I transmigrated into the villain's white moonlight, but the protagonist is my brother.

Gao Yang stood in the entryway, pursing his lips, staring blankly at Xie Yan at the door. His throat tightened, and he even forgot to be angry.

He was a little taken aback, and his first reaction was to smile with delight, "Sister Xie Yan!"

Xie Yan was taken aback, somewhat surprised. So Xie Qingyu knew him?

"Gao Yang, it's been a long time."

Seeing this, Xie Qingyu, who was inside the house, came over without saying a word, took the bits and pieces of late-night snack from Xie Yan's hand, and the aroma of the hot food wafted out, almost making him dizzy with the smell. "Why are you back so late today? Did you work overtime at the company?"

"Hmm." Xie Yan was too lazy to say more, so she simply nodded. "I didn't know we were having guests today. I should have bought more."

The two seemed very familiar with each other as they asked and answered questions, while Gao Yang stood awkwardly to the side, his earlier joy gradually fading.

"It's getting late, so we won't bother you any longer."

A tall, handsome man walked in from the living room, his eyes gleaming with a wicked charm. Gao Qiu put his arm around the somewhat forlorn Gao Yang and smiled at Xie Yan.

"Miss Xie, seeing is believing! It's a pity it's too late today. How about we have dinner together sometime?"

Although his tone was gentle and polite, most people could hear the politeness in it, so Xie Yan smiled and replied without any pressure, "Having more friends means having more options, of course it's good."

"Okay, I'll contact you then! We're off now."

After saying that, he forcibly dragged Gao Yang, whose steps were stiff, away.

Xie Qingyu, carrying stinky tofu in one hand and stir-fried rice cakes in the other, looked at the two men outside the gate, raised an eyebrow, and said with certainty, "That little brat likes you."

Xie Yan glanced at him. "How did you know? We barely exchanged a few words."

"Men's intuition."

He grinned, showing his big teeth, making no mention of Gao Yang using Xie Yan's photo as his phone wallpaper. However, Gao Yang's reaction just now was indeed too obvious; he seemed to have his eyes glued to Xie Yan's face.

Before Xie Yan could roll her eyes, Xie Qingyu became serious again, "His family is indeed well-off, but he just graduated from university this year and is too young. I don't think he's reliable."

For some reason, Xie Qingyu is not very supportive of relationships between older women and younger men.

Xie Yan didn't really want to talk about these things with him. "I know, let's not talk about this anymore, let's eat first."

"it is good."

the other side.

The car was quiet. Gao Yang sat in the passenger seat without saying a word, looking out the window with his head turned to the side, lost in thought.

Gao Qiu, who was driving himself, was exasperated when he saw him like this. "You've seen it too, the two of them are living together, and it looks like it's been going on for a while now. Are you still not giving up?"

Neither of the brothers expected to run into Xie Yan at President Gu's house.

After the initial joy of seeing Xie Yan, Gao Yang's heart sank when he realized where she had appeared.

Gao Yang clenched his fist in front of him unwillingly, then pursed his lips and asked, "You said last time that Brother Gu was going on a business trip abroad recently?"

"Yes, my flight is tomorrow at noon..."

The words had barely left his mouth when Gao Qiu suddenly exclaimed in shock, "You're not thinking of poaching your brother Gu, are you? We can't do something so unethical! Your brother still wants to make a living in this industry!"

"...Can you please not say such harsh things? Can't I even be friends with Sister Xie Yan?"

Gao Qiu never expected that his usually honest and simple younger brother could find a loophole in the text to refute him, and he was speechless.

However, he could understand why his younger brother had acted impulsively for a woman, since Gao Qiu had just met Xie Yan and she was indeed beautiful and generous.

As for those young people in their early twenties, they always have to suffer a bit before they can truly understand reality.

After a long silence, Gao Qiu sighed, "We're all adults now, there's no need to spell things out. Since you won't admit it until you're faced with the truth, then so be it."

Anyway, he didn't believe Gao Yang could poach him, so he figured they could just be friends.

"Hmm." Gao Yang turned his head away and stopped talking.

******

The next day.

Xie Qingyu holds a high position and is very busy with work. He had been on official business for several days, but he still had to leave today.

Xie Yan took him to the airport. The thought of him going abroad to do business still felt a little unreal. Ten years is really enough for a little kid to grow into an adult.

The man, dressed in a camel-colored trench coat, with handsome features and a tall, straight figure, stood in front of the boarding gate looking at Xie Yan with some concern. "Sis, be sure to call me if anything happens."

"There's a time difference."

"It's okay, just fight if you need to. I'm staying up all night playing games anyway, might as well fight. If all else fails, just ask Tan Qing, he's in China."

"..."

"hey-hey."

Seeing his unserious behavior, Xie Yan felt relieved. "You should go now, I have work to do this afternoon."

Upon hearing this, Xie Qingyu said "Oh," and before leaving, he seemed to want to say something more.

He wanted to tell Xie Yan some things, but he couldn't bring himself to say them. After hesitating for a while, he obediently picked up his luggage and boarded the plane.

After seeing Xie Qingyu off, Xie Yan looked lost for about three seconds before immediately returning to her workplace, where she had an important social engagement that afternoon.

Although it was called a social event, it actually seemed to be a small research presentation, with several organizations participating, not just their chip company.

Xie Yan went to the airport to see someone off during her lunch break. The airport is quite a distance from the city, and the round trip took until the afternoon. Team Leader Cui was looking down at his manuscript with a serious expression.

The others were also dressed formally, ready for anything.

Cui Nan checked the manuscript and the PPT countless times. When she saw Xie Yan, she breathed a sigh of relief. "Where did you go? No one can be missing today, so don't wander off."

Cui Nan looked stern, but her tone softened unconsciously when she spoke to Xie Yan. Xie Yan smiled and said, "Something came up earlier, but I just happened to be here. Has the group leader prepared her speech for this afternoon?"

When this was mentioned, Cui Nan paused for two seconds, then pursed her lips and asked softly, "This is a rare opportunity. Are you really not planning to go on stage? A lot of the data in the document comes from your paper. You should be the one to present."

Everyone in the company knows that Xie Yan deserves a large part of the credit for the project team's recent progress, if not 100%. If her presentation this afternoon is outstanding and pleases the client, they might get another investment, and maybe she'll even get a permanent position.

Xie Yan, however, seemed unconcerned. She casually replied, "Other project teams should have their leaders speak on their behalf, so it's not appropriate for me to go."

That's what they say, but...

Cui Nan let out a soft sigh of relief. She knew she had unwittingly gotten a great deal. "Alright then, I'll treat you to dinner later."

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the company chartered several business vehicles. The journey from the north to the south of the city took an hour, and finally the vehicles stopped in front of a star-rated hotel.

A crowd had already gathered at the entrance; they had clearly not arrived early.

As soon as Xie Yan got out of the car, she was taken aback by the large group of people dressed in neat suits in front of her.

Those middle-aged men, some balding, some with dark circles under their eyes, were all on high alert, some even checking their appearance in the car window mirrors—they were incredibly nervous.

Cui Nan could tell what she was thinking just by looking at her expression, and laughed, "You didn't expect there to be so many people, did you? Our client has money; they probably have dozens or even hundreds of projects invested in. This is nothing."