But Wen Qi thought a lot along the way. He was angry and disappointed, but he felt he couldn't be so superficial.
"Wen Cheng, tell me honestly, do you still harbor resentment towards your aunt and uncle, and are you trying to punish them in this way?"
Wen Cheng had prepared a whole bunch of apologies, but she never expected Brother Qi to ask such a question. Is this the thought process of a smart person?
Seeing Wen Cheng's stunned expression, Wen Qi thought he had guessed most of it.
When Wen Cheng first arrived, her aunt and uncle were already annoyed by her willful and rude behavior before they could even say anything. Now that Wen Cheng has finally become well-behaved, they feel that some things don't need to be said to be understood. In fact, if nothing is said, how can anyone immediately understand so many things?
Wen Cheng wouldn't dare to be angry with her sugar daddy's father, and even if it were Brother Qi, she wouldn't allow Brother Qi to misunderstand like that.
"Brother Qi, no, I'm only able to come back now because my parents did their best to bring me back. If it weren't for their insistence after they learned the truth, I wouldn't have the life I have now. Brother Qi, I was immature before, but that doesn't mean I'll always be immature."
The maturity and understanding that Wen Cheng displayed was something Wen Qi had never seen before.
If it wasn't revenge, then the only thought Wen Qi wanted to avoid was...
Wen Qi's gaze sharpened, scrutinizing Wen Cheng like a knife. "You don't intend to just slack off like this, do you?"
"Cough cough cough cough!" Wen Cheng was so startled by the word "lazy" that she choked on her saliva. Brother Qi is indeed Brother Qi; he can even pronounce the word "salted fish" so subtly!
Of course, Wen Cheng didn't dare to say what was on her mind.
"Wen Cheng." Wen Qi's tone turned stern.
Wen Cheng shuddered and lowered her head even further.
It seems that's really the case.
Wen Qi suppressed the anger rising in his heart. Reason told him that violence was not the way to educate his younger brother, even though emotionally he wanted to spank Wen Cheng.
Wen Qilian took a few deep breaths, and thinking of Wen Cheng speaking up for him earlier, reason brought him back to his senses.
"I don't expect you to make a huge contribution to the company,"
Wen Cheng looked up.
"But that doesn't mean I condone you wasting your time in the security booth,"
Wen Cheng lowered her head again, but was powerless to refute.
Seeing that Wen Cheng still seemed forced to work, Wen Qi decided to step up his efforts. After all, people always move forward under pressure.
“Right now we’re at home. Even if things get really bad, your uncle and I can definitely keep the company running. But if you don’t even have the basic things you want to do and you only have a few coins, do you think your future wife will respect you? Do you intend to never leave us?”
"Is it not allowed?" Wen Cheng asked instinctively, her eyes filled with Wen Qi.
For a fleeting moment, Wen Qi felt as if Wen Cheng's words were directed at him. In that instant, Wen Qi's heart skipped a beat, completely unlike his usual self. He even felt a crazy urge to support this little good-for-nothing for the rest of his life.
Wen Qi's fingers curled slightly, a dry itch deep in his throat, and for a moment he didn't know how to respond to that sentence.
"That's just what you think right now. You'll definitely meet someone you like in the future."
Wen Cheng was somewhat confused by this prophecy. After all, in his previous life, he didn't look much different from now, and many girls had given him love letters. After graduation, many colleagues at work had also hinted at their feelings for him. But he couldn't understand their relationships. Why could someone be judged solely by their appearance?
If there had to be one person who Wen Cheng cared about at this moment...
"But right now, my favorite person is Brother Qi," Wen Cheng said earnestly, her eyes filled with sincerity, as if saying it was a perfectly natural thing.
Wen Qi was holding a glass of water when it suddenly sloshed around. He'd actually been flirted with by his own younger brother!
Wen Qi couldn't let the atmosphere continue like this, so he turned into a sneer, "Even if you praise me to the skies, don't think this matter will pass easily."
Wen Cheng immediately wilted.
“You don’t need to go down. Think carefully about your dream before you leave work today. Also,” Wen Qi glanced at Wen Cheng’s outfit with disdain, “how long are you planning to wear this outfit?”
Wen Cheng could tell from the look in her brother's eyes how much he disliked her, so she stood up sheepishly and said, "Then I'll go downstairs and change."
"Stop," Wen Qi said, rubbing his furrowed brows in exasperation. "Have you considered that if the company's old shareholders see you, they might tell your uncle?"
...Wen Cheng is about to face a double defeat.
"Change here, I have a new one," Wen Qi said, getting up and leading Wen Cheng to the private room inside.
It was a standard one-bedroom apartment, but the space was large enough that Wen Cheng couldn't help but sigh again, "These people are rich."
Wen Qi led Wen Cheng to his room.
"The second cabinet is full of new stuff; it's been replaced."
Wen Cheng looked at the shirts in the closet, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Brother Qi, can I go take a shower?"
Wen Qi was taken aback. "Why?" What kind of habit is this?
Wen Cheng scratched her head sheepishly, "I was so scared that I broke out in a sweat, and I feel sticky and uncomfortable."
Wen Qi looked closely and, sure enough, a small patch of Wen Cheng's back was damp with sweat, revealing her smooth waistline and the faint texture of her skin.
Wen Qi scoffed, "My fault?"
Wen Cheng dared not, and gave a weak smile, "I was just feeling guilty."
Wen Cheng took the new clothes inside, and soon the sound of running water came from the bathroom.
Wen Qi had stayed up for several nights to rush back, only to find his younger brother, on whom he had placed so much hope, working as a security guard downstairs. His nerves ached even more. He leaned back on the sofa in his bedroom, gently closing his eyes, while the soft sounds of washing coming from the bathroom filled his ears.
But gradually, the surrounding sounds subsided, and just as Wen Qi was about to drift off to sleep, he heard a soft pushing or pulling sound behind him.
When Wen Qi opened his eyes and looked back, what came into view was Wen Cheng's two straight legs, still glistening with water droplets. Above that was his own black short-sleeved shirt, which was clearly several sizes too big on Wen Cheng, hanging down to mid-thigh.
However, these are not problems. In this era of open sexual orientation, siblings who have entered junior high school should know to avoid suspicion, but Wen Cheng seems to have no understanding of this principle at all.
"Wen Cheng, couldn't you wear some pants when you came out?" Wen Qi turned his head, his eyelashes fluttering against his lower eyelids.
Wen Cheng was bewildered by the scolding. Under his brother's pressure, he didn't say anything, "We're all grown men, what's the big deal?" Instead, he obediently said, "Brother, I forgot to bring my pants."
"Then put it on first, and then think carefully about your dream here."
After Wen Qi finished speaking, he walked out somewhat embarrassed.
The warm oranges left behind were somewhat inexplicable.
Could it be that his brother Qi...
Is it because you've never been to a public bathhouse before that you're so shy?!
Author's Note:
I've been a bit busy during the day lately, so updates will most likely be in the morning or evening. I'll try to write a little more each day and keep it short. My darlings, trust me this time! So exciting!
Have you saved this if you like it? Love you all~
Chapter 19 It's really hard to be a salted fish.
After Wen Cheng changed her pants, Wen Qi was nowhere to be seen. However, based on Wen Qi's character in the book, he was most likely attending some meeting again, since being a big shot isn't easy.
Wen Qi was about ten centimeters taller than Wen Cheng, so Wen Cheng had to roll up most of the cuffs of Wen Qi's pants to reveal her slender, fair ankles.
Qi Ge's instructions to him were not to go down, but to think carefully about his dream. Naturally, Wen Cheng dared not make any rash moves at this moment.
Although Wen Qi didn't say many harsh words to him, there's no doubt that Wen Qi was angry.
Wen Cheng didn't want Wen Qi to be angry, so he decided to ask his two friends in the group what professions looked high-class but could actually be enjoyed by simply being a lazy bum!
He turned on his phone, which he hadn't looked at since he got on the elevator, and put it on silent mode in the elevator, afraid that the phone would keep popping up messages and annoy Wen Qi, who would then punish him even more severely when he got back.
Thinking of Wen Qi's gaze, Wen Cheng couldn't help but shudder. How terrifying!
When he opened his phone, he was shocked by the various messages that popped up. They were all from his colleagues whom he had added in the past few days, and they had even added him to a group chat, showing all sorts of "concern".
【Chengcheng, are you alright?】
Did Premier Wen do anything to you?
[Oh my god, Premier Wen looked so fierce when he called you up!]
[Yes, yes, they have absolutely no chivalry towards women!]
Hmm? Why is the conversation going off-topic downstairs? Although Wen Cheng was scolded, she wouldn't allow Brother Qi's image in the employees' eyes to be ruined, so she replied very sincerely.
[That's not true. Mr. Wen just didn't want me to be so lazy at such a young age, so he specially called me up for tea to educate me that there are still many shining dreams in life!]
Wen Cheng's statement doesn't seem very convincing when typed out.
So he sent out a picture of the tea table on Brother Qi's rest table, to show that he really just came up to drink tea and talk about dreams, and there was absolutely no suspicion of nepotism!
Why would Wen Qi care so much about an employee's dream and even invite him to have tea in a private elevator?
The women in the group all wore complicated expressions. Rather than believing the absurd rumor that a cold, calculating person whose mind was solely focused on making money was suddenly concerned with the dreams of low-level employees, they were more inclined to believe the previous woman's version.
Wait, didn't one of the sisters say she wanted to write fanfiction?
Everyone searched through the chat history of the previous group, actively welcomed the wife into the group, and then collectively tagged her, giving her a mysterious smile.
Wen Cheng didn't understand everyone's strategy, but as a cannon fodder to save his own life, he could just follow the crowd even if he didn't understand something. So he also went up and tagged them. This time, everyone stopped tagging him and started sending all sorts of smiling emojis, which was confusing.
However, before Wen Cheng could investigate further, a message came through the three-person group chat.
[He Haobo]: Yunyi is throwing a party on the cruise ship tonight, do you want to go? Don't worry, your brother already spoke to those people last time, they definitely won't dare to talk about you.
Wen Cheng's eyes revealed a weariness of the world. A cruise ship party? This wasn't the original owner's scheme to frame the scheming girl in the book, trying to push her towards the book's biggest villain, Fei Shuo. As the protagonist, the scheming girl was certainly not to be trifled with. The original owner switched the drinks, drank the spiked drink herself, and then went to Fei Shuo's side.
Fei Shuo had just returned to the country and couldn't get over Wen Yunyi after seeing him once. He had no interest in the original owner of this body, a country bumpkin who had just been brought home. So he threw him into the corridor and humiliated him severely in front of many people.
This matter naturally reached the ears of the Wen couple. The couple was completely disappointed in their son and were only willing to support him because of their last shred of moral principles.
But after that incident, Wen's father never spoke a word to him again, and Wen's mother could only sigh when she looked at him.
[Wen Cheng]: Too lazy to go~
[He Haobo]: ......
[Yao Xingwei]: No, bro, you can't be this lazy! Do you know who else is coming to this party? Fei Shuo, don't you want to get on his good side? His family and your family are quite compatible in business. If you get along well, your family will look at you in a new light!
Wen Cheng was also stunned. Weren't these two Wen Yunyi's most loyal henchmen not long ago? How come they're here with him now, offering advice?
Wen Cheng really had no interest in it. Better safe than sorry. What if he didn't have any ulterior motives this time, but Wen Yunyi made a move beforehand? Then all the good boy he had worked so hard to be would be ruined. More importantly, if history repeated itself, his older brother would not just give him a scolding.
In short, he's gone, and the one million monthly allowance will be completely out of his reach!
[Wen Cheng]: I'm going. Aren't you afraid I'll put on a domineering CEO act in front of Fei Shuo on the cruise ship? What are you planning to do to protect me when my brother comes after me?
Sure enough, Wen Cheng brought up the scene of Wen Qi drinking with him, and the remaining two people in the group fell silent.