After the Harem Novel’s Female Lead was Spoiled by the Comments - Chapter 25

In the car, Xiao Chen, who had re-entered work mode, handed the tablet to Yan Qingwen and said, “President Yan, you previously said you wanted to recruit a new secretary specifically to organize and report on work matters related to the new industrial park. We’ve interviewed quite a few people recently. These are the candidates who passed the second round. Would you like to conduct the next final interview, or…”

As a massive corporation, Yan Group owned more than a dozen mines and several dozen industrial parks. There were many daily matters that required Yan Qingwen’s coordination. Therefore, aside from Xiao Chen as her assistant, Yan Qingwen also had several secretaries.

Some time ago, one of the secretaries had gotten pregnant and gone on maternity leave. At the same time, Yan Group had a new industrial park opening, so many secretaries were too busy to split themselves up. Yan Qingwen had therefore arranged for HR to recruit another secretary.

Yan Qingwen went through all of these people’s résumés. In the end, her gaze stopped on an applicant named “Qi Zange.”

Xiao Chen was meticulous. Noticing her gaze, she immediately introduced her. “Qi Zange, from C City, twenty-four years old this year. She’s a top student who graduated from Oxford University at the age of twenty. Before graduating, she had already entered the well-known LGM Group as an intern and successfully became a full-time employee. After working there for two years, she was poached by Qian Technology with a high salary. Two months ago, because of an internal equity and property dispute at Qian Technology, she didn’t take the crown prince’s side and was pushed out…”

“From C City.” Yan Qingwen was now especially sensitive toward people and matters from C City.

Xiao Chen did not understand why, but nodded. “Yes. She’s also an orphan. She studied with financial aid. Because she was smart and hardworking, she skipped several grades and finally got into Oxford University. She’s very capable, and because she has come into contact with the high-tech industry before, she’s quite a good talent for Yan Group.”

The chief secretaries of Yan Group were all very capable talents. They also would not stay in that position for too long. Usually, after three to five years, those with outstanding work ability could directly transfer to senior management positions. Therefore, there was a saying within Yan Group that the secretary office was a heavenly pond where carp leaped over the dragon gate. For a top student from Oxford University to come here as a secretary was not necessarily a waste of talent.

Yan Qingwen lowered her eyes in thought, the tip of her index finger tapping against the tablet. After a long while, she said, “After I return, arrange a one-on-one interview. I’ll interview her personally.”

Hearing this, Xiao Chen knew that President Yan’s secretary candidate was probably more or less decided.

…

After Yan Qingwen went on her business trip, Wen Hebai did not idle around alone either. She took the initiative to contact her manager. The moment the other party received her call, she was so moved that tears nearly streamed down her face.

“Your Highness, you’re finally willing to answer the phone?!”

When Wen Hebai heard that over the past few days, her manager had been cleaning up after her everywhere and answering nonstop calls from investors, advertisers, and production crews, she sincerely said, “You’ve worked hard, Sister Song.”

On the other end, the manager exhaled. “I’m not working hard. My life is hard! You’d better come back and see me one last time while I still have one breath left.”

Wen Hebai burst out laughing.

Her manager was so angry she started cursing loudly.

“All right, the three-day marriage leave is over. I’ll go back tomorrow.”

After appeasing her manager and confirming her upcoming schedule, Wen Hebai took out her phone and opened an adult toy specialty store to browse.

She had put some things into her shopping cart before, but had never had the chance to place an order. Now the opportunity had come. It was just that the sizes did not seem very suitable, so she still had to choose again.

“This one can vibrate, suction, and even spray water. The functions are really complete…” Wen Hebai, wandering through this new world, was completely unaware that the sky had already darkened. She had just placed the order when a call suddenly popped up on her phone, startling her so much that she shivered.

After discovering that it was not Yan Qingwen, she breathed a sigh of relief while also feeling a little disappointed. Yan Qingwen had probably already gotten off the plane by now. Why hadn’t she called to report that she was safe?

President Yan’s heartless, body-only words after they had finished echoed in her ears. Wen Hebai curled her lips and answered the call in a poor mood. “Hello?”

“Fourth Miss, the person you asked me to keep an eye on has made a move.”

…

Yan Qingwen, who had just gotten off the plane after the flight was delayed, declined the drinking party arranged by the branch company’s higher-ups and went directly to the five-star hotel she had booked to rest.

Tomorrow’s opening ceremony would not only have news media present, but also provincial and municipal officials. After all, Yan Group’s high-tech industrial park was a project worth over ten billion. It would inject new vitality into T City’s economy. Never mind the mayor—even the top provincial leader would attend this opening ceremony.

Yan Qingwen had to ensure that tomorrow’s ceremony went smoothly.

While she was busy, her private email suddenly received a message.

She had a work email and a private email. Her work email handled work matters, while her private email handled private matters. Not many people knew her private email address.

Spam? If that were the case, it should have been intercepted and automatically sent to the spam folder.

Yan Qingwen pondered for a moment, but still opened the email. She discovered that it contained several photos of Wen Hebai entering and leaving a bar.

Were they taken secretly by paparazzi? What was the meaning of sending them to her? Yan Qingwen could not make sense of it.

She had Xiao Chen contact the group’s white-hat hackers and ask them to trace the sender’s information.

Before long, the white-hat hackers gave feedback. They said the sender’s IP address was fake. When they were about to trace the other party’s host system, they encountered a large-scale counterattack and had no choice but to stop investigating further.

Although they had not found out who the other party was, this made it possible to judge that the other side was an organized and disciplined hacker group.

Originally, a few photos were not enough to attract Yan Qingwen’s attention. But after hearing about the force behind the other party, she suddenly thought: Could someone be trying to use Wen Hebai to threaten her?

Thinking of this, Yan Qingwen’s heart chilled. She immediately called Wen Hebai.

However, the phone rang for five seconds and still was not answered. Decisive in action, Yan Qingwen did not wait in vain any longer and directly called Wen Hegu.

The other side picked up very quickly. “Qingwen, it’s so late. Is something the matter?”

Yan Qingwen did not pay attention to the other party’s rather intimate form of address and asked, “President Wen, do you know how to find Ah Bai in the shortest possible time?”

Wen Hegu keenly sensed something. “Did something happen?”

Yan Qingwen paused for one second.

She was not sure who exactly wanted to harm Wen Hebai, but those with such great power and who also had conflicts of interest with either Wen Hebai or herself were basically concentrated among K City’s wealthy and elite circles. Therefore, she could not let too many people know about this, lest she alert the enemy.

Even though the other party was Wen Hebai’s biological sister, Yan Qingwen could not give her one hundred percent trust. She said, “I couldn’t get through to her phone.”

Wen Hegu: “…”

Had her younger sister and sister-in-law gotten into a quarrel?

Yan Qingwen then said, “But I heard that she went to Yiqi Bar… I’m still in T City right now. Can you help me find her?”

She had seen the bar’s name in the photo. She said it now because she wanted to see what kind of reaction Wen Hegu would have. Only after confirming that there was no problem with Wen Hegu could she feel at ease letting Wen Hegu know more information.

When Wen Hegu heard the information she revealed, she instead let out a breath of relief and smiled. “If she’s at Yiqi Bar, then nothing will happen.”

Remembering that this sister-in-law was someone who had probably never even touched the door of a bar before, she added, “That bar’s security is excellent, and it also places great importance on customer privacy. Electronic devices, hidden cameras, and recording equipment can’t be brought inside, so that’s why you can’t contact Xiaobai in time.”

Yan Qingwen loosened her tightly furrowed brows.

On the other end of the phone, who knew what Wen Hegu had imagined, but she suddenly reacted and hurriedly explained, “That bar is very clean. Xiaobai probably went there because she had something important to handle. I’ll immediately have someone help you find her!”

They had almost triggered a relationship crisis between the wives. Luckily, she was quick-witted!