Her mom talk with Wang Leqin’s mom confidently, explaining clearly how Sun Yu cheated on Yang Wei, how he was caught, how the child died.

This made Wang Leqin’s mom increasingly think Yang Wei is a good person and consider matching him with her daughter.

Who knew her mom patted her chest and promised Wang Leqin’s mom she would definitely help arrange a meeting for the two kids.

Wang Leqin and Lin Wan were busy and didn’t notice until her mom had already met with Yang Wei once.

Lin Wan quickly and surprisedly asked, "Mom, how did you get in touch with Yang Wei?"

"Through your dad, I asked him to inquire." Liang Hongmei said with a laugh to her daughter, seemingly quite satisfied with the results.

"Ah... then, what did Yang Wei say?"

"That kid was humble, said their families were not well-matched, fearing Leqin would look down on him. But I think he has feelings for Leqin. Since he has feelings, there’s potential for something. I told Leqin’s mom to invite Yang Wei over to her house often, and through these visits, Leqin would see Yang Wei’s virtues."

Lin Wan rubbed her forehead, unsure whether Yang Wei’s intentions were genuine or due to Gao Ran.

If it’s genuine, it’s fine, but if it’s because of Gao Ran, it might be troublesome.

However, this matter faded away as Yang Wei returned to his hometown, and Wang Leqin’s mom couldn’t make it happen after several attempts to meet with him. Only then did she realize Yang Wei had gone back home. Wang Leqin’s mom pondered for two days and suddenly felt the complexities of marrying someone from the countryside. Every year going back and forth would be exhausting, especially considering her daughter has a bad temper and has never done household chores. She feared if her daughter married there, it might cause dissatisfaction among the in-laws, leading to conflicts. Eventually, if the marriage ended due to in-law issues, it would be hard for her daughter to remarry.

Instead, this relieved Wang Leqin, who returned home these days and recounted various unlucky marriage scenarios with mismatched families to her mom.

In the end, her mom didn’t bring it up again, and Wang Leqin, to keep her mom from worrying too much about her, directly took her mom to help her.

With so many orders from the exhibition, she needed to deliver on time.

After the exhibition ended, Lin Wan stayed home, designing a pair of fitness pants, and called Chen Haichang to order a batch of fabric for the fitness pants. It was the current trend, unavoidable to deal with, as many distributors wanted this style; not producing it might lead to losing some clients.

As a result, Chen Haichang was still in Capital City, reportedly for training a step-mom for the job?

After hanging up on Chen Haichang, Lin Wan phoned her step-mom at night to find out she was roped in by Chen Haichang to be the manager of a restaurant.

"Didn’t I tell your step-dad to find a job for me? He did find one, as a librarian at the library, not tiring, from nine to five. Who knew I hadn’t started yet when the third one dragged me over, insisting I help him with the store accounts. He said the new manager he hired last time falsified accounts while he was away, so he pulled me over."

Lin Wan listened to her step-mom’s tone seemed very excited about her work now.

"At first, I didn’t want to do it, but seeing Xie Lingzhi flaunting in front of me made me spiteful and accepted the job."

"What’s going on?" Lin Wan hadn’t had time to rejoice for her step-mom before hearing this.

"Still about Xiao Chi, he started a trading company and had Xie Lingzhi in the office. She gets more than a hundred dollars a month. At the start, she even called your step-dad and me over to celebrate her son’s company opening. She bragged about her son’s monthly salary in the office and how comfortable it was. She was belittling me, saying your step-dad got me a library job with thirty-something dollars a month, and she made more in a month than I did in three. I was annoyed hearing this and agreed to the third one’s offer, who also pays me more than a hundred bucks monthly now. He even promised a big bonus at year-end if the store thrived. Calculating this way, managing the shop might earn me more than Xie Lingzhi by year-end."

Lin Wan chuckled slyly over the phone, encouraging her step-mom, "Go step-mom, I’m rooting for you. Managing a store and its accounts is intricate; if you need advice, ask my mom, who’s very experienced in this area. Also, since you’re working, don’t dress too casually. I’ll mail some smart outfits to you soon; after all, you’re a manager now, let’s keep up appearances."

"Alright, alright, listening to my daughter. Help me pick out a few like your mom’s; just seeing them gives a sense of authority."

"Haha, don’t worry step-mom, will make sure you look more like a success than Xie Lingzhi."

"I love hearing that from you. Now, I just can’t stand Xie Lingzhi. Xiao Chi has a company, organizing exhibitions, collecting booth fees, even dealing with furniture and shoes, a truckload of them, selling quite a lot according to yard folks."

Lin Wan wasn’t too surprised. Mei Langchi definitely aims to rake in money during these years, although he discreetly sold off Ye Qing’s factory and house. His divorce has also spread in the courtyard, with both positive and negative chatter about Mei Langchi. Some say he’s unprincipled, others say he’s unlucky; opinions vary.

Mei Langchi is somewhat smart; he doesn’t bother with these opinions but focuses on his own business. Once he shows success, those who initially spoke ill might change their perspective.

That’s human nature; once you’re accomplished, no matter what you did before, it gets brushed aside. People just see you as successful, capable, a good earner, guaranteeing your future spouse won’t worry about food and drink.