Qi Wen arrived later than the other two. Seeing Xu Lan, she immediately smiled: "Thanks to Li Wan, I can have a meal with this busy man today." She sat down and complained to Li Wan: "Do you know how difficult it is to invite him to dinner? From last year to today, he always told me that he was busy."
Xu Lan calmly poured her tea: "I really don't have time, it's just a coincidence today."
Qi Wen joked, "Yes, yes, it's because Li Wan is yours now."
Xu Lan's action of pouring tea paused for a moment, then returned to normal.
Qi Wen stopped joking and said to Li Wan, "There's news. I heard that the artist team is very satisfied with this interview and thinks highly of you. If the follow-up response to this interview is good, it will be a good start and you will get more work."
Li Wan was also very happy. She picked up the tea and said with a smile, "Qi Wen, thank you. I will offer you a cup of tea instead of wine."
Such opportunities don't come often, and even if they did, such an important interview would not have been hers if Qi Wen hadn't taken the risk to endorse her.
Qi Wen was not shy and also served tea, accepting the tea from Li Wan. But she said, "It is because you have the ability that I dare to recommend you, just like I recommended you to Director Xu. If you are not capable, even if I recommend you, Director Xu will not accept you." Then she smiled and said to Xu Lan, "Director Xu, you won't blame me, I just think it's a pity that Li Wan is behind the scenes with such conditions."
Xu Lan said: "I know."
The three of them ate and chatted.
Xu Lan spoke very little, and Li Wan also spoke very little. Most of the time they were listening to Qi Wen talk.
Li Wan's cell phone on the table vibrated.
She flipped over her phone and saw a WeChat message from Xiao Ze.
Xiao Ze: [Have you eaten? ]
Li Wan: [Eating. ]
Another reply: [Have you eaten? ]
Xiao Ze: [On the way to dinner, the company team had a dinner party. ]
Li Wan: [Okay.]
At this moment, a group of people suddenly came in at the hotel entrance.
The men were all in suits or shirts, and the women were all in suits. They were all dressed professionally, and a group of them stood at the door, attracting a lot of attention.
Qi Wen glanced over there while eating, then looked at one of them with a little surprise and said, "Hey? Li Wan, isn't that your husband?"
Li Wan had his back to the door and was stunned when he heard that. He thought, could it be such a coincidence?
She turned her head and saw Xiao Ze among a group of professionally dressed people standing at the door.
A fat man was confirming something with the front desk.
Xiao Ze was wearing the light blue shirt he had worn in the morning, standing out among a group of professionally dressed people. At this moment, he was listening to the young girl in a professional suit next to him with his head slightly tilted. He held a mobile phone in his hand, glanced at it casually, and then locked the screen.
"Is he your husband?" Qi Wen confirmed with Li Wan.
Li Wan smiled and said yes.
At this moment, Xiao Ze, who was looking down at his mobile phone, seemed to realize something and suddenly looked over here. His eyes met Li Wan's. He was stunned for a long while, which was unusual. Then he turned off his mobile phone and walked straight over here.
The colleagues waiting at the entrance of the hall were all stunned.
"Hey! Isn't that Qi Wen?"
A group of people suddenly recognized Qi Wen and started talking immediately.
"Does the boss know Qi Wen?"
"Come on, let's go and take a look."
Xiao Ze walked to Li Wan's table, and the three of them stood up. He saw Xu Lan sitting on the inside, and their eyes met. They nodded to each other faintly, and then nodded to Qi Wen: "Miss Qi."
Qi Wen smiled and said, "What a coincidence."
Xiao Ze said, "My company is nearby." Then he looked at Li Wan and said in a normal tone, "Why didn't you tell me you were near the company?"
Li Wan said: "I also came here for a temporary job. Director Xu sent me here. Qi Wen happened to be nearby, so we had dinner together."
At this moment, all the people in Xiao Ze's company gathered around, squeezed in the aisle, and looked at their table in surprise.
A younger man at the back said, "Boss, please introduce me."
Xiao Ze naturally held Li Wan's hand in front of so many people: "This is my wife."
Li Wan smiled at them generously: "Hello."
A group of people looked at Li Wan, all of them were a little stunned. No one had expected to meet Xiao Ze's wife under such circumstances. Everyone in the company knew that Xiao Ze got married young, but he never talked about his private life, whether in private with them or in various public occasions and interviews, he always avoided talking about his family.
So Xiao Ze's wife has always been mysterious.
There have been rumors that Xiao Ze’s wife either has a bad image and is not presentable, so she keeps her identity secret, or they have divorced long ago.
But now it seems that both rumors are just rumors.
"Hello, sister-in-law."
"Hello, sister-in-law."
After a pause, greetings began to emanate one after another.
I was so surprised.
This is not just something that cannot be presented, this is extremely something that can be presented.
Li Wan noticed that the young girl standing on Xiao Ze's right did not speak. She was the one who had just spoken to Xiao Ze at the door. Her face looked obviously distraught.
The noise here attracted the customers in the store to look over here.
Xiao Ze said to Li Wan: "I won't disturb you. I'll go over first."
Li Wan nodded.
Xiao Ze continued, "I'll pick you up when you get off work."
A group of people behind him suddenly made an "Oh——" sound.
The girl standing on his right bit her lip.
Xiao Ze squeezed Li Wan's palm without changing his expression, nodded slightly to Qi Wen and Xu Lan, and then walked in with his people.
…
As soon as Xiao Ze left, Qi Wen immediately said, "Li Wan, you really have foresight. You trapped him when you were in college."
Li Wan laughed: "That's not what you said before."
Qi Wen said: "That's because I haven't met him in person before. If a man like Xiao Ze pursued me when I was in college, I probably wouldn't be able to resist."
Li Wan took a bite of food and said calmly, "I was the one who pursued him."
Qi Wen was surprised.
Xu Lan also looked over.
Li Wan smiled.
Pursuing Xiao Ze was probably the bravest thing she had ever done in her life.
"She" fell in love with Xiao Ze at first sight, and then secretly appeared around him. It took about several months before she mustered up the courage to confess her feelings.
Xiao Ze agreed easily.
Later, "she" asked Xiao Ze why he agreed to her.
Xiao Ze’s answer was very straightforward. He said that “she” appeared at the right time.
Li Wan now guessed that the so-called right time was probably just because he thought it was time for him to fall in love, and “she” was pretty good in every aspect, especially her gentle personality and the fact that she would not be annoying.
From the beginning to the end, perhaps only "she" was in love unilaterally.
…
At the table.
After a few drinks, I became bolder.
Someone asked, "Boss, my sister-in-law is so beautiful, could she be a star?"
It was not surprising for him to ask this. After all, Li Wan and Qi Wen were eating at the same table, and it seemed that they had a special relationship. Qi Wen was a national-level female host, and she should have been interacting with people in the same circle on a daily basis.
"No." Xiao Ze finished speaking, paused, and said: "She is developing into a host."
"Wow! My sister-in-law is amazing."
There was a chorus of response from the audience.
Xiao Ze's cold eyebrows softened unconsciously: "Well, she is very powerful."
She was very talented when she was in college, and it was said that she was admitted with the highest score in her major.
At that time, she was very famous in his school, and the male classmates around him often mentioned her.
Later, after they got to know each other, she kept hanging around him.
When she confessed to him, he was not surprised at all because everyone said that she liked him.
He agreed when she confessed.
He probably liked her a little bit. The more she appeared around him, the more he liked her. But more importantly, he also wanted to experience the feeling of being in love.
Li Wan's character is gentle and submissive in nature. After being with him, except for the confession of love, she was very passive at other times.
After being together for three months, the two of them were very polite to each other and had a feeling of respect for each other.
Holding hands, kissing, going to bed, everything happened naturally.
He took protective measures, but Li Wan still got pregnant. She wanted to keep the child, so he took responsibility and married her.
Then, in the blink of an eye, more than ten years had passed.
Li Wan is a good wife.
He has always thought so.
Although she was sometimes too weak and her way of solving problems was always to show weakness, he once tried to change her, but later found that she had her own logic and reasoning, which could not be changed at all.
But he has been busy with his career and really doesn't have the energy and patience.
But she is indeed a good wife.
He once thought he was a good husband, but he recently realized that he was not.
He neglected his family for work, thinking that creating good living conditions for his family was fulfilling his responsibility.
But it’s not.
He stopped his wife's dream lightly, never had a heart-to-heart talk with her, and never stood behind her to support her when she was weak.
Xiao Ze picked up the wine, and the cold wine slid down his throat, feeling a bit bitter and stinging.
…
Li Wan said hello to everyone else in the studio and left work.
As she walked out of the gate, she saw Xiao Ze standing by the car from afar. He came to pick her up from get off work as promised.
"What kind of job did you take nearby this afternoon?" Xiao Ze started the conversation.
"An interview." Li Wan asked, "Do you know Xue Yao?"
Xiao Ze encountered a difficult problem rarely, and after thinking for a long time, he had to say: "I don't know."
Li Wan said: "It doesn't matter if you don't know, anyway, he is a male star who is very popular recently. I am interviewing him today."
Xiao Ze asked: "Is it going well?"
Li Wan said: "They said Xue Yao was difficult to interview, but I got him this time. His team was very satisfied, and he even added me on WeChat."
Add WeChat?
Xiao Ze frowned slightly and glanced at Li Wan subconsciously, but was slightly stunned.
The corners of Li Wan's mouth were slightly raised, with a hint of pride, and a confident light flashed in her eyes.
His brows relaxed and he said, "Congratulations."
Li Wan turned to look at him and felt that Xiao Ze was very abnormal today. He actually took the initiative to ask about her work.
"Where are you going?" Li Wan finally realized that this was not the way home.
"Buy a wedding ring." Xiao Ze said calmly.
Li Wan: “…”
…
VIP room of a jewelry brand.
Li Wan sat on the sofa, looking at the twenty or so diamond rings in front of her that reflected charming luster under the crystal chandelier above her head. She had to admit that she was very tempted.
They were greeted by the brand manager, who half-knelt on the ground, adjusted the diamond ring to the most suitable direction, and spoke with a smile.
"These are all specially ordered from the headquarters at Mr. Xiao's request. If you like any of the ones here, you can try them out. If you don't like any of the ones here, we have other styles, but we can't get them at the moment. We can only show you photos, and we have designers who can customize them for you."
Xiao Ze asked: "Which one do you like?"
Li Wan said: “I like them all.”
The brand manager smiled.
Li Wan asked: "Can I buy them all?"
The brand manager was stunned.
Xiao Ze said calmly: "No, this is a wedding ring, you can only buy one." Xiao Ze finished speaking, and added: "You can pick other jewelry, necklaces, earrings."
The brand manager immediately said, "I'll go get a few models now." Then he looked at Xiao Ze with an inquiring look.
Seeing Xiao Ze nodded slightly, she immediately called someone over to get it.
"Which one is the most expensive?" Xiao Ze suddenly asked
"It's this one." The brand manager immediately recommended one to Xiao Ze.
A simple design, studded with the largest diamonds.
"How much is this one?" Li Wan asked.
The brand manager said: "The VIP price for this pair of rings is 6.8 million."
Li Wan looked at Xiao Ze.
Xiao Ze asked: "Do you like it?"
Li Wan said, “It’s OK.”
"Then I'll take this one."
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