The Female CEO Falls in Love with Me

(Old Lai has to write more, watching the World Cup sparingly; the last time I watched the Japan team, and it ended in tragedy for Japan; last night I watched Brazil, and Brazil ended tragically too; should I support Argentina or Germany tonight? …)

In everyone's eyes, Li Jie has always been cool, but this time, due to her injury, she was carried on Li Yan's back. Yet on his back, her whole body remained stiff. She wasn't a stranger to contact with men; after all, training at the security company and during protective duties usually involved punches and kicks. However, being this close to a man's back was a first for her.

Her hands clutched Li Yan's shoulders, her face rested against his side, and she turned unusually quiet, not uttering a single word. Her body was stiff, but her heart was soft. She experienced a distant memory, closed her eyes, and felt like she had returned to her childhood. From the moment she started practicing martial arts, she was treated under the same expectations placed upon boys. Her father's hopes for her, and her own expectations of herself, even exceeded those of boys, leaving no room for slack.

Now, injured and lying on Li Yan's back made her realize, what's the use of being strong? After all, a woman is a woman, and having a man to rely on is quite a nice thing.

The distance to the parking lot wasn't very far, and while Li Jie was lost in thought with her eyes closed, Li Yan had already reached the parking lot with her. She didn't want to talk, and he said nothing either, directly looking for his car.

Only a few cars were left in the parking lot, so he quickly found his. After setting Li Jie down, he opened the door and helped her inside. At that moment, he noticed two cars driving away. When Li Yan looked up, he found them to be quite familiar...

Damn it, they haven't left yet! They're still waiting here!

This was really indefensible!

…

Yes, besides Huang Ying and Hai Fu, who left first, Yuyu Xiaodi and Wen Qianyi, who had just split up, hadn't left immediately upon reaching the parking lot. Instead, they decided to wait here, planning to mock him if he came looking for them. Even Zhang Yurong and Yue Yao hadn't gotten far. They drove out but were waiting nearby.

Li Yan first came into the sight of Zhang Yurong and Yue Yao, thinking he was about to look for one of them, only to see him carrying another girl out! Zhang Yurong was so enraged that she was left speechless and immediately drove away, even Yue Yao couldn't speak up for him.

Upon entering the parking lot, his actions also fell into the eyes of Wen Qianyi and Yuyu Xiaodi. Both were waiting in the parking lot, each intensely aware of the other's presence, even from a distance. Now, both of their anger shifted completely onto Li Yan!

It turned out it wasn't just Yuyu Xiaodi, he had yet another one! At Li Yan's flirtatious behavior, Wen Qianyi quietly sneered and immediately drove away.

Yuyu Xiaodi originally was the most tolerant towards Li Yan, but seeing his intimate and caring attitude towards the girl, she wept, her infatuation willing even if most of his attention was on Wen Qianyi. But now seeing a third, who he treated better than her and Wen Qianyi, her already trampled heart felt as if it had been stomped on even harder!

She felt disappointed, defeated, leaving sorrowfully, not wanting to stay a moment longer.

…

Realizing the ones who had just left were Wen Qianyi and Yuyu Xiaodi, Li Yan felt even heavier in his heart.

"What's wrong?" Li Jie, ever alert, immediately noticed Li Yan's hesitation. Considering the recent encounter with the female assassin and her accomplice, she was instantly on guard.

"It's nothing, I'll take you to the hospital." Li Yan got into the car and drove out of the parking lot.

After hesitating, Li Jie shook her head and said, "No need for the hospital, it's just a flesh wound. The bleeding has stopped, and some rest will be fine. Just take me home! I have some usual medicines at home."

Li Yan thought that they wouldn't listen to his explanation right now, it'd be better to wait until everyone calmed down. So he decided to take her home: "Are you sure you don't need a hospital?"

"My family runs a security company; I've practiced martial arts since childhood, what's this amount to?" Li Jie replied proudly.

Seeing her say so, Li Yan didn't push further. He'd noticed the wound earlier—though it was painful, it wasn't too severe after stopping the bleeding.

"Where do you live?"

"Near the company, remember?" Li Jie mentioned the address of their company office again.

Li Yan had visited once, so he had a rough idea and immediately drove over.

"Did you really stay and wait for me? … Does Xiaodi know?"

"She doesn't know."

Upon hearing his answer, Li Jie fell silent. She had wanted to help explain, but if Yuyu Xiaodi wasn't aware, an explanation might even lead her to doubt. Li Jie didn't know that Li Yan had been running around all night, having set up meetings with five or six people. At this moment, it felt like his backyard was on fire.

Upon arriving near Jie Rui Company, and following Li Jie's directions, he came to a nearby residential area. Their company has its own dormitory at the training base, and at this city office point, they rented a few apartments for the liaison personnel and bodyguards to stay temporarily before and after tasks. She too had a dorm room, shared with a company staff member.

Since she had already memorized it, after parking the car, Li Yan intended to continue carrying her upstairs. But Li Jie adamantly refused; even though there weren't many people in the company dorm here, she didn't want to be seen.

Helping her slowed down their pace considerably. While going up, Li Jie explained that although she was nominally a manager, their company here had very few people. Like Yang Dalong, who had dorms near the Paradise Group with security provided by Paradise Group. Other security or bodyguards were generally informed in advance when contacted by clients.

When they entered through the door, it was a two-bedroom, one-living room apartment. Li Jie had him help her directly to her room. Just before, it was only emergency bleeding control. Now that they were back, Li Jie intended to clean the wound, apply some medicine, and re-bandage it. Li Yan, knowing she lived with a female colleague, thought this should be left to her colleague.

Yet, in the living room, both hurriedly entered Li Jie's room. It was because they clearly heard the moaning sounds of "ah oh" from the other room, clearly indicative of some intimate activity.

He helped her sit on the bed, let her remove her pants, and then went to the bathroom to get some water. Following her instructions, he fetched a medical kit, lifted her leg, and wiped off the dried blood on her leg.

Li Jie was sitting on the bed now, unlike before when she was on the sofa. Being lifted like this made her feel unsteady, so she simply lay on the bed, but with only her underwear on her lower body, coupled with lying down and the noises from next door, she felt even more embarrassed.

Li Yan, not having any other thoughts, cleaned it up, then unwrapped one of the bandages to check the wound. He couldn't help but praise, "Nian Yufei's medicinal paste is quite good. I think it doesn't need cleaning or new application today; you can change it tomorrow!"

Li Jie, of course, trusted him, so she agreed with a sound.

Li Yan moved her legs onto the bed and pulled the sheet to cover her lower body, so she wouldn't feel too awkward.

"Alright, you rest up for the night, but be a bit careful tomorrow."

"Hmm... are you leaving?" Li Jie couldn't help but ask. It seemed a little redundant; after all, he only brought her back, and now that everything had settled, staying due to this minor injury seemed unnecessary for overnight care.

"Yeah, just going to smoke one." Li Yan was also feeling restless. Bringing Li Jie back, aside from her injury, was also a way for him to distract himself. Leaving here, he'd have to face his troubles, so he wanted a smoke to calm down.

"Tonight... really thank you." Seeing him about to light up, though it was just a moment, Li Jie felt somewhat comforted. "If not for your timely reminder, I might have been locked in a standoff with that female assassin, maybe even in mutual destruction."

"Take it as a lesson learned."

At this moment, the female colleague next door was getting louder, making both feel a bit awkward.

"Honestly... she's usually alone, probably didn't know I'd come back tonight..." Li Jie felt very embarrassed. Although at this hour, she might be with her boyfriend for some pre-sleep intimacy, she probably didn't know they had returned. But overhearing them, one might think she was living with others...

Li Yan could only chuckle; no matter what her colleague did, it was her living situation, it had nothing to do with him.

The people next door might have finished and got up to clean, discovering the living room lights were on, realizing Li Jie was back, followed by hasty rustling sounds. Soon, they heard the sound of doors opening and closing. Promptly, someone knocked, then entered the room.

"Manager, I'm sorry, I didn't know you were coming back tonight, so I had my boyfriend over... he's left now, won't happen again..." The female colleague, hastily putting on a nightgown, apologized to Li Jie upon entering the room with her head lowered.

This left Li Yan amused and Li Jie feeling awkward.

"It's fine, go rest!"

Upon hearing Li Jie's words, she only then looked up, surprised to see another man inside, noticing Li Jie lying on the bed with a blanket covering her lower body, and from the exposed lower leg, it was evident she wasn't wearing pants below. She suddenly felt extremely embarrassed, repeatedly apologizing, seeming to have walked in on something!

Seeing her rush in and out, Li Yan shook his head with a laugh, and stood up to carry the basin of water out.

When he reached the bathroom, before he even emptied the basin of water that wiped away blood, the female staff member had already rushed over, and as he was only rinsing a towel, he hadn't closed the door, so she just entered, presumably needing to shower.

"Sorry, you use it first..." she apologized awkwardly, and as she was about to leave, she was stunned to see the water in the basin clearly having wiped blood. Intuitively thinking of Li Jie's state, her eyes widened—had he just deflowered Li Jie?

Li Yan didn't share her imaginative thinking. Seeing the woman in a sheer nightgown, he emptied the water and added, "Li Jie got injured, it's inconvenient for her; please help her apply some ointment tomorrow, okay!"

Ah? I understand it's an inconvenient place, but you want me to apply the medicine? Isn't that too embarrassing? The female staff member was bewildered, thinking about how Li Jie is not just a colleague or superior, but also the boss's daughter. Sigh, jobs are hard to come by these days, best to just accept it.

Her expression of resigned acceptance caught Li Yan's attention, making him curious; was Li Jie like a tiger that would eat people?

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