The 'Involution King' Second Female Lead Quits [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 27

Chapter 27: The World is Yours to Conquer

◎There’s Always Tomorrow◎

After returning to Haishi from Quanyuan County, the word “worry” seemed to disappear from Shu Heng’s world. Everything went smoothly, whether it was driving her girlfriend to the company or studying under her future mentor.

Especially on her birthday, Shu Heng felt as if she were soaring through the sky, feeling incredibly carefree.

Don’t get the wrong idea. Shu Heng really was in the sky that day, soaring through the clouds and leaving a distinct trail in the blue sky.

Li Jianwei’s and Shu Heng’s birthdays were only two days apart. To have a memorable birthday, Li Jianwei had cleared her schedule early. On Shu Heng’s birthday, she took her to a flight base, intending to fly a plane and take her little girlfriend for a ride.

“When I followed my mom to see the world, I fell in love with the feeling of flying. I got my pilot’s license not long after I became an adult,” Li Jianwei said with a smile, putting the helmet on her little girlfriend’s head and fastening it.

“Sister, you’re so amazing!” Shu Heng’s eyes immediately became starry. “I’ll learn when I have time too!”

“Okay. I’ll teach you when the time comes,” Li Jianwei checked her seatbelt. “I have an instructor’s certificate too.”

Shu Heng was just silly happy, like a bee that had fallen into a honey pot. She felt like she could faint from happiness.

If Shu Heng’s birthday gift was a flight experience card, then on Li Jianwei’s birthday, Shu Heng’s gift was a solid, sensual, and intoxicating experience card.

With the idea of fulfilling her girlfriend’s birthday wish, when Li Jianwei suggested trying some small toys, Shu Heng only hesitated for a second before nodding in agreement.

To let herself relax, Shu Heng also deliberately drank a few more sips of red wine, entering a state of slight tipsiness where her physical senses were amplified.

And then, Shu Heng’s eyes weren’t dry all night, just like another part of her body, which remained in a moist state.

Shu Heng’s rationality told her that she might need to yell for her to stop, as her body might not be able to handle it.

But the physical pleasure and emotional satisfaction made Shu Heng want more, making her yearn for this dual satisfaction of the mind and body.

Shu Heng had never seen Li Jianwei like this before. The possessiveness in her eyes was almost overflowing. Her beautiful almond-shaped eyes only had her in them, and her whole being was being moved by her.

I love this kind of sister. Her eyes and heart only have me.

If only Sister could be like this forever, I’d be willing to fall for her forever.

…

The aftereffects of overindulgence were obvious. The two of them lay in bed until noon, unwilling to move. Even going to the bathroom was a slow, dragged-out process.

When Li Jianwei got up, she was still okay. Her muscles were sore, but she could grit her teeth and maintain a normal walking posture.

Shu Heng was different. When she got out of bed, her legs almost went weak, and she almost knelt on the carpet. After she struggled to get back, she got a little angry and bit Li Jianwei.

“Sister, you were so mean last night!” Shu Heng accused her in a low voice.

“But you didn’t yell for me to stop. I told you, as long as you say ‘stop’ three times in a row, I’ll stop,” Li Jianwei let Shu Heng nibble on her neck.

After eating her fill last night, Li Jianwei’s indulgence toward Shu Heng increased a lot.

Shu Heng couldn’t argue with that, so she could only try her best to leave one obvious mark after another on the perpetrator’s neck and warn her with a straight face, “I’ll only agree to things like what happened yesterday on your birthday, Sister. There’s only one chance a year.”

Li Jianwei raised an eyebrow. Could this kind of thing happen once a year? She thought this kind of indulgence experience card could only be used once since she really bullied her last night.

When she saw that Li Jianwei was silent and didn’t give her an answer, Shu Heng voluntarily backed down and compromised. “Twice a year. No more.”

This weak remark made Li Jianwei laugh. “Okay, you call the shots. Whenever you’re willing, that’s when I’ll start. Is that okay?”

Shu Heng grunted and didn’t say anything. She just kept leaving marks on Li Jianwei, trying to get back at her.

…

While Shu Heng was diligently doing research with Professor Gong Li, Li Jianwei controlled the two pawns, Wang Qian and Young Master Wang, allowing the internal part of Guanglvdong to successfully split into three factions.

There was Wang Yuanfei’s faction, Young CEO Wang’s faction, and CEO Chen’s faction, who had some shareholders’ support.

As her father’s temporary spokesperson, Wang Qian was responsible for controlling the situation. If one side showed a clear disadvantage, she would secretly help them out to maintain the internal chaos.

If a company’s internal conflict was so obvious that even regular employees could easily see it, then the company was not far from falling apart.

And when the faction war reached this point, whether to continue was no longer a personal decision. Even Wang Qian’s father, who had the most shares, couldn’t stop the conflict that had pulled in almost all of the company’s middle and high-level management with a single word.

So, Chairman Wang, who was originally just watching the show, had to personally step in to prevent the situation from getting worse.

Chairman Wang’s appearance made Wang Yuanfei and Young CEO Wang temporarily join forces to kick CEO Chen, the outsider, out. After that, the two of them were both stuck in the vice president position and started a battle for the final CEO position.

Perhaps it was because the three of them were too confident, but when Wang Yuanfei and Young CEO Wang couldn’t agree, Wang Qian was nominated as the CEO as a compromise.

When she saw the public personnel appointment for Guanglvdong, Li Jianwei’s action of clicking the mouse paused for a moment, and she even couldn’t help but self-reflect.

Why do they think Wang Qian won’t become ambitious for power? Is it because she’s a woman, or because Wang Qian’s disguise is too good?

My actions of directing Wang Qian behind the scenes weren’t particularly secretive. As long as they investigated some of Wang Qian’s actions, it wouldn’t be difficult to deduce that I was the one stirring up trouble behind the scenes.

But what was the result? Not only did they not find me out, but they didn’t even know that Wang Qian had contacted the company’s shareholders.

Did I overestimate the intelligence of people like Wang Yuanfei? Maybe I didn’t need to beat around the bush and could have used a simpler and more brutal scheme to make Guanglvdong collapse.

But since things had come to this, she would just follow the original plan. A few months wouldn’t make a difference.

…

Just before the peak summer travel season began, Li’s father finally returned to Haishi with his works from abroad.

While he was focused on his art creation abroad, Li’s father had already learned from his daughter that she had a little girlfriend. Although they didn’t have a video call, Li’s father had seen many photos of his daughter and her little girlfriend.

Li’s father even used this as inspiration and painted a painting with the theme of the morning sun and a girl, which he mailed back from abroad.

However, after Li’s father finished the painting, he couldn’t help but think of his wife who had passed away. He cried for a long time and only regained his spirits after a long period of沉淀, which indirectly caused his return date to be later than planned.

“Xiao Shu, hello. I’m Jianwei’s father,” Li’s father greeted Shu Heng with a smile after returning to the villa.

“Hello, Uncle,” Shu Heng greeted him a little reservedly.

The appearance of this elder was a little different from what Shu Heng had expected. He even looked younger than the photos she had seen before.

You couldn’t blame Shu Heng for this. Although Li’s father was already over fifty, he still looked very young. He was the kind of person who, when he walked down the street, wouldn’t be called “uncle” by young girls but would be called “big brother.”

There were two reasons why Li’s father looked so youthful. One was that he had always been carefree. After he got married, he had no worries at all, and his youthful mentality made him look young.

The second reason was that Li’s father cared about his appearance very much. After he got married, he went to the beauty salon more often than Li’s mother did, and it had been like that for more than twenty years of their marriage.

After his wife passed away, Li’s father also kept this habit. If anyone asked, he would give a righteous answer.

“My wife loves my face. Maybe she’ll come and see me while I’m sleeping. I can’t become an old man! It would be terrible if my wife sees me and is disappointed and doesn’t want to be with me in the next life!”

Li’s father got along very well with Shu Heng. He was very satisfied with his daughter’s little girlfriend. When he found out that she was a student of Professor Gong Li, he even gave her a look of admiration.

Professor Gong Li was a top talent that his wife also held in high regard. Since Shu Heng could become her student, his wife would definitely like her too!

How could he, as a husband, have any objections to a daughter-in-law that his wife was satisfied with!

However, it was a pity that Li’s father couldn’t stay in a place full of memories of his deceased wife for too long. After he took some time to meet Shu’s mother, he flew to another country to get some inspiration for his art.

“My dad is just like that. He once said that he wants to paint many, many paintings and depict all the beautiful scenery in the world on his canvases,” Li Jianwei said with a sigh.

“When he finishes painting everything he wants to paint, he’ll embrace death calmly. When that time comes, he hopes I’ll burn the paintings he chose with him so he can take the beautiful scenery to see my mom.”

“Sister…” Shu Heng held Li Jianwei’s hand tightly, not knowing how to comfort her.

“We don’t have any artistic cells and can’t depict beautiful scenery on a canvas,” Li Jianwei rubbed Shu Heng’s head. “When we retire, let’s travel the world!”

“Mhm! I’ll go with you wherever you want to go, Sister!”

…

As time went from the middle of the year to the end of the year, Shu Heng, who had been in the research institute for more than half a year, went from learning from her senior to becoming a core member of the project research team with her.

It turned out that Shu Heng had a great talent for research. When she was working on a project, she could even come up with a lot of useful things herself and even solve a difficult optimization problem that had been bothering many people.

After the patent application was successfully approved, Shu Heng immediately gave the patent ownership to Li Jianwei as a gift.

“Thank you for thinking of me first, but the company should purchase the right to use it from you,” Li Jianwei hugged the little cabbage in her arms and kissed her. “Don’t forget, you still need to use the money you earn to buy a house for Auntie.”

Shu Heng blinked. “Then I’ll listen to you, Sister, and sell the patent to Zhizhuo!”

Li Jianwei: “Do you want a one-time buyout or a percentage of the profits?”

Shu Heng buried her head in Li Jianwei’s chest, her voice a little muffled. “I’ll let you decide, Sister. I’m okay with either.”

Li Jianwei lay back on the sofa with Shu Heng. “Your patent can be applied in many places. I suggest you get a percentage of the profits. The accumulated amount will be more than a one-time buyout. You can look at houses first, or you can buy one under my name and pay in installments.”

“Okay, I’ll listen to you, Sister,” Shu Heng started to rub her nose against Li Jianwei’s sensitive neck and then bit her ear.

This obvious hint made Li Jianwei’s eyes change slightly. She gently caressed her little girlfriend’s hair and reminded her, “It’s still daytime.”

“But I’ve been staying at the research institute for five days in a row to catch up,” Shu Heng started to act spoiled, her attitude becoming more and more honest. “I feel like it’s been a long, long time since I’ve been with you, Sister~”

Li Jianwei didn’t say anything because she felt her sweater being pushed up and a hand already touching the skin on her abdomen.

It had been about a year since the two of them had been together. The little cabbage’s courage had finally increased a lot, which was a cause for celebration.

Li Jianwei gave Shu Heng five minutes to play, and when she found that she couldn’t even take off her own clothes, she started to kiss her head, and only let go after Shu Heng was in a daze.

“It’s less than two hours until dinner. Should we go to the bathroom?” Li Jianwei asked.

“Mhm,” Shu Heng’s mind was now full of just wanting to cuddle, and she didn’t care about the location.

To be fair, whether it was the bathroom, bedroom, or study, they were all locations that Shu Heng had already unlocked. She could just pick one.

Shu Heng’s physical strength still couldn’t compare to Li Jianwei’s. Even though she tried her best to exercise, she could only counteract the negative effects of sitting at a desk for a long time doing research.

However, as the number of times increased, Shu Heng had already accepted her somewhat weak body. After all, if she didn’t have the energy, her sister would help her!

…

While Li Jianwei and Shu Heng were going home for the new year, the Wang family was in chaos. Wang Yuanfei and Young CEO Wang got into a fight on New Year’s Eve. In the end, all three of them went to the hospital.

When Chairman Wang saw his two sons fighting until their heads were bleeding, he had a heart attack and fainted. He was immediately sent to the emergency room, and they almost had a funeral on a festive day.

Looking at the three people who were temporarily unable to move, Wang Qian’s expression was very complicated.

To be fair, Wang Qian hadn’t thought about seizing the opportunity to become the head of Guanglvdong. Just like Wang Yuanfei, she had also received an elite education since she was a child. How could she not have any ambition at all?

However, compared to that little bit of ambition, Wang Qian was more afraid of Li Jianwei.

Didn’t you see how Li Jianwei could mess up the Wang family so badly even from behind the scenes? If I break the agreement, I might follow in their footsteps.

As the biting cold winter turned into the warm spring sun, Guanglvdong was first publicly criticized for its chaotic internal management and then was ordered to undergo an indefinite rectification. The relevant applications were removed from all major stores.

At this point, Guanglvdong’s stock price plummeted. Not many companies that were targeted by the relevant departments could survive the words “indefinite rectification.”

Even if they did, they would only be barely surviving. They would only be able to hang on for a year or two before slowly being drained and declaring bankruptcy.

Li Jianwei seized the opportunity. When no one was optimistic about Guanglvdong, she bought a large number of shares and announced that she would invest technology to help the corresponding platform achieve standardized operation.

The relevant departments also expressed great appreciation for Li Jianwei’s actions two days later.

As soon as the official statement came out, Guanglvdong’s stock price immediately bounced back. Even though the rectification period hadn’t ended, the stock was in the green for a full week, and its market value returned to about half of its peak.

It was at this time that the Wang family, who had already sold their shares and left, realized that Li Jianwei might have been the one behind their internal conflict. But it was too late to react. Before they could come up with a way to get back into Guanglvdong, they were taken away by the relevant departments for an investigation.

Crimes such as embezzlement, falsifying financial statements, malicious tax evasion, suspected hiring people to commit assault, and illegal contracts were all put on Wang Yuanfei and the active Young CEO Wang.

If there were no accidents, the former would serve more than ten years, and the latter would serve at least three years.

Wang Qian took this opportunity to abdicate and hand over the CEO position to the person Li Jianwei had arranged to come in. She then sold her real estate in Haishi and left, taking her mother to settle in a city with beautiful scenery and a relatively slow pace of life.

As long as Guanglvdong operated normally, Wang Qian could get an annual dividend of at least thirty million from her shares, which was enough for her and her mother to live very comfortably.

…

“This is your birthday gift, a few shares of Guanglvdong,” Li Jianwei hugged Shu Heng from behind and guided her hand to hold the pen. “Sign your name on it, and you’ll be one of the shareholders.”

Shu Heng hesitated to write. “Sister, this gift is too valuable.”

“Don’t refuse. This is a birthday gift I prepared for you as your lover,” Li Jianwei preemptively stopped Shu Heng’s words of refusal. “This is also my love for you. Are you not willing to accept it?”

“Then my love for you, Sister, you have to accept it too,” Shu Heng said.

“Of course,” Li Jianwei agreed with a smile.

After she got a satisfactory answer, Shu Heng finally wrote her name on the blank space.

Perhaps she was worried that Li Jianwei would go back on her word, so Shu Heng quickly took out the gifting contract she had prepared. “This is the birthday gift I prepared for you, Sister, and it’s also my love for you.”

When she saw the patent gifting agreement, the smile on Li Jianwei’s lips deepened. She didn’t hesitate and signed her name neatly.

It doesn’t matter if the patent is mine. I can just sell it to Zhizhuo Technology under my name at that time and get more profit-sharing.

After they exchanged birthday gifts, it was naturally time to indulge in pleasure.

Neither Zhizhuo Technology nor the research institute bothered them during their birthdays.

“Sister, after the new year next year, let’s bring Mom over. She can live in the new house,” Shu Heng said, gasping for air, her forehead wet with sweat.

“Okay,” Li Jianwei agreed readily. The movements of her hands were getting faster and faster.

Actually, for Li Jianwei, it was fine for Shu’s mother to live in the villa with them. A house that big would be more lively with more people.

But like she said, there’s always tomorrow. There’s no need to rush.

…

Shu Heng didn’t stop at her master’s degree. After she got her master’s, she continued to pursue her doctorate. After that, she became an associate professor, a professor, and her title skyrocketed until she stopped at academician.

Although she didn’t join Zhizhuo Technology, all of Shu Heng’s research results were only partnered with Zhizhuo Technology. She would either share the profits with the company or give them to Li Jianwei as a birthday gift.

Shu Heng, who was so talented, could be so capricious. A patent every year was a piece of cake for her. She could do it very easily.

Shu Heng wasn’t very interested in children either. Other than her sister and her mom, her experiences were all about research. In a way, Shu Heng was very similar to Li’s father. Both of them were very pure.

So, the two of them never had children. After Li Jianwei chose a suitable successor, she became a major shareholder who only held shares.

The advancement of technology extended the average lifespan of the public, but life always had an end.

While they were alive, Li Jianwei and Shu Heng had already agreed to be buried together after they died. They would be buried in the national cemetery that they had decided on before. Every year, schools would organize memorial services, so they wouldn’t have to worry about being forgotten.

Both of their names were successfully left in textbooks. One was an entrepreneur who contributed to the country, and the other was a scientist who contributed to the country.

…

“How’s her consciousness recovering? Is it better than before?”

“It’s working a little, but it’s not enough. We need more external forces to awaken her deep-seated consciousness.”

“Okay, then continue. Give me the same…”

Before she lost consciousness in her lover’s arms, Li Jianwei vaguely heard a few lines of conversation.

Before she could transmit the information to her brain to be processed, her consciousness entered a state of chaos.

…

“Sister Li, are you okay? If you’re not feeling well, you can go back to your room to rest. The host has arranged rooms at the hotel,” the assistant asked with a concerned look on his face.

“I’m fine. I just drank too much at once,” Li Jianwei pinched her brows to let herself quickly separate from the massive amount of information.

Ten minutes ago, Li Jianwei was just in the bathroom touching up her makeup when a bunch of memories suddenly appeared in her mind, leaving her in a daze for a long time.

The extra memories told Li Jianwei that she was the evil female villain in a novel. In the early stages, she became obsessed with the male lead because they were a “couple” in the media. In the later stages, when she found out the male lead had someone else he liked, she still wouldn’t give up and gave him all sorts of resources to try and impress him, only to have her reputation ruined and be forced to quit the entertainment industry.

How is that possible?! If I have good resources, I would obviously use them on myself. Why would I give them away to others for free?

Li Jianwei was willing to swear on the Best Actress award she won last year that she would absolutely not be a love-struck fool, absolutely not!

But when she recalled those memories, Li Jianwei found herself inexplicably immersed in them. That subtle state was similar to being too focused on acting and finding it difficult to get out of character.

It was difficult to distinguish between what was real and what was fake, forcing Li Jianwei to take it seriously.

“If I remember correctly, there’s a crew holding a wrap-up party in the hall next door?” Li Jianwei asked.

Assistant: “Yes, it’s ‘The Moon Fills the West Tower.’ The lead actress is the popular young starlet Shu Heng, and it’s a female-lead historical drama.”

“Is Zhou Zhao in it?” Li Jianwei continued to ask.

“Yes, Teacher Zhou Zhao is a special guest. He doesn’t have many scenes, but he’s a big shot,” the assistant asked. “Do you want to go say hello to them, Sister Li?”

“Mhm. Let’s go take a look,” Li Jianwei straightened out her dress.

The extra memories told her that the person she was obsessed with was Zhou Zhao, a senior in the entertainment industry who was eight years older than her when he became a Best Actor.

However, Li Jianwei wasn’t going for Zhou Zhao. She was going for the popular young starlet, Shu Heng.

The memories said that Shu Heng would be framed by a villain at this wrap-up party. In the end, Zhou Zhao would save her, and the two of them would get to know each other because of it.

Putting everything else aside, the Shu Heng in her memories was the eldest daughter of a wealthy family who had entered the entertainment industry with a hidden identity. Afterward, she gave Zhou Zhao a lot of good resources as a reward, allowing him to take another step forward in his career.

If this is true, why would I give such a good opportunity to Zhou Zhao?

I can help her with what he can! I can even do a better job!