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Criteria for choosing a wife – chapter 20

Xia Ke has always admired Meng Xiyue.

Initially, when he collaborated with N.S, it was partly because their planning proposal was exactly to his taste, just when the Xia Corporation needed a breakthrough; on the other hand, it was due to his admiration for Meng Xiyue, inevitably leading to thoughts of promoting her.

Unexpectedly, not long after, both of their fortunes had risen considerably, and now it was Xia Corporation that needed N.S’s cooperation.

After discussing business, Xia Ke probed Meng Xiyue’s interest: “Are you interested in that plot of land in the west of the city next month?”

The news of the auction had just been released by the government, and many companies were secretly eager to move.

Xia Corporation was one of them.

In the male protagonist’s company, a fatal crisis occurred.

After the male protagonist bought the plot of land in the east of the city, an ancient tomb was discovered, causing the development to be indefinitely postponed.

This severely weakened the male protagonist’s company, and it took six months to recover after Xia Corporation’s investment.

Meng Xiyue, who had reviewed the plot in her mind, responded without changing her expression: “Hmm.”

Xia Ke smiled helplessly: “It seems that Xia Corporation doesn’t stand a chance.”

N.S, Tianyu, and many other established companies were eyeing this plot of land.

Among them, Tianyu was the strongest.

The chances of Xia Corporation winning the auction were very slim.

Although that was the case, Xia Ke still wanted to compete.

Tianyu’s actions were becoming more aggressive, as Li Ting urgently needed to prove his worth as an heir and show results to the board.

Being the male protagonist, he signed several major contracts in a short period of time.

A triumphant Li Ting didn’t forget to target N.S, but under Meng Xiyue’s management, he suffered a loss of nearly fifty million in benefits.

Facing the board’s reprimand, Li Ting temporarily ceased targeting N.S, deciding to wait for next month’s land auction to regain his footing.

However, what annoyed Li Ting the most was that his lover wouldn’t let him touch her, saying she would give him a surprise for his birthday.

His birthday was still a month and a half away.

Li Ting had a string of lovers before, but ever since he got together with Ding Yaoyao, he began to settle down.

Without the push from the evil supporting female character, their life together went smoothly.

Initially, Li Ting’s feelings for Ding Yaoyao weren’t pure, and her pretentious behavior reminded him of someone spoiled by affection.

After the novelty wore off, Li Ting started to feel bored.

Suddenly, he thought of Xia Yuan.

It seemed like a long time since she had last appeared by his side, but the thought was fleeting.

*

N.S owns many businesses, with electronic technology being the main one.

Coincidentally, before Meng Xiyue traveled through time, her company specialized in this field and had achieved great success.

Before her time travel, her lab had already begun researching the anthropomorphization of electronic information.

However, currently, Meng Xiyue had no plans to start with anthropomorphization.

Instead, she focused on upgrading and optimizing the electronic products of this ancient world, which was within her control.

Now, N.S had finally made a breakthrough, and for the product endorsement, Meng Xiyue chose Xia Yuan.

Meng Xiyue, who finished her work arrangements half an hour early, got up and prepared to leave.

Assistant Li, who came to deliver documents, saw Meng Xiyue leaving during work hours and asked in surprise, “President, what’s the matter?”

Meng Xiyue took the documents from him and placed them on the desk: “Go to the 13th floor, you’re coming with me.”

Assistant Li immediately understood that Meng Xiyue was going to check on the progress of the advertisement.

He quickly followed her, feeling an inexplicable confidence in the products produced by the company, sure that they would be a huge success.

Entering the president’s private elevator, Assistant Li couldn’t help but sneak a peek at President Meng.

He hadn’t expected the boss to be so familiar with the Xia family’s daughter.

So familiar that she would go against everyone’s advice and entrust such an important promotional film to Xia Yuan, a pampered heiress who knew nothing.

For this shoot, N.S hired a foreign photographer, aiming to achieve the quality of a Hollywood high-tech blockbuster.

Dressed in a black ladies’ suit, Xia Yuan’s eyes were coldly beautiful.

She sat casually, her pale, slender fingers gracefully swiping on the phone screen.

As the background music played, she demonstrated the new phone’s features.

With a touch of bright red in her eyes and lips slightly parting, her voice, cool and icy, resonated:

“N.S at your service.”

The core of this product release is the new generation artificial intelligence system, N.S.

“Stop.”

Following this, Xia Yuan’s two assistants hurried forward, offering warm greetings.

From Meng Xiyue’s perspective, she could see the impatience in the other’s eyes and brows, which only eased into a smile, full of charm and allure, after biting into a small cake.

Xia Yuan glanced at her two anxious assistants and proudly took another bite of the cream cake, defiantly eating what she was not supposed to.

After sipping some tasteless water, she frowned slightly: “Go buy me a milk tea.”

Zhong Le was almost in tears.

Before the manager arrived, she had been repeatedly instructed to keep Xia Yuan away from sweets, as there was an audition for a role as a delicate and frail junior sister in a few days.

Although Xia Yuan wasn’t fat, being thinner would look better on camera.

Seeing Zhong Le not moving, Xia Yuan’s bright eyes darted towards her, her gaze sharpening: “Well, aren’t you going?”

Fiercely intimidating.

Zhong Le dared not say more.

Xia Yuan then glanced at the other assistant, Lin Qi, who was trying to be inconspicuous: “Go to the car and get my bag.”

Lin Qi didn’t dare to ask any questions and immediately went to fetch the items.

From a distance, Meng Xiyue, seeing that Xia Yuan was in good spirits and the shooting was going as she desired, decided not to greet Xia Yuan and invite trouble.

“Let’s go.”

Assistant Li, observing Xia Yuan’s commanding presence from across the room, didn’t expect Miss Xia to be so photogenic; no wonder the president had chosen her.

Assistant Li didn’t understand why the president, having come specifically to see Miss Xia, didn’t greet her.

Sensing something, Xia Yuan turned around and saw Meng Xiyue’s retreating figure, and called out: “Meng Xiyue.”

Her voice was loud enough that everyone in the studio heard it.

Meng Xiyue had no choice but to stop.

Xia Yuan called out without any hesitation, clacking over in her high heels, her previously cold demeanor instantly replaced with a bright smile.

“Did you come to see me?”

She didn’t wait for Meng Xiyue’s response; the answer was obvious, wasn’t it?

What she really cared about was something else: “How did I do?”

Her lively, praise-seeking demeanor softened the severity of her black suit.

She was really too enthusiastic.

Meng Xiyue slightly lowered her gaze, her features cool and subtly expressive, quietly warming up with a gentle tone: “Very good.”

Xia Yuan was pleased, casually undoing the button fastened up to her neck to breathe easier.

Seeing Meng Xiyue’s button always done up to her neck, revealing her delicately beautiful collarbone, she sighed, “Don’t you find that uncomfortable?”

Meng Xiyue averted her gaze, looking elsewhere, her eyelashes fluttering slightly: “No.”

“There’s a charity auction tonight, let’s go together.”

However, as these words fell, Xia Yuan thought she would agree immediately, but Meng Xiyue’s expression remained indifferent, her thin lips slightly pursed, her gaze on her deep and beautiful.

Instantly, Xia Yuan raised her eyebrows, tilting her chin up slightly in her usual manner, “Don’t want to?”

She sounded upset and even a bit aggressive, as if she wouldn’t take no for an answer.

Troublesome.

Meng Xiyue shifted her gaze away, “I might be a bit late.”

Xia Yuan was pleased, moving closer, her dazzling, delicate collarbone coming nearer as well.

Meng Xiyue stepped slightly to the side, giving Xia Yuan a brief glance.

Xia Yuan immediately behaved, but still proudly said, “You should have just told me you had work, I understand busy people like you.”

Her brother was also a workaholic.

Meng Xiyue remained silent in response to Xia Yuan’s monologue.

A staff member came over to inform them, “Miss Xia, we need to reshoot a few scenes.”

Xia Yuan acknowledged, reaching for her lipstick to touch up her makeup, then realized she didn’t have a mirror.

Her gaze immediately fell on Meng Xiyue, and she said as if it were the most natural thing in the world, “Help me with my lipstick.”

“There can’t be any flaws on camera.”

After speaking, she handed the lipstick to Meng Xiyue, puckering her lips cooperatively.

Meng Xiyue: “……”

As for Assistant Li, surprised by the familiarity between the two, he decisively chose to watch the drama from the sidelines.

Meng Xiyue’s gaze fell on the set behind Xia Yuan, where everyone was busy, and the other party’s two assistants had also been sent away.

Xia Yuan glanced at Meng Xiyue and urged, “Hurry up.”

Meng Xiyue leaned in, opened the lipstick, bent down, and her gaze, which fell on the excessively close and slender neck below the collarbone, shifted in a flash to the other’s enchanting lips.

Her slender, cold white fingers held the lipstick, moving slowly and deliberately, yet applying it with exceptional care and evenness.

Their warm breaths mingled, Xia Yuan smelled the cool fragrance of the other approaching, her gaze falling on the excessively entwined and long eyelashes of the other, unable to discern the contours of her eyes at such close range.

Only a faint fragrance lingered.

It seemed a bit too close.

Xia Yuan, realizing it belatedly, uncomfortably moved her head, but Meng Xiyue, who was applying the lipstick, looked down and saw Xia Yuan seemed to want to twist away, so she reached out and pinched her cheek directly.

The fleshy cheek immediately indented, the fingertips felt soft, Meng Xiyue’s eyelashes trembled, her hand loosened slightly, then pinched again.

The movements were so gentle that Xia Yuan didn’t notice she had been pinched twice by Meng Xiyue; she only felt embarrassed.

Meng Xiyue actually treated her like this.

“Done.”

Her cold voice interrupted her anger, “I’ll come to pick you up later.”

Xia Yuan’s attention was immediately diverted: “Okay, but don’t be too late.”

“Mm.”

Xia Yuan returned to the shooting site, and when she looked back, Meng Xiyue was still staring at her.

What…

What?

Was she really that reluctant to leave her?

Meng Xiyue held the lipstick that belonged to Xia Yuan in her hand as the shooting began.

Next time, I’ll give it to her.

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Criteria for choosing a spouse

Criteria for choosing a spouse

择偶标准[穿书]
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Status: Ongoing Type: Native Language: chinese
Meng Xiyue unintentionally traveled into the book "Deep Love: The Delicate Wife Runs with the Ball," but fortunately, she was just a passerby. Watching the frustrating love between the male and female leads, Meng Xiyue set her standards for a partner: someone with correct principles, a sound mind, calm in situations, and preferably not obsessed with love. Then one day, Meng Xiyue encountered the vicious female supporting character from the book... Guide for consumption:
  1. A sweet story, approximately 180k words in total.
  2. The unemotional Meng Xi Yue × the imaginative drama king, Xia Yu An.
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