The Cold-hearted CEO's Unwanted Bride
Chapter 14: Who Decided? Qin Yan?

Chapter 14: Chapter 14: Who Decided? Qin Yan?

If he were in his right mind, how could he do something as crazy as helping Lu Xiangxiang steal Old Bo’s underwear?

After driving a distance away from Hai Wan Xiang Xie, Gu Jinyan felt increasingly unsettled the more he thought about it, so he simply stopped the car by the roadside. Taking out his cell phone, he sent Lu Xiangxiang a text with a teasing tone:

"Lu Xiangxiang, when did you start fancying our Old Bo, and how come you didn’t give me a heads-up?"

"You don’t seem like a sleazy person usually, could it be that you’re so in love with our Old Bo that you’re dying inside? I’ll do you a favor, this gift will definitely please you!"

When Lu Xiangxiang’s phone rang, she was squatting at a child’s table in Qin Yan’s house, watching Yinyin do her homework. As soon as it vibrated, she unlocked it.

Seeing the message from Gu Jinyan, Lu Xiangxiang was completely baffled. She was about to call and ask if the underwear issue had been resolved when Qin Yan suddenly pushed the door open and walked in.

Startled, Lu Xiangxiang tapped her phone screen rapidly to lock it, her expression unnaturally shifting as she looked at Qin Yan.

Qin Yan glanced at her suspiciously and handed over a package, saying, "Gu Jinyan sent this for you, how did it end up at my place?"

Lu Xiangxiang’s eyes sparkled, a grin tugging at her lips. She had thought Gu Jinyan was ignoring her and wasn’t going to help her.

"Yanyan, do you have a knife?"

Qin Yan went out and brought back a fruit knife for Lu Xiangxiang, who then sliced open the packaging box and yanked out its contents.

Inside a transparent plastic bag, anyone with eyes could see that it contained a pair of men’s underwear.

The air tensed for two whole minutes before Qin Yan could recover from the shock on her face, "No way, Xiangxiang, are you and Gu Jinyan together? Aren’t you two just good buddies?"

Lu Xiangxiang’s face flushed in waves of red and white, finally understanding the implicit meaning in Gu Jinyan’s message!

She had asked Gu Jinyan to help steal a pair of Bo Yunshen’s underwear, so Gu Jinyan obviously thought she was a pervert secretly infatuated with Bo Yunshen!

Is Gu Jinyan an idiot? Did he really think she had such poor taste to fall for a man like Bo Yunshen who changed women as often as he changed his clothes?

Not to mention that Bo Yunshen was actually the husband of her good friend, Qin Yan!

Lu Xiangxiang and Qin Yan had a very close relationship with Gu Jinyan, and they had long known that Bo Yunshen didn’t believe Yinyin was his child.

Her real intention was to have him get a piece of Bo Yunshen’s personal clothing so she could have it tested for a paternity test with Yinyin. She wanted the underwear, not the underpants!

After seeing the paternity test results, surely Bo Yunshen couldn’t continue to deny Yinyin and refuse to see her, right?

Lu Xiangxiang felt an indescribable bitterness in her heart, unable to utter a word of explanation as she saw Qin Yan’s increasingly strange look.

Lips tightly pursed, Qin Yan’s brow furrowed, she said, "You and Gu Jinyan..."

"There’s nothing between us!" Lu Xiangxiang interrupted before Qin Yan could continue, "Yanyan, I’ve got something else to attend to, so I can’t stay to keep you and Yinyin company. I’m going to head back now!"

Lu Xiangxiang hastily stuffed the underwear back into the box, adding, "Yanyan, don’t overthink it. This is a pair of underwear endorsed by a male celebrity I like. Of course, I must support my idol. As a woman, I can’t exactly go to the counter to buy men’s underwear, can I? So I asked Gu Jinyan to get me a pair."

After joining Bo Group, Qin Yan knew all too well how crazy women could be when chasing stars. She laughed a little and said, "I’ve never heard you mention you liked that male celebrity. Is he from Bo Group? Do you want me to get you an autographed photo?"

Lu Xiangxiang shook her head, stepped out the door, and reached the entrance. While changing her shoes, she said, "It’s not from Bo Group, I’m heading back now."

"Alright, drive safely!"

"I will!"

After seeing off Lu Xiangxiang, Qin Yan warmed up a cup of milk in the kitchen and brought it to Yinyin. She obediently finished her homework and, after drinking the milk, she lay down in bed.

After Yinyin fell asleep, Qin Yan touched her little face. She was still young, with eyes not yet recovered from crying red at the hospital. Qin Yan felt a pang of heartache, yet she couldn’t find any breakthrough with Bo Yunshen.

Three years ago, her stubborn determination to keep Yinyin had never been regretted. That was because, back then, she had confidence and believed she didn’t need anyone else to take good care of her and provide everything she desired.

But when it really came to this moment, she realized things were not as simple as she thought. Just like how Yinyin wanted a father, that was something she couldn’t give.

Qin Yan stood up straight and, just before leaving the room, she noticed a photo of Bo Yunshen underneath a notebook on Yinyin’s child-size desk. She remembered, this clothes in the photo were from when Tang Tian was rumored to have spent the night at Shui Wan Xiang Xie.

Thinking Yinyin had been looking at the news again, she moved the notebook and books aside, and in that instant, Qin Yan felt her heart tear.

Indeed, it was that newspaper, but Tang Tian and the text had been cut out by Yinyin, leaving only Bo Yunshen. In the photo, the man’s facial features seemed to convey a chasm of distances to Qin Yan.

Clutching the thin piece of newspaper, her heart constricted, and a new kind of weakness and sharp pain spread through her chest.

...

The next day, at the President’s Office.

Bo Yunshen had just been transferred back from HK to Bo Group a month ago, and he was still unfamiliar with many aspects of the company’s business. Upon entering the President’s Office, he sat down behind his desk.

Just as he reached for a document, someone knocked on the office door.

Bo Yunshen’s Adam’s apple bobbed, and a single word spilled from his sensually thin lips, "Enter!"

It was Xu Lin.

He approached the desk with a folder in hand, not looking elsewhere, and extended it towards Bo Yunshen, "Mr. Bo, this is the Marketing Department’s bonus application for this month, awaiting your approval. Please take a look."

Bo Yunshen set the document he was holding onto the desk and reached out his articulate hand to take the folder from Xu Lin, his gaze cast downward slightly.

The room was quiet, punctuated only by the rustling sound of paper whenever he turned a page.

Bo Yunshen’s gaze stopped on Qin Yan’s name, and after scanning to the number, 300,000, behind it, his brows knitted together. He tapped his fingertip on her name and let out a sneer, "Who set this amount, Qin Yan?"

Xu Lin bowed his head slightly, pondering how to answer the question.

Bo Yunshen leaned back in the wide chair, his handsome and delicate face looking cold, especially his profound and dark eyes, where all thoughts seemed to shatter.

His lips pressed into a knife-sharp line. That woman, it seemed, had gone crazy for money.

Disdain flickered through his heart. It appeared that, over the years, by wielding the status of Mrs. Bo, Qin Yan had enjoyed throwing her weight around in Bo Group. A mere Marketing Director, and her monthly bonus was equal to nearly three years of salary for an ordinary employee!