflow, the wing swayed, rising and drifting towards the valley on the other. Min Hui pulled the control circle with both hands and flew higher and higher with Xin Qi.

A cold wind blew, and she shivered from the cold. The wind in the air was stronger than expected, and it whined in her ears.

In the golden autumn, the valleys are verdant and green, with a large lake on the left and towering peaks on the right. Clouds and shadows pass over the ground, birds chirp in the forest, and springs in the mountains meander. The farmland of star Luo bunting is spread in front of you like a huge cassock.

"Are you cold?" Min Hui asked.

"It's not cold, how about you?"

"It's a little cold, but it's okay."

He took off his scarf, stretched out his arms, and turned around to tie it around her neck.

The scarf was warm, with a faint citrus scent.

"Look over there—there's a big bird!" Min Hui called, pointing to a dark shadow to the east.

The shadows flew closer and closer, and before she could see them clearly, they staggered away from them above the wings.

"An eagle." Xin Qi said.

"real?"

He held up the Go-pro, "I took it. Eagles are dangerous animals."

Min Hui gasped nervously: "Fortunately, he didn't attack us."

"We seem to have flown past the landing site." Xin Qi said looking at the ground.

"Yes, I'll fly a few more laps to keep you in the air longer."

"thanks."

The paraglider glides silently in the air, and Min Hui controls it skillfully. After all, she is flying a patient with a heart condition, and the airflow in the air is also a little disordered. Although she has practiced many times, she is still a little nervous, and the palms and backs of her hands are sweaty.

For the next ten minutes, she was so absorbed that she hardly spoke.

After a while, the flight gradually stabilized, and Min Hui said, "I almost forgot to tell you, Cao Mu and Yin Xu are remarried at the end of next month, and they have booked a restaurant for us to eat. Do you have time?"

"Yes." Xin Qi nodded, "Jiajun and Xiaolu are also preparing for their marriage, and it is expected to be soon."

"Well, he told me."

"What about you? When are you?" Xin Qi asked.

After the failed blind date with Qin Rui, Cao Mu, Yin Xu, and Zhou Ruji introduced several people to Min Hui one after another. Min Hui all met, and some even tried to date for a few days. It's over.

"I don't know, I don't even have a target." She sighed, "It seems that I will be born alone in this life."

"Note to orphans?" He didn't understand, "What do you mean?"

"Destined to be lonely for a lifetime, referred to as note orphaned life."

"That's not good. It's a pity to die alone."

"No regrets. I have a lot of experience in life, love, marriage, childbirth, divorce, etc. There are many, and I almost died once... I have really experienced everything."

"Will you marry me?" he said quietly.

"Hey, hey! Make fun of me again," she slapped him, "isn't there a lack of oxygen in your brain!"

"I was serious."

"Put it down!" she said, "If you're serious, why would you introduce me to someone? What if I really like Qin Rui?"

"Some people are just that confident."

"What did you say?"

"I know that no matter how many people I introduce to you, the person you want to marry is still me."

"Bah! Bah! Bah!"

"And—" He turned around and conjured up a small black box in front of her: "I've prepared a ring."

When she opened it, a small colorless and transparent stone shone brightly in the sun, making her eyes narrow.

She was stunned, looked at him blankly, and asked after a while, "Really? Are you proposing?"

"right."

"Then I want to hear those three words."

"Which three words?"

"ILOVEYOU. (I love you.)"

"I can't say it." He pointed to the sky, "Someone is watching us."

She rolled her eyes: "Are you going to tell me?"

"Do not say."

"If you don't tell me," she said fiercely, "we won't land today!"

"Don't make trouble, it will kill you."

"Then die together! Our cemetery has already been bought anyway."

He suddenly laughed, the laughter getting louder and louder, as if he had encountered a very funny thing.

"why are you laughing?"

"I can also play this paraglider. I have the most advanced certificate," he said. "If you don't want to land, I can take you to the landing. If the main parachute can't work, you can land with the secondary parachute."

"Xin Qi! You bastard, you're playing with me again!" She yelled in the air angrily.

"I can fly by myself, but I've never brought anyone with me. It's not that I don't dare, and it's not that I'm not skilled, but I'm worried that I can't control the umbrella suddenly, and even bring others to suffer."

"..."

"So I have to ask Han Yi to teach you that if something happens, at least you can land safely."

She gritted her teeth angrily and ignored him.

"Min Hui? Min Hui? Will you marry?"

"Without those three words, don't marry!"

"Then I ask you, did you say, 'One day in the future, whenever I need you, you will give up everything and even your life and come to help me?'"

"..."

"Now, I'm asking you plainly, I need you to marry me, will you marry me?"

"..."

"Min Hui, you can't say nothing! You lied to me once, but now you want to say something wrong?"

She was so angry that she had no choice but to kick him.

"Oh!"

"Marry, marry! It's like marrying a beast!"

"It's not a beast, it's a divine beast." He chuckled, "Take off your helmet and let me kiss you."

"Without those three words, I won't give you a kiss."

"Min Hui, did you say that one day in the future, whenever I need you—"

"I won't take you so foolishly!"

"Cause comes from your mouth, do you know that? Will you dare to talk nonsense in the future?"

"You bully me, use logic loopholes to bully me!"

"This is the last time," he said softly, "I swear."

She thought for a while, took off her helmet, and leaned over. He turned around, put one arm around her neck, and kissed her deeply. At the beginning, he drove straight in, seeing her shy, and instantly became extra soft. She gradually became courageous, and couldn't help holding his face, and kissed back hard...

The light wind hit, the paraglider slowly rose, and the dazzling sunlight made her feel that the sky was spinning, and the whole earth seemed to be carried up by her, and followed them to the distance——

After landing safely, Min Hui saw Han Yi and Su Quan running towards them quickly.

Han Yi blinked at Xin Qi, Xin Qi nodded and hugged him forcefully. Su Quan took Han Yi's hand and jumped up and down: "I want to hug too, I want a bear hug!"

Han Yi lifted Su Quan high, then hugged him into his arms, and smiled at Min Hui: "Congratulations!"

Xin Qi patted Min Hui's arm and said, "Introduction, this is Han Yi."

Min Hui looked at him inexplicably and thought to herself, Han Yi is her coach, do you still need an introduction after knowing each other for a year.

"The English name is Eric, and he is my brother."

Min Hui widened her eyes and looked at them in surprise.

"We don't look alike because we were both adopted," Han Yi said.

"During the acquisition period, my brother was afraid of my improper operation and excessive force, so he flew over to help me." Xin Qi said. Before she finished speaking, Min Hui's arm was twisted fiercely: "Xin Qi, you scheming Boy!"

On the day of the wedding, Xin Qi brought Min Hui, who was wearing a wedding dress, to Su Tian's tomb.

Min Hui stared at Su Tian's photo and said softly, "Tian Tian, ​​Xin Qi and I got married today. You gave me life and Xin Qi, and I will take good care of him for you and support each other. , never give up. If there is an afterlife, I will definitely give him back to you, so that you can be together well and have a vigorous love. "

Xin Qi took Min Hui's hand, nodded and smiled, and said, "Tian Tian, ​​you are a gift from God, but unfortunately you flew back to the sky before I came to open it. Now you brought it to me again. With the second gift, I will definitely hold it tightly in my hand, enjoy it slowly, and never let her fly away easily..."

When Su Quan was six years old, Min Hui and Xin Qi went to the Bencheng Welfare Institute to adopt a girl named Shen Hong. The girl is ten years old this year, her parents are dead, and she is an orphan. They were only participating in a condolence activity organized by a tide watch trade union, and the girl called Min Hui "Mom" as soon as she saw Min Hui. Although Xin Qi told her that the children in the orphanage lacked maternal love and liked to call the aunties who came to visit them mothers, Min Hui still felt that she had a fate with Shen Hong, and Su Quan also liked this sister very much.

The two discussed it and quickly went through the adoption procedures.

The day she brought Shen Hong home, she kept crying, Min Hui thought it was because she couldn't bear the teacher in the orphanage, so she quickly comforted: "Xiaohong doesn't cry, we live not far from the orphanage, if you want to come back Look at your teacher and friends, we can come here often."

Xiaohong wiped away her tears and nodded sensible. But when he left the door, he still looked back three times.

Seeing that she was about to get into the car, she suddenly said, "Mom, I want to talk to a little friend before leaving, can I?"

"Of course, we are waiting for you here."

Xiaohong put down her schoolbag and ran quickly back to the courtyard.

Across the iron gate, Min Hui and Xin Qi saw a thin and small boy walking out of the classroom dragging one leg. The two children held hands and whispered. The boy was calmly instructing something, but Xiaohong nodded and kept wiping away her tears.

The boy slowly took Xiaohong all the way to the gate, watched her leave reluctantly, and refused to turn around for a long time.

The two of them sat in the car, watching this scene, they couldn't help feeling filled with emotion.

After a while, Xin Qi sighed and said, "How about we adopt another one?"

Min Hui immediately nodded: "Okay."

He suddenly kissed her cheek gently.

"I thought you could say those three words." Min Hui said.

"Won't."

She glared at him and said nothing for a long time.

"Angry?" he asked.

"Don't be angry." She smiled slightly, her eyes dark.

Xin Qi has never said "I love you" to Min Hui.

But Min Hui knew that he had actually said it, in a strange way.

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