I'm back in 1990

Chapter 899: The Journey is Hindered

At noon, Huang Xiaochuan had lunch at the Times Commerce Group restaurant, which was also a way of checking out the food service situation of the staff canteen.

Like any other employee, he carried a stainless steel tray and helped himself to the food. The restaurant operates on a buffet model, where you take what you want to eat, but waste is not allowed.

After finishing his meal, he took a tissue from Jiang Bixing and wiped his mouth.

"Not bad, not bad! The food here is better than at home, no wonder you seem to have gained a lot of weight."

"Hahaha!" These words made Jiang Bixing laugh; this could be considered a compliment!

After looking around and seeing that Gao Song and Li Huan had finished eating, Huang Xiaochuan stood up and said, "Alright, I've told you what to do, and I've finished my meal. I'm leaving now. The rest is up to you."

After saying that, he waved his hand and walked out of the restaurant. Gao Song quickly led Li Huan and the others to follow.

Jiang Bixing saw him off to his car, and only returned to his office after the car had driven away, where he immediately began arranging related work.

After starting the car, Huang Xiaochuan asked Gao Song, "What are the plans for this afternoon?"

Gao Song had already memorized the daily schedule, and he reported on the afternoon's arrangements.

Huang Xiaochuan rubbed his face and said, "Forget it, cancel or postpone all the afternoon's activities, let's go home."

"Okay!" Gao Song immediately agreed and arranged for the driver to take the car to Sinan Road.

Just then, snowflakes began to fall, large flakes, a sight that hadn't been seen in Shanghai for a long time.

As Huang Xiaochuan stepped into the courtyard, he saw the little girl frolicking around the yard with her ugly dog. For children, snowy days mean more fun, such as building snowmen and having snowball fights.

In the past, the amount of snowfall in Shanghai each year was only enough to build a small snowman, because there was so little snow. But this time is different. According to the weather forecast, it will last for a long time, and there will be large-scale snowfall one after another.

"Dad!" The little girl saw her father return and rushed towards him, shouting excitedly.

Huang Xiaochuan brushed the snowflakes off the little girl's hat: "Hurry home, it's snowing so hard, your clothes will get wet, and your mom will beat you up."

"Oh!" The little girl was a bit reluctant, but she still obediently followed her father into the house. What could she do? Her mother was really good at beating people.

"Where's your mother?" After entering the house, Huang Xiaochuan did not see Yu Xiang.

"My mom got a phone call before you came back, and then she went to the other side of the street." The little girl told her father about her mother's whereabouts.

"Oh!" Huang Xiaochuan roughly guessed that it was probably related to clinical trials.

He then asked, "Where's your brother?"

The little girl pointed upstairs and took the opportunity to complain: "He's messing with his computer, and he even locked the door from the inside, so he won't let me in. He's so stingy."

Huang Xiaochuan immediately guessed that Huang Ruiying must have gone to bother Huang Zeji while he was busy programming. Otherwise, Huang Zeji wouldn't have locked the door. He knew his son best; he wouldn't have done that unless he couldn't stand it anymore.

"Did you go and cause trouble?"

The little girl feigned innocence, blinking her big eyes: "No!"

Huang Xiaochuan looked at the little girl with a half-smile: "Is that so?"

"Hehehe!" The little girl was very clever. As soon as she saw her father's expression, she knew that he didn't believe what she had just said at all.

Seeing her like this, Huang Xiaochuan stopped asking about it and instead asked her, "Have you done your winter break homework? Let me remind you, don't forget the lesson from before."

"Dad, don't worry! I'll learn from my mistakes and won't fall into the same trap twice." The little girl looked confident.

This left Huang Xiaochuan both amused and exasperated; this girl was simply...

"Alright, alright, I'm not going to argue with you anymore. I'm going to take a shower and change. You're not allowed to go into the yard anymore, understand?"

"Okay!" The little girl deliberately dragged out her words, clearly a bit unwilling, but she really didn't dare to go out again. If her mother suddenly came back and bumped into her, that would be terrible!

Huang Xiaochuan left the little girl alone in the living room and went upstairs.

When Huang Xiaochuan returned downstairs after taking a shower and changing into his pajamas, Yu Xiang had just returned as well.

Upon seeing the man, Yu Xiang asked, "You're back! Where did you have lunch?"

"I went to the headquarters of Times at noon and had a working lunch with Lao Jiang. I came back after lunch. Is there anything going on at the hospital?" Huang Xiaochuan asked in return while answering.

Yu Xiang casually replied, "It's nothing, just coordinating some data compilation. The snow outside is so heavy!"

Huang Xiaochuan nodded: "Yes, the snow is really heavy. If this continues, Yu Min and Zhiyuan's plan to spend the New Year in Shanghai will be ruined."

"Who knows? What if the snow stops tomorrow? It shouldn't affect their coming, right?" Yu Xiang subconsciously still wanted her younger sister and brother-in-law's family to come to Shanghai for the New Year.

Huang Xiaochuan stated logically and convincingly, "Didn't the weather forecast say so? This is caused by the La Niña phenomenon. Cold and warm air masses have been converging and lingering in the south for a long time, which may cause prolonged and widespread low temperatures, rain, snow, and freezing weather. So, it's likely that it will snow quite a bit!"

He then emphasized again: "Safety is more important than the New Year. Tell your parents later, and then call Yu Min and Zhiyuan to tell them not to come. They can come next year."

Yu Xiang thought about it and felt that the man's words were more reliable: "Okay! I'll call my parents later and tell them."

Yu Xiang then asked about the class reunion: "How was your class reunion this time?"

"That's great. Several students have excellent organizational skills and have made great arrangements."

No sooner had Huang Xiaochuan finished speaking than Yu Xiang's phone rang.

The call was from Zheng Aiying. Seeing the heavy snowfall and the weather forecast saying that the snow would continue for a while, the old lady was a little panicked. She was worried about her second daughter, Yu Min, and her family, and was also concerned about their safety traveling in the snow. So she called to discuss it with her eldest daughter.

"Mom, Xiaochuan was just talking to me about this. I was about to call you, but I didn't expect you to call me." Yu Xiang said, glancing at the man as she spoke.

Then she continued speaking to her elderly mother, "Xiao Chuan said that the snow won't stop anytime soon, and once it stops, it will freeze over, so driving is still too dangerous. Xiao Chuan also said that safety comes first. Why don't you call Yu Min and tell her not to come this year, but to come next year?"

Zheng Aiying was somewhat disappointed. As she got older, she longed for a lively and joyful family reunion. She had planned to have her second daughter's family come to Shanghai for the New Year this year, so that the whole family could be together. However, things didn't go as planned, and the snow came at the worst possible time.

She sighed, "Oh well, that's all we can do. I'll call Yu Min in a bit."

Yu Xiang then reminded her, "Mom, with the heavy snow lately, be careful of the slippery surfaces when you and Dad go out, and try to stay indoors as much as possible."

"Understood, we know what we're doing." Zheng Aiying hung up the phone after saying that.