After being reborn, my sister insisted on marrying me.

Xinyan Beauty Salon.

Reception room.

"This is my daughter, Jing Shu," Senior Brother Ren introduced, turning to the side with a hint of helplessness in his tone. "This child isn't very talkative."

"Jing Shu, say hello to your brother," his wife urged softly.

The little girl finally raised her head and her eyes met Wei Yi's.

Her eyes were empty, like a dry well, and then she lowered her head to continue playing with her phone strap.

Wei Yi smiled and said it was okay, taking half a step back, but his heart was in turmoil.

In his previous life, he first met Senior Brother Ren, then Senior Brother Ren's second wife, and finally met Wu Jingshu three months before his death.

These three people appear completely separately in his timeline; he never pieced them together as a family.

Now look what's happened, they're all standing right in front of him, all lined up neatly, not one missing.

And the way his mother looked at him...

Wei Yi secretly glanced at Senior Brother Ren again.

The senior student with thick eyebrows and big eyes was smiling and discussing medical aesthetic equipment with Chen Xinyi. He was calm and composed, and had a very elegant demeanor.

He suddenly realized that the messy things that happened in his past life might not have been solely his sister's fault.

This senior brother Ren with his thick eyebrows and big eyes is truly a god among gods.

No, it seems that Senior Brother Ren's wife and daughter are also extraordinary people.

This family is truly extraordinary.

"Wei Yi." Chen Xinyi's voice pulled him back to reality. "Senior Brother Ren said his company is having an internal lecture next weekend and they'd like you to talk about the sharing economy and college student entrepreneurship. Are you going?"

"Me, go and teach? I'm not a teacher."

"It's just a sharing session. Didn't you give a good presentation to Principal Lu the other day? Just repeat what you said." Chen Xinyi's peach blossom eyes curved into crescents, clearly indicating that she had already agreed on his behalf.

Wei Yi glanced at Senior Brother Ren, then at Senior Brother Ren's wife.

Aunt Wu, who was still staring intently at him, glanced again at Wu Jingshu, who was sitting quietly in the corner like a potted plant.

He sighed inwardly.

Fine, since I was already that absurd in my past life, no matter how much I mess around in this life, it won't be much worse.

"Okay. Senior Brother Ren, you set the time, and I'll get ready."

Senior Brother Ren smiled and nodded, then took out a business card from the inside pocket of his jacket and handed it to him.

The business card reads "Cadre Education Division, Organization Department of the Beijing Municipal Committee," followed by a landline number and email address.

At the level of a full-fledged division chief, holding a substantive position.

No wonder he was able to use his connections to get the deputy director position in his past life.

"The phone number and working hours are on the business card. I'll have your sister pass on the details later."

Wei Yi accepted the business card and thanked him.

His wife suddenly spoke, her voice sounding much younger than her actual age, soft and with a barely perceptible tremor.

"Wei Yi, do you work out regularly? You look to be in great shape."

"I practice occasionally."

"Which gym? A new one just opened near my workplace, and the environment is quite nice."

Senior Brother Ren coughed beside him.

His wife then realized she had said a bit too much, smiled, looked away, and started scrolling through her phone.

Wei Yi noticed that her ears were red; she was almost forty, but when she blushed, she looked like a young girl.

After chatting for a few minutes, Senior Brother Ren and his family said goodbye.

Wu Jingshu followed her mother out, never looking up at anyone from beginning to end.

As she reached the door, her phone strap swung, and a light blue bear pendant fell to the floor.

Wei Yi bent down to pick it up for her and handed it to her.

"Your little bear."

She reached out and took it; her fingers were long and slender, and her nails were cut very short.

Her gaze lingered on his face for less than half a second. Her lips moved, and she probably said thank you, but her voice was so soft it was almost inaudible. Then she quickly followed her mother and disappeared around the corner of the corridor.

Chen Xinyi leaned against the door frame of the beauty salon, her arms crossed, her peach blossom eyes full of smiles.

"How was it? Senior Brother Ren is pretty good, isn't he?"

"It's pretty good." Wei Yi put the business card away, walked up to her, and said, "Sis, I have something important to tell you."

"What a coincidence, I also have something important to tell you. You go first."

"Sulei's grandfather..."

"The former vice prime minister has been retired for several years."

Chen Xinyi answered flawlessly, her tone calm, "Her mother works in the Ministry of Education as a director. Her eldest uncle is a senior colonel, her youngest uncle works in Xinjiang Province, and her father works in Fujian Province. Her youngest uncle is a classmate of Lin Donghe from IDG."

Wei Yi stood there with his mouth half open, all his prepared lines stolen away.

How did you know?

"I started investigating when you appointed Su Lai as the general manager of Tage."

Chen Xinyi turned and walked inside, her high heels clicking crisply on the marble floor. "The name Su Lai is too conspicuous in the UN Student Union. A simple search can reveal who her parents are. Going further back, her grandfather's resume can be found in public records. Do you think your sister is just a freeloader?"

Wei Yi followed him into the VIP room.

Several brand-new medical aesthetic instruments were placed in the room, and the Korean text on the screen was still flashing.

Chen Xinyi sat on the sofa, crossed her legs, picked up the now-cold Americano from the coffee table, and took a sip.

"That's why I deliberately sent you alone, so you could scout things out. Let me guess how you did today—were you a little nervous at first, then quickly recovered, and then had a good chat with Old Su?"

How did you know?

"Because you're my brother."

Chen Xinyi chuckled and put down her coffee cup. "If you were the kind of person whose legs would go weak in the face when you see important people, I wouldn't have let you go alone. Your problem has never been ability, it's laziness. You can do very well if someone gives you a push, but if no one pushes you, you just stay stuck in the same place."

Wei Yi had no way to refute it.

He sat down next to her and roughly recounted what he had talked about with Old Su that day.

The direction of the sharing economy, the idea of ​​credit scores, Mr. Su's attitude towards Tage, and the last sentence "Stay for dinner".

Chen Xinyi listened attentively without interrupting, only twitching her eyebrows slightly when he mentioned credit scores.

"Aurora Credit?"

"Yes. We want to develop a civilian credit scoring system in addition to bank credit reporting, using cycling data, consumption data, and social data to assess users' creditworthiness. This idea came up on the spur of the moment when I was talking to Mr. Su. It's still very rough, and I haven't figured out how to implement it yet."

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

"Do you know what you did today? You met a former vice prime minister for the first time, and not only did you talk about the sharing economy, but you also promoted the concept of a credit score, and in the end, he invited you to stay for dinner."

"That's because Mr. Su is easygoing."

"You said Old Master Su was easygoing, but this guy is rumored to have a bad temper. You're quite capable to get a junior like him to stay for a meal."

Wei Yi didn't respond.

He forked a piece of apple from the fruit plate, put it in his mouth, and chewed it.

"Sis, Sulei's background is too strong, it's making me a little nervous. I originally wanted to start a bike-sharing business to raise some capital, but now, I'm really worried."

"Don't panic, we'll just deal with it as it comes." Chen Xinyi poked a piece of apple with her fork. "By the way, you knew Senior Brother Ren before?"

"No."

"The way you looked at that family of three just now was off, especially when you looked at his wife and daughter. Do you know them?"

Wei Yi almost choked on the apple in his mouth.

He cursed inwardly; his sister's observational skills were terrifying.

"I don't know her. I just felt that Aunt Wu was looking at me a little strangely."

"What's strange about it?"

"It's too bright. It's like seeing something rare and unusual."

Chen Xinyi smiled, a smile that held a profound meaning.

She placed the fork on the edge of the fruit plate, leaned back on the sofa, and her almond-shaped eyes gleamed in the light with a familiar light that sent chills down Wei Yi's spine.

Do you know why she looked at you like that?

"have no idea."

"I actually knew Sister Wu first because she was a big, long-term client of mine at the beauty salon. Later I found out that her husband was my future senior colleague."

"and then?"

"After we got to know each other, Sister Wu talked to me a few times, saying that her married life was very disharmonious, that her husband had no interest in her, and that her husband was sick, etc."

Hearing this, Wei Yi couldn't help but give his sister a thumbs up in his heart.

They've only known each other for a short time and chatted a few times, yet someone has already exposed such private matters.

"She probably hasn't seen anyone pleasing to the eye in ages since she saw you today. Or maybe... hehe, who knows?" Chen Xinyi said meaningfully.

Wei Yi picked up his Americano and took a sip.

I thought to myself, "Sis, you've got a lot of information to share."

He placed the empty coffee cup on the coffee table, stood up, and walked around the room a couple of times.

Outside the window, the traffic on Zhongguancun Street stretched out in a long line in the evening sunset, the taillights forming a red river.

"Sister, you..."

beep beep~

Chen Xinyi's phone rang.

She picked up her phone from beside the fruit plate, glanced at it, and immediately smiled.

Then turn the screen around and show it to him.

The screen shows a WeChat chat window, and the other person's nickname is "Sister Wu".

"Brother Ren's wife invited me to her house tomorrow. She said her daughter has autistic tendencies and doesn't like to communicate with people, so she asked if you could come along too."

This reason was somewhat well-intentioned.

But thinking about the way that aunt looked at him earlier, Wei Yi suddenly realized that this wasn't a good job.

But his sister actually agreed.

"I've agreed on your behalf. We'll go together tomorrow. The Wu family has a lot of influence, so getting to know them will benefit you in the future. If you want to improve your credit score and deal with government departments, Senior Brother Ren works in the Organization Department; that connection will come in handy."

"Sis, are you asking me to sell my body?"

"I didn't ask you to sell it." Chen Xinyi stood up with a smile, walked over to him, and stood on tiptoe to straighten his shirt collar. "Besides, look at you, making that wife laugh like that. If you don't go, who will?"

Wei Yi looked down into her eyes.

Those peach blossom eyes held a mischievousness, a cunning, a calculating quality, and a very faint layer of excitement that only he could understand.

"Sister, tell me honestly, did you already know about Senior Brother Ren's family situation all along?"

"I know a little. Not much. What's wrong?"

"What are you thinking about now?"

"I wasn't thinking about anything. I just felt..."

Chen Xinyi smoothed out the last crease on his collar, patted it, and said, "Having more friends means having more options. Besides, Senior Brother Ren is definitely someone worth befriending. He's capable, in a good position, and has no airs. He's a rare find."

She spoke with righteous indignation, but Wei Yi didn't believe a single word she said.

As darkness fell outside the window, the buildings in Zhongguancun lit up.

He took out his senior brother Ren's business card and looked at the words "Cadre Education Department of the Organization Department of the Capital Municipal Party Committee". He recalled the refined face of this guy in his previous life and suddenly felt that this life might be even more exciting than the last.