Song Group, the office on the 39th floor.
Song Hongyan opened the diary copy and smiled charmingly. After seeing what Qin Luo had written in the diary, she turned around, walked into the private lounge beside her, and changed into another outfit.
Even a puppet could change.
Now, she was going to change the image she had in the novel and give Qin Luo a shock.
A short while later, Song Hongyan walked out and sat down in her office chair. Her expression was calm as she gazed out the window, motionless like a sculpture, quiet and elegant.
Assistant Xiaolan knocked on the door. Only then did Song Hongyan come back to her senses and allow her in.
“CEO Song, this is the clear tea you wanted… Ah, who are you?” Xiaolan cried out in surprise. After clearly seeing Song Hongyan’s face, her eyes still widened, filled with disbelief.
In her impression, CEO Song had always dressed in a fiery and alluring way, captivating people’s souls and outshining every beauty around her. No matter where she stood, her radiance could draw everyone’s attention. As Song Hongyan’s assistant, Xiaolan had long since grown familiar with her boss’s style.
But when she looked up just now, she felt as if she had seen another person standing before the window. Beautiful and sorrowful, as if carrying countless unspoken worries, her figure was like summer willow and autumn lotus, graceful and delicate, like a noble lady from a painting.
Xiaolan’s eyes widened. Was her boss going on a date with someone today? Why had she changed her style?
“Mm. Put it on the table. You may go out,” Song Hongyan instructed softly, very satisfied with her assistant’s reaction.
Assistant Xiaolan finally came back to herself. She took another careful look at Song Hongyan before walking out of the office in a daze.
On the 39th floor.
With a smile on his face, Qin Luo followed the normal procedure and knocked on the door of Song Hongyan’s office.
“Come in.”
A gentle female voice came from inside.
Qin Luo found it very calm, like a fine drizzle carried by a soft breeze, drifting lightly and tenderly.
This did not feel much like Song Hongyan. Just from the voice, one would imagine a graceful lady from Jiangnan, then picture a gentle woman who spoke in a soft and delicate voice.
Was there someone else in the office?
As Qin Luo thought this, he pushed the door open and walked in. His gaze swept forward like he was locking onto a target, and in an instant, it landed on an exquisitely beautiful face inside the office.
The moment he saw this woman, Qin Luo was briefly dazed. He felt his heartbeat quicken slightly. There was a feeling that she was not a puppet, completely different from the feeling he had when he saw Lin Qingxue last night.
This woman’s face, her expression, her features, and her aura all seemed to become vivid and alive at once, as if a soul had been breathed into her.
Qin Luo took a deep breath and walked forward until he reached the woman’s side. Without revealing anything, he greeted, “CEO Song?”
“It’s me.”
The woman nodded. A smile appeared at the corner of her lips, making others feel as if they were bathed in a spring breeze.
“Sit down first.”
A smile surfaced on Song Hongyan’s face. She was very satisfied with Qin Luo’s expression. Her voice was soft and calm like water as she raised her hand and gestured to him.
She was also watching Qin Luo with curiosity. This was a guest from another world, a transmigrator, the only one in this world. He was even more precious than a giant panda.
Qin Luo’s mind held all the secrets of this world. He was truly a treasure boy in every sense.
The corners of Song Hongyan’s lips could not help curving into a faint smile. Besides, this man was rather handsome too. He was tall, strong, and masculine. No wonder he could hide by Song Yunyi’s side as a bodyguard.
Song Hongyan did not know whether Qin Luo was useful or not, but at least in her eyes, he was pleasing to look at.
After Qin Luo sat down, he openly studied Song Hongyan. Although he felt that there were some changes in Song Hongyan, it was still difficult for him to treat her as a real person.
Before entering the room, he had imagined what Song Hongyan would look like. Probably influenced by the original novel’s description, the Song Hongyan he imagined was alluring in every glance and smile, filled with sensual charm. She should have been dressed in fiery red, like a rose blooming in the night, passionate and scorching.
But after truly seeing Song Hongyan, he realized that the woman before him was completely different from the figure he had imagined. Her aura was entirely different. This was a quiet and gentle woman.
The office was very quiet, and it smelled pleasant. It seemed to be a unique sandalwood fragrance, with faint wisps of smoke drifting through the air.
Amid the curling smoke, Song Hongyan seemed both illusory and real. Her body fat was not low, making her look like a full and mature beauty rather than the bony beauty of young girls. Although her figure was voluptuous, her waist was as slender as a willow branch, delicate enough to hold in one hand.
Beneath her pure and elegant white clothing, her full breasts lifted the fabric into an exaggerated curve. A black short skirt wrapped around her long, jade-like legs. On her feet were exquisite high heels, inlaid with colored diamonds that glittered faintly. Her curvy figure was fully displayed.
There was light makeup on her face. Her skin was clear and radiant, like beautiful jade, glowing with luster. Her nose bridge was high, her cherry lips small and delicate. Beneath two long willow-like brows was a pair of pitch-black eyes, calm and gentle, yet overflowing with charm.
A line suddenly rose in Qin Luo’s heart. From afar, she was as faint and graceful as misty willows. Up close, she was bright, stunning, and beyond ordinary beauty.
Was she really Song Hongyan?
For the second time, Qin Luo questioned it in his heart.
This woman’s charm far surpassed Lin Qingxue’s.
She was vivid and lively.
Beautiful enough to topple a Nation.
Feeling Qin Luo’s gaze, Song Hongyan did not avoid it. Her face still carried an open and graceful smile. She lifted the clear tea on the table to her soft pink lips, took a gentle sip, then slowly set it down. Read this novel at novelping . com for the best experience.
That tiny movement made Qin Luo feel a wave of temptation. She truly did not seem like a puppet. Every part of her carried a bright, teasing allure.
Cold on the outside, warm on the inside. That made her even more attractive.
She truly was a temptress.
Qin Luo sighed inwardly. It was difficult to imagine that this was the second female lead of The Dragon King’s Return. How had Ye Beichen managed to win over a woman like this?
After taking a sip of clear tea, Song Hongyan finally asked, “What happened to Song Yunyi at the Tang family birthday banquet last night?”
Of course, this was only a topic she had casually chosen. The reason she met Qin Luo was simply because she wanted to see this transmigrator.
Song Hongyan had already received news of what happened at the Tang family birthday banquet last night.
Qin Luo did not know this. In the original novel, Song Hongyan had always disliked her nephew Song Yunyi and basically never asked about him.
But because of the diary copy, Song Hongyan had changed. She had directly sent someone to investigate, mainly to look into Qin Luo, this transmigrator.
Just as written in the diary copy, Qin Luo had worked at Song Group for five years. He kept a low profile and usually focused on protecting Song Yunyi. Until the Tang family birthday banquet last night, Qin Luo had always been following Song Yunyi.
It was exactly at that time that Ye Beichen returned to the Nation and came to Lin Qingxue’s side as her personal bodyguard.
Perhaps this was the beginning of the plot.
If not for the diary copy, no one would know this was a novel world. Everyone would have thought everything was normal. Who could have imagined that everyone’s fate would change because of a man who had returned from abroad, and that it was all being manipulated?
Song Hongyan’s gaze turned cold. Her fate could not be controlled by anyone. It belonged only to herself.
Qin Luo was very surprised. Song Hongyan was paying attention to Song Yunyi? That had never happened in the original novel. This was another small change. Soon afterward, like he was reporting work, Qin Luo briefly explained what had happened last night. He mainly talked about how Young Master Song had been humiliated by a man named Ye Beichen.
After quietly listening to Qin Luo, Song Hongyan’s expression remained calm. She said nothing and only took another sip of clear tea, as if she did not care about this matter at all.
Qin Luo felt more and more that Song Hongyan was unusual. She did not have the stiff feeling of someone reading from a script.
Meanwhile, Song Hongyan’s gaze had been fixed on Qin Luo the whole time, as if Qin Luo himself interested her more than what had happened at the Tang family birthday banquet. It was hard to understand.
According to the plot, this kind of gaze should have been Song Hongyan noticing Ye Beichen.
But Qin Luo was not the protagonist Ye Beichen. His current identity was that of a minor supporting character. Yet Song Hongyan’s gaze was locked firmly on him.