After I Woke Up to Find I Had a Wife - Chapter 39

The three-day nesting period passed just like that, sticky and clingy.

After Lin You fully sobered up, she fled Mount Li in a panic. She did not dare show that she was running away because of social death, so she used the excuse that there was a problem with the company’s taxes.

Lin You sat in the car going down the mountain. Thinking of Fu Xinran’s teasing just now, she remembered how Fu Xinran had smiled and told her to come home early. Later, after arranging the menu for the family banquet, Fu Xinran would return to the city villa.

Lin You wore a neat, stylish brown blazer, and her hair had been styled properly as well. Her whole posture was upright and noble as she sat in the car.

If not for the reddened tips of her ears, anyone would know that this current head of the Lin family was not someone to be provoked.

The car drove very smoothly. Su Qingfeng sat with her, occasionally glancing at her little niece who was pretending to be serious.

A child was still a child. Once she fell in love, she could not even control herself. Hmph, Su Qingfeng thought inwardly.

Lin You’s originally relaxed brows tightened when she saw the message sent to her tablet’s email. Her brows furrowed deeper and deeper. The message she had just received said that something had gone wrong with the company’s taxes.

The tax department had withheld part of the financial and accounting documents. Coincidentally, those were exactly the places the system had detected problems in. Lin You’s brow twitched. Her gaze darkened, and a very amused smile appeared on her face.

She remembered that two days ago, Ranran had told her Fu Xinyan said the higher-ups’ policies might change. But the system could not find the specifics either, proving that it had not been fully finalized yet.

Lin You put down the tablet in her hand and looked toward the car window. They had set off at a little after six this morning, just in time to avoid rush hour.

“Auntie, coming back so early probably isn’t as simple as wanting to date, right?” Lin You turned her head to look at Su Qingfeng, who had her eyes closed to rest.

Su Qingfeng’s nose twitched, and she slowly opened her eyes to meet Lin You’s gaze. She smiled. “A lifelong matter is bigger than anything else.”

“If someone else said that, I’d believe it. If you say it, I don’t.” Lin You relaxed her body and leaned back against the comfortable cushion of the rear seat.

“Hahaha. What? Is your aunt being suspected?” Su Qingfeng also turned her head to look at her. The words she spoke were heart-piercing, but her expression was not like that at all. It was full of teasing.

Lin You rolled her eyes at her. At first, she had not known how to deal with this aunt who had never appeared before, but last night, a pile of memories had popped into her mind again.

They were all memories related to this aunt, far more useful than the plot given by the system.

Lin You rubbed her temple. Last night, in her dream, she had very clearly seen several scenes. Seventeen- or eighteen-year-old Su Qingfeng was playing basketball with Lin You, who was only a few years old. The two were having a great time.

There was also Su Qingfeng sitting with Lin You outside the door, not listening to the sounds of arguing inside the villa. There was also the scene of Su Qingfeng arguing with Su Qingwan and forcefully taking Lin You away from the hospital.

There was also Lin You, eyes bloodshot, lifelessly arranging for Su Qingfeng to go to Country M. On the surface, it was to expand business; in reality, it was to take care of those two mothers who were hurting each other.

There were also fragmented images. Once again, she heard that voice identical to her own, telling her to look back.

In the dream, Lin You finally turned back and saw the person who looked exactly like her, yet was gloomy and cold, staring at her.

It was like the reflection of a pool of dead water. Their gazes met. There was no way out, no sign of life, only gloomy decay. In the end, Lin You broke out in a cold sweat. When she woke from the bed, it was already five in the morning.

The gray-blue sky had a faint glow. The air on the mountain was a little cooler. In her arms, she held Fu Xinran, who gave her a sense of reality.

Lin You’s stalled brain finally came back online. Now, there was someone behind her. Her aura was cold and domineering, and she vowed to eradicate every factor that could harm Fu Xinran.

“Auntie, after you came back, you kept testing my attitude. On the surface, you acted carefree, wanting me to think that you came back simply because of Auntie Xie from the Xie family. But in reality?” Lin You casually stabbed Su Qingfeng.

When Su Qingfeng heard Lin You mention that person from the Xie family, her expression changed for an instant before quickly recovering. She really had underestimated her little niece.

“You know about those things?” Su Qingfeng did not know what expression to use to face Lin You. After all, being used as a tool to get through someone’s bonding heat, then being abandoned in a hotel afterward, was truly embarrassing.

“I also know you’ve secretly loved Auntie Xie for more than ten years but never dared to speak up. Does that count as a lot?” Lin You blinked, looking so pure and innocent that Su Qingfeng’s hands itched.

“How would you know that?!” Su Qingfeng had never let this slip in front of anyone. Even when her sister occasionally called to tell her to find a partner, she had never said a word, still pretending to be an untouched young Alpha.

Lin You’s eyes shifted. She blinked frivolously and mischievously, deliberately refusing to tell her.

The car stopped steadily at the group entrance. Before long, an assistant came forward to open the door for her.

Sitting in the car, Lin You looked seriously at Su Qingfeng. “Auntie, no matter what you came back for, or whose instructions you’re following, I’ll always treat you as my aunt. The aunt who used to take me to play basketball.”

Su Qingfeng calmly looked at Lin You’s back, faint pride in her gaze. In her heart, she sighed. As expected of her niece.

She got out from the other side. Her assistant stood behind her. “President Su, there’s news from Country M. Please take a look.”

“No rush.” Su Qingfeng walked forward leisurely. She already knew what message had been sent.

There were always people who liked to pry at an unshakable skyscraper bit by bit, always thinking they would be the next one at the helm.

A gentle smile curved Lin You’s lips. Her footsteps were light, not the slightest bit affected by the tax issue, as if all of this had been within her expectations and could be solved with a raise of her hand.

When the group’s employees saw Lin You return from vacation with relaxed, brisk steps, many of their hearts settled. Surrounded by her assistants, Lin You left.

Su Qingfeng did not follow. She returned to her office and sat down heavily on the large black sofa. “Show me the email.”

The Beta female assistant in a black work suit lit up the tablet in her hand, pulled up the new information, and handed it to Su Qingfeng with both hands.

“These old fellows really stretch their hands far.” Su Qingfeng looked at the message. There were only five words:

Mole, Lu Changming.

After Su Qingfeng finished reading, the email automatically destroyed itself.

“Lead him around for a bit. Let him take over the God-Making Project.”

After giving the instruction to her assistant, Su Qingfeng glanced at her phone. It was still early. She would wait here. There was still one hour before the regular meeting began.

Lin You sat in her own office. It had only been a few short days. Why did this place feel a little unfamiliar? It must be because she had not rested well during her vacation and had already come back.

Lin You unfastened two small double-breasted buttons on her sleeve and picked up the documents that had already been organized on the desk. The three files placed in front of her were the most urgent.

Sun Yue and Li Ping stood with their hands in front of them, waiting for Lin You’s instructions.

Lin You opened the first file, which was the copied version of the document concerning the tax problem. She had already seen this file long ago. She even knew who had tampered with it.

“How is the newly released game from the technology department doing?” Lin You asked the two of them while quickly flipping through the documents.

Sun Yue smiled and said with satisfaction, “Very good. Its popularity is rising steadily, and the experience is excellent.”

“Haha, I knew it. Tell the technology director to have the technology department employees go on vacation in three batches. This time, I’ll pay out of my own pocket. Let them relax properly.”

“Now?” Sun Yue was very surprised. Right now was also a critical period for the group. After thinking for a while, she still said, “If we let them go out, will it…”

“Will it what? Hm?” Lin You smiled and glanced at her, telling her to relax.

“All right. I’ll notify the technology director later and have him make the arrangements.” Sun Yue understood and nodded.

“Call the finance director over for me.” Lin You put away the documents and account books, asking Li You to call the person over.

“President Lin.” Finance Director Ma Yingying wore her hair in a ponytail, her expression dark. She had always been unsmiling and meticulous, never giving anyone face. This time, capsizing in a gutter had angered her to death.

Now, whenever she went out, her mortal enemy called every day to mock her. Lin Sizheng, just you wait. If I don’t kick you out of the group, I’ll write my name Ma Yingying backward.

Lin You did not know this series of inner thoughts, but she could guess.

There were no problems with the main core accounts. The problem lay in the financial reports submitted by subsidiaries and their accounting documents. Several points did not match up, and they all happened to be small documents stuck in key places.

Usually, Ma Yingying also handed these matters to her subordinates to check clearly. At the end, she would roughly check them once herself before sealing the box for storage.

Unfortunately, this time, before she could check the accounts submitted by the subsidiaries, Lin Sizheng had placed them at the bottom corner of the inspection materials. When the tax bureau staff who came to inspect left, they were all smiling.

“Tell me what you think.” Lin You raised her eyes. Her face was full of smiles, yet it made people feel no warmth, only enormous pressure. Her cold, dark gaze fell on Ma Yingying.

She did not show the slightest pity just because Ma Yingying was an Omega. Pity would be an insult to this loyal and capable elite subordinate.

Sweat appeared on the tip of Ma Yingying’s nose. Her body was tightly tense. Several times, she slightly opened her mouth, but in the end, she said nothing.

“You have two days. Resolve this matter. Submit whatever materials should be submitted. Cooperate with the government and catch all these parasites, so they don’t keep annoying me.”

Lin You withdrew her aura and clearly expressed her attitude. Ma Yingying nodded, then carried the files returned from the office back to her own office.

She moved like the wind, her high heels tapping as densely as raindrops, making people’s hearts go numb.