As they walked over, several workers asked, "Brother Lei, when will our construction site start?"

Lei Tingjun said, "It will be soon, in the next few days. I came here today to survey the engineering drawings. Before construction begins, I will have your labor leader inform everyone."

The workers stared in disbelief at Ji Wanmei standing next to Lei Tingjun, and asked, "Brother Lei, is this your wife? We didn't even know you were married."

Lei Tingjun smiled as he held Ji Wanmei's hand: "She's my girlfriend. She's shy and easily embarrassed, so please don't tease her."

Everyone started to cheer.

Ji Wanmei secretly pinched Lei Tingjun hard from behind.

Lei Tingjun remained calm, reaching out his large hand to cover her small hand, telling her not to pinch him.

To everyone else, their little gestures were nothing more than flirting between the young couple.

After returning, Lei Tingjun took out another set of blueprints and modified the top part according to the original blueprints of the shopping mall building.

The original design was for a square, unremarkable nine-story building with no distinguishing features.

However, Lei Tingjun has now studied civil engineering and has developed certain concepts about architectural design.

In particular, he was influenced by Professor Liang and saw some famous Chinese and foreign buildings.

Through his work, the square rooftop was transformed into a pointed roof.

"Meimei, do you think this is okay?" Lei Tingjun showed Ji Wanmei the revised drawings.

Ji Wanmei took it and glanced at it twice, then turned it sideways to look at it again.

Because the original shopping mall building consisted of two buildings standing side by side, the changes made by Lei Tingjun make it look somewhat like the Twin Towers.

Ji Wanmei said, "That's good. After the design was changed, it looks much prettier. Also, it should become a landmark building here."

Lei Tingjun took the blueprints and wrote a few words on them—

"Pearl of the Orient".

Ji Wanmei was taken aback: "Why are you writing this?"

Lei Tingjun put down his pen and took Ji Wanmei's hand in his own: "Have you forgotten that your birthday is in a week?"

"I've been so busy lately that I haven't been able to spend time with you. I was planning to prepare a special birthday gift for you as a surprise. But it seems I won't have time to do so now."

Lei Tingjun pressed Ji Wanmei's hand against his face, feeling the softness of her palm against his rough skin, and whispered, "How about I give you these two buildings as a birthday present? Let's call them the Pearl of the Orient."

In fact, Lei Tingjun had this idea when he first designed this entire commercial street.

They converted the two shopping malls into a wholesale market, named it "Pearl of the Orient," and presented it as a gift to Ji Wanmei.

From now on, she will be the master of this city known as the "Pearl of the Orient".