On the rewards for successfully defeating a boss

Time passed quickly.

New Year's Day was coming soon, and Chen Qian and his friends started a video to scout the location. He looked at the fireworks blooming in the night sky from afar. The network was a little stuck, and the fireworks were suspended on the black curtain, like a painting.

It was not his New Year, but it was indeed his New Year.

Because the Chi family had a family dinner that night, Chen Qian just sent him a Happy New Year message.

When I received Chi Mu's call, it was already the next day.

He contacted him specially before midnight in Denmark just to spend the New Year's Eve with Chen Qian.

Chen Qian stood by the window where two pots of Phalaenopsis orchids were placed. He watched Simon and Leslie through data and satellites, and quietly placed the broken pieces of cups and plates in front of the door.

This is a Danish custom. On New Year's Eve, the broken pieces of cups and plates collected throughout the year are quietly delivered to the doorsteps of friends. The more broken pieces you have, the more friends you have, which also represents more luck in the new year.

Inside the door there is quiet joy and indulgence, outside the door there are whispers of blessings for friends.

At that moment, Chen Qian didn't feel how difficult winter was.

The snow in the distant old city quickly dissipated, not even enough for a full season. Snow itself is rare in the south.

But the snowflakes in Denmark are still falling, scattering like flour.

All that was left in the sky was white in the sunlight and gray in the shadows.

I finally didn’t spend New Year’s Eve alone.

It’s just that the New Year’s Eve dinner was changed to lunch to accommodate the time difference.

Chen Qian invited Simon and his wife to her home and also called Chen Tian on video. These two people, who were not orphans but were like orphans, spent the New Year with this foreign couple across the ocean.

On Chen Tian's table was the French food he ordered, while on Chen Qian's table was the takeout from a Chinese restaurant that he had finally found and found to his liking.

The restaurant owner is from Sichuan, and everyone calls him a fellow countryman when he goes abroad.

After hearing that Chen Qian spent the holiday alone, the fellow villager tearfully gave Chen Qian, the left-over son, a portion of boiled pork slices.

For this reason, Chen Qian was also in tears and did not mention the two guests and a puppy who were already sitting on the sofa in his house.

Then, spring came, the snow melted away, and the weather warmed up.

April 1st is April Fools' Day.

Chen Qian received a package. It wasn’t a very big thing, about the size of two packs of instant noodles stacked together.

Inside was a photo frame wrapped in three or four layers of bubble wrap.

Chen Qian didn't understand what this meant at first, but after tearing off layers of foam paper, he saw the earliest photo of the two of them that had always been placed on Chi Mu's living room table.

He wasn't sure if it was a reprint or the original, but the frame was definitely different.

Although he was puzzled about the purpose of sending this photo, Chen Qian did not intend to think about it too much. After opening it, he quietly placed it on the cabinet next to the sofa.

It is the most conspicuous position in the entire living room. It is the last glance before going out and the first glance when returning home.

Not long after, when the two were in contact, Chen Qian asked: Why did you suddenly send me photos?

Chi Mu said that he seemed to like this photo particularly. He took a picture as a souvenir when he saw it for the first time, and later he often stared at it in a daze.

This is a gift, an early birthday present.

In the summer of his second year in Denmark, Chen Qian finished his studies at the language school and once again entered his freshman year.

Unlike the somewhat laborious computer subject he had studied before, this time he chose photography.

After reading no less than twenty issues of geography magazines, he found that he really liked it, so he had almost no hesitation when choosing his major and made a decisive decision.

After starting his freshman year and learning the basics, he began to travel around during the holidays.

Nothing else, just looking at waterfalls and taking pictures of them everywhere.

It's not just waterfalls, I also look at other things occasionally.

After the photos were sorted and developed, they formed a thick stack. Several albums were stacked together and placed next to the sofa.

For some unknown reason, Chen Tian became busier and busier.

Chi Mu's messages came back slower and slower.

Until one day, Chen Tian called him and said, "Chen Qian, I am going to file for bankruptcy this month."

Not long after, the news pushed the headline that Chen declared bankruptcy, and the old real estate leader was wondering what the future would be like.

Chen Qian didn't click in to read it because it was not interesting.

At that time, Chen Qian was only in his second semester and he still had three years to go before graduation.

His tuition was paid in advance from elsewhere and deposited into the school account on time and in full, but he had no living expenses except the balance in the card.

Frugality entered Chen Qian's life for the first time when he was 21 years old.