Return of the Antagonistic Lady Boss

Chapter 98: Six Updates (Thanks to Qu Xue and Heshibi + More)

Yu Minglang came around a mountain road with eighteen bends, going in circles and roundabouts, and Qian only got one central idea.

"You don’t want me to call you Yu Minglang?"

"Focus on unity!"

"..." Shameless!

"Get on with it, once the principle issue is resolved, I can help you with your tasks." Yu Minglang vigorously argued for his own benefits.

There was a time before when the naughty girl confused him, calling him ’brother,’ which Yu Minglang thought sounded nice. Recalling it still gives a tingling sensation.

"Oh, a name change, that’s easy. Listen carefully now—" She cleared her throat, and his breath paused slightly.

"Bad Egg!" Such a crisp voice.

Yu Minglang felt as if someone had drenched him in cold water...

What kind of nickname is this; it sounds worse than Yu Minglang!

"How’s this nickname?" Qian said gleefully.

"Do you still want my help or not?"

"Yu?"

"I should get busy with work, probably won’t have time for the next few months—"

"Lang?"

"Not united enough."

Qian was furious.

"Yu Minglang, don’t push it, Lang is not okay, I’ll just call you uncle then! That’s how they call their boyfriends in Korean dramas! Whether you want to do the tasks is up to you, don’t threaten me!"

As soon as Qian got tough, Yu Minglang indeed calmed down on the other side, his voice clearly different from before.

"Mei, don’t be like this—"

"Why do you care what I call myself?!!" Qian again heard the nickname from her past that made her crumble.

This guy, how can he still be like this! Randomly giving people nicknames!

She thought since she hadn’t heard this nickname that drives people crazy until now, she could escape the ’nightmare’ of her past life.

Didn’t expect that she still couldn’t escape!

Mei, even though it sounds like a village girl, the problem is, isn’t this the name for a flying cockroach?

A non-flying cockroach is called Xiaoqiang, a flying one is called Mei.

To give his girlfriend such a weird pet name, who else but this strange Yu Minglang!

"Mei! You are Mei."

Yu Minglang was single-minded, a steel straight man, and for those he considered his own, he insisted on having a unique code name.

Back in the day, his code name was one, and his brothers had code names too.

His girlfriend was his own, she had to be unique. Everyone else called her Qian’er, Qian, but Yu Minglang didn’t want to call her that, he couldn’t be like everyone else.

"I don’t want that weird name!" she protested strongly, the respectable female boss getting called a flying cockroach!

"Protest invalid, Mei, be good, I’ll contact you when I’ve sorted things out."

"Hey!" Qian wanted to protest, but the other side had already hung up.

She angrily kicked the table.

Next time, I must protest and at least get a decent nickname!

Yu Minglang walked on the way back to the office, all he could think about was Qian and the beauty spot on her forehead.

She looks so pretty, and she has a beauty spot, what else could I call her but Mei?

Time flies by quickly, and in the blink of an eye, Qian was about to start school.

Everything at home had been arranged properly, and her mother was also settled, so she went to school without worry.

Jia Xiufang wanted to take her daughter to school, but with elders to care for at home, she couldn’t leave, and things were strained with her second brother’s family, so she had to ask Chen Lin’s fourth brother’s child, Chen Chao, to take Qian.

People outside still didn’t know that Chen Lin and Jia Xiufang were getting divorced, and Chen Lin didn’t dare tell the family, afraid of distressing his elderly mother. Qian thought she could go alone, but Jia Xiufang was insistent.

No matter how composed and thoughtful she was, she was still a girl. Although the school was within the province, only two hours by bus, it still felt uneasy, as there were quite a few human traffickers targeting young girls.

Chen Chao was a silent person, and when Qian said she wanted to find him at his house last time, she hadn’t found the opportunity.

With her cousin helping her in her past life, she’s always remembered wanting to repay that kindness.

On the train, Chen Chao quietly took out washed fruit for Qian, the two siblings sat facing each other, Qian knew his personality, typical of someone who does more and says less. But before the matter of him helping with money happened in her past life, she always found this cousin difficult to deal with.

People, when not faced with events, cannot know who is reliable.

"Chao, is your unit sending people to guard over the foreign mines?" Qian asked.

Chen Chao nodded, having often played with his cousin when they were young, though they didn’t contact much as adults, he still had fondness for this little sister, always remembering when she used to chase him to get elm seeds from the tree with her braids.

"Then when are you and your unit’s gorgeous sister getting engaged?"

Chen Chao’s face suddenly turned red.

"How did you know about her?" It was supposed to be confidential, not even family knew.

"I saw you two shopping together last time, Chao, that big sister is really nice, you look great together, hurry and get her!"

In her previous life, that sister didn’t become her cousin-in-law, although she had a strong relationship with her brother, they eventually separated.

The reason was that they applied to go abroad together to save more for their wedding, to one of the coldest places, a mine area at over forty degrees below zero. Her cousin Chao had his back injured, contracting spinal inflammation, a terrifying disease.

It wouldn’t usually flare up, but when it did, the back pain was so severe that one couldn’t stand straight, with no medication to treat it, and there was always a chance of paralysis; this untreated disease was like a ticking bomb, hanging over her cousin Chao.

Of course, not everyone would become paralyzed, though the probability was high, some managed it well and were okay, but the back pain was unavoidable.

That sister was really affectionate, truly loved Chao, and insisted on marrying him to share joy and hardships when she learned about his condition. But Chao feared he would paralyze and hinder the girl, cruelly avoiding her; she chased him, waited outside his home for three days, saying she’d immediately get a certificate once he changed his mind.

Chao just wouldn’t come out.

The girl left heartbroken.

Years later, she married someone else in despair, and when Qian returned, her cousin Chao still wasn’t married, always troubled by illness but not paralyzed, with gray hair despite being in his forties.

In her past life, she gave him a good job, he wasn’t short of money, but he hadn’t found anyone. When asked, he just said he wouldn’t consider marriage, fearing worsening spinal inflammation would harm a girl.

But Qian knew, he couldn’t forget the big sister who waited three days for him.

Only someone deeply attached to emotions could do such "ruthless" things at times like these; Qian knew if she were her cousin, she couldn’t push the person she loved the most away.

She sincerely respected her cousin brother for being a true man. Now that she’s back, she couldn’t watch her brother stay lonely for the rest of his life.