Married The Crybaby Childhood Crush First, Then Fell in Love - Chapter 30

In the closed office, Lin Wanqing placed the cool, soft tape measure against Yan Qiu’s body.

Every part was measured precisely, from top to bottom.

The cool tape measure against her burning skin made Yan Qiu’s breathing rapid, and a suppressed groan escaped her throat.

Lin Wanqing: “Please bear with it for a moment, Sister Qiuqiu, it will be over soon.”

Yan Qiu’s eyes were flushed, and her entire body was struggling to endure.

“It’s okay, no rush.”

Lin Wanqing’s fingers brushed against the skin of her abdomen, a fleeting touch, as if an electric current was running through their bodies.

Lin Wanqing’s face was red the whole time, and she dared not look up, her gaze only focusing on the tape measure, afraid to see any more of Yan Qiu’s body.

The body wrapped in a black shirt was very pale, and the skin was very soft, which unintentionally reminded Lin Wanqing of Yan Qiu’s lips.

This person looked so fierce, yet so fragile.

Lin Wanqing recorded the measurements in her notebook. “This is the rough sketch. I will find time to make a sample in the next few days.”

Lin Wanqing placed the sketch in front of Yan Qiu, like a nervous student handing in homework to the head teacher.

“Let me know if you have any issues, it can be modified.”

Yan Qiu was a very good client. “No need to modify it. Tian Tian’s design is excellent. I like it very much.”

Lin Wanqing was overjoyed but didn’t dare to show too much excitement.

“I’m very happy that Sister Qiuqiu likes it.”

The door was knocked by an employee.

Lin Wanqing quickly stood up to put things away, ready to leave.

“President Yan, all the details for the next season’s major show are ready. Please sign here.”

As the employee entered the boss’s office, Lin Wanqing was packing up, preparing to depart.

The long sash on her dress snagged on the handle of Yan Qiu’s wheelchair—

Lin Wanqing lost her footing, her center of gravity suddenly shifted backward, and she tumbled onto Yan Qiu’s wheelchair.

Yan Qiu wrapped her arm around Lin Wanqing’s waist. “Be careful.”

Employee: “!!!”

Is this something she is allowed to see?

The employee was trembling, not knowing where to put her gaze, and stood still like a block of wood, head bowed.

She was probably going to be fired tomorrow.

Lin Wanqing’s skirt fluttered, her creamy white jacket loosely draped over her shoulders, and her long hair was slightly dishevelled.

She was like a startled little rabbit.

Yan Qiu: “Be careful. Were you frightened?”

Lin Wanqing covered her face, too shy to look at anyone. “I’ll go back now. I don’t want to interrupt Sister Qiuqiu’s work.”

Lin Wanqing was about to stand up but was snagged by the wheelchair again.

She fell onto Yan Qiu’s lap once more.

Lin Wanqing was about to cry from fright. “I’ll call the doctor. Be careful of your leg.”

Yan Qiu held her waist and helped her stand up, easily untying the strap that had tripped Lin Wanqing several times with one hand.

“My leg is fine. Tian Tian, be careful when you walk.” Yan Qiu handed her the notebook. “Don’t fall onto someone else’s lap someday, that could be a huge misunderstanding.”

Lin Wanqing stammered: “…Okay.”

The employee stood there, head bowed, intensely gossiping in her mind. Seeing is believing. President Yan and her young wife have such a good relationship; they can even play with the wheelchair like this.

“Why are you standing there? Hand me the documents.”

Yan Qiu rapped the desk hard with her planner.

The employee was startled and took small, hurried steps to hand over the documents.

Yan Qiu savoured the moment she had held Lin Wanqing’s slender waist. Her little rabbit was too thin.

Her waist was very soft and had a small, subtle dimple.

It had a lot of resilience, which she liked very much.

…

The results of the preliminary round were released. Lin Wanqing had initially been disqualified for plagiarism.

After the exposure of the true plagiarism, Lin Wanqing won first place, as everyone had hoped.

With the institute director behind the scheme being taken away for investigation, the competitive environment became much fairer.

A judge handed a small trophy to Lin Wanqing with both hands. “Congratulations, student.”

The finished tulle dress was made of three colours, dark blue, light blue, and a gradient in between, overlapping. The outermost layer was a sheer, grayish gauze, which reduced the overall brightness and saturation while highlighting the sense of layering.

Inconspicuous rhinestones were embedded in the skirt, sparkling like rippling water with every step.

It was the sight of night waves illuminated by the moonlight and stars.

Under the spotlight, even the usually reserved Lin Wanqing couldn’t help but get teary-eyed at this moment.

The judge patted her shoulder. “There are still several rounds of the competition to go. Keep up the good work.”

The preliminary round was just a large-scale elimination. There were three more rounds after this.

Yu Fei waved at her from a distance. “Miss Lin, you’re amazing!”

Lin Wanqing slipped away from the crowd and walked with Yu Fei down a small back alley that led straight to the parking lot.

Lin Wanqing patted her chest. “I’m glad I didn’t embarrass President Yan.”

Yu Fei: “Indeed. Miss Lin’s status is not ordinary. If you hadn’t won first place, the boss would definitely be very angry.”

Lin Wanqing felt the pressure increase. “Will she… hit me?”

Yu Fei’s smile became even more benign. “If you hadn’t won first place, the boss might think Miss Lin deliberately dishonoured the company’s reputation and would lock you in the basement, forbidding you from seeing anyone.”

Lin Wanqing’s smile looked more like a cry.

That sounded exactly like something Yan Qiu would do.

Yu Fei patted her shoulder. “Don’t worry, it’s nothing more than being locked up, deprived of food, and having to perform the duties outlined in the agreement.”

Yu Fei: “So, Miss Lin, please consider compromising with the boss about rigging the results.”

Lin Wanqing felt completely un-comforted and refused to cheat.

However, holding the weighty little trophy in her hand, she was still very happy.

Coming out of the back passage, the secretary opened the car door.

The sun was unusually bright outside, and she loosened the red scarf around her neck.

Avoiding the crowd at the main entrance, this parking lot was rarely known and very quiet.

“Lin Wanqing.”

A middle-aged man walked out from behind a car. “I always thought you didn’t look like my daughter, and it turns out I was right.”

Lin Hui looked at her with malicious, hateful eyes, completely devoid of any fatherly kindness or compassion.

Yu Fei, in the driver’s seat, shouted at him to get lost, and quietly told Lin Wanqing, “The boss is busy now and will come to pick up Miss Lin a little later.”

She hadn’t expected Lin Hui and Qiao Lihua to show up, completely desperate.

They both looked crazed.

Qiao Lihua stood behind, her eyes full of resentment towards Lin Wanqing. Her face was covered in bruises and patches of purple, not a single spot was unscathed.

She had undoubtedly been a victim of domestic violence.

In Lin Wanqing’s memory, her father and mother always had a good relationship. The reason for the domestic violence could only be one thing…

Lin Hui shouted furiously outside the car door, “You and your mother are both bitches! Eating my food, using my money, keeping me in the dark and treating me like an idiot! Laughing behind my back, weren’t you!”

Through the car window, Lin Wanqing clearly heard her father’s unpleasant insults.

Saliva sprayed onto the car glass.

Lin Wanqing looked at him indifferently, her fingers tightening around the trophy on her lap.

She used to take her first-place awards to her father for praise. Although she wasn’t praised every time, those few times made her very happy.

In Lin Wanqing’s memory, her father was always easier to get along with than her mother.

When she was a child, she wondered if she wasn’t good enough to be liked by her parents.

Lin Hui frantically took out a small metal knife from his pocket and forcefully tapped on the window. “I knew why you wouldn’t help the factory! Turns out you shameless thing aren’t even my own child!”

Qiao Lihua stood far away in fear, likely someone had placed the paternity test in front of her husband. She had been beaten daily these past few days.

Lin Wanqing’s ears were filled with unbearable insults like “bastard of a wild man” and “selling herself for money just like your mother.”

Yu Fei: “Miss Lin, please don’t take it to heart. There’s no need to pay attention to these two lunatics.”

The joy of winning first place was completely washed away. Inside the car, Yu Fei was crestfallen.

“I managed to control those two, but I didn’t expect them to escape.”

Lin Wanqing forced a faint smile. “Will you blame me for being too heartless?”

Yu Fei: “What are you saying, Miss Lin? Since you married the boss, you have no relationship with your family anymore.”

Lin Wanqing smiled, thinking that was true.

She tightly grasped the shiny little trophy and began to sketch the design and pattern for Yan Qiu’s evening gown in her notebook.

Yu Fei drove the car to the headquarters of Huiyan Group and turned to Lin Wanqing. “Miss Lin, you don’t need to have any concerns. The page with your name in your household register is no longer with the Lin family.”

She and Yan Qiu were truly family.

With this unexpected good news, Lin Wanqing’s smile became more genuine.

Yan Qiu emerged from the headquarters. Lin Wanqing saw her and immediately got out of the car. All the unhappiness in her heart transformed into a fierce embrace, tightly wrapping around her body.

The young woman was teary-eyed, softly saying, “Sister Qiuqiu.”

Yan Qiu patted her shoulder. “The competition is over?”

Lin Wanqing nodded. “Sister Qiuqiu, guess what place I got?”

Yan Qiu pointed at the small trophy in her arms. “Congratulations, Tian Tian, for first place.”

Yan Qiu didn’t ask why she was crying, nor did she ask about the dirtiness on the car window. “I ordered a cake to celebrate for Tian Tian.”

The young woman straddled her legs and sat on her lap. Tears poured down onto Yan Qiu’s shoulder like a broken dam.

All the accumulated grievances were finally released.

Yan Qiu stroked her shaking back. “I’m sorry. The meeting took a bit long today, and I couldn’t pick you up on time.”

Lin Wanqing shook her head, crying even harder.

She had suppressed all her grievances in her anger, but upon seeing Yan Qiu, the sadness in her heart couldn’t be contained.

She cried until tears streamed down her face and she was out of breath; she was so wronged.

Lin Wanqing wiped her tears. “Only Jie Jie (Sister) apologizes to me.”

Yan Qiu smoothed her breathing. “Rest a little first. You can cry later. Don’t pass out.”

Lin Wanqing’s eyes were blurred with tears, and she couldn’t stop. Yan Qiu kissed the corner of her eyes, catching her tears.

Yan Qiu touched her small face. “My little darling.”

She turned and asked the secretary, “What happened on the way?”

Yu Fei told the truth, with some embellishments.

Yan Qiu’s gaze grew colder. “I don’t want Lin Hui and Qiao Lihua to see Lin Wanqing again. Today is the last time.”

Yu Fei: “I understand.”

Yan Qiu: “Tell the lawyer not to consider my relationship with Lin Wanqing.”

Yu Fei made an OK gesture. Lin Wanqing looked up at her, seeing her eager readiness to do something bad, feeling a little confused.

It seemed Yan Qiu and Yu Fei were discussing something very important behind her back.

Lin Wanqing’s soft sobbing was heartbreaking. “My little heart, don’t cry.”

Yan Qiu used her index finger to scoop up a little cream and drew a circle on Lin Wanqing’s nose, and three whiskers on each cheek.

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Lin Wanqing wasn’t amused, but Yan Qiu laughed out loud.

Lin Wanqing felt even more wronged.

The young woman’s lips were crimson from crying. Yan Qiu smeared the cream on her lips.

Lin Wanqing, dazed from crying, licked Yan Qiu’s finger with her tongue like a kitten.

She didn’t let go of any of the cream.

Yan Qiu pinched a strawberry. Lin Wanqing, following her finger, took the strawberry into her mouth with her tongue.

She swallowed it in small bites.

Then came an even bigger blob of cream. Yan Qiu’s movements didn’t stop until Lin Wanqing’s throat couldn’t swallow any more.

“Good girl. I ordered this cake specifically for you.”

White, sticky cream melted around Lin Wanqing’s mouth and on her tongue.

Yan Qiu fed her bit by bit, and the small cake was quickly half-eaten.

“Stop… bullying me.” Lin Wanqing bit down gently on Yan Qiu’s fingertip.

Yan Qiu: “A biting child is not good.”

As punishment, the finger pressed against her tongue, gently pulling it.

Meaningless whimpering sounds came from her throat.

Lin Wanqing’s attention was successfully diverted by Yan Qiu. All the sadness turned into an indescribable embarrassment.

The beautiful woman had touched her tongue…

Lin Wanqing didn’t dare to look at her, her body happily floating in the air /////

The little rabbit didn’t get angry; she even took a tissue to wipe each of Yan Qiu’s fingers clean.

She was so compliant she’d help count the money after being sold.

Lin Wanqing’s waist felt weak as she got off Yan Qiu’s body. Her stomach was full, and her lower abdomen was slightly distended. Yan Qiu ran a finger across it.

She picked up Lin Wanqing’s trophy and placed it on a transparent bookshelf on one side of the office.

The bookshelf was filled with all the honours the company had ever received.

The top shelf was empty. Yan Qiu stood up, supporting herself, and placed the trophy in the first spot on the first shelf.

Lin Wanqing thought it was inappropriate. “It’s just a small competition award. It doesn’t need to be so grand…”

The honours below included “Provincial Honoured Enterprise,” “Environmental Production Medal,” photos with government officials, and expansion renderings of the company…

Yan Qiu: “You deserve it.”

Lin Wanqing was about to cry, thinking, I don’t deserve that much.

Yan Qiu sat back in her wheelchair, locking the glass door of the display cabinet. “Keep it up. If you win a trophy in the next round of the competition, I’ll put it up there too.”

Lin Wanqing felt immense pressure. “What if it’s not first place…”

Yan Qiu smiled. “I’ll put it up even if it’s not first place. Next time a client comes, I’ll introduce it and say that even though my wife didn’t get first place, she’s more formidable than the first-place winner, and the judges simply have poor judgment.”

Lin Wanqing thought, I knew you had ulterior motives.

Yan Qiu: “Young person, you need to have some confidence in yourself.”

Lin Wanqing was completely self-conscious.

…

Yan Qiu had a meeting in the evening and returned very late. Lin Wanqing arrived at the house before her. The housekeeper had prepared all the necessary tools and fabric for her.

Lin Wanqing moved the dress form into the study and seriously began to draft the pattern for Yan Qiu’s evening gown.

Yan Qiu habitually preferred black, which made her look composed yet somewhat gloomy. Although suitable for social occasions, it was overly subdued.

Lin Wanqing attempted to change the colour, adding some ivory white embellishments to make the overall look a little more fashionable.

Yan Qiu returned silently. She saw the little rabbit busy through the crack in the study door and didn’t disturb her.

A day of meetings had left Yan Qiu mentally exhausted. She leaned on the bed, waiting for Lin Wanqing to return to the bedroom.

The housekeeper knocked on the door. “President Yan, the bird’s nest stew is ready.”

Yan Qiu allowed the housekeeper to enter.

Housekeeper: “Miss Lin is still busy in the study. I’ll remind her to rest early.”

Yan Qiu was silent. “She always forgets the time when she works.”

The housekeeper tried to soothe her boss’s mood. “Miss Lin probably didn’t know you were back.”

Yan Qiu closed the book and forcefully placed it on the pillow.

“It’s very late now. Even if she didn’t know I was back, she should have called to ask.”

Yan Qiu realized that Lin Wanqing only cared about her work, completely disregarding her marriage or treating Yan Qiu as a spouse.

Housekeeper: “President Yan, please drink your bird’s nest.”

Yan Qiu: “…”

The housekeeper received the boss’s command and did not disturb Lin Wanqing, who was immersed in her work in the study.

It wasn’t until Lin Wanqing finished her work that she suddenly realized the sun had set. The whole house was quiet, with only the hoarse meowing of the neighbour’s cat.

Lin Wanqing gathered the pins and put down the scissors, her face troubled.

“President Yan’s hip circumference… I forgot to measure it.”

She had only measured the thigh circumference and waist circumference. Lin Wanqing stared at the incomplete sample dress, worried.

She had the tape measure draped around her neck and went to the study for a drink of water, a frown on her face.

Housekeeper: “Miss Lin.”

Lin Wanqing was startled by the person standing in the dark, but relaxed when she saw it was the housekeeper.

The older and wiser housekeeper immediately noticed Lin Wanqing’s distress.

“President Yan didn’t want to disturb you and has gone back to her room to rest. She’s probably asleep by now.”

Lin Wanqing was dazed. “I thought President Yan was still working overtime at the company…”

Housekeeper: “Working overtime at this hour violates labour law.”

Lin Wanqing was ashamed: “…”

You capitalists also care about the labour law.

Lin Wanqing fiddled with the tape measure around her neck. She wanted to show Yan Qiu the precision and reliability of her profession, and she didn’t want Yan Qiu to treat her like a child.

Not measuring the hip circumference… was a very serious error.

Lin Wanqing’s mind couldn’t function normally while measuring the naked Yan Qiu, and she was afraid her breathing might disturb that beautiful body.

She was too beautiful, flawless, and her body temperature was exceptionally high. It made one want to feel if the skin on her abdomen was as soft as her lips.

Lin Wanqing spoke like a thief. “Is President Yan asleep?”

Housekeeper: “She’s asleep.”

Lin Wanqing: “Does she wake up easily?”

The housekeeper pondered for a moment. “That depends on what you are doing. President Yan decides whether or not to wake up.”

Lin Wanqing murmured an “oh” in thought, feeling that the housekeeper was very skilled in the art of language.

After the housekeeper retired, Lin Wanqing quietly opened the bedroom door.

She walked barefoot on the soft carpet, landing as silently as a cat.

Yan Qiu was sleeping peacefully on her side. Her long eyelashes cast shadows on her cheek under the light of the nightlight; they were very long and thick.

Lin Wanqing’s mind wandered, wondering how many matchsticks could be placed on those eyelashes.

They looked very kissable.

Lin Wanqing lowered her eyes, not daring to continue brazenly admiring the sleeping beauty.

She quietly lifted the blanket, warmed the tape measure in her palm, and slowly estimated the area around Yan Qiu’s hips…

Her lower abdomen rose and fell with her breathing.

She was wearing a sheer silk nightgown, and her body exuded the fragrance of a mature woman.

The inside of her thighs was very pale and soft, and looked very inviting to touch.

Lin Wanqing didn’t dare to look much, squinting to check the measurement on the tape measure.

Her butt was quite perky…

Lin Wanqing’s face was burning, her consciousness drifting.

“You’ve been staring at my butt for half a minute. Do you want to touch it?”

Yan Qiu’s voice came from above her head.

Lin Wanqing was immediately startled, letting go of the tape measure and retreating to the side.

“You’re awake?!”

Lin Wanqing was terrified, her eyes instantly filling with red.

Rest in peace.

Peeeking at someone’s butt late at night after lifting their blanket… she’ll probably be whipped with a cane.

Lin Wanqing recalled the sight of Yan Qiu losing her temper at the company, and she whimpered uncontrollably.

Yan Qiu glanced at the tape measure and immediately understood what she was trying to do. “Why didn’t you wake me up?”

Lin Wanqing lowered her head and told the truth. “If you were awake, you’d think I was stupid.”

Yan Qiu: “You are indeed quite stupid.”

Yan Qiu hooked the tape measure with her finger. It split into two parts. Her lower abdomen was soft and flat, slightly shrinking in the cool air.

The whole atmosphere was tense.

Yan Qiu put the tape measure around Lin Wanqing’s neck, pulling her closer.

“Were you really here to take measurements, or were you planning to tie me up while I was asleep?”

Lin Wanqing’s eyes widened in shock, then she nervously lowered her gaze.

She wouldn’t dare.

Yan Qiu’s voice was hoarse from just waking up. “You’ve been staring at my butt for so long. Go ahead and touch it. I won’t count it as indecent assault.”

On a strange impulse, Lin Wanqing reached out her little hand and touched it.

She pressed it once.

And patted it again.

Yan Qiu was truly a good person.

Having touched the beautiful black cat, Lin Wanqing reluctantly withdrew her hand.

Yan Qiu saw the young girl was stunned. “Does it feel good?”

Lin Wanqing covered her face. “Good.”

She took a sharp, nervous breath, suddenly realizing that the hand she used was the one that had just touched Yan Qiu.

Lin Wanqing: She could die a thousand deaths for this.

Yan Qiu: “It’s late. Go to sleep.”

Lin Wanqing held the tape measure, and with unexpected courage, said, “I haven’t… finished measuring.”