For three whole years, Xia Chuwei built a chain of stores across the entire province. She became the city's most dazzling businesswoman. Meanwhile, I lay in a leaky rental apartment, covered in foul-smelling bedsores. I knew I wouldn't make it through the winter.
Her financial interview was playing on my phone. Dressed in a designer business suit, she sat beside her first love, Song Haoyu. The host asked about their relationship. Blushing, she took Song Haoyu's hand.
"Haoyu is my business partner, and my fiance."
"When the funding ran dry in the early days of our business, he sold everything he had to help me through it."
She turned to him, her gaze tender. "After all the twists and turns, we still..."
