Sometimes, Lou Xiao'e felt like she was being cheated.

More than a decade of my youth has been spent waiting.

But sometimes, she felt quite content. She truly didn't want him anymore; this man was simply too outrageous.

"Let's talk about the motorcycle factory," Lou Xiao'e's words stopped Wang Shouren, who was about to start another fight.

Wang Shouren paused for a moment, but then started moving again.

"No, what else do you want to do..."

"Ah, just so you know, this really isn't a matter of my attitude."

"Ugh!!!"

Sisters Qin Huairu and Qin Jingru didn't sleep well. Logically, the soundproofing in this villa should be quite good. But who could blame them? They were secretly eavesdropping—literally eavesdropping. Several children lived on the third floor.

They lived on the second floor, in two rooms very close together, and there seemed to be no deliberate soundproofing. The two of them lay down and listened carefully to the sounds coming from next door, and they could still hear them.

After hearing Lou Xiao'e's mournful cry.

The two sisters returned to bed contentedly and began to whisper among themselves.

"If you ask me, Lou Xiao'e is in for a rough time tonight." Qin Jingru huddled in the quilt, touching the silky bedding, and smiled like a fox that had just stolen some fish.

"He only knows a few moves," Qin Huairu said dismissively.

"Don't you like it?" Qin Jingru asked the crucial question.

Qin Huairu: ...

"You little brat!"

"Hey, hey, don't do it, mmm..."

The next day, Wang Siren got up early and took his younger siblings out. He also brought Qin Shou along, as they had agreed the day before that he would take his siblings out to play. However, Lou Xiao'e was worried and asked Qin Shou to be the driver.

Qin Shou didn't mind and went out happily.

The Qin sisters, Qin Huairu and Qin Jingru, were taken out shopping by Yuan Wai. Before they left, Lou Xiao'e handed them a card.

Tell them to use their credit cards for large purchases, and to use Yuan Wai's money for smaller purchases.

Well, the whole family has been arranged perfectly.

Wang Shouren had no objections, since they needed to go to the mountainside in the morning to attend a family banquet.

Lou Xiao'e was sitting in front of her dressing table putting on makeup, complaining as she did so: "It's all your fault. You stayed up so late last night, and now I have dark circles under my eyes."

She was blaming people, but there was a hint of coquetry in her words.

"Hehe." Wang Shouren just chuckled and didn't say anything.

"I still need to tell you about what happened last night, um, it's about the motorcycle. Your two buddies are pretty bold, daring to buy a shop right here. I asked around, and that place was already being targeted. They were just lucky that the other side couldn't figure out who they were."

"Besides, they were selling motorcycles, which is why they didn't make a move."

"Later, they figured out that he came from the mainland, so they thought about making a move. But then they thought that anyone who could get a motorcycle was probably not a small fry. So they sent some thugs to test the waters. Your two guys were clever enough to make a quick buck and leave. They were planning to leave that very night. If I hadn't happened to be passing by, they would have made a killing and run away." Lou Xiao'e said to Wang Shouren while applying powder to her face.

Finally, he added, "You seem quite carefree, letting your own family open shops here, and letting them do it themselves."

"I never expected them to be so bold," Wang Shouren said with a hint of helplessness.

"Who is this Qin Shou? How did he manage to smuggle the motorcycle over here? He even knows someone at customs."

"Hey, my family is a major player in the railway industry; we have connections in all sorts of ways."

"So you mean you want him to take a stake?"

"I feel there's something strange about this family dinner you're hosting," Wang Shouren asked instead of answering directly.

"Hey, you figured it out?"

"If I still can't see it, you'll probably find me annoying."

"Actually, it's quite a coincidence. Your two people were lucky; the Huo family took a liking to that motorcycle."

"What the heck?" Wang Shouren was taken aback. In this era, there were actually quite a few people who favored domestic businesses, such as the well-known Shaw Brothers, the shipping magnates, and the Huo family, all of whom were famous patriotic businessmen.

"You heard right, and there's more than one. It seems that the shipping magnate Bao has also set his sights on them. Both of them will be attending this family dinner."

"Wow, that's quite a grand affair. But I don't understand," Wang Shouren said, somewhat puzzled. "The Huo family is in real estate, and the shipping magnate is in the shipping business. Neither of these has much to do with my motorcycle. Why are they interested in mine?"

"No, what they're actually interested in is you."

"Me?" Wang Shouren narrowed his eyes slightly.

"You probably don't know this, but there's also an intelligence network in Hong Kong. Many people in Hong Kong recognize your name. It's strange, actually. After 1977, quite a few people started visiting me. Generally speaking, my father handles these kinds of things. Few people know that the Lou family has a daughter like me. I don't like to show my face in public either."

"Later, my father felt something was wrong and went to ask. What he found out was shocking. They said that a talented person had emerged from the mainland, helping to elevate the mainland's industrial system to a new level, and was now working in the Ministry of Industry. They mentioned your name, and I thought I had misheard. Then they told me that it couldn't be wrong, that they had inquired about it."

"I was stunned. I didn't understand why other people knew about my relationship with you."

Upon hearing this, Wang Shouren also became serious. Before Lou Xiao'e returned, very few people knew about his relationship with her, and they only resumed correspondence after 1976. Could someone have intercepted their letters? This couldn't help but worry him.

"Later, I found out that it was my old man who said it when he was drunk. It was just a self-deprecating joke. I didn't expect that person to remember your name. As a result, almost everyone on our side knows about you. Once you became famous, you immediately made contact with their intelligence network."

"The intelligence network you mentioned..."

"Oh, those were the years when people came from over there. Whether it was before or after 1976, people were always coming here. You know that, right? Plus, you've been traveling a lot. Hong Kong isn't a huge city, but it's not small either. They love spreading these kinds of gossip. And if they didn't still have goodwill towards the mainland, they wouldn't pay any attention to news from the mainland. It's not some kind of spy network, so you don't need to worry about it."