Conan Nobuko Sakai photos. Before July 23, 2009, according to a close friend of Hou Yaowen who revealed this information: Chen Yijia was indeed Hou Yaowen's girlfriend, and they truly loved each other. Their relationship was not like the outside rumors which suggested it involved any unwritten rules. According to a friend of Hou Yaowen of over ten years: before Hou Yaowen passed away,