After Transmigrating, I Married the Male Lead’s Sister (GL) - Chapter 22

Early Monday morning, the sky was bright. Li Suimei groggily turned off the last alarm and struggled to get out of bed. She was becoming lazier and lazier. Living alone was easy and carefree. She used to have insomnia, but last night she slept soundly without a single dream.

If she could change the plot, it would be great if she could enjoy the life of a wealthy young lady, traveling and shopping every day, and buying whatever she wanted whenever she was happy or angry, without having to get engaged to Qin Zhan.

As much as she wanted that, Li Suimei slumped her shoulders and forced herself to put on a stunning makeup. She still had a role to play today. After all, she had to put on a good act!

She cheered up and her face cleared up. She looked so bright and beautiful that she could have walked the red carpet.

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Qin Zhan and Gu Linxi returned to the company, both with dark circles under their eyes from working overtime. To make up for the loss of the project, Qin Zhan led a team overseas and spent less than four days negotiating a new project with the project manager, successfully winning the project while developing a subtle revolutionary friendship with Gu Linxi, who had been by his side unwaveringly.

Upon returning from his business trip, the first thing Qin Zhan did was to gather all department heads for a meeting.

With dark circles under her eyes, Gu Linxi glanced at the window seat. A beautiful girl was sitting there. She smiled lightly and touched the hair tie at the back of her head. Her hair had been down during the night shift, and Qin Zhan had combed it for her. At that moment, the atmosphere was ambiguous, and the air was filled with a flirtatious vibe. She knew that this feeling was wrong, but feelings were inexplicable. Gu Linxi returned to her desk with her coffee cup.

“Hey! You, get me a cup of coffee!” Li Suimei casually called out after glancing at Gu Linxi.

Gu Linxi frowned.

“This dress? Qin Zhan gave it to me when he was eighteen. Isn’t it beautiful?”

Li Suimei was chatting with someone, her voice as clear and sweet as a silver bell.

Several people surrounded Li Suimei, eager to see the drama unfold.

“Oh, he’s given me a lot of gifts.”

Gu Linxi walked over, took Li Suimei’s coffee cup, and turned to the tea room. There was a mirror in the tea room, reflecting her haggard face. Her heart was heavy, and her eyes were covered in a thick fog. She didn’t have the clear and bright eyes that Li Suimei had.

Gu Linxi took a lipstick from her bag, twisted it open, and applied it. She admired herself in the mirror before going to get coffee for Li Suimei. The coffee in the tea room had an adjustable temperature, and she directly poured a scalding hot cup.

On the way back, Li Suimei’s laughter became even more irritating.

“Mr. Qin just won a big project! Amazing, both of you are so talented! You’re a perfect match!”

Someone asked, “So when are you and Mr. Qin getting engaged?”

“Oh,” Li Suimei smiled coquettishly, “Soon, very soon. I’ll treat you all to drinks then!”

Gu Linxi walked over, “Here’s your coffee.”

The edge of the cup was scalding hot. Li Suimei held it as if she were holding a hot iron. She opened her mouth, “It’s a bit hot, can you take it for me?”

Gu Linxi pursed her lips and took it. When Li Suimei handed it to her, she loosened her fingers, and the coffee cup tilted, spilling the coffee all over!

“Sizzle—” The scalding coffee spilled onto her skirt, “It’s so hot!”

The HR manager was startled, “Gu Linxi, are you okay!?”

The scene immediately became chaotic. The door to the conference room was pushed open, and the people in the meeting came out one after another. Qin Zhan walked in the front, reporting work to Qin Qing in a low voice as he walked towards his office.

“Slap!”

Everyone’s eyes were drawn to this side.

Li Suimei slapped her stinging hand, sneered, “You gave me scalding hot coffee? If I hadn’t been quick, would this coffee have been spilled on me?”

The HR manager looked at the spilled coffee, which was still steaming. In the hot summer, drinking such scalding hot beverages was indeed…

It was so painful, her back of the hand was burning badly, and her clothes were completely ruined. Gu Linxi looked even more haggard. She gritted her teeth and managed to stand straight, maintaining her composure, “…I’m sorry.”

Li Suimei sneered, pulled the part of her clothes that was stained with coffee, and the front of her chest, and coldly pulled away from Gu Linxi’s hand, “This dress, can you afford it?”

“I’m sorry.”

Li Suimei pulled back her chair and stood up to face Gu Linxi, “You should apologize! Gu Linxi, I’m going to make you pay for what you did to me!”

Gu Linxi looked at her, “I don’t know what you mean?”

“Oh, it doesn’t matter. I don’t need a reason to mess with you,” Li Suimei said casually. The HR manager and a few employees were watching, looking at Li Suimei. They thought she was really arrogant and unreasonable.

Gu Linxi frowned, “How much is the dress? I’ll pay you for it.”

Li Suimei tilted her head and smiled innocently, “Do you think I need the money? Just go buy one, it’s not difficult.”

Gu Linxi bit her lip. Li Suimei patted her shoulder generously, “Gu Linxi, it’s not difficult to buy clothes, you do it!”

The HR manager was astonished. Asking Gu Linxi to buy clothes? Gu Linxi herself wore cheap street clothes that cost only a few dozen yuan. Where could she buy clothes?

The male lead will help you, Li Suimei curled her lips, watching Qin Zhan stride over and grab Gu Linxi’s wrist!

The burn was serious, and Gu Linxi’s back of her hand was covered in blisters of various sizes!

Qin Zhan was furious, “Li Suimei! Can you be more mature!”

Li Suimei’s face turned pale, “Qin Zhan, are you yelling at me?”

There were whispers around, “Even the original wife can’t beat the mistress.”

“Tsk tsk, Gu Linxi looks like this…”

Gu Linxi was stung by their words and pulled her wrist away from Qin Zhan’s grip, “Mr. Qin…”

Li Suimei shouted, “Mistress!”

Qin Zhan, “Li Suimei, you—”

He raised his hand, about to strike!

Li Suimei suppressed the sweetness rising in her chest. Here it comes! Unfortunately, she didn’t want to take this slap today!

Li Suimei dodged, and at the same time, Qin Zhan’s descending hand was suddenly intercepted mid-air!

“Huaizhan!” Qin Qing’s voice was filled with anger.

In an instant, Li Suimei raised her hand and slapped Qin Zhan on the left side!

She used all her strength, and her small hand left a palm print on Qin Zhan’s tender cheek!

You two, one slap each, just as compensation for the original character!

Gu Linxi was stunned.

Li Suimei laughed angrily, “My head is really green and shiny!”

Qin Zhan’s face suddenly turned dark.

A bit of red oozed from the corner of Li Suimei’s mouth. She couldn’t do it! She couldn’t just accept her fate! She couldn’t let a fictional book control her life!

Gu Linxi brought out a scalding hot cup of coffee. In the original story, not a single drop of this coffee was spilled on the original character. How miserable was the original character?

Qin Zhan smiled bitterly.

Li Suimei laughed, “You don’t feel bad? Look at her hands, they’re full of blisters. Maybe she’ll have scars.”

Qin Zhan left in a hurry with his people to treat the wound, and Zhou Kai drove away a bunch of people who were trying to watch the show.

Qin Qing said, “Having fun?”

Li Suimei pulled at the corner of her mouth and took a step back to a safe distance, “I hit your brother, so scold me if you want! If you hit me, I’ll run!”

Qin Qing smiled, “Your skirt is dirty, let’s go.”

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So she wasn’t going to hit her? And she wasn’t going to scold her either?

Is Qin Qing’s character OOC (out of character)?!!