Chapter 427: 427: I Want to Deepen Our Marital Bond (Second Update)

Chapter 427: 427: I Want to Deepen Our Marital Bond (Second Update)

Was it because of the light?

It had somehow left him slightly bewildered.

He was bewildered, feeling as if Luo Xiaolang had become prettier.

The skin on her face seemed to have become smoother and even whiter.

Had he grown used to her looks?

Now it seemed to him, Luo Xiaolang wasn’t as ugly as he had imagined.

He asked, “Did my mom ask you to do this?”

Yet, a sense of inexplicable disappointment surfaced in his heart.

He could have guessed. In Luo Xiaolang’s world, feelings were an enormous blind spot, so he really wasn’t expecting much.

But what was he expecting?!

“I want to get along better with you,” Luo Xiaolang replied, as if she was the real deal.

Yin Qin was taken aback.

His heart was beating.

It was accelerating.

He thought Luo Xiaolang would respond with a resolute yes.

He did not even expect her to have any other answer.

Yet this answer left a warmth in his heart.

Luo Xiaolang had brought an unusual warmth into his life recently, like a hot spring at his heart, flowing non-stop.

Luo Xiaolang didn’t understand why Yin Qin had fallen silent, and why his gaze seemed a little too intense. She asked him, “Aren’t you going to take a bath?”

Yin Qin came back to his senses.

He told himself that he just might have been overthinking it.

He walked into the bathroom and lay in the bathtub.

Staring at the ceiling, he felt a bit strange.

What was it that he was expecting from Luo Xiaolang?

When he really thought about it, he couldn’t come up with an answer.

In his deeply ingrained thoughts, it was impossible for him to actually like Luo Xiaolang, a girl like her in looks or character. And yet, if he didn’t like her, what was he expecting from her?

He let out a slow breath.

Nevermind.

Overthinking wouldn’t help at this point, he might as well just let things be.

He got out of the bathtub, put on his clothes, and went back to the bed.

Luo Xiaolang watched as Yin Qin emerged, his hair still slightly wet.

She got the hairdryer from the bathroom, asked Yin Qin to sit by the bed edge, and then kneeled beside him to dry his hair.

Yin Qin laughed, “Did my mom teach you this too?”

“No, I taught myself.” Luo Xiaolang answered.

“You could teach yourself?”

“I looked it up on ‘Du Niang’.”

Hearing the words “Du Niang”, Yin Qin’s face turned slightly stiff.

He vividly recalled Luo Xiaolang saying that she’d looked up a lot of stuff online...

Damn, traumatic memories!

The biggest traumas in his life.

“Okay.” Luo Xiaolang finished drying his hair.

Yin Qin’s hair was short and soft, so it didn’t take too long to dry.

After drying his hair, Luo Xiaolang insisted that Yin Qin lay down so she could give him a massage, “So you can sleep earlier.”

Yin Qin didn’t resist.

After all, he’d been preoccupied with this all day.

Who knew that amid all his busyness, what he was really looking forward to was this exact moment when Luo Xiaolang sat on top of him, giving him a massage.

“Yin Qin, what nonsense are you spouting!” The color on Wei Cheng’s face changed instantly.

Yin Qin’s face remained serious, “Didn’t Director Wei always insist on using professional titles, especially in important forums such as a high-level board meeting?”

Wei Cheng’s face turned even grimmer as Yin Qin countered him.

Yin Qin smiled and answered Wei Cheng’s previous question, “I’m not speaking nonsense.”

He indicated for his secretary to present some of his evidence on the screen.

Yin Qin even highlighted the key points, “This is the information my subordinate gave me. It’s a chat record between my promotional strategist Xie Mao and the marketing manager. It mentions numerous times that approval from Director Wei is required. My subordinate repeatedly clarified that only my approval is required for the ‘Heaven’s Hall’ program. He even provided my signed application to them and sent a digital copy. But they still refused outright, saying that in this company, it’s Director Wei’s word that counts!”

Wei Cheng’s expression turned extremely unpleasant.

He scrutinized the chat record in the document, as well as the many places that Yin Qin had highlighted in red.

“Director Wei, was the message not passed down due to your busy schedule, or was your promise to give me full authority just a way to appease me?! Wasn’t my five percent stake in the company swallowed up by you for nothing then?” Yin Qin retorted, his mockery of Wei Cheng’s cunning and deceit clear in his every word.

Wei Cheng, in front of all these directors, lost his patience for a moment as he said, “I did not know of this matter! No one reported it to me.”

“So Director Wei thinks I’m framing him? Shall I call the person involved here for a confrontation?!”

“Don’t capitalize on your advantages ruthlessly! When did I ever say you were setting me up? I merely said that I had no knowledge of this incident, and it’s most likely that someone from the lower management took matters into their own hands! Besides, as someone managing so many people in the company, how am I expected to control the actions of a department manager! It’s a joke!”

“Hasn’t Director Wei always said that he’s deeply involved at the grassroot level? Once you go deep into the grassroot level, shouldn’t you be involved in the grassroots bureaucracy?”

“Yin Qin!”

“Please call me Chairman.”

“Enough! Don’t misuse your authority. I will investigate this matter thoroughly.”

“Accountability is a matter for later,” Yin Qin said, “My project is pressed for time. I need a clear answer from Director Wei, whether I can approve of matters concerning the ‘Heaven’s Hall’ project without Director Wei’s agreement in the future?!”

Wei Cheng glared coldly back at Yin Qin.

Yin Qin said, “Or else, I might as well give you my five percent stake straight away and readily accept the title of the big fool.”

“Stop sneering here, I stand by my words.”

“Let me clarify once more, anything related to the ‘Heaven’s Hall’ program, be it external promotion or internal personnel scheduling, will only require my approval.”

“Yes.”

“Alright then.” Yin Qin stretched out his hand.

Wu Meili promptly handed him a red-topped document.

He passed the document to Wei Cheng, “Given that many from the lower management might not receive the notice, which might affect the progress of my project, I request Director Wei to sign it and let it be known.”

Wei Cheng coldly glared at Yin Qin.

Yin Qin didn’t care.

Wei Cheng looked at the content of the document, angrily signed his name, and threw it at Yin Qin.

Yin Qin took it and passed it to Wu Meili, “Give the photocopy to the Secretary of the General Affairs Department and have it distributed. Send it to everyone in the company and CC the sitting directors.”

“Yes.” Wu Meili answered respectfully.

Yin Qin stood up, “The meeting ends here, sorry to have taken up everyone’s time.”

With that, he turned around and left.

Due to Wei Cheng’s dark expression that day, none of the other directors dared to depart.

A somewhat tense atmosphere.

Zhang Qiang tried to lighten the mood, “Don’t take Yin Qin too seriously, he’s just a typical case of wielding little power like a big authority. He won’t be able to achieve much.”

“I never took him seriously.” Wei Cheng said bitterly.

Let him dig his own grave.

However, Yin Qin’s seemingly carefree attitude today did drum up his heartbeat a little.

The man seemed to have made progress since their last encounter.

But on a second thought,

Maybe this had just been a coincidence, a lucky strike. He still appeared like a notorious spendthrift to Wei.

He simply waited for Yin Qin to lose his stake in the company!

Of course, Yin Qin wouldn’t be so foolish as to really give up his stake. He was well aware that once lost, the stake couldn’t be bought back with just money.

He also knew exactly what Wei Cheng was up to.

Back in his office, he eyed the list in his hand. A list... he considered incredibly costly. He picked up the phone and dialed a number.

The other side picked up, “Hello.”

“Xin Zaozao, this is Yin Qin.”