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The Expensive Ex-Wife of a Wealthy Family [6.1]

Novel by: Yuèxià Xiāohún

Translated and Edited by: Aidoru Apple

While looking at Jian Mo's text message, Gu Beichen could not help but curl

his thin lips, he had yet to realize that his eyes were deep…

But the executive employees in the conference room stood on guard… When have

they ever seen Gu Beichen smiled like this?

This was a sign! Dangerous days will come, especially when he was about

to fire employees or curse them!

One by one, the employees could not help but silently gulp, even knowing that

Gu Beichen made such an expression because he looked at his phone, they still

felt that they might be affected by the storm.

Gu Beichen did not reply to Jian Mo, but after turning off his phone, scanned

his employees, "No plans yet?"

Unlike the wicked smile, he showed a while ago, Gu Beichen now has a serious

and unreadable expression on his carved face.

"President, if you give me one more day…" The general manager felt the cold

sweat running on his back, "I will come up with a solution by tomorrow."

Gu Beichen's thin lips slightly arched, "Just a day?"

The general manager's Adam’s apple rolled down, "Half, half a day… Before the

end of work today, we would have come up with a solution."

"Good!" Gu Beichen replied, "I hope you do not disappoint me…Meeting adjourn."

After he spoke, he was the first to leave the conference room.

It was not until he was gone that the people inside secretly sighed. All their

backs were cold with nervousness.

Jian Mo propped her head with one hand while staring at her phone… After she

sent her message of paying him with herself, Gu Beichen had not replied, and

she could not understand his meaning.

"Alas..." Jian Mo sighed and muttered to herself, "I don't agree with this…

It's so vulgar!"

Annoyed, she tossed her phone on the desk and decided to leave it alone.

Construction firms of all scales were busy since many real estate companies

have recently emerged.

But this did not matter, there would always have gossip wherever there were

women!

"I think there are only two reasons why people are curious about Lu Man right

now!" Ding Dang held up her scissors… "First, did she commit an unspoken rule1

in her new film? Second, how much of her scandal with Young Master Gu was

true? Or was it just to hype her new movie?!

"…" Jian Mo looked with resentment at everyone who was blabbing Gu Beichen

this and Gu Beichen that. She helplessly said, “Please don't mention Gu

Beichen, my whole self is turning bad."

Xiang Wan grinned, "Don't talk like that, Mo-jie2… Don't just feel

pressured by the Director. Think about it… if you succeed with this design

proposal, the roads ahead will be bright!" She raised her eyebrows, "So,

shouldn't you be motivated?"

Jian Mo shrugged and continued to look at Xiang Wan with resentment: "Not at

all..."

"Momo3, don't put too much pressure on yourself…" Mo Xiaoya, "It would be good

if we can negotiate about it, but if we can't, we won't have any loss, right?"

Jian Mo pursed her lips, got up, and went to the pantry to make a coffee for

herself.

The ladies outside kept analyzing the national husband, Gu Beichen, while Jian

Mo leaned, listened to everyone's jokes, and thought deeper…

After getting off work, Jian Mo dragged her exhausted body back to Lan Ze

Yuan.4 As always… Only her was in this empty small garden villa.

Jian Mo made herself dinner, ate it, took shower, and then, went to bed.

Sitting on the bed, she wondered if she should send another text message to

ask Gu Beichen…

But looking at the time, she didn’t know which beauty she was dining with or

in which gentle town5 he was engrossed with. Wouldn't she just bother him?

Still thinking, it was better to forget about it!

Jian Mo became bored being alone and opened the Luo City Forum.6

Footnotes:

1. 潜规则 (qiánguīzé): unspoken rule. Uusually ones that codify improper behaviors to get favorable treatment. It was a common trope in Chinese novels with showbiz theme where some cannon fodders in exchange of an opportunity give themselves with the one with authority.↩

2. 沫姐 (Mòjie): Older sister Mo.↩

3. 沫沫 (Momo): Jian Mo's nickname.↩

4. 蓝泽园 (Lán Zé Yuán): literally means Blue Pond Garden. Our main characters' residence.

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5. 温柔乡 (wēnróu xiāng): metaphor for losing oneself or being engrossed with female charms or *snu snu*. This idiom came from a story Empress Zhao Feiyan, who won the heart of Emperor Han Cheng.

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6. 洛城论坛 (Luòchéng lùntán): literally means Luo City forum. Searched Baidu and Google for 洛城 (luòchéng) since chapter one. It said to be another name for Luoyang, China; Los Angeles, USA; and Kyoto, Japan but I doubt it. And since I learned there was actually a manhwa, I was tempted and checked on it at the same chapter but found no clues so let's stick for Luo City for now. Let's just say (for now) it is the location of this novel.

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