Volume One, Chapter 28: Just Like a Scumbag Who Pretends Not to Know You Once He’s Dressed
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When they arrived at the airport and Shen Chiyan was about to get out of the car, Song Qinian suddenly grabbed him.
Shen Chiyan shot her a cold, sharp look.
Song Qinian’s heart trembled. She anxiously gestured, “Are we… still supposed to pretend to be a loving married couple?”
“Why else would I have brought you here?”
His tone was unpleasant, and Song Qinian had no idea what she had done to upset him.
Still, she was rather happy. She had thought that after what happened that day, she would never again have the chance to hold hands or embrace Shen Chiyan. She had not expected that they would get to pretend to be an affectionate couple one more time today.
Song Qinian took a deep breath, stepped forward, and clasped Shen Chiyan’s hand tightly.
His palm was slightly cool. In the sweltering summer heat, holding his hand felt like touching an ice pack with an exceptionally pleasant texture. It was wonderfully soothing.
Suddenly, Song Qinian’s expression changed dramatically.
Oh no!
Shen Chiyan was not wearing gloves today!
She instinctively tried to let go, but he held her hand even more tightly.
Song Qinian froze for a moment, her heartbeat quickening. Shen Chiyan… had actually taken the initiative to hold her hand.
The very next second, she heard his cool, pleasant voice.
“Mr. and Mrs. Smith…”
Song Qinian: “…”
All right. So he had spotted the Smiths and was worried that they would give themselves away in front of them. That was why he had tightened his grip on her hand.
After seeing the Smiths off, Shen Chiyan released Song Qinian’s hand the moment they left the airport. His cold, heartless manner made him look exactly like the sort of cad who forgot a woman the instant he got what he wanted.
Song Qinian stared at her empty hand, and for a moment, her heart felt empty too.
Their brief, exclusive romance had vanished just like that.
Lin Lanxing had come to the airport to pick someone up. When she saw Song Qinian and Shen Chiyan, she thought her eyes were deceiving her.
She hurried forward a few steps. After confirming that the woman in Shen Chiyan’s arms was indeed Song Qinian, her face darkened with fury.
Wasn’t Shen Chiyan devoted to her sister and uninterested in Song Qinian? Why was he holding Song Qinian in his arms?
Had he changed his mind?
When Lin Lanxing saw Song Qinian looking up at Shen Chiyan, a blissful, affectionate smile on her lips and love shining in her eyes, her anger intensified.
What a shameless slut!
No!
Even if her sister never woke up in this lifetime, she would not allow Song Qinian to monopolize Shen Chiyan like this!
Lin Lanxing rushed toward them, but by the time she pushed through the crowd and reached the place where Shen Chiyan and Song Qinian had been standing, they were already gone.
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“Damn it!”
Lin Lanxing stamped her foot in fury and swore that she would never let Song Qinian live in peace.
After learning that Shen Chiyan had assigned Song Qinian to the Planning Department, Lin Lanxing went to Prosperity Group first thing Thursday morning.
Inside Shen Chiyan’s office, Lin Lanxing looked at him and pleaded pitifully, “Brother Chiyan, please, let me intern at Prosperity. I’ll do anything you ask.”
Shen Chiyan lifted his eyes and gave Lin Lanxing a casual glance. Although Lin Lanxing and Lin Qiutong were sisters, they looked nothing alike.
“You should listen to your uncle.”
Lin Lanxing pouted. “I don’t want to. If I go to my own company, my father will definitely find me some easy position. And because I’m his daughter, everyone else will keep flattering me and refuse to let me do any real work. What could I possibly learn that way?”
Seeing that Shen Chiyan remained unmoved, Lin Lanxing brought out her trump card.
“If only my sister were awake. She would definitely help me.”
“Which department do you want to join?”
Lin Lanxing’s eyes lit up. As expected, the moment her sister was mentioned, Shen Chiyan gave in.
It seemed that Shen Chiyan was not without feelings for her sister. It was that little tramp Song Qinian who had shamelessly seduced him.
“I want to join the Planning Department.”
In less than a week, the Planning Department welcomed two new employees in succession.
On Lin Lanxing’s first day, she arrived dressed in designer clothes and gave every member of the department a bottle of luxury perfume worth more than a thousand yuan.
Everyone except Song Qinian.
“Oh, I’m so sorry, Miss Song. I didn’t know there was another person in the Planning Department, so I didn’t prepare one for you. You won’t mind, will you?”
Although Lin Lanxing was apologizing, the malicious smile on her face made it clear to Song Qinian that she had deliberately set out to embarrass her.
Song Qinian had not expected Lin Lanxing to come intern at Prosperity Group, much less join the Planning Department. It seemed she would have to tread carefully from now on.
She gave Lin Lanxing a faint smile to show that she did not mind, then lowered her head and continued working.
Lin Lanxing glared viciously at Song Qinian and let out a cold laugh.
Song Qinian, Song Qinian… your good days are over!
Because money was tight for Song Qinian, the gifts she had brought everyone were merely homemade biscuits and the like. There was no sharper contrast than that between her presents and Lin Lanxing’s.
Compared with Lin Lanxing’s gifts, Song Qinian’s presents looked downright cheap in everyone’s eyes.
Moreover, Lin Lanxing made no attempt to hide the fact that she was the heiress of the Lin Group. Everyone fawned over her.
To isolate Song Qinian completely, Lin Lanxing even had someone spread the news. Before long, everyone began sympathizing with Lin Lanxing and viewing Song Qinian with even greater disgust.
“You really can’t judge a person by appearances. Who would have thought that Song Qinian’s father was the one who caused your sister to become a vegetable? And yet Miss Lin still treats Song Qinian kindly. She really is kindhearted and magnanimous.”
Lin Lanxing sighed. Her expression was sorrowful, yet helpless. “The villain is Miss Song’s father, not Miss Song herself. No matter how much I hate her father, I can’t hate her too.”
“Miss Lin, you’re simply too kind!”
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“Exactly. That Song Qinian caused such terrible harm to General Manager Shen’s beloved. How does she still have the nerve to remain at Prosperity?”
“Shameless people are invincible. She relies on that innocent-looking face of hers to seduce men everywhere.”
Everyone’s gaze turned toward Song Qinian’s desk. Several young men from the Planning Department were gathered around her, and no one knew what they were saying. Every one of them wore a dazzling smile.
Seeing that she had achieved her purpose, Lin Lanxing curved her lips into a faint smile.
“Never mind other people. Even when I look at that face of hers, I feel that the whole world has wronged her, no matter how wicked she may be.”
Lin Lanxing had deliberately stirred up the female employees’ resentment toward Song Qinian. As expected, throughout the entire afternoon, those women behaved as though they had planned it together, constantly asking Song Qinian for help.
“Miss Song, I have an important document here. Please make three copies and put them on my desk.”
“Miss Song, I’m terribly busy. Could you summarize these event materials for me?”
“Miss Song, I have to work overtime tonight. Could you buy me a cup of coffee?”
Song Qinian had only just joined the Planning Department and wanted to get along well with everyone, so she rarely refused anyone.
However, when she returned with the coffee, she discovered that everyone else had already left for the day, while her desk was still piled high with unfinished work.
Only then did Song Qinian realize that the others had made her their scapegoat.
“Miss Song, you’re still here?”
At the sound of the voice, Song Qinian turned around and saw a handsome, refined young man walking toward her.
His name was Shen Yushu, and he was a member of the Planning Department.
Song Qinian picked up a sheet of paper and wrote a few words.
“Mr. Shen, why haven’t you gone home yet?”
“I haven’t finished my work either. And don’t call me Mr. Shen. Just call me by my name.”
Song Qinian nodded.
“You’re working overtime too?”
She nodded again.
Shen Yushu smiled. “Then let’s work overtime together. At least we’ll have some company.”
Song Qinian had bought more coffee than she needed, so she handed one cup to Shen Yushu.
Over the next few days, Song Qinian worked overtime almost every day, arriving home at nine or ten o’clock each night.
As a newcomer to the Planning Department, she was busier than even the veteran employees.
Shen Yushu, meanwhile, came to find Song Qinian every time—sometimes to have lunch with her, sometimes to ask her to teach him sign language, and sometimes to work overtime together. Their friendship advanced by leaps and bounds.
Gradually, rumors about the two of them began to spread.
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