The next morning, An Xin carried a layered thermal lunchbox containing the “beloved wife’s breakfast” she had made for Ling Cheng.
‘If A Chen sees this breakfast I carefully prepared, would he be so excited that he confesses to me directly?’ An Xin held her cheek with one hand, wearing a sweet smile as she thought about some not-so-innocent scenes.
Soon she arrived at the base of Ling Cheng’s building. Nearby, a luxurious Maybach was parked, catching An Xin’s attention.
After all, the protagonist Miss in her own manga was depicted riding in just that kind of luxury car.
An Xin then went upstairs, used the key she had wheedled out of Ling Cheng yesterday to unlock the door, and witnessed a sight she would never forget.
Ling Cheng sat on the living room sofa. A long-haired girl, her back to An Xin, was intimately nestled against him.
From An Xin’s perspective, the two of them were pressed together as if kissing.
“A Chen, what are you doing?” An Xin’s voice instantly turned ice-cold. If the object in her hand were a knife instead of a lunchbox, she would have rushed forward without hesitation and plunged the blade into the woman kissing Ling Cheng.
“An Xin? This is my partner I told you about earlier. She was just using her forehead to take my temperature.” Ling Cheng stood up and introduced Lin Wanfeng normally.
“That’s way too intimate. Besides, hasn’t A Chen’s fever already gone down? Watch out for people with ulterior motives.”
An Xin looked at Ling Cheng’s expression and knew he wasn’t lying. But the girl before her, with a beautiful face tinged with a hint of heroic spirit, made her feel a deep sense of crisis.
“Oh? And who is this?” Lin Wanfeng, trained since childhood, sensed the naked hostility in An Xin’s gaze.
“Miss, this is my good friend, and also the artist for my game—An Xin.” The oblivious Ling Cheng, not noticing the war of looks between the girls, continued to make the introduction normally.
“So you’re the boyfriend’s friend.” Lin Wanfeng deliberately emphasized the word “friend.” “Nice to meet you. I’m Ling Cheng’s girlfriend, Lin Wanfeng.”
After saying that, Lin Wanfeng glanced at Ling Cheng. He remembered the confidentiality agreement he had signed with her.
No matter what, as long as Lin Wanfeng herself didn’t deny it, he had to acknowledge their relationship until the mission ended.
“Girlfriend?” Upon hearing that word, the light faded from An Xin’s eyes. She looked at Ling Cheng unwillingly. “A Chen, she…”
Ling Cheng remembered the agreement and nodded. “I forgot to introduce you. Wanfeng is not only my partner but also my girlfriend.”
“By the way, An Xin, I’m taking my boyfriend out to eat. Want to come along?” Lin Wanfeng looked at the lunchbox in An Xin’s hand and deliberately said this.
Even though she didn’t need to pretend except in front of her parents, Lin Wanfeng didn’t want Ling Cheng to have too much contact with other girls. A strange competitive spirit arose in her heart.
“No need. I’ve already eaten. Let me use A Chen’s computer to handle some work.” An Xin’s voice was subdued, her mind constantly churning with dangerous thoughts.
“Alright then. Goodbye.”
“Mm. Goodbye.”
An Xin watched Ling Cheng get into Lin Wanfeng’s Maybach and kept biting her nails.
“A Chen is being kept by that woman. No wonder he suddenly had the money to acquire the game company…” An Xin’s expression was especially dark. “I’m sorry. It’s all because I didn’t watch over A Chen properly. This time, I’ll make sure A Chen only has eyes for me.”
Ling Cheng sat in the car, his heart surging with excitement at the thought of the signed acquisition agreement. After all, he was about to own his first company.
“Have you thought of a name for the company, boyfriend?” Lin Wanfeng sat in the driver’s seat. Since she was coming to Ling Cheng’s place today, she hadn’t brought a driver and had driven herself.
“Not yet. I haven’t even thought about those things. I had a cold and fever all yesterday.”
“Was it that girl named An Xin who took care of you yesterday?” Lin Wanfeng asked as if unintentionally.
“Yeah, I owe her a lot yesterday. She not only bought me medicine but also made a nutritious lunch.” Ling Cheng clearly didn’t catch the hidden meaning in her words.
“Is that so? Then the evidence is conclusive. The boyfriend has indeed cheated. I have no choice but to keep you from seeing tomorrow’s sun~” Lin Wanfeng used her usual joking tone, but she paused noticeably when she said the word “cheated.”
“Really, I didn’t. Miss, spare me. We were just working on the manuscript together when that happened.”
“Fine, fine. Who says this young lady isn’t kind? I’ll forgive the boyfriend this time. But if you really cheat and mess up my plan, that would be a real disaster.”
Lin Wanfeng didn’t know why she said that. As someone who didn’t want to get married, she shouldn’t care whether her fake boyfriend had connections with others.
But deep down, she truly didn’t want Ling Cheng to fall for someone else.
Lin Wanfeng could only tell herself it was just for the plan, so her cautious father wouldn’t find out.
“As you command, Miss.” Ling Cheng’s reply brought Lin Wanfeng back to reality.
Lin Wanfeng cleared her throat. “Remember, for a company like this—unknown or even with a poor reputation—you can completely change its name.”
“On one hand, it brings a fresh start. On the other, it emphasizes your arrival. You have to make those people in the company understand that you’re here, and that you exist.”
Seeing that they were almost at the company, Lin Wanfeng began to share some simple management insights with Ling Cheng.
“So I need to do something at the company so people can noticeably feel that having a new leader makes a difference, or let them know the weight of my words?” Ling Cheng was quick to grasp the point.
“Bingo! You got it. As a reward, after the handover is done, you can give this young lady a massage.” Lin Wanfeng waited at the last red light; they were about to reach the company.
“So, boyfriend, what do you plan to do to prove your arrival?”
“Time. Usually, with seasonal changes, some companies adjust their work hours.” Ling Cheng thought of the easiest thing for people to notice, since work hours involve everyone’s clock-in and cannot be ignored.
“Then I can adjust unreasonable overtime or late working hours. That can earn goodwill at a low cost and also announce my arrival to some extent.”
Lin Wanfeng listened and chuckled softly. “The boyfriend probably hasn’t studied management or anything, has he? You’ve got talent. I look forward to seeing how you perform.”
“But then, isn’t there one person perfect for the boyfriend to practice on? There’s both a reasonable reason and a certain justice to it. After all, that person in charge who tried to harm you is already notorious.”
Lin Wanfeng stopped the car and arrived with Ling Cheng at the door of the game and media company that had been in business for three years.
“Sometimes, direct thunderous measures combined with your plan will be even more effective~”