There was a high-level meeting in the conference room on the 40th floor today.

This was the first time they met after the incident at the resort.

After getting through the awkwardness of the first few minutes, they all entered the appropriate work mindset.

There wasn’t much to discuss at today’s meeting, and it ended in an hour and a half.

There was nothing wrong with the boss and Luo Qi’s relationship; they were both single, and the company had no rules against bosses dating their subordinates. 

The only sensitive point was that Luo Qi was the head of Ruipu.

Before the meeting ended, a director said, “Chief Jiang, congratulations to you and Ms. Luo. While love and marriage are personal matters, your situation is different. You’re Yuanwei’s largest shareholder and its boss, and your significant other happens to be the head of a subsidiary. Your personal interests inevitably affect the company’s overall success. So, let me offer a few more words.”

“Go ahead.”

“To secure a future for Ruipu, Ms. Luo proposed abandoning the high-end market and simultaneously cut off Yuanwei Medical’s mid and low-end markets. To this day, Yuanwei Medical still hasn’t finalized the follow-up issues surrounding their exit from the mid and low-end markets. If Yuanwei Medical’s management knew about your relationship with Luo Qi, they would probably be critical, thinking the Yuanwei’s boss was being too arrogant.”

He paused.

“It doesn’t leave a good impression on your personal reputation or the image of the group.”

Director Xian explained what he meant, “I’m thinking about how to avoid this unnecessary public opinion crisis.”

Jiang Shenghe asked in return, “How do you think we can avoid this?”

Director Xian said, “There are so many positions in the group, and Ms. Luo’s ability is obvious to all. You can just transfer her to any one of them first. Wait until Yuanwei Medical is on the right track, and the advantages of cutting off the mid and low-end markets and focusing on the high end market become apparent, then you can make it public.”

“First, Luo Qi will not leave Ruipu,” Jiang Shenghe said firmly. “Second, it is my personal business when to make our relationship public.”

Director Chen wanted to say something but stopped himself. Jiang Shenghe’s jaw was tense, and he could sense Jiang Shenghe’s displeasure.

“Please tell me how I’m being selfish. When I sacrificed other projects to expand Yuanwei Medical’s market in Easterrn China, and used my personal connections to gain more market resources for it, why didn’t the Yuanwei Medical executives accuse me of selfishness?”

The conference room was silent.

Li Rui picked up the cup of water and drank. She had accompanied the boss on a business trip to Suzhou. For Yuanwei Medical, the resources he gave to He Wancheng from his own personal connections were far more than what he had just said.

She knew this, and so did the executives of Yuanwei Medical. When He Wancheng first began providing resources to Yuanwei Medical in Eastern China, he personally took the President of Yuanwei Medical to connect with people.

Jiang Shenghe waited for half a minute, but no one responded. “If no one objects, I’ll continue. I don’t distinguish between public and private matters, and there are many places where I use public resources for private interests. Two years ago, I even asked everyone in the CEO’s office to help me chase Luo Qi.”

“…”

“I returned to China because of Luo Qi. If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t have come back to take over Yuanwei. Yuanwei wouldn’t have the performance it has today, and you wouldn’t have been able to get double the bonuses and dividends.”

The conference room was even quieter than before.

No one objected.

Jiang Shenghe looked at Li Rui. “Ms. Li, when we decided to cut off Yuanwei Medical’s low-end and mid-range markets, you asked if we should compensate them. I said something. Do you still remember it?”

How could it not make a deep impression on her? She was completely confused at the time.

Li Rui put down her water cup and repeated, “You said, ‘Without Luo Qi, there would be no Yuanwei Medical.’”

Jiang Shenghe nodded, “Eight years ago, the project plan that Luo Qi and I worked on together led to the current Yuanwei Medical. At that time, we had no relationship, so I could only establish Yuanwei Medical on my own and set up its headquarters in Suzhou.”

Everyone present looked at Jiang Shenghe.

“Why did Luo Qi go to Ruipu? Because everyone thought Ruipu had no future and was too far away from the center of power of the group. No one wanted to go there, but she was the only one who dared to make Ruipu a success. Why did she want Yuanwei Medical to focus on the high-end market? It was to create a lasting brand effect. It wasn’t just for Ruipu—she considered the long-term comprehensive competitiveness of Yuanwei Group in the medical industry.

“Luo Qi and I both know what we’re doing.

“The meeting is adjourned.”

Jiang Shenghe stood up, took his laptop, and left.

The boss left the meeting room and they all remained silent.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

Jiang Shenghe sent a message to Luo Qi as he walked: [I’ll get the car, wait for you downstairs.]

After returning to his office to get his coat, he told the driver to go home and drove the car to the main doors of the building himself.

Just like the previous times, the car was parked by the front steps. The difference was that today the driver’s side faced the doors, and the window was lowered.

It was just past time to get off work, and people in groups of three or five came out of the building.

They’ve recently gotten used to seeing the boss’s car parked in front of the steps. Someone approached the car this time only to discover that the driver was actually the boss!

Pretending to have forgotten something at the office, he turned around and slipped back to the building, wanting to know who the boss was waiting for.

Even if he was waiting for a senior executive, he wouldn’t have driven the car himself, right?

More and more people gathered in the hall.

The person who just got off the elevator was confused and asked, “Why aren’t you leaving? Is it raining outside?”

“Chief Jiang is in the car outside at the door, waiting to pick someone up, but I don’t know who he’s picking up.”

“He’s waiting for Assistant Jiang. Who else could he be waiting for?”

“I heard someone say Assistant Jiang went home a long time ago.”

“…”

Suddenly he became very excited, “Could it be that he’s here to pick up the boss’ wife?”

… …

Luo Qi was also a little confused when she came out of the elevator. Her reaction was the same as everyone else’s, thinking that it suddenly started raining and they couldn’t leave.

But when she looked outside, the sun had not yet set and there was no rain.

When she stepped out of the glass doors, she saw the man in the car through the open window and paused. Why did he roll down the window?

She subconsciously wanted to retreat.

Jiang Shenghe looked over. His eyes seemed to say, ‘get in the car quickly, so many people are looking at you’.

Luo Qi didn’t dare to look back and felt the weight of people’s gazes behind her—full of gossip, surprise, and questions.

For a moment, she couldn’t even take a step.

She felt very self-conscious.

She didn’t know how she managed to walk down the stairs and get into the car.

She sat in the car, and Jiang Shenghe rolled up the window, blocking out all the gossiping eyes outside the car. The car slowly drove away.

“How…. You did it on purpose.”

“Yeah,” he said, “I’ve long wanted to pick you up from work openly and honestly. I’ve long wanted people to know that I’m your husband.”

He was driving, and she couldn’t hug him even if she wanted to.

Cars merged into the traffic flow, and Luo Qi realized that it was not the direction home.

“Where are we going?”

“Go and order some chocolates. Everyone at the company already knows about this. Give them each a piece of wedding candy tomorrow.”

“Aren’t wedding candies given out during weddings? Will we give it to everyone?”

“It can be given out to everyone, too.”

“Okay, I’ll listen to you.” 

She had no idea how many chocolates to order, but Jiang Shenghe said, “I have the data on my phone. Xiao Jiang counted the total number of people in our building.”

Luo Qi smiled, it seemed that this man has been planning this for a long time.

Jiang Shenghe selected the wedding candies himself and also chose the design of the packaging box.

Luo Qi said, “Order a few more. I promised Chi Xin that I would give her two sets of candies.”

“Your people from Ruipu can all get two boxes. For Chi Xin, we will give six boxes.”

There was so much wedding candy ordered that the boss had to explain that even if everyone in the store worked overtime all night, they still couldn’t pack so many boxes.

Jiang Shenghe said, “Then send it to Yuanwei Group next Monday.”

… …

It was almost nine o’clock when they got home. It had been a busy, fulfilling, and exciting day.

Luo Qi told her parents that they were ready to make their relationship public.

Jiang Yifang smiled and sent: [It’s a declaration of marriage.]

It was the same for her and Jiang Shenghe.

Jiang Yifang asked her daughter: [Have you thought about when the wedding will be held?]

[Not yet.] They had just decided on going public and she hasn’t considered anything else. [We’ll discuss it after the Spring Festival. There’s no rush.]

… …

Before going to bed, Luo Qi set the alarm for the next morning at 5:10 am and placed her cell phone next to her pillow.

The next day, just after dawn, Jiang Shenghe was woken up by the vibration of his cell phone. It was a phone call from a friend. Afraid of disturbing Luo Qi, he didn’t answer and hung up.

Luo Qi was no longer in his arms but was lying sideways on her pillow, her arms and most of her back exposed. She had taken a shower last night and was not wearing pajamas. The smoky gray quilt made her skin look pale.

Jiang Shenghe moved her back and held her in his arms.

Luo Qi’s back was pressed against his chest, and the contact between their skin felt warm. She half awakened but continued to sleep with her head resting on his arm.

Jiang Shenghe sent a message to his friend: [What is it?]

Only then did he see dozens of unread messages on WeChat.

Everyone was jokingly congratulating him on finally getting a status.

His friend replied: [I seriously suspect that you sent this using Luo Qi’s phone.]

Jiang Shenghe was confused and quickly opened his Moments. Luo Qi had posted a Moments message at 5:20 and 5:21 in the morning.

No wonder she was lying on her pillow—it was to post on her Moments.

The first post said:

A family of four: Doudou, Mimi, me, and my husband.

Attached was a nine-grid photo, seven of which were photos of their life with Doudou and Mimi over the past year. Doudou and Mimi have grown from two little, white furballs when they first came home to now when they were eight months old.

The eighth picture was their marriage certificate.

The ninth picture was a screenshot of his Moments post that was only visible to her that said ‘I wish my Luo Qi will always be twenty years old.’

The second post only had two photos. One was the original photo of their backs taken by Xiao Jiang in front of the hotel in Suzhou. The other was a photo of their backs on a rainy night but this time, she was in a wedding dress.

She wrote:

Written to you, my beloved,

Come, I’m still here.

I will always be here.

Whether in this life or the next.

(END OF MAIN TEXT.)

Seventh Year of My Secret Love for You translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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Chapter 64 — (Extra) My Principle Is You
Chapter 65 — (Extra) I Want To Give Her A Grand Wedding