After being reborn, my sister insisted on marrying me.

Time ticks by.

Saturday arrived in the blink of an eye.

Zhichun East Lane.

Wei Yi had just finished his boxing practice, taken a shower, and was sprawled on the sofa studying Bitcoin market trends.

Thirty thousand bitcoins lie quietly in the account, currently fluctuating around $850.

He calculated that it cost about 5000 yuan each, double the price he paid when he bought them.

However, it's still far from the highest peak I remember from my previous life.

They were feeling really good about it.

Chen Xinyi came out of the master bedroom, changed into a beige suit, put her hair up, and the platinum bracelet on her ring finger sparkled.

She bent down and kissed him on the lips.

"There's a brand launch event at the beauty salon today, so I won't be back at noon."

What brand?

"It's a South Korean medical aesthetic device brand. Sister Se-rin helped me make the connection. They plan to enter the Chinese market and are looking for local partners."

"Sister Shilin has impressive connections."

"Of course, she grew up in South Korea, after all."

Chen Xinyi picked up her bag, walked to the door, then turned back. "By the way, you seem to have something to do today too? Didn't Su Lai call last night?"

Wei Yi then remembered.

Sulei did make a phone call last night, sounding very mysterious, saying that an elder wanted to see him.

He was busy "competing" with Kim Se-rin at the time, so he casually agreed.

She said she would pick me up at ten o'clock.

"Okay, I'll be going now. Dress more formally, don't wear that shabby hoodie of yours."

"You bought that hoodie."

"...Then I'll just get you a new shirt I bought." Chen Xinyi slammed the door shut with a self-righteous air.

Jin Shilin poked her head out of the kitchen, holding a cup of soy milk, and winked at Wei Yi.

"Sulei's elders? Her father?"

"I don't know, she didn't say."

"Could it be that he's taken a liking to you?"

Jin Shilin took a sip of soy milk and said in a teasing tone, "After all, you are our Xinyi's precious darling, loved by everyone and adored by flowers."

"Sister Se-rin, did you learn those lines from Korean dramas?"

"Self-taught".

Jin Shilin carried over the soy milk and sat down on the armrest of the sofa. Suddenly, she became serious and said, "But speaking of which, what is Su Lai's family background? I always feel that there is something hidden under her round face."

She said they were from a cadre family, but I didn't ask for details.

Lin Siyan came out of the second bedroom, carrying a laptop, and unusually chimed in:

"From what I've observed, this person is no ordinary individual. Her background is definitely very strong; I've noticed that Lin Donghe and Zhou Min were both extremely polite to her."

Wei Yi became interested: "Sister Siyan, your parents are also in business. Don't people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang also value marriage between people of similar social standing? Which category do you think Su Lai falls into, power or wealth?"

"Both."

Lin Siyan's tone remained as calm as ever, but she paused here, "However, she is indeed an interesting person. Despite having a background, she never flaunts it, and she works harder than anyone else."

Wei Yi nodded, thinking that this was indeed correct.

Although Suleimani's round face isn't pretty, she has a really strong sense of execution and a big vision.

The key is that he's very down-to-earth and can take a joke.

He genuinely treated her like one of the guys.

At 10:00 sharp, my phone rang.

Sulaiman.

"Boss, I'm at the entrance of your apartment complex. Come out."

Wei Yi changed into a dark blue Oxford shirt and khaki casual pants, and looked at himself in the mirror.

Yes, it definitely looks better than that tattered hoodie.

Most importantly, he's handsome.

To put it simply, if you only look at his face, he's like Andy Lau on the left, Daniel Wu on the right, Michael Chun in front, Nicholas Tse behind, Tony Leung above, and Edison Chen below. If you cover his face, he's like Takeshi Kaneshiro.

Otherwise, his older sister wouldn't be so infatuated with him.

Otherwise, his older sister's female friends wouldn't have agreed to her so easily!

Otherwise, Sulei wouldn't have harbored such fantasies about him!

When I went downstairs, the ground was covered with fallen ginkgo leaves, all golden and shimmering.

Sulei's black Volkswagen was parked at the entrance, the window rolled down, revealing her signature round face.

Today, unusually, I didn't wear a ponytail. I let my hair down and put on light makeup, which made me look better than usual.

Wei Yi opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat.

Sulei looked him up and down, and unusually complimented him, saying, "You look quite smart today."

"That's the shirt my sister picked out."

"No wonder. Your older sister really has great taste."

Sulei started the car and casually tossed her phone into the armrest box. "Hold on tight, we're going somewhere a bit far today."

"Who are you going to see? Your dad or your mom?"

Sulei was silent for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing.

The laughter carried a hint of mischief, but more so a kind of inexplicable helplessness.

"I'll correct two mistakes. First, you weren't meeting my parents. Second..."

She paused, turned the steering wheel, and drove out of the residential area. "Before I tell you who I'm meeting, I want to explain a few things to you. Otherwise, you might blame me later."

"What is it?"

"Regarding IDG Capital, what I told you before was Lin Dong from IDG, and his uncle is a friend of my father."

Sulei's expression suddenly became a little subtle. "Actually, that's not entirely true. Uncle Lin is my uncle's college classmate, and he got to know my dad through my uncle."

Wei Yi leaned back in his chair, vaguely sensing that something was amiss.

"And then there's Sister Zhou," Su Lai added. "The reason I advised you to accept Zhou Min's investment was not only because she genuinely believed in Tage, but also because Sister Zhou's uncle and my uncle used to be colleagues, and he even served as my uncle's secretary."

Wei Yi sat up straight.

"Wait a minute. Your uncle, your great-uncle?"

Sulei didn't answer, but simply rolled the car window down a little further.

A cool October breeze blew in, causing a few strands of her hair to flutter.

"And then there's the school. When they approved the site and the startup funding, Director Li did read the business plan before signing, but she called my mom before she signed. She said, 'Director Ye, your daughter brought a student to apply for startup support, and the project looks pretty good.' My mom said, 'Then approve it.'"

"And what kind of director is your mother?"

"He's not some high-ranking official," Sulei said casually. "Just a minor director in the Ministry of Education."

Ministry of Education. Director.

Wei Yi went through those three words in his mind.

Although the university is a municipal university, if the director of the Ministry of Education wants to oversee the approval of a startup project, his subordinates can't help but give him face.

No wonder they had completed all the formalities before even registering for the job, and no wonder the vice principal signed the papers during the summer vacation.

"So you mean..."

Wei Yi took a deep breath. "From the very beginning of the project to now, your family has been helping with every step of the way."

"That's not entirely true."

Su Lai corrected her earnestly, "I did most of the work myself. On the day the site was approved, I went to the administration building five times, practically wearing out Dean Kong's doorstep. My mom just made a phone call, which was at most icing on the cake."

Wei Yi really wanted to say that if it weren't for your mother's phone call, you might have run around ten thousand times and it would have been useless.

He suddenly understood many things.

In her past life, Sulei was able to become the president of the General Assembly not only because she was capable, but also because the people behind her were influential.

The "senior" he casually picked up at the driving school in this lifetime was never an SR card from the beginning.

The car traveled east along Xizhimenwai Street, then turned south and entered a densely wooded neighborhood.

Wei Yi looked up at the road sign, and his spine suddenly tightened.

Second Ring Road.

Inside the Second Ring Road.

A series of traditional courtyard houses began to appear along the roadside, with blue bricks, gray tiles, and vermilion gates. Occasionally, armed police could be seen standing guard at the entrances.

The walls were covered with trumpet vines and Virginia creepers, and the outlines of gray bricks were visible beneath the vines, as heavy as pages of history being turned.

The traffic on the road gradually thinned out, and there were fewer pedestrians. In their place were rows of black sedans with closed windows and inconspicuous license plates.

"Senior," Wei Yi spoke for the third time, his tone no longer as relaxed as before, "who exactly are you taking me to see?"

Sulei turned the steering wheel and entered a narrow alley that could only accommodate one car at a time.

Tall Chinese scholar trees line both sides of the alley, their canopies blocking out the sun, which filters through the leaves and dapples the bluestone pavement.

"My grandfather."

The car stopped in front of a vermilion gate.

A young man in a white shirt was standing at the door. When he saw Sulei's car, he took the initiative to open the car door.

"Miss Su, the old man is in the backyard."

Su Lai got out of the car and glanced back at Wei Yi, who was still in a daze in the passenger seat.

"Let's go. Relax, it's just a meal."

She smiled. "Oh, right, I forgot to mention. When my grandfather retired, his position was Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi."

Wei Yi sat in the passenger seat, taking a few seconds to process the information.

He was appointed as the Chancellor of the Secretariat and the Chancellery.

The Vice Minister.

He worked in the Chaoyang District Subdistrict Office for so many years in his previous life, and he had actually met even the highest-ranking leaders.

I've met the male lead twice already!

But back then, he was just a background character, a smiling extra in the background!

Now?

Now he is about to face a Grand Councilor.

No wonder.

No wonder Zhou Min agreed so readily to the joint investment from Zhongding and IDG.

No wonder IDG's Lin Donghe was so polite, no wonder the paperwork went smoothly all the way through.

"Senior."

"Um?"

"There's a mountain hidden under that round face of yours."

"You son of a bitch, I'm going to beat you to death!"

Sulei chuckled in exasperation, not expecting this guy to dare to make such a joke at a time like this.

She reached out and opened the car door: "Get out of the car now. Also, if you can be this talkative in front of my grandpa later, then I'll respect you as a man."

"I'm not a man. I'm just a handsome man."

"Get out! Get out! Get out!"

The two laughed and joked as they walked toward the vermilion gate.

Another thought suddenly popped into Wei Yi's mind.

All he ever did in his life was run a bike-sharing business, and all he ever thought about was swindling money from investors and then running away.

He had never discussed this plan in detail with anyone except his older sister.

Sulei was unaware of this, which is why she worked with such enthusiasm.

He originally planned to cash out and leave when the industry was at its most frenzied in 2017, regardless of what would happen later.

But it's different now.

Her grandfather was the Chancellor of the Imperial Secretariat, so the Tage company couldn't possibly be just a tool for making money.

Who told this girl to not just be a figurehead, but to be involved in the whole process, and even be considered a key figure in it?

What if this turns out to be a financial scam?

What would happen to Suleimani's reputation if he cashed out and ran away in 2017, leaving behind a mess?

What about her grandfather's reputation?

He suddenly realized that from the moment he took the initiative to invite Su Lai to join Tage at the driving school, his plan to leave had already been put under an invisible shackle.

He just didn't know that at the time.