"Old Zhou’s brother left behind many unresolved problems, and product homogenization is a very serious issue. According to reliable sources, this was the underhanded work of a tycoon with a competing product... So ti ago, the company underwent restructuring. When the market caught wind of it, the share prices plumted. Many well-inford minority shareholders voiced strong complaints. This is no small matter. It could spell grave danger for the entire industry..."
Yan Xixi was secretly, deeply shocked. No wonder Wan Donglin would rather lie and risk offending Old Zhou to cancel his engagent with Zhou Ting—this was bound to happen sooner or later. If the business failed, who knew how many people would be affected. As their son-in-law, he would be the first to bear the brunt.
Considering Liu Daqing’s shrewdness, how could she allow her family to continue the marriage alliance with theirs? There was no chance Wan Donglin would marry Zhou Ting.
She felt a sense of relief.
So, it really wasn’t because of after all.
Wan Donglin noticed her holding her chopsticks, staring blankly. He asked her, "Miss, what are you thinking about?"
"Heh, I actually thought you called off your engagent because of back then."
"Oh, please. Flattering yourself, aren’t you?"
"Humph!"
He looked at her curiously. "What? Disappointed? HAHA, Miss, did you really think I wouldn’t marry anyone but you? To be honest, if Zhou Ting’s family business wasn’t in such dire straits, I might really have married Zhou Ting. Yan Xixi, don’t overestimate your own importance."
Life sure loves to kick you when you’re down, Yan Xixi thought. No wonder Empress Dowager Liu didn’t imdiately toss into the trash bin. To put it bluntly, if Wan Donglin had married Zhou Ting, he would have essentially been putting a noose around his own neck—courting death! As for , even if I couldn’t bring any glory to his family, at least I wouldn’t bring any danger.
Yan Xixi gave a bitter smile. "Fortunately, I didn’t fall for you either."
His eyes widened. "You didn’t fall for ? If you didn’t fall for , why are you eating my food?"
She, too, was amused. "Weren’t you the one who practically begged ? Would I have co if you hadn’t asked so insistently? I’m busy studying every day and have no ti to go out at all. Accompanying you to this al delayed my schedule. You should be glad I didn’t charge you an appearance fee."
Wan Donglin burst out laughing.
What a little swindler, she never lets herself lose an argunt.
Suddenly, Wan Donglin rembered sothing. "Oh, Xixi, when my mother ca to see you the other day, she didn’t scare you too badly, did she?"
"What do you think?"
"What did Lady Liu say to you?"
"Your mother, the Empress Dowager, had say ’husband’ backward three tis."
"What does that an?"
"Why don’t you try saying it backward three tis and see for yourself?"
"’Husband’ backward... what could that be? ’Bloating’? ’Clapping’? ’Pay the bill’? HAHAHA, ’pay the bill’... ’pay the bill’..." Wan Donglin roared with laughter, thoroughly amused. That was so like Lady Liu Daqing. Only she could co up with sothing like that.
"HA! You definitely don’t know Lady Liu well enough yet. Lady Liu has always been a trendsetter. When she turned sixty, she suddenly started learning how to use a computer because she realized the world was changing too quickly, especially economic developnt, which was advancing by leaps and bounds. Pagers were all the rage for just two or three years before mobile phones completely wiped them out. Kodak, once an unbeatable giant, was decimated by digital technology. Mobile carriers thought they’d be local overlords forever, but they’re about to be rendered obsolete by the internet and new information services. And banks? Just when they thought they could rest easy, they’re about to be overturned by services like ’Yu Ebao’..."
"Lady Daqing noticed this trend and, ever since, has been fascinated by all sorts of high-tech products. She lives a simple life, but her computers and mobile phones are always state-of-the-art. She’s more fluent in internet slang than we are and constantly warns us to keep learning and adapt, or we’ll be quickly left behind..."
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