I'm back in 1990

Chapter 448: 1997 has passed, and I miss it dearly.

The day after returning to Shanghai, Huang Xiaochuan went back to school to cancel his leave and took his thesis to Wang Deyi's office.

Wang Deyi put aside the nutritional supplements and the thesis that Huang Xiaochuan had given him, and first took out two red envelopes and a pair of small gold locks from the drawer and handed them to Huang Xiaochuan.

"Here, this is a gift for the two kids. You, as their father, can accept it on their behalf."

"Oh, how can I accept this? You've gone to so much trouble, sir! I'll accept it on behalf of the two kids, and when they're a little older, I'll have them come and kowtow to you."

Huang Xiaochuan spoke politely, but his actions betrayed his words as he deftly took the red envelope and gold lock from Wang Deyi's hand.

Looking at Huang Xiaochuan's snobbish manner, Wang Deyi was both annoyed and amused. He picked up the paper Huang Xiaochuan had given him and started reading it, ignoring his wayward disciple.

After reading the paper, Wang Deyi remained silent for a long time.

Then, with a serious expression, he asked, "How likely is that?"

Huang Xiaochuan replied, "It's very likely. As you can see, I specifically designed a data model and conducted the deduction, and this is the final result."

Seeing that Wang Deyi did not speak, Huang Xiaochuan continued, "The Southeast Asian financial crisis shows that the essence of international capital speculation is to attack the inherent contradictions of the linked exchange rate system. Hong Kong also has this characteristic because it also uses the linked exchange rate system, with the US dollar as the anchor for the Hong Kong dollar."

Furthermore, Hong Kong is an open financial market with substantial foreign exchange reserves, a wide range of financial derivatives, and a mature and large stock market. These characteristics make Hong Kong a potential target for international capital. Moreover, relevant data shows that Hong Kong's banking sector has recently generated a large amount of bank loans, increasing by 87% year-on-year, and there has been frequent trading in some financial derivatives. These signs confirm my speculation.

Wang Deyi understood that if his student's prediction was correct, then Hong Kong would suffer a financial plunder. Hong Kong held a pivotal position in China's current situation, and the international capital's plan absolutely could not be allowed to succeed.

Wang Deyi knew that with his current status as a student, his paper was not enough to attract the attention of higher-ups. If he wanted to get the higher-ups to take it seriously, he would have to find another way. Of course, people who are engaged in academic research have many ways to do this.

The most direct way would be to use his academician status to directly enter the central government, but he didn't want to do that because most of the credit would go to him. He was old and had no interest in these empty titles, and he wanted to leave the opportunity to his last disciple.

The best approach would be to hold an academic seminar and invite experts in economics and finance to discuss the paper. Of course, the scope of this discussion should be kept under control and not carried out in a large-scale manner.

After making up his mind, Wang Deyi said to Huang Xiaochuan, "Don't go running around lately. I plan to convene a small-scale academic seminar to discuss your paper with the experts present. Once we reach a consensus, we can report it to the central authorities. This will attract their attention, which is a good thing for you. You should be mentally prepared."

Huang Xiaochuan didn't care whether it was a good thing or not, as long as the higher-ups paid attention to his paper. This would give them enough time to prepare a response. After all, it's good to have a powerful backer. As long as the country takes action, he can follow suit and win, gaining both fame and fortune—a win-win situation.

"Where else can I run to! Now I wish I could stay home every day."

"That's good. I'll visit the kids at my house sometime!"

"Oh? That won't do! Let me bring them to see you instead!"

Wang Deyi glared at Huang Xiaochuan with displeasure: "It's going to get cold soon, how old are they? Why did you bring them out? What if they get cold? You're supposed to be their father, are they even your own children?"

Huang Xiaochuan's words struck a nerve with Wang Deyi. Although he hadn't met the two children yet, Wang Deyi had already fallen in love with them.

Seeing that the old man was angry, Huang Xiaochuan immediately compromised: "Alright, alright! You go, you go yourself, okay? I'll send a car to pick you up."

"Alright, go do what you're supposed to do, don't get in my way!" Wang Deyi told them to leave.

As soon as they left Wang Deyi's office, Xu Hui was already waiting outside.

He also slipped two red envelopes to Huang Xiaochuan.

"How can I accept this?" Huang Xiaochuan firmly refused.

The two started shoving each other. Xu Hui got impatient and asked with a stern face, "Are you looking down on me?"

"Brother Xu, I didn't mean that."

"That's settled then. Hurry up and put it away. It's for the child, not for you."

"Alright! Then I'll thank Uncle Xu on behalf of my son and daughter. Brother Xu, come over for a drink when the kids turn 100!"

"Alright! Then I'll thank Uncle Xu on behalf of my son and daughter. Brother Xu, come over for a drink when the kids turn 100!"

"no problem!"

Back in the office, Huang Xiaochuan handed out candy to each of his colleagues.

Looking at the chocolates on the table with disbelief, Ma Yifeng asked, "Are they really twins?"

At this moment, Huang Xiaochuan acted as arrogant as ever: "Of course, when have you ever seen me brag?"

Lu Jingyun peeled off a piece of chocolate, put it in her mouth, and then said to Huang Xiaochuan.

"Teacher Huang, you're so lucky! Now you have both a son and a daughter. With the one-child policy, so many people must envy you!"

Jiao Zhiyong chimed in, "That's right! Sister Lü is absolutely right. Others have to go through the trouble twice, but Lao Huang saves so much trouble, getting everything done in one go. You have to admire him!"

An Cheng also remarked, "It seems like only Lao Huang, a faculty member, has had twins, a boy and a girl, right?"

"That's right, there are several families that have twins, but only Teacher Huang's family has a boy and a girl twins."

Seeing everyone's envious and jealous faces, Huang Xiaochuan smiled and didn't say anything. Only he knew how difficult it was for these two children to come to be. Apart from the old man, no one else in the whole school knew that Yu Xiang couldn't get pregnant naturally.

There's no need for too many people to know about this. Knowing won't help; it will only attract strange looks.

After learning that Huang Xiaochuan had a son and a daughter, many people sent him gifts because of his good relationships with others. Even some classmates from far away sent gifts. Huang Xiaochuan didn't know whether to accept them or not, so he could only record them all and return the favor later.

Having these two children completely disrupted my life.

The house became much livelier. Even Da Gun and his wife Qing Qing knew that there was a new addition to the family, and they would often linger around the two children.

Zeng Lijuan originally wanted to come and help take care of the child, but Huang Xiaochuan refused.

"Mom, we have three maids and four nannies at home now, so you really don't need to take care of the children. Yu Xiang and I can manage on our own."

"How about this? I'll take Yingying with me, and the two nannies will come with me. You should feel at ease then, right?" Zeng Lijuan cherishes this granddaughter the most. She misses her terribly if she doesn't see her for a day. But she feels it's inconvenient to keep running around like this. She thought that since there are two children, she could help take care of one of them, which would save the young couple some trouble.

Huang Xiaochuan immediately felt a burning sensation on his back. He knew that Yu Xiang was watching him, waiting for him to make a statement! There were some things she, as his daughter-in-law, couldn't refuse.

Well then! I guess I'll just have to be the villain myself.

"Mom, how can we do this? The two children have never left us since they were born. Besides, aren't you also taking care of Huang Zemian?"

Zeng Lijuan felt she had raised this son in vain, as he was not at all caring towards her, and she went home in a huff.

"Your kindness was wasted. Alright, I'm going back to cook for your dad. I don't even know if he's back yet. Going to play ball in this freezing weather, you're really bored."

Zeng Lijuan went back grumbling.

After her mother-in-law left, Yu Xiang carried Huang Zeji to Huang Xiaochuan's side and kissed him on the cheek: "Teacher Huang, you did a good job. I'll reward you tonight."

"Huh? Maybe we should just forget about it? I just handed in my assignment last night!" Huang Xiaochuan's face immediately fell.

Yu Xiang's face turned cold: "You ate dinner yesterday, so could you skip it tonight?"

Huang Xiaochuan felt overwhelmed. Yu Xiang, who had given birth, was particularly addicted to that area. In the past, Huang Xiaochuan had to beg her, but now it was the other way around. Every few days, she would ask Huang Xiaochuan to do his homework. Huang Xiaochuan felt that his back might be ruined at a young age!

On December 31, 1997, a rare heavy snow fell in Shanghai.

Standing by the window of his second-floor bedroom, Huang Xiaochuan watched the snowflakes fall, slowly covering the ground and plants.

He opened the window, and large snowflakes were swept into the room by the wind. Huang Xiaochuan took deep breaths of the cool air outside and felt extremely comfortable. At that moment, he couldn't help but think of a classic line from a Lunar New Year film that was shown on Christmas Eve.

"1997 has passed, and I miss it dearly!"