He is Lovestruck in the Revenge-Chapter 187 - 180 Avoid smoking alcohol and intense exercise

Chapter 187: 180: Avoid smoking, alcohol, and intense exercise (first watch of the night)

Chapter 187: 180: Avoid smoking, alcohol, and intense exercise (first watch of the night)

On the sixth day of the lunar calendar, Old Lady Zhao celebrated her seventieth birthday. Qin Qi booked the entire Yangguang Building to honor the old lady.

Around seven o’clock, guests started to arrive one after another. Qin Qi called Qin Ke aside in the corridor, having a few words to remind him.

“The upcoming month is critical, you’d better behave and not cause any trouble.”

Qin Ke had a terrible reputation.

Gambling, soliciting prostitutes, drunk driving, dating female students.

“It sounds as if I’m the one who causes all the trouble,” Qin Ke retorted in a sarcastic tone, “As if you haven’t caused any trouble wearing my face.”

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A staff member happened to pass by the corridor at that moment.

Qin Qi warned him with a look, waiting until the person had moved far away, then rebuked in a low voice, “Don’t talk nonsense in public.” he lowered his voice, “I’ve been promoted, and you’ve benefited from it as well.”

“I know, just take care of yourself,” Qin Ke replied.

Dinner started promptly at eight o’clock. Wen Changling arrived at the Yangguang Building around seven twenty. The Yangguang Building was constructed in an ancient style, and although it was not very tall, it had a large courtyard and complex landscaping.

Just as she was about to ask for directions, a lady in a black evening gown with long, curly hair stopped in front of Wen Changling.

“Miss Wen.”

Wen Changling knew her, Dai Qiu, Qin Qi’s secretary, very young but highly educated.

“I am President Qin’s secretary, my surname is Dai. President Qin asked me to come to pick you up.”

Wen Changling nodded slightly: “Thank you.”

Dai Qiu led the way in front, passing through the courtyard into the main building of Yangguang, took the elevator to the fourth floor, turned into the corridor on the left, and continued walking further inside.

The noise of the crowd grew fainter; this was not the way to the banquet hall.

Wen Changling asked, “Where are we going?”

Dai Qiu handed her a room card: “President Qin has prepared a gown for you.”

Wen Changling was quite formally dressed, but because the weather was too cold, she had chosen a more “warm” style, which apparently did not meet this secretary’s expectations.

Wen Changling took the room card.

At seven twenty-eight, the driver dropped Xie Yanli off at the Yangguang Building, accompanied by her stepdaughter Fang Jiyin.

The banquet hall’s decor was very retro, clearly not a gathering for young people, and Fang Jiyin disliked such events, complaining all the way while clinging to Xie Yanli.

“Why did grandfather let you attend this kind of birthday celebration? Qin Qi is just a senior manager at Huaqi Technology,” she grumbled.

At events like these banquets and parties, resources are exchanged. The Xie family was a top-tier clan, and Fang Jiyin, being narrow-minded, felt that there was no need for the Xie family to give so much face to someone who was just an employee.

“What do you know,” Xie Yanli, who immersed herself in investments daily and had a thorough understanding of business dynamics, explained, “The CEO of Huaqi Technology is retiring, and Qin Qi is the most likely successor.”

Huaqi Technology had grown impressively in recent years, ranking among the top of the technology companies.

Fang Jiyin glanced around and saw few familiar faces: “Then why bring me here? I don’t know any of these high executives.”

Xie Yanli handed her coat to the hotel attendant for safekeeping.

“The sons of high executives will be here too. Attending events like this and meeting more people is good for you.” She couldn’t just waste her next generation on Go; Xie Yanli still wanted to help her stepdaughter expand her connections, to have more options when it came to marriage.

“I don’t want to meet them.”

“Are you still thinking about Xie Shang?”

Fang Jiyin remained silent.

“Your grandfather has spoken to me several times, telling us not to bring up the past favors. No one in the Xie Family holds sway over Xie Shang’s decisions, his marriage is up to him, and there’s nothing I can do.”

Xie Yanli did want to marry her stepdaughter to Xie Shang, but the old man protected his grandson, and sharp words were said. If anyone tried to use old favors to gain advantage, they would go their separate ways and never come back to the Xie Family.

Over the years, Xie Yanli’s investments had squandered nearly all the wealth she got from her divorce. She didn’t count on the old man’s fortune, but the Xie Family’s name was still very useful to her.

She persuaded her stepdaughter, “Yingying, let it go.”

Fang Jiyin was stubborn and wouldn’t listen to advice, “My fourth brother has just broken up, who knows what might happen in the future.”

“You’re really pig-headed.”

Fang Jiyin coaxed and tried to appeal to Xie Yanli, “Mom, help me again, please. I don’t like anyone but fourth brother.”

Xie Yanli only had this one stepdaughter, and her future depended on her. Of course, she hoped she would marry well. After some thought, she was a bit unwilling to give up, “Then show some initiative, for heaven’s sake. There’s a saying, ‘The one who is closest to the water tower gets the moon first.’ You grew up around Xie Shang, and you see him once or twice a month at the Xie’s, isn’t that close enough?”

Fang Jiyin used to think the same, ‘The one who is closest to the water tower gets the moon first.’ But in reality, she couldn’t even touch the moon’s shadow.

“My fourth brother isn’t the kind of person who does things carelessly,” she defended her unwillingness to give up.

“That Miss Wen, didn’t she just take a few months to turn your fourth brother’s world upside down?”

Whenever Miss Wen was mentioned, Fang Jiyin felt a deep surge of resentment, “I’m not some vixen.” Who knows what seductive methods Miss Wen used.

Xie Yanli thought her stepdaughter was still too naive, “If you really want something to happen with Xie Shang, you need to be more proactive. He’s a man, after all. All men are the same.”

In this world, there’s no one who truly abstains from worldly desires and lives like a hermit.

Fueled by those words, Fang Jiyin was eager to try, “Really?”

“Try it and you’ll know.”

*****

Wen Changling changed her clothes and came out, not seeing Dai Qiu. Her room was in the middle of the corridor, with identical rooms, doors, and walls on both sides, making it unclear to her whether to go left or right.

Just as she stepped out—

A voice cautioned her, “Left.”

She looked in the direction of the voice and saw the veterinarian, who threw the unlit cigarette he was holding in his mouth into the trash.

Wen Changling walked to the left.

The veterinarian followed behind her, his pace neither fast nor slow, his black suit jacket casually rested on his arm, adding a touch of a carefree look.

“Thank you,” he suddenly said.

Wen Changling turned around.

“I forgot to thank you last time,” he referred to the time at the hospital.

“You’re welcome.”

He strolled leisurely, with her in his line of sight just right.

The skirt was pretty, a light shade of white and pink.

She was beautiful like a weeping begonia, suited for exposing her neck, but he still thought black would suit her better, like a black rose in a no man’s land, more like her.

“The medicine you take is for your heart,” Wen Changling kindly reminded as a healthcare professional, “You should avoid smoking and drinking if you have a heart condition,” and avoid strenuous exercises.

Jiang Chengxue laughed, stepping over her shadow on the ground.

“I had surgery when I was a kid, and I haven’t had any trouble for many years. It was just that once, and you happened to see it.”