After the Harem Novel’s Female Lead was Spoiled by the Comments - Chapter 40

Whether it was Wen Hebai or Wang Qihuan, either one of them alone could crush many people in terms of news popularity. Now that the two of them were on the trending searches together, the heat of this news climbed extremely quickly.

First, the headline about Wang Qihuan’s car accident was eye-catching enough. Then it involved her sworn enemy, Best Actress Wen. Finally, Wen Hebai picking Wang Qihuan up and sending her to the airport also shattered the rumors that they were on bad terms.

Not only that, there were even marketing accounts reposting that Weibo post and irresponsibly spreading rumors: “Wen Hebai cheats with Wang Qihuan.”

The person was extremely cunning and deliberately stopped at the point of five hundred reposts and comments, then deleted the post before the Wen family could act.

But it was useless. Many people had already seen it and believed it. On top of that, fans came out to defend only their own idol and began dragging the other side down, causing the situation to become even more chaotic.

Even the QingBai CP Super Topic had people singing doom about this newlywed couple.

There were too many elements. Netizens were like badgers in a melon field, jumping up and down everywhere: so many melons, they simply could not finish eating them!

The Wen family always had people monitoring public opinion about their artists online. Now that this huge melon involved Wen Hebai, they acted even more quickly, working from four directions. One side notified Wen Hebai, one side collected evidence related to the rumors that she had cheated, one side organized fans and paid commenters to guide public opinion, and one side issued lawyer’s letters warning those who were still spreading rumors.

In the battle between day and night, night fell earlier and earlier. The closer it got to midnight, the darker the night became.

When Wen Hebai returned home, it was already past eleven.

Before takeoff and after landing, she had sent Yan Qingwen a message each time. In the end, Yan Qingwen still had not replied, and Wen Hebai did not know whether she had already gone to sleep.

Just as she was thinking this, the voice-activated light on the staircase suddenly lit up. Before long, Yan Qingwen’s figure appeared at the stairway turn.

She was wearing a Victoria’s Secret short satin tie-front robe and holding a glass of water in her hand. She clearly looked like she had come downstairs for water before going to sleep.

“So Wife hasn’t slept yet. Were you waiting for me?!” Wen Hebai’s eyes curved slightly at the corners, her gaze flowing as it silently wrapped around that beautiful figure.

“Don’t flatter yourself.” Yan Qingwen walked into the kitchen and poured a glass of warm water.

Wen Hebai followed her in and said with a smile that was not quite a smile, “You don’t drink water before sleeping because your face will swell. But tonight, you came downstairs to drink water right when I came back. Isn’t that specially waiting for me?”

Yan Qingwen’s ear tips turned slightly red, but her expression remained cold. “You’re too ordinary yet too confident.”

“Wife has been surfing the internet, huh? Otherwise, where did you learn internet slang?” As Wen Hebai spoke, she raised her hand and rubbed President Yan’s ear tip. It was pink, and she wanted to bite it.

As she spoke, she leaned closer, only to be pushed away by Yan Qingwen. “Go away. Don’t touch me.”

Wen Hebai’s expression stiffened, and her heart felt somewhat unpleasant.

It had only been two days since they last saw each other. Why did President Yan already despise her this much?

Yan Qingwen went straight back to her room and closed the door. Wen Hebai thought of how she had rushed back travel-worn and dusty, yet had not even gotten a kiss. She closed her eyes and sighed to herself… Fine. President Yan had always been tired of her. It was only because their wife-wife nightlife had been frequent lately that she had been given the illusion that “President Yan doesn’t dislike me.”

After showering, she passed by Yan Qingwen’s room and tried turning the doorknob. She discovered that the door was actually not locked!

What did this mean? It meant Yan Qingwen did not resist letting her sleep in this room! Thinking of this, she entered very openly.

The lights in the room had already been turned off. Only the light from the corridor leaked in.

As Wen Hebai closed the door, the room completely sank into darkness.

Wen Hebai had long since memorized the layout of Yan Qingwen’s room. She found her way to the bed with practiced ease. Seeing that Yan Qingwen still did not open her mouth to drive her away, she confidently slipped under the covers, lay down beside Yan Qingwen on her side, and naturally draped her hand over that flat waist and abdomen.

Her fingertips traced circles over the smooth satin. The muscles of Yan Qingwen’s lower abdomen tightened slightly. Yan Qingwen opened her eyes in the darkness, the news she had seen on the trending searches today surfacing in her mind, and she grabbed that misbehaving hand.

“You and Wang Qihuan…” Yan Qingwen had only just started before swallowing the words back down.

She had no standing to ask about Wen Hebai and Wang Qihuan’s matter, did she?

And she did not understand why she felt angry when she saw that news. This made her even more restless and upset than when her parents had tried to arrange her engagement to Jiang Yunhan behind her back.

“What?” Wen Hebai froze, then quickly thought of today’s trending search.

She was not sure where Yan Qingwen had learned about this matter, but no matter what, she could not let Yan Qingwen continue misunderstanding, so she took the initiative to confess. “Everything about me and her is nonsense made up by paparazzi. The truth is that she offended someone and got retaliated against, so out of humanitarianism, I gave her a ride along the way. Lu Tie and her assistant were both in the car. Our relationship is even cleaner and purer than distilled water.”

“I know,” Yan Qingwen said.

She had not fallen so low as to believe rumors made up by marketing accounts, but even so, she was still annoyed.

It was as if something that belonged to her had been tagged with someone else’s label by some busybody. She clearly knew that ownership was in her own hands, yet she would still be angered by the other party’s shameless behavior.

Not to mention, this “thing” might not necessarily belong to her.

Unfortunately, she did not express this feeling. Otherwise, Wen Hebai would definitely tell her that this was called possessiveness.

With Wen Hebai’s understanding of her, she could naturally tell that Yan Qingwen still had something else hidden in her heart. But if Yan Qingwen did not want to say it, no one could force her.

Wen Hebai gently blew air beside her ear. “Since you know about something so far away, then do you know what I, who am right beside you, am thinking now?”

In the darkness, Yan Qingwen could not see Wen Hebai’s expression, so naturally she could not read her thoughts from it. But sometimes, body language was enough to explain everything.

Yan Qingwen’s eyes deepened further. She turned over, pressed the misbehaving hand she had grabbed onto the pillow, and with her other hand, untied the belt of her robe. Her soft, delicate body pressed against another graceful figure. Red lips burned fiercely, and waves surged.

The next day, Wen Hebai discovered that, unusually, Yan Qingwen had not gone to work on time.

She was staying in the study, handling documents Chen Zhien had brought over.

“Wife, why haven’t you gone to work yet?” Wen Hebai wore a short nightdress and walked barefoot to Yan Qingwen’s side, kissing the corner of her lips.

Fortunately, the study was carpeted, so it was not that cold.

However, Chen Zhien, this outsider, was still so overwhelmed by their actions that she did not know where to put her eyes.

Yan Qingwen said lightly, “There’s nothing at the company that needs me to handle it in person this morning. I’ll go in the afternoon.”

Only then did Wen Hebai greet Chen Zhien. “Morning, Assistant Chen.”

“Morning, Sister Bai!” Chen Zhien’s face was bright red.

“What did you do last night? Your complexion looks so good.” Wen Hebai clearly knew why she was blushing, but still teased her anyway.

How could it compare to your and President Yan’s complexion? Chen Zhien, this light bulb, could not bear such high pressure and hurriedly said, “President Yan, I’ll go back to the company first!”

“Mm.” Yan Qingwen nodded.

Chen Zhien fled in panic.

Oh my god, she saw the hickey on Sister Bai’s chest. Last night, they must have done it very intensely!

Oh no, images were appearing in her mind. As President Yan’s assistant, she could not desecrate them like this!

Wen Hebai let out a “pfft” and laughed.

Yan Qingwen swept her a glance and said, “Why did you come out dressed like that?”

Xiao Chen’s gaze had almost made her fail to hold herself together just now. It had taken great effort for her to suppress the heat on her face.

“Xiao Chen isn’t an outsider. Besides, this is my own home. Of course I should wear whatever is comfortable. Wife, you like me wearing this too, don’t you?” Wen Hebai twisted her waist in a charming manner.

Yan Qingwen’s cheek twitched slightly. “Stop talking nonsense.”

Afraid that Wen Hebai would push her luck further and say even more flirtatious words to tease her, Yan Qingwen took out a jewelry box from the drawer and said, “This is yours.”

When Wen Hebai saw the familiar brand logo on the box, she immediately realized what was inside.

She opened the box. Inside was a platinum sapphire wedding ring set with white sapphires. Her eyes shifted to Yan Qingwen’s hand, and sure enough, on the ring finger of her left hand, there was a matching ring.

This was a pair of rings. When placed together, the sapphires could fit together perfectly.

“Help me put it on.” Wen Hebai naturally made the request.

“You have hands and feet. Put it on yourself.”

“Exchanging rings has more ceremony.”

Yan Qingwen stared at her. “I don’t like rings I put on being taken off by others, so it’s better if you put it on yourself.”

Wen Hebai’s heart thumped. Her smile bloomed like a flower. “I won’t take it off, and others can forget about taking it off even more.”

Yan Qingwen had not expected her to be so insistent. After pursing her lips and considering it for a moment, she finally took the ring and put it on Wen Hebai for her.

Their finger sizes had been measured at the beginning of the ring design, so this pair of rings would neither be tight enough to dig into the flesh nor loose enough to slip off.

Wen Hebai suddenly thought of something and asked, “Then Wife, when I’m filming, I’ll have to trouble you to help me take it off! But don’t worry, I’ll string it onto a necklace and wear it with me.”

Yan Qingwen: “…”

That was not necessary.

Wen Hebai had Yan Qingwen take off her ring, then hummed the background music of the “Wedding March” while helping Yan Qingwen put the ring back onto her ring finger.

Yan Qingwen turned the ring to adjust its position, then asked, “Your flight is this afternoon?”

Wen Hebai’s schedule had been booked until the end of next month. Then, after resting for a month, she had to enter another production crew. Originally, her manager had wanted her to fly directly to another city after finishing the reality show recording, but in the end, she had decided to come back first.

The next time she came back would probably be the day they took wedding photos. After the wedding dresses were rushed out, they would still need to be sent over for her to try on.

“Mm. Unfortunately, you have work, so you can’t see me off.” Wen Hebai pretended to sigh sadly.

“I can’t see you off, but we can have lunch together at noon.”

If they were eating lunch at home, Yan Qingwen definitely would not say it this way. Wen Hebai understood and smiled. “Then I’ll go put on makeup.”

After she left the study, Yan Qingwen returned a call. “Did you find anything?”

The person on the other end said, “There really was someone pushing things behind the scenes. It seems they wanted to ruin Madam’s passerby favorability by spreading rumors that she cheated. At the same time, it might also affect the stocks of Yan Corporation and Tianwen Group.”

Yan Qingwen had already sensed something was wrong when she saw the trending search. Although the same-sex marriage law had now been passed, the public generally would not define two women in the same frame as a couple. Moreover, there had been a third and fourth person in the car, and they had not had any physical contact at all. The cheating claim was purely ridiculous.

If someone had not deliberately magnified this point, no one would have believed Wen Hebai had cheated.

“The marketing account that first spread the rumor confessed that someone paid him to deliberately guide the narrative, then bought paid commenters to flood it. I checked the source of his funds too. It was an overseas account, and I couldn’t find the specific account information,” the person on the phone said again.

Great. This was probably Zhuang Yi causing trouble again. Yan Qingwen rubbed her temples. “I understand. Has the photographer for noon been arranged?”

Outside the door, Wen Hebai, who had turned back, paused in her steps. After a moment, she quietly left again.