"How about this one?" Xie Guanguan asked his assistant, Jin Yang.
Jin Yang gave it a listless glance. "This works too, I guess."
Good grief—this was the twenty - fifth white suit!
As a total dude, he really couldn't tell the difference between these twenty - five white suits.
Same with the glasses—either silver or gold, all looking pretty much identical.
And there was no important event tonight anyway.
What was the boss up to?
He'd already taken five showers!
"Alright, I get it. You can go now—off work." Xie Guanguan dismissed him.
Hearing "off work" was like a shot of adrenaline for office workers.
Jin Yang didn't linger at all. He grabbed his bag and left, "Okay, see you tomorrow, Mr. Xie!"
The entire villa estate fell silent. Xie Guanguan checked his reflection in the mirror again.
Shaved, eyebrows trimmed, hair freshly washed, new glasses.
Perfect—he looked clean and flawless.
He was tempted to take another shower. He'd broken a sweat getting dressed earlier, and he didn't want Lin Mo to smell it.
But he checked his watch—it was already 8 PM.
Lin Mo could come over anytime, so he had to be ready at all times.
Today, his assistant told him that Shen Yihan's special assistant was checking who lived in this villa now.
Just as he'd guessed early in the morning, her sleep disorder meant she could only sleep in this house.
Lin Mo might come to this villa today.
So Xie Guanguan had worked from home all day, waiting for Lin Mo.
This villa community was halfway up a mountain, and this was the first house.
Every time a car drove by on the mountain road, Xie Guanguan's heart raced as he watched from the walk - in closet window.
At that moment, another set of headlights cut through the darkness on the dim mountain road, slowly approaching.
Xie Guanguan's breathing quickened. He loosened his tie, then tightened it again.
His long legs paced restlessly in the room, sweat pooling in his palms and stinging the cut from the night before.
Was this Lin Mo coming?
Could it be?
"Ding - dong!"
Lin Mo rang the villa's doorbell.
Shen Yihan stood beside her, his tall figure looming over her.
"Are you sure it's Xie Guanguan, sis?"
Lin Mo shrugged. "I'm not sure either—Jiang Tang told me."
Shen Yihan twirled the prayer beads on his right wrist with his left hand. "This villa isn't worth much anymore. Not many people live here now—the rich have moved."
"Someone like Xie Guanguan shouldn't live in an old villa like this."
Shen Yihan didn't know Xie Guanguan well but was grateful to him.
Xingshan Group's success today was inseparable from SS Capital.
He'd tried to invite Xie Guanguan to dinner many times, but Xie Guanguan never accepted, saying to talk to the project manager if there were any issues.
Probably because he'd invested in so many successful companies.
If he went to every dinner invitation, he'd never get any work done.
The last time he remembered seeing Xie Guanguan was on the overpass the day his sister was declared dead.
A lot of people from Beijing No.1 High School were there that day, and so was he.
His lean, scholarly face showed no emotion—he just stood there, eyes a bit vacant.
Shen Yihan had heard that Xie Guanguan and his sister were bitter rivals.
Maybe he felt a kinship?
So today, meeting an old rival after so long, the other party should sell them the villa for old times' sake, right?
He could pay more!
The doorbell rang for a while, but no one answered.
Lin Mo pressed it again.
The villa's lights were on—someone must be home.
"Ding - dong!"
This time, footsteps were heard quickly from inside, and someone came.
The door opened from the inside, and a middle - aged man who looked like a butler came out.
"Hello, who are you looking for?"
Lin Mo was very polite. "Hello, I'm looking for Xie Guanguan. Is he home?"
Butler: "Looking for our sir. Who are you?"
Lin Mo thought for a moment and said, "Just tell him I'm his old classmate. I have something urgent!"
Lin Mo was dizzy from staying up all day and night.
The butler looked at the two. "Okay, I'll go inform him."
The door closed again.
Lin Mo couldn't help but To complain or criticize,"Xie Guanguan is such a show - off now!"
Shen Yihan's eyelid twitched—he didn't reply.
There might be a camera at the door.
If his sister said something like that, it might cause trouble—he might lose investment for the next quarter!
At their level, business was like a snowball, always needing venture capital.
Soon, the butler came out again. "Please come in, both of you."
Lin Mo and Shen Yihan followed the butler inside.
It was a villa with a huge garden of about one mu. The garden lights weren't very bright at night,
but you could tell the owner took good care of it.
A breeze carried the scent of flowers and grass, refreshing.
You had to say—the garden was well - tended by Xie Guanguan.
When Lin Mo used to live here, the garden was full of fruit trees because she loved fruit.
She even bought a cherry tree—only to get crabapples the next year.
The next year, she bought another cherry tree—and again, crabapples the year after.
She was so mad she reported both sellers!
The big fountain at the entrance was still there, lights dancing on the rippling water, dreamy.
As soon as Lin Mo entered, she relaxed completely, feeling at home.
After all, in her timeline, she'd lived in this villa just the day before.
They walked around the fountain into the villa's living room.
The butler announced, "Sir, the guests are here!"
A warm, pleasant voice came from upstairs, "Okay."
Lin Mo looked up towards the stairs.
A handsome man in a white suit, silver - rimmed glasses on his straight nose, looked like an immortal who'd fallen to earth—elegant and untouchable.
His long legs carried him down the stairs, the small mole on his nose shifting with the light, vivid.
"Hello, old classmate. What's your name?"
His voice was lazy and casual, yet exuded an air of authority.
All trace of the thin, bookish student from years ago was gone.
But his gaze was on Shen Yihan.
Shen Yihan felt awkward, his mouth twitching. "Mr. Xie, I'm not your classmate—she is, my sister."
The man finally noticed the girl beside him. He looked over, adjusting his glasses with one finger. "Sister?"
He hadn't seen clearly early in the morning, but now he saw Lin Mo was as young as she'd been at eighteen.
Same hairstyle, same hair length, same eyebrows, same eyes, same nose, same mouth...
Shen Yihan smiled and explained, "Yeah, she just looks young. She's actually my sister."
Outside, they had to say that—they couldn't exactly say his sister had traveled from eleven years ago.
Lin Mo was also surprised—this old rival had forgotten her completely.
But thinking about it, it made sense. Eleven years had passed, and his life had been incredibly eventful.
Starting from scratch to become a hundred - billionaire—his story could fill a million - word novel.
Lin Mo had managed her expectations before coming, so she wasn't disappointed.
Her head ached, but she stepped forward, smiling brightly. "Hello, I'm Lin Mo. You might not remember me, but you must remember the college entrance exam in 2014—I was the top scorer in the province, and you were second in the city."
Xie Guanguan: "..."
Shen Yihan: "..."
Shen Yihan's eyes nearly popped out.
As expected of you, sis!
Who wouldn't remember that?
This might be one of the few times Xie Guanguan had ever been second!
But would saying that make Xie Guanguan agree to sell the villa?
The usually cold "Buddhist young master" of the capital had a twitching mouth, like he had a tic.
It seemed he remembered. A faint smile flickered in Xie Guanguan's eyes, dispelling...