Huh? Isn't This A Galgame?-Chapter 115 - 112: Who is the Target of the Strategy?

This single sentence immediately cooled down the sticky and hot atmosphere inside the car.

The lazy expression that had appeared on Yang Jingyuan’s face after the event dissipated instantly, replaced with a suspicious look.

She stared at Wen Nan’s face, lightly raising her delicate eyebrows, and asked, "...What secret files? I don’t understand what you’re talking about."

Wen Nan shook his head with a smile, "The things stored in that secret lab, do you really not know about them, sister?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Jingyuan realized that continuing to feign ignorance was meaningless. She withdrew her feet from in front of Wen Nan, propped herself up with her arms, and sat up from the seat, her bare legs crossed, her eyes full of scrutiny and suspicion.

"Are you working for Guan Ailin?"

9527: [Attention, the target ’wealthy lady seeking surrogacy,’ current affection level decreased to: 88%.]

Wen Nan’s face still carried a slight smile, "She is my boss. I am a legitimate employee with a three-year labor contract at the Erin Group."

Yang Jingyuan furrowed her brow slightly, "You know that’s not what I meant."

Recalling her meeting with this handsome young man the day before, Yang Jingyuan’s face grew even darker,

"Yesterday morning, was that so-called encounter arranged in advance by Guan Ailin? She knew I liked your type, so she deliberately made you appear there to catch my attention, then to do this kind of thing with me?"

In just a few seconds, Wen Nan was smeared as a male gigolo with a spy identity...

This ability to jump to conclusions is just like her CEO cousin.

Wen Nan chuckled softly and said openly, "Not everyone is as astute and perceptive as you, sister."

This was just a high EQ way of saying it, and Yang Jingyuan understood that the other side was subtly mocking her for being scheming and liking to play tricks.

She wasn’t angry though, as this was indeed the truth.

Moreover, understanding her cousin Guan Ailin so well, Yang Jingyuan admitted that the man in front of her was right. Although Guan Ailin understood markets and products, she was too naïve to understand the complexities of human nature and would never play tricks in secret.

Deliberately staging a show and sending such a handsome man over to seduce Yang Jingyuan was something Guan Ailin wouldn’t do.

Thinking of this, Yang Jingyuan’s previously guarded expression relaxed considerably. She lowered her eyelids and asked quietly, "What do you want to talk about? The key or the file? Did Zhang Beibei tell you about this?"

Wen Nan didn’t follow her lead but shook his head and said, "I want to know why you’re doing this. What benefit is there for you in stealing Erin Group’s secret files?"

Yang Jingyuan laughed, "Must there be a benefit to act? Stirring things up in secret, making it uneasy here, watching Guan Ailin get angry and helpless, isn’t it quite amusing? Don’t you think, brother?"

Wen Nan smiled without saying a word.

In the past, Wen Nan might have really believed that Yang Jingyuan was just someone who didn’t have much of a moral compass and liked to have fun.

However, at this moment, Wen Nan silently activated the system in his mind.

9527: [Your skill Mind Reading Technique is in effect, the item ’Tears of the Flower’ has been applied, total duration effective: 30 minutes.] ƒrēenovelkiss.com

The moment Mind Reading Technique took effect, a female voice immediately sounded in his mind.

Unlike Guan Ailin’s contrastingly soft female voice, Yang Jingyuan’s inner voice was almost identical to her attitude and tone when she spoke—

’Hmph! I can’t be bothered to get involved in Erin Group’s mess.’

’If it weren’t for Uncle Guan asking me to help, I’d continue my leisurely and carefree life without a care.’

’If it had been my parents who asked me to step in, I might not have agreed, but Uncle Guan took good care of me since I was little. When my father was in trouble, it was Uncle Guan who helped my family out, and we got through a tough time because of him. I owe him.’

Following the other person’s thoughts, Wen Nan asked:

"Is it because of Guan Ailin’s father, doing someone’s bidding?"

Upon hearing this, the calm and easy smile on Yang Jingyuan’s face vanished, and her voice turned somewhat cold,

"You’ve investigated our family affairs quite thoroughly, haven’t you, brother?"

Wen Nan didn’t respond, continuing to ask, "Why did President Guan ask you to target his own daughter?"

"Don’t ask what you shouldn’t. Curiosity killed the cat." Yang Jingyuan said as she moved towards Wen Nan, her slightly cold and moist hand reaching down, "If you have so much energy, why not go again?"

Wen Nan was unmoved, lifting his hand to press her wrist down, stopping her from causing trouble.

It wasn’t that Wen Nan was such a gentleman, nor that he was incapable, but seeing that the Mind Reading Technique meter was halfway, he didn’t have much time left. If they did that again, all he would get from the Mind Reading Technique would be Yang Jingyuan’s cerebral euphoria.

Soon, the female voice sounded again in his mind—

’If Uncle Guan himself takes action against Erin Group, what else could it be for?’

’Hmph! It’s obviously to force Erin into a corner so that she’s compelled to return to the Guan Family to take over the family business.’

Wen Nan was taken aback, suddenly remembering the saying—if you can’t make a name for yourself, you can always go home and inherit billions.

He couldn’t help but complain internally, he didn’t understand the troubles of rich people.

’The Guan Family’s business is more than twenty times the size of this small Erin Group. Uncle Guan is old and has no successor; wanting Erin to return is understandable.’

’Erin has some leadership skills, but using them in her own Erin Group is completely meaningless. Such a small and playful company, what development prospects does it have?’

’Uncle Guan is thinking about her well-being and her future, but she’s breaking ties with him, which is truly ungrateful...’

Hearing this, Wen Nan couldn’t help but retort, "Losing the right to choose your own life, living like a puppet controlled by parents, within a pre-arranged world, is that ’good’?

"Struggling for one’s dreams, striving to live the life one wants, is that ’ungrateful’?

"Sister, if you really think this way, why, when Uncle Yang was seriously ill and hospitalized and wanted you to quickly start a family, did you choose to go against it?

"You yourself are constantly opposing, yet you mock your cousin’s resistance as ungrateful?"

Wen Nan’s voice wasn’t loud, yet it was deafening to Yang Jingyuan.

She had been spoiled and self-centered since childhood, and now, as an adult, no one could control her.

No one had ever...spoken to her like this before.

She suddenly realized that she had unknowingly become the person she despised the most...

While Yang Jingyuan was in a daze, Wen Nan continued,

"If you really think Erin’s resistance is ungrateful, then I admire her ’ungratefulness’."

9527: [Congratulations, target ’wealthy lady seeking surrogacy,’ current affection level increased to: 91%.]

Wen Nan was momentarily stunned.

He had prepared himself mentally for a decrease in affection, yet it not only didn’t decrease but increased instead?

It seems that his words really got to Yang Jingyuan?

Just as he was thinking, a new notification sounded in his mind—

9527: [Congratulations, target ’extravagantly cool yet soft-hearted female president,’ current affection level increased to: 65%.]

Wen Nan: ?

Why did Guan Ailin’s affection suddenly surge by 30%?!