Joe Qi nodded, "Of course. The Yangtze's waves keep pushing forward."
Cecilia Gu and Joe Qi shared a knowing smile.
Cecilia hadn't expected that after spending a whole day talking with Joe Qi, she'd see another familiar stranger the very next day.
The visitor was Dieyi Chen.
When Cecilia learned that Dieyi Chen wanted to see her, she was genuinely shocked.
Cecilia had imagined anyone might come to chat with her, but she never thought it would be Dieyi Chen.
After all, back then, she and Dieyi had never really crossed paths.
Most importantly, Dieyi Chen had always sided with Sylvia Ran.
After all this time, for Dieyi to seek her out on her own—it really was surprising.
After thinking it over, Cecilia decided to meet with her.
After all, she was curious what Dieyi Chen would actually say.
Times had changed; things were different now.
These days, Cecilia Gu wasn't just powerful and influential.
Even walking down the street, people would often recognize her.
Naturally, no one dared to mess with her.
So, Cecilia arranged to meet Dieyi Chen outside.
Unlike Joe Qi, whom she saw often, Dieyi had been out of her life for years.
Eighteen years had passed, and Dieyi's face clearly showed signs of decline.
It looked like she hadn't had an easy time these past years.
Compared to Dieyi's decline, Cecilia looked much more vibrant.
Even though she was already in her forties, she looked barely thirty.
Dieyi Chen saw Cecilia and gave a bitter smile. "Mrs. Yin, you haven't aged a day in twenty years."
Cecilia sat down in front of Dieyi, smiling lightly. "You look good too."
Dieyi shook her head. "No, I'm nothing like you. Now you're the sought-after Mrs. Yin, chairwoman of Saint Diana Academy, and general manager and vice president of Danni Cosmetics. Me? I'm just a humble teacher."
Cecilia didn't reply, just kept smiling at her.
"I'm really glad and surprised you agreed to see me. I thought you'd refuse. After all, I used to side with Sylvia Ran and did a lot of things I regret." Dieyi looked at Cecilia bitterly. "I'm honored you could forgive and forget."
"Back then, you were tricked too. Sylvia Ran seduced Joe Qi, and you must've been really hurt, right?" Cecilia gently stirred her coffee. "Honestly, I don't hold anything against you. Helping a friend is only natural. It's been so many years—how have you been?"
Hearing Cecilia say this, Dieyi's nose tingled and her eyes reddened, her voice choking. "No, not well at all. After divorcing Joe Qi, I left with a lot of money and started over in a new place, teaching again. But... but I just can't let go... I heard Joe Qi hasn't remarried all these years. Do you think... he might consider getting back together? I don't dare ask him myself, so I wanted to ask for your help, Mrs. Yin."
Cecilia looked at Dieyi in surprise. "You want to remarry Joe Qi?"
Dieyi paused and said, "Mrs. Yin, I'm not young anymore. All those things from when we were young—they're behind us. I don't want to hold grudges. Anna is all grown up now, and I haven't seen her in ages."
Cecilia opened her mouth, sighed, and said, "Alright, I'll talk to Joe Qi. But I can't promise how it'll turn out."
"Thank you," Dieyi nodded to Cecilia. "You really are a good person."
Cecilia just shook her head, not agreeing with that.
After saying goodbye to Dieyi, Cecilia told Charles Yin about it.
On the other end of the phone, Charles Yin sighed and said, "You should tell Joe Qi. Whatever he decides, it's up to him."
"Charles, if it were you, could you let go of what happened back then?" Cecilia couldn't help but ask.
"There's no 'if.' Cici, for us, it's always meant to be—no 'what if.'" Charles said assertively. "We're not Joe Qi, and we can't make decisions for him. As friends, all we can do is respect his choice."
Cecilia smiled softly, "I understand."
While Cecilia and Charles were sighing over Joe Qi and Dieyi's situation, the Yin family's little troublemaker, Yina Yin, was up to something big.
So what did she do?
Better ask those punks lying on the ground first!
Right now, Yina Yin was standing on the street, exuding confidence and attitude, hands in the pockets of her Saint Diana Academy uniform pants. Her expression was both disdainful and provocative, and her tone was downright wicked: "Heh, is that all you've got? You think you can act tough?"
Yina tilted her head down slightly, her sharp eyes narrowing—she was just ridiculously cool!
The few punks she'd knocked to the ground were about seventeen or eighteen, but in front of Yina Yin, they were completely helpless.
The girl who'd been harassed was now hiding behind Yina, looking at her with nervous admiration.
So cool! So incredibly cool!
The whole scene was so cool it made your heart race—total nosebleed material!
To get the full story, you had to interview the flyer lady, who'd watched the whole thing.
Someone in the crowd asked the flyer lady, "What happened here?"
The flyer lady's eyes sparkled as she waved her arms excitedly. "Look, those punks on the ground tried to drag that pretty girl off with them. Just then, that handsome kid rode up, hopped off his bike, and marched right over—bam, bam, bam! Knocked them out cold! So cool! How can there be such a cool boy in this world?"
Everyone around suddenly understood!
They all turned to look at Yina Yin...
Yep, they were absolutely convinced Yina Yin was a boy!
Right then, Yina Yin reached out and put her arm around the girl who'd been harassed, lowering her voice, "It's a man's shame to let a beauty get scared. May I have the honor of escorting you, my lady?"
"I'd love to!" The girl felt like she was floating on air.
So... so... so cool!
Yina flashed a charming smile, then scooped the girl up in her arms and carried her straight to her bike. After putting the helmet on the girl, Yina hopped on, turned back with a gentle smile, "Hold on tight, don't fall off."
The girl didn't hesitate; she hugged Yina's waist and pressed herself happily against Yina's back, feeling the rush of speed.
The bodyguards assigned to protect Yina Yin were crying their eyes out in the distance.
Miss!
Are you really okay with being such a flirt?
You're a girl, for crying out loud!
Isn't it enough that all the girls at Saint Diana Academy are crazy about you? Now you want random women in society screaming for you too?
And we're supposed to be protecting you!
With fighting skills like yours, we're about to be out of a job!
Young master, please come back soon!
Without you here to keep order, the young miss is going to turn the place upside down!
When it came to Yina Yin getting into fights, there was no need to report it to the higher-ups.
Because she practically got into fights every day!
After knocking out all the boys at school, she started picking fights in the high school division.