Chapter 209

After returning from baobro, Muqiqi seems to be still immersed in the romance full of tropical style. Although it's only two days, there is only two people in the world. They are left alone and independent. There are no business troubles or trivial worries. Muqiqi seems to feel that he is back to those carefree days when he can talk about love freely.

Until... The moment the plane landed in Jinling, the mobile phone rang.

"Ma Ma! Don't you want to stop Sima On the phone, it was Jin simu's complaint.

It seems that in the days of Yiyuan, her lovely eighth master must have been "spoiled" by those adults.

Coax a few words, hang up the phone, Muqiqi was pulled back to reality, she looked at Jin Yu, worried said: "husband, eight ye need me to 'Save' him."

Worried little eyebrow congealed, a mother and son heart to heart appearance.

Jin Yu's cold face moved slightly, and his jealousy grew. During his trip to baobro, he tried his best to build up a sense of existence, because he was called back to the "secondary" position again after a call from a bastard.

"After taking such a long flight, baby is very tired. Let's go back to have a rest for one night and pick up Sima tomorrow, OK?" Although Jin Yu was jealous, he didn't want her to be too tired.

"No way!" Muqiqi resolutely refused, and then turned to a comforting tone, "but I promise you, I will sleep with you tonight."

She took his arm, leaned on his shoulder and gently coaxed him. Isn't someone worried that she would forget him when she has a son?

Ah... It's really tiring to be between her two favorite men

The point is, two men, and both, vinegar! Altar! Son!

**

Come to Yiyuan.

Jin Yu stops the car steadily. Without waiting for him to open the door for her, Mu Qiqi can't wait to get off the co pilot.

On the distant lawn, Jin simu is holding a frisbee to train Jin Sheng's golden retriever.

"Commander! Go Small milk sound is calling commander, threw Frisbee immediately.

"Commander! Come back Jin simu's training has a model.

The smart commander came to Jin simu with the frisbee in his hand, waiting for the praise of the little master. Jin simu raised his head, stroked the commander's head, took out a piece of beef from the pocket hanging on his chest and fed it.

The little man, who is not big, is smaller against the backdrop of the giant golden retriever.

"Eight Ye!" Muqiqi called out and trotted all the way to him.

When Jin simu heard his mother's voice, he turned his head happily and looked in the direction of the voice. He just saw Mu Qiqi, and then he closed his face and pretended to be very unhappy.

A pair of "you ignore me, I'm not happy!" Posture.

Mu Qiqi ran to Jin simu and squatted down. She hugged her son and said, "eighth master, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, mom and dad have temporary business. They went to baobro islands for a visit, so they didn't come to meet eighth master! Mom's wrong, mom's wrong! Never again

Jin Si Mu put his head on Mu Qi Qi's shoulder. "I've seen the news. It says that you and Baba have taken baobuluo, but why can't you take him with you? You are visiting as a family member of the prime minister, but I am also a family member of the prime minister! "

Er... Mu Qiqi didn't know how to explain it, and she couldn't tell him that it was his father who deliberately threw away his little light bulb and took his mother to the world of two. Ah... Well, I'm tired!

"Next time... Next time..." Muqiqi responded.

When the mother and the son talked, Jin Yu came over.

Seeing his father coming over, Jin Sima looked at Jin Yu not far away with sharp eyes. Then he pointed out his index finger to him and gave instructions to the golden retriever: "commander! Bite him

The commander heard the little master's instruction and rushed out with a "whoop".

Muqiqi is scared and looks back.

The next second, Jin Yu stood calmly in the same place, his hands in his pants pocket, his eyes drooping. With the cold light sweeping, the commander sat on the ground and did not dare to move. Then, unexpectedly also flattered wagged the tail.

"Smelly boy, when I trained it, I didn't have you!" Jin Yu said in a low voice.

Jin Si Mu puffed up his round cheeks. He was so angry in his heart that he fed you so many pieces of beef for nothing!

Muqiqi couldn't help laughing.

"Where's your third uncle?" Jin Yu asked Si mu, and then said, "look how I deal with him."

In the end, he can't bear to reprimand his son, so he can only turn his anger to Jin Sheng. Who told him not to look after his dog?

"The third uncle sent the commander and left. He seems to be very busy recently." The little guy responded.

Can I help you? A third son just ate meat, and his little girlfriend is tired of it, of course, to be busy in love ah!

"What about the others?" Mu Qiqi asked, got up, took Jin simu's hand, and walked to the mansion.

"Grandfather, grandmother, grandfather, grandmother... They are all in the living room. Grandfather seems very angry."

"Well? Why is granddad angry? " Mu Qiqi is worried. Isn't he angry with Jin Yu? Blame him for taking her on holiday?

"Well... It seems to have something to do with uncle."

Muqiqi was relieved.

However, Jin Yu's eyebrows grew tighter, as if he had foreseen something. His intuition was always keen.

Enter the porch, after the corridor, a family of three came to the living room.

"If he can't manage the company well, I'll take care of it. I can help him up to this position and kick him down as well."

The old lady peeled the pine nuts and said sarcastically, "do you really think of yourself as a young man? Why don't you take care of it? "

"You old lady, do you know how much billion the company's market value has evaporated since that smelly boy pretended to be sick and fainted for a woman and was photographed by the media?"

"How do you know han'er is pretending to be ill? Besides, isn't it more than a billion? What are you afraid of? My great grandson will naturally earn it back. " The old lady didn't like it.

The old couple have been like this all their lives. One is red faced, the other is white faced. They have been fighting with each other all their lives.

On the other hand, Jin Hanlin was holding a book and Xuan Yaru was holding a cup of tea. They kept silent all the time.

"Qiqi is back!" Xuanyaru quickly got up to greet him, "my dear daughter, the sun over there is so vicious that I'm worried about sunburn."

Xuanyaru loves her. Since Jinman came back from a narrow escape, she doesn't call her daughter-in-law any more. Her predecessors are all precious daughters. I don't know. I really think they are a mother and daughter.

Muqiqi's clever smile, she wants to bask in the sun, but where is someone willing to give her a chance? In the room, on the yacht, did you catch the chance or get bored?

"It's white!" Muqiqi held his face and said, "I've brought you gifts! It's just... My grandfather seems very angry... "

Mu Qiqi asked tentatively in a low voice.

Xuanyaru looked at her, shrunk her mouth, and shook her head meaningfully, indicating that she would not speak.

Muqi nodded knowingly.

Seeing Jin Yu coming, the old man coughed and said to him, "come here, sit down!"

Jin Yu walked over and sat down on a single sofa. Naturally, he folded up his leg and didn't ask or express his opinion about the old man's words.

"Have you heard all about the company?" Asked the old man.

"Well." Jin Yu nodded, but there was no expression on his face.

Seeing Jin Yu's absence, the old man continued to ask, "don't you have anything to say to me?"

Jin Yu shook his head indifferently.

"Don't you have any thoughts in your mind? For example, when I gave the company to your elder brother, I didn't give it to you. That's why the company has such a big problem today? " The old man asked tentatively.

Jin Yu shook his head again. "I've never been interested in the company."

He said it from the bottom of his heart, and it didn't sound like an artificial word at the moment.

The old man sighed, "but I think so now. All along, you are more stable than your elder brother, but you are less ruthless than your elder brother. At that time, I didn't know what Jin Han had done in private, and I also knew that you had grievances in your heart. But at that time, it was his courage that made me give the company to him. You don't blame me, do you? "

The old man's words, heart to heart, these words he hidden in his heart for a long time, maybe really old, otherwise galloping in the market, army life of the old man, how ever said such words of forbearance?

Jin Yu was also surprised by the old man's words, but he didn't show it. He just folded his hands in front of his chest and said calmly, "grandfather, I never thought so. I quit the management of the company voluntarily, and now I don't regret my choice."

"Yes The old man sighed, "all the time, I underestimated your son's city."

"You don't have to worry too much about the company's affairs. The volatility of the stock market is normal. I believe that with the ability of big brother, this storm should soon subside." Jin Yu is rational.

The old man suddenly turned his eagle eyes to him and said in a deep voice: "this time, I want you to go back to the company and take charge of the overall situation."

"Grandfather, it's unfair to big brother." Jin Yu declined.

"When did I take back what I said?" After that, the old man got up and left the living room, leaving the whole family looking at each other.

**

On the way back to Taoyuan, Jin Yu changed his private tenderness and drove silently without saying a word.

"Husband!" Muqiqi called him and took his hand.

"Well?" Jin Yu picks eyebrow to see toward her, light pull open lips Cape.

"My grandfather asked you to go back to the company to take charge of the overall situation. Does that mean that you will be the chairman of Ocean International in the future? I'm the chairman's wife? " Muqiqi was very happy in her heart. Anyway, after that, she had another title.

"The acting chairman." Jin Yu whispered.

"Even the agent is the chairman? I'll be a regular if I replace you! " Muqiqi calculated.

"Silly girl!" Jin Yu reprimanded lightly, "this is my grandfather's threat to my elder brother."

"What do you mean?" Muqiqi did not understand, "is it difficult for grandfather to use you to motivate the general?"

Jin Yu was silent and acquiesced.

Mu Qiqi was angry. "Did I guess right? It's too much. How can grandfather use you as a shield? "

In the back seat, Jin simu, sitting in the child safety seat, took off his pacifier. The little milk voice said, "Ma Ma, if you want to be the chairman's wife so much, you will let Baba start a company for you."

Muqiqi looked back at the baby and said, "eighth master, do you know that not everyone can be the chairman's wife of Ocean International?"

Jin Si Mu was unconvinced, "Auntie has been one of them!"

"Your aunt doesn't want to be now!" Muqi choked him.

Both of them are going to divorce, but they are going to go their separate ways?

Jin Si Mu even snorted, "aunt is not rare, Ma Ma, how can you still regard it as a treasure?"

Mu Qiqi takes a look at Jin simu and Jin Yu in the driver's seat. The two of them are really carved out of the same mold. It's just as if they don't care about what she is a treasure.

Muqiqi went back to the front passenger's seat and leaned back, like a frosted eggplant, wilting down.

**

The next day, ocean international headquarters building.

In the conference hall, the board of directors gathered in an awe inspiring atmosphere.

Jin Han was living in the middle of the house with a calm look. On one side, Jin Yu was living in the middle of the house, followed by indifference.

Jin Han's sudden illness, like a domino, caused a series of shocks in the group. Although he held a press conference in time after the event, he was tired of blocking the storm.

Beside Jin Han stood the trusted assistant of the master of Jin's family. At the moment, he was holding the document signed by the master himself.

"Upon my careful decision, Jin Han will be suspended from all positions within the group. During this period, Jin Yu will act as the chairman of the group on behalf of Jin Han, and the appointment will take effect immediately. Jin Boyuan personally signed The deep male voice read steadily.

In the conference hall, there was a long silence. Then there was a rare applause. The applause gradually thundered. Jin Han got up and looked at Jin Yu.

Jin Yu immediately got up and nodded to Jin Han.

"It's not my intention." Jin Yu said in a deep voice.

"Never mind!" Jin Han evil spirit smile, "grandfather's decision-making style has always been like this!"

Then Jin Han stretched out his right hand, "Congratulations! It's up to you at last. "

Jin Yu slightly twisted his eyebrows and took his hand. "Do you think I want to clean up this mess for you?"

"To tell you the truth, I really feel a little tired these two years. It's time to have a rest."

"What's next?"

"It's good to be light without a job. You can go after your wife with ease!"

With that, Jin Han turned around and walked out of the conference hall without attachment.

As he walked out of the headquarters building, Gu Yue was waiting for the bus. When he saw Jin Han coming out, he immediately opened the door of the back seat.

When Jin Han got on the bus, Gu Yue sat in the driver's seat and said, "Mr. Jin, where are you going?"

"Where did you come from, Mr. Jin?" Jin Han sneered.

"The old master is just to give an explanation to the board of directors. You don't have to worry about it. Take this opportunity to have a rest." Gu Yue is an understanding person. He naturally sees through a lot when he follows Jin Han. He calmly comforts him.

Jin Han is silent. Who can really guess the master's mind?

Gu Yue changed the topic and reminded: "Miss Mengmeng went to the kindergarten for an interview today. I don't know what happened to the interview."

"Oh? Is that right? " Jin Han became interested, and his tone became soft. "Which kindergarten?"

"Royal kindergarten, Jinling famous noble kindergarten, pure British education mode, it is said that the interview is quite difficult!" With that, Gu Yue took a look in the rearview mirror and asked tentatively, "Mr. Jin, why don't you go and have a look? Cheer for the little princess, too

Jin Han pursed his lips slightly. Gu Yue knew that this was the default, so he started the car and stepped on the accelerator.

**

The Royal kindergarten.

In the interview hall, many parents with number plates and their children line up in order, waiting for the examiner to call.

On such an important day, many families come with their children accompanied by their parents. Some of them even have the whole family. After all, there is only one baby in the family.

Mu Zhimeng draws No. 61, neither front nor back. It's her turn to go in for an interview.

There is no powerful accompanying examination group. The clever mu Zhimeng nestles in the arms of her mother Mu Ning'an. Her long eyelashes flicker, which is very lovely.

Mu Ning An hung her head, attached to her daughter's ear and whispered: "wait a minute, you can answer whatever the examiner asks, just like talking with your mother at home. Don't be nervous. Can you do it? "Cute?"

"Well." Mu Zhimeng nodded.

"If..." Mu Ning settled down, "if the examiner asked who your father was and what his name was..."

Mu Ning'an stops. She knows that this is an unavoidable question in the interview.

Mu Zhimeng touched her mother's face and said, "I can tell the examiner that I have the right to remain silent!"

Mu Ning'an was amused by the little guy's words, "yes! Mengmeng can keep silent on the questions she doesn't want to answer! "

"61! Mu Zhimeng On the radio, I started calling mu Zhimeng's name.

"Here! Here Mu Ning'an answered, holding mu Zhimeng, got up from his seat and walked to the examination room.

For a moment, she became the focus of attention.

"Isn't this the wife of Jin Han, chairman of Ocean International?"

"That child should be the child of their husband and wife?"

"No? What's the child's surname mu? Is it Jin? "

"Are they really divorced?"

"Maybe! Otherwise, how can a child not follow his father's surname? "

Mu Ning'an leans mu Zhimeng's head in her arms, subconsciously covers the little girl's ears, and doesn't want her to hear these disputes.

In the examination room, there were three tables in the center, three examiners, two rows of judges on the left and right sides, and several video cameras in several corners of the examination room.

"Good teacher! My name is mu Zhimeng Xiaonaiyin is introducing herself.

"Sit down, please." The examiner in the middle was smiling.

Mu Zhimeng saw a child chair behind him, stepped back and sat on it cleverly.

“How—old—are—you？” Second, the examiner asked questions in English.

“I’m—2—years—old。” Mu Zhimeng replied.

“You’re—so—cute。”

“Thank—you。” Mu Zhimeng answers like a stream. As she grew up in the United States, these daily conversations are nothing at all.

"Mu Zhimeng, what's your mother's name?" Third, the examiner asked.

"My mother's name is mu Ning'an."

"What does she do?"

"She's an agent."

"What's your father's name?"

"Well..." Mu Ning'an looked at Mu Ning'an standing at the door, then looked at the examiner and said, "sorry, I have the right to keep silent!"

All the people were stunned by the words. The little child said such stylized words.

"Listen to Mu Zhimeng! The teacher's question is, "what's your father's name?" For fear that she didn't understand, the examiner deliberately slowed down her speaking this time.

Mu Zhimeng bit her lips, and then, as if with great strength, said word by word: "I have the right to remain silent!"

"Well, mu Zhimeng, let's change the question. What does your father do?" The examiner asked again.

"Sorry, I have the right to remain silent!" Mu Zhimeng seems to be more stubborn than her age.

The examiner looked at Mu Ning'an and said, "Mrs. Jin, it's hard for us to give your daughter an ideal score because she doesn't cooperate with us in the interview."

The implication of the subtext is that mu Zhimeng is likely to fail the interview.

"My daughter just doesn't want to answer the questions about her father. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Besides, my daughter's English is very good, which absolutely meets the requirements of your kindergarten," Mu Ning'an said in a light tone

"No! Mrs. Jin! In our interview, English level is only one of the criteria. We also need to consider her comprehensive conditions and family factors. Warm and good family atmosphere is conducive to the healthy development of children. "

"Zhimeng has been growing up in a loving atmosphere, which I can assure you." Mu Ning said firmly.

"Would it be convenient to ask why Mr. Jin didn't come today? Daughter interview, how to say is also a very important day

"He didn't know about it, I didn't tell him." Mu Ning'an said coldly.

"But the garden has already informed president Jin." The examiner said with a smile.

"What?" Mu Ning'an's eyebrows are full of anger.

"It was Mr. Jin's assistant who answered the phone. Mr. Gu said he would inform Mr. Jin." The examiner replied with admiration.

Naturally, the kindergarten will not miss this opportunity to curry favor with Jin Han. After all, he is the chairman of Ocean International. In the future, Jin Han will undoubtedly be one of the big funders of any projects that the kindergarten needs to support.

"He's very busy. He won't come!" Mu Ning'an is dissatisfied with the snobbish behavior of kindergarten, and her tone is inevitably bad.

The examiner slightly frowned, "I heard that you are going through a divorce agreement before. I don't know how your relationship is?"

"Does it have anything to do with today's interview?" Mu Ning An's reply.

"Of course, I just said that a good family atmosphere is conducive to the healthy development of children."

Mu Ning'an bit her lip. "I don't think you really care about the growth of children. You are more concerned about other people's love life."

The examiner's face suddenly changed. She put away her warm smile and said coldly, "if Mrs. Jin thinks so, I'm sorry that I can't let mu Zhimeng pass today's interview."

Mu Ning An snorted coldly and held out her hand to Mu Zhimeng, "Meng Meng, let's go!"

Mu Zhimeng cleverly gets up from her seat and comes to Mu Ning'an. When the mother and daughter are about to open the door and leave, the door of the examination room opens and Jin Han comes in.

"Sorry, I'm late after the board meeting." Jin Han said in a deep voice.

"What are you doing here?" Mu Ning'an whispered.

Jin Han squatted down, picked up mu Zhimeng and asked, "Mengmeng, tell Dad, how was the interview?"

Mu Zhimeng pouted her little mouth and eyes, tearful and wronged, "they... They don't want me!"

Jin Han's brow tightened. He never coaxed the child. Seeing that the child was about to cry, he was at a loss and didn't know what to do. He could only get angry with the people around him and asked, "what's the matter?"

All the people present, frightened by his aura, got up from their seats and shuddered.

Mu Ning'an said casually, "they asked Mengmeng who her father was. Mengmeng didn't want to answer, so..."

Mu Ning'an didn't go on. Jin Han had already guessed what had just happened. A single mother came to the interview with her child, and the child followed her mother's surname, which inevitably led to a lot of speculation.

Jin Han reached out to hold Mu Ning'an's arm and looked at her tenderly, giving her a little comfort. Then he swept to the three interviewers and said harshly, "it's me who taught my daughter. Don't tell anyone whose father is. In my status, there are many people who want to kidnap my daughter. I need to protect my family's personal safety. Mengmeng said that at my instigation. She did a good job. "

"Yes, mu Zhimeng did a good job." The chief examiner said in a continuous voice.

"Did she pass the interview?" Asked Jin Han.

"Yes, yes." The answer of examiner nono.

"Well, it's settled. We should settle the following issues." Jin cold meaning to point out, turn to look to Gu Yue to ask, "buy this kindergarten, need how long?"

Gu Yue immediately understood Jin Han's intention and replied respectfully, "I'll contact the lawyer team to negotiate."

Jin Han holds mu Zhimeng in one hand and Mu Ning'an in the other. As he walks out, he commands: "all the people in this room are dismissed, and none of them will stay!"

"Yes! Mr. Jin Gu Yue replied respectfully.

The cold wind swept by, leaving only a room of people shivering.

Out of the kindergarten, Mu Ning An wants to pull her hand, but the man's grip is too strong, so she can't get rid of it.

"Let go!" Mu Ning An sniffed.

"No!" Jin Han refused indifferently.

"Don't think that if you do this, I'll make a difference to you. It's impossible!" Mu Ning An said decidedly.

"Is it?" Jin Han didn't seem to mind very much. He just looked at the little girl in his arms and asked, "what about Meng Meng? Does Mengmeng feel that her father was very handsome just now? "

Mu Ning An stares at him and turns a white eye. She has never seen such a narcissistic person!

Mu Zhimeng's eyes, which had just cried, were still red. She blinked her small eyes. She looked at her mother, then at Jin Han, and said carefully, "mother said, don't let me call you dad, but... But just now, it's really handsome!"

Mu Ning'an only feels that the sky is going to fall down. She has always regarded her daughter as a treasure. Is she so rebellious?

Jin Han smiles like a father, and the haze of the board of directors seems to be swept away.

"Mengmeng, come here!" Mu Ning'an reaches over to hold her.

Mu Zhimeng pursed her lips, a little reluctant.

Mu Ning'an smiles bitterly. How old is she? Her baby daughter has been bribed?

Gu Yue caught up, opened the back door of the car, and reported: "Mr. Jin, the lawyer team has started to evaluate the kindergarten, and there will be a result within one day at the latest."

Jin Han nods, pushes Mu Ning'an into the car first, and then takes Zhimeng in his arms and sits in.

"I'm driving here!" Mu Ning An struggles to say.

"Drive Jin Han can't help giving orders.

Gu Yue obeyed and the car started to leave.

"Jin Han! You don't have to be high and rich all the time. You are the master. You will teach bad Zhimeng, you know? I don't want Zhimeng to have an arrogant father like you

"So you finally admit that Mengmeng is my daughter?" Jin Han smiles as if he had a stool.

Mu Ning'an then realized that she had made a slip of tongue, but it was too late to change her tongue. "You go your way, I go my single wooden bridge. Our mother and daughter live very well. We don't need your care, your charity, and your pity!"

Jin Han looked at her and said, "Ning'er, if you say that I have lost the scenery of the past and the external things, would you still say that?"

"You? A thin camel is bigger than a horse Mu Ning'an choked him.

"It's true! Just now, my grandfather has removed me from the position of chairman of Ocean International. Now I have nothing but you and Mengmeng. " Jin Han's insipid tone seemed to be ordinary.

Mu Ning'an twisted her eyebrows and looked at her with an incredible look, "how can it be?"

"Yes! How is that possible? But that's the truth. " Jin Han smiles bitterly.

"Damned woman." Mu Ning An scolded.

If it wasn't for Li Manli who brought a group of reporters to Jin Han's room that day and was witnessed by reporters that Jin Han fell ill, the next thing would not have happened.

"What do I think you care about me?" Jin Han asked her.

"Yummy!" Mu Ning'an glances out of the window and whispers.

"It doesn't matter. I wish I knew." Jin Han answered with a smile, "wife!"

Mu Ning'an ignored him.

Jin Han continued: "have the three members of our family not gone on a trip yet? Where do you want to go? Paris? Rome? Hawaii? "

Mu Ning'an remained silent.

Jin Han then asked mu Zhimeng, "Mengmeng, where do you want to go?"

"Well..." Mu Zhimeng pointed at Jin Han's face and said, "mom said dad's face is very thick..."

Jin Han listens, the eyebrows of Jian Ting suddenly tighten. Is that how she evaluates herself with her children?

"What about Meng Meng? Is mom right? " Asked Jin Han.

Mu Zhimeng shook his head, "it's very slippery! Like jelly

Wait a minute, Jin Han seems to be reacting to something. He is very surprised. "Mengmeng, what did you just call me?"

Mengmeng also realized the slip of the tongue and quickly covered her mouth with her little hand, "ah, ah!"

Mu Ning'an looked out of the window, suffering, such a picture, she should have thought of, from the moment she returned home, doomed to all kinds of possibilities.

Even when she was in the United States, she never intentionally concealed her life experience from Zhimeng. When Zhimeng first learned to speak, she took Jin Han's photo and taught her to say "Dad". Even though she had no relationship with Jin Han, she knew that all this should not be transferred to her children.

"Mom, why are you crying?" Zhi Meng pulls Mu Ning An's sleeve and asks in a low voice.

Jin hanshun went to see Mu Ning'an looking out of the window, blocking his face with his hand. But from the child's perspective, everything was clear.

Jin Han didn't speak, just reached out and took her to her arms. I'm afraid that the hardship of a woman bringing up her child alone has been suppressed for a long time. Maybe the fight just happened in the examination room just ignited the grievance in her heart. Even if she can be criticized, she can't hurt Zhimeng. That's her bottom line.

These... He seemed to feel the same way. In an instant, he understood them all.

"I'm sorry I'm late." Jin Han patted Mu Ning'an on the arm.

This time, she did not refuse his hug, she was really too tired, she has not been so dependent on a person for a long time, even if only for a while, don't want to quarrel, don't want to scold, just rely on for a while, just for a while.