After the Harem Novel’s Female Lead was Spoiled by the Comments - Chapter 27

Now that Zhuang Yi has absolutely nothing to do with Yan Qingwen, Su Jinyue—having heard Jiang Yunhan’s inner thoughts—still felt a bit uncomfortable. Why was this fellow Jiang Yunhan looking at her as if she were a shameless mistress seducing a married man?

“What are you doing here?” Su Jinyue asked Jiang Yunhan crossly.

Jiang Yunhan couldn’t dodge her, so he leaned over the railing: “A bar is a public place, why can’t I be here?”

【It’s rare to escape that group of guys trying to call me to Ziyun Shanghuang and come here for a drink, yet I ran into the male and female leads here too!】

A look of disgust appeared on Su Jinyue’s face. What “male and female leads”? Had she ever said she wanted to be Zhuang Yi’s woman? Jiang Yunhan keeps tying her and Zhuang Yi together every single time—isn’t it annoying!

Zhuang Yi, meanwhile, stared at Jiang Yunhan with a dark, sinister gaze. Every time this playboy appeared, his plans fell through. It seemed he would have to eliminate this threat first!

Jiang Yunhan felt a chill run down his spine from the stare and retreated back into his booth. Su Jinyue, determined to find out the truth, immediately left Zhuang Yi behind and ran upstairs.

Inside the booth, Jiang Yunhan was flanked by two women dressed very sexily and enchantingly, one on his left and one on his right.

He was famous in K City as a handsome, wealthy, and devoted young master who had high-profilely pursued Yan Qingwen; many people in K City recognized him. Since Yan Qingwen announced her marriage to Wen Hebai, he had been labeled as “heartbroken.” Seeing him drinking alone at a bar, many people thought this was an opportunity to strike while he was vulnerable, and these two women had firmly seized that chance.

When Su Jinyue came up and saw this scene, her disdain for Jiang Yunhan grew.

Seeing her expression, Jiang Yunhan was overjoyed in his heart: 【It’s right to hate me! This is a great opportunity to get rid of the female leads. As long as Su Jinyue thinks I’m a scumbag, she’ll stay far away from me, and then the Dragon King won’t have a reason to pick a fight with me!】

So Jiang Yunhan put his arms around the two beauties and began to flirt.

One of the women looked at Su Jinyue with a rather provocative gaze: “Good brother, who is this little sister? She’s not even an adult yet, is she?”

Su Jinyue, who had always been self-conscious about her lack of a curvaceous figure, was fuming. She immediately engaged in a war of words with the two women, making Jiang Yunhan exclaim internally: Truly worthy of the K City “Little Chili,” her combat power is astonishing!

Finally, Jiang Yunhan stepped in to mediate: “This is the daughter of the Su family, the insurance magnates.”

The two women realized they couldn’t afford to offend Su Jinyue and slunk away.

Su Jinyue’s throat felt like it was on fire from the arguing. She reflexively picked up a glass of lemon water from the table and took a huge gulp, only to realize after swallowing that it wasn’t lemon water at all—it was vodka!

Su Jinyue, who was a “one-glass lightweight,” got drunk instantly. At this moment, hearing Jiang Yunhan’s inner thoughts about wanting to avoid her like the plague made her indignant. She decided to kiss him—Aren’t you hiding from me, afraid to be associated with me? Then I’ll kiss you and see what you do!

Fortunately, before she could actually kiss Jiang Yunhan, she was stopped in time by Wen Hebai.

“Sister Bai, thank goodness you’re here!” Su Jinyue was mortified. Was her brain malfunctioning? Why did she even have the idea to kiss Jiang Yunhan? Even if it would disgust Jiang Yunhan, she would find it disgusting too, okay!

This was a classic “injure the enemy by a thousand, self-destruct by a thousand” move.

Wen Hebai rolled her eyes.

She hadn’t appeared here by chance; she had received news that Zhuang Yi, Jiang Yunhan, and Su Jinyue had appeared at the Yi Qi bar one after another.

What good could come of these three gathering together!?

Worried that Su Jinyue would be like Liao Song—acting on a whim and doing something stupid—Wen Hebai had rushed over immediately.

“Where is the colleague who brought you?” Wen Hebai reminded Su Jinyue.

Only then did Su Jinyue remember the colleague who had been in “stealth mode” ever since they entered the bar and met Zhuang Yi. She looked around and peered down at the first floor, but couldn’t find her colleague anywhere.

“He—” Su Jinyue was dazed. A thought flickered in her mind, but she wasn’t quite sure.

【Oh ho! Looks like Female Lead 2 found out. This was a trap set by the male lead; he bribed her colleague to bring her here…】

Hearing Jiang Yunhan’s thoughts, Su Jinyue’s realization became clearer. She was instantly anxious and angry: “They actually dared to plot against me?!”

Now she finally saw Zhuang Yi’s true colors clearly and was furious with herself for previously thinking he was an upright and kind person!

And that colleague of hers—she would tell her father about this as soon as she got back. she would make sure that person couldn’t survive in K City!

But…

Su Jinyue glared at Jiang Yunhan, finding him even more disgusting than Zhuang Yi. Just because he decided she was some “Female Lead 2,” he kept tying her to Zhuang Yi. Knowing Zhuang Yi had ill intentions toward her, he chose to stand by and watch.

Even if she didn’t expect him to rescue her, he could have at least given her a warning, right? If she hadn’t heard his inner thoughts, she probably still wouldn’t know anything.

At this moment, a woman wearing leather, beautiful yet carrying a mysterious and dangerous aura—like a black rose—walked over.

Wen Hebai seemed to know her, calling out: “Auntie Lin.”

Su Jinyue heard Jiang Yunhan’s thoughts again: 【Crap, is this Lin Yixiao, the owner of Yi Qi bar?! A former retired Special Forces King from a military family, one of the villains in the original novel. She’s incredibly powerful and has an elite squad under her, equal in strength to the male lead’s mercenaries. She ruined many of the male lead’s plans in the early stages. In the end, it seems the male lead caught her weakness and set a trap to kill her. What was her weakness again…】

Since it was a long epic of millions of words, Jiang Yunhan’s patience only lasted for the first few hundred chapters; the later plot was just skimmed over.

Hearing the information leaked by Jiang Yunhan, Su Jinyue’s gaze toward the “Black Rose” was filled with wonder and admiration. This auntie seems so cool!

The “Black Rose” Lin Yixiao didn’t even look at Jiang Yunhan or Su Jinyue; she directly tossed an object to Wen Hebai.

Wen Hebai scrambled to catch it, finding it was an old-fashioned flip phone.

“For you.” Lin Yixiao opened her thin lips, her tone cold and condensed.

Wen Hebai answered only to find it was an unexpected person looking for her.

“Aunt?”

A gentle voice came from the other end: “Little Bai, your sister told you to hurry up and call your ‘special someone’ back.”

As soon as Wen Hebai heard that, she knew she was in trouble. President Yan had gone as far as looking for Lin Yixiao to find her—there must be something urgent!

Hastily ending the call, Wen Hebai thanked Lin Yixiao and took Su Jinyue away.

“Get in the car and wait for me first.” After instructing Su Jinyue, Wen Hebai retrieved her own phone from the locker. Seeing the caller ID on it, her heart skipped a beat. The irritation caused by President Yan not reporting her safety after landing seemed to vanish just like that.

She took a deep breath and coyly dialed Yan Qingwen back.

When the call connected, the other side was silent. Wen Hebai had to speak up first: “Darling, did you miss me?”

Seeing that she still had the mood to be annoying, Yan Qingwen knew she was perfectly fine.

“Where are you?” Yan Qingwen asked instead of answering.

“I’m—” Wen Hebai looked at the bar’s sign. Her heart seemed to struggle for a second, but she chose to be honest. “At the entrance of Yi Qi bar.”

Yan Qingwen’s brows rose slightly, and she gave another “un-huh.”

Hearing this unsurprised tone, Wen Hebai guessed she must have known beforehand.

Rather than letting her guess and cause a misunderstanding, it was better to be proactive. Wen Hebai said: “I have to go back and rush to my schedule tomorrow. I should have been resting well at home, but who knew this stupid girl Su Jinyue almost got into trouble…”

When it came to serious matters, Yan Qingwen was always more patient. After listening quietly, she asked: “You didn’t run into Zhuang Yi when you arrived?”

“His ‘good deed’ was ruined by Jiang Yunhan. He probably wouldn’t stay in the bar any longer, so when I arrived, I didn’t see any trace of him.”

Yan Qingwen suddenly asked: “What time did you arrive? Also ask Xiao Yue what time she arrived and if she knows when Zhuang Yi left.”

Wen Hebai didn’t know why she cared about this, but she gave the answer: “Su Jinyue arrived around 8:20. She didn’t pay attention to the time after going in, so she’s not sure when Zhuang Yi left either. As for me, I arrived at 8:50-something.”

Yan Qingwen looked at the time she received the email and found it was shortly after Wen Hebai entered the bar.

She had a suspicion in her heart, but didn’t tell Wen Hebai. she only said: “Remember to bring Lu Tie with you next time you go out.”

Few people knew that besides being Wen Hebai’s assistant, Lu Tie had another identity as a bodyguard. It was said to have been arranged by Wen Hebai’s aunt; Yan Qingwen couldn’t find out more detailed background info.

On the other end of the phone, Wen Hebai held her breath for a few seconds, then suddenly asked with a laugh: “Are you worried about my safety? Wife.”

Yan Qingwen said: “I just want to remind you of our three-point covenant.”

Wen Hebai stood under the light-box. The neon lights of the commercial street were bright and colorful but couldn’t reach the depths of her eyes. After a long while, she said somewhat listlessly: “I’m still waiting for my wife to come back from her business trip to exchange some new techniques with me. How could I forget what we agreed upon?”

Yan Qingwen: “…”

Can you not say a single sentence without it being ‘colored’ (suggestive)?

“I’ll send Su Jinyue home first. Sleep early, wife.”

After hanging up, Yan Qingwen looked at the phone screen which dimmed after thirty seconds of inactivity; her thoughts seemed somewhat unsettled.

The next day, after the industrial park’s opening ceremony ended, Yan Qingwen accompanied the provincial and municipal leaders on a tour of the park. After having lunch at the park’s cafeteria, she flew back on a private jet.

She went straight to the company upon returning to K City and didn’t go home until her usual clock-out time.

Seeing a delivery box sitting on top of the shoe cabinet, she took a look. It said “Mobile Accessories” and the recipient was “The person at the tip of Wenwen’s heart”—this was clearly that woman Wen Hebai’s stuff.

What kind of medical equipment specialty store sells mobile accessories? And requires such a large box? Yan Qingwen couldn’t suppress her curiosity and picked it up to give it a shake.

She couldn’t tell what it was from shaking, and she didn’t have the habit of opening other people’s packages, so she put it back.

Auntie Lan saw this and said: “Madam Hebai asked me to receive this for her. She said if President Yan is back, to take it to the room first.”

Yan Qingwen: “…”

Take it back to which room?

Though she couldn’t help but grumble internally, she helped carry it up when she went upstairs.

She had just placed it on the desk in the guest room when Wen Hebai’s call came in: “Dear wife, are you home?”

Yan Qingwen paused, then answered: “Just got home.”

“I also just finished today’s ad shoot, but I don’t have time to go home. I have to rush to Xiangxi tonight to record a variety show…” Wen Hebai described her upcoming schedule in a spoiled tone.

Yan Qingwen counted in her head and found she wouldn’t be back for five days.

Five days seems like quite a long time…

No, what was she thinking? Even if Wen Hebai went away for a year, it shouldn’t matter to her much, right! Yan Qingwen threw those strange emotions aside.

Wen Hebai’s volume suddenly rose: “By the way, did you take the delivery back to the room?”

Yan Qingwen was just about to ask her: “I did. What did you buy?”

“Open it and see for yourself.”

Yan Qingwen thought for a bit, tilted her head to wedge the phone between her ear and shoulder, and while listening to Wen Hebai speak, she opened the delivery box.

Looking inside, her pupils shrank once again.

Coincidentally, Wen Hebai’s voice in her ear adopted the ambiguous and lingering tone she liked best in bed: “Dear wife, do you like it?”

Yan Qingwen’s cheeks flushed crimson instantly, and the items in her hand became very hot to the touch. She said almost through gritted teeth: “Wen Hebai!”

“Wait until I get back, let’s try them.”

“Get out!” Hanging up the phone, Yan Qingwen nearly threw the pile of things away. But she could throw it away once, and Wen Hebai could buy it a second time. Besides, it wasn’t her property; she had no right to dispose of it for Wen Hebai. she could only leave them on the desk, out of sight, out of mind.

Just as she walked out of the room, she suddenly remembered that Auntie Lan would be cleaning. if Auntie Lan saw them, she wouldn’t want her face anymore.

So she turned back, put them into a drawer, and locked it.

Author’s Note:

Courier: Are you the person at the tip of Wenwen’s heart?

Wen the Dog-mutt (unflinching): Yes, I am the person at the tip of her heart.

President Yan: …

Courier: …