"Yi Yi," Qin Zhou called out to Wen Yunyi, her voice tinged with helplessness.
Actually, compared to the Wen family, Wen Yunyi is more genuine with Qin Zhou, since Qin Zhou truly knows how pathetic he's been these past few days.
"You also think I'm bad, right?" Wen Yunyi's eyes gradually reddened, and he lowered all his guard, asking in a hoarse voice.
Qin Zhou didn't say anything, but simply hugged Wen Yunyi, patting his back repeatedly. Finally,
"At least we can't say that about your brother. Brother Wen Qi really deserves our respect."
Wen Yunyi's gradually calming emotions froze.
"I was just too scared," Wen Yunyi said, clutching Qin Zhou's clothes tightly.
Qin Zhou tightened his grip even more. "At least you still have me,"
...
"Did he really say that?" Wen Qi, having finished a long day of meetings, lay on a lounge chair in a luxury hotel, wearing a bathrobe. His freshly washed hair was still dripping wet, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
"Do you think I'd lie to you? I initially thought your wild little brother was pretty brainless, and then there were all sorts of rumors in our circle about how unsophisticated he was. But I never expected him to be so loyal when it really matters, daring to directly confront your aunt and uncle's precious little darling!" Wen Qi's high school and college friend, Shi Zhuorui, rarely praised someone like this.
Wen Qi's fingers curled slightly, and his eyes blinked several times.
The scene that day was quite exciting. Shi Zhuorui happened to be having dinner with a client not far away and heard everything clearly.
“Your younger brother, who has been with you since childhood, is somewhat ungrateful. Only you can manage him like this. If he were my brother, he would have to learn to respect his elder brother.”
"He just needs to know that I'm not someone to mess with," Wen Qi said, but in his mind he was thinking of Wen Cheng's face, which was flushed with anger but still trying to protect him. Wen Qi touched his chest, and the feeling was strange, but definitely not bad.
Wen Cheng was so angry that she ate less than a bowl of rice when she got home, barely managing to finish three bowls before going upstairs to sleep.
Wen Yin looked at her son, who had a poor appetite today, and then at Aunt Li: "What's wrong with Chengcheng today?"
Aunt Li rubbed her apron and thought for a moment before finally coming to a reasonable conclusion: "Perhaps Xiao Cheng misses her brother."
Wen Yin thought of the two children at home who were gradually becoming like conjoined twins, and tacitly accepted this answer.
"I'll go urge my husband to bring Qiqi back soon. How can this child keep eating so little?" Wen Yin thought as she picked up her phone.
......
Aunt Li thought of her son, who was full after eating only two bowls of rice at home, and began to doubt her own common sense, falling into deep thought.
Wen Cheng wasted too much energy during the day because he was too angry, which made it impossible for the lazy Wen Cheng to keep up. He started to feel sleepy before nine o'clock. Every time this happened, Wen Cheng could fall asleep without a care in the world. But today Wen Cheng was different. He thought of Brother Qi who was on a business trip in another province.
Despite feeling sleepy, Wen Cheng's fingers flew across the screen as she typed a few words.
[Wen Cheng]: Brother Qi, are you asleep?
Wen Qi had just finished showering and was about to hold a video conference when he thought about it and decided to send a message to Secretary Zhao to postpone it for twenty minutes.
[Wen Qi]: Not yet? Why aren't you asleep so late?
When Wen Cheng saw that Wen Qi had actually taken the initiative to reply to her message and was very concerned about her, she immediately perked up. However, once she perked up, she didn't know what to say. She told him that she had gone to a trap set by a "green tea" girl today, and that the "green tea" girl had deliberately said bad things about Wen Qi in order to sow discord between him and Brother Qi.
【Wen Cheng】: Checking up on you, just wanting you to get some rest.
Wen Qi looked at the message; he knew, of course, that Wen Cheng wanted to ask more than just that.
[Wen Qi]: It's time to rest, Wen Cheng. Are you having a good time here?
Wen Cheng was taken aback for a moment, then quickly replied: I'm super happy!
Wen Qi couldn't help but chuckle: "Yeah, I'm doing quite well here too."
Wen Qi's questions and answers were somewhat nonsensical, but they provided considerable comfort to Wen Cheng. Indeed, given Wen Qi's current status, he didn't need to care about rumors and suspicions, and his personality meant he would never care about such superfluous things.
Wen Cheng thought for a minute and came to the conclusion that he was overthinking it!
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Wen Cheng: (Proudly pats her chest) I spoke up for Brother Qi today! Chengcheng is a useful lazy bum!
Wen Qi: Yes, it's especially useful.
Wen Cheng: (Shyly clenching her hands)
Chapter 16 has been discovered!
Ever since that unlucky incident at a restaurant yesterday, Wen Cheng has been reluctant to go out. The next day, she went to the cafeteria with the new meal card issued by the company.
Wen Cheng always takes off his security guard uniform very carefully when he eats, worried that someone in the company who knows him might go and tell his older brother or father, in which case he'll definitely get a beating.
Actually, the company cafeteria is vastly different from a typical cafeteria. The chefs are all certified senior chefs, and each cuisine is grouped together, all so that colleagues who are from out of town can feel the warmth of home here.
Of course, this idea certainly didn't come from the old-fashioned Wen Yongwang, but rather from Wen Qi, who later became president and implemented the reform.
After learning about this history, Wen Cheng only sensed his brother's deep-seated conspiracy theories.
Wen Cheng was immediately captivated by the delicious food as soon as he went upstairs. Taking advantage of his status as a rich second-generation, he swiped his card with inhuman extravagance, first ordering a steaming hot claypot rice with potatoes and beef brisket, then a generous portion of noodles with minced meat sauce, and finally running to the cake section to buy an apple pie.
The auntie who served him food looked at Wen Cheng's tray with a complicated expression.
"Little handsome boy, can you finish all this food?" Looking at Wen Cheng's well-behaved face, fluffy curly hair, and innocent, bright eyes, and his exceptionally slender figure, the cafeteria lady asked with utmost gentleness, clearly worried that the child might overeat.
Wen Cheng was deeply pleased by the compliment "handsome guy," then scratched her head shyly, "I'm only about 80% full, I'll come back for more if I'm not satisfied~"
......
Wen Cheng chose a quiet spot to start eating. Influenced by her previous hardships—where she always ate steamed buns and pickled vegetables at home, never the meat she ate every day—she stuffed food into her mouth, her cheeks bulging like a hamster hoarding food.
But it wasn't that their table manners were bad; they just ate each bite very carefully.
As he ate, he heard some discordant sounds.
"Team Leader Gu, it's rare to see you eat in the cafeteria. Would you do me the honor of sitting next to me?" The man who said this had the air of someone who had been simmering for ten years.
"Excuse me, I have an appointment with a friend." The reply came from a cold, distant female voice, brimming with a sense of aloofness and dislike.
Wen Cheng pricked up her ears at this moment.
"Team Leader Gu, isn't that a really harsh thing to say? There are so many seats; your friend could sit next to you. I just wanted to have a chat with you. It's fine if you're serious at work, but why are you so cold when everyone else is relaxed? That's just hurting people's feelings!" the man said sarcastically, completely disregarding the atmosphere.
Trash!
"I'm sorry, but I really have to go with friends today," the woman was still trying to refuse, but clearly didn't know how to respond.
A triumphant glint flashed in the man's eyes. Just as he was about to say something more in a nonchalant manner, a figure rudely shoved him aside and plopped down in the spot he had taken, almost making him fall over.
"What the hell?" The man stopped abruptly before he could finish the last two words.
There's no other reason than that the boy in front of her was incredibly handsome. He had delicate features, a slender frame, and long, curled eyelashes that shimmered under the light. He exuded youthful energy and a touch of naivety. If good looks were ranked, this boy would far surpass the woman opposite him.
"Um, Team Leader Gu, this is the friend you were talking about? It's alright, I'd be happy to have dinner with him," the man said with a lewd glint in his eyes.
Wen Cheng looked up, her seemingly harmless gaze carrying a hint of coldness: "But I don't want to eat with you. It's too oily, and it's easy to get fatty liver."
Wen Cheng's words successfully elicited sly smiles from her colleagues who disliked the man.
The man's face turned ashen. He was, after all, the deputy head of the propaganda department; it wasn't his place to lecture a newcomer.
"Which department are you from? If you can't speak human language, don't come to work!"
Wen Cheng frowned. He hadn't expected that even the well-managed Wen Group would have some scum hiding inside. "Is that so? Then let's take the surveillance footage to President Wen and see who doesn't want to behave themselves, who's a toad trying to eat swan meat!"
Wen Cheng's meaning was already quite clear. With the first person standing up, the onlookers' true feelings became more unrestrained. For example, some people were already laughing out loud, and the men felt a bit weak at the mention of "President Wen," since both "President Wen"s were not easy to mess with. In the end, they could only leave cursing.
"Thank you. My name is Gu Yuning, and I'm from the publicity department." Gu Yuning's demeanor was completely different from her icy demeanor just moments before; the surprise in her eyes had melted into a gentle stream.
Wen Cheng found the name strangely familiar, and after recalling the plot of the book she was reading, she finally remembered her: Gu Yuning, the righteous second female lead in the book and the youngest daughter of the Gu family, who was pampered by them.
However, Gu Yuning wasn't interested in the family job; instead, she loved the beauty industry. Therefore, Wen Yongwang, being a close friend of the Gu family, naturally agreed to let Gu Yuning work there. Furthermore, Gu Yuning was indeed quite skilled in the beauty field, and later became Wen Yunyi's capable assistant.
In the company, Wen Yunyi is more like a high-and-mighty figure. According to the plot of the book, if the original owner hadn't been the plot generator who provoked and mocked Gu Yuning, making Wen Yunyi unable to stand it and step in to help, the two of them wouldn't have become such good friends and would have ended up helping each other deal with the original owner.
Wen Cheng hadn't expected that before being troubled by the original owner in the story, there would be such petty scoundrels harassing Gu Yuning. It's true that being a beautiful woman isn't easy.
Most importantly, Gu Yuning ultimately won Wen Qi's heart because of her relationship with Wen Yunyi, which gave her an advantage.
If Brother Qi is his big brother, then Gu Yuning is the woman of the big, big, big brother!
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law," Wen Qi cried out in terror.
"Sister-in-law?" Gu Yuning tilted her head in confusion. Could this little cutie be a stutterer?
Wen Cheng forced himself to swallow the food in his mouth and calm down. He absolutely couldn't lose face in front of his sister-in-law! Otherwise, Brother Qi wouldn't even give him any fruit!
"Sorry, you're so beautiful, I was stunned for a second~" When Wen Cheng said this, because she was extremely afraid of losing her life, her words came out extremely obedient, the kind that particularly evoked a girl's maternal instincts. Of course, Wen Cheng herself didn't realize it.
Gu Yuning was overjoyed and forgot her earlier unpleasantness. Soon after, her colleagues came over and praised Wen Cheng for his heroic rescue, chatting excitedly around him.
Then Wen Cheng faced all sorts of strange questions, such as how old her little cutie was, whether her parents would worry if she went out to work, and how she took care of her skin.
Is this a question for a tough guy? Wen Cheng was inwardly furious, but his bloodline held him back, so he could only obediently answer. Besides adding his sister-in-law on WeChat during the meal, he also added the WeChat accounts of various strange older women.
Wen Cheng sighed. After Gu Yuning and the others left, the male colleagues in the cafeteria suddenly became less friendly, and a sense of resentment filled the air.
Wen Cheng, who had been treated like a baby for a meal, suddenly puffed out her little chest with pride!
Regardless of the type of charm, it's still charm!
...
A strange sight has appeared at the security booth downstairs in Gu's building in the past two days: female colleagues who go to work in the morning or go out to run errands will stop at the security booth for a while, and often slip some snacks in, just to make the "beauty" smile.
"Chengcheng, your older sister brought you durian mille-feuille. Remember to eat it while it's fresh!" Gu Yuning, dressed in a burgundy dress, seemed quite familiar with Wen Cheng, and even took advantage of being two months older than Wen Cheng by calling herself "older sister."
However, Wen Cheng had no choice but to resist, after all, she was going to be her brother's woman.
Thinking that her older brother might not be able to protect her all the time after getting married, Wen Cheng felt emo for a while before going to bed. However, considering that her sister-in-law was a good person and that she had inadvertently helped her by eliminating one enemy, Wen Cheng was still a little bit happy, just a little bit!
"Thank you, Sister Yu Ning~"
Gu Yuning was once again charmed by Wen Cheng's adorable expression, and wished she could crawl into the security booth and thoroughly ravage Wen Cheng, but since she was wearing a dress today and had to maintain a dignified appearance, she restrained herself.
"Chengcheng, do you know what? The child that my dad's friend, Uncle Wen, adopted actually shares the same name. But I've heard that Wen Cheng is usually rude and irritable. You mustn't be like him!"
Watching Gu Yuning earnestly lecture her, Wen Cheng held back for a long time, but still didn't reveal her true identity.
Rude and short-tempered?
That's definitely not yourself!