These days, the most sensational news in San Francisco is not that a business has gone out of business again, or that someone has discovered any valuable gold mine, but that it is about a person who has become the richest woman in San Francisco, and indeed in California, overnight. All the industries of the Chen family in Europe, America and Asia in the western region are a huge fortune enough to shake the political and business circles in the western United States, and a business group that is enough to make any big consortium salivate. Now it's all in the hands of a woman.

Dong Guanqing, Alice Dong, this Chinese name and foreign name accompanies this ordinary woman. For a time, it was known to more than eighty percent of the people in the West and throughout the United States. While many people are envious of Dong Guanqing and the man who is going to marry her, they can't help but speculate about the relationship between the Chen consortium and this Dong Guanqing, and why they would pay such a large fortune to show favor to her. Some people think that Dong Guanqing's mother Sheng Qingping once lived in the Chen family, and speculate that Dong Guanqing is not actually Dong Zhenyu's daughter, but the daughter of Chen Jingguo, president of the Chen family's European consortium, because Chen Jingguo's share of many industries sent out even exceeds that of Chen Tao, president of the American Foundation.

Dong Guanqing was more eager than anyone else to know about her life experience, so on the way home that night, she couldn't wait to ask her parents this question. However, Sheng Qingping still had no intention of saying anything, but just told her that Chen Jingguo was definitely not her biological father, and Dong Zhenyu, who also knew about it, did not tell Dong Guanqing about this secret because of his wife's relationship, and could only give her an apologetic look.

Dong Guanqing felt very angry about his parents' continued concealment, and he didn't talk to his parents for several days, and he didn't even have the heart to participate in the preliminary preparations for the wedding, and he was always thinking about his life experience in his mind, and he couldn't calm down for a long time. In addition, because of the huge wealth she has obtained, the eyes of the people around her have become very strange, and Liu Changwen, who has always ignored her prospective father-in-law, has also become extremely affectionate and almost flattering. She often wondered if Liu Changwen would be so attentive to her if she knew that according to the law of the transfer letter, only she and the direct lineage heirs she had established after her death were qualified to take charge of those estates. Except for Liu Changwen, all the businessmen of all sizes in San Francisco sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and all kinds of oriental greetings and Western invitations flew to Dong's house like snowflakes, including those who are among the top two conglomerates in the United States, after all, Dong Guanqing's current wealth is enough to join their salon.

His own affairs, the affairs of the outside world, and so on made Dong Guanqing feel upset during this time, and even had the urge to escape from here immediately and return to Huaxia. For this reason, she and her fiancé decided to leave everything to the family, and the two of them went on a pre-wedding excursion to take a walk around and relieve the tension they were experiencing. Sheng Qingping also said that it was the same, after all, she also felt that her daughter's condition during this period was very bad, but with Dong Guanqing's current identity, it was impossible to travel alone like this. In order to avoid any accidents, she sent all the five disciples she had personally taught by Zhang Tiezheng before returning to Sichuan to her daughter, so that they could protect the prospective couple on the road.

In the past few days, they have walked all the way to the inaccessible road, passing through many remote villages, some friendly and some hostile, although not so satisfying, but they are still happy, and their mood is relaxed, and they even forget the time. Feeling that the wedding was only a few days away, they rushed overnight to the nearby city of Fresno to prepare for the train back to San Francisco tomorrow.

Dong Guanqing and Liu Jincheng are traditional Catholics, but they are also followers of American Methodism. The idea of freedom in it is very respected. Early that morning, a Methodist pastor who was very famous in the West came to Fresno to preach. They had both heard this man's sermon before. It felt very good, and they didn't want to give up this opportunity, so they rushed to the church to listen to the lecture, despite the fatigue of traveling all night.

In the church, whites, blacks, Indians, and Chinese all sat together, without the slightest racial discrimination outside, all cheering for the pastor's wonderful remarks, and feeling each other because of the deep touch in each other's hearts. This atmosphere is very warm, which is why Dong Guanqing and his wife chose Methodism as their main faith sect in the United States.

In the church, while everyone's atmosphere was stirred up by the priest, the sensitive Dong Guanqing found that in a corner at the back of the church, a middle-aged Chinese with a gray mane and a clear temperament looked out of place. When the crowd around him cheered, he always looked calm, especially when he looked at the martyrdom of Jesus in the church, and his eyes were always looking at himself, and there seemed to be some strange emotion in his eyes.

Although Dong Guanqing knew that he was protected by several skilled bodyguards beside him, he was still nervous because of this person, and immediately pulled his fiancé to the train station after the sermon. Got on the train back to San Francisco.

"Guanqing, are you not feeling well, why are you a little unwilling?" Liu Jincheng, who had just come back from the bathroom, saw Dong Guanqing alone looking at the scenery that kept flashing outside the car in a daze, and he didn't even notice it when he returned to his seat, so he asked with concern.

"No, nothing!" Dong Guanqing hurriedly shook her head, trying her best to hide the panic in her heart. At this time, she even felt a trace of shame, because she felt that her heart had betrayed her fiancé just now. For some reason, from just now, she couldn't help but think of the appearance of the middle-aged Chinese in the church, and what made her even more flustered was that her previous nervousness had all disappeared, and at this time, she felt that this middle-aged Chinese was very kind and familiar, and even had the idea of wanting to see him again.

Although I felt the strangeness of my fiancée. But Liu Jincheng didn't ask much, he knew very well that his fiancée was a very assertive person, if she wanted to say something, she would naturally say it, and those who didn't want to say it, even if they were forced to ask, they wouldn't say a word, so he could only smile slightly, and then pour a glass of water for his fiancée. Bow your head with her to the food on the table in front of you.

In the sound of knives and forks and saucers, the surrounding atmosphere was a little awkward, Dong Guanqing was just eating food in front of the reaction, chopping them up and chopping them again, without the slightest intention of putting them in his mouth. In the end, she couldn't help it and said, "Did you see that middle-aged Chinese man in the northwest corner of the church before?"

Liu Jincheng was stunned, recalled, nodded and said, "I saw it! There are few people among the Chinese who are as tall as him. And the temperament is fresh and elegant, and he should be a knowledgeable person. ”

"Yes, that's him. Dong Guanqing nodded. Taking a deep breath, he said, "Somehow? I have a strange feeling about him, as if I knew him before, and it was very kind. ”