Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Nine: An Unexpected Acquaintance (1/2)
It was clearly a serious question, but it felt rather light-hearted coming from Xiao Yu. Yan Jin responded jokingly in kind, “Just about, yeah.”
“What do you mean ‘just about?’” Xiao Yu said unhappily.
“It means that perhaps it’s true that it’s a little unpleasant.” Yan Jin blinked. “In the business world, sometimes human emotions aren’t relevant. For long term benefits, sometimes the most irrational move might be the most sensible.”
Xiao Yu didn’t really understand. “What does that mean? You believe that the Nan Family forcing Nan Wei to marry someone he doesn’t like is a sensible decision?”
Yan Jin mysteriously intoned, “Hard to say.”
“Don’t test me.”
Xiao Yu threateningly leapt at the defenseless Yan Jin, who immediately fell over. Before Yan Jin could react, Xiao Yu jabbed at Yan Jin’s armpits. Yan Jin laughed twice in response before counterattacking by pinching Xiao Yu’s sensitive ribs. The two of them wrestled and rolled around many times on the bed before they fell still, lying next to each other on the bed while panting from exertion.
Yan Jin adjusted his collar to relieve some of the heat from his lightly sweaty body. Xiao Yu felt it was hot as well, but with Yan Jin lying like that next to him he felt he should be more reserved lest Yan Jin “consume” him. Therefore, he didn’t touch his own clothes and just kicked the blankets a little further away.
“… Hurry up and explain it to me clearly,” Xiao Yu said after resting for a while. “Otherwise I’ll ignore you.”
“Long story short, Nan Wei will get everything he wishes for.” Yan Jin thought for a moment and added, “He’ll be together with the person he likes.”
“Hmm? You’re saying that he’ll marry his childhood friend?”
Yan Jin was a little shocked. “How did you know?”
Xiao Yu rolled his eyes. “You said yourself that his childhood friend confessed to him. I can at least connect those dots, right?”
“Haha, it’s true that it was obvious,” Yan Jin lightly laughed before sighing. “Other than Nan Wei himself, everyone else could tell that their relationship wasn’t normal.”
“Chu Ge too?”
“Him too, although he never wanted to admit it.”
After all, Nan Wei was his only brother. Even if he knew in his heart that it was unavoidable Nan Wei would be taken by such an ostentatious “wolf”, he still presented a firm rejection as if his refusal to believe it could make it untrue.
However, just from Chu Ge’s lack of explosion from hearing about the marriage, it was clear Chu Ge already guessed it would happen.
Furthermore, because of complaints from a certain old maid with no romantic experience, Chu Ge and the evil-loving Yan Jin both kept quiet. They agreed by chance to allow Nan Wei’s misunderstanding to continue to the day he got married.
It really wasn’t easy for Nan Wei to have such an older brother and cousin.
“I say, it’s just like you guys have emperorships to pass on. Is that right?” Xiao Yu said.
Yan Jin laughed, “So that’s why we’re even more clear that compared to an everlasting union between two lovers, an emperorship isn’t worth much.”
“The world really is amazing. Things that others desire greatly, you guys think little of. Things that you guys desire greatly, they think little of. Like ‘to each their own’?”
“Of course not.” Yan Jin shook his head. “The important things are actually pretty much the same for everyone. It’s only that distant pastures always appear greener. If you want to put it that way, it’s just that we’re all looking at different pastures.”
“Oh, so you shouldn’t have any other desires now.” Xiao Yu poked Yan Jin in the stomach.
“Why should I not have any more desires? I’m a very greedy person.” Yan Jin grabbed Xiao Yu’s mischievous hands and pushed them to the side.
“Oh?” Xiao Yu was curious. “You have money, talent, looks, and a considerate, cute little lover you’re dating. What else do you want?”
Yan Jin laughed and flipped over so that his “cute little lover” was pressed under him. He breathed, “Dating a cute little lover isn’t enough. I want your everything.”
“Haha, you really know how to talk.”
From underneath Yan Jin, Xiao Yu obediently accepted a long kiss from Yan Jin and happily laid flat with his flushing face, saying, “Don’t hurt me.”
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YL corporation’s grand skyscraper was located in S City’s most expensive business district. Its silvery-blue exterior shimmered like fish scales under the sunlight.
Unlike SI’s decade-old headquarters, YL corporation’s skyscraper was just a few years old. After the real estate boom, the most superb office buildings in this prime area were bought by YL as their headquarters. Perhaps it was by some mysterious fate that the two jewelry corporations YL and SI would be distantly facing each other.
Before, when SI’s employees looked out the window, they would see YL’s luxurious building that seemed like a hotel and feel jealous. While sighing that they’d selected such a company whose office walls were peeling, they’d comfort themselves by thinking that it was only exterior decoration. It hadn’t mattered – no matter how anyone looked at it, SI had been crushing YL in terms of industry ranking.
But now, SI employees didn’t look out the window anymore.
Xiao Yu nervously swallowed and fiddled with his necktie. He walked stiffly through YL’s grand entrance.
He hadn’t wanted to cause such a commotion on his first day of work so he had forced Yan Jin to drop him off three streets away and had walked over.
But Xiao Yu also negatively thought that this wasn’t very useful.