After the birthday party ended last night, several people made plans to play cards and stayed up all night until six o’clock.

They slept until they woke up naturally this morning, and at 11:30, they went to the dining hall to have breakfast one after another.

Jian Hang and Qin Moling went downstairs at about the same time as them and met Lin Xiao in the elevator.

Jian Hang nodded and asked, “How are you getting along with the new boss?”

Lin Xiao thought about this question seriously and suddenly found it difficult to answer. “It’s so-so.” 

He regretted saying it. Shouldn’t he have proudly said that he got along well with the new boss?

Even as he said the two words ‘it’s so-so’, he hesitated.

It would seem to the evil woman that there was no hope for him and Tan Feng to get along well.

Lin Xiao hasn’t played with Little Olive for almost a week. He doesn’t have Qin Moling’s WeChat, but he happened to meet him today and wanted to ask about his specific online times. Anyway, he contributed fireworks to Jian Hang’s celebration of her new life last night, so Qin Moling should give him some face.

He mentioned that he sent him a message.

Qin Moling glanced sideways, “What message?”

Jian Hang was standing next to him, so Lin Xiao didn’t mention anything related to the game. He just said, “Log in and you will see it.” He also explained to Jian Hang, “I want to ask Brother Qin for help with my dad’s business problem.”

Jian Hang smiled and said nothing.

Lin Xiao sent a message to Little Olive; the one who played games last night already saw it. 

Lin Xiao left a message saying: Older Brother, let me tell you a secret about my boss. The boss likes roses. When you are free, take Qin Xing and me to play a few games.

Unfortunately, she was the one who saw the message, and Qin Moling didn’t know anything about it.

Qin Moling didn’t care about Lin Xiao’s message. Apart from urging him to go online to play games, there was nothing more to it.

As soon as they got out of the elevator, his cell phone rang.

“I’m going to take a call, go get your food first.” Qin Moling walked to the door of the buffet restaurant and found a quiet place to answer the phone.

Secretary Gao called to tell her boss that the candidate for Deputy Director of Human Resources brought in by Jian Hang came to Lemeng and asked her about the procedures for joining the company.

“Her name is Liao Yongmei.”

The name sounded familiar, but Qin Moling couldn’t remember where he heard it before. “Liao Yongmei?”

“Yes. Her husband’s surname is Gao, Gao Yu, the vice president of Yishuo Bank.” Secretary Gao and Gao Yu only have the same surname and were not familiar with each other.

Speaking of Gao Yu, Qin Moling now knew who she was.

Liao Yongmei had previously caused a scene in Jian Hang’s office and even splashed water on her face. This caused Qin Moling to have a bad impression of Gao Yu, but it seemed that Jian Hang didn’t hold a grudge and was willing to use her. In this case, there was no need for him to interfere.

“Take her through the job application process.”

He added, “There’s one more announcement for the Fourth Division: their new GM Jian Hang will take office tomorrow.”

Secretary Gao was puzzled. So soon?

“Okay. I’ll let them know right away.”

Qin Moling hung up the phone and saw an unread message from his mother.

He replied to his mother: [Apartment.]

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

In the buffet restaurant, Jian Hang and Jiang Shenghe sat at the same table. Among all of Qin Moling’s friends, she was most familiar with Jiang Shenghe.

Qin Shu originally wanted to sit with her and had already brought the food tray over but was dragged to another table by Han Pei. He didn’t want to sit with Qin Moling and hear that guy call him ‘young brother-in-law’ with every other sentence.

Jiang Shenghe drank too much last night and had no appetite this morning; he poured himself a glass of juice.

“Teacher Chen’s cooking skills are better than our chef’s,” he said with a smile.

Jian Hang thought, That’s impossible. Her mother’s cooking skills were not superb. But Jiang Shenghe didn’t say this as a compliment, he didn’t need to compliment anyone.

Jian Hang has a sharp mind and after so many years in the workplace, she understood what Jiang Shenghe meant.

Jian Hang smiled and said, “My mother is still talking about how lively it was when you and Qin Moling had dinner together at home. If you are free, Qin Moling can call you when we go home for dinner.”

“Okay.”

There was always time to go.

Even if he has a social engagement that night, he could still postpone it.

Jiang Shenghe added, “I will bring someone with me to have a free meal then.”

The person Jiang Shenghe could bring must not be an ordinary person, at least he would think so. No one would bring an insignificant person to his teacher’s house for dinner.

Jian Hang’s sense of propriety was not only towards Qin Moling, but towards everyone. Even if she was curious, she would not ask about other people’s secrets in a roundabout way. “It doesn’t matter how many people you bring. Tell me what you would like to eat in advance and I’ll let my mother prepare it.”

Jiang Shenghe took a few sips of juice and said, “I’ll send it to you when the time comes.”

Their chat was interrupted by Qi Zhengchen at the next table. Qi Zhengchen said in a loud voice, “Qin Xing, you are so bold. Delete it quickly. Your older brother will kill you if he sees it.”

Although he said this, he did not forget to like the post Qin Xing just made on his Moments.

Qin Xing smiled, “That’s exactly how he wants things. Why would he want to kill me?”

Everyone in the dining hall had Qin Xing’s WeChat, and they all opened their Moments to see what weird photos Qin Xing had posted.

Upon seeing this, the whole restaurant burst into laughter.

Jian Hang opened her Moments and saw Qin Xing had posted photos of last night’s birthday party.

She was the protagonist last night. Four of the nine-square photos were of her. The person next to her was Qin Moling, but Qin Moling’s photo was blurred, and his face was blocked by a sticker. There were also a few words beside the sticker: Jian Hang’s husband.

Jian Hang laughed. She recalled the time when she posted their marriage certificate in the Qin family group. Qin Moling was unhappy that his photo was posted in the group. She secretly decided at that time that she would blur his photos when she had to post them next time.

Unexpectedly, she and Qin Xing had such a tacit understanding.

Qin Xing really didn’t mean to provoke Qin Moling. On Zhong Yanyue’s birthday, he posted some pictures in his Moments. Qin Moling was in one of the pictures, only a side profile. He didn’t care at the time and just posted the photo. As a result, Qin Moling called him after, his tone bad, and asked him not to post his photos casually in the future.

He has learned his lesson and, today, he didn’t let his cousin show up at all.

… …

At this time, Qin Moling walked into the restaurant after answering the phone. Everyone looked at him with teasing eyes.

No need to guess, these people were definitely up to no good.

Until Qi Zhengchen let him see Qin Xing’s Moments.

Qin Moling looked at it, then slowly raised his eyes, staring coldly at Qin Xing, “What do you mean?”

Qin Xing said, “I’m afraid of infringing your portrait rights.”

“…” Qin Moling said coldly, “Delete it and repost it.”

Qin Xing hesitated for a moment. Shouldn’t he have told him to delete it and not post it?

So a few minutes later, Qin Moling’s true face appeared in Qin Xing’s Moments. In the photo, Jian Hang was making a wish, with a cake before her, fireworks above, and Qin Moling was looking at her.

Jian Hang saved this photo.

… …

At two o’clock in the afternoon, they returned to the city in a long line of cars.

Back at the apartment, Jian Hang unpacked their luggage.

She has obsessive-compulsive disorder. Unless she was extremely busy, the first thing she always did when she gets home from a business trip was to unpack her suitcase, hang up the clean clothes, and sort the clothes that needed to be washed and put them in the washing machine.

During this one-day trip to the resort, she and Qin Moling shared a suitcase. When she was unpacking her clothes, she also sorted out his belongings.

Jian Hang threw her dress and his shirt into the same washing machine, and the clothes became tangled together with the water.

A home, husband and wife, married life—she has not been able to feel them concretely before, and these matters have not reached her heart. Today, she put her clothes with his to wash, and she had a different feeling.

These past few days she had bought some green plants and flowers and put them around the apartment. Qin Moling prepared their breakfast and dinner.

There were only the two of them at the apartment, and they had to do all the housework by themselves. 

Jian Hang thought, finally, there was a little feeling of home.

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

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T/N: From Qin Moling’s POV, he got into trouble with Jian Hang when she saw his photo attending Zhong Yanyue’s birthday party—she cancelled their dinner date, then she went to Suzhou and left him for several months. No wonder he called Qin Xing to scold him 😂

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Chapter 51.2 — Undercurrents Surging
Chapter 52.1 — Just the Game, Not Him
Chapter 52.2 — Just the Game, Not Him
Chapter 52.3 — Just the Game, Not Him