Du Liya froze. "Shen Zhengfeng, you married Li Xiaomei a long time ago. Me remarrying now isn’t exactly fast, is it?"

"But... but you told me you loved me! Right up until we divorced, you were still asking if I had ever loved you!"

The reason Shen Zhengfeng had managed to stay with Du Liya for so many years and even have a son with her—aside from her family being very wealthy and well-connected—was that, most importantly, Du Liya had always worshipped him.

A beautiful young woman, stylishly dressed with permed hair, bright and lovely, with eyes only for him.

That was the sum of Shen Zhengfeng’s memories of the young Du Liya.

But now, seeing Du Liya in the arms of a younger man, her gaze filled with disgust as she looked at him, Shen Zhengfeng felt nothing but irritation and frustration.

He even felt like he’d been deceived.

Beidou, however, saw right through him. He said earnestly, "You regret it, don’t you? You once held a treasure in your hands, but you were the one who didn’t cherish it. Now’s the time for you to be a bit more graceful, a bit more of a gentleman. Liya, let’s go."

Du Liya nodded, but before she left, she didn’t forget to add one last thing to Shen Zhengfeng. "Remember, you have to come that day. And bring two cash gifts."

Shen Zhengfeng was left speechless.

When it came to an ex, seeing them happy was like a bolt from the blue.

At that moment, Shen Zhengfeng wasn’t just so angry that his blood pressure skyrocketed; he felt like he was about to cough up blood!

Once the wedding was over, they could take back the clothing factory. Qin Zhonghui and Su Yun decided not to open their shop for now and would instead prepare to run the factory’s cafeteria. Coincidentally, Qin Na and Sun Jianhua had already bought their tickets. They had finished up their business and would be rushing to North City on the eve of the wedding to help them get the cafeteria started.

Qin Bogang had also received the news of Qin Jiao’s upcoming wedding. He couldn’t help but sigh when he heard his younger brother say he wasn’t planning on telling their parents back home.

Sun Li had just gotten home from work when she heard her husband sighing nonstop. "What are you sighing about now?" she asked, exasperated. "Did Mom and Dad ask for money again?"

"No!" Qin Bogang said quickly. He explained that Qin Jiao was marrying Shen Yi, then added in frustration, "I’m telling you, Zhong Hui is being too hasty. Xiao Jiao is still in college, so what’s the rush to get married? What’s even more baffling is that he’s not planning to tell Mom and Dad."

Sun Li, who had already tied on her apron to start making dinner, said, "Xiao Jiao getting married is a good thing. Shen Yi’s family is well-off. Xiao Jiao is doing the right thing; she needs to lock him down first. What if some other girl at the university takes a liking to him and snatches him away? As for your brother not telling Mom and Dad, isn’t that perfectly normal? It doesn’t matter whether they know or not. It’s not like they’d do anything. After all, they’ve never cared much for any of the girls."

Sun Li understood her in-laws’ preference for boys over girls all too well. Nowadays, whenever it was the holidays, she would just let Qin Bogang go back by himself while she took Xiao Lan to visit her own parents.

Qin Bogang sulked, not knowing how to resolve the issue. Finally, he muttered resentfully, "In any case, we’re not going."

"Why wouldn’t we go? Qin Bogang, are you an idiot? Your brother’s family is doing better and better, and now Xiao Jiao is marrying into a good family. You’re just going to cut off ties with such good relatives? Besides, in another three years, Xiao Lan might get into a top university in North City. We’ll have to ask your brother to help look after her then!"

Qin Xiaolan, having just finished a practice exam, pushed open her door and asked in pleasant surprise, "Mom, are we going to North City?"

"Yes. We’re going to your cousin Xiao Jiao’s wedding. We can also take a look at her university while we’re there. When you get back, you’d better study hard and follow your cousin’s example, you hear?"