After the Harem Novel’s Female Lead was Spoiled by the Comments - Chapter 28

After learning that Yan Qingwen had already returned from her business trip to T City, Su Jinyue ran to the Yan Group building to pour out her grievances.

“My dad doesn’t believe me, because I don’t have evidence proving that Wu San was bribed by Zhuang Yi.”

Su Jinyue had suffered a grievance at the bar that night. After returning home, she immediately complained to her father. But she had no evidence, and her father would not convict someone based solely on her one-sided words. She also had no way to explain that she had heard all of it from Jiang Yunhan’s inner thoughts.

Impatient by nature, Su Jinyue did not take in her father’s words that they had to investigate before drawing a conclusion. She wholeheartedly wanted to find Wen Hebai, who had appeared in time that night and helped her, to complain. But Wen Hebai had gone off to record a variety show. After thinking it over, she felt that the only person she could complain to and rely on was Yan Qingwen.

“Sister Yan, do you believe me?” Su Jinyue tried to find a trace of affirmation from Yan Qingwen.

Yan Qingwen was handling official documents. Hearing this, she lifted her head and looked at her. “Of course I believe you.”

Su Jinyue immediately beamed. Then she said, “Then Sister Yan, help me step in and ask my dad to fire that guy Wu San! And Zhuang Yi too. We absolutely can’t let him off!”

Yan Qingwen smiled faintly and analyzed, “That colleague of yours should already have been fired. Although Uncle Su said he had to investigate first before reaching a conclusion, he was still the one who took you to a place like a bar. Even if he didn’t know your alcohol tolerance was poor, his behavior was extremely dangerous. Uncle Su would never allow such a person to stay by your side.”

Su Jinyue froze, then called her team leader to ask about it. In the end, it really was just as Yan Qingwen had predicted. Wu San had been fired.

Not only that, the company also discovered that he had been acting as an agent for other companies’ businesses at the same time. Under the Su family’s name, he had tricked customers who wanted to buy insurance into buying insurance from other companies… Based on his various illegal acts, the company had already filed a lawsuit against him.

Because he had been arranged by the team leader to guide Su Jinyue, the team leader could not escape punishment either. His superior found a reason to deduct his bonus. Of course, to prevent their colleagues from targeting Su Jinyue, the higher-ups did not reveal the real reason he was punished.

Su Jinyue’s mood instantly improved, but she still did not understand. “Since Dad believed me, why did he say he had to investigate before drawing a conclusion?”

Yan Qingwen thought for a moment and said, “Because Uncle Su probably couldn’t find any financial transactions between Wu San and Zhuang Yi. It’s even possible that Wu San’s account has no large, unknown incoming funds at all. So investigating and collecting evidence is difficult.”

Su Jinyue had not expected there to be so many twists and turns behind this. Unwilling to accept it, she asked, “Then we can only let it go?”

“How could that be? Although there is no direct evidence proving that Zhuang Yi bribed Wu San, I think Zhuang Yi would not have directly traded cash with him. He may have used some other method to hide it from others… You can start with the company Wu San was acting as an agent for.”

After receiving her guidance, Su Jinyue hurriedly called her father and chattered away for a while. Then she said smugly, “When you find out, Dad, you’ll know that what I said was all true.”

Father Su’s voice was stern and deep. “Is this something you could think of? Don’t tell me you went to your Sister Yan for advice.”

Su Jinyue hemmed and hawed but could not explain herself, then angrily ended the call.

Yan Qingwen put down the fountain pen in her hand. The thumb and index finger of her right hand rubbed together, and she suddenly asked, “So, can you tell me how you discovered that Wu San had been bribed by Zhuang Yi and had tried to get you drunk with improper intentions toward you?”

Su Jinyue’s body stiffened.

Oh no. Sister Yan was not someone she could fool by throwing a tantrum, rolling around, and acting unreasonable. The tricks she used on her father were completely useless here.

She drooped her face. “If I tell the truth, will Sister Yan believe me?”

“If I didn’t believe you, I wouldn’t have told you so much.”

“You won’t think I’m sick and then tell on me to my parents?” Su Jinyue asked again.

“I won’t. If this is your secret, then I’m willing to keep it for you.”

Yan Qingwen’s words were a guarantee. But this secret was no small matter, so Su Jinyue was still somewhat conflicted.

Yan Qingwen did not urge her either, letting her consider it slowly.

After a long while, Su Jinyue finally tested the waters and said, “I heard all of this from Jiang Yunhan. He seems to know a lot of things, but strangely, he has never taken the initiative to reveal them to anyone.”

Her words had already revealed a lot of information. Yan Qingwen pretended to think deeply. “Jiang Yunhan’s recent behavior is indeed somewhat strange.”

Su Jinyue seemed to have found a kindred spirit, and her courage grew. “Sister Yan also thinks he’s strange, right? He’s always muttering something to himself alone, saying that Zhuang Yi is the Dragon King male lead, and saying that Sister Yan, you are—”

She suddenly stopped. Thinking back, Jiang Yunhan had said that in the original novel, Sister Yan had let Zhuang Yi marry into her family. But Sister Yan’s plot had already changed, so was there any meaning in bringing up the original plot now?

“I am what?” Yan Qingwen looked at her and revealed a gentle smile.

“You are… one of the people targeted by Zhuang Yi,” Su Jinyue said, bracing herself.

Yan Qingwen comforted her. “Don’t worry. I won’t give him the chance to approach me.”

“Mm!” In Su Jinyue’s heart, Yan Qingwen was powerful and intelligent, capable and firm-handed. Since she had already become wary of Zhuang Yi, Zhuang Yi’s schemes would have no way of succeeding.

However, she was still a little curious about how Sister Yan had changed the original plot. Could it be that Sister Yan had also learned the truth of this world from Jiang Yunhan?

Su Jinyue’s IQ suddenly came online, but Wen Hebai’s figure suddenly appeared in her mind. She quickly dismissed this guess.

It must be because Sister Bai married Sister Yan. That was why Sister Yan’s plot had changed.

It could be said that she had intelligence, but not much.

Once the secret buried deep in her heart had been spoken, the remaining secrets were no longer so difficult to say. Su Jinyue quickly simplified what she had heard from Jiang Yunhan’s heart and told Yan Qingwen.

Based on the information gathered from Su Jinyue’s perspective, combined with some of the content previously revealed by the [Comments Section], Yan Qingwen vaguely understood how Su Jinyue, who had always disliked Jiang Yunhan, had been successfully conquered by him in The Cannon Fodder Rich Young Master.

The turning point should have been that night at the bar.

If Wen Hebai had not appeared, Su Jinyue would have kissed Jiang Yunhan while drunk. After sobering up, she would have kept brooding over it. Although she would become angry out of embarrassment, it was still her first kiss. Because of that, she would inevitably pay more attention to Jiang Yunhan. In the end, she would be attracted by his inner thoughts, and her attitude toward him would gradually change from disgust to curiosity, and even to liking him…

Recently, when Yan Qingwen had free time, she had crammed some male-oriented harem novels. She discovered that in some of them, the change in the female lead’s attitude toward the male lead happened after she accidentally gave him her first kiss or virginity.

And happy enemies were an extremely common romantic trope in harem works. After all, the female leads in a harem novel could not have personalities that were too uniform. If there was an intellectual and kind female lead, there would be a spoiled and willful one. If there was a cold and beautiful unattainable flower, there would be a gentle and charming good wife and mother.

There were even many brainless harem novels that liked to have the male lead conquer powerful female villains through sexual violence. The fate of such female villains was either to die miserably or to be slept into submission by the male lead, becoming a new harem female lead.

Seeing Yan Qingwen fall into thought, Su Jinyue did not dare disturb her and could only sit in the chair, bored, spinning in circles.

Suddenly, she asked, “Sister Yan, why don’t you have any photos of you and Sister Bai together in your office?”

Yan Qingwen lifted her eyes and surveyed her office. Forget a photo of her and Wen Hebai together; there was not even a photo of herself in here.

“Why should there be a photo together in the office?” Yan Qingwen asked back.

“For decoration! That way, other people will know you’re married and that your relationship with Sister Bai is very harmonious. Then some mistress without eyes won’t come over trying to seduce you.”

Yan Qingwen: “…”

She did not think that the cooperation between her and Wen Hebai was something a mere mistress could destroy. However, Su Jinyue’s words were not without reason. It was necessary for her to put up a photo of herself with Wen Hebai to prevent that unknown force from using certain people or incidents to spare no effort in trying to matchmake her and Jiang Yunhan.

“I’ll have people keep an eye on what’s going on with Jiang Yunhan. However, since he knew your situation was dangerous but looked on without helping, his actions are far too disappointing. You’d better have less contact with him.”

Yan Qingwen said this to Su Jinyue, but also to herself. Because she had thought of Liao Song.

Jiang Yunhan had looked on without doing anything when Zhuang Yi made a move against Su Jinyue. Yan Qingwen had also ignored the various actions Liao Song took after being attracted by Jiang Yunhan. Was she the same kind of person as Jiang Yunhan?

Very quickly, she shook her head and discarded this thought.

Zhuang Yi’s actions already involved suspected illegal crimes. But Liao Song being attracted to Jiang Yunhan was very difficult to judge. Was she being controlled by that force, or was she simply love-brained?

Cracking down on illegal and criminal behavior was every citizen’s duty. Saving the love-brained was not.

Yan Qingwen picked up her fountain pen and capped it, secretly deciding that she still had to find an opportunity to remind Liao Song. After all, the Yan family’s private doctors were all arranged by the Liao family. If Liao Song fell, and the Liao family also fell into the hands of that unknown force, it could start from the private doctors and pose a huge threat to the Yan family.

“I understand, Sister Yan.” Even without Yan Qingwen’s reminder, Su Jinyue would stay far away from Jiang Yunhan.

After Su Jinyue left, Yan Qingwen prepared to look through her digital photo album and find a photo of herself with Wen Hebai. However, only after flipping through it did she discover that they had not properly taken a single photo together in seven or eight years. The most recent photo of just the two of them was from when they were sixteen or seventeen. Both of them were wearing sports uniforms, and judging by the background, it seemed to have been during a sports meet.

If she really put out those photos, people would only wonder why they had not taken a single photo together in recent years and question the true purpose of their marriage.

Yan Qingwen prepared to take another photo with Wen Hebai after she returned.

At that moment, the chief secretary knocked and came in. “President Yan, Qi Zange, who applied for the secretary position, is already waiting in the meeting room.”

“Have her come directly here. We’ll do the interview in my office,” Yan Qingwen said.

The chief secretary left and soon brought in a capable-looking woman.

The woman had short hair that reached her ears. Her eyes were hidden behind thick black-framed glasses, and her skin tone was the wheat color popular in Europe and America. At first glance, her appearance was not outstanding. But from the moment she saw Yan Qingwen, she never revealed the slightest fear or retreat. Her gaze was also restrained, without any offense.

This easily made Yan Qingwen think of certain special professions.

Yan Qingwen did not value appearance when choosing secretaries. After asking some basic questions, she went straight to the main topic, wanting to see whether Qi Zange had the ability to handle and coordinate the work related to the industrial park.

Qi Zange’s voice was also nothing special, but she won because her speech was organized, and her pace was neither hurried nor slow, allowing people to grasp the key points at once.

Yan Qingwen nodded, indicating that she had passed the interview.

A relaxed smile finally appeared on Qi Zange’s face.

Yan Qingwen suddenly asked her, “You’re from C City. Why didn’t you stay in C City to work? You should know that C City is the city with the best economic development in the south. With your qualifications, the treatment you could get at a large company there wouldn’t be worse than Yan Group’s.”

Qi Zange froze for a moment, then answered calmly, “I grew up in C City and witnessed both its prosperity and its darkness. I also understood that the sky visible from C City is only one corner of the firmament. Only by leaving C City can I see a broader world and seek a path of survival more suitable for me.”

Yan Qingwen smiled faintly and did not comment.

The chief secretary understood what she meant and led Qi Zange out. “I’ll explain the next onboarding procedures and related matters to you.”

Near the end of the workday, Yan Qingwen remembered the matter of taking a photo together and felt that she should tell Wen Hebai in advance, so she dialed her number.

Su Xiaoyue: Sister Yan and Sister Bai are completely relying on my assists. At their wedding, I want to sit at the main table!

President Yan: Arranged.

Wen Puppy: Wife is right!