After the Harem Novel’s Female Lead was Spoiled by the Comments - Chapter 33

Jiang Yunhan did not remember the later plot of the original novel very clearly, but he did remember some of the first few hundred chapters involving the entanglements between the male and female leads, as well as the satisfying plotline where the male lead made great strides in the business world.

In The Dragon King Returns, after Zhuang Yi became the Yan family’s live-in son-in-law, the Jiang family had also come to the Yan family seeking investment in new energy vehicles, but Zhuang Yi persuaded Yan Qingwen to refuse.

It was not that Zhuang Yi had no interest in this field. Rather, he knew that the Jiang family’s direction was wrong.

Although the current new energy vehicle industry seemed to be developing vigorously, in reality, the related supporting industries were still very weak and lacked core technology. Take today’s pure electric vehicles, for example. Their core technology lay in batteries, but most car companies’ battery technology had been eliminated by a certain well-known foreign electric vehicle brand. Therefore, if they wanted to seize the market, they still had to start with batteries.

The Jiang family was only focused on hybrid vehicles. In reality, the most important development direction in the country next would be the research and development of pure electric vehicles and fuel-cell vehicles. The subsidies originally given to new energy vehicles would also gradually decrease, then shift toward strongly supporting the construction of basic supporting facilities such as charging piles.

However, the technical difficulty of batteries would be hard to overcome in a short time. They could only start from chips and systems, intelligence, charging, and other aspects to build high-end car brands and increase competitiveness.

Not long ago, Jiang Yunhan had spoken eloquently at the Jiang family’s business banquet. When the elders of Jiang Corporation heard him, they were instantly shocked and impressed, and they all demanded that he return to work at Jiang Corporation and assist Jiang Zanghua’s son in managing the new energy vehicle sector.

Even so, the issue of funding was still a huge problem standing before Jiang Corporation. Because of this, Jiang Zanghua once again turned his gaze toward Yan Corporation.

Originally, the Jiang family had already discussed things with Yan Aotian and the others. They would announce the marriage alliance at Old Master Yan’s golden wedding banquet. That way, the Yan family could logically invest in the Jiang family. Unexpectedly, Yan Qingwen and Wen Hebai’s flash marriage completely disrupted this plan. Now that they had Jiang Yunhan’s proposed plan, they confidently came knocking again.

The moment Jiang Zanghua finished speaking, silence fell over the president’s office of Yan Corporation.

Yan Qingwen was doing three things at once. She listened to Jiang Yunhan’s inner thoughts, read the [Comments Section], and listened to Jiang Zanghua boast. Combining information from all three sides, new energy vehicles did indeed seem worth investing in.

Jiang Zanghua and the others quietly waited for Yan Qingwen’s answer.

At that moment, Wen Hebai, the only person who had not participated in this discussion, let out a mocking laugh, breaking the silence.

Jiang Zanghua’s temples throbbed.

Why was this woman here?

“What are you laughing at?” Jiang Zanghua’s eldest son asked back in displeasure.

“Ah?” Wen Hebai froze slightly, then seemed to suddenly understand. “Did I disturb you by watching my drama? Sorry. Please continue.”

Everyone: “…”

In the end, why had Yan Qingwen allowed this woman to sit here and listen to them discuss business cooperation?!

At that moment, Qi Zange brought in the tea and coffee she had brewed.

When Jiang Yunhan saw the employee badge hanging on her chest, his pupils shrank violently.

【Qi Zange? Isn’t this the intelligence spy from Shenji Sect? Why is she here?】

Yan Qingwen’s gaze instantly turned toward him. Qi Zange’s hand also paused slightly. Although she still appeared calm and composed on the surface, inwardly, she was already panicking so badly that she had lost all sense of direction.

She had been exposed?!

【Wasn’t it in the original novel that after the Dragon King male lead gained control of Yan Corporation and made too many big moves, he drew the attention of the villains over in C City, so she infiltrated Yan Corporation to collect intelligence?】 Jiang Yunhan could not figure it out no matter how hard he thought.

Never mind that the plot between Zhuang Yi and Yan Qingwen had already changed, meaning Qi Zange had no reason to appear here. Even if she really did appear here, that should have been one or two years later. How had it moved up ahead of schedule?

This man had not even opened his mouth. Why could she hear his inner thoughts? Qi Zange was still somewhat dazed. Then a trace of chill flashed through her eyes. This man knew her identity. She had to find a way to make him shut up.

【Damn, her gaze is so scary. She can’t be thinking of killing me, right? Zhuang Mei and I are both villains, so why should we kill each other? Can’t Zhuang Mei deal with the male lead first? The male lead is the biggest threat to her! Even this capable assistant will be turned by the male lead. Not only will she give Zhuang Mei a lot of false intelligence to mislead her, she’ll also leak Zhuang Mei’s intelligence to the male lead. Only when Zhuang Mei is about to die does she find out she was betrayed…】

Qi Zange was greatly shocked, and the coffee in her hand almost spilled.

What nonsense was this person saying? How could she possibly betray the Deputy Sect Master?!

“Xiao Qi, what’s wrong?” Yan Qingwen spoke, interrupting Qi Zange’s fear and shock.

“N-nothing.” She put down the coffee and once again resumed the calm and composure of a workplace elite. However, only she knew that her heart had already been thrown completely into chaos.

Yan Qingwen said lightly, “You may go out first. I’ll call you if there’s anything.”

[Damn, the female lead heard it. She knows Female Lead No. 4’s background now!]

[Female Lead No. 4 is in danger!]

[Wait, that’s not right. Why is the female lead so calm? She doesn’t look like someone who just found out her secretary is an undercover agent!]

[Could it be that the female lead actually didn’t hear the male lead’s inner thoughts at all? Because the male lead’s attention was on Female Lead No. 4, only Female Lead No. 4 could hear them?]

Yan Qingwen sneered inwardly.

She had heard it. It was just that, by now, the secrets revealed by Jiang Yunhan’s inner thoughts could no longer cause any ripples in her heart.

She was not surprised by Qi Zange’s identity, because she had long since guessed that Qi Zange’s origins were not simple. She had originally planned to keep her by her side and slowly investigate. Unexpectedly, Jiang Yunhan had exposed her background all at once, giving her a direction to investigate.

Qi Zange looked at Jiang Yunhan with a complicated gaze, left the office, then quickly ran to the pantry and took out her phone with trembling hands.

She had to report this to the Deputy Sect Master—

No.

She suddenly stopped. Jiang Yunhan’s inner thoughts and the things he mentioned could not be rashly reported to the Deputy Sect Master, because there was no evidence at all. Moreover, she needed to investigate clearly who that so-called male lead was, why she would be “turned” by the male lead, and why she would do something that harmed the Deputy Sect Master…

Inside the office, the atmosphere was strange and eerie.

Jiang Zanghua had noticed just now that Yan Qingwen had spent several minutes staring at Jiang Yunhan. Could it be that she cared a little about this nephew of his? If that was the case, things would be much easier!

He curled his lips and was just about to speak, but Yan Qingwen instead asked Jiang Yunhan a question first. “Third Young Master Jiang, do you know this secretary of mine?”

“Ah? I don’t!” Jiang Yunhan denied it. However, his inner thoughts had already betrayed him.

Through his inner thoughts and the [Comments Section], Yan Qingwen gained a clearer understanding of Qi Zange and the force behind her.

Qi Zange came from an underground organization in C City called Shenji Sect. This organization had existed for over a hundred years, and its founder had been a gang leader during the era of war. This organization sold firearms, opium, and even invested in a local warlord. Through mutual cooperation, they dominated one region.

However, many of those under them were rotten people with low morals who committed every evil imaginable. In an era when power stood above the law, many people, for the sake of power and profit, threw themselves into darkness and began killing one another.

The founder was killed, and Shenji Sect once fell into the embarrassing situation of nearly disbanding. However, the founder’s son was supported by a group of loyal subordinates and took over the position of Shenji Sect’s sect master. He realized that this chaos would not stop, so he led all members and their wealth to C City and went into hiding.

Afterward, the war ended. Relying on their enormous wealth, Shenji Sect quickly took root in C City and rapidly developed.

The five subordinates who had originally supported the founder’s son also developed and expanded their own families. They were respectively the Liang family, the Huo family, the Zhuang family, the Xue family, and the Zhuo family.

In recent decades, because the country did not allow illegal organizations to exist and had been cracking down on criminal forces, Shenji Sect’s operations shifted from the surface to underground. At the same time, the five great families took this opportunity to establish the “Council of Five Elders.” Through opening companies, doing charity, and other means, they laundered Shenji Sect and its forces clean.

Aside from the descendants of the founder’s line being able to inherit the position of sect master, the deputy sect master would be selected from the Council of Five Elders. Everyone knew that the Council of Five Elders had already hollowed out the sect master’s functions. Nowadays, the sect master was like the royal family of Country Y: a mascot possessing a large amount of wealth. The real power was mainly in the hands of the deputy sect master.

The current deputy sect master of Shenji Sect was none other than the Zhuang family’s newly appointed family head, Zhuang Mei—Zhuang Yi’s older sister.

Qi Zange was one of the orphans sponsored by Zhuang Mei. Of course, this sponsorship was only on the surface. In reality, the sponsored orphans would undergo all kinds of training and become Shenji Sect’s intelligence spies, collecting various intelligence for the sect.

It was precisely because of the existence of these intelligence spies that the five great families were able to eliminate dissidents, quickly swallow up the influence of certain families in C City, and strengthen themselves.

The reason Qi Zange came to Yan Corporation was mainly because Yan Qingwen’s dispatch of people to investigate C City had been noticed by Zhuang Mei. Zhuang Mei did not understand why Yan Corporation, which was far away in K City and had previously had little contact with them, would suddenly come asking about the forces in C City, so she sent Qi Zange over.

Yan Qingwen lowered her eyes and took a sip of tea.

She always felt that an existence like “Shenji Sect” was far too detached from reality. However, when she remembered that this was a novel world and that there was no logic to speak of in the first place, she was not surprised at all.

“Eldest Niece, about the investment…” Jiang Zanghua thought that Yan Qingwen had asked Jiang Yunhan about Qi Zange because she was jealous, so he took the opportunity to speak.

“This is not something I can decide alone. If your company can produce a business plan and obtain the agreement of all Yan Corporation shareholders, then Yan Corporation can consider issuing a letter of investment intent as appropriate,” Yan Qingwen said.

Jiang Zanghua was extremely excited. He felt that as long as Yan Qingwen did not reject it outright, the matter was already half successful.

Only after the Jiang family left did Xiao Chen ask, “President Yan, are we really going to invest in the Jiang family’s project?”

To be honest, she was not optimistic about this project, because Jiang Corporation’s financial statements in recent years did not look good. They had even accumulated debts in the hundreds of billions.

The hole they had dug while doing real estate was not something that could be filled even by throwing in tens of billions. Countless owners of unfinished buildings and suppliers were crying bitterly, while the Jiang family relied on banks covering for them and lived carefree lives holding onto the huge sums of money they had received from past dividends.

In her view, investing in new energy vehicles was nothing more than a way to shift the public’s attention and use that part of the investment to fill the hole.

“I want to see whether this male lead halo can affect the shareholders.” Yan Qingwen had left a trap in her words. What she had said was the agreement of all shareholders. She was the largest shareholder. As long as she disagreed, the agreement of the other shareholders would not be of much use.

“Ah?” Xiao Chen did not really understand what President Yan meant. What male lead halo?

Yan Qingwen suddenly felt that something was wrong. Only when she saw Wen Hebai did she realize that even after the Jiang family had all left, Wen Hebai was still keeping quiet.

This was far too abnormal.

Yan Qingwen looked at her. “They’ve all left.”

No need to keep pretending.

Wen Hebai rapidly glanced at her, then rapidly withdrew her gaze again, putting on an unhappy look.

Yan Qingwen naturally saw it and asked, “What’s wrong with you now?”

“You looked at Jiang Yunhan for three minutes and seven seconds just now! Later, when you spoke to him, your gaze even wandered!” Wen Hebai said sourly.

Yan Qingwen: “???”

She was completely confused, but quickly reacted. Wen Hebai was probably referring to the moments when her gaze paused and drifted while she was reading the [Comments Section]. Others did not know what she was looking at and only assumed her gaze was falling on Jiang Yunhan.

She also suddenly remembered that not long after they had received their marriage certificate, Wen Hebai had reminded her that she was now a married woman and should not pay attention to a former pursuer in front of her wife.

Now, after thinking it over, she understood.

“Are you jealous?”

Previous chapter, Qi Zange: If I lie low for another half a year, I’ll be able to infiltrate the inside!

This chapter, Qi Zange: It’s over. I’m exposed.

P.S. The new energy vehicle stuff is purely made up. If Instant Noodles really understood it, I would’ve gotten rich long ago, hahahahaha.