Seeing that she found it difficult to accept such a joke, Li Yan didn’t continue, stood up, and sighed: "You’re actually doubting if I’m a Guy because of a small misunderstanding. I’m heartbroken. I’m going back to nurse my wounds."

Upon hearing this, Yurong suddenly felt anxious. She didn’t mean to hurt him. It was just a slip of the tongue, a little test of affection. But seeing him like this made her feel a bit distressed. Seeing him about to leave, she also stood up: "Wait!"

"Is there still business to discuss?"

"Let’s say I was wrong... How about I compensate you?"

Compensation? Her reaction took Li Yan by surprise. He was only joking for self-deprecation and wasn’t truly disappointed or hurt by it.

"I’ll let you have a feel... How about that?" Zhang Yurong bit her lip lightly before resolutely saying this.

Her response made Li Yan feel a bit conflicted. Yurong obviously cared a lot about him; otherwise, she wouldn’t be willing to wrong herself to make amends. However, her level of physical openness was clearly not in tandem with her emotions and was still quite reserved. He faced a dilemma. On one hand, he had no intentions of coercion, and her willingness to adapt for him made him even less inclined to touch her under such conditions; on the other hand, he felt that their feelings were heating up and it might be time to appropriately explore her physical boundaries, to make her less reserved physiologically.

He thought about it, slowly walked over, and stopped in front of Zhang Yurong, looking at her ample bosom, which was rising and falling erratically with her accelerated breathing. He observed her expression; although there was a hint of shyness and embarrassment, she was resolute.

Li Yan moved his head closer, whispering softly in her ear: "Yurong, I’m not a Guy, nor a lower-half animal always wanting your body, I... Ah!"

Before he could finish his sentence, Li Yan suddenly exclaimed!

Because he discovered that Yurong had grabbed his right hand with both of hers and guided it onto her chest!

With his capabilities, he could easily detect her movement, and he could calmly evade or break away if he wanted to. However, his mind did not give any such command; instead, it seemed to block out his heightened senses at that moment, making him just an ordinary Li Yan. Naturally, it was Yurong’s bold and proactive move that made him cry out.

He was startled when suddenly speaking into her ear, which almost made Yurong jump. She turned her head to give him an annoyed glance, muttering, "Why are you shouting? It’s like I’m harassing you..."

Li Yan chuckled bitterly to himself: If you were really harassing me, I’d secretly enjoy it. But now you’re grabbing my hand to harass yourself...

"This... I haven’t finished talking, and you make it hard for me to think."

"Hmph! I know what you’re about to say."

"You know?"

"Isn’t it just some old proverb about not accepting favors. Hmph! Petty! I insist you must touch!" Zhang Yurong, uncommonly, acted a bit petulant.

Li Yan was somewhat embarrassed, "Actually, I wanted to say that I’m not a Guy, nor a lower-half animal always wanting your body, I’m not that petty. Your test today, although it involved suspicion, I didn’t lose anything. Instead, I got a proactive kiss from you. I really wasn’t angry."

"Really?" Zhang Yurong looked at him. At such a close distance, gazing into his eyes, her heart rebelled by speeding up.

"Really!"

Li Yan also looked at her sincerely, his head slowly leaning forward to naturally kiss her.

At this point, Li Yan certainly wanted to take advantage and further explore her physical boundaries. So, he wrapped his other hand around her body, bringing his lips closer.

"Once is enough... It’s too much now,"

Zhang Yurong said, feeling a bit weak, sitting down in the chair, which made Li Yan’s lips miss their mark.

Li Yan followed her down as she was already seated on the chair, making it unnecessary and awkward to hold her, so he grabbed her hand instead, leaning closer to kiss her earlobe.

"I never agreed to just once..." Li Yan whispered softly in her ear, "Besides, ’touch a summer’ means touching all summer long, a year only has one summer, which equals a year’s time. It’s only winter now; it should at least last until next summer..."

Zhang Yurong felt a bit dizzy. This logic is too... too rogue!

"Not now... We’re in the office..." She figured emphasizing ’once’ rather than ’a summer’ wouldn’t win against his twisted argument, thus she retreated to a compromise.

"Without your orders, they won’t barge in like Xueyin, will they?" Li Yan kissed her neck.

Zhang Yurong felt her body tremble slightly, as if he was blowing into her ear, the warm breath made it feel like her ear was burning, and his actions left her at a loss for what to do.

"No... The CEO’s office is very busy; someone, or phone calls, could come at any time!" Zhang Yurong’s breathing quickened a bit. She began to think she shouldn’t have teased this guy, it would’ve been better if he left dejectedly, whether genuinely sad or not. Now she had ignited the fire, and there was internal fire too...

To seemingly confirm Yurong’s words, the phone on the desk rang. It was Ke Yunyun’s voice: "CEO Zhang, Director Ye from the business department wants to see you! Are you available?"

Li Yan stopped his actions, Zhang Yurong frowned, took a deep breath, and asked coldly: "What does he want?"

Ke Yunyun’s voice lowered slightly: "Seems like he wants you to approve reinstating his director privileges in the business department."

Zhang Yurong was just about to refuse, saying to decide after the meeting, but then heard Li Yan’s voice in her ear: "Let him come in alone, and then send him away quickly..."

Before she could react, she noticed Li Yan ducking down and slipping under her desk, with skilled movements. This left her a bit dizzy! What’s this guy planning!

There was no way to discuss or shoo him away now, so she could only say to Ke Yunyun: "Yunyun, you keep busy, let him come in by himself!" Ke Yunyun knew Li Yan was in the office; hiding him would only make her suspicious. She had to ensure she wouldn’t come over. As for Ye Jiahong, he didn’t know, and Ke Yunyun would only inform him the CEO was busy, not provide details on what she was busy with.

"Okay, CEO!" From her tone and attitude, Ke Yunyun, who worked closely with Zhang Yurong, could guess she wasn’t pleased with Ye Jiahong’s visit, especially with Li Yan inside, intending to make it inconvenient for him to speak. She promptly informed Ye Jiahong to enter the CEO’s office by himself.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yurong anxiously kicked Li Yan under the desk: "Hurry up and come out! What are you doing?" 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"It’s nothing, I don’t want him to suspect our relationship, isn’t this a good hiding spot? Just dismiss him quickly." Li Yan smiled calmly. Under the desk, he couldn’t help but praise inwardly. The CEO’s desk is certainly bigger than Hai Fu’s, and there’s plenty of space underneath. (To be continued. To find out what happens next, please log on to www.qidian.com, more Chapters to come, support the author, support legitimate reading!)