Jian Hang was not in a hurry to move to the villa. When Qin Moling urged her, then she would move.

Someone had to break the silence first. She raised her eyes and looked at him, “Do you want more water?”

Qin Moling had already finished the water in his glass. He should have left, but instead he handed the glass to her again, “Sorry to bother you.”

He held out the water glass with his left hand. Taking the glass, Jian Hang glanced at the wedding ring on his ring finger; she somehow thought that he would not wear it again after receiving the certificate.

Putting down her coffee, she got up and added water to his glass. She was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to finish the whole thing, so she only poured half.

He was waiting for her to say when she would move in, and she was waiting for him to ask her.

Neither of them said anything, and the matter was left like this. Jian Hang felt that if they were more familiar with each other and were more willing to let go of their pride, maybe this wouldn’t be the situation now.

Qin Moling took the water glass from her and asked, “Aren’t you going to take a nap?”

Instead of sleeping, she squeezed out time to play online games.

Naturally, Jian Hang would not tell him the truth, “No time.”

Qin Moling understood that she was busy with work, but he was used to taking a nap. It was a habit he developed when he was still at school. He came to get his wallet at noon today and now had no time to take a nap.

He drank another half glass of water, and it was almost time to say goodbye.

Jian Hang put down the coffee cup and went to see him off.

Qin Moling walked to the door, and she followed him out. He turned around and said, “No need to see me off.”

“I have nothing to do.” Jian Hang closed the office door behind her.

Passing by the office area, several curious and gossipy eyes secretly cast looks their way, silently watching them walk away.

When they arrived at the elevators, several people from Yinlin were also waiting.

“Olive, hi!”

Jian Hang nodded, “The plan hasn’t been finalized yet?”

“It’s almost done. There shouldn’t be any big problems when we go to that meeting today.”

The person was from another project team. They were not so familiar with Jian Hang and were not used to calling her ‘boss’. She always called her by her English name. Occasionally, she would also call her General Manager when they have meetings with Party A.

When the elevator came down, there were not many people inside. Qin Moling was the last one to enter the elevator, and there was still one person left outside. He stretched out his long arm, pressed the ‘open’ button, and looked at Jian Hang, “Aren’t you going to send me down?”

Jian Hang looked at him without saying anything; she immediately understood from his meaningful gaze that he was pretending to be a loving couple in front of her colleagues, so that any rumors that were not good for her reputation could be disproven.

She stepped into the elevator and stood next to him.

He came to her office today and bought coffee for her, which somewhat relieved her, and made people feel that their relationship as a couple was not affected by that incident with Mrs. Gao.

When they arrived at the basement, Jian Hang thanked him after everyone else had left.

Qin Moling didn’t respond but said, “Go upstairs.”

He just opened the car door, then turned around and asked her, “Is your English name ‘Olive’?”

“Yes.”

Her English name used to be ‘Olivia’ when she was in kindergarten, but later someone told her that ‘Olive’ sounded nice, so she changed her name to ‘Olive’ and she’s been called ‘Olive’ for more than 20 years.

Olive; small olive.

Qin Moling’s left hand was resting on the car door. She saw his wedding ring again, and she wanted to tell him something. “I’ll keep you for two more minutes.”

Qin Moling motioned for her to continue.

Jian Hang held up the diamond ring on her hand to show him, “I plan to buy a plain ring to wear everyday. This diamond is too big and inconvenient.” 

She was mainly worried that she would lose it. This diamond ring cost half the price of a house—it was too expensive for her. She informed him before changing the ring because she didn’t want him to misunderstand that she didn’t like the wedding ring he bought for her.

Qin Moling said without thinking, “No need to change, just buy one again if you lose it.”

Jian Hang: “… “

Qin Moling got into the car and waited for Jian Hang to enter the elevator before his car drove away.

Well, then, since he said there was no need to change it, she will continue to wear the diamond ring.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

Back in the office, Jian Hang received a call from Tan Feng.

Tan Feng was a student of Jian Hang’s father. At first, he was not familiar with Jian Hang, and Jian Hang also didn’t know who he was.

They only became familiar with each other two years ago, back when Jian Hang was still working in Manhattan at the headquarters of Yinlin Capital. Their two companies had business dealings and he helped Jian Hang.

While chatting one time, he mentioned her father, and from then on, he and Jian Hang talked about everything.

Later, Jian Hang was transferred to the Beijing branch of Yinlin Capital. They were both busy and had rarely contacted each other for the past several months.

Tan Feng said, “I heard that you are fighting for the Wanyue Group’s merger and acquisition project.”

Jian Hang smiled, “You are indeed very well-informed.”

She and Tan Feng were peers, but they were also competitors most of the time.

Before, if she said he was well-informed, he would reply ‘to know your enemy is to know yourself.’

Today, he just smiled and didn’t say this.

Jian Hang asked directly, “Do you also plan to win this project?”

Tan Feng told the truth, “It’s not in my plan.”

The loss of a strong competitor was a good thing for Jian Hang. She looked at the time on the lower right corner of the computer. “Are you in China?

“No. I’ve been busy recently and I don’t have time to go back there.” 

It was midnight over there. Jian Hang was immediately concerned, “You’re still not resting and it’s already so late?” 

“I’m almost done. I just finished my work.”

Tan Feng didn’t tell the truth: he was not busy at all and was drinking red wine at home alone. He had just finished a nearly two-hour phone call with his boss, but the result of the talk was not satisfactory.

He has had serious differences and conflicts with one of the company’s senior management. At present, the two points of view could not be reconciled. It was impossible for a senior member of the board of directors to leave, so the only one who could leave was him.

The boss’s call tonight was to persuade him to stay, but he had already decided to leave.

“I’ve been so busy lately that I didn’t bother to ask you what happened with Mr. Gao’s wife.”

Jian Hang said helplessly, “Have you heard about it too?”

“Yeah.”

“Mr. Gao proposed a divorce, and his wife suspected me of intervening in their marriage. It was just a misunderstanding.”

Tan Feng believed what she said: under Teacher Jian’s teachings, there was no way Jian Hang could do such messy things. “What did you do? Did you file a suit?” 

“I have sued.”

“If you need any help from me, just ask.”

“No need. I have already hired a lawyer.”

Before ending the call, Tan Feng habitually showed concern for Jian Zhongjun, “How has Teacher Jian been recently. Is his health okay?”

“My dad is still the same. He’s fine.” 

“Please send my regards to Teacher Jian then. I may return to China soon; I’ll visit Teacher Jian then.”

After a few more pleasantries, he ended the call.

Her father was a junior high school mathematics teacher and he taught Tan Feng’s class for three years. Her father still has contact with many of his former students, but Tan Feng has the most contact with her father and has the closest relationship with him.

Jian Hang put down her mobile phone, opened the information of the company Wanyue Group planned to acquire, and studied it carefully.

Many intermediaries were eyeing Wanyue’s project, and Yinlin Capital was not the strongest among them. There was a lot of pressure on Jian Hang to get this project.

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

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