Chapter 701

Mu Yunning had originally intended to leave after one cup of tea, but Watching Wen Leyu had skipped work and returned early.

As soon as the young wife entered the door, she explained to Li Kaijian: "Dad, our general manager presided over a meeting today and specifically named our department to report on our work,

so I really couldn't go to the airport to pick you up... It's a good thing the meeting only lasted half a day, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to serve you lunch."

Li Kaijian hurriedly said: "Sit down, sit down quickly. Actually, we could have just taken the bus back from the airport; now we're being picked up by a sedan, it's like we're state cadres...

You still have to go to work this afternoon, right? You mustn't let it affect your work; you must take what your general manager has entrusted to you seriously."

What level was the general manager of the Zhongxin Company? Li Kaijian felt nervous as soon as he heard it; if Watching Wen Leyu delayed her work because she came back to serve him, her father-in-law, wouldn't he, Li Kaijian, regret it to death?

Watching Wen Leyu said with a giggle: "I'm not going this afternoon; the section chief gave me an external assignment, and then I slipped away... I'm going to cook now; I bought some ready-made spiced meat and tripe on the way, and I'll just stir-fry a few more dishes."

"Xiao Yu, why are you still cooking in your condition? Let Li Ye do the cooking."

"It's fine, it's fine, let me cook! Li Ye is quite tired after sitting on a plane for the whole journey."

Watching Wen Leyu didn't listen to her father-in-law and still rushed into the kitchen; Li Ye and Li Juan hurriedly followed, and if it weren't for the fact that Mu Yunning was still in the living room, Li Kaijian would have chased his daughter Li Yue into the kitchen to help.

Watching Wen Leyu was carrying Li Kaijian's own grandson in her belly! He couldn't let her get tired.

After Li Juan arrived in the kitchen, she originally wanted to take over the stove herself and let her brother and sister-in-law rest, but Watching Wen Leyu simply and nimbly started working with knife in hand, clattering away,

and because Watching Wen Leyu was pregnant and sensitive to cooking fumes, Li Ye occupied the stove, which meant Li Juan, who had grown up cooking with her mother, could only do some odd jobs.

As Li Juan picked vegetables, she kept glancing at Watching Wen Leyu, and the more she looked, the more she understood the things Li Ying had told her not long ago.

In terms of background, education, and work, wasn't Watching Wen Leyu a standout among the women of the new era in every aspect?

Those so-called strong, self-reliant women like Lu Jingyao—how could they compare to Watching Wen Leyu in any way?

But look at Watching Wen Leyu's knife skills and her cooking—was she any worse than any other housewife?

Why was this?

It was because her older brother Li Ye needed a wife who was beautiful, gentle, considerate, and cultured.

Doesn't that sound very unrealistic?

But wasn't this sister-in-law, Watching Wen Leyu, sitting right there in plain sight?

A strong woman outside and a little wife at home—this was the most brilliant kind of woman!

So, was little sister Li Ying subtly making Han Chunmei read books and learn to cook by using Watching Wen Leyu as a benchmark?

【I thought Xiao Ying had such great insight? So it turns out she was just using her brother and sister-in-law as a learning benchmark and showing off what she learned to me!】

Li Juan, whose confidence had been almost crushed by Li Ying, regained her confidence in "being an older sister."

But what Li Juan didn't consider was that some things look easy but are very difficult to do.

The happy marriage of Li Ye and Watching Wen Leyu was filled with all kinds of fate, coincidences, and effort.

If Teacher Ke hadn't brought Watching Wen Leyu down to Qinghe County, Li Ye might never have been connected to her by the red thread in his entire life.

Moreover, for young couples like Li Ye and Watching Wen Leyu who "met in times of distress," there were not a few who had no fate to be together after returning to the city.

The reason Li Ye and Watching Wen Leyu were able to go smoothly all the way and receive everyone's blessings was that the "extraordinariness" Li Ye displayed was a hard requirement,

and the fact that Watching Wen Leyu had lost her speech due to depression at the time and later put all her heart into Li Ye was also one of the most important reasons,

and from the day they met, both of them had been striving toward each other, rather than being haughty and saying, "Let's see how you perform."

Things in the world go against one's wishes eight or nine times out of ten; how many people are truly heart-to-heart?

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After a simple lunch, Li Yue, Li Kaijian, and the others all left; although Li Kaijian's train was tomorrow, he still preferred to stay over at Zaojunmiao.

After everyone had left, Li Ye hurriedly told Watching Wen Leyu to rest on the sofa while he showed her the gifts he had brought from Hong Kong.

His little wife had given him plenty of face in front of others, so shouldn't he coax her into being happy with a few bags or pieces of jewelry?

However, Watching Wen Leyu's desire for material things was getting lower and lower; only the two luxury bags Fu Guiru had bought for her and some children's items could interest her,

but after fiddling with them for a while, she said helplessly: "I have almost twenty handbags now, and I can't take a different one out to show off every day; they just take up space in the cabinet all day long. You should talk to Mom and tell her not to waste money on me all the time."

"You should go tell Mom that yourself! She's usually a frugal person, but as soon as she sees something good, she wants to buy a piece for you, her daughter-in-law. If you can't use them all yourself, you can give them away! To Mom, sister-in-law, Tan Qin..."

"I'm not giving them away! You're the generous one."

Just because Watching Wen Leyu didn't care for things didn't mean she was a spendthrift; if you asked her to give her own things away, she was very stingy. Giving them to Teacher Ke might be okay, but don't even think about giving them to anyone else.

After tidying up the things, the young couple snuggled on the sofa.

Watching Wen Leyu's lower abdomen had already started to bulge, and it wasn't comfortable to sit straight, so she leaned against Li Ye, chatting about things aimlessly.

"When we had our meeting today, someone suggested that our companies should broaden our thinking and expand our scope of business..."

"Broaden our thinking? How so?"

"Just by doing those businesses that make money quickly!"

Watching Wen Leyu said lazily while eating fruit: "Our companies have been open for more than half a year, and we've been investing and losing money the whole time.

Some people see that we clearly have plenty of capital but don't know how to 'make money with money,' so they think they're capable and start pointing fingers and giving us ideas. It's really like showing off one's sword in front of Guan Yu."

Ever since Teacher Ke and Li Ye had discussed it in the lighthouse, Li Ye had invested money to "affiliate" several companies under the Zhongxin Company. Nominally, they were joint ventures, but in reality, they were all under the supervision of Watching Wen Leyu's Second Inspection Division.

But half a year had passed, and these companies had been investing in mainland manufacturing. This kind of entity enterprise is slow to show results, and it's certain there would be no profit in a year or so, only expenditure.

And after the Zhongxin Company was established, it had an invisible right to "fill gaps," meaning they could try and explore businesses that other enterprises hadn't done.

So this "manufacturing" without challenges or novelty was ignored by many, to the point that after the nineties, the Zhongxin Company clearly defined "finance" as its main development direction, and investments in manufacturing became fewer and fewer.

Li Ye frowned slightly: "Since someone offered you advice, how did you respond?"

Watching Wen Leyu nudged against Li Ye: "How else could I respond? Aunt Zhou and I blocked them! Everyone plays their own game; why should I listen to their nonsense?

Besides, several of our investments have already landed on solid ground. The gearbox and axle projects on Dayong's side have already started trial production, and we've also confirmed the manufacturer for the small diesel engines. We have results in our hands, so why fear the crow's cawing?"

Watching Wen Leyu laughed triumphantly: "After I reported the work progress item by item, the general manager even praised us! He said our work achievements were astonishing and told us to keep up the good work and introduce more advanced technology and industries to the country."

"Heh~"

Li Ye smiled and said: "Next time you make a report, you should also write down how much you've improved the employment benefits for the workers; that's your best achievement."

"Workers' employment benefits? Okay, I've noted that."

Watching Wen Leyu blinked, not quite understanding, but she agreed anyway.

The ones she invested in and cooperated with were all state-owned enterprises, and even for the smallest state-owned enterprise, worker employment and benefits were already there, right?

But how could Watching Wen Leyu have foreseen that in a few more years, the sky would collapse for countless workers with iron rice bowls?

After Watching Wen Leyu finished talking about business, she suddenly asked Li Ye: "By the way, I heard from my sister the other day that Teacher Mu doesn't have a partner yet! Do you think we should introduce someone to her?"

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Li Ye looked at the earnest-looking Watching Wen Leyu, as if he were reminded of those enthusiastic sister-colleagues from his past life.

None of them had figured out their own emotional affairs, yet they were kindly trying to play matchmaker for others.

Didn't they know that matchmaking was a thankless task?

Li Ye said gently: "You can try, but I must warn you, Xiao Yu: don't think that just because we hit it off, perfect marriages are everywhere in this world. She's very picky!"

"Picky? Who is she picking?"

Watching Wen Leyu tilted her head and looked at Li Ye, then suddenly climbed onto Li Ye's shoulder, looked into his eyes, and asked: "She wouldn't be wanting to pick someone like you, would she?"

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【Wife, what do you mean? Wasn't it you who wanted to pull Teacher Mu over to be your subordinate in the first place?】

'The Legend of Qin' was being operated by sister Li Yue and Watching Wen Leyu's company; Watching Wen Leyu was one of Teacher Mu's bosses at this moment.

Li Ye hadn't even figured out how to answer this question when Watching Wen Leyu pouted and said: "Then she's going to suffer. I've lived for over twenty years, and I've only seen one person like you—you're one of a kind."

"Hiss~"

Li Ye's heart stirred; if it weren't for the fact that Watching Wen Leyu wasn't in a convenient state right now, he would definitely have loved her to death today.