The top management of Lemeng Beverage1 has been in turmoil recently, especially the Fourth Division. Yu Ming, the General Manager of the Fourth Division, was caught by Qin Moling. Yu Ming’s matter naturally involved many of the company’s senior executives. If a large number of senior executives left, the consequences for the company would be disastrous.
“You made such a big move, be careful in case Lemeng’s stock prices fall beyond acceptable limits.”
Qin Moling disagreed, “If it falls, then I will buy it back.”
Third Uncle Qin said, “You make it sound easy. Some things are simply impossible to proceed step by step according to your plans. Once things spin out of control, there would be nothing you can do about it.”
“Third Uncle, take good care of yourself. Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing.”
In truth, Third Uncle Qin was not worried about his nephew’s ability, but he was afraid of unforeseen consequences and the risks becoming uncontrollable.
“Now that Yu Ming has resigned, better keep the position of Fourth Division GM empty for now.” The fourth department was in deep water, and it was useless to find someone who couldn’t hold the position.
The Third uncle’s idea coincided with Qin Moling’s, “I know it well.”
Uncle Qin sat down for a few more minutes. After finishing the water in the cup, he stood up and prepared to go back home.
Before he could even take a step forward, there was rapid knocking on the door, and then the door opened without waiting for a response.
Seeing the person coming in, Third Uncle Qin felt that he was just unlucky2 today. He managed to avoid his wife, but unexpectedly he bumped into his son.
“Dad, why are you here?”
Uncle Qin’s expression remained unchanged, “I took a walk and came here to drink a glass of water. I will leave you two to chat.”
Qin Xing sent his father to the elevator; Qin Moling didn’t go anymore.
Third Uncle Qin mentioned some things casually, “Your older brother3 said that the sports car was a birthday gift for you. What else are you missing?”
What Qin Xing still didn’t understand was that his father planned to bribe him with money so that he wouldn’t tell his mother about him secretly going to Lemeng. In fact, even if his father didn’t give him a birthday gift, he wouldn’t be able to tell on him.
The hands that accept gifts from others were short4—his father was simply being well-prepared.
“Dad, I don’t need anything.”
Third Uncle Qin pressed, “This year, the money you spend on your birthday treat is on me, and you can drink whatever you want.”
Qin Xing has a birthday party every year and he spent a lot of money on drinks. This year he could drink freely.
“Thank you, Dad.” He really was appreciative—it’s just that it was still a bit early for his birthday….
“Dad, you haven’t ridden in my new car yet. You might get bored all day long, which is not conducive to recovery. It will get warm soon. I will take you out for a ride every now and then.”
This sentence had several meanings. First, he would not tell his mother that his father goes to Lemeng.
Secondly, whenever his father wanted to come to Lemeng from now on, he could use Qin Xing as a cover. He would be on call and drive his father to Lemeng at any time.
Between men, there was no need to clarify certain things, just understand them with your heart.
Qin Xing pressed the elevator button for his father and waited for the elevator with him. Everyone who saw this felt that the father was kind and the son was filial.
After sending his father downstairs, Qin Xing returned to Qin Moling’s office.
“Older brother, what’s the matter?”
Qin Moling pointed to the tickets on the table and said, “Help me give them to Jian Hang.”
Qin Xing picked up the tickets. He couldn’t appreciate a painting exhibition, “Why don’t you give it to her yourself?”
Qin Moling didn’t answer the question asked. “My mother gave me the tickets. I have already seen this exhibition abroad.”
Qin Xing understood instantly that this was a date deliberately arranged by his eldest aunt. His cousin was not willing to go and made excuses saying that he had already seen it before.
“Should I give both tickets to sister-in-law?”
“Yeah.”
“If you dislike sister-in-law so much, why did you agree to get the certificate in the first place? Isn’t this just looking for abuse? My sister-in-law has not offended you, right? Where will she put her face if you’re like this? Who doesn’t have any self-esteem?”
Qin Xing just expressed his feelings and did not mean to denounce Qin Moling.
Qin Moling frowned, “It’s just watching the exhibition without me, can you please stop making it so complicated?”
He took a few sips of coffee and said to Qin Xing, “Give Jian Hang the tickets. If she is interested, ask a friend to watch it together. If she doesn’t want to watch it, she can give the ticket away.”
Qin Xing muttered, “What if sister-in-law wants to see it, but her friend is not available. It’s boring to watch the exhibition alone.”
There was a pause for a few seconds, and Qin Moling said, “If her friends don’t have time, she can come to me.”
He would not take the initiative to accompany her, but if Jian Hang came to him, he would accompany her out of responsibility and see the exhibition with her.
Qin Moling said so much; Qin Xing only caught the last part which was actually the key point.
It turned out that his cousin didn’t object to going to the exhibition with Jian Hang, but he can’t be the first to say so.
He should just say this earlier ah!
“I’ll send the tickets over at noon.”
… …
Jian Hang only had half an hour to rest at noon. Before she took a break from gaming this month, she played a few games every lunch break to relax. Now after eating, she leaned back on her seat to relax and think about how to win the Wanyue Group project.
Qin Xing, an uninvited guest, brought four cups of coffee to Yinlin, one for the front desk and one for Jian Hang’s secretary. The cup of hot Americano belonged to Lin Xiao.
This time Qin Xing didn’t let Lin Xiao go to Jian Hang’s office to get coffee but sent it directly to his workstation.
Lin Xiao was playing a game, but it was boring. He had just been beaten to death two minutes ago. He was not interested in watching the game. He clicked on his chat box with Little Olive. He didn’t know what to say, so he just sent a series of angry emoticons and closed off the chat box.
“Why are you here again?”
Anyway, it was impossible for Qin Xing to send him coffee specifically.
Qin Xing replied, “I’m sending something from my brother.”
Lin Xiao quit the game, threw his phone on the table, and complained, “Little Olive is so good ah! She doesn’t play games, she doesn’t even go online to collect things.”
Qin Xing spoke for Little Olive, “She is different from us. We eat and wait to die every day, but can she only play games without eating or drinking? Maybe she has really encountered some difficulties in reality.”
“Then she should tell us, haven’t we known each other for more than a day or two? So if we can help, then we will definitely help. I just have to take a photo with my ID card to prove who I am, but she is boring.”
Lin Xiao really didn’t understand, “It’s not like online dating. We’re not afraid of being exposed to death. We’re just buddies. Why can’t she show up for anything.”
Qin Xing patted him on the shoulder and went to give Jian Hang the tickets.
Marriage First, Love Later translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com
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- Moving forward, I’m sticking to the pinyin—Lemeng—to keep the company naming system consistent. Wanyue Group, Yinling Capital, Yishuo Bank—they all have English meanings but I keep the pinyin since they’re proper names. Maybe just note that Lemeng means ‘Happy Lemon’. ↩︎
- The phrase is ‘even drinking cold water will clog one’s teeth’. That normally doesn’t happen, water should pass through the gaps—but the fact that the person’s teeth get clogged by simple water means that person is unlucky or things are not going smoothly for them.
↩︎ - He’s referring to Qin Moling. They’re technically cousins but the family follows tradition and refer to them brothers. ↩︎
- Those who eat have soft lips and those who take have short hands. If you eat someone’s food or take someone’s gift—basically gain a benefit—you are constrained from criticizing them later. ↩︎
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