My Perfect Female CEO

Ye Fan and Mengyao, after spending a short while with Zhang Lu and the others, each went their separate ways.

Zhang Lu, Shen Tingting, and Chi Qinyuan left together.

Shen Tingting hesitated for a moment, then offered a meaningful reminder: "Ye Fan and President Chu share a deep relationship, so a third party wanting to intervene would find it as difficult as climbing the sky—practically impossible. Therefore, you should restrain yourself and cut off any inappropriate thoughts early, or it will be hard to maintain this friendship."

Shen Tingting noticed some clues, which is why she kindly offered the reminder.

As a woman, Chi Qinyuan, like Zhang Lu and Shen Tingting, was an elite within the organization and naturally not a common person, able to discern Zhang Lu's thoughts.

No matter how careful Zhang Lu was, she was able to pick up many emotions from subtle aspects.

From start to finish, Zhang Lu hid her feelings well. She understood that her thoughts, like unattainable illusions, shouldn't be harbored. Yet, some things were beyond her control. Confident in her performance, Shen Tingting's words and Chi Qinyuan's admonishing attitude made her suddenly more alert, realizing she hadn't performed well enough.

"I was too careless. I'll just have to pay more attention in the future," Zhang Lu thought to herself.

Her expression tightened as she seriously said, "Thank you for your reminders. I know what to do now."

"We are all part of the organization, so caring for each other is natural. We can see your feelings; Ye Fan and President Chu are smart people and would definitely see it too. The fact they pretend not to know is for a reason—it's not revealed because they're considering your feelings, not wanting to embarrass you," Chi Qinyuan said thoughtfully.

Feeling her deepest secret, which couldn't withstand the light, had been exposed, Zhang Lu was immediately filled with shame.

She couldn't avoid interacting with Ye Fan and Mengyao.

From now on, it seemed she had to have self-awareness.

She thus warned herself.

...

Meanwhile, Ye Fan and Mengyao prepared for a visit to Ye Qingping's house, accompanied by Biyao.

The Ye Family had already received the joyous news of Ye Fan and Mengyao's engagement, and naturally, they were ecstatically happy.

Ye Fan bringing Mengyao home was naturally to meet the future relatives, something the Ye Family had been eagerly anticipating.

The visit from Zhang Lu and the others needed accompaniment, but everyone knew Ye Fan and Mengyao were busy, so they did not want to disturb them much. However, the news of going to Ye Qingping's house was immediately reported to Old Fu by Lin Bowen.

Old Fu and Xiaolong sat together to discuss.

"We've never found a suitable opportunity to meet Ye Fan. I think this opportunity has finally come," Old Fu said with a smile. "Taking advantage of this good news, we'll give Ye Fan enough respect, which can be seen as a gesture of goodwill. People from our country value face; Ye Qingping's family isn't like the situation at Chu Erzhu's home; when the man visits the woman's family, we needn't worry. But when the woman visits the man's family, it's different. Supporting Ye Qingping's family also means befriending and aligning with Ye Fan."

At this moment, Old Fu finally made up his mind. Initially skeptical about Ye Fan being Terminator, he gradually confirmed this, and knowing Ye Fan's identity, Old Fu was also painstakingly cautious, not directly confronting Ye Fan but waiting for the right moment.

This opportunity had finally arrived.

The timing had matured.

"It's time to disclose identities. Since Terminator is involved, we must have an open and honest discussion," Xiaolong said sternly.

"Let's prepare ourselves. We'll head to Ye Qingping's house immediately," Old Fu decided promptly.

...

Inside Ye Qingping's home, Ye Qingping, Xu Xia, and Ye Juanjuan had been eagerly waiting, with relatives, friends, and neighbors enjoying the festivities inside, as tables were laid out even in the courtyard.

While it was merely a pre-engagement visit by the bride's side to their home, Ye Qingping was so happy he invited everyone, wanting to announce Ye Fan's joyous event to everyone.

Praising his child in front of outsiders was a natural behavior for an elder; to Ye Qingping, Ye Fan was just like his own son, so he naturally wanted a grand banquet.

Though Ye Qingping wasn't fond of showing off, the particular date made him wish for his brother and sister-in-law's spirits to witness the celebration. He wanted it loud and lively, doing everything he could to spread the joyous news about Ye Fan.

"I heard the son from Old Ye's family, Ye Fan, is quite capable, having hooked up with some wealthy people."

"Last time, Ye Fan and the bride visited the Ye Family, driving a luxury car—it seemed they just came to show off their wealth."

"What kind of work does Old Ye's son do?"

"Never heard of him having a decent job?"

"Having hooked up with wealthy people and having no decent job, could it be he's being supported by a rich woman?"

"Who knows, he might indeed be supported."

"Think about it, Old Ye's son is quite the achiever, a standard kept man."

"Wonder who the bride is?"

"As Ye Qingping said, the bride has a notable background, wishing to keep it secret for now, so we don't know either."

"Secretive? I think the bride's an ordinary person. Having seen Ye Fan as a child, he was just an ordinary kid, not any better than others—just somewhat mischievous. Although he had disappeared for some years, what skills could he have gained?"

"Even if supported, then it's by an older woman. Such people who don't maintain their dignity are too disgraceful."

"The Old Ye family had a good reputation; now it'll be ruined."

"It makes no sense; if it were truly so bad, Ye Qingping wouldn't have made such a grand preparation for a wedding feast, right?"

"Who knows what trick Ye Qingping has up his sleeve. Maybe Ye Qingping is clueless about the bride's identity, and upon hearing Ye Fan was about to be engaged, he couldn't contain his excitement and hurriedly prepared this banquet."

"I guess it's indeed like that."

Some relatives and friends, especially neighbors, loved gossiping most. They preferred their own children, and whenever they heard someone else's child was successful, instead of being happy about it, they'd go out of their way to belittle them, as if to prove their child was the best.

They didn't have the qualifications to reach Ye Fan's position of eminence, nor the privilege to know Mengyao's identity.

Yet this didn't stop them from running their mouths wildly.

Without care, they attacked Ye Fan fearlessly, having long heard about Old Ye's offspring visiting the Ye Family with a girl, arriving in a luxury car—just this one point was enough to spawn countless variations in their remarks.

Their baseless comments and views, treating them as if stating a fact, were made with such seriousness.