Soon, this feeling was confirmed.
When Yu Lili served him tea, her expression was one of disgust, and she told him to finish his tea and leave quickly.
In the past, his parents would try to persuade him to stay for dinner, but now he just sits there without saying a word.
He was holding his breath, sitting there awkwardly, drinking one cup of tea after another.
"Qi Wei, how can you be so tactless? We're about to eat, and we haven't prepared any food for you, so we won't keep you any longer," Yu Lili said bluntly, clearly not wanting to see him.
“You…” Qi Wei suddenly stood up and pointed at her with his finger.
After a few seconds of silence, he finally spoke:
"You just want to end up with me because my shop got vandalized, I can't make any money, and I can't get anything out of you anymore, right?"
Yu Lili was furious: "Who wants your paltry money? My husband and I have a great relationship and we won't get a divorce. Please don't flatter yourself!"
Qi Wei knew that Yu Lili had a husband she hadn't spoken to for two years and that they hadn't been able to reach an agreement on divorce because of their son, but he didn't know that her husband was Lu Xiuwen.
"You shameless woman, you don't plan to divorce me, yet you still flirt with me and sleep with me. You're utterly shameless!" Qi Wei was also a little exasperated.
Upon hearing this, Yu Lili stepped forward and slapped him across the face.
"You piece of trash, having a penis is the same as not having one. What kind of man are you? Why should I stay with you? Am I supposed to live a life of widowhood?"
Her words startled both her father and mother.
Yu Lili dressed up beautifully last night, saying she was going to see Lu Xiuwen. When she came back, she looked all lovey-dovey and said she didn't want a divorce.
The couple were still hesitating about what to do when they heard about Qi Wei's impotence.
Yu Lili is only in her early thirties. If she marries a man like this, wouldn't it be the same as living as a widow?
That won't do.
Yu's mother stood firmly by her daughter's side.
"Qi Wei, please speak calmly and refrain from personal attacks," Yu's father tried to smooth things over.
After all, he had received a lot of gifts and money from Qi Wei. If things really turned sour, he wouldn't have a good outcome either!
Hearing this, Qi Wei composed himself and saw him as a lifeline:
"Director Yu, you know how good I am to Lili. I truly cherish her like the apple of my eye. As long as she marries me, I can overlook everything from the past and treat Hao Hao like my own son. Please persuade Lili."
The more humbly he begged for mercy, the more disgusted Yu Pingwei felt, but he only pretended to be in a difficult position on the surface.
Yu Lili wasn't going to give him any face and started tearing him apart directly:
"You keep saying you treat Hao Hao like your own son, but it's only because you can't have children!"
You think you can hide all these things from me?
Don't forget, Xiuwen is Xu Ruping's brother, and he has already told me everything.
Back then, you married Xu Ruping, who was still Lu Jiajia. When she was sick, you ignored her and forced her to divorce you.
How could I possibly marry someone like you!
Although Xiuwen earns less money, he never hides anything from me, and he has never asked my dad to do anything for him. He is genuinely good to me.
As Yu Lili recounted all this, tears streamed down her face.
For the vain version of myself I once was, and for all the muddled thinking I've done these past two years.
Fortunately, Lu Xiuwen did not despise him, and it was not too late.
Qi Wei completely broke down.
He paid a heavy price to open the restaurant, but unexpectedly, the woman he had finally managed to seduce left him overnight.
He couldn't accept it; he wanted to change it all!
"You wait, I will make you pay the price."
When Qi Wei left, he made some harsh remarks.
Yu Lili held Hao Hao, her expression solemn, not taking his threat seriously, but Yu Pingwei broke out in a cold sweat.
He told Yu's mother to quickly pack up all the things Qi Wei had given her and return them to him when she had time, lest things get complicated.
The next day, Yu Lili took Lu Hao back to the Lu family home.
When Zhang Guixiang saw her grandson, she both cried and laughed, and a smile finally appeared on her sorrowful face.
How can I not worry? My son has been in jail, and now my daughter is in jail too. Did someone dig up our ancestral graves? This Lu family is a menace.
Yu Lili didn't have a deep relationship with this mother-in-law, so she didn't offer her much comfort. She went back to her room, closed the door, and went about her own business.
Over there, Huo Xiao finally brought Lu Wanqing good news: the plan had been approved, and the five-star hotel project could proceed, but the design scheme needed to be approved by the planning bureau.
Lu Wanqing understood; after all, it was a building in a key location, and things couldn't be done arbitrarily.
She immediately called Lin Ye and asked him to send a team to the company to sign the design contract.
Lin Ye acted quickly. After modifying the standard contract template, he led his team to the Wenwan Group's office building.
At the negotiating table, Lin Ye sat with his secretary, Lisa.
Opposite them were Lu Wanqing and Huo Xiao.
This was the first time Lu Wanqing had met Lisa. She was blonde and blue-eyed, a typical Westerner, with skin whiter than milk. When she spoke to Lin Ye, she spoke broken Chinese, her voice strained and very awkward.
Unable to bear seeing Lisa and Lin Ye whispering to each other, Lu Wanqing deliberately picked fights during the negotiations, making Lisa fiddle with this and that, keeping her completely on her toes.
Huo Xiao, who was standing to the side, had a clear mind and quickly noticed that something was wrong with her. He reminded her several times of the key points of the negotiation.
In the end, both parties signed the contract.
The design fee is 20 yuan per square meter, until you are satisfied.
The hotel will have an area of approximately 30,000 square meters, which means the design fee will be around 600,000 yuan.
Based on the calculation that design fees account for 2% of the total project cost, the overall cost is around 30 million.
Lin Yexiang tried to save money for his wife by saying that he could actually reduce some of the costs, but Lu Wanqing refused, saying that their preliminary design work was very important and that they shouldn't cut corners on that.
After seeing Lin Ye and the others off, Lu Wanqing instructed Huo Xiao to contact the bank as soon as possible and ask them to approve the loan.
Two years ago, Lu Wanqing's group was transformed from a state-owned enterprise into a private one. For this hotel project, she personally spent three million yuan just to buy the land, acquiring an 80% stake. She still needs a large sum of money next, which she can only obtain through bank loans.
Huo Xiao agreed, but did not leave immediately. Instead, he said tactfully:
"Mr. Lu, you were a bit out of control just now. You were too nervous around a secretary."
Lu Wanqing frowned: "Really? I was just looking at that Lisa. She's a foreigner, but she speaks in such a high-pitched, affected voice. It's really annoying."
"I think President Lu is jealous, isn't he?" Huo Xiao chuckled to himself.
"No way! I'm a well-known powerful woman in Beijing's elite circles now. Why would I care about a secretary like that?"
Lu Wanqing said guiltily.
When she got home that night, she started finding fault with Lin Ye in every way.
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