Chapter 60. Puppy Love? The Played-For-A-Fool Kind (Final)
“Little Meng, what were you doing just now?” Shen Wan asked with a smile. “Those people looked a bit familiar.”
Ji Meng pulled Shen Wan into the classroom. “They are familiar. Come in, I’ll tell you what I just did.”
Ji Meng closed the door, leaving only the two of them in the classroom.
Shen Wan was pulled by her hand and then pressed against the wall. To her surprise, Ji Meng held her and kissed her.
Shen Wan thought: To be honest, she really hadn’t expected this. Let her express her feelings now. She felt a bit excited, also happy, and a little shy.
She hadn’t anticipated that her Little Meng would be so forward, going straight for something big. She wasn’t prepared at all, truly surprised and delighted.
188 thought: He believed the host was excited and happy, but as for her claimed shyness, he didn’t believe that at all. Although the host had bought him a limited edition skin, facts were facts.
After a long while, Ji Meng finally released Shen Wan. “Little Wan, we’re the real couple. You’re not allowed to agree to those people pursuing you. I’ll tell you what I just did. I told them that only those who can enter Ji Corporation in the future will be qualified to pursue you.”
“Aren’t you afraid that they’ll really enter Ji Corporation in the future and then pursue me?” Shen Wan said with some confidence. “After all, I’m quite a beauty now. The charm I exude has dazzled many people. What if they work hard for my sake?”
Ji Meng’s eyes held a hint of amusement. “It would be too late by then. By the time they enter Ji Corporation, we might already be married. All dishes would be cold by then. Or do you want to accept one of their pursuits?”
Shen Wan quickly shook her head. How could she possibly accept those boys’ pursuits? With different sexual orientations, there was no need to force it.
From that day on, there were basically no more people openly daring to ask Shen Wan out. Some didn’t believe it, thinking Ji Meng’s words were just to scare them. They thought if they really won Shen Wan’s favor, she wouldn’t care whether they could enter Ji Corporation or not. Besides, how many college relationships actually last? If they didn’t date or pursue their goddess, wouldn’t that be a lifelong regret? As the saying goes, they didn’t care about the future result, only about having possessed it once.
Several boys were discussing this matter loudly in a pavilion when they were accidentally overheard by Shen Wan and Ji Meng passing by. At that moment, the pavilion fell silent, and the boys looked at each other, at a loss. This… how could they run into them? Why did they have to encounter them while discussing these things? Now they felt it was all over. Forget being with their goddess, even getting started seemed impossible now.
“Don’t care about the future result, only care about having possessed it once?” Ji Meng led Shen Wan into the pavilion, her beautiful eyes scanning all the boys present. “Can I interpret your words just now as meaning you want to act like hooligans, be irresponsible, pursue Little Wan just to play around casually, rather than with the intention of going all the way? So, what qualifications do you have to pursue Little Wan? To put it bluntly, you’re just scum!”
“Little Wan, do you see how bad these boys at school are? They’re looking for girlfriends in college just to find someone to play with, not considering the future at all. This kind of boy, without a sense of responsibility, is not acceptable. And they’re even openly discussing ‘having possessed once’ here. How ridiculous!”
Ji Meng left holding Shen Wan’s hand. The boys behind them looked at the onlookers around with pale faces. Now, forget about pursuing their goddess; if other girls found out what they had said, they wouldn’t be able to find girlfriends at all.
“Little Wan, those stinky boys aren’t any good, are they?” Ji Meng held Shen Wan’s hand and said softly, “When it comes to dating, girls understand girls better, don’t you think?”
“Everything Little Meng says is right,” Shen Wan quickly said. “You’re beautiful, so whatever you say is correct.”
Ji Meng smiled. If there weren’t so many people around, she really wanted to hug Little Wan and do something. She had wanted to do this for a long time. As for when exactly, she had almost forgotten. At the beginning, she only knew that she couldn’t lose that girl called Shen Wan, who always flattered her, for her entire life.
Countless people had praised her, but only this Shen Wan was sincere, praising just her as a person. What she loved to see most was Shen Wan looking at her with those bright, clear eyes, praising her with all her might. Especially in the days after that woman appeared, she felt Shen Wan’s cautiousness in her eyes, as if afraid something might happen to her.
She would never forget what that woman did to her. Those things indeed caused her many shadows. She knew her state wasn’t right; she always doubted if she was beautiful enough, even thinking she was ugly and unattractive as that woman had said. She was also very afraid that suddenly someone would strip off her pretty dress and force her into dull, ugly clothes, or even threaten her by not giving her any clothes.
Likewise, she was also clear that with her current status, no one would dare to do that.
She liked looking in the mirror, constantly looking at her beautiful self in it. The reason wasn’t just to confirm if she was beautiful or not, but also because she was too lonely. Perhaps due to her past experiences, she became very sensitive. Dad had tried hard to let many people approach her, but those people weren’t sincerely trying to be her friends; they just wanted to gain benefits from Dad. She couldn’t be friends with them, even though it was Dad’s good intention.
Until Shen Wan appeared, she seemed to be led by her into another world. When that woman came to find her, she wasn’t actually that scared. The reason she followed the woman wasn’t because she couldn’t control herself, but because she wanted to break free.
She wanted to become a more normal person. She didn’t want to constantly look in the mirror, frequently doubting if she was beautiful enough. Those bad memories would inexplicably flood into her mind, negative emotions permeating her heart. So, she chose to meet that woman, to face her. She didn’t selectively forget the experience of that day. When called ugly and unattractive by the woman, she wasn’t that upset.
Especially when Shen Wan suddenly appeared, holding her hand, saying she was the most beautiful and helping her scold that woman as an ugly monster, she wasn’t afraid anymore. Even if that woman suddenly appeared in front of her now, calling her ugly and unattractive, it wouldn’t affect her.
Because that woman’s words weren’t credible. Why should she believe the words of a woman full of malice and ferocity, rather than the words of the girl she liked? Little Wan’s words were true. Dad’s words were also true. The words of those unimportant people, she just treated as passing wind.
“Little Wan, you need to work hard. When we can get married depends on you.” Ji Meng cupped her face and took out a stack of documents from her bag. “These are various business cases I’ve collected for you, all practical, taken from the company. You need to study them carefully.”
Looking at the thick stack of documents, Shen Wan didn’t show any displeasure at all. With a happy face, she said, “Okay, I’ll study them well.” Once she worked hard to become the core of the company, she and Little Meng could get married. Although it seemed a bit unfair to her future father-in-law, Little Meng was more important. As for her father-in-law, after she married his daughter Little Meng, they would take good care of him together.
In the time that followed, Shen Wan was running between two places, going to the company when there were no classes, and returning for important classes. Naturally, Ji Meng accompanied her at all times. This situation made their classmates think that Shen Wan was accompanying Ji Meng to work at the company.
To be honest, when Ji Meng went to the company, she just sat on the side playing, watching Shen Wan busy at work.
188, seeing Shen Wan still looking sweet, suddenly felt like waking his host up. This Ji Meng really had his host under her thumb. The host was a bit pitiful. Should he remind her?
[188: “Wan Wan, aren’t you tired like this? Look at your Little Meng, sitting there eating snacks, so leisurely. And you, working here so hard.”]
“That’s because Little Meng has a good dad. Besides, for our future, I have to work hard too. Once I become a core member of the company, our future father-in-law won’t be able to oppose us.”
188 sighed helplessly. Indeed, his host had been successfully brainwashed by Ji Meng, or rather, had lost herself, dazzled by Ji Meng’s beauty.
By the time of college graduation, Shen Wan had already become a core member of Ji Corporation. She attended the graduation ceremony in the morning and had to return to the company to continue working in the afternoon. Naturally, Ji Meng was always by her side. The two held hands as they got into the car, with countless people saying that their friendship had truly endured, unchanged after so many years.
When Shen Wan was working on a very important project, Ji Meng snuck into Ji Chensi’s office, sitting on the sofa swinging her legs and eating snacks. Ji Chensi didn’t understand why his Little Meng wasn’t hanging around Shen Wan today, but had come to his office and stayed for so long.
“Little Meng, do you have something to tell Dad? If you want to ask for leave for Little Wan, that’s impossible. This project is very important right now and can’t do without her. After this project is completed, in about half a year, we can give her a long vacation.”
Ji Meng stood up, walked in front of Ji Chensi, and asked with a smile, “Dad, is this project really impossible without Little Wan? What would happen if she wasn’t there?”
“It would cause a great loss to the company. Even if we replaced her with someone else, even if I personally took over, it would still cause losses and have a big impact on the company.”
Ji Meng nodded and said with narrowed eyes, “Then Dad, I want to be honest with you about something.”
For some reason, Ji Chensi had a bad feeling, but he still asked, “What is it? Have you done something wrong?” His brow smoothed out. Even if Little Meng had made a mistake, he believed he could handle it, as long as it wasn’t something outrageously bad.
“Dad, I plan to get married.”
Hearing Ji Meng’s words, Ji Chensi almost fell off his chair. He quickly steadied himself. “Which stinky boy is it?” Why hadn’t he noticed? Who exactly had secretly stolen away the cabbage he had raised?
“It’s not some stinky boy, it’s a girl.” Ji Meng pursed her lips and said softly, “It’s a very nice girl. We’ve been dating for several years. I think, you know, you can’t be too scummy. You can’t date for a few years and then break up, dumping someone. I’m not like you, Dad. I’m sincere with her, the kind that’s for a lifetime. So, now that we’ve graduated and we’re at the age to marry, we should get married. At least we should give the girl a future, right?”
Ji Chensi thought: A girl? Give a future? Dated for several years? What’s not like him?
What about him?
As adults, wasn’t having lovers a matter of mutual consent? Why did they have to get married? Besides, he only had one companion at a time, and when he lost interest, he always gave compensation. Each time was an amicable breakup. How was he scummy?
Wait, Little Meng said it was a girl.
Ji Chensi suddenly raised his head and stared at Ji Meng. “What did you say? A girl? Your partner is a girl??” He finally reacted. His daughter was openly coming out to him. How frustrating. So it turned out his cabbage wasn’t stolen by a pig, but by another cabbage. No, it seemed his daughter had stolen someone else’s cabbage.
“Yes, a girl. Dad, you admire her too. She’s now an important member of the company, capable at work, and good-looking. Dad, you’ve said she’s good, so you shouldn’t object, right? Dad, I can’t be without her now. If I don’t marry her, she’ll be furious. If she’s furious, your important project will definitely suffer losses. Even if we replace her, there will still be big losses.”
“Dad, you’ve always indulged me. I even got into school because of your sponsorship fees. Now I’m useless, but Little Wan is so smart, can manage the company, and in the future, she can support me, pamper me, take your place in being good to me. Where else can you find such a good thing, such a good girl?”
Ji Chensi tiredly rubbed his brow, and finally looked at Ji Meng with a lifeless expression. “Ji Meng.”
“Yes, Dad.”
“Ji Meng, you truly live up to being my daughter. Do you know you’re setting up your old man?”
“Dad, you’re really so narcissistic. Praising me is one thing, but you’ve managed to praise yourself too.” Ji Meng said with a smile, “Dad, my narcissism is inherited from you, right?”
Ji Chensi thought: Now he didn’t want to talk to Ji Meng. This daughter was really too much.
“When did it start?”
Ji Meng said weakly, “It started after high school graduation. It’s absolutely legal. We were adults. We didn’t do anything improper.”
“You let Little Wan enter the company and become a core member just because you were afraid I would object? And your poor studying, aversion to school, was to make me understand that without Shen Wan, no one would take care of you in the future?”
Ji Meng quickly poured a glass of water for Ji Chensi and comforted him, “Dad, the first part is true, but the second part isn’t like that. I really do dislike studying. I’m already very excellent. I can’t take away all of Little Wan’s glory. Otherwise, when Little Wan is with me in the future, people will say she’s marrying above her station. If I’m useless and the company has to rely on Little Wan, people won’t say that. Dad, I really want to be with Little Wan for life. When two people are together, they should complement each other. If one person is too powerful and overshadows all the other person’s light, it won’t last long.”
188 thought: You’ve really put a lot of thought into this. If he said that the host really wouldn’t mind being a freeloader, doing nothing, just getting beauty treatments and shopping, living the life of a rich wife, even if countless people talked about her, she would be willing.
“Let me think about it,” Ji Chensi rubbed his temples in frustration. “After all, my daughter suddenly coming out, I need time to accept it.”
“Dad, don’t be angry. Except for this, I won’t make you angry again in the future.” Ji Meng looked pitifully at Ji Chensi, making him both annoyed and amused. Faced with such a daughter, how could he be angry? Although he understood this might be his daughter’s little trick, seeing her so lively like this, he wasn’t angry anymore. To be fair, there was no one else in this world like Shen Wan who could be so wholeheartedly good to his daughter.
A few months later, Ji Meng and Shen Wan officially married, shocking the entire upper echelon of Ji Corporation.
Subsequently, Shen Wan was groomed by Ji Chensi as the heir to the corporation, and everyone seemed to understand something.
Shen Wan sat in the office, listening to Ji Meng’s phone call: “Little Meng, what are you doing?”
“Getting a beauty treatment. After I finish, I’ll bring you food.”
Shen Wan thought: She wanted to cry. This was the life she had once imagined.
“What about the afternoon? Do you have any plans?”
“Yes, after eating with you, I plan to go shopping at the mall. I know all your preferences. I’ll buy things for you too.”
Shen Wan thought: She was crying. She preferred to go shopping herself.
A few years later, when the male classmates who had once pursued Shen Wan finally managed to enter Ji Corporation, they discovered that the current president of Ji Corporation was actually Shen Wan.
So please tell them, what was the deal with the woman sitting next to Shen Wan?
At noon, that woman would bring a lunchbox into President Shen’s office, and they would enjoy a delicious lunch together. After lunch, Ji Meng would leave the company, but around the end of the workday, she would come to pick up Shen Wan. The two would embrace and leave hand in hand.
Sometimes, at the foot of the company building, Ji Meng couldn’t resist and would hug and kiss their President Shen.
So, they understood the relationship between these two.
Then, after all their hard work for so many years to enter Ji Corporation, just to pursue their goddess. Could someone tell them why their goddess had become the president of Ji Corporation and married Ji Meng???
Conspiracy! This was all Ji Meng’s conspiracy!
“Little Wan, those few schoolmates’ eyes are almost shooting fire. They must be furious.”
Ji Meng kissed Shen Wan’s cheek. “Trying to snatch my wife from me, they’re far from good enough. If they want to snatch my Little Wan, they’d better have Ji Chensi as their father first.”
Shen Wan thought: Her Little Meng was the most capable.
“Where’s Dad? Gone to the hospital again?” Shen Wan asked.
Ji Meng nodded. “Yes, now that Dad has handed most of the work over to you, he has nothing better to do than go to the hospital to upset that woman. I really don’t know how he developed this bad habit. Earlier, Dad even asked me for many beautiful photos, saying he wanted to show them to that woman, praising me as more beautiful and younger than her right to her face, to infuriate her.”
“Is Dad too bored? Why is he becoming more childish as he gets older?” Ji Meng said with some concern.
Shen Wan said, “It should be fine. Dad just feels guilty, that’s why he wants to see that woman.”
Ji Meng fell silent for a moment, then said, “I’m no longer affected by that woman. Does Dad not believe that?”
“It’s not that he doesn’t believe it, but he can’t treat what happened as if it never did. He’s happy, so let him be.”