When Wen Yin arrived at the hotel owned by Li Xiangwei, Li Xiangwei had already been waiting there for a long time.
Seeing Wen Yin getting out of the car, Li Xiangwei happily waved at her.
She no longer looked like the aloof and elegant woman on the show.
"Wen Yin!"
Wen Yin also waved back at Li Xiangwei with a smile.
"Xiangwei, long time no see."
Li Xiangwei stepped forward and led Wen Yin into the hotel.
After all, Wen Yin was now a semi-public figure. Although she had left the entertainment circle, many fans would still recognize her on the road.
"It seems really hard to see you. After all, you're a boss now," Li Xiangwei said, with obvious teasing in her tone.
It was just like the countless jokes they had made on the show.
The difference was that in the past, Wen Yin would always wear a faint smile, but now the smile on her face carried a bit more ease.
Although Li Xiangwei didn't know exactly what had happened to Shao Yinan, as someone who had been in this circle for a long time, she had heard some rumors.
After the real daughter of the Wen family was found, she had been constantly abused and mistreated by the fake daughter.
But Li Xiangwei had also heard that Wen Zhi had ended up in jail because of her own actions.
And perhaps this was the redemption for Wen Yin.
"It's really hard to get clothes from the brand Caiyi," Li Xiangwei said as she pulled Wen Yin to sit down in the private room. "I always have to prepare well in advance to grab one."
Wen Yin raised her eyebrows. She didn't expect Li Xiangwei to wear clothes from her own brand.
"You can tell me in advance next time. I'll reserve one for you."
Li Xiangwei replied with a smile, "It's okay. How can I take advantage like this?
"Even though I'm friends with the boss of Caiyi, I still have to compete fairly with other consumers."
Wen Yin was amused by Li Xiangwei's words, and she burst out laughing.
Suddenly, Li Xiangwei's eyes fell on the ring on Wen Yin's finger.
"Are you two...?"
Li Xiangwei gave Wen Yin an ambiguous smile. The atmosphere between them was as relaxed as when they were filming the show.
It didn't matter whether there was a camera in front of them or not.
"Don't tell me you've secretly gotten married behind my back?"
Wen Yin blushed at Li Xiangwei's blatant teasing.
"Not... not yet. Don't talk nonsense."
When it came to this topic, Wen Yin became unusually shy.
Even her words were a bit stuttered.
She no longer looked like the cold and aloof woman she used to be.
As if Li Xiangwei had discovered something extremely interesting, she pinched Wen Yin's blushing cheeks.
"I didn't expect you to be as shy as before."
As Li Xiangwei said this, she raised her left hand.
There was also a shiny diamond ring on it.
"I might be one step ahead of you," Li Xiangwei said. She picked up the bag beside her and took out an invitation from it.
"Please come to my wedding on the 15th of next month."
The gilded red invitation burned Wen Yin's palm like a flame.
Wen Yin looked at Li Xiangwei in disbelief and opened the invitation.
Two names were clearly printed on it—
Li Xiangwei and Xiang Zhou.
"So you two..."
Seeing the surprise in Wen Yin's eyes, Li Xiangwei slowly nodded.
"After all these years, things between us have finally settled down."
Thinking of the years of her youth, the corners of Li Xiangwei's eyes involuntarily turned red.
The high-spirited young man seemed to have been right in front of her just a moment ago, and in less than a month, he would become her groom.
Li Xiangwei felt that this was the happiest moment in her life.
"Oh, right! Tell Teacher Shao Yinan. He should come too."
"Xiang Zhou should have informed him."
Li Xiangwei couldn't help but smile when she mentioned Xiang Zhou.
"Happy wedding," Wen Yin said softly.
Li Xiangwei and Wen Yin smiled at each other, and then they started chatting about all sorts of things.
"So Shao Qi is deliberately making things difficult for you?"
After Wen Yin told Li Xiangwei everything that had happened to her, Li Xiangwei couldn't help but frown.
"I haven't had much communication with Shao Qi. Our two families' businesses are different, and we rarely have any cooperation."
"Moreover, Shao Yinan's father looks like a tough guy."
"I vaguely heard my dad say that a few years ago, the Shao Group wasn't very prosperous under Shao Qi's management."
Li Xiangwei thought for a moment and then continued, "It was from Shao Mingyang that the Shao Group really started to thrive.
"Don't think too much about it. As long as you two are firm in your relationship, you will eventually achieve a happy ending."
Li Xiangwei patted her hand as if to comfort Wen Yin. But the next moment, something seemed to flash through her mind.
Li Xiangwei leaned over mysteriously.
"What you said reminds me. I seem to know a really big piece of gossip."
Seeing Li Xiangwei's self-assured look, Wen Yin was also intrigued.
Wen Yin rarely saw such a gossiping look on Li Xiangwei's face and couldn't help but want to laugh.
"What's this earth-shattering gossip?"
Li Xiangwei still spoke mysteriously, "Don't tell anyone else after I tell you."
Li Xiangwei made a throat-slitting gesture, looking a bit silly but also cute.
It was very different from her usual image.
"It's about Shao Yinan's elder brother, Shao Mingyang.
"Your Mr. Shao probably hasn't told you about it."
Hearing this name, Wen Yin couldn't help but frown.
Wen Yin hadn't had much contact with Shao Mingyang, but she could clearly feel that he wasn't as aggressive as Shao Qi.
"So, what exactly happened?"
"My cousin has a good relationship with Qi Siqing from the Qi family," Li Xiangwei thought about the approximate time and then carefully said, "Around the time when I was in high school, the Shao family once tried to match Shao Mingyang with Qi Siqing.
"At that time, Shao Mingyang was still under Shao Qi's control. He was just a young man in his early twenties who had just taken over the company.
"The most interesting thing was that Shao Mingyang had a girlfriend he had been dating for several years at that time, but Shao Qi just wanted to break them up."
As Li Xiangwei said this, she couldn't help but sigh.
"My cousin said that the situation was really intense at that time. In the end, no one knew what method Shao Mingyang used to make Shao Qi compromise.
"That's how Shao Mingyang married his current wife.
"She's the girl who had been with him for many years."
Li Xiangwei pursed her lips. "I heard that this girl doesn't have a strong family background. Her parents are just ordinary people.
"I guess Shao Qi might have looked down on her because of her family background.
"After all, the Shao family is a top-tier wealthy family."
Li Xiangwei took a sip of water to moisten her throat and then continued under Wen Yin's inquisitive gaze.
"Fortunately, her family has good values and hasn't done anything like a parasite. Moreover, since Shao Mingyang really loves that girl, Shao Qi doesn't care anymore."
After hearing what Li Xiangwei said, Wen Yin roughly guessed the reason.
The reason why Shao Qi disliked that girl was probably the same as the reason he disliked her.
Following the principle of putting interests first, Shao Qi would never allow Shao Mingyang to marry a useless woman and keep her at home.
In Shao Qi's worldview, everything probably had a price tag.
Just as Li Xiangwei was about to gossip some more, there suddenly came a series of clattering sounds from outside.
"What's going on?"
Li Xiangwei frowned and stood up.
After opening the door, a waiter rushed towards them in a panic.
"General Manager Li, please go and take a look quickly! Someone is causing trouble here!
"They said that our sweet and sour pork tenderloin is not authentic and insisted on smashing our store!"