Who Would Fall in Love After Being Reborn?

TL: Etude Translations

“Mr. Qin, the young miss’s lost luggage has been found.”

As evening approached, inside a skyscraper adjacent to the Huangpu River, in the top-floor office, a young woman sitting behind a desk set down her teacup on the table and gave a gentle wave of her hand.

She was dressed in a black long dress, her hair neatly pinned up, exuding an aura of nobility. Her makeup was exquisite yet simple, elegantly just right.

Seeing this, the secretary in a pencil skirt left the CEO’s office, gently closing the door behind her, her footsteps gradually fading away in the empty corridor.

“Jiang Qin…”

The young woman grasped the mouse, opened her email, clicked on the address book, found a name labeled ‘Eagle Eye’ in the group, and browsed through the historical emails sent by this account.

These emails all lacked subject lines and content, but the attachments were quite large, each one a compressed file. After decompression, they revealed folders named after Jiang Qin, each tagged with a date.

The most recent folder was titled [Jiang Qin—0601]

It contained all information about Jiang Qin from June onwards, including his major activities at university and records of significant events on Pintuan and Zhihu from June to July.

If Mr. Jiang were here, he would be scared witless, wondering who was investigating him so thoroughly behind his back?

In fact, it was none other than the Honorary President of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce, the CEO of Azure Investment Company, Qin Jingqiu, also the second lady of the Feng family, Aunt of Feng Nanshu.

Ever since hearing Feng Nanshu talk in her sleep during last year’s Golden Week in November, she knew a person had taken residence in her niece’s heart. So, she hired a private investigator to look into it.

The information returned was quite ordinary, just an average person from an average family, nothing much of interest. Coupled with Uncle Gong’s presence there, Qin Jingqiu didn’t delve further into Jiang Qin’s investigative file.

However, the investigation wasn’t a one-time service, so the company updated her with Jiang Qin’s activities every month, which were stored in her email, gradually becoming outdated.

It wasn’t until this afternoon, when Feng Nanshu called her, saying she was in Shanghai, that Qin Jingqiu remembered Jiang Qin.

The logic was simple – how could her little niece dare to travel so far alone? But since she was here, she must have been accompanied by someone.

Certainly not family, so it had to be a friend, and that little girl seemed to have only one friend.

Thus, Qin Jingqiu sent people to look for the luggage and to check the hotel, where they indeed found Jiang Qin was the one who brought her.

The first-ever Star of Learning of Linchuan University?

Qin Jingqiu scrolled the mouse wheel, glancing at Jiang Qin’s transcript for the semester. He just barely passed his subjects, scraping together barely enough points.

And this… qualified as a Star of Learning?

The second Mrs. Feng showed an incredulous expression, continuing to browse the attachment files, her impression of Jiang Qin vacillating between reliable and unreliable.

Until three minutes later, she suddenly saw background information on Zhihu and Pintuan, revealing an expression of unusual surprise. Her finger stopped scrolling, even her brows furrowing slightly.

She knew about Jiang Qin’s forum in university from the investigation a year ago.

But for Qin Jingqiu, that might have seemed merely a student’s hobby, hardly linking it to the business realm.

But this time, the content provided was entirely different, like chalk and cheese.

[Four campuses united in promotion, Pintuan changing college students’ consumption habits]

[Jiang Qin single-handedly driving the reform of Wanzhong Mall]

[Linchuan’s young entrepreneur stimulating the market economy, promoting industrial upgrading.]

[Predicting the future of internet commerce to be in social networking]

Qin Jingqiu downloaded all the still-valid attachments, silently perusing for a long time, her slender eyebrows slightly raised, her eyes full of amazement.

Her sensitivity to entrepreneurial projects was always high, as without such an ability, she wouldn’t be in charge of the Feng family’s largest investment company in the country.

The various accomplishments of Jiang Qin, including the campus beauty contest operations, the marketing of Xi Tian Milk Tea, Pintuan’s two successful campaigns, and the tie-in promotion with Wanzhong Mall, all left her astounded.

In other words, she saw from these dense personal files a vast sea of prospects and endless possibilities.

The key was that this person was only nineteen years old.

Qin Jingqiu put herself in her own nineteen-year-old shoes, thinking it over, and realized even she might not have been able to develop such a platform in such a short time, let alone change the consumption habits of a city.

It was an incredibly difficult task, where a single misstep could lead to vastly different outcomes.

What’s going on?

Wasn’t the agreement to find an ordinary person?

Has Nanshu, seemingly floundering, stumbled upon a treasure?

At this moment, footsteps echoed in the hallway outside. The office door opened, and a middle-aged man in a suit walked in.

He was tall with broad shoulders, wearing a tri-band interlocking ring on his thick hands, clearly a matching pair with the one on Qin Jingqiu’s hand.

Being the second lady of the Feng family’s partner in matching rings, this man was naturally the second master of the Feng family, Feng Nanshu’s uncle, Feng Shihua, a man in his forties with an air of scholarly refinement.

“Jingqiu, have you finished your work? I’ll take you out for dinner.”

“I’ve finished, but I’ve discovered something interesting. Take a look at this.”

“?”

Feng Shihua walked behind her, bending over to look at the computer screen. He was momentarily taken aback at Jiang Qin’s information: “Is he seeking investment from us?”

Qin Jingqiu smiled slightly at his reaction: “Take a closer look.”

“This Pintuan… quite intriguing. In just one year, it fully covered an entire industrial city. Wait, a university entrepreneurial project? And he’s only a freshman? This university student is just eighteen or nineteen?”

Feng Shihua’s eyes widened in surprise: “This project is good. College entrepreneurs usually lack funds. Let’s invest in it, using our personal accounts.”

“You’re ready to invest just after a glance? Aren’t you afraid of losses?” Qin Jingqiu was taken aback by her husband’s decisiveness.

“You should understand, at the pinnacle of the investment industry, we’re not just investing in a project, but more importantly, in a person with limitless potential.”

Qin Jingqiu sipped her tea: “What do you think of him?”

Feng Shihua straightened up and paused: “University entrepreneurship, achieved in a very short time, attempting to overturn established norms, and quietly succeeding, I know people with similar experiences, and they all became trendsetters of their times.”

“So you think he’s good? You’re satisfied?”

“At his age, I certainly couldn’t achieve what he has, so I suggest we try investing in him.”

Qin Jingqiu smiled after listening: “Too bad, he’s not seeking investment. I collected these files secretly.”

Feng Shihua was momentarily puzzled: “He’s indeed outstanding, and the project looks promising, but it’s not so dazzling that you need to actively seek out information. Since when have you been so interested in such small projects?”

“Alright, you caught me. I didn’t look for his information because of his entrepreneurial project, but because… he’s Nanshu’s crush.”

“?”

“Nanshu is already a teenager, truly at the age of budding feelings,” Qin Jingqiu’s eyes shimmered with affection.

Feng Shihua lowered his voice after a long silence: “Have you checked? Is he really Nanshu’s boyfriend?”

“Their relationship doesn’t seem to have reached that stage yet, but it’s close. Nanshu seems quite attached to him.”

“Does big brother know about this?”

Qin Jingqiu pursed her lips: “He probably does.”

Feng Shihua sighed in relief: “Should we meet them then, invite them for a meal? Since I am the uncle, it’s one thing not knowing, but now that I do, I can’t pretend ignorance. Besides, it’s a good chance to assess his character.”

“You just praised him, didn’t you?”

“I admire his talent, but remember, talent and character can’t always be equated. Some talented people are also filled with vices.”

Qin Jingqiu shook her head, scrolling to the bottom, where there was an interview about Jiang Qin: Regretting creating Pintuan, not profitable, really not profitable.

Feng Shihua narrowed his eyes: “Isn’t that nonsense?”

“It’s not nonsense, but a concealment. He wants to keep Pintuan under wraps, waiting for the instant payment financial license. Since he has his own plans, and they are clear, we shouldn’t interfere too much, or it will disrupt his plans.”

“Do I detect a hint of a mother-in-law scrutinizing her son-in-law?”

Qin Jingqiu’s gaze softened: “I raised Nanshu until she was nine, so naturally, I am her mother. Others don’t have this privilege.”

Feng Shihua fell silent: “Jingqiu, let’s just keep this conversation between us. Let’s not mention it at home, or sister-in-law will be displeased.”

“Sister-in-law passed away eighteen years ago. The one who came after doesn’t deserve that title.”

“Let’s not continue this topic. Let’s talk more about Jiang Qin. Is he good to Nanshu?”

Qin Jingqiu regained her composure: “Nanshu is extremely intelligent yet incredibly timid. If someone was unkind to her, she would never trust them completely.”

Feng Shihua patted his wife’s shoulder: “Honestly, you’re totally speaking like a mother-in-law now.”

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AN: Today, there’s only one chapter, sorry. Even though I kept thinking that even after getting married I shouldn’t slack off, I really overestimated myself. Organizing a wedding is truly exhausting. There are guests all over the house during the day, leaving no peaceful time for writing. Sometimes, I have to go to the high-speed rail station to pick people up, not even having a moment to drink water. This chapter was rushed out in the middle of the night at the hotel. A groom running to a hotel to write during his wedding, seeking a quiet environment – it’s a truly bittersweet reality. But I promise to make up for the owed chapters after the wedding. Please bear with me. Also, I need to reorganize the plot to bring you a better story.

Huangpu River is the famous Shanghai river that’s in every Shanghai metropolis photo. Just search it. As for Golden Week, just search “Golden Week China”.

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