The room returned to quiet. Jiang Baiwan breathed a sigh of relief. “Okay, he’s gone.”
Ji Chen responded in a low voice, and after a pause, added, “Thank you.”
“It’s nothing.” Jiang Baiwan waved her hand graciously. “But Ji Chen, aren’t you going to let me go first?”
Ji Chen was reminded by Jiang Baiwan and only then did he realize that he was still holding her waist the whole time. As if he had been scalded, he quickly let go of Jiang Baiwan.
Jiang Baiwan didn’t pay much attention to Ji Chen’s actions. She looked at the door and finally asked Ji Chen cautiously, “Can I ask what’s the relationship between that man and you?”
Ji Chen fell into silence. Just as Jiang Baiwan was beginning to regret her talkativeness, Ji Chen suddenly said, “He’s my brother-in-law.”
Jiang Baiwan heard Ji Chen’s admission and felt even stranger. “Why did your sister married such a scumbag?”
To be able to seduce a woman in front of his brother-in-law, this man must have reached a certain level of scumminess.
Ji Chen slowly tied his bathrobe on, looking dispassionate. “A business alliance, you should understand, right?”
Jiang Baiwan had an epiphany. “There’s no emotional basis?”
“No emotional basis at all.” Ji Chen nodded. “It just can’t be helped. My sister…… had to marry Gu Dongcheng.”
As a commoner, Jiang Baiwan had no way to understand the enmity and love-hate relationship between the wealthy and powerful families. Towards the woman whom she had never seen before, she simply felt that this wasn’t worth it. “Then your sister must have been very unhappy after she got married. Didn’t anyone in your family think about getting her out of it?”
Who knew that after hearing these words, Ji Chen’s expression became increasingly indescribable. He looked at Jiang Baiwan with his dark eyes for a while, and then said in a low voice, “Sister, she…… is having a great time.”
Having a great time? Jiang Baiwan was stunned for a moment—— Her husband was such a person, how could Ji Chen’s sister be having a great time?
Ji Chen wanted to explain to Jiang Baiwan, but he couldn’t open his mouth. In the end, he simply borrowed the computer in the room and after typing in a few key words, he turned the computer screen towards Jiang Baiwan. “You can see for yourself.”
Curious, Jiang Baiwan moved towards the computer screen, only to see a woman with a graceful figure sitting on a yacht, surrounded by all kinds of handsome men. The woman held a glass of wine in her hand and even with the sunglasses on, it couldn’t hide the smile that was about to burst through the screen.
And the caption of the picture reads 「A wealthy woman taking a yacht and travelling with countless little fresh meats[1] in a high-profile manner」.
Jiang Baiwan: “……”
“……This is your sister?” She sneaked a glance at Ji Chen and found that his expression seemed a little ugly. Jiang Baiwan quickly withdrew her eyes with a guilty heart and laughed dryly. “Not bad, not bad. Although the marriage partner isn’t good, the quality of fresh meats she found seems to be satisfactory.”
Ji Chen’s expression suddenly became even more unsightly. He looked at Jiang Baiwan dangerously. “You like this too?”
Jiang Baiwan shook her head solemnly. “No, I don’t have that much money. I can only afford to support myself.”
Noticing that the direction of the conversation was about to drift in a strange direction, Jiang Baiwan quickly brought the topic back, “Ji Chen, your sister married him because of a business alliance. Then why didn’t she choose someone better from the start?”
Mentioning this matter, Ji Chen’s face didn’t look very good. He frowned and said slowly, “At the beginning, my sister still had some affection for Gu Dongcheng, and that that time, he…… didn’t act like this.”
Jiang Baiwan wondered, “Don’t wealthy people investigate each other before marriage?”
Ji Chen was helpless. “We’re doing business legally.”
Jiang Baiwan didn’t expect Ji Chen to say such words so she was slightly taken aback. She wanted to laugh but felt that the current atmosphere seemed inappropriate, so Jiang Baiwan tried to endure it. She coughed dryly, before saying to Ji Chen, “Your sister must have been very sad for a while.”
“En.” Ji Chen’s face that had cleared up a bit was now overcast again. “My sister seems to be living a happy life, but only our family knows that she’s actually having a hard time for so many years.”
With such a husband, how can life not be hard?
“I’ve advised my sister to divorce him but she’s unwilling, saying that her current life has become like this now and it’s impossible to change it for the better.” Ji Chen seemed to have opened up today and was talking a lot, “She said it’s better to spend Gu Dongcheng’s money outside to find…… young people, so that she can be happier, and the business of our Ji family and the Gu family can be in constant contact.”
Jiang Baiwan remembered when she met Ji Chen yesterday. He said that he’s here to discuss business. She smacked her mouth and muttered to herself, “I feel that what your sister said makes some sense……”
Ji Chen shook her head, not wanting to continue discussing this topic. “Anyway, thank you for today.”
“It’s nothing. Who made him put the idea on my mind today.” Jiang Baiwan stared at the door, thinking of that look on Gu Dongcheng’s face just now, it was rather murderous. “A man like that should be taught a lesson that he can never forget.”
Saying that, Jiang Baiwan turned her head and looked at Ji Chen. “Ji Chen, do you…… want to teach him a lesson?”
Ji Chen looked at Jiang Baiwan’s cunning eyes and pursed his lips. “What do you have in mind?”
When Tan Mi arrived, she saw Ji Chen sitting on Jiang Baiwan’s bed in a bathrobe, while Jiang Baiwan was at his side, whispering something to him.
……Wait a minute, why was Ji Chen dressed in a bathrobe and his hair was even wet?
Just as Jiang Baiwan wanted to say hello to Tan Mi, she saw Tan Mi’s incredulous look as she gaped at them. “You two—”
Tan Mi wanted to say something but met Ji Chen’s eyes in the next second. Unlike when looking at Jiang Baiwan, the moment Ji Chen and Tan Mi looked at each other, Tan Mi could read a strong warning from his gaze.
Tan Mi couldn’t help shuddering.
Jiang Baiwan didn’t even notice the brief exchanged between the two. Seeing that Tan Mi suddenly stopped talking, she couldn’t help but ask, “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.” Tan Mi squeezed out a few words from between her teeth. “I’m just happy to see President Ji.”
Ji Chen lowered his eyes again. He was there so Tan Mi wouldn’t dare do anything out of the ordinary.
“What were you talking about just now?” Tan Mi quickly returned to her usual charming appearance as she slowly walked into the room, closing the door behind her. “Let me hear it?”
Jiang Baiwan blinked her eyes. She pulled Tan Mi over and pressed her down into a chair, saying seriously, “Tan Mi, I’m going to tell you a story. Don’t be angry when you hear it.”
Tan Mi looked at her suspiciously, wondering what kind of medicine Jiang Baiwan was selling in her gourd. She wanted to see some hint on Ji Chen’s face, but whenever Ji Chen was facing her, it was as if she was looking at a statue.
Tan Mi’s teeth were itching with hatred in her heart. She folded her arms and listened carefully to what Jiang Baiwan had to say.
Jiang Baiwan had a talent for storytelling, and she told the story of Ji Chen’s sister in a torturous and moving way. Originally, Tan Mi’s expression was still very relaxed, but gradually, she was brought to anger by Jiang Baiwan.
When Jiang Baiwan mentioned that the scumbag Gu Dongcheng was cheating outside, Tan Mi sneered angrily, “Why hasn’t she divorced such a man yet and kept him for the next year?”
“A business alliance, you should understand.” Jiang Baiwan said with a deep expression. “However, I think…… it’s not impossible to teach him a lesson, don’t you think so?”
Tan Mi glanced at Jiang Baiwan, then at Ji Chen, who had been sitting next to her in silence all this time, and burst into laughter. “Are you two waiting for me here? I think the story of this poor woman should be related to you two, right?”
Saying that, Tan Mi’s gaze settled on Ji Chen, her beautiful eyes were filled with realization. “Is it your sister?”
Ji Chen didn’t speak, so she took it as an acknowledgement.
“What do you two want to do?” Tan Mi narrowed her eyes. “After all this talk to gain my sympathy, is it just to tell me a story?”
Jiang Baiwan glanced at Ji Chen, then reached out to hold Tan Mi’s hand as two words came out of her mouth, “Honey trap.”
“Honey trap?” Tan Mi was a little doubtful. “Who is the honey trap for?”
“Who else could it be? Ji Chen’s brother-in-law.” Jiang Baiwan said, “It won’t hurt him either, just get a little handle on him.”
Tan Mi still didn’t let up. She furrowed her eyebrows. “Why don’t you do it yourself?”
“Because Gu Dongcheng was already annoyed with me.” Jiang Baiwan’s face was full of integrity. “It’s not suitable to find an actress now, so…… I wanted to ask you if you want to join our plan?”
Tan Mi sat up straighter, poked Jiang Baiwan’s forehead in disgust, and turned her gaze to the boss, Ji Chen. “You just indulge her like this?”
“It’s my idea.” Ji Chen said in a deep voice. “To get a handle on him and give my sister more leverage in her hands.”
Tan Mi contemplated for a while. “And what if I get retaliated against in the future?”
“Haochen will deal with it. You won’t have any trouble. If you want, Haochen Entertainment can sign you.” Ji Chen said this lightly, but Tan Mi’s eyes instantly lit up—— This promise was very solid, better than anything Ji Chen had said so far.
“Fair enough.” Tan Mi finally smiled. “Since President Ji is so generous and offered such a high fee, then this play, I’ll accept it.”
References
| ↑1 | originally refers to those young, cute and handsome innocent male idol |
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The room returned to quiet. Jiang Baiwan breathed a sigh of relief. “Okay, he’s gone.”
Ji Chen responded in a low voice, and after a pause, added, “Thank you.”
“It’s nothing.” Jiang Baiwan waved her hand graciously. “But Ji Chen, aren’t you going to let me go first?”
Ji Chen was reminded by Jiang Baiwan and only then did he realize that he was still holding her waist the whole time. As if he had been scalded, he quickly let go of Jiang Baiwan.
Jiang Baiwan didn’t pay much attention to Ji Chen’s actions. She looked at the door and finally asked Ji Chen cautiously, “Can I ask what’s the relationship between that man and you?”
Ji Chen fell into silence. Just as Jiang Baiwan was beginning to regret her talkativeness, Ji Chen suddenly said, “He’s my brother-in-law.”
Jiang Baiwan heard Ji Chen’s admission and felt even stranger. “Why did your sister married such a scumbag?”
To be able to seduce a woman in front of his brother-in-law, this man must have reached a certain level of scumminess.
Ji Chen slowly tied his bathrobe on, looking dispassionate. “A business alliance, you should understand, right?”
Jiang Baiwan had an epiphany. “There’s no emotional basis?”
“No emotional basis at all.” Ji Chen nodded. “It just can’t be helped. My sister…… had to marry Gu Dongcheng.”
As a commoner, Jiang Baiwan had no way to understand the enmity and love-hate relationship between the wealthy and powerful families. Towards the woman whom she had never seen before, she simply felt that this wasn’t worth it. “Then your sister must have been very unhappy after she got married. Didn’t anyone in your family think about getting her out of it?”
Who knew that after hearing these words, Ji Chen’s expression became increasingly indescribable. He looked at Jiang Baiwan with his dark eyes for a while, and then said in a low voice, “Sister, she…… is having a great time.”
Having a great time? Jiang Baiwan was stunned for a moment—— Her husband was such a person, how could Ji Chen’s sister be having a great time?
Ji Chen wanted to explain to Jiang Baiwan, but he couldn’t open his mouth. In the end, he simply borrowed the computer in the room and after typing in a few key words, he turned the computer screen towards Jiang Baiwan. “You can see for yourself.”
Curious, Jiang Baiwan moved towards the computer screen, only to see a woman with a graceful figure sitting on a yacht, surrounded by all kinds of handsome men. The woman held a glass of wine in her hand and even with the sunglasses on, it couldn’t hide the smile that was about to burst through the screen.
And the caption of the picture reads 「A wealthy woman taking a yacht and travelling with countless little fresh meats[1] in a high-profile manner」.
Jiang Baiwan: “……”
“……This is your sister?” She sneaked a glance at Ji Chen and found that his expression seemed a little ugly. Jiang Baiwan quickly withdrew her eyes with a guilty heart and laughed dryly. “Not bad, not bad. Although the marriage partner isn’t good, the quality of fresh meats she found seems to be satisfactory.”
Ji Chen’s expression suddenly became even more unsightly. He looked at Jiang Baiwan dangerously. “You like this too?”
Jiang Baiwan shook her head solemnly. “No, I don’t have that much money. I can only afford to support myself.”
Noticing that the direction of the conversation was about to drift in a strange direction, Jiang Baiwan quickly brought the topic back, “Ji Chen, your sister married him because of a business alliance. Then why didn’t she choose someone better from the start?”
Mentioning this matter, Ji Chen’s face didn’t look very good. He frowned and said slowly, “At the beginning, my sister still had some affection for Gu Dongcheng, and that that time, he…… didn’t act like this.”
Jiang Baiwan wondered, “Don’t wealthy people investigate each other before marriage?”
Ji Chen was helpless. “We’re doing business legally.”
Jiang Baiwan didn’t expect Ji Chen to say such words so she was slightly taken aback. She wanted to laugh but felt that the current atmosphere seemed inappropriate, so Jiang Baiwan tried to endure it. She coughed dryly, before saying to Ji Chen, “Your sister must have been very sad for a while.”
“En.” Ji Chen’s face that had cleared up a bit was now overcast again. “My sister seems to be living a happy life, but only our family knows that she’s actually having a hard time for so many years.”
With such a husband, how can life not be hard?
“I’ve advised my sister to divorce him but she’s unwilling, saying that her current life has become like this now and it’s impossible to change it for the better.” Ji Chen seemed to have opened up today and was talking a lot, “She said it’s better to spend Gu Dongcheng’s money outside to find…… young people, so that she can be happier, and the business of our Ji family and the Gu family can be in constant contact.”
Jiang Baiwan remembered when she met Ji Chen yesterday. He said that he’s here to discuss business. She smacked her mouth and muttered to herself, “I feel that what your sister said makes some sense……”
Ji Chen shook her head, not wanting to continue discussing this topic. “Anyway, thank you for today.”
“It’s nothing. Who made him put the idea on my mind today.” Jiang Baiwan stared at the door, thinking of that look on Gu Dongcheng’s face just now, it was rather murderous. “A man like that should be taught a lesson that he can never forget.”
Saying that, Jiang Baiwan turned her head and looked at Ji Chen. “Ji Chen, do you…… want to teach him a lesson?”
Ji Chen looked at Jiang Baiwan’s cunning eyes and pursed his lips. “What do you have in mind?”
When Tan Mi arrived, she saw Ji Chen sitting on Jiang Baiwan’s bed in a bathrobe, while Jiang Baiwan was at his side, whispering something to him.
……Wait a minute, why was Ji Chen dressed in a bathrobe and his hair was even wet?
Just as Jiang Baiwan wanted to say hello to Tan Mi, she saw Tan Mi’s incredulous look as she gaped at them. “You two—”
Tan Mi wanted to say something but met Ji Chen’s eyes in the next second. Unlike when looking at Jiang Baiwan, the moment Ji Chen and Tan Mi looked at each other, Tan Mi could read a strong warning from his gaze.
Tan Mi couldn’t help shuddering.
Jiang Baiwan didn’t even notice the brief exchanged between the two. Seeing that Tan Mi suddenly stopped talking, she couldn’t help but ask, “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.” Tan Mi squeezed out a few words from between her teeth. “I’m just happy to see President Ji.”
Ji Chen lowered his eyes again. He was there so Tan Mi wouldn’t dare do anything out of the ordinary.
“What were you talking about just now?” Tan Mi quickly returned to her usual charming appearance as she slowly walked into the room, closing the door behind her. “Let me hear it?”
Jiang Baiwan blinked her eyes. She pulled Tan Mi over and pressed her down into a chair, saying seriously, “Tan Mi, I’m going to tell you a story. Don’t be angry when you hear it.”
Tan Mi looked at her suspiciously, wondering what kind of medicine Jiang Baiwan was selling in her gourd. She wanted to see some hint on Ji Chen’s face, but whenever Ji Chen was facing her, it was as if she was looking at a statue.
Tan Mi’s teeth were itching with hatred in her heart. She folded her arms and listened carefully to what Jiang Baiwan had to say.
Jiang Baiwan had a talent for storytelling, and she told the story of Ji Chen’s sister in a torturous and moving way. Originally, Tan Mi’s expression was still very relaxed, but gradually, she was brought to anger by Jiang Baiwan.
When Jiang Baiwan mentioned that the scumbag Gu Dongcheng was cheating outside, Tan Mi sneered angrily, “Why hasn’t she divorced such a man yet and kept him for the next year?”
“A business alliance, you should understand.” Jiang Baiwan said with a deep expression. “However, I think…… it’s not impossible to teach him a lesson, don’t you think so?”
Tan Mi glanced at Jiang Baiwan, then at Ji Chen, who had been sitting next to her in silence all this time, and burst into laughter. “Are you two waiting for me here? I think the story of this poor woman should be related to you two, right?”
Saying that, Tan Mi’s gaze settled on Ji Chen, her beautiful eyes were filled with realization. “Is it your sister?”
Ji Chen didn’t speak, so she took it as an acknowledgement.
“What do you two want to do?” Tan Mi narrowed her eyes. “After all this talk to gain my sympathy, is it just to tell me a story?”
Jiang Baiwan glanced at Ji Chen, then reached out to hold Tan Mi’s hand as two words came out of her mouth, “Honey trap.”
“Honey trap?” Tan Mi was a little doubtful. “Who is the honey trap for?”
“Who else could it be? Ji Chen’s brother-in-law.” Jiang Baiwan said, “It won’t hurt him either, just get a little handle on him.”
Tan Mi still didn’t let up. She furrowed her eyebrows. “Why don’t you do it yourself?”
“Because Gu Dongcheng was already annoyed with me.” Jiang Baiwan’s face was full of integrity. “It’s not suitable to find an actress now, so…… I wanted to ask you if you want to join our plan?”
Tan Mi sat up straighter, poked Jiang Baiwan’s forehead in disgust, and turned her gaze to the boss, Ji Chen. “You just indulge her like this?”
“It’s my idea.” Ji Chen said in a deep voice. “To get a handle on him and give my sister more leverage in her hands.”
Tan Mi contemplated for a while. “And what if I get retaliated against in the future?”
“Haochen will deal with it. You won’t have any trouble. If you want, Haochen Entertainment can sign you.” Ji Chen said this lightly, but Tan Mi’s eyes instantly lit up—— This promise was very solid, better than anything Ji Chen had said so far.
“Fair enough.” Tan Mi finally smiled. “Since President Ji is so generous and offered such a high fee, then this play, I’ll accept it.”
References
| ↑1 | originally refers to those young, cute and handsome innocent male idol |
|---|
