After Transmigrating, I Married the Male Lead’s Sister (GL) - Chapter 31
The bedroom curtains opened automatically at the set time, and sunlight streamed through the glass window onto the bed where a girl in a suspender nightgown was lying. The straps of the nightgown had slipped off her shoulders, revealing a large expanse of delicate collarbone connected to the rounded curves that rose and fell with her breath. Li Suimei was sleeping soundly, her blanket kicked to the foot of the bed, and the hem of her nightgown was flipped up, revealing her two white legs.
Li Suimei woke up groggily. She got out of bed barefoot and wandered into the dressing room, half-asleep. As she rummaged for clothes, she glanced at the floor-to-ceiling antique clock on the side. It was already noon. Only then did she remember that Qin Qing had said last night that she didn’t have to go to the company, so she had specifically changed the timing of the automatic curtains before going to bed.
She hadn’t had a good rest since returning from the fashion show. Li Suimei was hesitating whether to change back into her dress and take a nap when Fu Yanxiao’s call came in.
“There’s a party. Are you coming?”
Li Suimei yawned, covering her mouth, “What kind of party? Who organized it?”
“I heard that a few celebrities are coming. I don’t know who organized it. I just woke up and saw everyone posting about it on their Moments. How could I miss this kind of occasion?” Fu Yanxiao was very fond of such gatherings.
Li Suimei: “Who are the celebrities?”
“Zhang Yue, Lu Hua, and a few others I don’t know. Are you coming or not? Don’t dilly-dally!”
“Okay, send me the time and place.”
“Alright.”
Li Suimei grabbed whatever she could from the closet and put on a lace sunscreen shirt. Since it was a dinner party again, she took a red jade hairpin and pinned her black hair behind her head, looking fresh and yet solemn.
Her hair was fluffy and soft, piled up behind her head. After smoothing down the stray hairs on top of her head, her cheeks were plump and rosy. It was no wonder that she could go out without makeup.
Li Suimei applied a lip tint. She had an M-shaped lip, and after applying the lip gloss, her lips were rosy. Looking at herself in the mirror, even she couldn’t help but wonder what it would feel like to kiss such plump lips.
Since she was going to the party at night, Li Suimei decided to take some time to go to the company during the day and fulfill her duty as a female supporting character.
As soon as Li Suimei arrived at the company, she caused a stir. As soon as the driver parked the car in front of the building, the group chat immediately started buzzing with news of Li Suimei’s arrival.
[Going upstairs now!]
[Here we go! What is Miss Li wearing today?]
The employees of the Qin Corporation enjoyed high salaries and benefits, and they were quite knowledgeable about luxury goods. It was just that their information was a bit behind, and the hot searches were removed quickly. It wasn’t until the company spread the news that Li Suimei was the winner of this year’s Victoria Award that a trend of imitation swept through the company!
[I didn’t recognize the clothes, but the bag is the Mg limited edition! It costs over six figures on the market. Pay attention! This is something you can’t buy even if you have money!]
[One bag is worth my annual salary!]
[What about the shoes? What about the accessories and lipstick?]
[You women are so strange! You hated her a few days ago, but now that she has won an award, you’re starting to imitate her outfits?]
[I see that more than half of the female employees in the company are wearing white today!]
[Why only women? I see that the gay guys on the 12th floor are either wearing white clothes or white pants, and some are even wearing white belts! Don’t blame each other!]
The group chat was buzzing with discussions about Li Suimei’s outfit, and the messages were scrolling so fast that a new member’s group announcement was quickly buried.
[Um, who are you talking about? Is it the fiancee of Mr. Qin?]
[Didn’t she think she wouldn’t have to come to work after winning the award?]
[Um, although… but isn’t it inappropriate to say that?] Someone in the group hinted vaguely.
“What’s wrong with that?” In the designer’s office upstairs, a round-faced girl with glasses was arguing for Gu Linxi, “You see, I just said something casually, and so many people attacked me? Is that fair?”
Gu Linxi shook her head helplessly, “Don’t say anything else in there. We can’t afford to offend people like that.”
“Why not? I’ll do it anyway!” The round-faced girl typed angrily.
[What’s her status? She’s absent from work for half a day and you still dare to say anything about her?!]
[Is she a new employee, in which department?]
Gu Linxi clearly saw these two messages as well and quickly reached out to stop Gu Linyu from typing on the keyboard, “Don’t say anything stupid!”
“Why not? You and my brother-in-law were in love with each other! She’s just—”
Ding dong, the elevator door opened, and Gu Linxi scolded Gu Linyu to shut up.
Li Suimei walked in with a bag in her hand, followed by a driver carrying her large and small bags. She blinked and looked intently at the round-faced girl beside Gu Linxi, her gaze falling on the girl’s complex expression of jealousy and envy. Li Suimei chuckled.
“You look quite similar to her. Why are you scolding your sister in the office?” Li Suimei said with a smile. After seeing what Gu Linyu looked like, she was quite disappointed.
The round-faced girl was the younger sister of the original novel’s female lead. When the girl was stealing her older sister Gu Linxi’s pocket money, she discovered a photo of Gu Linxi and Qin Zhan hidden in her wallet.
Gu Linyu used the photo to blackmail Gu Linxi for a lot of pocket money, and eventually became even more demanding, threatening to tell her parents and relatives about Gu Linxi’s shameless act of flirting with someone else’s fiancee if Qin Zhan didn’t give her a job.
The female lead was forced to agree, although she didn’t have a physical relationship with Qin Zhan, she did like him, and out of guilt, she couldn’t bear to be honest. So she asked Qin Zhan.
Of course, the male protagonist agreed immediately.
Gu Linyu was very proud of herself. Since joining the company, she had been calling Qin Zhan her brother-in-law openly and secretly, causing a lot of trouble for Gu Linxi. She was another villainous cannon fodder in the book.
“Bringing your family along? That’s really…” Li Suimei pursed her lips, “Shameless.”
Gu Linxi was slightly surprised, “You investigated me?”
Li Suimei shrugged and didn’t deny it.
Gu Linxi’s face immediately turned red, and she quickly explained, “My sister is still young, and she’s alone in City W…”
“Don’t bother,” Li Suimei interrupted her and took out a receipt from her bag, “This is the receipt for the suit you tore. Are you going to pay for it or give me a new dress?”
Gu Linxi took the receipt and turned pale when she saw the amount!
Gu Linyu tiptoed to look, and when she saw it, she also widened her eyes, “160,000! What kind of dress costs 160,000!? This receipt must be fake!”
She reached out to grab the receipt, but Li Suimei snatched it away first.
Li Suimei: “What? Trying to destroy the evidence?”
Gu Linyu turned black and was arguing when the door to the conference room was pushed open. David walked out with his people, and when he saw Li Suimei in the office, he happily threw away his paper and pen and walked over, “Hey, sweetheart!”
“David.” Li Suimei nodded.
David came over to hug her, and Li Suimei smiled and stepped back two steps.
She was wearing a gradient white and red suspender dress today. The skirt was designed with pleated ruffles, piled up on the skirt like blooming flowers, and the waist design gently tied her waist into a bunch, making her look delicate and lovely. She was wearing a pair of crimson diamond-studded loafers, and in front of David, who was nearly six feet tall and muscular, Li Suimei looked as delicate and beautiful as a thumb princess.
No matter the occasion, Li Suimei always drew everyone’s attention as soon as she appeared.
Gu Linxi’s gaze was complex. She cleared her throat, and David, noticing her, looked at the little girl behind Gu Linxi and asked, “Gu, is this your sister?”
Gu Linxi nodded, “Thank you for arranging this.”
“No problem,” David spread his hands, “She’s just an intern.”
Gu Linxi smiled softly and reached out to ruffle Gu Linyu’s head. Gu Linyu pouted and slapped Gu Linxi’s hand away.
Li Suimei watched for a while, quickly losing interest in this little supporting character who was even more cannon fodder than her. She had other things to do. As long as she cooperated with the plot of the book periodically, she would be fine with causing trouble for the female lead.
“David, I’m looking for Qin Zhan. Is he around?” Li Suimei asked.
“Zhan is…”
“You vixen! What are you looking for my brother-in-law for?”
There was a moment of silence.
Gu Linxi was the first to react. She raised her hand and slapped Gu Linyu’s right cheek!
“Xiaoyu! Don’t talk nonsense!”
Gu Linyu instinctively wanted to retort, but immediately received another slap on the left cheek!
Gu Linxi turned pale and apologized, “Ms. Li, my sister is being rude. Please don’t be angry.”
Gu Linyu was still shouting, “Gu Linxi! How dare you hit me?”
Li Suimei blinked and said, “Why should I be angry? It’s not me who’s embarrassing myself. I’d rather my hand hurt if I hit you.”
Gu Linxi felt like she had punched cotton. Li Suimei was smarter than she thought. With her fiancee having a mysterious ambiguous relationship and being said such things in public, anyone else would have been furious.
In this situation, Li Suimei slapping Linyu a few times was the best thing.
After all, Gu Linxi slapping her sister was to educate her sister, but Li Suimei slapping her was out of jealousy and lost her composure.
Li Suimei smiled, “What’s wrong? Are you disappointed? You’ve hit both sides of your face. As an older sister, why don’t I hit you?”
Gu Linxi was speechless.
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After the formalities were over, Li Suimei avoided the curious gazes and took the elevator to the 18th floor.
She carried a full bag and pushed open the door of the president’s office, glancing nervously at the assistant’s office. There were only one or two people working inside.
Li Suimei breathed a sigh of relief. This was the third time she had come to the president’s office, and she was still a little nervous. She hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether to enter or not, when a tall female assistant came out of Qin Qing’s office.
“Miss Li, the president asked you to go back and rest.”
Li Suimei looked up at the surveillance camera in the corner.
In the office, Qin Qing looked at Li Suimei through the monitor and tapped her fingers.
“I brought some snacks for Sister Qin Qing. Thank you for sending me home last night, and this too.” Li Suimei took out another bag from behind. Inside was the clothes Qin Qing had lent her last night.
It was so awkward returning the clothes last time. This time, it’s finally legitimate.
Li Suimei coughed lightly, her voice, transmitted through the machine, sounded even softer and more tender in Qin Qing’s ears. She gave the assistant a sweet smile, “Can you give this to the President for me?”
The assistant, a strong woman, couldn’t help but soften her heart at Li Suimei’s smile.
Not only men, but many girls couldn’t resist a girl like Li Suimei.
The assistant was about to agree when Qin Qing, holding a pen, said, “Don’t bring anything in.”
“Okay… okay, it’s itchy…” The assistant adjusted the Bluetooth headset in her ear and awkwardly changed the subject, “My ear is itchy… The President doesn’t like snacks.”
Li Suimei nodded in understanding. If only Qin Qing were that easy to deal with, “Then you guys can eat it. Remember to return the clothes to her.”
Qin Qing quickly said, “I don’t want the clothes either.”
Li Suimei handed the bag and the box of snacks to the assistant. She turned around and left.
Qin Qing watched her receding figure on the monitor and pursed her lips. When the person was gone, she was about to turn off the monitor when she saw the assistant happily carrying the food towards the assistant’s office.
“What are you doing?” Qin Qing’s cold voice came through the Bluetooth headset.
Qin Qing: “Bring the snacks in.”
The assistant was startled and a little disappointed. She had thought she could have a feast. Pushing open Qin Qing’s office, the assistant placed the snacks on the wooden round table beside the sofa.
After putting down the snacks, she saw a trash can beside the sofa and was about to throw the bag of clothes into the trash can, but suddenly heard Qin Qing’s low voice, “Stop!”
The assistant’s back felt cold for a moment, “…President Qin, do you still want the clothes?”
Qin Qing was a clean freak. The assistant had been with her for several years and knew that she didn’t allow others to touch her personal belongings. Of course, she wouldn’t want the clothes that Li Suimei had worn. She hadn’t noticed last time, and she was scolded afterwards. Why…
Qin Qing’s face darkened, “Put it there, and you can go out.”
The assistant glanced at her and left with the things.
When she was gone, Qin Qing walked out from behind her desk. She first opened the exquisitely packaged food box, picked up a piece of snack and took two bites, her brows relaxing. Then she opened the paper bag containing the clothes.
The bottom of the paper bag seemed to have a problem. When she lifted it, the bottom fell open, and a coat and a thin, sealed envelope fell out.
Qin Qing squatted down and stared at the envelope on the floor for a long time, her gaze so intense that it seemed like she could burn a hole through the floor.
Author’s note:
I’m late. Guess what Sister Qin is thinking?