Chapter Fifty: A Momentous Occasion

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Wen Qianyi’s words held a bit of hesitation, but from her shaking head, Li Yan saw a shred of decisiveness. However, he still smiled and asked, "Is it that you don’t want to, or you can’t?"

His words formed a trap.

"Don’t want to" and "can’t," at first glance, are both words of rejection, and their meanings differ little. But in fact, these are two different concepts. "Can’t" is a matter of principle, "don’t want to" is a matter of emotion. She initially said "don’t want to," which was an emotional refusal, but when things progressed further, she used "can’t," which is a matter of principle.

"We can’t do this." Wen Qianyi answered seriously while staring at him.

From this statement, Li Yan could hear her restored rationality but also got the answer he wanted. In her heart, "can’t" was more prevalent than "don’t want to." Perhaps it meant that emotionally, she only somewhat resisted but didn’t necessarily find it unacceptable. What she couldn’t accept was the "can’t"!

"I understand..." Li Yan approached and kissed her on the cheek. "Let me hold you for a bit, okay?"

Wen Qianyi didn’t refuse nor consent but closed her eyes, silently allowing the intimate contact between them.

For her, it was also exciting! Although it wasn’t during a dream, nor after drinking, but during a rational time... This was Li Yan’s initiative; he held her without her permission. Yet, it was a psychological excuse and reason she could accept for herself.

The two were now embracing, much like the posture from that time in Japan.

Neither spoke; Li Yan also closed his eyes, silently feeling the embrace that somewhat broke the taboo relationship.

At this moment, they felt a fusion, unrelated to sex, just a harmonious and perfect feeling.

"Okay," Wen Qianyi said softly after a while, then pushed him slightly.

"Just a little longer, we don’t have to work."

Li Yan still didn’t let go. Having such a close opportunity with her, there have only been two times until now, and this was the only time in a rational state with her permission! Wen Qianyi is such a rational person; one occurrence won’t easily lead to a second.

Li Yan chuckled and let go.

His retreat, accompanied by a deep breath, made Wen Qianyi also secretly relieved and realized she should be a bit more serious; otherwise, he might push his luck.

"Li Yan, you went too far today."

"Really?"

"From a company perspective, I used to be your supervisor, now you should call me Director Wen; from arguing about Yu Xiaodi, once I was her tutor and she is your girlfriend, you should call me Teacher Wen; as for our friend’s perspective, the relationship between us shouldn’t be like this. Your actions today are even more excessive than Zhang Songyang’s pursuit! If you continue like this, I might have to draw a clear line with you!"

Hearing her serious words, Li Yan turned his head to look at her and nodded with an equally serious demeanor.

"Anything else, Teacher Wen?"

Wen Qianyi shook her head helplessly; even though he adopted a serious pose, the term ’Teacher Wen’ still hinted at his joking, truly serious he should have called her ’Wen Qianyi.’

"Do you want to hear my thoughts?"

"What thoughts?"

"From a company perspective, I also had a part in your interview, after which we worked together, almost spending every day together. Let me ask, can I not have feelings when spending every day with the company’s number one beauty? If you were another cold beauty, maybe it would be a bit better, but you care and look after me."

Wen Qianyi was both amused and annoyed; are you blaming me? Does this mean I should hurt or mistreat you?

"From a personal perspective... You know I..."

"Big secret!" Li Yan was seriously speaking, but became a bit embarrassed, affecting his normal conversation even after telling her. "You know who I am, intended to silence you, but why didn’t I? Naturally, because I couldn’t bear to, because you are important to me. Last night, I even told you my secret. I’ve done this... opened up entirely both physically and emotionally, yet you compare me to Zhang Songyang and want to draw a clear line?"

Seeing his sorrowful appearance, Wen Qianyi, of course, knew he was pretending and deliberately put on a stern face: "What? Kill me to silence me then!"

"Alright, then I won’t waste my time, I’ll kill you!" Li Yan smiled.

"Get lost!" Wen Qianyi was helpless with him, "Alright, seriously speaking, since you are now Xiaodi’s boyfriend, you should treat her well. We can be very good friends, but don’t do anything to betray her... Okay! I know you’re a flirt and will likely cheat on Yu Xiaodi, but the other party can’t be me, I can’t accept that, OK?"

"..." Flirt, cheat on Yu Xiaodi... Li Yan was speechless.