Introduction to "Homeward Bound"
At the age of twenty-two, Shen Nian married Chen Shu, the son of his father's comrade-in-arms. She thought that this was the way it would be for the rest of her life as a taciturn man who lived a routine life.
Less than half a year after her marriage, she was transferred to a top-secret national project - one of the few mechanical experts in the country - by a secret order. She had to go and was not allowed to tell anyone. She only left one sentence: "Run the factory for me and wait for me to come back and live a good life."
He waited six years. No phone calls, no letters, no news from her. He turned a small parts factory into a multi-billion Nianqiao Group, and all the shares were recorded in her name; he built a house with a yard that she mentioned casually, with water in the yard and osmanthus trees beside the water.
She came back with a pair of twins who were over five years old. He didn't know anything, his face was pale, but he didn't ask a word.
This is a story about waiting, trust and return. Some people don't ask, not because they don't want to know, but because they are afraid that if they ask, you will leave.
