CH 4

Chapter 4 – Jingxi’s Madam

Edited by CxZ

Yuan Zhanqi did not cry, nor did he have a face of compromise; this caused Yan Jingxi to be genuinely stunned for a moment, which can be said to be unusual.

In his memory, Yuan Zhanqi, who had been married to him for three years, had always been a submissive person who often spoke softly. Even if he was angry, he would never shout in front of him. That is to say, Yan Jingxi had never seen this Yuan Zhanqi who was angry with him.

Of course, Yan Jingxi didn’t know that Yuan Zhan, who stood in front of him, almost laughed out loud.

Before Yan Jingxi could react, Yuan Zhan, using his intelligence and wisdom, continued his attack: “Don’t say anything, I’m asking you. Before you even divorce me, you’re already letting the other person take my place? This xiaosan1 of yours is so impatient to want to take my seat?”

1The third party, mistress, someone who is involved in other people’s relationships

This is no longer giving him even a little bit of face.

Yan Jingxi’s complexion began to turn blue. Who didn’t know that Bai Yueguang’s mother was precisely scolded as a xiaosan and that Bai Yueguang was shunned by his half-brothers since childhood because of it?

Turning his mind, Yan Jingxi also thought about what was going on. A parking space….how did he know that it was such a coincidence that Yuan Zhanqi, who would only come to the company less than twice a year, would suddenly come today.

Yan Jingxi almost became angry from shame: “What xiaosan? don’t talk nonsense.” He wanted to maintain the reputation of Bai Yueguang.

A trace of disdain flashed in Yuan Zhan’s eyes: “Since that’s not the case, then don’t cause misunderstandings. He is your ex and he is so sticky with you before we even divorce. Does he even put me in his eyes? He clearly had bad intentions, yet still wants a good reputation?”

Yan Jingxi didn’t know when Yuan Zhanqi became so clever and eloquent.

“Yuan Zhanqi, don’t be so unreasonable and say anything anymore. It’s just a parking spot, I will just let him move the car.” Yan Jingxi, who was originally feeling a little guilty, couldn’t help but remind the other party.

Yuan Zhan sneered: “It’s just a parking spot?”

Yuan Zhan was tired of standing so he directly sat down on the chair, folded his arms on his chest, and looked straight at Yan Jingxi.

Whether Yuan Zhanqi was arrogantly harassing Yan Jingxi or not, he knew very well that Yan Jingxi would definitely compromise today: “Okay, I’ll let the person give you back the parking spot right away.”

He dialed the internal phone line and sent down his message.

Now that Bai Yueguang is in his company, it was not a problem for him to switch to another parking area. Thinking that he will be wrong temporarily, he will make it up to him later and invite him for a good luncheon at noon.

Before he even finished planning in his mind, Yan Jingxi heard Yuan Zhanqi say: “You have to eat with me at noon.”

Yan Jingxi replied: “At noon, I’m–“

Yuan Zhanqi firmly shook the itinerary in his hand, looked down at his watch, and emphatically said: “You have no appointments at noon.”

Yan Jingxi: “……”

It was around ten o’clock when Yuan Zhanqi left home to go to the company. It’s now currently around eleven o’clock and it will be lunchtime in another half an hour.

At this moment, Yan Jingxi had an illusion of being seen through.

He threw down the rollerball pen in his hand, turned around, and went into the bathroom.

Even though he managed to suppress Yan Jingxi in such an imposing manner, Yuan Zhanqi did not feel that happy. The other party simply didn’t react for a short while and nothing more.

Having nothing to do, he began to size up Yan Jingxi’s office.

Bai Yueguang, who had just received a call from Yan Jingxi’s assistant, was nevertheless somewhat puzzled. There was obviously an agreement for him to use the parking space. How come he has to move out of the parking space all of a sudden?

He didn’t understand why Yan Jingxi would make such a decision.

The assistant’s internal phone line came in and Yuan Zhanqi casually answered it.

“President Yan, Mr. Bai is outside, asking you whether or not he can enter.” The assistant outside said.

“No.” Yuan Zhan didn’t plan to have a good relationship with the male protagonist. Since he wanted to complete the task of the original owner, it was impossible to have a good relationship with the other party.

When the assistant heard that it was not Yan Jingxi’s voice, he was also taken back for a bit. He came to a realization that Madam Yan was still inside.

However, Bai Yueguang didn’t listen to the assistant. He broke into the room directly, thinking that Yan Jingxi was angry because he didn’t immediately agree to have lunch with him in the morning; so he wanted to come over and properly explain.

Bai Yueguang rushed in and did not see Yan Jingxi, but saw a person unhurriedly turning his head to look at him.

“You are…?”

The other party was looking at him with a faint smile: “After entering the company, you don’t even know who I am?”

Bai Yueguang was the male protagonist, he was much paler than he had imagined. It was not strange that he could accept ten fiancés. This appearance was not typical, with a pair of red phoenix eyes2, a little smile when looking at people, and his lean figure, just one glance would invoke pity. In addition, his neutral voice with a clear and earnest vitality, paired with a white shirt and jeans which helped promote his fresh and pure image. It was no wonder that the ten fiancés were madly in love with him.

2The inner corners of the eyes are pointed slightly downwards while the outer corners slant upwards. It’s a symbol of beauty and presents a noble air. People with red phoenix eyes are believed to be loyal, righteous, and wise.

On the contrary, Yuan Zhanqi looks overly beautiful, with peach blossom eyes3, curved willow leaf eyebrows4, a narrow waist, and perky butt. No matter how you look at it, the aspects of these two characters, as well as their roles, are entirely different. One was the main protagonist, while the other was merely the cannon fodder.

3Looks like petals of a peach blossom and looks like crescent moons when laughing. People with this type of eyes are seen as alluring, seductive, and affectionate.

Probably every man has a white moonlight in his heart with a white shirt and faded jeans.

Bai Yueguang looked very puzzled and so innocent. He stood at the door and did not come in, nor did he go out.

Yuan Zhan deliberately put pressure on the other party and put forward an imposing aura in the big room.

Bai Yueguang stuttered: “I…”

Yuan Zhan’s performance was unfathomable and his first confrontation with the male protagonist was remarkable.

Bai Yueguang truly did not know Yuan Zhanqi, but Yan Jingxi had informed him that he was married. Therefore Bai Yueguang was not kept in the dark but he knew nothing more about Yuan Zhanqi.

Bai Yueguang straightened out his breathing: “I’m Jingxi’s friend, my surname is Bai.”

Yuan Zhanqi nodded as he responded in an awfully cold tone: “En.”

The confrontation between the two strangers seemed somewhat awkward, but somehow Yan Jingxi has yet to come out from the bathroom.

After Bai Yueguang became aware of Yuan Zhan’s identity, there was a little change in his attitude. He directly entered the office, making it clear that he had previously obtained Yan Jingxi’s tacit approval.

“Is Jingxi away? The assistant said that he was in the office.”

Jingxi, Jingxi, the two were truly close. Yuan Zhanqi wanted to embarrass Bai Yueguang a little: “He is defecating, you may have to wait for him a little longer.”

Bai Moonlight was given a scare by Yuan Zhan’s sudden vulgarity and didn’t know how he should answer.

It just so happens that Yan Jingxi finally came out of the bathroom after washing his hands.

It hasn’t been long but Yuan Zhanqi and Bai Yueguang had unexpectedly already met one another.

Yan Jingxi’s attitude towards Bai Yueguang was gentle: “Xiaoguang5, why did you come up?”

5Adding xiao before someone’s name shows a type of endearment, showing intimacy, that you’re close with the person

Bai Yueguang, who was just shocked by Yuan Zhanqi just a moment ago, looked at Yan Jingxi and became aware that there was a “particular smell” on his body. He hurriedly said: “Oh, I came up to take a look, you’re not mad at me, are you?”

Yan Jingxi was puzzled: “Why would I be angry at you? What’s the matter?”

Bai Yueguang: “It’s all right, what about the parking space issue?”

Yan Jingxi turned his head to look at Yuan Zhanqi but the latter was looking at him with a slight smile. Yan Jingxi’s scalp went numb when he realized Yuan Zhanqi was watching him: “I just learned from the assistant that the parking spot belongs to an important senior in our company, so I will find another one for you later.”

Bai Yueguang knitted his brows in distress and then eventually relaxed: “So it was like this, also are we going to eat lunch together?”

Quite evidently, Bai Yueguang directly regarded Yuan Zhanqi to be transparent, probably because of Yan Jingxi’s attitude or possibly that Yan Jingxi had previously told him the matter between the two of them.

Yuan Zhanqi suddenly called out Yan Jingxi’s name: “It just so happened that I was just mentioning to him what we should eat for lunch, this…how about we all eat together?”

Yan Jingxi felt sour because of Yuan Zhanqi, thinking of their unfinished divorce process: “……”

Bai Yueguang was choked up by Yuan Zhanqi and said: “No thank you, I still have work to do so I will go down first.”

Yan Jingxi did not dare to stop Bai Yueguang from leaving but contrary to what one would expect, Yuan Zhanqi was the one to stop him before he left: “Wait a minute, which department do you belong to?”

Bai Yueguang was taken aback and then replied: “I’m in the live game broadcasting center.”

Yuan Zhanqi nodded, waved for him to leave, and replied: “Okay.”

Being driven away like a subordinate, Bai Yueguang’s face was slightly stiff: “……” In his mind, he was wondering why Jingxi wasn’t saying anything to Yuan Zhanqi.

Once Bai Yueguang left, Yuan Zhanqi found a manager’s number in the phone directory and dialed with Yan Jingxi’s landline.

Don’t think that he won’t know who his subordinates are just because he doesn’t go to work. Yuan Zhan never fought battles unprepared.

He got through to the assistant manager on the phone in front of Yan Jingxi.

Assistant Manager Liu: “P-President Yan?”

Yuan Zhanqi paid no attention to the fact that he called out to the wrong person and asked frankly: “Is Bai Yueguang your subordinate?”

Assistant Manager: “Yes, yes that’s right.” At the same time, he was thinking about President Yan’s voice, wondering why it sounded different than usual and if he had caught a cold.

Yuan Zhanqi continued on: “He left his post while he was at work.”

Assistant Manager Liu was perplexed: “Huh?” That’s not right. It was President Yan who introduced him, so why should he deal with it? “You are not President Yan?”

Yuan Zhanqi casually replied: “Oh, I’m Madam Yan.”

Assistant Manager Liu was dumbfounded: “……” This was a fight between the gods while the mortals has to suffer from the calamity?

Before Assistant Manager Liu was able to wipe the sweat on his forehead and asked how he should handle the issue, the phone hung up.

Yan Jingxi finally spoke up: “Yuan Zhanqi, that’s enough for you.”

Yuan Zhanqi gave out a contemptuous smile: “What, feeling distressed for your little lover?”

Yan Jingxi: “He is not my little lover, don’t talk nonsense.”

Yuan Zhanqi suddenly sneered at him and with a bit of a cold smiling expression, strikes back, “That’s the future Madam Yan who is about to take my position.”

Yan Jingxi’s face was so choked up by Yuan Zhan that his complexion became extremely ugly: “Yuan Zhanqi! What do you want?”

Yuan Zhanqi looked down at his watch: “Not much, I’m hungry. Let’s eat.” After he finished talking, without even looking at Yan Jingxi, he directly went to grab the backpack he had previously thrown on the table a moment ago and proceeded to leave.

Yan Jingxi, who couldn’t understand what Yuan Zhanqi was thinking now, took a deep breath, picked up his coat, wallet, cell phone, and followed after.

Today’s patience is for tomorrow’s divorce.

The assistant sitting in front of the office looked as if he had seen a ghost.

President Yan unexpectedly strode behind his wife, a scene he hadn’t seen for hundreds of years.

Yan Jingxi acted as a driver for Yuan Zhanqi and drove to a Chinese restaurant opened by a friend and was not far from the company. He had always wanted to take Bai Yueguang there, but he did not expect that he would be bringing Yuan Zhanqi instead.

His friend was also a brainless person, hadn’t seen Yan Jingxi bring Yuan Zhanqi along, and didn’t really take a close look at the person, only thought that the other person was Bai Yueguang.

“Jingxi, you’ve brought Xiaoguang out for a meal?”

Yan Jingxi almost wanted to take out his phone and stuff it in his mouth.

On the contrary, Yuan Zhanqi smiled and looked at Yan Jingxi with a twinkle in his eye6.

6Facial expression that denotes happiness, amusement, or knowledge of a secret. In this case, the second or third would fit YZ’s situation.

“What does Xiaoguang like to eat?” Seeing that the other party didn’t respond, he finally looked up at the person and gave out a hollow laugh: “Haha.”

Yan Jingxi said in a low voice: “You shut up, leave the menu behind and we will order by ourselves.”

His friend gave an awkward smile and exited the scene. He thoughtfully closed the door, and after coming out, went to send Bai Yueguang a message on WeChat, particularly to gossip.

“Xiaoguang, Yan Jingxi is out having a meal with a handsome guy with a fair complexion and a top-notch figure. You’re not even keeping an eye on him!”

Bai Yueguang, who had just been admonished by the leader, replied, “That’s Jingxi’s madam.”

Yan Jingxi’s friend: “……”