The most valuable items in Qin Moling’s wallet were his ID card and a two-inch photo. In addition to these, there were more than a dozen bank cards—but he didn’t really consider those as valuable things.

He could just ask the driver to pick up such a small item like his wallet.

“I’ll go out at noon,” he told his assistant.

Zhou Xu didn’t ask the boss if it was a private or a business matter, he just said: “What do you need me to prepare?”

“Nothing.”

Zhou Xu understood that there was no need for him to follow, so he simply arranged for the driver to be ready.

Qin Moling had lunch in advance, took his coat and left the office. As soon as the elevator began to descend, his phone vibrated.

“Press the elevator button for me,” Zhong Yanyue said over the phone.

Qin Moling raised his hand and pressed ‘16’.

Zhong Yanyue’s office was on the 16th floor. She was about to go down to eat, but as she was waiting for the elevator, she saw the boss’s special elevator moving. It just so happened that she had something to check with Qin Moling so she asked him to stop for her.

The elevator door opened slowly, and Zhong Yanyue stepped in. Qin Moling had a coat in his arms. She asked, “Going out?”

“Yeah.” Qin Moling didn’t say where he was going.

Zhong Yanyue directly asked what she wanted to ask, “Did Yu Ming resign on his own initiative or did you catch him doing something?”

Yu Ming was the General Manager of Happy Lemon Beverage Inc.’s Fourth Division. Lemon has four divisions in total, and Zhong Yanyue was the Deputy General Manager of the Second Division.

Lemon ranked among the top 20 fast-moving consumer goods companies in the world, with a market value of hundreds of billions. It was the most powerful fast-moving consumer goods company in China.

Happy Lemon Beverage was one of the companies under the Qin family, and Qin Moling was now in charge of it.

Originally, Qin Moling’s thoughts were all focused on the renewable energy companies and AI medical care he and his friends had invested in, and he had no interest in the traditional fast-moving consumer goods industry.

Lemon was previously controlled by Qin Moling’s third uncle. Due to health reasons, his third uncle gradually became less involved in the company’s affairs and gave all the power to Qin Moling.

In the past two years, Qin Moling has slowly focused his attention and energy on Lemon.

Everyone said that Qin Moling had no choice but to take over Lemon and get married.

Zhong Yanyue stared at Qin Moling, waiting for his answer.

“It’s just as you think.”

Zhong Yanyue nodded slowly. Yu Ming was really caught by Qin Moling and had to take the initiative to resign in order to save himself.

Yu Ming was promoted to his position as Fourth Division General Manager by a certain director on the board of directors. With his departure, the company’s upper management would be full of uncertainties.

Zhong Yanyue reminded him, “Take your time, don’t rush to eliminate dissidents.” She stopped—Qin Moling would not be unaware of the stakes involved.

She changed the topic, “My dad is busy arranging a blind date for me. Do you know what he told me? He said that ‘if Qin Moling can go on a blind date, what’s wrong with you that you can’t?’”

Qin Moling just smiled lightly. He couldn’t comment on other family’s affairs.

He wasn’t interested either.

It was about to be lunch break, so he asked casually: “Are you going to go out for work?”

“Oh, no,” Zhong Yanyue smiled, “Go outside for better food.”

The food in Lemon’s cafeteria was good enough, but the second young miss of the Zhong family was picky about food. She ate out at least three or four times a week.

Today’s situation was even more special: it was the anniversary of the day she met her ex. Although they have already broken up, this day was still etched in her mind.

Zhong Yanyue and Qin Moling had a good relationship, but she never mentioned her previous relationship to him. It was impossible for a cold-hearted person like Qin Moling to understand the pain that she felt when they broke up after being together for so long, so much so that she still could not get over it.

So, it was useless to tell him.

The elevator stopped on the first floor. Zhong Yanyue waved to Qin Moling and got off.

Qin Moling went straight to the basement, and the driver was already waiting for him by the elevator.

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The office building where Yinlin Capital was located was some distance away from Lemon. Qin Moling often passed by the road in front of Yinlin’s door, but this is the first time he entered this office building today.

It was lunch break, and the cafe downstairs was crowded with people.

Qin Moling looked at the young men and women coming out of the cafe. Many of them were holding coffee in their hands, talking and laughing. He couldn’t go to Jian Hang’s office empty-handed.

Unconsciously, he turned towards the cafe.

He didn’t know what kind of coffee Jian Hang liked, so he bought a cup for Jian Hang according to his own taste.

Qin Moling forgot to take his sunglasses when he got out of the car. At this moment, he could only bear the gazes and scrutiny of the people around him. Even the young woman at the cashier glanced at him a few times.

Qin Moling sat in an empty seat waiting for his order to be prepared. Several girls next to him were discussing the shape of his hand in low voices. Looking at Qin Moling’s hands, one could intuitively feel what the joints and knuckles were like.

When the coffee he ordered was ready, Qin Moling walked out of the cafe.

Lo and behold, several young women immediately stood up and left the cafe after him, laughing and following his wake.

Watching handsome guys was the only fun they could have in their busy schedule. After watching him today, after a day or two they would longer even remember what the handsome guy looked like.

Qin Moling’s demeanor and temperament were not comparable to those of ordinary handsome guys, so they gave up their plans to linger in the cafe for a while and returned to the office building early.

When they reached the elevator, it was already mostly filled and Qin Moling couldn’t step in. The ones inside squeezed themselves in, consciously giving up enough space for him to enter.

Qin Moling said to the person near the elevator buttons, “Twenty-sixth floor, thank you.”

It turned out that he was going to Yinlin Capital.

Not only them, but also the front desk of Yinlin Capital was startled when they saw Qin Moling. Lin Xiao was already considered a top-notch handsome guy, and Yinlin was not lacking in talented young men.

But even though she saw handsome guys every day, the receptionist was still not immune when Qin Moling stood in front of her.

The receptionist quickly corrected her slightly rude expression and asked politely, “Hello, who are you looking for?”

“Jian Hang.”

The incident with Mrs. Gao had just happened, and the receptionist’s nerves immediately grew tense. Handsomeness would not work on her. 

The receptionist confirmed, “Do you have an appointment?”

Qin Moling replied, “I am Jian Hang’s husband.”

Marriage First, Love Later translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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T/N: I’m unsure what to do with this ‘Happy Lemon’ company name. I usually leave company names in pinyin because while they probably sound appropriately impressive in Chinese, they become unwieldy in English. The pinyin for the Qin Group’s beverage company is Lemeng—which translates to Happy Lemon. ‘Lemeng’ doesn’t sound like a Top 20 global beverage company, while being CEO of ‘Happy Lemon’ doesn’t quite give Qin Moling the gravitas he deserves 😂. So I kinda hedged a bit and left it at ‘Lemon’ (but mostly because it’s what I used when it first popped up at Seventh Year of My Secret Love For You.)

Ermm. Does this work? This company name will feature heavily in this story. Should I just stick to ‘Lemeng’? Go with ‘Happy Lemon’?

Irrelevant here but there is a drink in my country called ‘Happy Lemon’ haha.

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Chapter 6.2 — Go To Her Office (1/27)

Chapter 7.1 — Moving In (1/28)
Chapter 7.2 — Moving In (1/29)

Chapter 8.1 — Wednesday Night Phone Call (1/30)
Chapter 8.2 — Wednesday Night Phone Call (1/31)

Chapter 9.1 — Pick Her Up (2/1)
Chapter 9.2 — Pick Her Up (2/2)

Chapter 10.1 — See The Exhibition (2/3)
Chapter 10.2 — See The Exhibition (2/4)
Chapter 10.3 — See The Exhibition (2/5)