The next day, once Qin Zhiwei had left Red Leaf Estate with Shen Xinyi, Xu Ye and Chen Qingqing headed to the office too.

They'd barely walked in when Zha Lingjun from business liaison brought Xu Ye some good news. "Director Xu, Bilibili's going to push our livestream tonight. Our stream should make the front page."

"Great. And… Director Pei has invited a lot of reporters from fashion magazines. Make sure you get on good terms with them over the next two days."

"Good terms?"

Xu Ye rolled his eyes. "Find a way to 'bribe' them, so they say lots of nice things about us when they write it up. The company covers whatever that costs. Got it?"

"Got it!"

As they were talking, Wang Lanlan from logistics hurried over. "Director Xu, it looks like there'll be a lot more people at the venue tonight than we planned for. Logistics doesn't have enough hands."

"I'll get in touch with the hotel in a minute and have them lend us some of their security staff. You coordinate with them this afternoon."

"Okay."

"Director Xu…"

While Xu Ye was run off his feet, Shen Xinyi was finally meeting Qin Zhiwei's parents. Wang Mei, like Zhang Hong, was the kind of extrovert who could steamroll anyone into a conversation. Over the course of one visit, what she called Shen Xinyi changed several times. First it was "Xinyi," then "girl," and by the end it was "baby."

Qin Zhiwei cringed so hard it hurt. I haven't even called her baby yet.

After lunch, Shen Xinyi was on pins and needles. She started shooting Qin Zhiwei looks. He got the message, stood up and said, "Mom, Xu Ye and I made plans to go out this afternoon. We're heading off."

"Will you two be home for dinner?"

"We'll see. I'll call ahead."

Once Qin Zhiwei and Shen Xinyi were out the door, Qin Wenliang had to laugh. "Look at your son. He's learned to read the room."

"That's a good thing. Men who listen to their wives get rich."

"Then how come I'm still this…