Coming from a family with such a background, they were naturally shrewd and quick to launch into a tirade, following the conversation.
The conversation went on until late into the night. After finishing his drink, Shen Jize suggested that the party end.
"Let's go, it's getting late, we should rest."
"What are your plans for tomorrow?" Zhuang Zhihao asked.
"I'll take Weiwei out for a stroll. It's her first time here. She's attending a wedding the day after tomorrow. After the wedding, we'll play for a few days before going back to school."
"Okay, let's meet again after the wedding," Zhuang Zhihao said apologetically. "Please don't mind what happened downstairs earlier."
"No, I won't deliberately remember those little things."
After the banquet, Shen Jize escorted her back to her room on the 19th floor.
“I live right next door to you. Just knock on my door if you need anything. I’ll take you upstairs for breakfast tomorrow morning, and then I’ll take you out to buy two sets of clothes.”
Buying clothes?
Lin Wei felt a surge of excitement.
"Do you think we might run into some annoying people when we go shopping for clothes tomorrow, and then get into an argument?"
Those classic lines: 'What are you looking at? Can you even afford it?' 'This isn't a place for you. Don't think you can be arrogant just because Shen Jize is backing you up. I'll take him back sooner or later.'
Speechless, Shen Jize tapped her forehead. "What are you thinking about all day long? I've never encountered anything like this in my entire life."
He behaved himself the next day.
At a certain Xiang XX store, because the store hadn't been cleared out beforehand, Lin Wei had just taken the clothes to the VIP room when she saw the girl from yesterday trying on clothes with her friend.
And what a coincidence, they were both carrying the same style of dress.
Lin Wei felt that the two of them would most likely attend the same wedding. If they wore the same outfit, she, being so beautiful, would definitely not feel awkward, but the other person might not.
Almost immediately upon discovering the situation, Lin Wei turned and left the VIP room.
Shen Jize was still helping her pick out clothes when he saw this and quickly asked, "What's wrong? Don't you like it?"
“There’s someone inside, holding the same clothes as me.”
As soon as Lin Wei finished speaking, the girl came running out with the clothes in her hand.
She came to pursue Lin Wei, but unexpectedly she also saw Shen Jize.
His previous arrogance vanished instantly, but he couldn't bring himself to say what was about to come out. After holding back, he could only stomp his feet and walk back into the VIP room.
Upon seeing this, the sales assistant quickly came over to apologize, "I'm sorry, Mr. Shen, you didn't say to clear the area. Ms. Li arrived a long time ago, so..."
"It's alright." Shen Jize pointed to the clothes Lin Wei was holding. "I'll take all of them except this one. Please deliver them to this address."
After she signed the papers, Shen Jize took her to the next store.
"Why did you buy so many clothes? I can't wear them all."
"I can't refuse you. I've already bought it. Take the clothes back and share them with the aunties. There should be some styles that they can wear. Then we can look around for other things."
"Okay, but don't buy like that anymore."
The price of Xiang XX from the 1990s should not be low.
I don't know how many pieces of clothing are in the store, or how much they cost in total.
"Sigh, it hurts a little."
"It's no big deal to spend money on you."
But then Lin Wei asked him, "You rarely come back, aren't you going to get together with your friends? Without me."
"No need. We're about the same age. Zhuang Zhihao is my best friend. He's already graduated, but he's busy with work. His sister is a senior in college and is also interning at the company. They don't have time to hang out with me. The rest of them are all in school."
That explains it.
Unfortunately, before the two could enter the next store, they were stopped by two groups of people.
One of them was a girl who chased after him from a Xiang XX store.
The other was Shen Qingji, whose face was ashen, and an elderly man was with him.
Almost instinctively, Shen Jize shielded Lin Wei behind him.
Seeing his expression, the old man said irritably, "What are you stopping me from doing? Is your girlfriend so unpresentable?"
“You have no right to interfere with my relationship. I don’t want to hear you say anything negative about him anymore.”
After saying that, Shen Jize was about to leave.
Shen Qingji quickly stopped her, "Since you've brought her to my wedding, you should be prepared to see the old man. However, she's not here to break you up today. She's just a girl from the mainland, I don't care about her. But you can at least have a meal together tonight."
Seeing that the old man was staring at him without blinking, Shen Jize showed no intention of compromising.
Seeing that Shen Jize was about to leave again, the old man breathed a sigh of relief.
"Bring Qu along too, is that alright?"
Shen Jize glanced at Lin Wei and finally agreed.
"OK."
Then, with Shen Qingji's help, Old Master Shen left the mall.
They ignored the girl who had been standing by and listening to the whole thing, and the two of them left.
But Lin Wei suddenly remembered something.
"Wait, I remember you said that Shen Qingji's marriage partner is the girl who spread the rumors about us before, right? Didn't you say yesterday that this girl is that girl? Then she...?"
Shen Jize nodded. "That's right, these two are the protagonists of tomorrow's wedding."
"So just now... and that person's thoughts... Shen Qingji didn't know? How can you tolerate that?"
But then I thought about it again and realized that it made sense; wasn't it all written in the novel?
Children from wealthy families are often married off for the sake of family alliances; very few actually want to be paired up.
The two of them originally got married for profit and some unavoidable factors.
But can such a marriage be happy, let alone harmonious?
"They definitely won't get a divorce, because the two families are too intertwined. In the end, they basically each went their own way, which is why we illegitimate children came about."
This is something they cannot avoid; they must face it.
He grew up in such a family and knows how bad such an environment is for the next generation, which is why he wants to return to his mother's hometown and start afresh before things begin.
But he won't give up anything here.
"Weiwei, before Hong Kong's return to China, do you know of any sure-fire ways to make money?"
"In the 80s and 90s, the entertainment industry in Hong Kong was quite developed. The TV series and movies were very classic, the kind that stay fresh even after watching for a long time. Could you give me a list of stocks? I don't remember which stocks would rise, but I vaguely remember that one stock would fall very sharply, just like in the mainland before, when many people jumped off buildings."
"This is my first time here in both my lives, so I don't know much about it. But if you're talking about the mainland, I know everything about it, except for real estate and telecommunications."
communication.
Yes, communications, how come she doesn't remember that?
"Communication, communication, the communication in mainland China is too backward. It won't be long before pagers and mobile phones will be phased out. However, the era of one phone per person is still a long way off, but a landline in each household is basically satisfactory."
"It might be difficult for him, a local from Hong Kong, to win this project."
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