Chapter 29: Domineering Secretary Bai Yueguang 8 Business Trip
The ceiling lights in the cabin were dimmed. The man unbuttoned his coat with one hand and pinched his brow.
He heard shallow breathing sounds beside him, and he turned his head to look. The petite and lovely girl was curled up in the leather seat and sleeping soundly, her pink cheeks pressed against the edge of the chair, and her eyelashes cast two small fan-shaped shadows under her eyes.
"Sir, this is the blanket you need." After receiving the order, the flight attendant took the blanket to the first-class cabin. Seeing the cold and noble man carefully protecting the girl's head, his eyes full of enviable tenderness, she was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but lower her voice.
Ji Hanlin nodded slightly in thanks and accepted the blanket offered by the stewardess. The girl leaned towards his shoulder, oblivious to the situation, as if subconsciously drawn to this man.
He calmly tucked the blanket in for the girl and gently kissed her fair forehead.
After a turbulent moment as the plane touched the ground, Wen Qianning woke up drowsily. She rubbed her eyes and said softly, "Are we there yet?"
"Um."
When they left the airport, people from the local branch were already waiting. Ji Hanlin spoke briefly to them and asked the driver to take them to the hotel first.
Arriving at the hotel entrance, Wen Qianning got out of the car to get her ID card for registration. The receptionist smiled and said, "Miss Wen, the two luxury suites you reserved are ready. Here are the room cards."
She took the room card and turned to hand one to Ji Hanlin. "Mr. Ji, this is yours."
Ji Hanlin glanced at the room number on the room card, then looked at her, and said nothing.
Although he didn't say anything, his meaning was very clear: Why did the two of them book two rooms?
Wen Qianning pretended not to see his gaze and smiled, "I thought you were busy with work and might need a quiet environment, so I booked two rooms not far away. Feel free to call me if you need anything."
The man took the room card and played with it for a while with an ambiguous look, his smile not visible in his eyes.
The atmosphere was a bit quiet once they entered the elevator. Wen Qianning stared at the ticking numbers on the elevator, feeling Ji Hanlin's gaze fixed on her. She cleared her throat and said, "I've arranged the itinerary for this business trip as you instructed. I'll be at the branch office for a meeting tomorrow morning, and in the afternoon..."
"Why book two rooms?" he suddenly asked, interrupting her.
"Huh?" She was stunned for a moment, then revealed an innocent expression. "Because of the company's regulations, the business trip standards are..."
Playing dumb? He looked at her and couldn't help laughing in his heart: "You know...we are different, you are my girlfriend."
At this moment, the elevator door opened. The girl's eyes rolled around and she quickly ran out: "We're here. Mr. Ji, please go back to your room and rest. I'll sort out the information."
She turned to leave, but he held her wrist tightly. Ji Hanlin's fingertips caressed the delicate skin of her wrist, not with much force, but it made it impossible for her to move.
"We can sort out the information tomorrow." He looked down at her, his eyelashes casting a faint shadow under the light, and there was a hint of subtle grievance in his tone. "Or do you really not want to be with me?"
Wen Qianning choked at his question, her cheeks flushing slightly. It was just that whenever they were alone, he always managed to easily make her heart race, ultimately leading to her complete collapse. But how could she bring herself to say such words?
"That's not what I meant." The blushing girl buried herself in his arms tenderly, her voice as soft as a mosquito's. "It's just... I'm afraid of disturbing your rest."
Indeed, before meeting her, Ji Hanlin had never imagined that his concentration would be so poor. He sank his voice and pulled her towards his room. "No, it's just right. I have something to discuss with you about work."
Wen Qianning couldn't resist him, so he half-dragged her into the room. As soon as she found her footing, she heard a soft "click" and he locked the door.
Her heart skipped a beat and she looked at him warily: "Why did you lock the door?"
"So that no one can interrupt us while we're talking about work." Ji Hanlin raised his eyebrows, looking as if it was a matter of course.
He walked over to the sofa and sat down, patting the seat next to him: "Come and sit."
Wen Qianning hesitated for a moment, then walked over and sat down, deliberately keeping a distance from him. He didn't care, pulling out a few documents from his briefcase and handing them to her. "This is the branch's upcoming project plan. Take a look and see if there's anything you need to add."
She took the document and began to leaf through it carefully. The room was quiet, save for the rustling of papers. Wen Qianning was so focused on reading that she didn't notice Ji Hanlin's gaze on her face.
Her eyelashes were long, like two small fans, her nose was small and straight, and her lips were a natural pink, which she pursed slightly at the moment, revealing a seriousness. Ji Hanlin's heartbeat inexplicably quickened a little, and his Adam's apple rolled slightly.
After a long while, Wen Qianning finished reading the document. She raised her head to discuss with him, but she met his deep eyes. His eyes were too hot, as if to suck her in. She subconsciously shrank back.
"Have you finished reading it?" he asked, his voice a little deeper than before.
"Hmm." She calmed herself down and sorted out her thoughts. "Overall, there's no major problem. It's just that the market research could be a little more detailed. After all, the consumer groups in City S are quite different from those at our headquarters."
Ji Hanlin nodded, seeming to agree with her point of view: "You have a point. Let's bring it up at the meeting tomorrow."
"We've finished our official business. Now... shall we talk about personal matters?"
He paused, then suddenly moved closer to her. The distance between them instantly shortened. Wen Qianning could even smell the refreshing scent on his body, which made her heart skip a beat. "Ningning, if I don't sleep with you, I will suffer from insomnia. What should I do?"
How could that be? The original plot of the novel didn't seem to mention the protagonist suffering from insomnia. In fact, Wen Qianning had a vague idea in her mind: he didn't have insomnia at all; he was just looking for an excuse.
Even knowing this, the girl still looked at him in surprise, her tone tinged with concern: "Have you been too busy with work lately?"
"Maybe. It's more serious when I'm on a business trip and moving to a new place." He rubbed his eyebrows, the tiredness in his eyes was half real and half fake.
The man leaned forward, his knee touching her calf, and lowered his voice, "Can I stay in your room for a while? Maybe I'll feel more at ease with you around."
The warm breath brushed past her ear, and the tip of Wen Qianning's ear turned red. She pretended to tidy up the edge of the file and said in a weak voice: "But we are here on a business trip... Please don't mess around, otherwise I really am afraid I won't be able to get out of bed."
Ji Hanlin's half-hearted words sounded like tacit agreement. Knowing that the girl wasn't really resisting resting with him, a smile instantly spread across his eyes. He reached out and ruffled her hair, "Don't worry, I won't do anything."
If you say you will do nothing, then you really will do nothing.
The next morning, the two of them went to the Ji branch for an inspection. The purpose of their recent business trip was mainly to oversee the implementation of some new projects in City S, and there weren't any difficult issues.
However, it only took two days to deal with the affairs that needed to be handled by the branch. When Wen Qianning was sorting out the documents, he thought to himself that it was completed so smoothly, they would be able to go back soon.
Unexpectedly, the man squeezed her palm and said, "No rush, let's play for two more days. I'm invited to a party tonight. Can Ningning accompany me?"
Thinking that he could play for a few more days, the thought of returning home immediately disappeared, and Wen Qianning agreed readily.
When Ji Hanlin showed up at the drinking party with a girl... everyone present was shocked.
Everyone knew that Ji Hanlin was notoriously aloof from women, possessing a cold and hard temperament, always aloof and reserved. But now? He'd actually brought a seemingly delicate and soft-hearted girl to a gathering of friends like this. He'd never been this close to a girl before.
Those who came today were all top figures in their circle, with prominent family backgrounds, either rich or noble. Ji Hanlin brought this girl in, and his intention was obvious: he wanted to introduce her to his closest friends.
Qiao Chi, who knew what was going on, smiled and greeted them warmly, "Brother Ji is here, who is this...?"
Wen Qianning blinked, looked at the hand Qiao Chi extended to her, and hesitantly shook it. "Hello, I'm President Ji's secretary, Wen Qianning."
Which CEO would bring his own secretary? I wonder what kind of secretary play these two are doing in private. Qiao Chi saw through it but didn't say anything. He ignored Ji Hanlin who was staring coldly at their clasped hands and smiled impudently: "Hello, hello, my name is Qiao Chi, nice to meet you."
"How long are you going to hold on?" Ji Hanlin didn't give him any face at all. He put his arm around Wen Qianning's shoulders, silently declaring their relationship.
"Brother Ji, I was wrong..." Qiao Chi surrendered, turned around and said to Wen Qianning with a smile, "Sister-in-law, come in and sit down. Today we are all close friends, so don't be shy."
It turned out to be a friend's party, but Ji Hanlin didn't tell her... Wen Qianning blushed slightly, and looked at the man who was holding her in his arms without saying a word.
Ji Hanlin took her to greet several friends present one by one, and then naturally put his arm around her waist and sat on the sofa.
"They are all friends." He lowered his head to coax the girl, took her hand and couldn't help but kissed it, "I won't tell anyone."
The male protagonist is really scheming. Knowing that she doesn't want people in the company to know, he uses various methods to get a status, but she can't say anything.
The people present were shocked when they saw this scene... They could never have imagined that there would be a day when President Ji would be so humble and coax a girl? Today they finally saw it.
"Brother Ji has been possessed..." Yan Yang looked at Qiao Chi in disbelief, hoping to gain some comfort from him. "Who is my sister-in-law and what is her background, that she could even catch Brother Ji's eye?"
Qiao Chi didn't have time to bother with Yan Yang at this moment. What was there to be surprised about? The two of them looked perfectly matched. As for their backgrounds...
No one's family background could compare to the Ji family, and the Ji family was so powerful that they didn't need an alliance. Therefore, he never thought that Ji Hanlin would be the kind of person who would date a woman only because of her family background.
Ji Hanlin would never force himself to be with a woman he doesn't like just for the sake of profit. If they really get together, it means he must like her very much.
Compared to these... Qiao Chi smiled, because he had thought of a brilliant plan to avenge Ji Hanlin for stealing a lot of money from him last time!
The bottles of wine that had been placed in the center of the coffee table were quietly moved to the side. The reason was simple: everyone present looked at Wen Qianning, who was sitting quietly beside Ji Hanlin, and felt that it would be embarrassing to drink more.
The girl was fair and clean, sitting there obediently. She was so clean that people couldn't bear to say a dirty word in front of her, let alone smoke or clink glasses.
"It's so boring just sitting there." Qiao Chi pulled out a deck of cards and asked everyone to play. "Want to play a few hands?"
Naturally, Wen Qianning, as the main focus, was also called by Qiao Chi to play. She blinked and asked Ji Hanlin in a low voice: "I don't really know how to play this... How do I play it?"
Her voice was soft, with a hint of curiosity. Ji Hanlin curled his lips and said to her, "I can teach you. It's very simple... If you don't want to play, you can just say so. No need to force it."
The girl shook her head, her eyes sparkling: "I want to try."
In fact, she found it novel. The only formal business banquets she had attended with Ji Hanlin before were never such a lively scene. Qiao Chi had already dealt the cards, and she was dazzled by the cards in her hand.
"Sort the cards first." Ji Hanlin's hand covered the back of her hand. His palm was warm, which made Wen Qianning a little distracted. Her fingers moved mechanically following his movements, but her ears turned red.
Qiao Chi was so amused by what he saw that he said in amazement, "Brother Ji, are you teaching us step by step? Your bias is so obvious. You've never taught us like this before."
Ji Hanlin glanced over and ignored him.
Wen Qianning understood the rules very quickly, but the actual results were not ideal. She lost everything at the beginning of the first game.
"It's okay, just play around." Ji Hanlin didn't care and reached out to tidy up the hair around her ears.
His tone was flat and he still looked calm and composed.
Qiao Chi pouted, but inwardly he was shouting even louder. The more Ji Hanlin protected her, the more he wanted to make this little girl lose. After all, he had lost so much to her last time.
The game continued, and Wen Qianning was obviously no match for this group of veterans. She either remembered the order of playing cards incorrectly or threw away the useful cards early. In less than half an hour, all the chips on the table were gone.
Qiao Chi smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into slits, and the cards in his hand became more and more smooth.
The man beside her was always slow and unhurried. When Wen Qianning lost, he calmly continued to add chips to her bet. Yan Yang watched, and for the hundredth time, he wondered in his heart, "Is this still Ji Hanlin?"
"I win this time!" Wen Qianning suddenly clapped his hands, showing the cards in his hand, with a smile in his eyes.
She happily took some of the chips in front of Qiao Chi as if they had won trophies.
Ji Hanlin looked at those sparkling eyes and ruffled her hair: "Great."
Qiao Chi watched the scene unfold before him, and suddenly felt his plan was a bit ridiculous. He'd originally intended for Ji Hanlin to lose miserably, but instead, he'd become the backdrop for their affectionate display. He tossed his cards onto the table and snorted, "No more playing. Boring."
"Why don't you play anymore?" Wen Qianning was having fun and looked up at him with confusion in her eyes.
Qiao Chi was stunned by her look, then smiled: "I'm afraid if we continue playing, I should win back all the winnings that Brother Ji made in the past few times."
Yan Yang was trying to suppress his laughter and picked up the fruit on the table and handed it to her: "Sister-in-law, have some strawberries, freshly washed."
Wen Qianning thanked him, took the strawberry, and ate it in small bites. Ji Hanlin sat beside her and took the strawberry stem for her and put it in the trash can beside her. The two of them didn't say anything, but they had an unspoken understanding.
At this moment, Gu Yanran, who was far away at home, was browsing her Moments and accidentally clicked on the video that Qiao Chi had just posted.
The video was only a dozen seconds long, with boisterous laughter in the background and the camera shaking violently. Gu Yanran frowned as she clicked on it. Before she could see the image clearly, she caught sight of a familiar silhouette.
She sat up straight in an instant and turned the video volume to the highest. She still couldn't see the face clearly in the picture, but she recognized the figure, with broad shoulders and narrow waist. Even if it was just a silhouette, it exuded a sense of alienation that kept strangers away.
Gu Yanran recognized him at a glance. This person... was definitely Ji Hanlin.
But in the video, he lowered his head slightly, standing very close to a girl beside him. The girl seemed to be amused by him and reached out to hit him. As the two of them were playing around, she leaned towards Ji Hanlin, almost touching him.
Gu Yanran's heart seemed to be gripped by something and suddenly tightened.
Why? Ji Hanlin hated being too close to others, especially the opposite sex. But now, not only did he allow that woman to get so close to him, but there was also a sense of intimacy between the two of them that didn't allow anyone else to intrude.
She rewound the video and found that the woman's figure was indeed familiar. She was not tall, and her gestures were soft and gentle like a vixen... She looked very much like the secretary she had run into in the president's office the last time she went to Ji's.
They really are having an affair!
No wonder the last time she went to Ji's house, Ji Hanlin actually drove her out for that woman.
Gu Yanran was so angry that her teeth were itching. She took a deep breath and then opened Qiao Chi's dialog box. Her fingertips were shaking and she pressed the wrong keys several times while typing.
"Qiao Chi, where did you shoot this video? I think I saw Ji Hanlin?"
The moment she pressed the send button, she stared at the screen intently, waiting, not daring to slack off for a moment.
When Qiao Chi saw the message sent by the visitor, he frowned and felt extremely annoyed.
It was all his fault for being careless. He had accidentally forgotten to block Gu Yanran when posting on his Moments. He had never liked this woman. This woman always liked to call herself Ji Hanlin's fiancée, but they all knew that Ji Hanlin had never even looked at her, and the marriage between the two families was also a fabricated thing.
He didn't want to pay much attention to Gu Yanran, so he casually replied, "Yeah, we're getting together."
...That's it? Gu Yanran bit her lower lip and continued to knock unwillingly: "I think I saw a woman next to him? Who is it?"
She didn't believe that Qiao Chi couldn't see her anxiety, but he replied even more perfunctorily: "I don't know, maybe you saw it wrong."
Without giving her a chance to ask further questions, Qiao Chi ended the conversation with a single sentence, "Okay, let's stop talking. I'm busy. Let's talk another day."
Gu Yanran could see that Qiao Chi was deliberately trying to brush her off. However, he knew that he liked Ji Hanlin, and they were in the same circle, seeing each other all the time. Could it be that Qiao Chi wouldn't help her, but would help another woman he didn't even know?!
She was so angry that she threw her phone on the sofa, got up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window.
"Wen Qianning..." The woman dug her nails into her palms, her tone vicious, "You're just a secretary, yet you dare to covet something that doesn't belong to you!"
She would definitely not let her be with Ji Hanlin!
The two of them were completely unaware of what had just happened. Ji Hanlin turned his head and whispered to the girl, who was having trouble lifting her eyelids, "Are you sleepy?"
"A little bit." Wen Qianning rubbed her eyes, nodded, and leaned on his shoulder.
"Then shall we go back first?"
"Um."
Ji Hanlin stood up and picked up her coat. Everyone said goodbye to them. The two held hands tightly and got into the car together.
"I'm sorry, I seem to have lost a lot tonight?" she whispered, still feeling a little guilty.
"Winning or losing is not important, as long as you are happy." The man beside her looked down at her and smiled.
"But it's such a huge amount of money..." The girl huddled in the passenger seat, holding her face in frustration, pouting and mumbling pitifully, "If I had so much money..."
Bai Yueguang no longer has such great pressure to pay back his debts.
How come he never realized that his girlfriend was actually a money-grubber? Ji Hanlin pinched her cute face with a bit of amusement and asked, "Why, are you short of money?"
Wen Qianning looked at him strangely and thought, how could such a domineering CEO who is out of touch with the world understand?
She sighed slightly and replied with a rather disconcerting tone, "Not really... Never mind. You don't understand."
He probably couldn't imagine that even though he was a powerful and overbearing CEO, his girlfriend was still burdened with tens of millions of dollars in debt. In order to follow the plot and maintain her integrity as Bai Yueguang, Wen Qianning couldn't tell the male protagonist about these things.
Hearing this, Ji Hanlin raised his eyebrows and said nothing more, but he had made up his mind.
In the next three days, Ji Hanlin took Wen Qianning to visit all over S City. The next day after returning home, he had someone deliver a palm-sized cardboard box.
Wen Qianning opened it and saw that it was a plush toy that had been very popular online recently, and it also had a limited edition label.
"This is..." Wen Qianning remembered that when she saw the poster of this doll in City S that day, she couldn't help but take a few more glances.
Ji Hanlin didn't think she liked this doll, did she? She stared at the poster and thought it was incredibly ugly. She didn't understand why so many people were hyping it up...
Wen Qianning pinched the doll's tail and complained silently in her heart, saying it was really too ugly. She didn't look at it for long and then casually put it on the desk.
"Thank you, Brother Hanlin. I like it very much." The girl sent a voice message to the phone. Her tone was sweet and soft, full of coquettishness. Anyone who heard it would be moved.
But only she herself knew that she was just lying with her eyes open.
Wen Qianning dragged his feet back to the room, fell on the bed and closed his eyes. However, at this moment, the cell phone made a strange sound at an inopportune time.
First of all, it definitely wasn't Ji Hanlin, because this man had schemingly taken her cell phone one day and changed his ringtone to an exclusive incoming call ringtone, under the pretext that he needed special treatment from baby Ningning.
So who was it that sent her a message so late?
Curious, she stood up and picked up her phone, only to find it was an email notification from an unknown contact:
[Miss Wen, let's meet at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon to talk. I have what you want.]
There was a detailed address on the back. Wen Qianning took a look and saw that it was a coffee shop.
Then, she clicked on the attachment and found out...it was actually her debt statement.
? !
It seems that this email was sent by the supporting actress Gu Yanran. It is not difficult to see that her identity, background and property status have been thoroughly investigated by Gu Yanran.
In the original novel, it was after the female supporting character humiliated Bai Yueguang that the plot reached a point where Bai Yueguang wanted to break up with the male protagonist. Now, the female supporting character's email was menacing and threatening, leaving Wen Qianning no room for refusal. All of this corresponded to the original text.
So what this means is... Wen Qianning's eyelashes trembled slightly, is it time to reach the critical mission point where she needs to scumbag the male protagonist again?
*
"Miss Wen, you're here. What would you like to drink?"
The woman in front of him put down her teacup with an uneasy look on her face. It was obvious that she was suppressing her anger and trying to talk to Wen Qianning in a rational yet superior manner.
"Miss Gu, please feel free to say whatever you want to say." Wen Qianning arrived at the coffee shop where Gu Yanran suggested they meet at three o'clock in the afternoon. She did not order anything.
Because she didn't think Gu Yanran could drink coffee with her calmly, not to mention that the focus today was not on drinking coffee at all.
"Haha," Gu Yanran sneered, a hint of cruelty flashing in her eyes, "Then I'll be frank... I hope you can break up with Han Lin right away!"
"Your motives for being with him were not pure. Wasn't it just to make money to pay off your debt? You've been with him for so long, you should have made most of what you deserved, right? Why don't you break up? Do you really think you can marry into the Ji family? I'm warning you, the Ji family doesn't look down on poor people like you. I'm the only one who is a good match for him!"
Wen Qianning stared at the supporting actress quietly. Suddenly, she felt her acting urge kicking in. She lowered her eyes in a pitiful manner and shrank back a little in fear. "But he and I are truly in love... I don't want to break up with President Ji."
Are they still truly in love? Gu Yanran felt sickened by Wen Qianning's hypocritical behavior and wanted to rush up and slap her.
"Ridiculous! If you don't want to break up, don't blame me for sending Han Lin the proof that you owe him money! I want to see if he, such an arrogant man, can really have no grudges if he knows that you approached him with ulterior motives from the beginning and were just after his money?"
Seeing Wen Qianning still hesitant, she narrowed her eyes, picked up the cup and took a sip of coffee, calmed herself down, and continued to strike while the iron was hot, "Miss Wen, please rest assured that you will not be left out of any benefits."
Gu Yanran pulled out a business card from her bag, held it between her fingertips, and handed it to Wen Qianning: "This is Mr. Lin from Shengshi Group."
Wen Qianning's eyes fell on the business card, where the words "Lin Haozhe, President of Shengshi Group" were printed in a particularly eye-catching manner.
Of course she knew Lin Haozhe, who was the president of a competing company who extended an olive branch to Bai Yueguang in the original novel.
"Boss Lin said," Gu Yanran noticed her eyes move slightly, and the corners of her mouth curled up a little higher, "as long as you are willing to leave Ji's, he will immediately give you 30 million, and the annual salary will be the same as it was at Ji's. How about that, is it enough to pay off your debts?"
Instead of the ready agreement she had imagined, she thought that this vain woman was looking at her with an extremely strange expression.
What kind of look is that...? Gu Yanran frowned and said unhappily, "What? You don't believe it? You can get 30 million just by changing jobs, and you don't have to do anything. This kind of pie in the sky is so good that you don't want it?"
I always feel that Wen Qianning's gaze is no different from looking at a mentally retarded person.
This was indeed the case. Wen Qianning thought, considering the female lead's infatuation with the male lead, how could she possibly be willing to let the Ji family be betrayed just to get rid of Bai Yueguang?
Doesn't she know that Mr. Lin is willing to spend 30 million to win over Bai Yueguang, and the reason behind this is actually because he is interested in the secrets of the Ji project that Bai Yueguang holds?
How could he be so naive as to think that 30 million was simply used to buy her.
"Okay." Wen Qianning sighed. Since the plot had reached a critical point, she stopped pretending and accepted the business card that Gu Yanran handed her. "I promise you."
[Ding Dong, the node task has been completed.]
At this moment, the system prompt sounded in his mind, and Wen Qianning felt a little melancholy.
"That's right." Gu Yanran smiled, finally breathing a sigh of relief. She covered her lips to try to hide the corners of her mouth that kept rising. "Mr. Lin will contact you in a few days. Get ready... Just break up with Han Lin quickly."
Sure enough, not long after Wen Qianning and Gu Yanran met, they had just returned home when they received a call.
"Hello?"
"Hello, Miss Wen. I am Lin Haozhe, the president of Shengshi Group." A gentle male voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Are you Mr. Lin?" Wen Qianning was silent for a moment and asked his question.
The man on the other end chuckled softly, "Exactly."
"I guess Gu Yanran has already told you very clearly, and you agreed. Otherwise, there wouldn't be this call from us, right..." Lin Haozhe was sitting in Shengshi's office at this time, with his legs crossed, flipping through the documents in his hand casually.
If you were in his office at this moment, you would find that the information in his hands was exactly the information related to Wen Qianning.
"However, I have one small request." He put it forward calmly, his tone full of determination. "This matter is definitely not a difficult task for Miss Wen."
"What?" she asked knowingly.
"I've heard that Miss Wen was involved in Ji's new project a while ago? Speaking of which, Miss Wen must be quite capable to have a role in such an important project. If... you could lend us the project materials for reference, Shengshi can give you whatever Miss Wen wants."
When Lin Haozhe spoke, he also deliberately emphasized the word "borrow", which clearly showed that there was something else behind his words.
Wen Qianning immediately understood the implication of his words. She smiled, and the smile spread from the corners of her mouth to the bottom of her eyes, with a sense of relief.
Finally, in the original plot, Bai Yueguang accepted the benefits given by Shengshi, and then pointed out the key plot of the male protagonist's betrayal.
"Of course." Her face remained calm. "Shengshi has given me so many benefits. It's only right for me to do this."
Hearing this, Lin Haozhe's voice was tinged with a smile, and it sounded particularly gentle when it came through the receiver: "You are indeed a smart man. I wonder when Miss Wen will be free tomorrow? I will ask the driver to pick you up and bring you to our company to sign the contract and discuss the details of the subsequent cooperation."
"Okay, let's do it tomorrow at ten o'clock."
In order to avoid any further trouble, Lin Haozhe naturally hopes to sign a contract with Wen Qianning as soon as possible. After all, it will only be truly effective once it is written in black and white.
He paused, his tone showing obvious satisfaction: "See you tomorrow, Miss Wen."
Wen Qianning hung up the call with Lin Haozhe, threw the phone on the sofa, and walked to the window barefoot on the cold floor.
It started raining outside the window. She had just pulled the curtains halfway when her cell phone rang again. The ringtone was Ji Hanlin's exclusive ringtone.
She took a deep breath, pressed the answer button, and tried to make her voice sound normal: "Hello?"
"Ningning." Ji Hanlin's voice sounded indifferent. "What are you busy with?"
Wen Qianning's fingers tightened around the phone, remembering the call he had just had with his competitor. He couldn't help but feel guilty, and his throat tightened a little. "No... nothing, I just got out of the shower and was about to read."
"Really?" He chuckled. "What have you been busy with at home these few days since you came back?"
This question really hits the nail on the head. I've been busy thinking about how to betray you and break up with you these days, Wen Qianning secretly complained in his heart.
But on the surface, she still sighed and said obediently: "Nothing, I slept all day."
Thinking of the girl's sweet sleeping face, Ji Hanlin felt his heart soften, and his tone became gentler: "Open the door."
Wen Qianning was stunned. Open the door? He... is at the door?
She walked to the entrance in confusion, and when she looked out through the peephole, her heart skipped a beat. Ji Hanlin was standing outside the door, so she hurriedly opened the door in a panic.
As soon as the door opened, the man hugged her in his arms. He still carried the cold air from outside. His chin rested on the top of her head, and his voice was muffled: "Ningning, I missed you so much."
Wen Qianning was hugged into his arms and was unable to react for a moment, and was a little dazed.
She didn't say anything, and subconsciously raised her hands to hug him back, but the more she did this, the more she felt an indescribable strange feeling in her heart.
I always feel... very sorry for the male lead.
When she thought about the plot that was about to unfold, she could honestly say that the male lead was really good to her. He was gentle and considerate, and always responded to her requests. But she not only wanted to scum him, but also betray him. Wen Qianning was filled with guilt.
As if he had noticed that the girl in his arms was distracted, the possessive man obviously couldn't accept her absent-mindedness. His eyes darkened like ink pouring out, and then he picked her up by the waist, pinched the girl's soft waist and pushed her against the counter at the corner.
When Wen Qianning's back touched the cold counter, she felt a little dazed.
You wanna be here?!
Ji Hanlin bit her earlobe, calling her name passionately over and over again, his hand sliding up along her perfect waistline. Wen Qianning's soft long hair was scattered casually, and her clothes had been torn to pieces.
The girl gasped, clutching his shoulders with her hands, a hint of tears in her eyes.
Ok, now she suddenly feels that she has nothing to do with the hero:-)
The rain outside the window masked the sobs in Wen Qianning's throat. Ji Hanlin's kiss deepened, sliding from the corner of her lips to her earlobe, his breath hot on her neck: "Ningning... did you miss me?"
"I do." Wen Qianning dug her nails into his back, her sweet voice muffled in his neck.
The man held her in his arms, walked into the bedroom, and placed her in the soft blankets. He leaned over and kissed her again. After experiencing the passion/desire, the tenderness between his eyebrows made it impossible to look away.
"Just not seeing you for two days is completely unbearable." Ji Hanlin chuckled, the vibration of his chest transmitted through his back, making him feel numb and tingling. "Ningning, let's live together, okay?"
However, when Wen Qianning heard these words, they only made her feel more guilty.
Because she will dump the male protagonist in a short time... In this case, how could she agree to live with him!
Her eyelashes trembled slightly in panic, and she bit her lip and said vaguely, "No."
"Why?" He tightened his arms and held the girl tightly in his arms, his tone somewhat dissatisfied.
"Because distance creates beauty." Wen Qianning said nonsense with her eyes wide open, pointing a finger, and said to him seriously, "If we live together, you will get tired of me quickly, what should I do?"
Hearing Wen Qianning's words, Ji Hanlin was stunned at first, and then burst out laughing.
How could he possibly get tired of her? Didn't she know what a fatal temptation she was to him?
Or was it that he didn't give her enough sense of security?
"I will never get tired of you." He couldn't help but lower his head and kissed the corner of her lips.
The person in his arms whimpered and shrank into his arms like a docile kitten. However, the words the kitten said made him uncomfortable:
"Then...what if I'm tired of you and want to break up with you?"
Ji Hanlin narrowed his eyes, and his expression darkened visibly. He stared at her for a long time, as if to confirm whether she was joking or not. After a while, he forced a cold smile.
"If Ningning dares to break up with me, I will definitely lock you up and make sure you can never escape from me again."
The girl seemed startled by his words and looked a little flustered. He patted Wen Qianning's back soothingly and said, "So, Ningning, don't talk about breaking up anymore. I don't like to hear it."
Wen Qianning was indeed scared, not because she was afraid of being locked up by the male lead, but because she was afraid of why the male lead would say such possessive words...Will the breakup plot fail again?
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