Staying awake until dawn, Lin Wanyi took Wang Keke to school.
She rode her little electric scooter. Wang Keke sat behind her, hugging her waist and resting her head on her back.
"Mommy, I really like Grandma."
Lin Wanyi smiled. "Why is that?"
"Because Grandma tells me stories every night, and she puts my feet on her tummy every day.
"Grandma's tummy is so warm."
Lin Wanyi suddenly remembered her own childhood. Whenever winter came, Li Suhua used to put Lin Wanyi's feet on her tummy just like that.
It was so nice.
She felt that coming home was truly wonderful.
However, right after she returned from dropping off Wang Keke, Zhao Yulan came looking for her with a secretive look.
"Wanyi, don't say your eldest aunt doesn't care about you. As soon as you came back yesterday, I immediately found someone to introduce a man to you.
"Let me tell you, he has good character, is handsome, and has a decent job. He does renovation work and makes four to five hundred a day.
"Hurry up and get ready. I'll take you to meet him."
Lin Wanyi hastily refused. "Aunt, I just got divorced. I don't have any thoughts about this right now.
"Please don't trouble yourself."
"What do you mean you don't have thoughts about this? Listen to your aunt.
"You were married out of this house, so this will always just be your maiden home.
"You can't just keep living here with peace of mind forever, right? You have to consider Jiajun, right?
"You are the eldest sister. You can't be so selfish.
"Listen to me. Would your aunt ever harm you?"
Just as Lin Wanyi was caught in a dilemma, Li Suhua saw them. She pushed Zhao Yulan's hand away and told Lin Wanyi to go inside the house before turning to Zhao Yulan.
"Sister-in-law, I made it very clear to you yesterday.
"Stop trying to set her up. She has no mind for this right now."
Zhao Yulan still wouldn't give up.
"No, this man is really quite good. I'm just afraid that if Wanyi misses this opportunity, she won't get another one.
"You should persuade her. You also need to think about Jiajun. He's getting married soon. What girl would want to live with her divorced sister-in-law?
"Not to mention she's bringing a child along. You really need to think this through."
Li Suhua couldn't be bothered to listen anymore and simply shut the door.
She told Lin Wanyi, "Don't listen to her. You live your life however you want to."
Lin Wanyi hadn't thought about getting married, but what Zhao Yulan said wasn't completely unreasonable.
While she was lost in thought, Lin Jiajun held his phone and told Lin Wanyi,
"Sis, Huihui is here. She wants to see you."
Lin Wanyi immediately stood up and went out to welcome her.
She felt very uneasy in her heart, not knowing if Chen Hui would accept her.
A few minutes later, she realized she had been overthinking.
Chen Hui was indeed very sensible.
She introduced herself generously and told Lin Wanyi,
"Sis, Jiajun has told me everything about your situation. You don't need to worry about anything. Just live at home with peace of mind.
"The same goes for Keke. You are part of the family."
Lin Wanyi was so moved that she almost shed tears.
After all, she and Chen Hui had never even met before.
Lin Jiajun was very happy. He told Chen Hui,
"I told you I had good news. I'll tell you now."
Chen Hui smiled. "Wasn't the good news bringing our sister back?"
Lin Jiajun held her hand. "Of course that's good news too, but it's only one of them.
"I have two more pieces of good news to tell you."
Chen Hui couldn't wait and urged him, "Don't keep me in suspense. Just say it if you want to, otherwise drop it."
Lin Jiajun hurriedly pulled a bunch of keys from his pocket.
"Look, what's this?"
Chen Hui didn't know. "Keys to the new house? Hasn't it not been renovated yet?"
Lin Jiajun excitedly opened his phone's photo album.
"No, look. This isn't the one we had before. This is a new house.
"Look, it's fully renovated. Four bedrooms, two living rooms, 135 square meters. Take a look, do you like it?"
"How... how big?"
Chen Hui couldn't believe it.
Lin Jiajun repeated, "Four bedrooms, two living rooms, 135 square meters."
"No way."
Chen Hui still had her eyes wide open. "Where did you get such a big house?
"And it's not the previous one. Did you rent it?"
"No, it's really not rented. I'll take you to get the property deed in a couple of days."
Chen Hui was confused. Lin Jiajun continued,
"I also prepared 380,000 in bride price for you, and 180,000 to buy gold. How about it, are you happy?"
There was no joy visible on Chen Hui's face, only doubt.
"Jiajun, tell me, what exactly happened? How could you suddenly have so much money?
"Before the new year, you said all the family's money was spent on Uncle's medical treatment. How did you suddenly get so much now?"
Lin Jiajun was momentarily speechless. He had been so caught up in his excitement that he completely forgot to think about how to explain the origin of the house and the money to Chen Hui.
Seeing his reluctance to speak, Chen Hui's brow furrowed even tighter.
"Jiajun, you didn't do anything illegal, did you?
"I do want to get married, and I want to get married in a new house, but you can't go down the wrong path.
"We still need to live our lives honestly. Tell me the truth, where did this money come from?"
Lin Jiajun hurriedly waved his hands. "No, how could I do something like that?
"I just, I just..."
He looked to Lin Wanyi for help. He didn't know how to explain it.
He had promised Lin Wanyi not to tell anyone about Liu Siyue.
Seeing that Chen Hui was about to get angry, Lin Wanyi pulled her into the room.
She explained briefly and concisely,
"Huihui, don't worry. Jiajun hasn't broken the law.
"When he came to pick me up, he happened to save a girl who had been trafficked there.
"That girl's family is very wealthy. Out of gratitude, and knowing he was about to get married, they prepared a wedding house for you.
"You can put your mind at ease."
Chen Hui finally understood, but she was still worried.
"Sis, this house clearly isn't cheap, and there's 500,000 in cash. What if they go back on their word in the future?
"I think we better not accept it. The money Jiajun and I save in a year will be enough for renovations and getting married.
"We can just keep it simple."
Lin Wanyi seemed to see her past innocent self.
Back then, she also believed that love was enough to survive on, but reality had given her a harsh slap in the face.
Chen Hui went with Lin Jiajun to see the house. Lin Wanyi received a call from Zhou Chenyu, saying there was a job suitable for her and asking her to come over and take a look.
Lin Wanyi immediately went to the mall first to buy the most decent suit she could find. She took a deep breath before stepping through the doors of the Liu Group.
Before coming, she had checked on her phone. The Liu Group was indeed the most famous enterprise in City A, with numerous businesses under its umbrella.
She hadn't worked in a long time and was extremely nervous.
When she entered, she didn't even know who to look for. Fortunately, the receptionist seemed to have received instructions and took her directly to Zhou Chenyu's office.
Zhou Chenyu was wearing a perfect professional suit with a knee-length skirt and light makeup.
She sized Lin Wanyi up again.
She wasn't particularly beautiful, but she wasn't ugly either.
In short, she was just an ordinary divorced woman. What kind of ability did she have to make the Liu family treat her with such special regard?
Seeing that Zhou Chenyu hadn't spoken for a while, Lin Wanyi broke the silence first.
"Secretary Zhou, may I ask what job I can do?"
Zhou Chenyu finally snapped back to reality.
"Oh, a clerk in the secretary's office just resigned. President Liu asked if you would like to come and give it a try."
Lin Wanyi's first reaction was to refuse.
She had been out of the workforce for far too long, and jumping straight into the role of the boss's secretary would undoubtedly be a difficult adjustment.
She couldn't just break the rules and accept special treatment over a trivial favor.
With this in mind, she finally spoke up.
"I am sorry, Secretary Zhou, but I don't think I am qualified for this position."
"Are you sure?"
