Back to the 1980s: Becoming the Villain's Lucky Wife

”Leave it as is,” Shen Yi said, but then added, ”Wait. Is there anything else in the next two days that requires my personal attention?”

”Nothing else, but there’s a cruise ship party tonight that you need to attend. It’s all the financial bigwigs from State City, and they’re very interested in the emerging electronics industry.”

In short, offending these bigwigs could impact the company’s financial operations.

Shen Yi hated these kinds of social events the most, but he understood what was at stake and had no choice but to go.

He nodded. ”Alright. Tonight’s schedule is unchanged. I’ll handle everything else tomorrow morning. Then, change my flight to tomorrow afternoon.”

”Yes, Boss.”

Every time he attended one of these social functions, Shen Yi would check in with Qin Jiao. His employees would say to his face what a great relationship the boss and his wife had, but behind his back, they thought he was just plain scared of his wife.

’A man as young, handsome, and wealthy as the boss, and he doesn’t cheat at all?’

’What a waste.’

His assistant, Xiao Chen, watched them gossip and shook his head, speechless.

’You common folk have no idea how amazing the boss’s wife is!’

’When it comes to looks, even A-list celebrities aren’t as beautiful as the boss’s wife. And that’s not even mentioning that she was a top student and runs three companies on her own!’

A clothing company, a restaurant, and a noodle shop chain.

’She also gave the boss a pair of healthy, beautiful, and intelligent twins—a boy and a girl. Her life is what you’d call completely perfect.’

’With a wife that amazing, if the boss were still messing around on the side... she’d probably kick him to the curb in a heartbeat.’

’Rumor has it, there’s a long line of men who’ve taken a number, just waiting for Shen Yi to get kicked to the curb so they can fill the spot.’

That last part was a bit of an exaggeration, of course, but it was enough to show that in his marriage, their boss was definitely the one with lower status.

At the State City electronics company, a female employee chimed in indignantly, ”Why would the boss have lower status? I heard his family has always been rich, but the boss’s wife grew up in the countryside.”

Xiao Chen sneered. ”What’s wrong with the countryside? You look down on people from rural areas?”

The female employee’s face paled. ”I never said that! I just feel that the boss’s wife doesn’t help him much, and he has to work so hard. If she understood anything about the electronics industry, he wouldn’t have to struggle so much.”

”The boss’s wife was the top scorer in the entire province on her college entrance exams! It’s not that she can’t learn, she just didn’t want to. If she had decided to major in computer science, you all would’ve been left in the dust!”

Xiao Chen mercilessly shattered their fantasies with a dose of cold, hard reality.

He knew full well that if the boss’s wife ever got fed up with him, the whole company could very well go under.

He gave the group of foolish mortals a cool glance, the light of wisdom shining in his eyes.

Shen Yi couldn’t care less what other people said. Even if they claimed he was always chasing after Qin Jiao, it wouldn’t matter, because it was the truth.

After checking in with his wife, he changed into a suit and headed to the cruise ship party with his assistant, Xiao Chen.

Normally, when Shen Yi attended these kinds of parties, he would make the rounds, drinking and talking with people. Once he’d met all the key figures, he would retreat to a corner with Xiao Chen to have a drink, chat, and wait out the rest of the event.

After drinking and chatting with a few of the bigwigs, he took Xiao Chen to a corner as usual to find a quiet spot, look at the night view, and get some air. But then a young woman in a red strapless dress, swirling a glass of red wine, approached Shen Yi.

She smiled coquettishly and said, ”Boss Shen, you don’t mind if I enjoy the night view here too, do you?”