In 2007, Hu Meiling finally got married.

The wedding was held in Dongguan.

The whole family went to Dongguan to attend her wedding.

Whether a person is happy or not, whether they have you in their eyes, can actually be seen from their eyes.

It's clear that Hu Meiling is doing very well.

On the eve of their wedding, Hu Meiling gave He Wenlin a necklace worth 100,000 yuan.

He Wenlin was surprised: "You're getting married, and you're giving me a gift? And it's so expensive."

"It's no expense for you," Hu Meiling said solemnly. "My uncle has already told me that you saw through Tan Mingyuan's problems a long time ago and reminded me many times, but I didn't believe you. You were willing to be scolded by everyone to bribe Jiang Huan to send me information so that I could see Tan Mingyuan's true character. Linlin, thank you, sister."

Back then, Hu Meiling only felt that she didn't trust He Wenlin and only knew about He Wenlin's apparent help. She didn't know that He Wenlin was the one who pushed her and Tan Mingyuan to break up.

For so many years, He's father, who knew the inside story, never spoke of it. But now, seeing the light in Hu Meiling's eyes and her husband's eyes filled with her, he finally revealed what He Wenlin had secretly done back then.

"Thank you for not giving up on me because of my initial 'ungratefulness'."

If it were someone else, they would have stopped caring long ago.

He Wenlin smiled calmly: "The past is the past. I just hope you and your brother-in-law will be happy in the future."

...

That year, He Wenlin's Chunfeng Education also doubled in size, earning nearly a million yuan annually.

Looking at her own hard work and He Wenlin's experience, He Shan's tutoring class income was around 80 or 90 yuan a year.

That winter, she bought a 150-square-meter apartment in Shanghai with a mortgage; it was a fully furnished apartment.

During the two years she started her own business, she lived in He Wenlin's villa. Now that she has bought her own house, she plans to move out.

When we held our housewarming party in December, all our relatives and friends came.

Seeing this spacious and bright house, who wouldn't say it's great?

He Shan was surprised that He Na had also brought her child.

"Shanshan, what a strong woman! This house is so beautiful," He Na said with great envy.

Besides envy, there was also inferiority complex.

Everyone started from the same point, but in the end, He Shan drove a Mercedes-Benz, settled in Shanghai, and bought a big house.

She spends her days taking care of the children and working around the stove, arguing with her husband because he didn't give her any living expenses that day.

Compared to He Shan, He Na had long regretted it. She regretted that she was too young back then, didn't know how to speak or act, offended He Wenlin, and ended up not playing with her anymore, which led to her current situation.

She doesn't have fifty yuan on her now. Her husband gambles every day and has accumulated over ten thousand yuan in gambling debts. They don't even have a mud-brick house in their rural hometown. When they go back to their hometown for the Spring Festival, they either stay at their parents' house or at a relative's house.

Her husband even complained that she was stupid, and that all her childhood friends were rich while she was the poorest, unable to afford a T-shirt that cost more than fifty yuan.

Sometimes she wondered if she had trusted He Wenlin a little more, spoken less, and just like He Shan, let He Wenlin make all the decisions and had fewer of her own thoughts and opinions. Would she be able to buy her own house here today, just like He Shan?

In the past two years, He Na has tried to repair her relationship with He Wenlin, but He Wenlin has been too busy, or perhaps He Wenlin did not intend to reconcile with her, so she has not responded to the messages she sent.

He Shan, however, would occasionally respond to her with a few words.

Now that she has witnessed the gap between them firsthand, He Na feels even more disappointed.

But there's no use in feeling disappointed; you can only watch helplessly and secretly envy them.

Besides her, Tang Kai was the same.

Back then, he was one of the first people to follow He Wenlin, besides He Shan, Lin Fei, and He Wenjun.

And then what?

Everyone else has cars, houses, savings, and careers, while he has nothing.

Because of that one incident, He Wenlin has held a grudge for so many years!

The Tang family members were indeed a little guilty in the past, but after many years, seeing others becoming more and more successful, they no longer felt that they had any problems. They only thought that He Wenlin was narrow-minded and held grudges!

Of course, He Wenlin was unaware of all this, because they had no contact, and no matter how harsh their words were, it wouldn't change anything.

...

In the summer of 2008, He Wenlin finally graduated from university!

It fulfilled my dream of not being able to go to university in my previous life.

Today, Master He's Cake Shop has ten locations throughout Shanghai!

Nowadays, all of Master He's bread and cakes are produced in his own factory.

With the addition of the eight stores in Shaoxing, Master He's annual sales reached 20 million yuan!

In my past life, I could see brands like Mouxi and Moudu everywhere around here, but I haven't seen them much in this life.

In the past two years, many investors have taken a liking to Master He and contacted He Wenlin, saying they want to invest, expand the scale, and invest in other cities.

Many people also want to join.

Wang Min, the owner of the Bosi Factory, was one of them.

However, the market in Shaoxing is basically saturated now, so if you want to franchise, you can only consider other places, which is why Wang Min gave up on the idea.

In fact, He Wenlin has no plans to open up franchising; things are fine as they are now.

In fact, Wang Min's garment factory is doing very well; it now has nearly two hundred employees.

Because of the increase in factory workers and migrant workers in the surrounding area, He Wenlin's fast food restaurant and Grandma's small supermarket are doing very well.

Grandma's little supermarket may look unremarkable, but its monthly turnover is usually around 40,000 to 50,000 yuan. Sometimes, Dad He would even joke that Grandma's little supermarket is more profitable than other people's shops.

Every time she heard this, Grandma felt proud, not because she had made money, but because the shop was a gift from her granddaughter, and because she was proud of her granddaughter's foresight.

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