Chapter 2007 August 8th, 2007

On this day, August 8th, 2007.

After finishing a project at her Tianyu Cinema, Nangong Tian suddenly said she wanted to go out for a walk, just the two of them.

She wasn't usually one to be capricious, and Su Yehao happened to be free, so he packed his suitcase and set off on a spontaneous trip.

No Jiang Yu following them like a shadow, and no noisy kids making a fuss all day long.

Aside from the bodyguards, even Linda Yun had taken leave to attend her college roommate's wedding.

It wasn't until they were on their way to the airport that Nangong Tian and Su Yehao discussed where to go, finally deciding on the Maldives, which was in the middle of a hot summer.

A long time had passed since the super tsunami that swept across many countries, causing six-figure casualties. Few people talked about it anymore, and the Maldives had long returned to its former tranquility.

More than ten hours later.

Beside a sand house in Kuramathi, Su Yehao was lying in a hammock stretched between two coconut trees, holding a glass of Long Island iced tea, mixed with a lot of "fat宅 happy water" (cola), its sweet taste making him sigh comfortably. He exclaimed:

"Who would have thought that I'd be doing fine this morning, and in the blink of an eye, I'd be on Kuramathi Island?"

In the next hammock, Nangong Tian was wearing a swimsuit, her fair, slender legs crossed, her foot shaking. She said:

"Who wouldn't think so? But this feeling is really great. I'm thinking about taking a photo and sending it to Jiang Yu. She'd be furious, since we only told her we were going out after we got on the plane, and now she's taking care of both kids at home."

Su Yehao retorted, "It should be the nanny taking care of them. She wouldn't make things difficult for herself. Those two siblings yell all day long, like little hammers banging on my head. Sometimes I really want to shut them up."

"Don't tell me... who isn't? That's how it is taking care of children. When they grow up and start their own families, even if you want them to be closer to you, they probably won't pay any attention to us. You have to cherish the time when children are still cute."

Nangong Tian was also drinking, still a green apple martini, her cheeks a little flushed, looking at the clear sea not far away.

As soon as she finished speaking, she asked Su Yehao, "Brother Hao, why don't you ask me why I wanted to travel alone with you?"

Su Yehao replied:

"You'll say it when you want to, and we rarely have such alone time. I feel a little sorry for you, but if Jiang Yu does this next time, don't stay at home hugging your pillow, crying your eyes out."

"Hmph, I wouldn't do that, okay? I'm not a seventeen or eighteen-year-old kid anymore."

After Nangong Tian finished speaking, she suddenly sighed and continued:

"It's been so long since we bought these islands. The water houses were washed away after the tsunami, and the hotel rooms were also damaged. They were all torn down and rebuilt, and they look much prettier now. The reason I wanted to travel is because my high school friends are turning thirty. Listening to them talk about their original wishes, I also flipped through my old diary and found that my dreams seem to have been overfulfilled, like hooking you, and becoming a very cool woman."

"...Just because of that, you crossed half the planet?"

Su Yehao was dumbfounded, took a sip of his cocktail, and said:

"You're not thirty yet, and even if you were, so what? Life has just begun. The bigwigs on the Forbes list of female billionaires, the queens of the Asian entertainment industry, they're all very cool."

Although he had been dragged on vacation for no reason, he wasn't annoyed at all.

This kind of situation, where one loses their life goals and then feels a huge sense of confusion, was commonplace for Su Yehao himself. Relaxing was a good thing.

The setting sun, the white beach, the sparkling sea.

Calming down to appreciate the scenery in front of him, it was so beautiful that one couldn't take their eyes off it, giving a sense of peace that cleansed the soul.

There used to be many moments like this, just the two of them, but later the family grew larger and larger, and going out involved bringing the whole family. Travel would be lively, but it was difficult to calm down and enjoy it.

Even if it was just to see the beautiful scenery in front of him, this trip was worth it.

It was like someone taking a plane across half the planet to eat a meal or watch a performance. They themselves might not be important, but making oneself happy was the most important thing.

He could probably guess.

The little girl had probably reached a crossroads in her life, and perhaps woke up this morning and suddenly realized that she was no longer the silly girl who was always happy, so she had the urge to escape.

Su Yehao was only glad that he could be with her, and that they had been together for ten years. He really owed Nangong Tian a lot.

Perhaps it was the comfortable scenery, or the alcohol was starting to kick in.

Nangong Tian got up at this moment, sat cross-legged in the hammock, smiling happily, and said:

"I really should take a photo and send it to Jiang Yu to tease her. She's probably already asleep at this time. She'll explode when she sees it tomorrow morning."

Su Yehao said helplessly, "In my experience, there's no good end to offending her. She'll write it down in her little notebook and bring it up from time to time."

Nangong Tian teased him:

"You should be happy about that. If I were to keep track of your debts, a two-inch-thick notebook wouldn't be enough. Don't think that I don't care about you, but you have to be self-aware."

How could he not understand what she meant? Su Yehao immediately made an okay sign and replied, "Got it, understood. Sometimes I think it would be nice to retire like this. Today to the Maldives, tomorrow to Tahiti, and the day after tomorrow to the Bahamas..."

"The day after tomorrow, you'll be sick of looking at the sea, right? Can't we go somewhere else, like South America, to watch a soccer game or something?"

"To be honest, I still don't understand the rules of soccer, like what offside and penalty kicks are. If I bought a soccer team and went out to play soccer, I wouldn't have gained six pounds in two years. The tailors on Savile Row in London would probably laugh at me when they saw me now, because I always give them money whenever I can't fit into my old clothes."

Savile Row refers to the most famous tailoring street in the world, known as the mecca of high-end custom menswear.

Su Yehao didn't understand this stuff before. It was only after Nangong Tian helped him order a bunch of clothes that he slowly realized how expensive these tailors were. Three thousand pounds was an entry-level starting price, and suits costing tens of thousands of pounds were not uncommon.

Because they were just clothes, if it were a large toy like the Airbus A380 that he had already ordered, the total cost of 550 million euros for customized modifications would actually give Su Yehao the illusion that it was very cheap.

In the past, he always traveled for the sake of travel, and went on business trips for the sake of business.

Like today, when an unexpected situation arose, lying idly on the beach chatting was also quite nice.

Because it was summer, there were only a dozen or so tourists on the entire island. That night, Su Yehao spent money to treat them to dinner for free, and also provided them with advice on financial planning.

In the following days.

With nothing to do, they found fun in the room.

This directly led to Nangong Tian becoming pregnant again in September, and it was another boy.