Wen Qianyi was taken aback. Yes, why hadn’t she considered this problem before? If Li Yan were just a small-time employee with no ambition, the gap between them would inevitably mean that even if they were together, true love could be defeated by reality one day. But he’s an assassin; he has his own career, his own financial foundation, and most importantly, his own confidence. They could fully be together without facing the issue of a strong woman and a weak man!

Thinking carefully... she began to suspect Li Yan’s identity when they were in Japan. And on the day they returned, at the airport, in front of his classmates, he formally acknowledged that Yue Xiao Di, who was waiting for them, was his girlfriend. Perhaps because she personally witnessed it, she felt it was settled and didn’t think much about it.

To dream like a teenager, to bravely seize what’s hers, to love once with all her might... Can I really do these things?

Wen Qianyi, lost in thought for a moment, looked at Li Yan and laughed again: "What you say seems reasonable, but unfortunately... a certain someone isn’t much good, I don’t even feel anything for Zhang Songyang despite his ardent infatuation. Do you think I’d fight someone else for a playboy?"

Hearing her relaxed tone, Li Yan smiled. In any case, she must have taken at least something in. "To each their own; maybe a playboy is just what suits the taste though!"

"That’s really too much... what kind of talk is that!"

...

After having breakfast with Wen Qianyi, Li Yan carefully left her place alone.

Leaving carefully, not because of fear of Zhang Songyang, but for fear of bumping into Hai Fu.

Yesterday he went to Huang Ying’s place, then bought vegetables, cooked, and later went to Jie Rui to find Li Jie, only returning home in the afternoon. But today was different; he was heading straight home. Considering having spent the night in Qianyi’s fragrant boudoir, he was wary that he might carry a fragrance with him. After all, there were three people waiting for him at home, and it wouldn’t be good if they smelled something. So, he opted to squeeze on the bus instead of taking a taxi, even though it was troublesome!

The effect of taking the bus on a Sunday was very obvious. Even if you wore perfume, it would end up smelling different, let alone a faint lingering scent of a woman. Of course, taking different bus routes took a lot more time. By the time he reached home, it was almost eleven o’clock.

After entering the door, there was no sign of Zhang Yurong, Yue Yao, or Yue Xiao Di. Li Yan guessed they were upstairs, maybe trying on clothes in the bedroom, so he excitedly ran up.

Upon reaching the second floor, he habitually first ran to Zhang Yurong’s office. As expected, she was indeed present, though Yue Yao and Yue Xiao Di were absent.

"You’re back really early today," Zhang Yurong observed flatly.

"I drank too much, had no car, and my phone ran out of battery..." Li Yan mumbled, finding his own excuse hard to believe. "Where’s Xiao Di? Didn’t you say she sent you back? Didn’t stay here?"

Zhang Yurong looked at him without speaking.

Li Yan knew he was at fault, but he was worried about Wen Qianyi last night, whereas they were safe at home. "I wasn’t only thinking about her. You see, I came straight to you as soon as I got back."

"Who you’re thinking about, only you know yourself. Xiao Di did bring me back, and she did stay here overnight. But someone seemed unwelcome to her, knowing she came, didn’t return last night, nor came back early in the morning, and didn’t even make a call. She thought since you were avoiding her, there was no point staying here, so she left early," Zhang Yurong said coolly, subtly implicating her grievance about him not calling nor returning home consecutively.

Li Yan reached for his phone, intending to call Yue Xiao Di immediately, but as he had just claimed there was no battery, he had to wait a bit to call.

"It won’t happen again." After saying this, recalling last night’s thoughts, Li Yan asked, "By the way, how did your talk go last night?"

Zhang Yurong, seeing that he finally remembered to care about serious matters, replied, "Not too bad, they should handle it by downplaying the issue."

"Weren’t you at the Prince Hotel? Do you remember the anthrax incident at the Prince Hotel back then? Yesterday, while waiting for your call outside, I thought about that and connected it to the current issue; might it be related to the Changhe Group? To threaten us, they could buy off our internal personnel."

Zhang Yurong was slightly annoyed today. He went out drinking the night before yesterday, didn’t come home, and didn’t call, which was tolerable. After all, compared to before, it’s quite rare now, and he’s been diligently working recently. Yet yesterday, with no mention prior, he again didn’t come back and left his phone off!

Even Yue Xiao Di was upset and left. If she wasn’t at least a little upset herself, she would feel she cared less than Yue Xiao Di. So, seeing him back, she kept a lukewarm attitude, refraining from initiating conversation, hoping he’d reflect a bit.

But now, when he raised this issue concerning the company, it made her forget her plan momentarily. "Probably not, last time the incident was severe enough."

"Nonsense! How did it turn out?"

Zhang Yurong shook her head: "Not too clear. You want to find that person?"

"Exactly! I want to find that foreigner to understand a bit. The hotel employee was bought off by the foreigner, and that foreigner might have been bought by Changhe Group. If proven true, it would be a major blow against them!"

Li Yan’s words stirred Zhang Yurong slightly. The Prince Hotel back then narrowly escaped a crisis; had they not caught those two in advance, the consequences would have been unimaginable. Now

"Wouldn’t this be dangerous..."

"You, pure business elite, there’s inconvenience; let me handle this!" Li Yan smiled.

Zhang Yurong, however, furrowed her brows, pondering for a while, she still shook her head: "I’ll allocate you a special fund for this, hire someone else for it, a private detective or lawyer, even enlist that lawyer friend of yours who’s into revelries. Don’t involve yourself directly, if it turns out well and you find something, great, but if not, don’t let it become a complication for you!"

Li Yan knew she was worried about him, so he didn’t elaborate, nodding: "Alright, I’ll let you know after I contact them about roughly how much it’ll cost."

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