In the capital city at night, neon lights flash like stars.
There was not much traffic at the airport on New Year's Eve. There were only people coming and going at the exit, because there were passengers who had just gotten off the plane, and there were also people who came to greet the passengers. They were crowded together and bustling.
Suddenly, a handsome and tall man was seen in the crowd walking out of the exit. He was walking very fast, carrying a black leather luggage bag casually in his right hand. The brown leather jacket he was wearing was extremely cool, and his handsome bangs were flying.
Wearing sunglasses on his face, you can tell that he is someone who has just returned from abroad. He has a foreign smell all over his body. When he moves around, he looks like a moving show stage, attracting the attention of the people coming and going.
Uninformed people thought it was some celebrity who secretly disguised himself to return to China because he had a handsome face. Until someone shouted from the opposite side: "Doctor Cao Yong."
The man stopped.
The person calling on the opposite side hurriedly ran towards him. He was a short young man dressed neatly in a suit and leather shoes. He said to him: "Doctor Cao, I am sent by the dean to pick you up. My surname is Du. You can call me
Xiao Du.”
While he was talking, Xiao Du stretched out his hand and grabbed the black handle bag in Cao Yong's hand.
Cao Yong did not overtake him, so he let him carry the bag and put his sunglasses into the breast pocket of his leather jacket.
"Dr. Cao, do you only have this luggage bag?" Xiao Du asked. He had never seen anyone returning home with so little luggage.
"I have other luggage. My friend will help me check it back in two days. I will come back first," Cao Yong said.
Once he understood, Xiao Du said: "The car to pick you up is at the airport gate, I will take you there."
"Who are you from the dean?" Cao Yong asked.
"I'm the assistant to the president. I work in the human resources department of the hospital. I'm new here, so Dr. Cao doesn't recognize me." Xiao Du was obviously nervous when he answered him.
"The dean asked you to pick me up. Didn't I say no one would pick me up?" Cao Yong asked again.
"Dr. Cao, you went abroad to study for three years and came back during the Chinese New Year. The dean said that you had a hard time on your trip, so he asked me to pick you up. He also said that he would let you go to his house to eat dumplings tomorrow, the first day of the Spring Festival.
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It seems that eating dumplings is the key point for the latter. Cao Yong raised his eyebrows and said: "Okay, I understand."
The two then went outside the airport and got into a car that had been waiting to pick them up.
After sitting in the car, Cao Yong took out his mobile phone and first dialed the number of his old classmate Ren Chongda.
"Are you back?" Ren Chongda was deeply surprised when he suddenly received his call.
"Yes, I just got off the plane." Cao Yong said.
"When did you come back? You didn't notify us that you were coming today. We thought you would come back after the Chinese New Year." Ren Chongda muttered and complained that handsome Cao didn't greet them in advance.
"Why don't you go back home during the Chinese New Year?" Cao Yong said in a relaxed tone, and then criticized his old classmates for making a fuss, "I just went to study and exchange, nothing important. If there is any need, I will notify you to pick me up at the airport."
"Isn't it right to pick you up? It's been three years since you left, and we haven't seen each other for more than three years."
It is said that it will take three years to study, but there is still preparation work to be done before leaving, so there is still an extra half year.
Hearing the emotion of his old classmate, Cao Yong took the opportunity to look out the car window at the scenery along the road.
Scene after scene is very familiar, but also a little strange. For more than three years, the city has been undergoing repairs and has changed a lot.