Chapter Nineteen Past Events

  The green light came on, and Haya and Lee Yoon-hee bid farewell, one person slowly walking towards the academy.

  When Gao Xingyang was still serving in the air force, Gao Yala's childhood was a vast airport runway and blue sky with white clouds. At that time, Gao Xingyang loved to do things after getting off the fighter plane, picking up Gao Yala and taking her onto the plane, telling her about all the instrument panels inside, and the kind of freedom and ease of soaring in the air.

  In theory, this is not allowed in any barracks, but such exceptions have occurred too many times on Gao Yala's body.

  She has been lovely since she was little.

  This seems like a rather absurd reason, but it is indeed being practiced on Gaya.

  Whether in appearance or personality, she is very likable. Her sunny and cheerful superior is happy to have this lovely girl come to the office every day and sweetly call him "Uncle". The ground staff are also happy to see the little girl sitting alone, quietly gazing up at the sky, waiting for her father to descend from heaven, then smiling and hugging her, with his rough stubble rubbing against her face.

  This little girl is too quiet, she can sit with a lollipop for the whole afternoon, quietly making people want to take good care of her.

  Mother needs to take care of school work, Gao Yaluo doesn't like staying in a cold and quiet home. As she was afraid of strangers when she was young, she didn't want to go to kindergarten or anywhere else, so she is very happy to follow Gao Xingyang.

  Gao Xingyang flew the plane soaring in the sky, while Gao Yaluo stood alone at a distance from the airport, quietly waiting for her father to return.

  Many years later, Gao Yang gave up the well-paid and highly respected career in the air force and resolutely started his own business. From then on, Gao Ya La never set foot in that airport again, but in her heart, the sky there was bluer and clearer than anywhere else in Seoul.

  Perhaps this beautiful childhood memory is something everyone has, but the one that belongs to Gao Ya La's is especially wonderful.

  Whether it was during his service or when he started his own business, Gao Xingyang couldn't spare much time to accompany his daughter. Years ago, from the cockpit, he could clearly see a little girl sitting on the grassland, and the emotions that surged in his heart might be why he had always been so doting on Gao Yala since she was young.

  Even many years later, Gao Ya still hadn't changed her habit of disliking to interact with strangers.

  Chu Jingyan is an exception, a one-of-a-kind exception.

  Gao Yala believes that all encounters in this world are reunions after a long separation. She also believes that Chu Jingyan is the same, perhaps many years ago, at this very intersection, she stood here waiting for the red light, he stood on the opposite side, two people gazed at each other, then forgot about each other in the mortal world.

  Many years later they met again, having long forgotten each other, and then resumed their previous relationship.

  Gao Yala thought so, she hoped Chu Jingyan wouldn't disappoint her.

  A black Audi was parked at the side of the road not far away, and the person inside looked at He Yalun walking into the college building, turned his head and said: "Vice President Bai, we can go."

  The car window slowly closed, and Bai Jiming smiled: "Director Gao is really anxious about his daughter."

  Gao Xingyang pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and said, "I'm afraid Vice President Bai will laugh at me."

  The car drove slowly, and Bai Jiming glanced at Gao Xiangyang and said: "If I'm not mistaken, Yala is about to go to college, isn't she? In the blink of an eye, they've all become big girls. I still remember when I first met her, she was only around 10 years old."

  "Time really flies."

  Gao Xiangyang paused for a moment and said with a smile: "Vice President Bai, do you know why I retired from the Air Force in the first place?"

  Bai Jiming and Gao Xingyang were not particularly close, at most they could be considered as cooperative partners with a good relationship. Originally, the real estate construction was managed by Chen Shuo. Now that Chen Shuo has gone to Tokyo, Bai Jiming gradually began to have more contact with Gao Xingyang. As for this former fighter pilot who had a bright future ahead of him and suddenly retired from the military to start a business, even if Bai Jiming wasn't a gossip, he was still happy to listen.

  If it were Chu Jingyan, she would definitely tear open a bag of peanuts, pour herself a cup of beer, and wait with an eager expression for Gao Xing to tell his story.

  Kao Xing Yang pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and with a hint of his former vigor in his eyes, lit one up and said: "I'm really a person suited to flying planes. I also enjoy the feeling of flying in the sky. Until Ya La was born, I felt that this life is truly fulfilling, and I want to continue living like this."

  "When Yara was young, she was very well-behaved. Even when her mom and I were busy with work, she never complained. Every time I came home after a long absence, she wouldn't cry, but would just stay in my arms and ask me about things in the army. I felt guilty, so once she grew up, I took her with me wherever I went."

  "For a very long time, I was flying in the sky, and she was waiting for me to come back with our team leader at the command post."

  Delighted, Yang Wan'er said: "It's not that I'm bragging, but I think at the time I was able to rise through the ranks so quickly, a very big reason is because all my superiors liked Ya La."

  "It's a very good story."

  "But the story will always have setbacks." Gao Xingyang said, "When Yara was six years old, I remember that day from early morning I felt that something was wrong with her, took her temperature, and there was nothing serious. That day was an important performance, many congressmen and military officials came to the base for inspection, and I was the leader of that performance."

  "If nothing unexpected happens, after that time, I will have another star on my shoulder."

  "As usual, I took Yara there and handed her over to a deputy officer. She waved at me from the platform, then I saw her faint on the ground. That damned deputy officer actually ran to the regimental commander's side to serve tea, leaving Yara alone like that. Yara fainted, but nobody noticed."

  "Excitement filled Yang's words: "The show has begun, I'm about to board the plane, everyone is waiting for my performance, but what in this world can compare to Yara's importance to me?"

  "It was only natural that I got off the plane and rushed to the stands to take Yala to the hospital."

  "It's pneumonia, very severe pneumonia."

  "I'm certainly not short of money and medical expenses are not a problem, but I couldn't bear the sight of Ya's weak appearance at that time, her pale little face, yet she kept comforting me."

  "At that time, I really wanted to die," said Gao Xingyang. "Before that, I had always thought of myself as a good father, but look, I didn't even know my own daughter was sick."

  "My superior was naturally furious, and everyone thought what I did was absurd. After that, my future was ruined, but I never felt like I had done anything wrong."

  "I proactively asked for retirement without anyone reminding me."

  "Even if I don't retire, I can still be my pilot, continue to be my ace, and slowly accumulate experience. When everyone forgets about that day's events, I can still get promoted."

  "But for Yara, I feel that being a pilot cannot provide her with the best protection. When she enters society, I won't be able to use my identity as a pilot to help her overcome obstacles. If she suffers injustice, I won't be able to use my military identity to stand up for her. Then I realized that this profession cannot give me what I want."

  "So I started doing business, even if it was hard enough to spit blood, even if I did some things that went against my conscience, I had to keep going."

  "You're a good father," said Bai Jiming.

  Gao Xiangyang said: "I am honored to be able to work with Dongfang International, I can see that the scale of this company is not just what it is now, but since last year, some of Chairman Chen's practices have made me unable to see the him of before. We all have things that need to be protected, why do we want to do something useless now and weaken our own strength?"

  Bai Jiming understood Gao Yang's aside and asked with a smile: "Chu Jingyan?"

  "It's not just him."

  Gao Xiangyang said: "I've talked to him, and I must admit that this young man is indeed extraordinary, but everything needs to be tempered and tested. Letting a twenty-year-old kid do this thing, I have to express my concerns."

  "Director Gao, you also know that there are some things that President Chen and I cannot personally handle at present."

  "Then how can you be certain that Chu Jingyan will succeed?"

  "Because he can actually do it, so I and the president let him do it."

  He smiled and shook his head: "Because of this, the logic is forced to make people feel domineering."

  "Everyone's superior needs to submit a nomination form, and even the high-level executives are aware that some people in our company have been doing something excessive recently. The nomination form that Chu Jingyan wants us to see is not for that project, but rather to help the president purge the group."

  "For example?"

  Bai Jiming smiled and said, "Then it depends on who Jingyan chooses."

  Gao Xiangyang said: "I told him, if you choose, choose the most difficult one."

  "I guess he's already started taking action."

  Gao Xing Yang looked at Bai Ji Ming and asked: "What does it mean?"

  "Director Gao, don't underestimate anyone who can emerge unscathed from a smuggling boat, and even more so, don't underestimate a young man who single-handedly made a name for himself in Qingtang Cave."

  "Even if he is just a cub, he is still a cub with sharp teeth that can kill people."

  ......

  ......

  Chu Jingyan looked at the dozen or so bags on the back seat of the car and couldn't help but smile wryly. This was all thanks to Xiao Feipao and that little devil team leader, Kim Taeyeon. In just one short afternoon, the two of them had picked out five sets of clothes for Chu Jingyan according to their own aesthetics.

  "Tiffany looked at Chu Jingyan's suit with a face of disgust: 'A 20-year-old man wearing this kind of old-fashioned clothes, what does he look like? He looks several years older.'"

  "I don't have other clothes."

  "Tiffany stretched out her hand and said, 'Did you bring your bank card?'"

  Chu Jing spoke and pulled out his wallet, asking: "No money for food? Speak up, how much do you want to borrow? If you don't pay me back, I'll go cause trouble at your company."

  Tiffany：“........”

  Then the two of them took Chu Jingyan's card and started selecting clothes for him. If they didn't have thin skin, Chu Jingyan believed they would help themselves pick out a few pairs of underwear too.

  Chu Jing said with a bag in hand: "No need to buy clothes for a whole year."

  "It's still early, and I haven't even bought summer clothes yet."

  Chu Jing's eyes were instantly filled with hot tears.

  "Tiffany smiled and said: 'Are you so touched that you want to cry?'"

  "I was thinking, what kind of sin did I commit to snatch your donut in the first place? It turns out it wasn't that the time for retribution hadn't arrived yet. I thought maybe heaven took pity on me and let me off easy, but now it seems like years of resentment suddenly erupted."

  Kim Tae-yeon looked at Chu Jing-yen's pitiful appearance and pulled Tiffany's sleeve, saying: "Why don't we just stop here for today?"

  Chu Jingyan started nodding like she was pounding garlic.

  "Tiffany hesitated: 'Is that all?'"

  Chu Jingyan immediately took out the car key: "I'll send you back, get some rest early and welcome the first ray of sunshine tomorrow."