Inside the room at night, Yin Qin was gazing straight at Luo Xiaolang.
Was it because of the light?
It had sohow left him slightly bewildered.
He was bewildered, feeling as if Luo Xiaolang had beco prettier.
The skin on her face seed to have beco smoother and even whiter.
Had he grown used to her looks?
Now it seed to him, Luo Xiaolang wasn’t as ugly as he had imagined.
He asked, "Did my mom ask you to do this?"
Yet, a sense of inexplicable disappointnt surfaced in his heart.
He could have guessed. In Luo Xiaolang’s world, feelings were an enormous blind spot, so he really wasn’t expecting much.
But what was he expecting?!
"I want to get along better with you," Luo Xiaolang replied, as if she was the real deal.
Yin Qin was taken aback.
His heart was beating.
It was accelerating.
He thought Luo Xiaolang would respond with a resolute yes.
He did not even expect her to have any other answer.
Yet this answer left a warmth in his heart.
Luo Xiaolang had brought an unusual warmth into his life recently, like a hot spring at his heart, flowing non-stop.
Luo Xiaolang didn’t understand why Yin Qin had fallen silent, and why his gaze seed a little too intense. She asked him, "Aren’t you going to take a bath?"
Yin Qin ca back to his senses.
He told himself that he just might have been overthinking it.
He walked into the bathroom and lay in the bathtub.
Staring at the ceiling, he felt a bit strange.
What was it that he was expecting from Luo Xiaolang?
When he really thought about it, he couldn’t co up with an answer.
In his deeply ingrained thoughts, it was impossible for him to actually like Luo Xiaolang, a girl like her in looks or character. And yet, if he didn’t like her, what was he expecting from her?
He let out a slow breath.
Nevermind.
Overthinking wouldn’t help at this point, he might as well just let things be.
He got out of the bathtub, put on his clothes, and went back to the bed.
Luo Xiaolang watched as Yin Qin erged, his hair still slightly wet.
She got the hairdryer from the bathroom, asked Yin Qin to sit by the bed edge, and then kneeled beside him to dry his hair.
Yin Qin laughed, "Did my mom teach you this too?"
"No, I taught myself." Luo Xiaolang answered.
"You could teach yourself?"
"I looked it up on ’Du Niang’."
Hearing the words "Du Niang", Yin Qin’s face turned slightly stiff.
He vividly recalled Luo Xiaolang saying that she’d looked up a lot of stuff online...
Damn, traumatic mories!
The biggest traumas in his life.
"Okay." Luo Xiaolang finished drying his hair.
Yin Qin’s hair was short and soft, so it didn’t take too long to dry.
After drying his hair, Luo Xiaolang insisted that Yin Qin lay down so she could give him a massage, "So you can sleep earlier."
Yin Qin didn’t resist.
After all, he’d been preoccupied with this all day.
Who knew that amid all his busyness, what he was really looking forward to was this exact mont when Luo Xiaolang sat on top of him, giving him a massage.
Pure bliss!
Relishing in the mont, Yin Qin fell asleep swiftly.
Truly, he was out cold in possibly less than 5 minutes, his breathing steady and rhythmic.
She got off him, turned him over, and tucked him in.
She turned off the lights, then cuddled up to him.
Instead of turning her back to him, she lay face-to-face with him.
After a while, she suddenly lifted her head.
She leaned in and gave Yin Qin a small peck on his lips.
She kissed him, seeking confirmation.
She kissed him again, still seeking confirmation.
Just like that...
The moonlight outside the window was enchanting, intermittently hidden behind clouds.
Trees swayed in the wind, making a rustling sound, like a lodic crying.
...
The next day.
The alarm went off.
Yin Qin barely managed to get up.
Pushing himself, he sprung up from the bed in his usual crazy fashion, forcing himself awake.
As he threw off the covers to get out of bed, he took a glance at Luo Xiaolang.
Suddenly recalling sothing in his mind.
Seeing both of them still properly clothed, he guessed it must have been an illusion.
He carefully got out of bed, didn’t even turn on the light, and stealthily went to the bathroom to wash up, fearing he might wake Luo Xiaolang up.
He didn’t know when, but he began to care for Luo Xiaolang, and also wanted to be nicer to her.
When he left, Luo Xiaolang was still fast asleep.
He couldn’t resist giving Luo Xiaolang another kiss.
Hmm.
Upon arriving at the office, Yin Qin was among the earliest to arrive.
He sat inside the office.
Wu ili had by now basically familiarized herself with the habits of her company’s chairman, with the first order of business being to make him a cup of black coffee and tidy up his office before leaving him undisturbed to work.
o’clock in the morning.
Yin Qin received the arrangents he had made the previous day for Xie Mao and Lun Cheng, read them over, and picked up his office telephone, "4 PM, board eting."
"Chairman, isn’t the board eting a bit too frequent during this period? Board mbers may have complaints," Wu ili gently reminded.
"No problem, they’ll be delighted to watch my ordeal during this period."
"..."
Wu ili was always rendered speechless by the incredible remarks of her chairman.
PM in the afternoon.
Yin Qin sat in the eting room.
All the directors, too, were fully present.
Director Yu Ming said irritably, "Yin Qin, do you consider Milky Way your ho? A board eting every day, do you want us old-tirs to punch in at Milky Way every day?"
Most of the director mbers have positions in Milky Way, functioning as managers with their own responsibilities. A minority who don’t but take part fully in decisions of the Milky Way board naturally expressed considerable dissatisfaction!"
"Please understand, directors, I am new here and don’t know much, I need the advice of my elders, hence the frequent etings. However, I don’t have a choice, as there are many decisions I can’t make on my own and need the approval of all directors. I don’t want to waste everyone’s ti either."
His words were pleasant to the ears, implying many decisions he couldn’t make and so he had to call etings again and again. It wasn’t his fault; they hadn’t given him the authority.
Zhang Qiang scoffed, "You’re blaming us now?"
"Not at all, I appreciate the current thods of Milky Way. This frequent exchange isn’t a good way for us to get to know each other better?!"
"Enough of this nonsense, what’s the point of today’s eting?!" Zhang Qiang asked impatiently.
"This is how it goes." Yin Qin didn’t get angry; he blocked and ignored the directors’ deliberate attempts to embarrass him. He said, "I recall Director Wei ntioning in front of all directors that I would be in charge of everything related to ’Heaven’s Hall’. As long as it concerns the ’Heaven’s Hall’ program, it doesn’t require Director Wei’s approval from Milky Way. I can make all the decisions. However, my subordinates are telling that none of our applications are being approved."
Wei Cheng’s face darkened.
None of the other directors spoke either, instead observing Wei Cheng’s reactions before taking action.
Yin Qin said, "No need to talk about the budget, as it affects Milky Way’s costs, which aren’t limited to just the ’Heaven’s Hall’ program, and might impact the various other interests of the directors. Hence, I ntioned yesterday that I wouldn’t spend a penny of Milky Way’s money and instead fund the project myself. Since I’ve reached this extent, why is Director Wei still giving a hard ti? Is this the authority you ant to give ? Or is Director Wei truly scared of making a breakthrough!"
"Yin Qin, what nonsense are you spouting!" The color on Wei Cheng’s face changed instantly.
Yin Qin’s face remained serious, "Didn’t Director Wei always insist on using professional titles, especially in important forums such as a high-level board eting?"
Wei Cheng’s face turned even grimr as Yin Qin countered him.
Yin Qin smiled and answered Wei Cheng’s previous question, "I’m not speaking nonsense."
He indicated for his secretary to present so of his evidence on the screen.
Yin Qin even highlighted the key points, "This is the information my subordinate gave . It’s a chat record between my promotional strategist Xie Mao and the marketing manager. It ntions nurous tis that approval from Director Wei is required. My subordinate repeatedly clarified that only my approval is required for the ’Heaven’s Hall’ program. He even provided my signed application to them and sent a digital copy. But they still refused outright, saying that in this company, it’s Director Wei’s word that counts!"
Wei Cheng’s expression turned extrely unpleasant.
He scrutinized the chat record in the docunt, as well as the many places that Yin Qin had highlighted in red.
"Director Wei, was the ssage not passed down due to your busy schedule, or was your promise to give full authority just a way to appease ?! Wasn’t my five percent stake in the company swallowed up by you for nothing then?" Yin Qin retorted, his mockery of Wei Cheng’s cunning and deceit clear in his every word.
Wei Cheng, in front of all these directors, lost his patience for a mont as he said, "I did not know of this matter! No one reported it to ."
"So Director Wei thinks I’m framing him? Shall I call the person involved here for a confrontation?!"
"Don’t capitalize on your advantages ruthlessly! When did I ever say you were setting up? I rely said that I had no knowledge of this incident, and it’s most likely that soone from the lower managent took matters into their own hands! Besides, as soone managing so many people in the company, how am I expected to control the actions of a departnt manager! It’s a joke!"
"Hasn’t Director Wei always said that he’s deeply involved at the grassroot level? Once you go deep into the grassroot level, shouldn’t you be involved in the grassroots bureaucracy?"
"Yin Qin!"
"Please call Chairman."
"Enough! Don’t misuse your authority. I will investigate this matter thoroughly."
"Accountability is a matter for later," Yin Qin said, "My project is pressed for ti. I need a clear answer from Director Wei, whether I can approve of matters concerning the ’Heaven’s Hall’ project without Director Wei’s agreent in the future?!"
Wei Cheng glared coldly back at Yin Qin.
Yin Qin said, "Or else, I might as well give you my five percent stake straight away and readily accept the title of the big fool."
"Stop sneering here, I stand by my words."
"Let clarify once more, anything related to the ’Heaven’s Hall’ program, be it external promotion or internal personnel scheduling, will only require my approval."
"Yes."
"Alright then." Yin Qin stretched out his hand.
Wu ili promptly handed him a red-topped docunt.
He passed the docunt to Wei Cheng, "Given that many from the lower managent might not receive the notice, which might affect the progress of my project, I request Director Wei to sign it and let it be known."
Wei Cheng coldly glared at Yin Qin.
Yin Qin didn’t care.
Wei Cheng looked at the content of the docunt, angrily signed his na, and threw it at Yin Qin.
Yin Qin took it and passed it to Wu ili, "Give the photocopy to the Secretary of the General Affairs Departnt and have it distributed. Send it to everyone in the company and CC the sitting directors."
"Yes." Wu ili answered respectfully.
Yin Qin stood up, "The eting ends here, sorry to have taken up everyone’s ti."
With that, he turned around and left.
Due to Wei Cheng’s dark expression that day, none of the other directors dared to depart.
A sowhat tense atmosphere.
Zhang Qiang tried to lighten the mood, "Don’t take Yin Qin too seriously, he’s just a typical case of wielding little power like a big authority. He won’t be able to achieve much."
"I never took him seriously." Wei Cheng said bitterly.
Let him dig his own grave.
However, Yin Qin’s seemingly carefree attitude today did drum up his heartbeat a little.
The man seed to have made progress since their last encounter.
But on a second thought,
Maybe this had just been a coincidence, a lucky strike. He still appeared like a notorious spendthrift to Wei.
He simply waited for Yin Qin to lose his stake in the company!
Of course, Yin Qin wouldn’t be so foolish as to really give up his stake. He was well aware that once lost, the stake couldn’t be bought back with just money.
He also knew exactly what Wei Cheng was up to.
Back in his office, he eyed the list in his hand. A list... he considered incredibly costly. He picked up the phone and dialed a number.
The other side picked up, "Hello."
"Xin Zaozao, this is Yin Qin."
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