After Quitting the Circle and Getting Ashore, I Eat Melons on the Frontline

Wen Qianqian is talented in both civil and martial arts, versatile in ten fields. Unexpectedly, she encounters a sudden car accident. When she opens her eyes, she discovers she has transmigrated in...

Chapter 24 (2 more)

Assistant Yuan understood. Ever since President Lu said he wanted to hear Qianqian's information last time, he felt that President Lu seemed to be particularly interested in this girl.

He quickly found Wen Qianqian's information and reported it to Lu Xingyan in detail, including when she entered the entertainment industry, when she broke up with the Wen family, when she took the civil service exam, and when she got engaged to Qin Shen.

Upon hearing that Wen Qianqian was already engaged, Lu Xingyan's lips unconsciously pursed, as if sensing something strange was amiss in the atmosphere. Assistant Yuan immediately replied, knowingly avoiding the danger and seeking the best advantage: "However, Miss Wen took the initiative to cancel the engagement last month."

"Oh? Have you called off the engagement?" Lu Xingyan repeated this sentence, and his tone seemed to become more relaxed.

He lowered his head, and suddenly something occurred to him. He looked up at Assistant Yuan and asked, "Who did you just say she was engaged to?"

"Qin Shen," Assistant Yuan replied quickly and with excellent professionalism. He then added considerately, "It's the company you were planning to acquire."

"Oh, Qin Group." Lu Xingyan narrowed his eyes slightly, his long eyelashes casting a fan-shaped shadow under his eyes. He pondered for a moment and then said, "Since they are already preparing for the acquisition, then let's go ahead and move forward."

"Hurry up." He said calmly.

"Okay, Mr. Lu." Assistant Yuan nodded and took notes quickly.

"Oh, right," Lu Xingyan suddenly said, his mind wandering. "Tell the vice president in charge of the merger that I'm not satisfied with the top management of the Qin Group. Tell him to remove all the top executives from the board of directors after the merger is completed. Leave no one behind."

"Okay, Mr. Lu." Assistant Yuan was stunned for a moment, but still answered quickly.

He looked calm and composed on the surface, but he was actually complaining inside: What is going on? It's just a merger and acquisition. Why do they have to clear all the original people out of the board of directors? How can the former chairman of Qin Group put his face?

He held his forehead with his hand tiredly. Oh, Mr. Lu's heart is like a needle in the sea, and you can never guess what he is thinking.

In the civil service recruitment department, the director asked his section chief, "Did you receive any complaints or reports during the public notice period for this batch of civil servants?"

The section chief flipped through his computer, looked up the information, and quickly replied, "We've received 27 phone calls and 12 letters reporting on the candidate Wen Qianqian."

"So many?" The director couldn't help but frown when he heard the number. He had been on the job for 21 years, and this was the first time he had seen so many reports about the same person during the public announcement period.

"What are the contents?" the director continued to ask.

The section chief flipped through the records: "Most of them reflect Wen Qianqian's misconduct, such as not paying back debts and having a chaotic private life."

The director pondered for a few seconds, then spoke: "In that case, let's start the investigation process. Reports during the public announcement period must be investigated."

"However, we must investigate and resolve the issue as quickly as possible. If there is a problem with the candidate, we cannot allow her to pass the public announcement. If there is no problem, we must investigate and resolve the issue as quickly as possible so as not to delay her employment."

The section chief nodded and said, "Okay, I'll do it right away."

A few days later, the public notice period ended.

Zhang Li cried in Sun Liang's office, "What a waste! All of them! I hired a bunch of online trolls to report her, but they all voted on the same thing. The recruitment department checked for two days and then gave a unified reply saying the report was untrue and wouldn't be supported. What the hell is this?"

Sun Liang's face turned pale, and he looked at him with a voice as cold as ice: "So, you messed up again!"

Zhang Li quickly explained, "No, brother-in-law, I really did report it as you requested, but the recruitment department acted too quickly and ruled it a false report in just two days. I have no choice!"

Sun Liang stared at him fiercely. Somehow, he suddenly felt that there was an urge to stab him to death in Sun Liang's eyes.

Sure enough, the next second, Sun Liang roared hysterically: "Do you know that letting her pass the civil service exam is like letting a tiger go back to the mountains? If she succeeds, we will be the ones to die!"

"Pah!" He slapped Zhang Li in the face. "You useless jerk! It would be fine if you died alone, but you had to take me with you!"

Zhang Li had a sad face and said hesitantly: "Brother-in-law, do we still have a chance? Give me a chance to make amends. I promise I will never mess it up again!"

Sun Liang's face was ashen: "No chance, just wait for death."

Zhang Li suddenly fell to the ground with a look of disbelief on his face.

On the other side of the city, Wen Qianqian received a call from the recruiting company: "Hello, is this Ms. Wen?"

The friendly and professional voice made Wen Qianqian feel familiar with the organization and immediately perked up: "Hello, it's me."

"Hello, I'm Officer Gu from the Imperial Capital District C Police Station. I'm officially informing you that you've passed the civil service exam. Please report to our office next Monday."

When Wen Qianqian heard the words "already passed the civil service exam", she was suddenly overwhelmed with mixed emotions. It was only then that she felt that traveling through a book was real, and she felt that she was really about to start another life.

Fortunately, through her efforts, she finally got her life back on track after traveling through the book, returned to the police force, and regained the glory of being a police officer.

"Got it, thank you, Officer Gu!" Wen Qianqian was overwhelmed with emotions, and all her emotions turned into a word of thanks.

The person on the other side also responded with a smile: "Okay, Officer Wen, welcome to join the police force."

Wen Qianqian almost burst into tears after hearing this short response.

"Officer Wen..." After hanging up the phone, Wen Qianqian was still repeating this name that she was once most familiar with. It was great that the old feeling was finally back!

There is still one weekend left before the official reporting date, and she has quietly done a lot of things in the past two days.

First, I made an appointment with Shu Ning to go see the house.

"Qianqian, this way." Shu Ning greeted warmly and took the elevator to the 20th floor with Wen Qianqian. He introduced as they walked: "This is a two-unit flat with one elevator. The east and west units are the same, both 200 square meters. Come, let's go in and take a look." As he said that, he took out the key and opened the door of the west unit.

Wen Qianqian followed her into the house. As soon as they entered and walked through the corridor, they saw a large living room, which was more than 40 square meters and was decorated very tastefully. It was a complete French cream style with a light cream color scheme, which looked warm and healing. The beige sofa was large and soft, making people want to sit on it.

Passing by the sofa, Wen Qianqian continued walking towards the balcony. The balcony was completely wrapped and made into a floor-to-ceiling window style. Behind the light brown floor-to-ceiling curtains, the window was slightly opened, and the wind from outside blew through her hair.

Shu Ning stepped forward and pointed out the window. "Look, that's where you'll be starting work the day after tomorrow. Isn't it close? Isn't that nice of you, sister?"

Wen Qianqian looked in the direction she pointed and found that it was really close, about a 10-minute walk away.

Not only is the decoration to my liking, but it’s also so close to my workplace. Isn’t this the legendary dream house?

Wen Qianqian smiled softly and said, "Thank you, Miss Shu Ning. I'm very, very satisfied. I'm going to rent it today, and I'll treat you to milk tea for a month~"

Shu Ning laughed heartily: "Hahahaha, okay, then I'll drink it without sugar. I'm afraid I'll get fat if I drink it."

Wen Qianqian blinked at her: "No big deal."

Shu Ning thought for a moment, then suddenly patted Wen Qianqian's arm and laughed, "You don't know, ever since the news of your passing the civil service exam was announced, President Sun and President Zhang Li have been acting like their father has died. They've been looking downcast all day long. As soon as they get to the company, they retreat into President Sun's office. I don't know what they're plotting, but they talk all day long."

"Yesterday, Xiao Yu at the front desk was going to Mr. Sun's office to deliver a contract. As soon as he walked in, he saw Mr. Sun slap Zhang Li so hard that he almost flew off the floor."

Shu Ning smacked his lips in surprise. "Xiao Yu was completely terrified. Although he quickly reacted and left the office, Zhang Li still fired him out of spite."

She looked at Wen Qianqian, very worried. "Qianqian, why is the company like this? I don't know what the boss does all day long. He doesn't even bother to read the contract. It feels like the company is about to go bankrupt...Should I find another job?"

Wen Qianqian laughed inwardly. What else could they do? They were busy dealing with me. Haha.

But even though she was joking, she still said to Shu Ning seriously, "Xinyi was pretty good before, but now I'm taking the civil service exam, and Yue Yingxue has been soft-banned and can't possibly come out. Plus, Sun Liang and the others haven't run the company properly at all. They're just trying to get personal gains and do crooked things all day long. We all know about the shit they've done. I don't think staying at Xinyi is a long-term solution. If I were you, I would use this time to terminate my contract and find a company that's truly dedicated to making dramas."

Shu Ning nodded: "Yes, you are right, I also think that we should take advantage of this time to leave Xinyi."

The two found a restaurant and had dinner together before leaving.

VIP ward of Imperial Capital Hospital.

Assistant Yuan was reporting to Lu Xingyan about the situation outside in the past few days. After reporting to the company, he began to report on Wen Qianqian's situation.

"Ms. Wen has passed all the procedures for the civil service examination and will be joining the Imperial Capital District C Police Station next Monday."

"A celebrity passed the civil service exam and became a police officer?" Lu Xingyan chuckled. "That's quite a thought." After a moment's thought, he asked, "Did everything go smoothly for her during the exam?"

Assistant Yuan immediately reported: "It went smoothly up front. I scored 190 on the written test, ranked first in the interview, and got on board first in the physical fitness test. There were a few setbacks during the public announcement period."

Lu Xingyan frowned slightly: "What do you mean?"

Assistant Yuan: "I heard that she seemed to have offended her previous company during the public announcement period, so she was constantly reported. They even hired a group of "trolls" to make reporting calls, and even hired a lot of "trolls" on Weibo to spread rumors on Weibo, hoping to have Miss Wen removed from the position during the public announcement period."

Lu Xingyan sneered: "Oh, your method is quite vicious."

Assistant Yuan immediately responded, "Yes, Miss Wen finally made it to the final stage after overcoming many obstacles. Yet, someone actually tried to tamper with the final announcement period. This is truly vicious."

Lu Xingyan pondered for a moment and spoke slowly, "We have no way of knowing the details of those who called in to report us, but we must not let any of those who caused trouble on Weibo or those who manipulated the situation behind the scenes go unpunished."

Assistant Yuan understood Lu Xingyan's intention immediately. "Okay, I'll contact the Lu Group's law firm right away."

He answered quickly, but at the same time he was full of doubts. President Lu was not a nosy person. Why did he get so angry when he heard that someone had slandered Wen Qianqian during the public announcement period, and even went so far as to mobilize the law firm under the Lu Group to sue those who caused trouble in court?

You know, Lu's Law Firm is the most famous law firm in Beijing. Its usual clients are famous wealthy people or top celebrities in Beijing. Why would they spend so much time and effort on a young girl who just passed the civil service exam?

Thinking of this, Assistant Yuan couldn't help but scratch his head. Oh, what should I do? The boss's behavior has been getting more and more strange recently, and even he often can't guess what he is doing. Oh, the boss is so difficult to deal with, can this assistant still keep his job? Waiting online, it's urgent...

"Oh, right," Assistant Yuan said, his mind wandering off when he suddenly remembered there was something important he hadn't reported today. "Miss Wen moved out of the hotel yesterday and rented a flat near the police station in District C."

He looked at Lu Xingyan cautiously and said, "That house happens to be part of the Lu Group's property."

"Oh, really?" Lu Xingyan replied softly, "Then, are there any vacancies around this house?"

Assistant Yuan was stunned, not knowing if it was an illusion. For a moment he suddenly felt that Lu Xingyan's eyes seemed to light up. But when he looked again, he seemed no different from usual.

Assistant Yuan didn't dare to think too much and quickly went out to check the situation of the house. After a while, he came back and replied, "The upstairs and downstairs of that house have been sold. There is only one across the street, and we are just about to sign a contract to rent it out..."

Lu Xingyan waved his hand to interrupt: "Tell the customer that we are not renting the house anymore and we will pay triple the deposit as compensation."

Assistant Yuan was stunned: What?

Lu Xingyan remained noncommittal: "Tell the doctor to check your body again today. If there's nothing wrong, you can be discharged tomorrow."

Assistant Yuan asked hurriedly, "It's only been 6 days, aren't you going to take a break?"

Lu Xingyan spoke calmly, replying with an ambiguous tone, "No, I'm not taking a break. I suddenly feel like there are a lot of things I need to do."

Since the high-end apartment had been fully renovated and ready for immediate move-in, Wen Qianqian, without hesitation, called a moving company and a housekeeping company, and moved directly from the hotel into the apartment that same day.

Facing the cream-colored new house, Wen Qianqian was indescribably happy. This was the feeling she had when she came to this world, especially standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and looking at the police station not far away. It was simply wonderful.

In the evening, after she had packed up everything at home and was lying on the light cream leather sofa, she suddenly remembered the contracts that the original owner and Xinyi had signed when she was packing up.

The contracts are very strange. It is common to see two contracts signed for the same play, one for 70 million yuan and the other for only 40 million yuan. Where did the 30 million yuan go and to whom was it distributed? Perhaps only the senior executives of Xinyi Entertainment know the answer.

Another interesting thing is that the signature on the contract is not from the original owner. It seems that the original owner has been wary of Xinyi for a long time and has been quietly collecting evidence.

Unfortunately, according to the content of the book, before the original owner had the chance to compete with Xinyi and others in court, he was humiliated by Sun Liang and Zhang Li using despicable means, and died of depression.

Wen Qianqian pursed her lips. Since she came through the book, it was also a kind of fate. She would continue to do what the original owner had not done.

It's just... although she had heard some things about Xinyi, she had no direct evidence. Although the contract in the original owner's hand could be considered as evidence, it would be easy for that cunning old man Sun Liang to find someone to take the blame and then deny it.

Wen Qianqian couldn't help but think about how to make him and Zhang Li pay the price they deserve.

She held the cup in both hands, and suddenly an idea flashed in her mind. Instead of guessing here, why not just trick them directly? Maybe they would feel guilty and tell her some things that she didn't know?

Thinking of this, Wen Qianqian took out her phone and texted Zhang Li with a fake tone: "Zhang Li, I passed the police exam. I know all the bad things you've done over the years. Considering that we've worked together for more than three years, I'll give you one chance. Tell Sun Liang to turn yourself in! Otherwise, I'll hand over all the evidence I have to the police station next Monday."

It was 8:30 in the evening. Zhang Li was drunk at the table. He had been beaten and scolded by Sun Liang during this period, and even his salary was deducted. He was very angry and had to meet up with his friends to drink to relieve his sorrow.

"How can Sun Liang be so cruel? He is my brother-in-law after all, but he actually deducted all my salary. I am left starving?" After three rounds of drinks, Zhang Li shouted loudly in dissatisfaction.

Just as I was about to continue cursing, my phone suddenly dinged with a text message. When I looked at the content, I felt like a bucket of ice water was poured over me from head to toe, and I sobered up instantly.

He didn't dare to pause for a second. After reading the text message, he stumbled out with trembling hands.

Seeing this, his friends were dissatisfied: "Zhang Li, why are you running away? You haven't finished your drink yet!"

If I don't leave now, I'm going to die, Zhang Li screamed in his heart. He didn't even have time to explain to his friends. He didn't care whether he was drunk or not. He drove the car wobbly to the downstairs of Sun Liang's villa.

"Brother-in-law, open the door!" Zhang Li wailed downstairs.

Zhang Li's sister couldn't stand it anymore and was about to open the door, but was glared at by Sun Liang: "Why do you care about a loser like him? He deserves to die outside!"

Sister Zhang Li hesitated for a long time, but in the end she did not dare to disobey Sun Liang and did not dare to open the door.

But Zhang Li downstairs couldn't stand it any longer: "Brother-in-law, open the door quickly, you will regret it if you don't open the door, Wen Qianqian said..."

This time, before Zhang Li finished howling, Sun Liang heard Wen Qianqian's name and hurried down to open the door.

"What did she say?" Sun Liang was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

Zhang Li opened his mouth, reeking of alcohol, and stammered, "She, she asked us to turn ourselves in..."

"What?" Sun Liang's eyes widened, his heart skipped a beat, and he almost fell to the ground.

"Brother-in-law, be careful, be careful, your health is important, let's go inside and talk."

After entering the villa, the two hurriedly closed the door. Sun Liang was already impatient and didn't care about the pain in his heart: "What did she say? What does she know?"

Zhang Li had a sad face: "Well, what can she say? Just tell us to turn ourselves in, otherwise she will call the police on Monday..." After that, she handed the phone to Sun Liang to see.

Sun Liang swayed and was about to fall again. He barely finished reading the text message, clutching his heart, and spoke with difficulty: "So what evidence does she have?"

Zhang Li covered his head: "I, I don't know..."

"Don't know?!" Sun Liang roared, "You're about to die, and you don't even know how you're going to die?"

He couldn't stand it any longer and yelled, "The worst thing I've ever done in my life is letting you, an idiot, into the company!"

"Use your pig brain and think about what kind of interactions you've had with Wen Qianqian over the years. What evidence does she most likely have?"

Zhang Li was startled and began to count on his fingers: "Over the years, we've laundered money by signing shady contracts, skipped sleep, sent female celebrities to wealthy businessmen to get resources, laundered money through stocks, and spread false news to maliciously suppress the stock prices of competitors. We've done a lot of things, but if you ask me what Wen Qianqian knows, I really don't know!"

"Waste! Idiot!" Sun Liang was furious, but as he counted the things he had just counted one by one, his hands shook more and more, and an uncontrollable fear surged in his heart. If he counted them carefully, all these things would be enough to put him in jail for 20 years.

Thinking of this, Sun Liang's cold sweat burst out from his pores.

Zhang Li was still unaware and dreaming, "Brother-in-law, do you think it would be okay if we just ignored her and let her call the police?"

Sun Liang looked at him as if he were mentally retarded, and he no longer had any hope for him: "Idiot, if this is the case, you won't even know how you got locked up."

"Hey, why did God let me meet an idiot like you?" Sun Liang sighed helplessly.

"Ah? Brother-in-law, are you saying we will really be arrested?" Zhang Li widened his eyes, still unable to believe it.

Sun Liang was completely defeated by his naivety. It turned out that there really are stupid and naive idiots in the world who can cause chaos without any psychological barriers but do not think that they will be punished. There is no doubt that Zhang Li is such a person.

After knowing that he would go to jail, Zhang Li was completely panicked: "Brother-in-law, what should I do? What should I do? I don't want to go to jail!"

Sun Liang looked at him with disdain, no longer holding any hope.

He held his forehead and forced himself to calm down. After thinking for a long time, he finally said, "This is the only way to make a last gamble."

Zhang Li seemed to be grasping at the last straw: "Brother-in-law, how do we bet?"

Sun Liang frowned deeply, his eyes full of the shrewdness of a businessman. "Based on my many years of business experience, no one can escape the temptation of money. If someone is unmoved, it must be because the money is not enough."

"So, as long as we're willing to invest and give her enough, she should let us go for the sake of the money."

"Yes, yes, brother-in-law, you're right! Why didn't I think of that? At worst, we can just let her name a price and buy the evidence from her, and that'll be it!"

Sun Liang's eyes flashed: "As long as she accepts this money, we will report her. Public officials accept bribes, so she can wait to go in first!"

"Want to play with me? You're still too young! Don't think that you can bully me just because you're a small policeman. When I was in the business, this little girl wasn't even born yet!" Sun Liang smiled sinisterly, as if he had everything under control.

At 9:30 p.m., Wen Qianqian had just gotten off the treadmill and was wiping her sweat when she suddenly received a text message from Zhang Li. This time, his attitude was extremely respectful, like a completely different person, even addressing her as "you": "Hello, Miss Wen, we have considered your proposal to surrender yourself, but before that, Mr. Sun would like to meet with you. Are you free tomorrow at noon?"

"Puff", Wen Qianqian almost spit out the water she was drinking. She wanted to laugh when she imagined Zhang Li being forced to type while trying to hold back all his resentment.

Had the mountains vanished, and the heavens and earth merged? Otherwise, how could Zhang Li, the hot-tempered and frenzied, have changed? It's true that under someone's roof one must bow; even someone as hot-tempered as Zhang Li will eventually become docile and polite.

Wen Qianqian pondered for a moment. Although she had no idea what they were up to, she still decided to meet them.

She thought for a moment and replied: [Okay, let's meet near my house. Let's meet at Yunfei Restaurant at 9:30 tomorrow morning.]

She calculated the distance and found that Yunfei Hotel was right between her apartment and the police station. If she ran from the police station, she could get there in about 2 minutes.

Zhang Li and Sun Liang anxiously awaited her reply, fearing she would be unresponsive and refuse to even meet them. That would be troublesome. Every minute of waiting was torture. Fortunately, Wen Qianqian replied after a while, agreeing to meet.

"Take the check with you and remember to record the video with your mobile phone." Sun Liang instructed, and then drove Zhang Li out of the villa.

At 9:20 in the morning, Wen Qianqian packed up her things, checked the pinhole camera she carried with her one last time, and headed to the restaurant.

When we arrived, we found that Sun Liang and Zhang Li were already waiting there, and they had even generously booked the entire restaurant.

The restaurant was booked and there was not a single customer. Perhaps they felt guilty and even drove away the waiters. When Wen Qianqian arrived late, there was not even a waiter.

Sun Liang kicked Zhang Li and said, "What are you standing there for? Go pour some tea for Miss Wen!"

"Why..." He shouted dissatisfiedly. After all, he was the vice president of a large entertainment company. Others always fawned over him and served him. When had he ever poured tea for others?

But Sun Liang kept staring at him, and he dared not say anything, so he had to go in a wronged manner.

Wen Qianqian's mood became better when she saw his deflated look.

After Zhang Li poured the tea, they were the only three people left in the huge private room. Sun Liang took the opportunity to speak, "Zhang Li was ignorant in the past and always made Miss Wen unhappy. He is here today. As long as Miss Wen is happy, please feel free to scold and beat her."

"Ah?" Zhang Li was shocked. He didn't expect that Sun Liang would make fun of him right at the beginning.

"Shut up!" Sun Liang glared at him. "It's your honor to be scolded and beaten by Miss Wen!"