After the Harem Novel’s Female Lead was Spoiled by the Comments - Chapter 32

The moment they entered the door, Wen Hebai pressed Yan Qingwen against it and kissed her.

The fruity floral aroma of Ardbeg 10 lingered at the tip of her nose. With this kiss, it filled her entire mouth, mixing and tangling with the scent of honey and vanilla.

As their body temperatures rose, their breathing gradually became scorching. Their coats were taken off and tossed onto the shoe cabinet, and their high heels were kicked aside.

Yan Qingwen suddenly grabbed the hand on her body that was undoing the buttons of her clothes. A trace of reason returned to her hazy eyes. “Back to the room.”

“Aunt Lan is off today.” Wen Hebai was already aroused. How could she easily interrupt her spell-casting? She continued kissing Yan Qingwen’s jaw lingeringly.

“Still no.” Yan Qingwen pushed Wen Hebai away and buttoned her clothes back up.

Wen Hebai rolled her eyes and followed her upstairs.

Bathing seemed to be a required ritual before Yan Qingwen did it. Wen Hebai, who had finished showering first and returned to the room, was waiting when she saw a familiar set of keys on the desk.

They were the keys to the bedside cabinet in her room.

She picked up the keys, slipped back to her room, and soon returned, stuffing something into Yan Qingwen’s bedside cabinet.

The bathroom door opened. Yan Qingwen stood in the doorway, looking at Wen Hebai, who was wearing a sexy nightdress and exposing a large expanse of skin. A strange emotion wrapped around her heart.

The kiss when they entered had been so natural. Both her emotions and her body’s sensations had been drawn out bit by bit by the perfectly fitting atmosphere. Yet after pulling away from desire in pursuit of the perfect experience and preparing all over again, it instead became somewhat awkward.

Wen Hebai, leaning against the headboard, observed her expression through the dim yellow glow of the night lamp. Half teasing and half serious, she flirted, “Why isn’t Wife coming over? Are you shy?”

Yan Qingwen: “…”

She draped the towel in her hand over the back of the chair, walked to the bedside, propped one hand against the headboard Wen Hebai was leaning on, lowered her head, and took the initiative to kiss Wen Hebai’s lips.

The aroma of alcohol originally in her mouth had been replaced by the minty scent of toothpaste. The fragrance of body wash was very much like the scent of the whisky Wen Hebai had drunk tonight, making one unable to help salivating.

The layered flavors were mellow and warm, yet the alcohol content seemed to have soared from Ardbeg 10’s forty-six percent to Balkan vodka’s eighty percent, leaving one’s mind drunk and blank. And yet the freshness of mint stimulated her into staying clear-headed.

Wen Hebai’s hands climbed onto Yan Qingwen’s shoulders and back. The cool, smooth nightdress clung to her skin as though it had merged with her tender flesh. Feeling the warmth of Wen Hebai’s palm, Yan Qingwen relaxed slightly, and her body unconsciously pressed closer to the one in front of her.

The warm, soft red lips broke away from the delicate, lingering entanglement and gradually shifted, from the corner of her lips to her jaw, then along the line of her jaw to bite her dainty earlobe.

Yan Qingwen let out a low, shallow hum.

Wen Hebai lowered her eyes and smiled faintly. With the lingering tenderness she only had in matters of the bed, she softly plucked at Yan Qingwen’s nerves beside her ear. “President Yan, where did you hide the ‘phone accessories’?”

At this charming and ambiguous moment, for such items to be suddenly mentioned caught Yan Qingwen off guard and made her feel somewhat ashamed. Her body also trembled slightly. And after getting used to being called “wife,” suddenly hearing such a serious and formal title as “President Yan” in bed felt as if they had gone from home into a social setting. The shame level instantly rose.

“Threw them away.” She lightly bit her lower lip.

“Those were things I carefully picked out. I was thinking that with them, I’d be able to free up one hand to do other things… What a pity.”

“I don’t think it’s a pity.” Even as her consciousness gradually drifted away, President Yan, who never easily backed down, still did not forget to retort.

Wen Hebai raised her brow slightly and revealed a sly smile.

That might not be certain.

After sending the half-drunk Xiao Chen back to the residential complex where she lived, Qi Zange only took out her phone and dialed a number after Xiao Chen’s figure could no longer be seen.

“Deputy Sect Master, I’ve already gained the trust of the target person’s assistant. Barring any accidents, I should be able to infiltrate the inside within half a year.”

Early in the morning, Aunt Lan bought ingredients early and came to the villa to prepare breakfast. When she opened the door and saw the coat scattered on the shoe cabinet and the shoes that looked as if they had been kicked away, she calmly started tidying up as if she had long grown used to it.

Back when Yan Qingwen lived here alone, this place had always been extremely neat and orderly. But after Wen Hebai moved in, the shoes were no longer arranged neatly. Sometimes hats and coats would also be thrown around. Aunt Lan felt helpless, yet she also felt that this made the home seem more lived-in.

Yan Qingwen came downstairs and happened to see Aunt Lan cleaning up the “mess” she and Wen Hebai had left behind last night. Her cheeks warmed slightly. After greeting Aunt Lan while pretending to be calm, she took out her tablet and began browsing the morning news and financial reports.

Around eight o’clock, Xiao Chen brought Qi Zange to pick her up and reported some work to her along the way.

After finishing the work report, Xiao Chen said, “President Yan, I’ve already contacted several private custom wedding dress brands around the world. These few can design two unique wedding dresses according to your and Madam’s characteristics and styles. These are the wedding dresses they’ve designed in the past…”

Media outlets had already released the news that Yan Qingwen and Wen Hebai were about to take wedding photos, so everyone was paying close attention and looking forward to seeing them in wedding dresses. When the wedding photos were taken, the wedding dresses on them would inevitably become the focus of the public. This was an opportunity to further raise brand recognition, and many wedding dress brands were willing to design wedding dresses especially for them.

“Any brand is fine. The most important thing is efficiency.”

They would be taking wedding photos on the second weekend of next month. There was not much time left for the wedding dress brands. As long as they could design and make two wedding dresses in the shortest possible time, money was not an issue.

Wen Hebai, who came downstairs sleepy-eyed, curled her lips. To President Yan, wedding photos were just a tool used to deal with trouble. She would not spend much thought choosing.

Wen Hebai took Xiao Chen’s tablet and carefully looked through it before saying, “This brand, Vera. It’s high-end and fashionable, and the designs are outstanding.”

“Okay. Xiao Qi, contact them immediately.”

Qi Zange turned her head and went to make the call. Wen Hebai sat down beside Yan Qingwen, snatched the slice of bread Yan Qingwen had spread blueberry jam on, and bit off more than half of it in one mouthful. Before even swallowing, she asked vaguely, “What are your plans today?”

Yan Qingwen glanced at her wordlessly, reached for a second slice of bread, and said, “Work. You?”

“My plans today are… to go to work with you.”

Yan Qingwen: “…”

“You’re that free?”

“Not welcome?” Wen Hebai asked back.

“Suit yourself.”

Wen Hebai did not understand why President Yan, who had said not long ago that she did not want to do public fan service, had suddenly changed her attitude. But that did not stop her from feeling happy about it.

Yan Qingwen added, “As long as you can finish getting ready to go out before I leave.”

Wen Hebai froze. She noticed that President Yan had come downstairs already dressed up and could get straight into the car for work after finishing breakfast. Looking at herself, she was still wearing pajamas and had not put on makeup. By the time she finished getting ready, Yan Qingwen would probably already be at the company.

“You—” Wen Hebai could not care about breakfast anymore and hurried upstairs to change.

Yan Qingwen suddenly curled her lips, revealing a pleased smile at successfully teasing someone.

She leisurely finished breakfast, then went out at her own pace.

Xiao Chen was extremely anxious watching this. Why had Wen Hebai not come down yet?

She walked to the car door, then seemed to suddenly remember something. “President Yan, I forgot something inside. I’ll go get it.”

Under Yan Qingwen’s gaze that was smiling yet not smiling, Xiao Chen lingered inside for a few minutes and finally waited until Wen Hebai came downstairs.

“Good job.” Wen Hebai praised Xiao Chen. She had only changed clothes and had not had time to put on makeup, but she had prepared sunglasses and a mask. After all, President Yan did not like fan service, so she would be a little more low-key!

Wen Hebai made a low-key appearance at Yan Group’s building and followed Yan Qingwen into the private elevator, going straight to the president’s office on the forty-fifth floor.

“Find something to do yourself.” After Yan Qingwen instructed Wen Hebai, she entered work mode.

Wen Hebai walked out of the office and wandered around the secretary office.

Yan Qingwen’s secretaries were all very busy. Only Qi Zange, the newly hired fifth secretary, had relatively little to do. Wen Hebai took advantage of chatting with her to find the snacks she had hidden away. “I’ll ask my wife to raise your salary. I’m taking the snacks.”

Qi Zange: “…”

What a blatant robber. And yet she could not refuse the temptation of a salary raise!

Wen Hebai walked past Xiao Chen’s office while carrying the snacks and saw her answer a call before hurriedly going to find Yan Qingwen. “President Yan, Chairman Jiang is here.”

“Which Chairman Jiang?” Wen Hebai cut in and asked.

“The head of the Jiang family.”

Wen Hebai raised a brow. She did not ask what the other party had come for. As if staying out of it, she lay on the sofa in Yan Qingwen’s office, playing on her phone while eating snacks.

After Yan Qingwen discovered that Wen Hebai’s presence here did not affect her work at all, she no longer paid attention to her.

Xiao Chen soon brought Jiang family head Jiang Zanghua upstairs. Aside from his assistant, accompanying him were his eldest son and Jiang Yunhan.

His eldest son held a senior management position in the Jiang family’s group, so it was not strange for him to come along. But why had Jiang Yunhan, who was merely a wealthy idle person in the Jiang family, followed too? Xiao Chen was extremely puzzled.

Clearly, Yan Qingwen was somewhat puzzled as well. Jiang Zanghua took the initiative to explain why he had brought Jiang Yunhan. “This child Yunhan has settled down and is preparing to return to the company to help. I brought him here today to let him learn from you, Eldest Niece.”

Xiao Chen complained inwardly. Wasn’t this here to disgust President Yan?

Yan Qingwen’s expression did not change in the slightest. She asked, “Chairman Jiang, are you here today for personal matters or business?”

Jiang Zanghua knew Yan Qingwen’s personality very well, so he did not beat around the bush anymore and said, “Business. Mainly, I wanted to come discuss a cooperation with you, Eldest Niece.”

Before they even entered the main topic, the [Comments Section] jumped out first and revealed quite a bit of information to Yan Qingwen.

It turned out that the reason Jiang Zanghua had allowed Jiang Yunhan to enter the group company was because Jiang Yunhan had put forward constructive development suggestions regarding Jiang Corporation’s expansion into the new energy vehicle sector. Because of this, the shareholders unanimously believed that he was a person with great business acumen, and that it would be far too wasteful to let him remain an idle rich young master. They pressured Jiang Zanghua through the shareholders’ meeting, causing Jiang Yunhan to enter the group’s management.

The Jiang family, which had built itself on real estate, had also enjoyed the dividends of the real estate industry’s inflated development. A few years ago, they had even consistently occupied the top position among K City’s three great families. However, in recent years, the real estate market had continued to decline, causing the Jiang family’s assets to shrink. That was how the Yan family had overtaken them.

The Jiang family did not want to sit and wait for death, so they began a diversified strategic investment approach. Aside from core businesses such as real estate and property management, they also started logistics and warehousing, invested in the Liao family’s medical industry, the Mu family’s tourism industry, the Wen family’s cultural media sector, as well as some emerging internet and financial industries.

At the same time, because policies released in recent years had been vigorously supporting new energy vehicles, many people smelled a business opportunity and believed that the rise of new energy vehicles was the trend. The Jiang family also joined the ranks of those manufacturing new energy vehicles.

As early as two years ago, the Jiang family invested 3.5 billion to establish a company and made a grand show of recruiting related technical personnel from around the world to develop new energy vehicles.

However, after struggling for two years, they had not produced much of a result. Instead, because of insufficient funds, they faced many challenges.

Since the Jiang family had needed large quantities of copper products when developing real estate in the early years, they had cooperated with Yan Corporation for a very long time. Because of this, Jiang Zanghua had even become old friends with Yan Aotian.

Originally, the Jiang family wanted to pull Yan Corporation in to play along, but Yan Corporation had long since been under Yan Qingwen’s control. Yan Qingwen believed that although new energy vehicles were indeed the general trend, there were already dozens of relatively mature new energy vehicle companies whose car products had already been widely released into the market. They had long since divided up the market. It would not be easy for the Jiang family to get a slice of the cake.

Therefore, she was not optimistic about the Jiang family’s project and had rejected their proposal.

The purpose of Jiang Zanghua and the others coming today was very simple. They wanted to persuade Yan Qingwen to change her mind. They firmly believed that as long as she listened to Jiang Yunhan’s farsighted suggestions, she would definitely invest in them!

Before all the “female leads” and main characters appear, Jiang will definitely still have scenes.