Chapter 210: Getting up too late is not a good idea

(Happy Weekend)

They had dinner in the evening with Sun Hui and the others, basically, those few who climbed the mountain during the day went, and Xu Ping also brought his girlfriend, marking Li Yan’s official introduction to the girlfriend Xu Ping picked up at the company.

After dinner, everyone went to karaoke together. In the afternoon, Sun Hui and Wang Lei had already learned a lot about the entertainment venues here; surprisingly, the resort even has a casino! It’s just not openly accessible, but if you ask, someone will take you. It’s only been a little while since it’s opened to outsiders, so there hasn’t been any large-scale promotion. There aren’t many guests on the island, and consequently, not many gambling either, so the opening style is not much.

Tired of singing, everyone split up again. Xu Ping and his girlfriend went for a walk, and Li Yan suspected they’d ’walk’ to the guestroom, maybe he hasn’t quite sealed the deal and wants to use this opportunity to make a move. So he also tactfully cooperates, hinting to Xu Ping that he’ll be back later.

Jiang Lele and those girls went back to their rooms, claiming they were going to play cards or something. Because they’re all colleagues from the company, it’s no problem to play together, so Sun Hui and Wang Lei don’t have any other thoughts. After letting them go, they mischievously dragged Li Yan for some spa treatment.

All are men who’ve often played together, naturally knowing the real intention behind the move. Despite other travel groups besides Paradise Group, there’s still a very low chance of picking up girls in places like the bar on the island.

Li Yan wasn’t interested and just took a bath.

As the saying goes, staying alone in an empty room is a waste; having multiple partners makes one cherish them. Now his regular lovers are Hai Fu, Qiao Huanxuan; Li Jie and Yu Xiaodi have had relations; waiting to be picked are Huang Ying, Yue Yao; Wen Qianyi and Zhang Yurong are also drawing closer...

Besides, Zhang Yurong, Wen Qianyi, and Hai Fu are here! If they found out, who knows how they might view him. He went along with the group just so as not to kill their fun.

After a bath, he left. Exiting the leisure center, he went alone to the beach for a smoke.

It was already pretty late, and given the cold weather, the remaining tourists who weren’t asleep were engaging in indoor recreational activities, so the beach had become quite deserted.

Li Yan felt a bit conflicted about the rare earth mine situation.

He’s not an ordinary person, but what he promised, he has done, and even better than Old Kang could have imagined, reaching straight to the mayor.

From a personal standpoint, this was enough. But now, he was a bit anxious, wanting further confirmation.

After smoking for a while, Li Yan made up his mind. It was a bit boring anyway, so he decided to make a run for it tonight!

He didn’t hurry back to his room or call Zhang Yurong and the others, instead he strolled along the beach, then swiftly avoided the security booth and small shop sights, entered the woods, and crossed a forest exiting the resort’s perimeter. In the night, he navigated through the mountainous forest based on his simple impression of the island’s terrain, the direction seen when climbing during the day, and the mine location mentioned by Old Kang!

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At ten in the morning, Li Yan was still asleep; Xu Ping had long since risen and left. The knocking on the door woke him up; he went to open it and found Wen Qianyi standing outside!

"Qianyi? How come you’re here?" Li Yan invited her in. "Have a seat."

"Indeed, you’re not up yet!" Wen Qianyi laughed as she entered, glancing at the messy bed and pointedly asked: "Were you up to mischief last night?"

Li Yan certainly didn’t linger in adult venues; he ran through unfamiliar mountains at night, found the mine, and slipped in unnoticed, which wasn’t hard for him. But having never been in such an environment before, searching for extracted raw ore wasted quite a bit of his time. After a series of searches and capturing many photos and videos with his phone, he left the mine.

Returning was another trek, though quicker than going since he had a vague memory of the path; also, the resort, beach, and dock area were brightly lit all night, from any elevated or open view, the direction was visible from afar.

After returning, he searched online for images of unrefined rare earth ore, compared them with the photos he took. Finally confirmed the mine was illicitly extracting rare earth, he sent all the photos and videos as evidence to Ji Yi’s contact. It wasn’t until three or four in the morning that he resolved everything, disturbing Ji Yi was better than bothering Yu Hong a bit. After wrapping it all up and washing up, naturally, he wouldn’t be up by eight or nine. If it weren’t for Wen Qianyi coming over, he would’ve slept until noon.

"Scared? If you dare tease me, be prepared for a haircut!" Wen Qianyi, of course, didn’t find a pair of scissors in the drawer, but she pulled out a delicate stainless steel mini scissors, possibly used for trimming eyebrows, from her purse.

For Li Yan, this threat was more like teasing; just as he was about to play along, another knock came.

Instantly, Li Yan and Wen Qianyi glanced at the door, then exchanged a look, both feeling like they were caught in the act!

Wen Qianyi was because of being alone with a man, even though the two are openly friends, it might invite gossip. Li Yan was genuinely concerned about being caught because among the company’s colleagues who came, not only is his secret lover Hai Fu present, but also his legitimate wife Zhang Yurong, either of them coming over could be considered catching him cheating.

"Go open the door; after all, there’s nothing between us." Wen Qianyi quickly composed herself, sitting down in a chair.

Li Yan thought the same, even if Zhang Yurong came, it wouldn’t matter, she knows he and Wen Qianyi are very close, and now it’s obvious he just got up without washing, while Wen Qianyi was neatly dressed, her hair and clothes weren’t messy.

He got up and went over, directly pulling the door open.

"Who’s there? Oh? Hai... Ma’am?"

Just like that, the more he worried about something, the more it happened. Seeing that it was Hai Fu at the door, Li Yan genuinely didn’t know how to feel. He suddenly summed up an experience: when many people care about you, getting up too late isn’t a good idea.

Hai Fu, being the head of the administration department, wanted to find out about the guestroom arrangements was very easy, of course, she knew Li Yan was sharing a room with her subordinate Xu Ping. Seeing Li Yan at the door, before she could speak, when he called out ’Hai Fu’ only to correct to ’Ma’am’, she instantly understood there was someone inside!

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