IMGH Chapter 21

Tall, Rich, and Handsome Man

Jiang Mingxuan was Jiang Yi’s cousin, with a typical youthful, doll-like face but the heart of a tomboy.

As she spoke, Jiang Mingxuan had already stepped inside, kicked off her 8-centimeter heels, and walked barefoot to the sofa. She leaned against the sofa back, crossed her long slender legs on the coffee table, swayed her body and said, “Big bro, it’s scorching hot and you’re not even running the air conditioning. Have you been cooped up at home so long that you’ve fried your brain?”

Jiang Yi took a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet and handed them over, saying, “Put your shoes on. And put your legs down — what kind of way is that for a girl to sit?”

Jiang Mingxuan stared at Jiang Yi as if he were some kind of creature, stood up from the sofa, pressed one hand to his forehead and the other to her own, saying, “Big bro, you don’t have a fever, so why are you acting so strange today?”

Jiang Yi pulled Jiang Mingxuan’s hand away. “You’re the one with a fever!”

“Hmph!” Jiang Mingxuan let out a cold snort. “No fever, and yet you’re talking in that weird way. I’ve always acted like this around you — did you take the wrong medicine today, or did something snap in your head that you’re talking to me like this?”

Jiang Yi noticed the amused look Qiu Rui was casting over Jiang Mingxuan, and felt a wave of irritation. He pointed at Jiang Mingxuan’s hot pants and said, “It’s only June — do you have to dress so outrageously? It’s exactly this kind of outfit that causes so much crime.”

“Big bro, what era do you think we’re living in? You think it’s still ancient times, when women weren’t supposed to step outside the gate, kept wrapped up like a rice dumpling all day long? You’re such an old stick-in-the-mud, completely out of touch with the times. No wonder you’re still sitting at home with no one wanting you. I ask you, what woman would want to spend her life looking at a blockhead?” Jiang Mingxuan gave him a look of utter contempt and rolled her eyes at him.

The teasing smile that spread across Qiu Rui’s face made Jiang Yi deeply uncomfortable. He argued back, “Who says your big bro has no one wanting him? The people chasing after me could line up all the way from the train station to the Yangtze River Bridge — I just don’t bother with any of them.”

Jiang Yi pointed to his own face smugly and said, “See this? Your brother is what people call a legendary heartthrob.”

The contempt in Jiang Mingxuan’s eyes deepened even further. She pursed her lips and said, “Big bro, aren’t you missing two words? A heartthrob — more like a heartthrobbing lunatic.”

Jiang Yi nearly choked. He was just about to retort when Jiang Mingxuan cut him off first. “Big bro, today I’m going to open your eyes and show you what a real legendary heartthrob looks like.”

Jiang Yi lifted the corner of his eye dismissively and watched Jiang Mingxuan pick up her phone and start scrolling through it. He sneered, “Girl, looking through photos, are you? Don’t tell me it’s some Korean pop star like Jin XX or Li XX.”

“Of course not! Celebrities and all that are too out of touch with real life. The person I’m talking about is a real-life diamond bachelor — the ultimate definition of a heartthrob. Look…”

Jiang Yi looked up toward the phone Jiang Mingxuan held out, and the dismissive smile froze on his face in an instant.

Jiang Yi rubbed his eyes, opened them wider, and pointed at the man in the photo, asking Jiang Mingxuan, who wore a completely starstruck expression, “This… he…”

Jiang Mingxuan watched her own cousin fumble for words, and said triumphantly, “See! His charm can even stun a man! He’s the heartthrob of every single girl in our company — and not just the girls, plenty of men like him too! He’s got universal appeal!”

Jiang Mingxuan took back the phone and stroked the screen with the full expression of a devoted, lovesick fan.

Jiang Yi turned his head in astonishment and glanced at a certain ghost, then asked, “Xuan Xuan, how do you know him?”

At the mention of a handsome man, Jiang Mingxuan’s enthusiasm soared. “He’s our company’s chairman!”

“The chairman?!”

“You’re surprised too, aren’t you, big bro — he became chairman at just 22 years old! Sure, it’s a family business and he inherited the assets, but without his own efforts, Shengqiu International could never have grown as powerful as it is today. Young, loaded, and that good-looking — and on top of all that, he doesn’t even have a girlfriend. He really does make all us girls’ hearts flutter!”