Chapter 80: The True Boss of Xingyao

Listening to Shen Huai's questioning.

Lin Yeman was not only not annoyed, but instead gave a disdainful smile.

"I am not the same as you." She cast a scornful glance at Shen Huai, "Setting aside the halo and status the Shen Family gives you, you are nothing more than an ordinary wage earner at Xingyao."

"As for me, no one at Xingyao dares to manage me."

"The two of us, one manages people and the other is managed; our status and standing are worlds apart, so how could we possibly be the same."

Hearing this.

Shen Huai's expression froze, and he subconsciously retorted: "... What do you mean no one dares to manage you? Don't tell me you are the boss of Xingyao."

The words had just left his mouth.

Shen Huai's expression went blank.

A crazy conjecture popped up.

This Lin Yeman, could she really be the true boss of Xingyao?!

Shen Huai swallowed hard, his pupils shaking as he said: "... You... you wouldn't be?"

Looking at Shen Huai's incredibly shocked expression.

Lin Yeman chuckled and teased: "Hahaha, you guessed half of it right."

She paused.

Lin Yeman raised her hand and gently pointed toward the master bedroom: "The boss behind Xingyao is currently fast asleep in there."

Boom! A clap of thunder exploded overhead.

Shen Huai's expression suddenly froze in place.

Following the direction of Lin Yeman's finger, he turned his neck stiffly: "You... you aren't joking, are you?"

"This kind of thing can be found out with a search online; is there any need for me to joke?"

Lin Yeman glanced over nonchalantly: "My elder sister Yang Lan is precisely the true and actual Chairman of Xingyao."

!! In an instant.

Shen Huai's pupils dilated abruptly.

All the fragmented and scattered clues finally pieced together into a complete answer at this moment.

Many questions that he hadn't been able to figure out before were all solved now.

No wonder.

After being dumped by Li Xinran, he had received an interview invitation from Xingyao just a few days later.

No wonder.

Shen Huai clearly remembered that he hadn't submitted a resume to Xingyao at all, yet his resume had still landed in the hands of HR.

No wonder.

His interview questions from beginning to end had never strayed from his ex-girlfriend.

All of this.

Was not some "unlucky in love, lucky in career" situation at all.

And it certainly wasn't him being a "chosen one" favored by heaven, earth, and man.

When it all came down to it.

Everything from the interview to getting hired and everything he had done in the company to this day was all Yang Lan's doing! No wonder Shen Huai always felt that the HR Director Zhang Xiaolan's gaze toward him was always a bit strange.

So she had known all along.

It must have been Yang Lan who ordered her to screen him out from the resume database, then gave him the green light all the way, and recruited him into her company in such a grand and open manner.

The more Shen Huai thought about it, the more alarmed he became.

He had thought that he had seen countless people and was already well-versed in all kinds of tricks.

Yet in the end.

He had unknowingly fallen into a trap that someone else had already woven!

Shen Huai took a deep breath and couldn't help but look toward the master bedroom.

The top-tier hunter always disguises themselves as the prey.

He never imagined that from the very beginning, he had been targeted by Yang Lan!

What pure and innocent little white rabbit.

It was all fake.

It was all an act.

"Tsk." Shen Huai felt a bit annoyed with himself, "I didn't expect that I, Shen Huai, would actually have a time when my judgment was off."

"So you and her are in cahoots?"

"Watching me fall into the trap step by step, it's fun, right?" Shen Huai's expression was somewhat displeased.

"Not at all."

Lin Yeman raised her hands to show her innocence: "When I first saw you at the company, my level of shock was no less than yours when you saw me."

"I also secretly found out about my sister specially recruiting you on my own."

Shen Huai raised an eyebrow: "Oh? How did you find out?"

Hearing this, Lin Yeman shrugged disdainfully: "Isn't that simple? Zhang Xiaolan only listens to Yang Lan and me."

"The recruitment task wasn't assigned by me, so who else could it be but my sister who could mobilize her?"

Lin Yeman propped up her chin, analyzing it logically: "Originally, I was also wondering why my sister would specifically instruct Zhang Xiaolan to interview you; after all, in my impression, the two of you had absolutely no connection."

"It wasn't until I saw my sister's expression when she saw you yesterday that I knew the matter between you two was definitely not that simple. Sure enough." After Lin Yeman finished speaking, she gave Shen Huai a meaningful look and let out a mocking "tsk."

After listening to Lin Yeman's explanation.

Shen Huai looked at Lin Yeman with a deep gaze, his brows furrowed in silence.

She had chattered on for so long.

Yet he had only heard one extremely crucial sentence.

He pondered for a moment.

Shen Huai leaned slowly toward Lin Yeman, looking at her with a low voice, as if confirming his own conjecture: "You just said that Sister Zhang only listens to you and Yang Lan."

"……?"

Shen Huai's sudden question made Lin Yeman's expression freeze: "……Right, wh-what's wrong?"

"If I'm not mistaken, Xingyao should actually have two bosses."

"The boss on the surface is your sister Yang Lan, but the real boss behind the scenes is actually you, right?"

Shen Huai looked at Lin Yeman with a firm gaze.

The other party's expression was stunned for a moment, then she suddenly chuckled, her lips curling craftily: "As expected of the person I took a fancy to, your brain turns fast."

Lin Yeman admitted it generously.

Until this moment.

Shen Huai finally understood why Lin Mingming was the most capable person in the Cash Cow Department, yet always refused to be promoted.

Because this position was merely a front.

Lin Yeman's true identity was that of a sharp blade planted internally by her sister Yang Lan, managing the entire company for Yang Lan.

On the surface, Xingyao boss Yang Lan had unfathomable methods and was mysterious and unpredictable.

In reality.

The true power behind this ten-thousand-person company was not the Yang Family's eldest daughter Yang Lan, but the second daughter, Lin Yeman.

In other words, the entire Xingyao was hers.

"Are you content just being your sister's shadow like this?" Shen Huai spoke slowly.

Lin Yeman lowered her eyes, quietly gazing at the moonlight outside the window: "Of course I'm not content, so I have always been using my own methods and identity to make everyone unable to ignore my existence."

"Nowadays, everyone breaks their heads trying to show me opportunities, wanting me to leave some impression. Why?"

"Isn't it because the person I take a fancy to will definitely become a star?"

"Making one person famous is a coincidence, making two famous is luck, but if you make all the artists in your hands famous, you possess absolute strength in this circle."

"Whatever party, producer, or director, they all have to show me some respect when they see me."

Lin Yeman curled her smiling eyes and said earnestly, word by word: "All this respect and pride, I earned it all bit by bit with my own hands."

"It has absolutely nothing to do with the Yang Family."

"This is where I am different from you, understand?" After Lin Yeman finished speaking, she sank her head back into the sofa cushion.

Looking at the composed Lin Yeman.

Shen Huai's eyes narrowed slightly, his expression wistful.

He was somewhat stunned.

He hadn't expected these to be words Lin Yeman could say.

Or rather, he had never heard Lin Yeman speak in such a heavy tone.

This was the most real her, right? Sensitive and stubborn.

Arrogant yet sad.

Seemingly lecturing Shen Huai, but actually reflecting entirely on herself.

He suddenly began to understand a little.

Why Lin Yeman had adamantly refused to make their relationship public back then.

She had said that she was afraid that once this layer of relationship was broken, it would become the beginning of losing it.

If a relationship was destined to be lost, she would rather it had never started.

And this was the subtle influence brought to her by the Yang Family's elite education.

The pain given by one's family of origin is destined to take a lifetime to heal.

"The way you spoke today is very different."

After a long silence, Shen Huai said truthfully: "Thank you for these words, I will consider them carefully."

Upon hearing this.

Lin Yeman pulled herself out of her pensive expression slightly.

Listening to Shen Huai thanking her in such a stiff, formal manner.

Her eyes rolled, and a mischievous thought arose again.

She climbed onto Shen Huai's neck like a prank, her fingertips lightly sliding across Shen Huai's cheek.

And then she softly held it in her own mouth.

"Your thanks aren't sincere, are you just saying it with your mouth?"

"Why don't we have something practical."

(End of this chapter)