My Wife is a Workaholic

Chapter 9 – Little Pretty Boy Yan Lin 

Ji Shiyu was the only daughter of Ji Desheng and the apple of his eye.

In the past, Ji Shiyu lost all hope of inheriting the president position from her father because Zu Jin existed. Thus, she started her own company.

She had been using the title of Qiyu Corporation’s daughter to enrich herself, and freeloading on some benefits to her company in order to develop over the years.

Also, Ji Desheng declared in a righteous manner in front of the rest of the board of directors that his daughter would not be allowed to take advantage of the corporation.

But, he still hinted to Zu Jin that she could help her behind everyone’s back.

Zu Jin was like his right hand man. In any case, she tried to turn a blind eye as much as possible over the years as long as Ji Shiyu did not go too far.

So that’s why she had a headache every time this unexpected guest visited.

Ji Shiyu walked in with heels higher than 15 centimeters, while carrying the latest limited edition designer bag.

She sat down across from Zu Jin and immediately crossed her legs as the department leaders left the conference room.

“I heard that you are going to inspect the two factories in T City tomorrow? I’m going with you. I want to see their production line.”

Of course Zu Jin couldn’t hide where she was going for the business trip from this rich daughter.

She knew that even if the staff at the top floor of the corporation did not gossip, she could not stop Ji Desheng from letting her know.

After all, it was easy for Ji Desheng to know her itinerary.

Zu Jin packed up her meeting material. She looked up at her and said, “Did you start on a new project? The factories over there are all production lines in the precision manufacturing industry, and the production qualifications belong to the triple A level. Your company has not reached the annual rate of return goals, and you are absolutely not even qualified to participate in the competition to be in manufacturing.”

Ji Shiyu’s face changed for a moment and said impatiently, “Of course I know. Do you think you still need to teach me this?”

It was probably the insincere anxious tone that really offended Zu Jin. Ji Shiyu took a breath and made her tone a bit more mild.

“I just want to go learn and gain experience. Smartphones have developed well over the last few years. I want to compare the standards of various production lines. If I find the right opportunity, then I plan to transform the company in the future.”

It was true that the smartphone industry was developing vigorously right now but Ji Shiyu’s company was a clothing brand. It had nothing to do with smartphone technology, and Qiyu was not involved in the cell phone industry. Although Zu Jin thought that her way of thinking to learn was good, she had no contacts or technical resources. If she wanted to get involved, then it was probably not easy.

But Zu Jin did not attack her with these words.

This was because she felt that when Ji Shiyu followed her to see the complexity of the production process for the precision parts tomorrow, she would probably decide to give up on the spot.

When Ji Shiyu received her consent, she left feeling perfectly satisfied.

Zu Jin went back to the office to straighten up her things and planned to get off work early for the date. However, Yan Lin was faster than her.

He sent her a message saying that he had figured out a location of the date, but it was a little far away. Therefore, he was waiting downstairs in front of Qiyu Corporation for the two of them to go over there using one car.

Zu Jin could hardly wait to run down there at once as soon as she saw the message.

Zu Jin walked out of the building ten minutes later. She looked up and saw Yan Lin’s car parked by the side of the road.

When Yan Lin saw her coming out, he got out of the car and waved to her. After that, he opened the back seat door like a gentleman.

Although today was the weekend, there were still some employees going in and out of the building occasionally. Zu Jin slowly walked over in order to maintain her cold image as the president despite feeling excited.

However, when she reached Yan Lin and before they had time to speak, Ji Shiyu’s pretentious voice was suddenly heard from behind her.

“Wow, who is this?”

Zu Jin couldn’t stop herself from grinding her teeth in an instant. It was only under Yan Lin’s puzzled gaze did she turn her head around.

“You still haven’t left yet?”

Ji Shiyu came over with a smile like she could not understand the look in Zu Jin’s eyes.

Then, she didn’t even look at Zu Jin and held out a hand to Yan Lin. “Why don’t you introduce yourself to me?”

Zu Jin flipped her hair over her shoulder in frustration and turned to look at the man behind her that didn’t respond yet.

Yan Lin seemed to have sensed something. He glanced down towards her and smiled. After, he reached out to shake hands with Ji Shiyu.

“Hello, I’m President Jin’s friend, Yan Lin.”

Ji Shiyu clicked her tongue twice and looked at their glances with growing interest.

“He’s your boyfriend, isn’t he? I always thought you weren’t interested in men. Ah, hello, I’m Ji Shiyu!”

Zu Jin quickly glared at her. “What else do you need?”

Ji Shiyu raised her eyebrow. “Nothing. What are you panicking about? Come on. Mr. Yan, this is my business card.”

As she said that, she gracefully took out a business card from her bag and skillfully put it into Yan Lin’s hand.

But Yan Lin did not respond when he received it. She blinked a few times. “Hey, where’s yours? Do you like to look at your girlfriend’s face a lot?”

Yan Lin smiled slightly and opened his mouth to answer, but Zu Jin took the lead in rescuing him.

“He doesn’t have a business card.”

Ji Shiyu was quiet for a few seconds, then her expression became a little shocked.

She exclaimed incredulously, “No way! Zu Jin, you’ve found a little pretty boy… Uh. No, this one doesn’t look little.”

The author has something to say:

Zu Jin: Yes, yes, yes. He is my little pretty boy.

Ji Shiyu: Sure enough, she is the successor chosen by my father, but their acumens are different.

 

If Zu Jin was drinking water right now, then she wouldn’t be able to stop herself from spitting it out.

She was apprehensive of Ji Shiyu’s personality that was like wishing the world would be chaotic1. She must not be told about her relationship with Yan Lin.

When Zu Jin made her leave and got into the car, she immediately comforted Yan Lin.

“I’m sorry, I wronged you just now.”

Yan Lin was holding the steering wheel and looking straight ahead. He heard her and smiled. He said, “Have you realized that after we met, we basically say sorry to each other every day?”

Zu Jin thought about it and it really was like that. “Maybe if we knew each other longer, then it won’t be like this.”

But Yan Lin said, “Yes, but this feeling of treating each other as honored guests is not bad. What do you think?”

Zu Jin could tell that he was deliberately teasing her about how she spoke without thinking!

She secretly bit her lower lip in shame and did not continue talking.

Yan Lin looked at how she was blushing and her ears were red from the rearview mirror. He smiled and stopped joking.

“It will take us more than an hour to drive to the western suburbs. You can take a nap first if you are tired.”

Zu Jin didn’t even think about it, and immediately replied, “I’m not tired.”

She was afraid that after she fell asleep, she would not be able to manage her facial expressions and she would show an ugly look.

But people who travel a lot are accustomed to getting into the car, sleeping, then getting out to go to work.

In addition, she and Yan Lin had nothing to talk to, so she couldn’t stop herself from falling asleep after a while.

When she woke up, they were just about to reach their destination.

After getting out of the car, Zu Jin realized Yan Lin had brought her to a restaurant that was similar to a bed-and-breakfast.

There were lakes to go fishing at, vegetables growing in the fields, private cinemas, and KTV. They could even choose to cook their own meals.

Although it sounded like an ordinary place to eat, drink, and play, the scenery here was beautiful. The restaurant interior was very approachable, and it made people feel like it was very familiar when they came in.

However, the owner was used to being idle because he only received one group of guests a week.

Therefore, they were the only people using this restaurant.

After they listened to the owner’s introduction, Zu Jin expressed her satisfaction for the place.

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Soon, however, her thoughts began to wander.

She looked at Yan Lin, who was standing close by with his hands behind his back. Then, she looked back at the flowers and plants raised by the owner. She suddenly had some shameful thoughts coming from her mind.

The western suburbs are not too far from the city, but it still took us a while to arrive this afternoon. There’s an 80% chance that we will probably be staying the night. 

Are we going to stay together tonight…

Also, the owner kept saying that the guests have had a great time cooking for themselves and eating here. 

Her mind went numb when she thought that, because she was a really bad cook!

She could handle the food that she cooked for herself, but whether Yan Lin could eat it was questionable.

And currently, she did not intend to expose this side of herself.

For people who had just fallen in love, why would they want to show all their shortcomings when their relationship had just begun?

It would take at least a few months for the relationship to progress before farting without anyone’s expressions changing, right?

Hmph! Hmph!

After the owner finished introducing the restaurant, he quickly left to give them plenty of time to be in their own romantic world.

Yan Lin seemed to be really interested in the place compared to Zu Jin’s uneasiness.

He went to the sliding glass door refrigerator in the corner and took out two bottles of mineral water. After that, he handed one to her.

“This is my first time in a place like this. How about you? Do you like it here?”

Zu Jin nodded. “Yes, should we go on a walk at the lake behind us?”

“Okay.”

The lake looked man-made, so it was not big. Close by were two green hills surrounded by mist.

There was a glass bridge in front of the lake. It was late autumn, so when they walked up and looked around, the lake was clear and several red carps were swimming around. It was particularly pleasant.

Neither of them spoke, but walked quietly side by side and watched the surrounding scenery.

Zu Jin gradually calmed down and stopped thinking about those messy thoughts.

They walked around the lake for a while, and then sat down in a small pavilion next to the lake.

“Do you have scheduled dates when you’re not working every month? I called you this morning when I saw that it was the weekend. But, I regretted it very quickly because I was afraid of disturbing your work.”

They were sitting next to each other. Zu Jin turned to look at his handsome face and listened to his deep and gentle voice. She felt that her little heart was going to soften into a pool of water.

“I don’t. Usually, I can only take a break after I finish my work. But, as long as I have time off in the future, I will tell you and I will never forget to tell you again.”

Yan Lin seemed satisfied with what she said and nodded his head for a while with a faint smile.

Yet, the more Zu Jin saw his gentle and honest appearance, she somehow had a very dark impulse to bully him…

“Would I be considered your first love?” she suddenly asked with a serious look on her face.

“Huh?”