Jin Yu’s beautiful almond-shaped eyes suddenly widened.
Wait, what? Is he crazy?
He’s lost his mind!
His grip was so strong that Jin Yu suspected he was about to crush her jawbone. Just as she frowned, about to remind him to let go, the door was abruptly pushed open with a rough, forceful shove.
Before the person appeared, their voice was heard first.
“Brother, I heard from Gu Feng about what happened today. Are you okay, brother…?”
The newcomer wore a burgundy red shirt, tall and imposing, his handsome face etched with urgency.
He was Meng Jian.
Meng Jinyan’s unrelated younger brother.
Yet the bond between them surpassed that of blood brothers.
When he saw Meng Jinyan gripping Jin Yu’s chin, without asking for an explanation, he glared fiercely at Jin Yu, his tone harsh. “You wicked woman, how dare you provoke my brother?”
Jin Yu’s disbelief deepened even further.
How utterly absurd.
Fortunately, Meng Jian’s arrival caused Meng Jinyan to release his grip. After letting go of Jin Yu’s chin, he spoke bluntly, his voice low. “Have you caught the mole?”
Hearing this, Meng Jian glanced warily at Jin Yu.
“Brother, there’s an outsider here.”
Meng Jinyan glanced at the woman with reddened eyes, his tone indifferent. “She is your sister-in-law in name.”
Sister-in-law?
Meng Jian swept a dismissive look at the seemingly frail Jin Yu, unwilling to accept this fact. “Brother…”
But before he could finish, he was cut off.
“It’s been a day. What’s the situation? Has Grandma taken charge? Has anyone shown her disrespect?”
Meng Jinyan rarely spoke coldly to him, and Meng Jian felt a bit disheartened, replying sullenly, “No one dared to disrespect Grandma. The mole has been caught. I’m certain he’s someone arranged by Fa Mingzhu, but he refuses to admit it, fiercely loyal to his master.”
Meng Jinyan watched as Jin Yu gently rubbed her jaw, suddenly letting out a cold laugh. “Is that so? I don’t believe there’s a mouth in this world that can’t be pried open.”
His sinister smile sent a small shiver down Jin Yu’s spine as she sat by the bed. She truly felt this pair of brothers was terrifying.
One cold and menacing, the other fierce and intimidating.
Being in the same room with them, she felt her lifespan shortening.
For the sake of her health, please leave quickly.
Perhaps her wish was heard by the heavens, as Meng Jinyan gave her a deep look before standing up. “Let’s return to the company.”
Meng Jian hurried after him. “Brother, wait for me!”
Of course, before leaving, he didn’t forget to shake his fist at Jin Yu. “You’d better behave!”
Jin Yu: “…”
As the door slammed shut with a “bang,” Jin Yu’s anxious heart quietly settled.
She touched her still-sore jaw, genuinely feeling she needed to figure out a way to interact with Meng Jinyan. Otherwise, he would keep getting the mistaken idea that she was trying to seduce him.
Just as she reached for her phone on the bedside table, ready to search online for ways to avoid giving men the wrong impression, the door was flung open again with a loud “bang.”
The newcomer was Meng Jian.
Unlike his slightly restrained demeanor when Meng Jinyan was present earlier.
At this moment, the way he looked at her was like tens of thousands of silver needles, and his tone made no effort to hide his disgust for her. “Your name is Jin Yu, right? I don’t care what tricks you used to get pregnant with my brother’s child, but if I find out you’ve made him angry, hurt him, or pulled any stunts to seduce or bewitch him, I won’t let you off!”
“And if something like today—where my brother had to personally beat someone up—happens again, I’ll make sure to beat you up first.”
From the look in his eyes, Jin Yu believed he meant every word. Just as she parted her lips to clarify her stance, his gaze suddenly softened as he stared at her belly.
The ferocious expression on his face vanished completely.
After taking a few steps forward, he even waved at her belly, transforming into a gentle and warm older brother. “Hello there, little one. I’m your uncle. Grow up quickly—I’ve prepared lots of gifts for you. When you come out, you’ll be the happiest child in the world!”
Jin Yu’s eyes widened abruptly.
She tightened her grip on her phone, suddenly feeling a chill run down her spine.
Wasn’t this just plain crazy?!
As it turned out, it wasn’t—he was just incredibly quick at switching expressions.
Because the next second, Meng Jian reverted to his ferocious demeanor. He pointed at her and warned, “You’d better take good care of that belly. If anything happens to my little nephew or niece, don’t even think about living!”
Jin Yu clenched the bedsheet with her other hand, swallowed hard, and silently begged for him to leave as soon as possible.
Fortunately, after picking up the laptop Meng Jinyan had left behind on the sofa, he prepared to leave.
But just before leaving, he switched expressions once more.
The man smiled warmly and waved at her belly again. “Goodbye for now, little one. Uncle will come see you next time.”
Jin Yu: “…”
Even long after Meng Jian had left, Jin Yu still hadn’t fully recovered. She thought both brothers were seriously messed up.
One was always convinced she was trying to seduce him.
The other was like a master of switching faces, almost as if he had a split personality.
It was all just so bizarre.
She took a deep breath and opened her phone. As soon as she entered WeChat, two messages came in, labeled from Huang Chengzi.
[Huang Chengzi]: Sis, if you don’t come back to the company soon, Moni is going to snatch all the projects from us.
[Huang Chengzi]: Moni is really shameless. Today, when I passed by the director’s office, I saw her kneeling at his crotch. How can she have no shame at all? She’ll stop at nothing to get projects. Right now, two projects originally assigned to our team have already been taken by her.
After reading, Jin Yu frowned tightly.
Her annual leave hadn’t even lasted a few days, and Moni was already eagerly snatching things away. She really wasn’t afraid of choking on it.
She pursed her lips and typed a line in response.
The person on the other end replied instantly. [Huang Chengzi]: Sis, are we just going to let her bully us like this? If this continues, we won’t get any commissions at all.
[Jin Yu]: You can’t catch a wolf without risking the lamb.
[Jin Yu]: She only has so many people under her. If she takes all the projects from us and fails to deliver, her credibility will take a huge hit. She’ll have plenty of suffering ahead.
[Jin Yu]: During this time, take Xiao Liu and focus on visiting CS Company. I’ve heard they’re planning a major renovation of their entire building recently. Securing that project would be worth all the ones we currently have.
The person on the other end quickly replied with an OK emoji.
After exiting WeChat, she opened a search app and typed in the question about “seduction,” but the results were highly unreliable.
Clearly define your boundaries and bottom line.
She could guarantee that she had absolutely adhered to this!
Maintain distance and a sense of boundaries.
She could still guarantee that she had absolutely maintained this!
Enhance your personal charm and appeal.
Seeing the last point, Jin Yu felt it was completely unnecessary.
Right now, she hadn’t done anything, yet Meng Jinyan already had the illusion that she was seducing him. If she really went ahead and enhanced her charm and appeal, his delusion would undoubtedly only grow stronger.
Just as she was frustrated with the unreliability of the search app, a message suddenly appeared in her phone’s text messages.
It was from an unknown number, concise and to the point with just four words—
Add me on WeChat.
Jin Yu ignored it, opened her memo app, and began making plans. Moni had completely disregarded all principles while she was on leave, and it was time for her to make the evidence she had collected public.
More than ten minutes later, the unknown number sent another message—
Jin Yu, I’m telling you to add me on WeChat!
Seeing this, Jin Yu’s fingers, which were still typing, paused. The other person knew her name and used this tone—her heart skipped a beat.
Could the person asking her to add them on WeChat be Meng Jinyan?