A Better Life Episode 29 Recap
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Xue Xiaozhou defied all opposition to hire Hu Manli as his assistant at Taiying International Insurance Company. Their first client was Li Fendou. After much effort, the two finally contacted Secretary Yan, who worked for Li Fendou. Hu Manli even helped Li Fendou's daughter buy two concert tickets. Unexpectedly, Tang Ling got there first, bringing the company's investment team, and played to Keke's interests by giving her an invitation letter that allowed her to get close to the star.
Secretary Yan took Tang Ling and others to meet Li Fendou, leaving Hu Manli and Xue Xiaozhou aside. Xue Xiaozhou went directly to Li Qingqing to complain and asked her to persuade Tang Ling to withdraw. Unexpectedly, this was specially arranged by Li Qingqing, who wanted Xue Xiaozhou and Tang Ling to compete fairly. Li Qingqing highly valued Xue Xiaozhou's ability, but he insisted on including Hu Manli in his team despite her dissuasion.
If Hu Manli and Xue Xiaozhou could not secure this big deal with Li Fendou within the specified time, they would both leave the company. To ease Hu Manli's stress, Ding Daer proactively moved in with Qiu Lisu and Ding Zhiyuan. The nanny accidentally put Ding Zhiyuan's suit in the washing machine, causing it to shrink and become unwearable. Ding Daer recognized it at a glance as the 40th birthday gift Hu Manli gave to Ding Zhiyuan.
Ding Zhiyuan asked the nanny to find a way to restore the suit. Qiu Lisu was very impatient and told the nanny to throw the suit away. Ding Daer was very angry and confronted Qiu Lisu directly. He also put the suit away. Ding Zhiyuan quickly called Ding Daer into the room. Ding Zhiyuan affirmed that Ding Daer's actions were not wrong, but Qiu Lisu was pregnant, and embarrassing her in person would affect the baby's development.
Ding Daer still couldn't let it go. Ding Zhiyuan advised him not to be impulsive in doing things and to learn to be patient. The more Ding Daer thought about it, the unhappier he became. He video-called Hu Manli overnight. Hu Manli immediately saw that Ding Daer had something on his mind and thought he had been wronged, so she wanted to pick him up tomorrow. Ding Daer lied, saying he had a quarrel with a classmate.
Hu Manli kindly advised him. Ding Daer used the excuse of needing to do homework to hang up the phone. Hu Manli saw in the group chat that Li Qingqing had also assigned Tang Ling to handle Li Fendou's deal. She suddenly remembered that Ding Zhiyuan had written a preface for Li Fendou's autobiography and wanted Ding Zhiyuan to help with the introduction. Xue Xiaozhou didn't want to use Ding Zhiyuan's connections.
He wanted to play ball with Gu Tianming again, this time deliberately losing to him, and get to know Li Fendou through his connections. Xue Xiaozhou left early in the morning with his tennis racket and attire. Hu Manli heard the movement and came out. Xue Xiaozhou lied, saying he was going to a company meeting. Hu Manli didn't ask much. She wanted to go find Li Fendou. Xue Xiaozhou arrived at the tennis court.
Gu Tianming happened to be there as well. Xue Xiaozhou proactively offered to be his hitting partner. Gu Tianming was naturally delighted. Tang Ling and her team members prepared several proposals, but Li Fendou was not satisfied with any of them. He asked Secretary Yan to lead the way to his daughter Li Yukeke's accessories shop. The small shop was on the second floor. As soon as Li Fendou and Keke met, they engaged in a war of words.
Keke asked him to buy an air conditioner for the shop, so Li Fendou had no choice but to transfer money to her. He took the opportunity to persuade Keke to take over the company, but Keke firmly refused and told Li Fendou to have another child. Li Fendou slammed the door and left in anger. Hu Manli found out that Li Fendou's daughter was Li Yukeke.
She recognized at a glance that Li Yukeke used to be You Qi, a store assistant at a fashion shop she often frequented. She followed the address to Li Yukeke's accessories shop. The landlord suddenly came to cause trouble. The tenant in the attic room upstairs shared a bathroom with Li Yukeke. Li Yukeke had installed an anti-theft door between the two floors, so the tenant couldn't access the bathroom inside.
Hu Manli suggested paying the landlord a bit more money each month as compensation. The landlord asked for 500 yuan, and Li Yukeke readily agreed. Xue Xiaozhou played tennis with Gu Tianming. During a break, he brought up the matter of meeting Li Fendou. Gu Tianming agreed to talk about it after the game. Xue Xiaozhou deliberately lost to Gu Tianming. Gu Tianming was very angry, felt Xue Xiaozhou was insincere, and refused to introduce him to Li Fendou.
Hu Manli wanted to tell Xue Xiaozhou that You Qi was Li Fendou's daughter. She remembered Xue Xiaozhou had once said he wanted to meet Li Fendou based on his own ability, so she didn't alert Xue Xiaozhou and went to Li Fendou's company herself. She was stopped by the front desk because she didn't have an appointment in advance. Hu Manli indirectly inquired about Li Fendou's whereabouts and decided to wait for him in the parking lot.
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