Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat! Chapter 9: Bai Yueguang’s Stand-In (9)

Indeed, she was quite fond of him, after all, the Jiang Lai in front of him now was like a damned fairy, unlike her previously timid self. She was still very beautiful, but her beauty now carried a sharp edge, tempting him to touch, only to rcilessly wound him all over.

But today, Jiang Lai was exceptionally obedient, although she would still cry for comfort, it was better than biting with her teeth.

So delicate.

Shen Liao looked at Jiang Lai cradled in his arms, feeling this way not for the first ti.

"Shen Liao..."

Jiang Lai suddenly murmured sleepily.

Shen Liao looked at her.

"You’re so bad."

Jiang Lai’s voice carried a sobbing tone, as if she had suffered quite so grievances.

After crying for a while, she fell into a deep sleep, leaving Shen Liao sitting next to her, lost in thought.

He seed a bit cruel to Jiang Lai.

She was just a simple girl, liking him wasn’t wrong, but his intentions towards her weren’t pure.

Shen Liao, who usually took comfort in the fact he was keeping Jiang Lai, now felt so guilt and tenderness.

He completely forgot that previously he rely treated her as an eye-catching tool, giving her so much money as a reward for her youth.

This mindset persisted until now; Jiang Lai cried in her sleep, and the original sense of justification completely vanished, replaced by so pity.

That day, he didn’t leave, staying by Jiang Lai’s side and sleeping through the night.

Early the next morning, just as he opened his eyes, he saw Jiang Lai greet him with a bright smile, followed by a passionate good morning kiss.

The newly-awakened man’s gaze darkened, holding Jiang Lai’s head down, continuing to wrap her up like a pancake.

At the peak of indulgence, Shen Liao even felt that if this life continued, it might not be so bad.

——

A call from Light Sensing Ga ca through.

Jiang Lai’s design draft broke through the siege and erged from over ten thousand submissions, becoming the image design for Wasteland Queen Ophina.

The director of the design departnt personally contacted Jiang Lai, inviting her to the headquarters of Light Sensing Ga.

Jiang Lai took a taxi over that morning, and the company headquarters was in the city center. Once upstairs, Director Xu Guang received Jiang Lai.

"Wow, I didn’t expect you to be so young and beautiful."

"You’re also young and promising."

After a round of pleasantries, Xu Guang asked her.

"Regarding Ophina’s image, there’s one thing I’m particularly curious about, those very minute details on her such as the unique letters on her earrings and the old scars on her boots, and her face that isn’t particularly flashy, even a bit ordinary, yet under these details she appears so wildly alluring. How did you co up with these?"

Jiang Lai looked at the design draft and smiled slightly, speaking slowly.

"I reviewed your previous promotional materials to understand the ga’s background and general worldview. On the wasteland, the mighty rule, and Ophina is a flower grown from the barrenness, watered by blood, trained by cold winds and scorching heat, she should be a rose born against the odds under diocrity, wild and decadent. These details rely help everyone better understand this Wasteland Queen who grows towards the sun."

Xu Guang listened and nodded repeatedly.

"Great, excellent, wild under diocrity, a rose growing in barrenness, that’s exactly the Ophina I want!"

Just like that, Jiang Lai successfully signed with Light Sensing Ga and beca their original illustrator.

"You can co when you want, or you can work from ho; an original illustrator’s creative inspiration cos from the place most familiar to them. You can choose yourself. As for the treatnt, rest assured, our Light Sensing Ga’s treatnt has always been top in the industry, it definitely won’t disappoint you."

Jiang Lai signed a three-year contract with them, also taking ho over a million in bonus.

"Oh, by the way, the nationwide fall survival competition is being held right here in Jiang City, you can check it out if you have the ti."

"Sure, thank you, Mr. Xu."

"How did you get here?"

"Oh, I took a taxi."

Xu Guang smiled, stood up, and opened the door.

"Where do you live?"

"Xuhui Center."

"What a coincidence, I live on the sa road, let take you ho, we can chat more about the image draft along the way."

With such an offer, Jiang Lai couldn’t refuse, and she was directly dropped off at the doorstep of the villa complex in Xu Guang’s car.

"I live nearby too, it looks like I’ll be seeing Miss Jiang often in the future."

Xu Guang’s tone was gentle, his deanor elegant, and the way he looked at Jiang Lai carried so unique warmth; it was clear he was interested in her.

Jiang Lai certainly noticed, but didn’t ntion it.

"Thank you, Mr. Xu, I’ll treat you to a al next ti."

"How about this ti?"

Jiang Lai looked at him in confusion.

"I’m attending a banquet tonight, on the ship by the sea in Jiang City, I just happen to be short a female companion, I wonder if Miss Jiang is free tonight."

"Sorry, I still have so work to finish..."

"Oh that’s quite alright, it’s not an important banquet anyway, I can attend alone, you focus on your work."

After Xu Guang left, Jiang Lai was just reaching her doorstep when a sinister voice ca from beside her.

"That car just now wasn’t cheap, anyone with a plate of four eights in Jiang City isn’t ordinary. Jiang Lai, you truly have skills, clinging to my brother here, and still keeping your options open over there?"

Upon hearing this sarcastic voice, Jiang Lai’s hands itched.

Looking at Shen An opposite, she walked straight through the door.

"If you’ve got sothing to say, spit it out, if not, clear off."

A dismissive remark yet again angered Shen An, he clenched his fists staring at Jiang Lai’s back, and thinking of his true purpose, he suppressed his fiery rage.

"I don’t care to banter with you, this is my brother’s house, I can co whenever I want, can you do anything about it? Aunt Liu, make a bowl of noodles!"

At the dining table, Jiang Lai continued eating her salad while scrolling through Weibo, coincidentally coming across people in the circle recomnding her to attend the upcoming comic convention at the city expo center.

Shen An, sitting opposite, occasionally glanced at her, the eyes behind his glasses seed to spell out the words "ill intention" directly.

"My brother is attending a banquet tonight."

Jiang Lai glanced at him, continued eating, not intending to respond.

"Banquets of such level require female companions, I see the ti is nearing, aren’t you getting ready?"

"Female companion?"

"Yes, right on the ship Jufang by the seaside, everyone important in Jiang City will be attending, you’re my brother’s girlfriend, surely he’s told you, right?"

Jiang Lai looked at him, her eyes hiding a smile, but a trace of doubt and unease flashed across her face, then she replied stiffly.

"Of course, he already told ."

"Then why aren’t you leaving? I heard it’s a charity banquet, shouldn’t you dress grandly?"

Jiang Lai quickly blinked, seemingly thoughtful, and replied perfunctorily.

"I’ll go upstairs and prepare."

Seeing this, Shen An’s lips curled into a triumphant smile.