Chapter 185: Unparalleled Beauties

(Thanks to book friend "Snowflake Crimson" for becoming the Squad Leader, special update to show gratitude!)

Li Yan is currently sitting in Wen Qianyi’s office.

Just as he expected, after receiving Zhang Yurong’s invitation, Wen Qianyi, using that as a reason, called back to politely decline Li Yan’s invitation. At that time, he didn’t say anything, but now as it’s almost time to clock out, he directly came to Wen Qianyi’s office, saying he had nowhere to go and wanted to go with her.

Wen Qianyi is really a bit helpless, it’s about time to clock out, and soon a week-long holiday is approaching. At this moment, the business department is still busy, and she has a lot of things to organize. Li Yan sitting in her office not leaving makes people think he’s waiting for her to clock out, which is... misleading.

"You should leave. You’ll disrupt my work this way..."

"How could I? I won’t do anything, won’t make a sound, don’t even need you to entertain me. Even if there are colleagues here, they’re all familiar to me, I’ve been here for more than half a year, it’s like returning home."

Faced with Li Yan’s words, Wen Qianyi could only smile helplessly: "I told you, I’ve already made plans with other friends, don’t have time to hang out with you."

"No worries. Since you don’t have time, I ended up not being able to make plans with anyone, so I’m free now. Then I’ll tag along, you can take me along to have fun. I know some of your friends... like Fu Weiwei, Yu Peijie, and Chen Qitao, the fairy... Am I right? Besides, it’s beneficial to have me with you, as your personal shield, right? If Zhang Songyang comes bothering you again, I can step in."

Seeing Li Yan’s nonchalant attitude, Wen Qianyi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. "Tonight I’m hanging out with some female friends, no guys, it would be inconvenient for you, just be sensible!"

"Beauties?"

Wen Qianyi laughed and scolded good-naturedly: "There’s no place for you even if they are beauties! You already have someone in your heart, why are you still thinking about beauties?"

"Pleasant on the eyes nonetheless. Hehe, if there are beauties, I definitely wouldn’t miss out. So it’s settled then, since my presence might make your heart flutter like a deer, I’ll give you face and leave now, wait for you at the parking lot! Hmm—mwah!" Li Yan stood up, blew her a kiss, and walked out.

This kind of persistent tactic, if used by other guys, Wen Qianyi would smile and mock them until they fled in defeat. However, she couldn’t bear to hurt Li Yan too much. Seeing his antics made her think Zhang Yurong had a good impression of Li Yan too, and tasks from Beihai Country Shinohara Corporation and the film company manager were all decided by her. Perhaps hanging out privately wouldn’t bother her too much?

Glancing at the time, she helplessly dialed Zhang Yurong’s number.

...

Li Yan first went downstairs, as it was nearly time to clock out anyway, he dropped by the security team for a stroll. When he got downstairs, he received a text message from Wen Qianyi. It said not to wait for her at the parking lot, as she’d agreed to take him along, and they were headed to the same place, Eastern Seaside Wish Tower. After work, she’d head there, telling him to think about reserving a spot for dinner.

This was the outcome Li Yan anticipated, and he smiled with satisfaction, heading over to find Yang Dalong in the security team for a smoke.

Yang Dalong is one of Li Yan’s closest acquaintances in Jie Rui Security, besides Li Jie. The earliest acquaintance was Zhou Yunfei, earlier than Li Jie, but he was too loyal; loyal to the employer and to Li Jie’s family, so he took a disliking to Li Yan, and the two naturally weren’t very close.

When Yang Dalong brought him for the first time to the company as an assistant leader, he saw Li Yan defeat Kawada from Beihai, earning a reputation for Jie Rui. Later he learned Li Yan was a friend of manager Li Jie, making his attitude toward Li Yan very good. In fruit of Jie Rui’s reform, he knew it was encouraged by Li Yan, making him unfriendly toward him. However, after an in-depth conversation with Li Yan, the reform eventually took effect, bringing him back to his initial respect for Li Yan.

Li Yan would occasionally come here to find smoking friends, sharing a moment of indulgence together.

"Old Yang, for the next week... you need to be extra cautious."

Yang Dalong, who was smoking alongside, was suddenly taken aback when he heard Li Yan speak seriously. "Old Li, did you hear some wind?"

Li Yan is no longer the assistant leader of the security team, during the transition to head the planning department, he was still involved, but since his reassignment to the film manager role at Paradise, Hai Fu had arranged someone else. However, he is now an advisor to Jie Rui, promoting the reform. So Yang Dalong trusts he’d genuinely represent Jie Rui’s interest, not just standing on Paradise Group’s ground to monitor him.

"I haven’t heard rumors, don’t have grassroots channels like you. But..." Li Yan took a puff on his smoke, "Last week, First Security Company suffered a hit, and now the news has spread within the industry. Other security companies will certainly look to seize the opportunity to grab clients and market share. This is an opportunity for Jie Rui, and others too. As we expand, we may collide with other companies’ interests, and others might try to seize our resources."

"So Paradise Group, including all clients, we can’t afford any lapses. At this time, we need to be more vigilant than usual, I understand!" Yang Dalong said seriously.

After being enlightened by Li Yan, he began not to limit himself just to the security leader perspective, trying to think from a broader management view. Paradise Group, in any aspect, is quality clientele, under his domain. If during the seven days off, they get framed or anything goes wrong by fellow companies, it would be difficult to explain.