Married to the Male Lead’s Hidden Rich Brother

Chapter 42

Zhou Qiaoqiao leaned against Yan Wei, a little sad, and said, “Jiamin! They used to look down on me for being poor, but now I have a lot of money. I have 600,000 yuan, more than all of them.”

Yan Wei smiled and said, “Hmm, I’m envious.”

Zhou Qiaoqiao said again, “Don’t envy me! That thing hitting my head was really painful, but it’s worth getting 500,000 yuan compensation.”

Yan Wei sighed, “It’s not worth it.” This was the luck that fate gave Zhou Qiaoqiao, but it was also the luck given to Yan Wei. The damage to Yan Wei’s body over the years couldn’t be recovered in just two months. But it was close.

“Worth it,” Zhou Qiaoqiao suddenly sat up and bumped her head directly on Yan Wei’s chin. Then she lay back down crying, “It hurts, Jiamin, I was hit.”

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Liang Jiamin didn’t even turn her head and said, “Be quiet, Qiaoqiao, Liang Liang is driving! He doesn’t like being disturbed while driving.”

Zhou Qiaoqiao turned around, her back facing Liang Jiamin. The lonely figure was pitiful. Zhou Qiaoqiao said sorrowfully, “Ah, Jiamin doesn’t love me anymore.”

That hit on Yan Wei’s chin was not light! It was so painful that he almost shed tears. Seeing that Zhou Qiaoqiao still had the mood to be sorrowful, he said, “Since you’re drunk, go to sleep.”

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Mao Liang nodded. It was vacation time, so they could still use the public car. Mao Liang immediately drove away with the chatty Liang Jiamin.

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Yan Wei carried Zhou Qiaoqiao upstairs, but Zhou Qiaoqiao was still unwilling. When she saw someone, she shouted, “Help me, I don’t know him.”

Yan Wei’s temples throbbed. They almost got stopped by a well-intentioned brother on the way, but luckily, many people in the building had seen the two of them together and vouched for them, allowing them to pass.

Zhou Qiaoqiao continued to laugh happily along the way, saying, “You’ve been following me all along, you’ve been following me. Now you’re being scolded!”

Yan Wei shook his head, opened the door, and took her home.

The next day, Zhou Qiaoqiao woke up with a headache. As soon as she woke up, she noticed Yan Wei sitting by the bed. Zhou Qiaoqiao asked him very obediently, “What’s wrong?”

Yan Wei smiled slightly and said, “Nothing, I’ve cooked porridge for you. Have some!” After Yan Wei got up, he added, “Drink less alcohol in the future.”

Zhou Qiaoqiao nodded, changed her clothes, went downstairs to freshen up, and then sat across from Yan Wei.

“How much did you pay yesterday?” Zhou Qiaoqiao asked him.

Yan Wei glanced at her cautious posture and smiled, “What are you afraid of?”

Zhou Qiaoqiao whispered, “Actually, I remember what happened after I got drunk yesterday.”

Yan Wei nodded and said, “That’s good. Do you know that if my luck had been slightly worse yesterday, I would be at the police station right now?”

Zhou Qiaoqiao nodded sadly, her head hanging down. “I know.”

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“When I’m not around, don’t drink so much with other people,” Yan Wei continued to instruct.

Zhou Qiaoqiao nodded, and Yan Wei asked her again, “Were you happy yesterday?”

Zhou Qiaoqiao nodded again, but this time she had a smile on her face. “I was very happy. I’ve always wanted to participate. However, I wasn’t happy about what happened during the event. But when you came, I was really happy. Although I was happy, I don’t want to participate in the future.”

Yan Wei reached out and touched her head. “It’s up to you.”

Originally, that was the end of it.

However, Yan Wei didn’t expect that Ruan Xiaoqiao would still have the courage to cause trouble. Or rather, did she think that by doing so, he wouldn’t know who she was?

On the seventh day after the class gathering, a hot search suddenly appeared on Weibo: “The woman who cheated on the 18th-line male star has been found.”

Zhou Qiaoqiao was the one who appeared in this hot search. To be honest, who would be interested in an 18th-line story? Even a young actress wearing jeans would attract more attention than the 18th-line’s exposure of mounds, not to mention the abortion of the 18th-line, who cares?

However, if this abortion was connected to a wealthy family, a mistress, and a deeply abusive relationship, then it would be different. The story would skyrocket in popularity, and it wasn’t because the other party was a celebrity, but because the story was so ridiculously melodramatic that it gained attention. In other words, even if the other party wasn’t a celebrity, with the same story, people would still pay attention.

Now, the most criticized mistress in this story has emerged, naturally drawing everyone’s attention back to the news.

The news showed a woman who was drunk, laughing and scolding in a man’s arms. The man wore a look of helplessness and happiness on his face. He protected her, preventing her from getting hurt. He carried her into a luxury car, and although only his back was shown, it was the same car.

At a glance, when comparing the back view of this man with the back view of another video, where he carried a woman into the hospital…

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“Oh my god, it’s definitely the same person.”

“Damn, what a scumbag.”

“Wildflowers always smell better than cultivated flowers!”

“Although Shan Lingtong’s character is not great, at least she is the legitimate one!”

“Who is this woman?”

“I’m starting to sympathize with Shan Lingtong.”

“What has happened to society?”

“Does anyone know her?”

“Let’s dig out her personal information. All mistresses should be utterly destroyed.”

Sitting at the dining table, watching the hot search constantly rising, Yan Wei clicked his tongue and sent a message to Zhen Guoan.

Zhou Qiaoqiao was drinking porridge and secretly glanced up at him, asking, “What are you looking at?”

Yan Wei smiled at her and said, “Nothing, eat quickly, I’ll take you to work.”

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Zhou Qiaoqiao nodded, and when she arrived at the company, she noticed that people were looking at her differently today.

Hmm?

Zhou Qiaoqiao had only been working for a little over a month, and she was the only accountant. There was a lot of work to do, especially nearing the end of the month. She had many tasks to handle, such as provision calculation, amortization, accounting voucher transfer, account reconciliation, and financial statements, among others.

As a result, on this day, Zhou Qiaoqiao didn’t have time to chat with anyone.

She didn’t know that the staff outside were discussing her.

So, a day passed…

From the earliest release of Zhou Qiaoqiao’s video on Weibo to someone leaking information about her around noon, the entire process took only two to three hours.

But what was astonishing was that Zhou Qiaoqiao’s information was deleted in the shortest time possible. At the same time, the Weibo post itself was taken down quickly.

This was a big deal; it stirred up a hornet’s nest among netizens. Wasn’t this an abuse of power?

What happened to freedom of speech? What happened to equality?

And so, the more they deleted, the more people shared…

The initial lukewarm popularity suddenly erupted in this tug-of-war, becoming a fight for freedom. At this point, no one could remember what they were initially fighting for—was it about the mistress, the abortion, or stealing a boyfriend? Those were all insignificant!

When Zhou Qiaoqiao was about to finish work, she finally saw the news.

But…

The hot search she saw was “Who is this wealthy man?”

Zhou Qiaoqiao: “???”

That’s right, after a day of back-and-forth, netizens’ anger escalated from “Who is this woman? Let’s dox her!” to “Who is this wealthy man? Ruin him!”

Zhou Qiaoqiao looked at the nearly 1.68 million comments and 950,000 reposts, feeling completely bewildered. She thought, “Huh, I was busy for just one day. What happened?”

When Zhou Qiaoqiao finished work, she noticed that her colleagues were treating her with more respect. Even the boss came to her and asked, “Qiaoqiao, how did this month’s work go? Oh, look, the air conditioning in this office is not cooling properly. Should I get it replaced for you?”

Zhou Qiaoqiao said, “No need! We have a fan, and I don’t move around much.”

“It’s fine. It’s not because of you. Old Liu mentioned before that the air conditioning in this office often breaks down, and I’ve been meaning to replace it,” the boss replied.

Zhou Qiaoqiao could only nod and say, “Oh, I see. Boss, I’m leaving now.”

The boss walked out with Zhou Qiaoqiao and said, “Can one person handle the finance workload?”

Zhou Qiaoqiao nodded and said, “It’s manageable. We have a dedicated person for cash management, and she handles the reconciliations without any issues. I usually don’t encounter problems on my end.”

“Well, that’s good. Take care on your way back!”

After bidding farewell to her boss, Zhou Qiaoqiao went outside. Her office was at the back of the supermarket, so she had to pass through the product area. Many salespeople were gathered there, busy on their phones. Zhou Qiaoqiao was surprised that her boss didn’t reprimand them for using their phones today.

When Zhou Qiaoqiao came out, the salesperson from the hair care section greeted her, saying, “Qiaoqiao, finished work? We have a discount on shampoo today, and our internal price is even cheaper. Do you want to take some home?”

Zhou Qiaoqiao abruptly stopped in her tracks, turned her head, and with sparkling eyes, asked, “Do I get the internal price too?”

Normally, the internal price is mentioned during the interview or after joining the company, even if the boss doesn’t mention it, the senior employees would bring it up. But Zhou Qiaoqiao had only been working for two months, and she was alone in the back office, so she didn’t have much interaction with others except for some pleasant conversations with the purchasing guy. And now, suddenly, someone explicitly told her that she could get the internal price…

The person smiled at Zhou Qiaoqiao and said, “Look at you! Supermarket employees get the internal price! Let me find you two bottles of super-effective shampoo. I use this brand myself.”

Zhou Qiaoqiao carried her bag and held a cloth bag containing some supermarket receipts. She hadn’t finished her work, and she needed to use her computer to prepare reports in the evening. She nodded and followed the person to the shampoo section.

“Qiaoqiao!” The person stood in front of the shelves, holding a shampoo bottle, and asked Zhou Qiaoqiao, “Do you have a boyfriend?”

“Yes!” Zhou Qiaoqiao guessed that the lady was trying to set her up with someone. She casually declined while scanning the area for reasonably priced shower gel. The one at home was running out, and Yan Wei didn’t like heavily scented ones. Floral fragrances smelled so good!

“I don’t know, but with your beauty, your boyfriend must be wealthy, right?”

“Not at all!” Zhou Qiaoqiao looked at a lavender-scented shower gel that was 18 yuan cheaper than the one in the other supermarket. When she heard the lady’s question, she casually replied, “He’s actually quite poor! But he recently received a bonus from work and managed to save some money.”

The lady chuckled at Zhou Qiaoqiao and said, “Oh, I see, I see. Rich people, huh? Here, take this shampoo. The shower gel you have in your hand is excellent and smells so nice. When you’re at the cash register counting money, he has an accountant’s barcode. Scan it, and you’ll get an even better discount.”

Zhou Qiaoqiao nodded, holding the lavender-scented shower gel. She thought about Yan Wei’s preference for less fragrance for a moment, but then she gave up and thought, “Oh well, Yan Wei probably likes lavender too!”


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4 Comments

  1. chronos5884

    Her man has made MOVES and I’m all for it.

    Yes, I love a Girl Boss, but I love respectful and protective men too. There ain’t nothing wrong with relying on others in their field of expertise. They’re good for each other and help each other, and there ain’t nothing wrong with that.