Gu Xi pulled Gu Shao to the classroom.
As soon as they arrived at the door of Class 7, the homeroom teacher welcomed them warmly before they could enter.
"Hello, Professor Gu." The homeroom teacher wanted to address Gu Shao as "Professor Gu", but she felt that it was inappropriate to address him at the parent-teacher conference. "Gu Xi's father is here."
At this moment, the homeroom teacher looked at Gu Shao and Gu Xi with a smile on her face.
In the past, Sheng Xiuyan was already eye-catching enough in their class. Now that Gu Xi was here, she became the homeroom teacher who attracted the envy of the whole school.
Especially in this monthly exam, the top two students in the entire cohort were in their class. They were simply too proud.
Ever since the school's exam scores were tabulated two days ago, she felt that she was the center of attention in the school.
"It's really nice of you to take time out of your busy schedule to come here."
Then, the homeroom teacher introduced the other parent next to her to Gu Shao. "This is Sheng Xiuyan's father."
The homeroom teacher felt that today was definitely her lucky day. Not only did two students in the class score high in the grade, but two important parents also came.
Gu Shao looked at Sheng Yi in front of him and they nodded at each other.
In fact, Gu Shao and Sheng Yi already knew each other without the homeroom teacher's introduction.
Old Master Gu and Old Master Shen had been friends for many years, so the younger generation of the two families were familiar with each other.
As for the Sheng family, they were neighbors with the Gu family in the early days. Therefore, Gu Shao and Sheng Yi used to know each other.
The Shen family originally had four children. After the eldest and second son died at the front line, only the Shen family's only daughter, Sheng Xiuyan's mother, Shen Yi, and Old Master Shen's son, Shen Ye, were left.
After losing two children, Old Master Shen was determined not to let the remaining two children go down the same path. Therefore, he let Shen Yi study medicine and Shen Ye let him start his own business.
But Old Master Shen never expected that his daughter would end up marrying a man in military uniform and Shen Yi would end up becoming a military doctor.
"Are you on vacation?" Gu Shao raised his eyebrows and asked. Sheng Yi's Prephan Camp was different from the ordinary camps. Under normal circumstances, he would not leave easily.
Hearing this, Sheng Yi nodded and said, "Yes, I haven't taken a vacation in a few years. It's rare for me to take one."
This time, he was escorted out of the barracks by a few of his comrades, along with his luggage.
After a pause, Sheng Yi said, "I have nothing to do at home, so I came to see how my son is doing in school."
In fact, Sheng Yi had heard from his brother-in-law that Sheng Xiuyan seemed to be in love, so he came to the school in person to observe.
After Sheng Yi finished speaking, his eyes fell on Gu Xi, and his eyes lit up.
"Is this your daughter?" Sheng Yi asked.
Two days after returning, Sheng Yi heard from his old man and Old Master Shen that Gu Shao had a daughter. At that time, he was quite surprised.
Now, it seemed that she was indeed Gu Shao's daughter.
Gu Shao nodded and said, "My daughter, Gu Xi."
After Gu Shao finished the introduction, Gu Xi politely greeted Sheng Yi, "Uncle Sheng."
Hearing Gu Xi's greeting, Sheng Yi nodded and said, "Good girl."
Perhaps it was because he had been in the barracks for a long time, but Sheng Yi's expression was always serious. He looked very strict and fierce.
It was supposed to be a compliment, but Sheng Yi's expression was as if he had a straight face. No matter how she listened to it, it felt very strange.
Moreover, Sheng Yi did not smile, but he still squeezed out a smile, which made Gu Xi's hair stand on end.
Gu Xi was a little scared and subconsciously moved half a step closer to Gu Shao.
Gu Shao felt Gu Xi moving closer to him and thought that this girl was just shy of strangers. He raised his hand and rubbed Gu Xi's head, but did not care.
If Gu Shao knew the real thoughts in Gu Xi's mind at this moment and her evaluation of Sheng Yi, he would probably laugh.
This Sheng Yi used to be a joker. Even though he had been in the barracks for a few years and had become 'paralyzed,' it did not change the fact that he was a joker.
Gu Shao exchanged some pleasantries with Sheng Yi. Seeing that the parent-teacher conference was about to start, he went into the classroom.
—
The parent-teacher conference began.
The parents sat according to their children's seats, while most of the students ran to the sports field to exercise.
A portion of them stayed outside the classroom.
Gu Xi and Dong Mingming were two of them.
The two of them leaned against the door and carefully peeked in through the gap.
Seeing Dong Mingming's nervous expression, Gu Xi poked her arm and asked, "Are you looking?"
"I'm looking at my dad's expression." Dong Mingming said with a serious face. She stared straight at Mr. Dong's expression when he took out the report card and her test paper.
Although her ranking this time was not much higher than before, the total score of the exam was indeed much lower than before.
Originally, Dong Mingming could say that the difficulty of the exam had increased this time, and it was normal for her score to be poor.
However, Gu Xi and Sheng Xiuyan's scores were very high …
"You can tell?" Gu Xi was surprised.
"Of course!" With that said, Dong Mingming carefully pointed to Mr. Dong's seat and said to Gu Xi, "Look, look, my dad's expression is very relaxed now, right? It proves that he's still here."
As soon as Dong Mingming finished speaking, she saw Mr. Dong turn over a test paper and frown.
Dong Mingming became nervous and tugged at Gu Xi. "Look, look. My dad frowned and narrowed his eyes. He's unhappy."
"He adjusted his glasses! It's over. He must be thinking of deducting more of my pocket money now! "
After Dong Mingming finished wailing, she suddenly turned to look at Gu Xi. "That's not right. I'm usually nervous. Gu Xi, you got first place in the exam. Why are you nervous?"
Now, those who did not fail the exam and were not nervous had gone to the sports field to relax. Only those who did not take the exam and were afraid of being beaten were still waiting here.
"I'm not nervous," Gu Xi said. She simply wanted to see if there was a parent-teacher conference for her.
"I'm just taking a look." As Gu Xi spoke, she looked at Gu Shao's seat again and smiled unconsciously. Finally, there was a seat for her. Finally, she was not the only one sitting there.
Dong Mingming glanced at Gu Shao's seat and then couldn't help but tug at Gu Xi's sleeve.
"By the way, Gu Xi, did your dad attend an important event today? He's dressed so handsomely, "Dong Mingming said.
Gu Xi realized that Gu Shao seemed to be dressed more formally than usual today.
"Daddy Gu is super handsome today," Dong Mingming said with starry eyes.
"I think so." Gu Xi smiled and agreed solemnly.
Then, Gu Xi secretly took out her phone and took a photo of Gu Shao, who was sitting at her seat.
— — To commemorate the first time a parent attended a parent-teacher conference for her.
Upon seeing this, Dong Mingming took out his phone and pointed it at Gu Shao. "Then I want to take a photo."
Seeing Dong Mingming's excited expression, Gu Xi's mouth twitched. "Please take a photo of your dad."
Upon hearing Gu Xi's words, Dong Mingming was stunned. She glanced at Mr. Dong, who was sitting next to Gu Shao, and suddenly lost interest.
"What's there to take of my dad?" Dong Mingming waved her hand. There was no need to take a photo. Her mom's WeChat Moments were filled with all kinds of poses and park photos of the couple. She had seen enough of them.
"I want to take a photo of your dad, hehe." Then in the future, she would brag to others and say, "Look, this is my deskmate's dad. He's handsome, right?"
Gu Xi: "…"
— —
Meanwhile, in the classroom.
Although they were acquainted this time, Mr. Dong was still a little nervous about sitting together with Mr. Gu at a parent-teacher conference.
While the homeroom teacher was talking about the other students, Mr. Dong smiled awkwardly and exchanged a few words with Gu Shao.
"Your Gu Xi did very well this time," Mr. Dong said.
Upon hearing this, Gu Shao looked at the report card and replied politely, "Dong Mingming did well."
"Not bad? She didn't even get first place." Mr. Dong waved his hand and paused for a moment before saying, "Gu Xi is still the best. She got first place in the cohort in the first exam!"
"Gu Xi was probably one of the top students in the cohort in her previous school, right?"
Gu Shao nodded. When he was applying for the continuation of the transfer, he had found out about Gu Xi's academic performance in Liming High School. She was the same. She was always first or second place in the cohort.
"Sigh, that's why I say that an outstanding child is outstanding in every aspect," Mr. Dong commented.
Upon hearing this, although Gu Shao did not show it, the happiness in his eyes was obvious.
Gu Shao's gaze fell on the essay behind Gu Xi's Chinese answer sheet.
This should be an essay on kinship, reunion, and family. Gu Xi wrote it in an analogous way. Although there were no specific details in the essay, from Gu Xi's words, it was clear that she loved and cherished her current home.
This essay was very different from Gu Xi's previous essays.
Although some of Gu Xi's previous essays had similar topics and the idea and style were also beautiful, he could vaguely sense the difference. In the past, although Gu Xi's descriptions were beautiful, they were empty. But now, they were very real.
This change was very subtle in the words. Even Gu Xi herself did not notice the difference. However, Gu Shao noticed it.
…
After the parent-teacher conference, Gu Shao left with Gu Xi.
Originally, Gu Shao had planned to take Gu Xi to the Gu family's main residence.
However, halfway through the journey, Xu Fei, who was sitting in the front seat, received a call from the secretary of the central office.
"President, Mr. Qiao is at the central office. He wants to meet you," Xu Fei said to Gu Shao after hanging up the phone.
The 'Mr. Qiao' he mentioned was Qiao Luo, who had previously worked with NTN as a procurement agent.
However, this time, it was not Qiao Luo who contacted NTN. Instead, it was Gu Shao who took the initiative to contact him.
"Did he say what he wanted to do over the phone?" Gu Shao looked up and asked.
Qiao Luo was supposed to make an appointment with NTN this Wednesday.
"Yes," Xu Fei replied. "Mr. Qiao seems to have contacted some procurement partners. Some of them are very interested in the 'MTM Maritime Transportation Safety System'. Therefore, he hopes to meet you in advance. In addition, he wants to take a few test samples …"
"How are the samples coming along?" Gu Shao asked.
"When you had the parent-teacher conference just now, Team Leader Liu sent over the progress of the work. The basic samples are already ready. There should be no problem using them as test samples."
"Let them prepare."
"Yes, President."
…
Gu Xi only understood half of the conversation between the two. However, the moment he heard the words' maritime transportation safety system ', Gu Xi's eyes lit up.
"Is it the International Maritime Transportation Safety System?" Gu Xi asked.
Hearing this, Xu Fei paused and looked at Gu Xi with some surprise. He nodded and replied, "Yes, Xiaoxi, you know about this?"
— — Other than his own family, Gu Shao did not let the outside world know that Gu Xi was the one who came up with the idea of 'maritime transportation safety system'.
This was to protect Gu Xi.
Therefore, even Xu Fei did not know about it.
When he heard Gu Xi's question, he thought that Gu Xi had learned about this research and development from Gu Shao.
"Yes, yes!" Gu Xi nodded, unable to hide the surprise on his face.
— — This time, she suddenly thought of this way to combat Lin Yize's illegal business and told Gu Shao about it. She did not expect Gu Shao to be so efficient. He had already arranged for the development of the product.
Moreover, listening to the conversation between the two just now, the research and development of this project seemed to have made great progress, and even the promotion channel had been found.
"Dad, is this' safety system 'the one I mentioned last time?" Gu Xi turned to look at Gu Shao beside her excitedly and asked again for confirmation.
"Yes." Gu Shao gave Gu Xi an affirmative answer.
Gu Xi's eyes were filled with surprise. Really!
If this was the case, did it prove that her idea was feasible and could indeed suppress Lin Yize?
Thinking of this, Gu Xi became even more excited.
"Will this system be ready for use soon?" Gu Xi asked.
"Not so soon," Gu Shao said.
The importance of this project was not in technology, but in promotion and application. According to reasonable data analysis, if they wanted this monitoring system to work, they would need at least six countries in the southeast region to agree to use this monitoring system, and equipment would be installed in 68 places.
"How long will it take?" Gu Xi asked.
Seeing Gu Xi looking at him with bright eyes and a nervous and serious expression, Gu Shao felt a little amused and helpless at the same time.
He really didn't want this girl to waste too much energy on these things.
"Within half a year," Gu Shao replied.
Hearing this, Gu Xi lowered her head and muttered softly, "Then it's still …"
In the novel, it should take nearly four years for Lin Yize to become strong, so half a year should be enough.
At this moment, Xu Fei, who was sitting in the front row, asked, "President, should we go now?"
Gu Shao responded and was about to instruct the driver to send Gu Xi to Old Master Gu's place first. However, before he could speak, he heard Gu Xi say, "I'll go!"
The next second, Gu Shao glanced at Gu Xi and she immediately cowered. She shrank her neck and asked softly, "Can I?"
She just wanted to see how things were going.
Gu Shao wanted to say "No", but when he saw Gu Xi's pitiful and expectant eyes, he suddenly couldn't bear to reject her.
In the end, Gu Shao changed his words to "No" and asked, "Have you done your homework?"
"Yes!" After a pause, Gu Xi added, "I did it outside when you had the parent-teacher conference."
Gu Shao: "…"
"President, then …" Xu Fei spoke at the right time. He looked at Gu Xi and Gu Shao.
In the end, Gu Shao sighed secretly and said, "Let's go."
— —
Gu Shao took Gu Xi to NTN.
When the three of them arrived at the conference center, Qiao Luo and his secretary were already waiting in the reception room next to the president's office.
In the reception room.
When Qiao Luo saw Gu Shao, he was very excited. He got up and walked over with a smile on his face. He shook hands with Gu Shao.
It had always been his goal to establish a long-term cooperation with NTN. After the first cooperation, Qiao Luo had been looking for opportunities to cooperate with NTN again.
Qiao Luo originally thought that he would have to wait for a long time for this opportunity. Unexpectedly, while he was still looking for an opportunity, NTN had already contacted him.
The content of the cooperation was to sell a maritime transportation control system to the southeast countries through him.
Although Qiao Luo wasn't a professional, he knew a thing or two about maritime transportation.
In this project, he didn't see much profit margin for NTN. Instead, he saw huge hidden benefits for the southeast countries.
Although he was confused, after accepting this deal with NTN, Qiao Luo flew to the southeast on the same day.
As expected, he sent the explanation materials of this system to the government channels of several countries. Within a few days, he received replies.
In the replies, the officials of several countries were very interested in this system, and three countries directly expressed their intention to purchase this system in their replies.
Therefore, Qiao Luo couldn't wait to find Gu Shao.
— —
At this moment, Qiao Luo noticed the girl who had been quietly following Gu Shao.
"This is …?"
"My daughter," Gu Shao said but didn't explain too much.
"So you already have a daughter," Qiao Luo said in surprise. Qiao Luo said with some surprise. Seeing that Gu Shao didn't seem to want his child to come into contact with too many complicated things, Qiao Luo smiled understandingly. After praising that Gu Xi was very beautiful, the two of them entered the topic.
Qiao Luo explained the situation and the attitudes of those countries to Gu Shao.
"Also, the three countries that are interested in purchasing have already approved the corresponding letters of authorization and letter of intent. However, because I came in a hurry, one of them hasn't been given to me yet. "
"This is for the other two for the time being." As Qiao Luo spoke, he raised his hand and motioned for the female secretary who came with him to give the two documents to Gu Shaoqian.
Gu Shao's attention was on the two documents, while Gu Xi's gaze fell on the approaching female secretary.
Previously, Gu Xi had been following Gu Shao with her head down and didn't notice anything else.
At this moment, the female secretary's approach shocked Gu Xi.
Not because of anything else, but because of her appearance …
She looked so much like Song Kexin!
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