The Wife Insists On Being My Top (GL) - Chapter 17

All morning, the cannon fodder stared blankly at the bouquet of flowers.

The flowers, placed in a corner of her desk by the secretary, were wrapped in pink, large and extravagant, almost blocking half the sunlight. The cannon fodder, propping her chin, couldn’t figure out what the second female lead’s intentions were.

She couldn’t possibly really like her, could she? This wasn’t in the book.

But if she did like her, it wouldn’t be a bad thing, at least her financial security would be guaranteed.

No, no, that wouldn’t do. The thought of being with her made the cannon fodder feel a sharp pain. The female lead was much better.

Pah, pah, pah, they were the official partner, what did it have to do with a passerby like her?

After thinking it over, it seemed most likely that she was trying to mess with the female lead.

Her phone suddenly vibrated.

The cannon fodder came back to her senses and picked up the phone. It was Jiang Jinqiu calling again.

Right, she should call her and ask what she meant. The cannon fodder immediately answered, “Hello, Miss Jiang, I received your flowers. Can I ask what you mean by this?”

A low chuckle came from the other end, “It doesn’t mean anything. Didn’t I say I was interested in you? Just… a simple expression of my feelings.”

“Miss Jiang, this isn’t appropriate.”

“You know it’s not appropriate now?” The other side laughed even more irritatingly.

Why was she the second female lead? Was she not worthy?

“I’m not kidding. I know you like Xiuchun. What’s the point of causing me trouble for no reason?”

“But what can I do? Your wife won’t pay attention to me.”

“I knew it,” she muttered, then scolded her, “Can’t you show some sincerity?”

“So you don’t have any objections to me liking your wife?”

“Of course… it’s not like that. I just trust Xiuchun.”

She laughed gleefully, “Are you free tonight?”

“Why?”

“We can discuss this issue in depth.”

“That’s not appropriate. You can just ask Xiuchun to dinner.”

“Of course I’ll ask her to dinner. So, I’ll wait for you at the restaurant where we met last time at 8 PM. It’s settled, bye.”

“Hey, you—”

Before the cannon fodder could retort, the other side hung up quickly.

She looked at the black screen of her phone, her forehead veins throbbing.

“Dinner, dinner, eat your dad’s dinner.” She slammed her phone on the desk and threw herself into work, trying to forget about it.

However, she didn’t know that as soon as the second female lead hung up the phone, she turned around and posted a Moments post that only the female lead could see: “I’ve made a date with the person I like,” followed by a “yay” gesture.

At noon, the female lead and the cannon fodder went to the company cafeteria together. The female lead deliberately tested the cannon fodder on this matter. But the cannon fodder was, after all, just a cannon fodder, particularly easy to bully and spineless. Because the other person was the second female lead, even if she was unwilling, she couldn’t say anything too definitive in front of the female lead. So, what could she do? She said, “The arrangements for tonight… arrangements… I should maybe probably have some arrangements. Why, do you have something for me?”

The female lead shook her head and continued eating in silence.

“It might not be arranged. It might be canceled.”

“Sister Ya will take me to follow up on the bidding meeting project tonight. I was hoping you could accompany me…”

“The bidding meeting… Jiang Jinqiu will be there, right…”

“Do you want her to be there?” The female lead stared at her.

“I of course…” The cannon fodder trailed off, “It’s hard to say.”

If Jiang Jinqiu was going to be at the bidding meeting, then the invitation tonight was definitely a trick.

Forget it, she’d go anyway. If she got stood up, she could make her owe her a favor.

And so, as soon as it was 7 PM, the cannon fodder got into her car and sped away.

At the company gate, Lu Xiuchun watched the black car drive away, finally unable to resist calling Jiang Jinqiu.

Once the call was connected, Lu Xiuchun went straight to the point, “Have you played enough?”

Jiang Jinqiu, on the other end, pinched her throat and said in a teasing tone, “Oh, so you finally decided to take me off the blacklist.”

“Jiang Jinqiu!”

“Yes, yes, I’m here.”

“What exactly do you want?”

“I don’t want anything,” she said innocently, “I just wanted to apologize to you. You were the one who blacklisted me in the first place.”

“Fine, I accept your apology. Let Luran come back.”

“No, I feel like you haven’t forgiven me yet. How about having dinner with me? Where… um, next door to the western restaurant we went to last time. If you agree, I’ll take it as you forgiving me. Otherwise, I really think your wife is quite delicious. What do you think?”

“Are you threatening me?”

“How can this be a threat? Xiuchun, this is just called making friends.”

“Shut up.”

“Okay, okay. Think about it. I’ll wait for you at the restaurant. Bye.”

The phone hung up, but Lu Xiuchun still stood there.

The roadside trees in front of the company had already turned slightly yellow, and fallen leaves were scattered on the ground. The entire area was surrounded by office buildings. She looked around, and in the steel jungle, all she could see were neon lights and passing cars.

She felt inexplicably anxious.

She thought maybe she should just call Luran and tell her that Jiang Jinqiu was deliberately playing her, but that would make it seem like she and Jiang Jinqiu had some kind of secret connection. Besides, what if Jiang Jinqiu really wanted to pursue Luran?

She didn’t want her wife to know about her connection with Jiang Jinqiu, and she didn’t want her wife to get involved with Jiang Jinqiu.

She hated Jiang Jinqiu. Why did Jiang Jinqiu have to appear?

••••

It was completely dark. On the way to the wetland park, Lu Xiuchun kept thinking about the past, the future, the things that might happen, and her wife.

What was her wife doing at this moment?

She was probably sitting in the restaurant, waiting for the person who would never show up.

Author’s Note:

Second Female Lead: To control the female lead, first control the cannon fodder.

Yes, although the plot is going in all sorts of directions, love at first sight is real.