Chapter 61 The Wind Rises (Wen Ni)

"Wen Ni, you and I were the closest when we were little. We went to school together, came home together, and spent almost every day together. I didn't care if they laughed at me for being your shadow!"

"It's all because... I like you."

"Even now, I have never forgotten you!"

Xie Wei's cheeks flushed slightly, and his eyes sparkled with excitement.

"I returned to the village this time to inquire about you. Thankfully, God has given me another chance to reunite with you..."

"The one you like is just the old me." Wen Ni suddenly turned her head, interrupting his confession without any emotion.

"We haven't seen each other for three years. How much do you know about me now? How can you so easily say you like me?"

The seemingly casual question left Xie Wei speechless.

"So what if we haven't seen each other for three years? What I love has always been you as a person, not the past, present, or future..."

"Xie Wei, for you, these three years may just be an ordinary thousand-odd days and nights. But for me, every minute could be a rebirth!"

Wen Ni spoke the coldest words, a merciless smile playing on her lips, "And the Wen Ni you loved died on any one of those three nights, buried deep underground alongside your mother's grave..."

"Right now, I don't need anyone's protection, nor do I need any extra emotions; those would only be a burden to me."

A firm statement leaves no room for negotiation.

It was like a cold wind blowing across Xie Wei's heart; no matter how hard he tried to warm it, he couldn't...

"Then, what about Mr. Lu? Does he mean nothing to you either?"

"he?"

Wen Ni, taken aback by his question, paused slightly...

Shanbaoxia

The black sedan was parked there.

Lu Jinye, tall and slender, leaned against the car door, his hands in his trench coat pockets, looking up slightly at the fallen leaves dancing in the air, swept up by the mountain wind.

When Wen Ni came down alone, this was the scene she saw, like a meticulously crafted masterpiece!

"The wind is rising, Wenni."

Lu Jinye's cool voice drew her gaze toward the distant village.

The scattered sparks from a house at the east end of the village resembled a grand fireworks display, truly a delightful sight!

"One million, just burned like that?" Qin Yuan in the car said with some regret.

“I’d love to,” Wen Ni said with a smile as she opened the car door.

"Does this one million offset the favor I owe you?" Lu Jinye turned his head and looked at her quietly.

"I'll say it again, Lu Jinye, is your life only worth a measly one million?" Wen Ni held up one finger and shook it. "Consider this one million a loan; I'll pay you back when we get back. As for what you owe me, you can owe it to me for now. I'll tell you what I want after I've decided!"

Perhaps she herself didn't realize that her smile today was exceptionally bright, so bright that it dazzled people's hearts!

"good."

Lu Jinye agreed readily.

The car door closed, the car restarted, and the journey home began.

Wen Ni glanced at Lu Jinye's handsome face as he rested with his eyes closed, then turned her head back to look at the mountains that were getting further and further away outside the car window.

At her mother's grave, her conversation with Xie Wei seemed to still echo in her ears...

"Mr. Lu is a partner I can walk with on this journey. But the road ahead is unknown, and I am willing to leave everything to time."

Time will eventually make the choice for me...

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, marking the passing of countless days and nights. In the blink of an eye, more than a month has gone by.

After returning from Phoenix Village, Wen Ni went back to the film crew with Lu Jinye.

He was busy all day long until the entire series wrapped up.

When the last scene was filmed, the crew brought out a large cake and two bouquets, handing them to Lu Jinye and Cai Wenyou respectively.

"Congratulations, Brother Lu and Brother Cai, on wrapping up filming today!"

"Wow! I can finally get some rest!"

Filming this drama was no easy feat.

Fortunately, we all worked together to overcome the difficulties and persevered!

The film crew's tent was bustling with activity, filled with laughter and cheerful conversation.

Wen Ni stood there for a while, then turned around and left alone, finding a quiet place to wait quietly.

She's always been quiet and finds noise annoying!

I took out my phone and opened the report and several voice messages that Xiao Weilai had sent half an hour ago.

"Young Master Wen, here are Bao Xiangzhai's income and expenditure accounts for the past two months. Overall, they're neither bad nor good!"

"I've been reflecting on the issues these past few days and realized that the most crucial point is [brand effect]!"

"Although our Baoxiangzhai offers high-quality goods at reasonable prices, and our products are genuine, we are not as well-known as other jade shops, and we have been in business for a relatively short time. Many of our major clients do not really recognize our Baoxiangzhai..."

If we want to attract big clients, we must build our reputation! We need to let more people know the name Baoxiangzhai.

But... how can Baoxiangzhai stand out from the many jade shops and become the best?

“This weekend, Black Gold Trading Co., Ltd. held a top-level jade auction, and our Lu family was one of the invitees.”

The voice was so indifferent and aloof that Wen Ni knew it so well that she didn't even need to turn around to know that the person was Lu Jinye.

Jade auction...

A shrewd glint flashed in Wen Ni's eyes, and she immediately had an idea.

"Tell me, should I go or not?" he actually asked for her opinion.

"Of course I'll go!"

Wen Ni had her own ulterior motives.

"The auction organizers must be influential figures. No matter how powerful your Lu family is, you can't afford to offend them so easily! It will be much more difficult to ask them for favors in the future!"

“In that case, let’s go take a look.” He agreed immediately.

You agreed so easily?

Lu Jinye, a man with a rebellious nature, is now so obedient, which makes Wen Ni feel a little uncomfortable!

And what a coincidence! Her jade shop just ran into trouble, and he suddenly had a jade auction to attend.

Suppressing the many doubts in her heart, she glanced at him and changed the subject, "Why did you come out by yourself? You were one of the main characters at today's wrap party."

"It's too noisy inside."

So he had the same thought as her. She pondered, her gaze falling again on the cake slice he was holding in his palm. "Why aren't you eating any?"

“I don’t like sweets.” He stretched his hand out.

"It has quite a few problems!"

Wen Ni teased him, took the cake from him, and started eating it without any hesitation. "Hmm, it tastes pretty good!"

He lowered his hand, his cool and aloof eyes watching her intently eating. After a while, he looked away and gazed at the bright moon hanging high in the night sky.

The moonlight tonight is so incredibly beautiful…

Not far behind them, in the corridor, Cai Wenyou, who had come out to look for Wen Ni, stopped in his tracks.

As he watched Wen Ni and the other person stand side by side, he couldn't help but lower his eyes and look at the cake slice he was holding in his palm.

A whole strawberry adorns the scene, just like him at this moment: outwardly glamorous, but inwardly lonely and cold!

"Mr. Cai? What are you looking at? Come in and have some cake!" Qin Yuan suddenly appeared, blocking Cai Wenyou's view.