Chapter 1109: Chapter 477: Transformation

No matter how you look at it, Zhou Yuwen is a big boss now, frequenting high-end spots, like these Japanese restaurants. He often brings Zheng Yanyan and the others, or dines with business partners, and every meal sets him back a good few thousand bucks.

But truth be told, Zhou Yuwen doesn’t feel there’s much of a difference; isn’t it all just food? It’s all the same cold, raw taste anyway.

He’s pretty happy with a meal for just two hundred.

However, what he didn’t know was that Li Shiqi felt the pinch of this meal as it cost four hundred yuan. She was mostly amazed by Zhou Yuwen’s wastefulness, eating just two or three bites of each dish, and then claiming he was full.

“Do you still want to eat?” Zhou Yuwen asked, just as Li Shiqi was about to eat a little more.

Her hand, which was reaching out, hovered for a moment and then reluctantly pulled back: “Oh, I’m full too.”

“Okay, so, should we continue shopping?”

Zhou Yuwen implied they should keep browsing the mall, and Li Shiqi had no objections.

So, coming out of the private room, Li Shiqi readied her phone to pay the bill.

Only to be told by the cashier: “Pay the bill? It’s already been covered?”

Li Shiqi was taken aback and looked over at Zhou Yuwen, who smiled at her and said, “Did you really think I’d let you pay?”

Having said that, Zhou Yuwen led the way.

Honestly, at that moment, Li Shiqi didn’t feel touched. Instead, she deeply sensed an insurmountable gap between them, no matter how hard she tried, she felt she could never catch up to Zhou Yuwen.

After leaving the Japanese restaurant, they meandered from the first to the fourth floor. Golden Eagle is considered a well-known city complex in Jinling, with all sorts of products, from luxury items to everyday household goods, all available.

Li Shiqi was drawn to a bridal shop.

In the display case was a very beautiful off-shoulder white wedding gown, draped on a black mannequin, the long train glistening with sparkles.

Zhou Yuwen stood with Li Shiqi outside the display, watching the wedding gown, and asked if she liked it.

Li Shiqi nodded, then shook her head.

Zhou Yuwen didn’t understand her meaning.

Li Shiqi smiled and said, “For me now, marriage seems a bit too early.”

Hearing this, Zhou Yuwen couldn’t help but laugh: “True, you don’t even know who the groom would be yet.”

Li Shiqi glanced at Zhou Yuwen, feeling a bit embarrassed.

Zhou Yuwen asked if she wanted to try on the wedding gown.

“If you want, I could reluctantly play the groom for you.”

Saying this, he took her hand and made to head inside.

Naturally, Li Shiqi felt quite awkward, thinking you don’t try on clothes without intending to buy them.

Zhou Yuwen said it was okay, there was no harm in trying it on.

Just as they were at an impasse, Zhou Yuwen’s phone rang.

With no choice, Zhou Yuwen let go of Li Shiqi and went to take the call.

It was Liu Dongqiang, still on the matter of his engagement to Zhang Tianze. Liu Dongqiang insisted that Zhou Yuwen must come over, and help him out with things, even being his best man when the wedding happens.

Hearing this, Zhou Yuwen couldn’t help but chuckle and said, wasn’t that a bit much?

“Are you looking down on me, buddy?” Liu Dongqiang joked over the phone.

Zhou Yuwen said, how could that be?

So they chatted briefly, with Liu Dongqiang informing Zhou Yuwen that the engagement ceremony was set for next week, so Zhou Yuwen must come.

Zhou Yuwen assured him that he would be there.

After hanging up, Li Shiqi, curious, asked Zhou Yuwen who had called.

Zhou Yuwen replied that it was Liu Dongqiang.

Li Shiqi thought the name sounded familiar, but she couldn’t immediately recall who it was.

Zhou Yuwen explained, “He’s the boss of Jingdong.”

“Jingdong?”

Only then did Li Shiqi remember, “He’s the one, over forty, who married a twenty-year-old, the campus beauty from Huaqing?”

“Even you know about that?” Zhou Yuwen looked at her with newfound respect.

This made Li Shiqi a bit annoyed; she said she wasn’t a bookworm unaware of everything.

Zhou Yuwen said, “But you really were a bookworm in high school.”

“…”

High school was high school, but things were different now. The affair between Liu Dongqiang and Milk Tea Sister had caused quite a stir, especially in her hometown, Jinling, so naturally more people knew.

Honestly, while Brother Dong was more than enough for Milk Tea Sister, in the public eye they still seemed not too well-matched. Milk Tea Sister, a national beauty, was marrying a man just three years younger than her father; what for?

Zhou Yuwen asked if Li Shiqi thought so too.

Li Shiqi denied, “No.”

Zhou Yuwen asked, “Really?”

Li Shiqi pursed her lips and stayed silent.

Alright, it seemed she did think so. She said, “But I didn’t expect you to know him, he’s very capable.”

Zhou Yuwen said, “I’m not too shabby either.”

Uh, thinking about it that way, that’s true too.

This time they strolled and chatted more naturally through the mall.

Next week he had to attend Liu Dongqiang’s engagement banquet. Liu Dongqiang wanted to introduce a few friends to him; all with their partners, and asked Zhou Yuwen to bring a special female friend too.

Zhou Yuwen said, my girlfriend is in the United States.

“You know that.”

Upon hearing this, Liu Dongqiang chuckled and said, “Brother, you can say that to others, but what’s the point of saying it to me? Do you really lack female admirers?”

Zhou Yuwen said, how could he not? Why not have your wife introduce a couple?

Liu Dongqiang said sure, in fact, a few of her cousins and aunts were visiting, he’ll introduce them to you then.