Chapter 50: Watch the Evening News with Me

Lin Yan was slightly stunned. She was not close with Ziqing at all. Aside from that previous comment about the romance novel competition being rigged, the two of them were essentially parallel lines with no intersection. Why was she sending her a private message now?

Without overthinking it, she clicked open the chat box. Ziqing had sent a long wall of text, and Lin Yan read it line by line.

Ziqing: "Yanyan, I originally thought you were different from the others, but I didn't expect you to be even more calculating than them. You never speak in the group chat, and you do that just to attract Aoxiang's attention, right? I know my guess isn't wrong. But so what if you manage to catch his eye? You can have him help you win an award once, but can you do it for a lifetime? Aoxiang is a man of intellect. He might be temporarily blinded by you right now, but he will wake up soon. Instead of spending all day thinking about buying clothes and dressing up to seduce Aoxiang, you should spend that time polishing your writing. He will never like you; he has never liked calculating girls."

After finishing this long paragraph, a wave of anger surged in Lin Yan's chest. She truly did not understand how she had offended Ziqing, nor could she comprehend why a married woman like herself would bother scheming to seduce someone she had never even met.

Fueled by lingering anger, she typed a reply into the chat box: "Please do not measure the heart of a gentleman with the yardstick of a petty person."

Just as she sent it, Ziqing's reply came back quickly: "Whether I am a petty person and whether you are a gentleman, we will find out when we meet at the event. Don't say I didn't warn you then—ordinary girls cannot catch Aoxiang's eye."

When Leng Mohan walked in, Lin Yan was so angry she didn't know what else to reply, her gaze fixed dead on the chat box.

"Yanyan," Leng Mohan called out from behind her.

In a panic, Lin Yan closed the chat box. For some reason, she did not want Leng Mohan to see words of slander from others.

She adjusted her expression before turning around to ask, "Off work?"

"Mhm," Leng Mohan responded indifferently.

However, when Lin Yan saw the clothes he was wearing, she nearly choked on her own saliva.

Cough, cough, cough...

"You—why are you wearing this outfit? You didn't wear it to work, did you?" Lin Yan asked after catching her breath.

Leng Mohan patted her back and said, "Slow down. No one is racing you to speak."

Once Lin Yan calmed down, Leng Mohan withdrew his hand, raised an eyebrow, and said, "I did wear it to work. Is there a problem? Wasn't this chosen by you?"

Lin Yan let out a dry laugh and said, "No, no problem at all."

Leng Mohan smiled at her with an inscrutable expression, then walked out, sat down in the living room, and casually turned on the television. A Korean drama called *Full House* was playing on the screen.

Hearing the sound, Lin Yan walked out of the study and sat down beside Leng Mohan. She was currently writing a romance novel with a romantic theme and wanted to watch Korean dramas to spark some inspiration. But who knew that the moment she sat down, Leng Mohan had already picked up the remote control and changed the channel.

"Hey, why did you change the channel? I wanted to watch that," Lin Yan said with a hint of dissatisfaction.

Leng Mohan glanced at his watch. "It's time for the Evening News. Watch the Evening News first."

Lin Yan didn't want to argue with him, so she stood up and started walking back toward the study. Leng Mohan called out behind her, "Where are you going?"

"If you won't let me watch *Full House*, I can only go read some romance novels." Lin Yan shrugged and continued walking toward the study.

"Come over and watch the Evening News with me." Leng Mohan's tone was entirely commanding.