Qin Moling has made an in-depth analysis of the situation and concluded that compared to other companies, it was more likely that Jian Hang would come to Lemeng. Although he would be her superior, he would not interfere in the specific operations of the Fourth Division. She would have the final say in matters of the Fourth Division and would enjoy great authority and room to display her capabilities.

This advantage was something that other companies could not provide.

If she wanted to change her career, she needed an opportunity to gain experience, and Lemeng’s Fourth Division is just the right platform for her.

A few years later, if the Fourth Division was revived in her hands, she would have the necessary industry experience, achievements, and firm reputation. Whether she wanted to move up the career ladder or switch to another group to become a CEO, she would have more options than she has now.

Qin Moling sent a message to Jian Hang: [Come back soon.]

Jian Hang was on the high-speed train to Suzhou, and there were still two stops to go.

She wondered if Qin Moling was too confused.

[… I haven’t arrived in Suzhou yet.]

Qin Moling: [I know. Don’t forget about Qin Xing’s birthday.]

After hearing what his uncle said just now, he had to take precautions in advance.

[Third Uncle and Third Aunt are quarreling again. I will set down a rule with you from now on.]

Jian Hang was curious about what this rule was. [You tell me.]

Qin Moling: [Let’s try not to quarrel with each other. And even if we quarrel, don’t divorce.]

Jian Hang realized that the quarrel between Third Uncle and Third Aunt might be quite fierce this time, otherwise Qin Moling would not have talked about this with her during working hours and even set down a rule.

She asked with concern: [Are Third Uncle and Third Aunt getting divorced? ]

Qin Moling: “…”

They weren’t even arguing at all; he just said that to bring up the topic.

[They have reconciled.]

Jian Hang: [I usually don’t quarrel.]

If there was a conflict, she would also find ways to make the other party admit their mistakes, as quarrels were quite stressful.

Qin Moling thought of all the possibilities in advance, [You may not like the way I deal with conflicts. If we quarrel one day, how can I make you stop being angry? Tell me now in advance, so I will know what to do.]

If there really was a conflict in the future, then he could resolve it in the manner she liked.

Jian Hang: [Apologize, hug.]

Qin Moling didn’t expect her request to be so simple.

He could give her more than that.

Now, he no longer worried about Jian Hang coming to Lemeng and the two of them having conflicts and quarrels in the future.

… …

There has been no further progress on the plans for internal competition to select the General Manager for the Fourth Division.

Zhong Yanyue has not been paying attention to the internal competition recently. She just found out that Tan Feng has returned to China and had gone to Yinlin Capital. When they just broke up and she just returned to China, every day she looked forward to when he would come back one day.

Now, he was finally back.

But it had nothing to do with her.

Tan Feng was still in her contacts—she couldn’t bear to delete him.

After two and a half years of breaking up, she now knew that there was no possibility for him and her to be together.

Tonight was Qin Xing’s birthday, so Zhong Yanyue had an excuse to drink.

She asked the waiter for another glass of red wine and took a big sip. Her fingers trembled on the delete key, but she still couldn’t make up her mind.

She took another sip, firmed up her resolve, and deleted Tan Feng.

She tried to control herself, but it was no use, and tears streamed down her face.

Zhong Yanyue wiped her tears with the back of her hand. She didn’t expect to shed so many tears just from this. She couldn’t stop crying. There were people around her, so she had to force a smile while crying. “Who was so wicked as to add mustard oil in the red wine?”

She had already drunk up all the red wine in the glass; who would know whether there was really mustard oil added or not.

Anyway, at Qin Xing’s birthday party, the tricks and pranks played on people were all weird and strange, so no one doubted what she said.

Everyone laughed and sympathized with her, but no one tried to stand up for her because they might be tricked later too.

So in the midst of the celebration, she was alone, in tears, thinking about that impossible person.

… …

Only Qin Xing knew that there was nothing wrong with her glass of wine because the glass had been clean and the wine had only just been opened. He was there when the waiter poured it, and then again when Zhong Yanyue called the waiter over for a refill.

No one else had touched her glass of wine.

Qin Xing didn’t know why Zhong Yanyue was crying. Maybe she was being forced by her family to go on a blind date and had a falling out with her parents?

Apart from this, he couldn’t really think of any other possibility.

Qin Xing took a pack of tissues and said, “I guess it was Lin Xiao who did something bad and put mustard oil in the glass. I’ll deal with him later.” Just let Lin Xiao take the blame for the time being.

“It’s okay.” Zhong Yanyue took a few pieces of tissue paper, took a deep breath, brought out a makeup mirror and carefully wiped her tears.

After fixing her makeup, she calmed down a lot, “You are busy, I will go find your brother.”

… …

Qin Moling was sitting at the card table. Zhong Yanyue didn’t see Jian Hang anywhere. She walked over.

“Is Ms. Jian working overtime tonight?” she asked.

“She’s on the high-speed train. Not here yet.”

Zhong Yanyue sat down on the chair next to him. She had cried and deleted that person’s contact information. She finally had some time to think about work.

She hasn’t seen Qin Moling in the company these past few days, and she’d been wanting to ask him about her job transfer application.

“You haven’t decided on the matter of the Fourth Division yet?”

Qin Moling put his cards on the table and tilted his head to look at her. “I’m placing someone from outside when the time comes.”

Zhong Yanyue was stunned for a moment, then nodded. It was the boss’s decision after all, and she was not stupid enough to ask why.

Qin Moling revealed a piece of news to her in advance, “I plan to transfer the GM of your Second Division to the Overseas Division. His daughter happens to be studying abroad this year, and he will be able to take care of his daughter from there.”

Zhong Yanyue was the Deputy General Manager of the Second Division. It was readily evident what Qin Moling meant by telling her about the transfer of their General Manager at this time.

Qin Moling could see that she had been crying, “When you get to the position of GM, you can’t be so emotional.”

Zhong Yanyue expressed her determination, “There won’t be a next time.”

Having lost the opportunity to be the General Manager of the Fourth Division, she could not lose the opportunity to be the General Manager of the Second Division too.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

Qin Moling’s cell phone kept vibrating, and at eight o’clock, an alarm rang.

Alarm display name: Collect items for Olive.

He stood up and motioned for Zhong Yanyue to take over and help him play cards.

Zhong Yanyue thought he had an important call to answer, so she took his cards.

Qin Moling sat in the rest area and logged into the game. He has been logging in every day recently and was already very familiar with the operation.

Qin Xing went to find Qin Moling to ask when Jian Hang would arrive and whether he should go to pick her up.

His cousin was fiddling with his phone in landscape mode. Qin Xing suddenly became curious and wanted to see what his cousin could be playing in landscape mode.

He walked around to the back of Qin Moling’s sofa.

It was initially okay to just take a look, but curiosity really killed the cat.

Qin Xing stood there in a daze. He looked away and then looked again. Suddenly, he felt as if the surroundings had lost all sounds. He could not hear anything for a moment. After a few seconds, everything returned to normal.

He pulled out a few handfuls of hair but felt no pain, so he  pulled some more.

Like a mindless puppet, he walked away woodenly, forgetting what he originally wanted to find Qin Moling for.

“Did you lose your soul?” Lin Xiao knocked him on the head twice.

Qin Xing grabbed Lin Xiao’s arm and said, “Come out with me.” He dragged the person away.

“What are you doing?!”

When they were outside the private room, Qin Xing finally came back to his senses. “Do you know who ‘Little Olive’ is?”

“How should I know?” Lin Xiao said excitedly, “Little Olive didn’t agree to meet you in person, right?”

“Fuck!”

Qin Xing still couldn’t calm down, “Little Olive is my older brother! Older Brother just logged into the game and is now collecting items! You and I are both on his friend list!”

Lin Xiao: “…”

When he came to his senses, he nearly went crazy thinking about all the messages he had left for Little Olive.

If there hadn’t been a waiter in the distance, he would’ve really wanted to scream out a few times and bang his head against the wall too.

He held out a hand to Qin Xing to stop him, “Stop talking. I’m going to die.”

Qin Xing couldn’t think straight at the moment and couldn’t remember anything at all. Last time, when he was setting up a party with Little Olive, Qin Moling was reading a book next to him. He couldn’t really be Little Olive, right?

“I think I have to die, too.”

“Why are you dying? You didn’t leave any messages for Little Olive!”

Qin Xing: “I… said something once or twice.”

But with Lin Xiao’s personality, he won’t allow social death to spread.

He suddenly changed his perspective to comfort himself and Qin Xing, “Your older brother has had a hard time. He is already so busy but he still takes time out to play with us. He didn’t tell us who he is because he is afraid that we can’t relax completely when we play with him.”

Thinking like this, his mind suddenly became clear.

Qin Xing was comforted by this unique angle and also felt relieved instantly.

If you think about it, then this made sense.

It was impossible that his older brother concealed his identity and played games with them just to embarrass them. For four and a half years, every time he had a birthday, Little Olive sent him gifts online.

It turned out that these gifts were given to him by his cousin.

Lin Xiao figured it out. “Now that we know who Little Olive is, we can openly ask your older brother to lead us in the game.”

Qin Xing nodded slowly. The embarrassing thing could not be changed, so he could only think positively.

“Let’s go in and find Older Brother. Today is my birthday, and he snatched another of my game figures. My sister-in-law is not here yet, so just let him lead us in playing a few more games.”

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

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T/N: The chapter title doesn’t appear in the text itself but it means going through many twists and turns to get to the end. The idiom comes from the quotation: “No matter how many setbacks you face, your heart will not give up. Only when you are fearless can you give fearlessness.” 

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Chapter 44.1 — Missed
Chapter 44.2 — Missed
Chapter 45.1 — Buying Books, Chasing People
Chapter 45.2 — Buying Books, Chasing People
Chapter 45.3 — Buying Books, Chasing People