Chapter 365: The Wife of That Genius
Wen Qianyi finally admitted that she didn’t have many true friends in the company. In the business departnt, the competition is fierce. Those who are capable are in competition with each other, and those who are not capable are jealous of her for starting as a supervisor. In other departnts, she doesn’t have much ti to make friends. Overall, most of her relationships are just polite acquaintances.
Counting it all, in these months, Li Yan was the only real friend she had.
"Do you know... why I joined Paradise Group? Actually, it was because of a talent."
Li Yan’s heart skipped a beat. He hadn’t noticed that! The person she made a career move for must not be ordinary, at least soone on Ye Jiahong’s level. Ye Jiahong is considered a desirable bachelor in the eyes of ordinary people and has extraordinary professional skills.
But it’s not him. Wen Qianyi didn’t fancy Ye Jiahong, who was also aiming to pursue Zhang Yurong, seeking both wealth and beauty. Perhaps Wen Qianyi would be his second target...
"Haha, was it for ?" he joked, though there was no mirth in his heart. Knowing that the woman he fancied had soone significant in her heart made him feel a little blocked.
"Narcissist! I didn’t know you back then, and you were a nobody," Wen Qianyi chuckled softly.
"Who then? Chief Ye? To speak mundanely, you two are quite a match, though I’ll only admit that we are a good match." With just the two of them, Li Yan wasn’t afraid to be a bit bold.
"Hehe, you don’t have to feel overshadowed. It’s not Ye Jiahong, nor any other director or vice president. Actually, I ca for a woman..."
Li Yan imdiately sat up straight and turned his head to look at Wen Qianyi, still lying in bed, "You’re not joking with , are you? You actually... like won! I need to find a file and end it all..."
Wen Qianyi punched him playfully in the waist, "You’re the one who likes n!"
"Not into won, then I’m relieved. Tell , what is it about?"
"Why should you be relieved? What’s it to you?" Wen Qianyi rolled her eyes at him and then said seriously, "I entered Paradise Group with a target person in mind, and that is Zhang Yurong!"
Li Yan was slightly surprised. When they ntioned a target person, it usually referred to soone to be eliminated. But Wen Qianyi certainly wasn’t in Paradise Group to take Zhang Yurong down.
"Do you have a grudge against her?"
"No."
"She did you a favor?"
"No... she’s just an amazing person, with credentials that blow mine away. She finished her university courses at seventeen, got her master’s by nineteen, and outside of work, earned a doctorate by twenty-two. She studied courses in many different fields, fluent not just in her native language but also in Cloud Island language, international languages, Beihai language conversation, and can understand everyday language of Li country; her academic accomplishnts aside, she started investing in her teens, playing with stocks, bonds, futures, warrants. Before twenty, she used her investnt earnings to start her own investnt company. Her company rged into Paradise Group, and she entered its managent, working across various departnts. Last year, at age twenty-four, she beca the CEO of Paradise Group... I an, isn’t she incredible?"
After hearing Wen Qianyi’s account, Li Yan smiled wryly, "Really incredible, she’s a genius, right?"
With a large population, there are bound to be so exceptional talents. Gauss, the prince of mathematics, was very poor as a child, and his parents were illiterate. As a child, he was puzzled, not knowing what the strange symbols that people read were. It’s said that one afternoon, he picked up a book filled with strange symbols—words. He slowly figured out what they ant, and actually learned phonetics from it! He spent a long ti morizing and piecing things together, from an illiterate to a reader, finishing the book in a day! He solved the problem of adding 1 to 100 in three minutes; his great math masterpiece, "Research in Mathematics," was completed and published at the age of twenty. After that, feeling idle, he started studying surveying, astronomy, theoretical physics...
And then there’s the more famous Leonardo da Vinci, rumored to have had the highest IQ in history...
Of course, such almost monstrous prodigies are beyond ordinary realms; but among ordinary people, there are still many regular geniuses. Li Yan hadn’t expected his wife, Zhang Yurong, to be an out-and-out genius.
He truly felt amazed, not realizing his wife was also a doctor. She must have kept it from him fearing he might feel inferior, having not even graduated high school.
"Whether she’s that impressive, I’m not sure. But with such legends around, I really want to see it for myself. Soone my age, could they be that strong? Haha... Actually, I’m a bit unwilling to accept it, feeling Zhang Yurong had many advantages and conditions. She could focus on her studies, without worrying about life’s pressures. Supposedly, she used her own money to invest, not relying on her father. But if she wasn’t born into imnse wealth, how much could allowance or lucky money amount to? Could she really invest on a large scale?"
Listening to her, Li Yan nodded in agreent. Perhaps most people would think the sa, always focusing on the superior conditions others have and refusing to acknowledge it’s purely down to hard work.
"And now? You’ve experienced her managent, had direct and indirect contact. Do you think the rumors are exaggerated, or do you feel overshadowed?" Li Yan laughed.
"Sowhere in between! The rumors must be true, she is very capable, but not to the point where I’d feel jealous or inferior."
Wen Qianyi was brimming with confidence; her starting point was nowhere near Zhang Yurong’s, yet she achieved what she has today entirely through her own efforts. Her hard work granted her experience and confidence.
"Actually... I still have very limited interactions and understanding of her. I look forward to having a fair project that provides equal space for us to showcase our capacities. But I don’t think there will be. She’s the CEO, unlikely she’d be bothered to compete with ."
"Uh... actually, there is a project, but..." Li Yan paused.
"Oh? What did you think of?" Wen Qianyi turned her head, smiling at him, "Tell , Mr. Lazy Brain in work, who seems to have quite a few sneaky ideas."
"I was going to say... besides study and work, life and love are also vital parts of life. Perhaps you could compete in this, like going after soone Zhang Yurong likes. Whoever ultimately wins could be considered a kind of competition." Li Yan added secretly in his mind, hmm, that person is , chase after !
"Haha, what a silly idea! To challenge Zhang Yurong, I might quit my job to join Paradise Group to get close to her. But for a challenge, could I forsake love to get close to soone she likes? What’s the point of winning then?"
Li Yan raised his eyebrows, "So I added a ’but’, that’s why I also think it’s inappropriate. At least if you pursued another guy, I would be really sad..."
"..." This was an indirect confession, and Wen Qianyi, being smart, couldn’t possibly miss it, but she still replied offhandedly, "Why would you be sad? What’s it to you? Just focus on your Yu Xiao Di!"
Li Yan fell into silence. When two people talk, bringing in a third can complicate things. He couldn’t say he had nothing with Yu Xiao Di, that would be too hypocritical, also dishonest to her. Nor could he say he liked both, as it wouldn’t fit societal values and would be looked down upon.
Wen Qianyi realized this as well, and seeing the awkwardness, she changed the topic, "I don’t have much else to say. Now that you’ve heard one of my secrets, shouldn’t you share your story?"
Li Yan seed to have not heard, staring blankly at the ceiling.
"Rest assured, I swear by my character, your story will stay buried in my gut, I won’t tell anyone. Just satisfy my curiosity! In just these few months, my life has been monotonous, just a monotonous change of environnt. The only really exciting monts have been related to you. Was it really you who dealt with those terrorists? You nearly got blown up by a bomb, who wanted to harm you?"
Li Yan turned his head to look at her and smiled wryly, "Qianyi, if you really want to know, it might disappoint you. Perhaps compared to your monotonous life, so parts of my past were very thrilling. But I—and we—envy your peaceful life."
"Then who on earth are you people?" Wen Qianyi lowered her voice, "Were you ever a terrorist?"
Li Yan couldn’t help but laugh. "Let’s just say, I’m not a terrorist, but close because I’m not a good person either. Knowing too much won’t be beneficial for you."
"Hmph, haven’t I already learned a lot? Doesn’t seem to have impacted much. Plus, discovering so other suspicious and mysterious aspects of you on this trip to D City, the less you say, the more curious I get. Aren’t you just teasing ?" Wen Qianyi used so reverse psychology.
Looking at her beautiful face up close, Li Yan suddenly felt an impulse!
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