After the Divorce, My Wife and I Were Both Reborn

The rumor storm came and went quickly. After the joint statement was released, public opinion online completely shifted in favor of Jiang Xia and Lin Yanwan.

Perhaps it was because the two of them were just so outstanding, but now the entire internet approved of their relationship. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call them a divine couple, and some people were even frequently urging them to get married in the comments of Lin Yanwan’s videos.

However, many people were still curious about what Jiang Xia actually looked like. But aside from the few candid photos that had been leaked before, not a single clear, front-facing picture of him existed.

Later, it was his old high school classmates from Wan Er Middle School who came to the rescue by leaking a few graduation photos from the previous year. Many netizens discovered that even in a crowd, President Jiang’s good looks made him stand out; he was simply drop-dead gorgeous.

Couple that with being young, successful, and a bona fide self-made man, and it was no wonder Lin Yanwan had fallen for him.

Ever since his identity was revealed, Jiang Xia had been receiving messages from many "old classmates" every day. The topics were invariably a torrent of flattery, followed by hints about how, if they couldn’t find a job after college graduation, maybe President Jiang could help them out for old times’ sake.

Usually, Jiang Xia wouldn’t give a definitive no, just saying they could come to the company for an interview and so on.

If nothing else, with D Station’s rapid development, there would be a serious shortage of video moderators. With a 24-hour, three-shift system, a single position required three people. As long as his old classmates were willing, they could come anytime.

Of course, if they were capable enough, he wouldn’t mind arranging for them to work in key positions either.

Lin Yanwan gently massaged Jiang Xia’s shoulders. She truly hadn’t expected that when Jiang Xia said he would clarify things, he would end up causing such a huge stir. He was usually so low-key, but for her sake, he had resolutely chosen to reveal himself. She was deeply moved.

"Now you’re like me, completely exposed to the public eye," she murmured.

"Baby, no wall is completely impenetrable. This day was bound to come sooner or later; it just arrived a little early," Jiang Xia said, closing his eyes slightly to enjoy his wife’s massage.

He had a pretty good attitude about it. Although the exposure would bring some trouble to his life, his company, D Station, had welcomed a huge wave of traffic. Many individual content creators had joined, and the variety of content was gradually growing richer. The foundational ecosystem of ACG culture was slowly taking shape.

"That may be true, but being followed all the time and having your private life exposed... it’s still a huge hassle," Lin Yanwan said with a hint of worry.

"Hmm, that’s true..."

He imagined a future where they couldn’t even carelessly open the curtains. ’What if we’re having an intimate moment in the living room and someone across the way is snapping photos with a high-powered camera? That would be a huge mess.’

He subconsciously glanced at the residential building across from them. ’Looks like it’s time to move.’ Whether it was a high-rise or a villa, it at least had to have an unobstructed view.

As for them living together, some people with ulterior motives would definitely use it for sensationalism. But since they were already engaged and practically a married couple, it was understandable.

Later that evening, both sets of parents called to ask about the situation. They told the young couple to take good care of themselves, especially regarding their privacy, and not to let anyone find anything to use against them.

The two of them readily agreed.

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Cicadas chirped in May, and the weather in the Imperial Capital had become very warm. The Chinese roses at the university were in full bloom.

Jiang Xia took advantage of some free time to go to a driving school with Su Qing. Funnily enough, the owner of the driving school was Su Qing’s uncle.

As a result, Jiang Xia didn’t even have to pay the registration fee. After he skillfully drove the training car around the course and on the road, her uncle told him not to worry about the required practice hours; he could just go straight to the test when the time came.

Jiang Xia happily agreed. According to the driving test rules, he could get his license in about a month. Then he could buy a commuter car for a little over a hundred thousand yuan, which would make traveling between the university and the company much more convenient.

In the middle of the month, while Jiang Xia was still in class, Li Weiya suddenly texted him with some good news: Zhou Lu, the former deputy chief editor of Yu Du TV Station, had arrived at the company.

Jiang Xia smiled faintly. ’She’s a lot later than I expected.’

After class, he immediately went to the company and saw Zhou Lu and Li Weiya chatting happily in the office.

"Well, Chief Zhou, what wind blew you here?" Jiang Xia said with a smile as he pushed open the door.

"President Jiang." Zhou Lu stood up and asked with a calm smile, "Weren’t you the one who invited me? I’ve been deeply moved ever since our last conversation."

Jiang Xia blinked, pretending not to understand.

"Ah Xia, Chief Zhou has officially resigned from Yu Du TV Station."

Li Weiya poured him a cup of tea. She had been in frequent contact with Zhou Lu during this period, putting in a lot of effort to get her to move from Yu Du to the Imperial Capital.

"Aha, welcome, welcome! On behalf of everyone at D Station, I welcome Chief Zhou to the team," Jiang Xia said, dropping the act and smiling happily. "Honestly, I thought you would have come sooner."

Zhou Lu smiled wryly. She had gone back and forth for a long time before finally making the decision to leave the TV station.

After all, not everyone has the courage to throw away a secure government job, especially a leadership position, to go work for a private company.

From D Station’s launch in March until now in May, she had been following its development. The site’s traffic had already increased more than tenfold compared to its initial numbers, with several million average daily active users and an average daily usage time of 56 minutes. These astounding figures had already far surpassed the traffic of Yu Du TV Station.

And that was after only two months since D Station was established. In a few more years, once computers and smartphones reached the level of mass adoption President Jiang had described, this traffic would likely grow by several dozen times more.

It was precisely because Zhou Lu had worked at a TV station that she understood what a bright blueprint D Station’s future held. Once it went public, its market value could very well reach hundreds of billions.

Compared to that, what did Yu Du TV Station amount to? Even if she spent another ten or twenty years to climb to the position of station director, it couldn’t even come close.

But the growth of capital could complete a magnificent transformation in just a few short years.

A perfect example was the young man standing before her. Last summer vacation, Jiang Xia was just a high school graduate who had to be completely respectful in her presence. How long had it been? And now he was the boss of two companies with a net worth in the hundreds of millions.

Moreover, he was so young, with decades of his career’s growth phase still ahead of him. Under the leadership of someone like him, the company would only get bigger and bigger, eventually becoming a conglomerate spanning multiple sectors.

It was because Zhou Lu had seen this clearly that she had steeled her resolve to resign from the TV station.

Zhou Lu took a deep breath, looked into Jiang Xia’s eyes, and said with utmost sincerity, "President Jiang, I’m entrusting the rest of my career to you now."

Jiang Xia nodded and chuckled. "I’m honored that you think so highly of me, Chief Zhou. In that case, I have no choice but to offer you the position of Chief Operating Officer of D Station."

Hearing this, Zhou Lu’s eyes widened.