Qin Xing and Lin Xiao arrived at the resort at 6:30. The resort was located at the foot of the mountain, with cool mountain breeze, streams and lakes.

Before the sun set, the western half of the sky was gradually dyed pink and blue, dark pink and light pink, dark blue and light blue, layer upon layer.

Just like the sky in an anime film.

Qin Xing drove a silver-gray sports car and sped all the way to the entrance of the resort hotel.

Lin Xiao got out of the passenger seat and glanced at the parking space. Only Qi Zhengchen has arrived. Qin Moling has reserved the entire resort tonight, and no outsiders were allowed.

“What happened to Old Qi that made him get married to Zhong Yanyue without even saying a word?”

Qin Xing locked the car and said, “Who knows?”

Qi Zhengchen has someone he likes, but he suddenly got married with Zhong Yanyue. It was really surprising.

He reminded Lin Xiao, “Don’t call him Old Qi, or he might beat you up.”

Qi Zhengchen was about the same age as Qin Moling, six or seven years older than them, and Lin Xiao often called him ‘Old Qi’. However, Qi Zhengchen has been in a bad mood recently, so he has been trying not to provoke him.

The fact that he got married so quickly with Zhong Yanyue probably showed that he hadn’t been thinking too much.

Zhong Yanyue must be crazy. Why would she fall for Qi Zhengchen for no reason?

The two went to the birthday party.

Qin Moling prepared an open-air birthday party for Jian Hang. The venue was the lawn by the lake, and the decoration was almost finished.

Lin Xiao tried to recall, “The she-devil’s birthday seems to be in August, did your older brother remember it wrong?”

Qin Xing frowned, “What did you call my sister-in-law?”

“… It’s just a code name, don’t make a big deal out of it.” He couldn’t bring himself to call Jian Hang ‘sister-in-law’. But now that he had a new boss, Tan Feng, he could only call Jian Hang the she-devil.

Lin Xiao emphasized, “I have no malice in calling her she-devil.”

Qin Xing answered the previous question, “Older Brother knows when my sister-in-law’s birthday is, he just wants to celebrate in advance while she’s still on vacation.”

When they arrived at the birthday party, Lin Xiao saw a man inflating balloons. His eyes widened and he whispered to Qin Xing, “He’s really upset.”

Qin Xing nodded, feeling quite shocked.

Qi Zhengchen sat on a low stool, with nowhere to put his long legs, so he could only curl up. He held a half-burnt cigarette in his mouth, the ash about to fall off.

He was using both hands to inflate a balloon and had no time to tend to the cigarette.

“Brother Qi, do you need help?” Qin Xing walked over.

After inflating and tying the end of the balloon in his hand, Qi Zhengchen took the cigarette out of his mouth. Lin Xiao moved quickly and immediately took the ashtray to catch the ashes that were about to fall off.

Qi Zhengchen flicked off the ash from his cigarette and said, “It’s almost done.” He pointed at the balloons next to him, “There are about ten left. You two can finish it.”

Qin Xing asked, “Did you inflate these balloons?”

“Who else?”

“Where are the staff?”

“Busy in the hotel.”

“Brother Qi, do you like playing with balloons?”

“…” Qi Zhengchen laughed, “You think I’m sick to do this, right?”

Wasn’t he?

Of course, Qin Xing only dared to think about it but not to speak it out.

Qi Zhengchen put out his cigarette and said, “I heard the time wrong. I got here at three o’clock.”

Qin Xing: “…”

How could you hear eight o’clock as three o’clock? How careless.

Qi Zhengchen arrived at the resort in the afternoon and found the parking lot empty. After asking the resort manager, he found out that the birthday party wouldn’t start until eight o’clock.

He was bored, so he came over to inflate the balloons to kill time.

“Is Sister Yanyue coming?” Qin Xing asked.

“She’s not free.”

Qi Zhengchen did ask Zhong Yanyue, but she said she couldn’t come because she was busy with the handover of the Second Division.

Even if she wasn’t busy, Zhong Yanyue probably wouldn’t come to celebrate Jian Hang’s birthday.

When Jian Hang was competing for the Wanyue Group’s project, Zhong Yanfei made things difficult for Jian Hang. Qin Moling even suspended his cooperation with Wanyue to teach Zhong Yanfei a lesson.

Zhong Yanfei and Jian Hang had conflicts, so as a younger sister, it was understandable that she did not come.

“Please arrange the balloons yourself.” Qi Zhengchen stood up and walked towards the hotel.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

Qin Moling invited many friends over tonight. Han Pei and Qin Shu had just arrived when Jiang Shenghe’s car drove in.

Several people met in the hotel lobby.

They gave the best suite in the resort to the birthday girl, and the others took which ever room they wanted.

At 7:20, Qin Moling’s car slowly drove into the resort.

They were the last to arrive and could only park their car in the parking space near the edge.

Jian Hang unbuckled her seat belt and said, “There are so many people here on the weekend.”

Qin Moling, “Yeah.”

“The air is nice.”

“You are on vacation now, you can come and stay here more often.”

“What about you?”

Qin Moling paused and said, “I’ll come over after getting off work in the evening.”

Jian Hang thought about it and decided to give up.

If he came to the resort, it would take him more than two hours to get there.

Qin Moling opened the trunk and took out the suitcase.

The two went to the hotel to check in.

“There’s an open-air cocktail party by the lake tonight,” he told Jian Hang.

He only mentioned the cocktail party and didn’t mention anything related to her birthday.

“Will there be many people?”

“Not many, about 20 to 30 people.”

Jian Hang decided to go there in order to accompany Qin Moling.

As soon as they walked into the lobby, Qin Shu and Han Pei came down from upstairs, preparing to go to the lake.

“Older Brother, Sister-in-Law,” Qin Shu saw them and called them from afar.

Jian Hang turned around and greeted her with a smile.

Qin Moling said to Qin Shu, “Jian Hang and I will go up to the room to put down the luggage. You and Young Brother-in-Law go first.”

Han Pei: “…”

This guy took every opportunity to call him ‘young brother-in-law’.

Qin Shu smiled and pushed Han Pei away before he could have a heart attack.

After they walked away, Jian Hang nudged Qin Moling with his elbow and said, “Can’t you stop calling him ‘young brother-in-law’.”

Qin Moling put his ID back into his wallet, glanced at Jian Hang’s photo in his wallet, and said nonchalantly, “If not ‘young brother-in-law’, what else can I call him? It’s rude to call him by his full name.”

Jian Hang: “…”

Qin Moling closed his wallet and said, “Go upstairs and change your clothes.”

Jian Hang’s mother-in-law bought her two dresses suitable for attending parties. She wore one when she attended Qin Xing’s birthday party last time, and Qin Moling brought the other one for her to wear tonight.

Jian Hang changed into the dress and put on appropriate makeup.

Qin Moling looked at his watch from time to time, “Fifteen minutes left,” he urged her.

“Okay.” Jian Hang was applying lipstick and pursed her lips slightly.

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

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Chapter 50.3 — Birthday
Chapter 51.1 — Undercurrents
Chapter 51.2 — Undercurrents
Chapter 52.1 — Just the Game, Not Him
Chapter 52.2 — Just the Game, Not Him
Chapter 52.3 — Just the Game, Not Him