The Female CEO Falls in Love with Me

(Went to the hospital during the day, had a high fever of 39.5℃ at night, rushed to emergency again, just got some fever-reducing and anti-inflammatory shots, then got a glucose IV. It was nerve-wracking, have to watch over it tonight... Let's try to keep the three updates daily tomorrow. Got 12 monthly passes today, a bit more than the past few days, thanks everyone.)

Li Yan was just a minor employee; he thought that if he didn't go to work, aside from Wen Qianyi who might care, probably only Huang Ying would notice, and nobody else would pay much attention. Anyway, he didn't mind losing a bit of pay, so he unabashedly took the day off.

After an eight-hour sleep, Li Yan planned to go to the company to retrieve his car so he wouldn't need to borrow Zhang Yurong's car. After washing up, he checked his phone messages; there were probably many calls before, so he turned it off to sleep. Other than Huang Ying asking if he was alright, there was also a message from Chen Xiaoen; somehow she got his number and asked if his foot problem had worsened, which made Li Yan a bit embarrassed.

He just glanced through these messages, but there was another message that caught his attention. It was simple, just a few words: "Long time no see, find me online."

This was from a number not saved on his phone; normally one might assume it was a wrong number or a scam message, but Li Yan knew very well what it meant—this was a pre-arranged contact method with someone. Although his current identity was quite ordinary and he hadn't encountered any problems in the past two years, being cautious never hurt for certain identities.

After reading it, he immediately deleted the message, along with the other messages from today. Then he dug out another phone, which looked a bit outdated, like an old model being phased out, but its ordinary appearance was actually a disguise. This phone was a gift from a good friend named Guan Ziyi.

The last time Yu Mocheng was kidnapped, apart from a phone signal, there were no other clues, and he used this phone to contact Guan Ziyi for help. Guan Ziyi's surface identity is a specialist in electronic technology, but he is also a super hacker nicknamed "Guanzi" and he's not working alone.

Noble friendships are like water, good friends don't always need to eat, drink, and have fun together often. Over the past two years, they didn't contact each other much, generally only when something came up. Li Yan could always find him if needed; his calls were always secure. If Guan Ziyi wanted to reach Li Yan, he would send a message to his regular number first, prompting him to contact him otherwise.

"Why did you suddenly contact me, what's up?" Li Yan asked directly upon hearing Guan Ziyi's voice.

Guan Ziyi paused, then said, "Perhaps you need to change your environment. Recently, several parties seem interested in investigating your information."

"Didn't you handle everything for me? Why worry about investigations?"

Before Li Yan joined the Paradise Group, only the recent two years of his work experience were recorded; everything else was vague and untraceable. Even before the vacation, he had Guan Ziyi prepare all possible records. In other words, his previous life was portrayed as someone from society's lower tier, impossible to investigate.

"They definitely won't find anything, but since I detected it, it means someone's interested in you, and it's several parties in a short period. You must've done something recently—don't tell me you've hooked up with some bigwig's woman?" Guan Ziyi was cheerful and liked joking, even at serious moments, he would quip.

Li Yan chuckled, "No women, but there is a bigwig's daughter."

"…!" Guan Ziyi was speechless, shocked it turned out to be true: "You're something else! What's the story? Eloped together, or ditched her after fooling around?"

"Don't be so gossipy, alright?" Li Yan laughed and cursed: "Do I seem like that kind of person?"

Guan Ziyi thought for a moment, nodded in agreement: "True, you definitely wouldn't elope."

Li Yan was speechless, gritting his teeth: "If you keep talking...?"

This bluff immediately made Guan Ziyi submit, getting serious: "I'm just giving you a heads-up, be careful."

"I know. I got involved in some business recently. He assured me they wouldn't investigate, but it's hard to say." Li Yan briefly shared; many people, including his wife Zhang Yurong, couldn't be told, but there were friends he could trust, like Queen and Guan Ziyi.

"Got it, rest assured they won't find out anything."

"Not just that, if possible, keep an eye on Paradise Group for me. I don't want them to be implicated," Li Yan said solemnly.

Guan Ziyi immediately understood, smiling ambiguously: "Oh, I see! I'll pay attention, though you're solo now—need me to contact Yu Mocheng for some help?"

"That's not how it works; experts excel in different fields. In your domain, those are all pros, but protectiveness work isn't that simple."

Li Yan acknowledged his reasoning but wasn't worried; he simply said: "Queen will come over."

Guan Ziyi was taken aback by his words, finally speaking after a pause: "You've got to be kidding, Queen personally coming to help you?"

Li Yan laughed heartily: "Can't argue with my charisma, do I need to force her? Even Queen is happy to help me."

"Ugh... let me puke first," Guan Ziyi feigned retching.

"Alright! Enough with the jokes."

Hearing Li Yan's slightly proud words, Guan Ziyi had already sighed silently, saying quietly: "Lao Qi, are you going to keep at it? Playing too long will set you back; even if you don't regress, the longer you play, the more entangled you get."

Li Yan fell silent—it was true, he had already immersed himself in the ordinary urban life. Aside from the complex relationship with Zhang Yurong, there were also entanglements with the likes of Yu Mocheng, Huang Ying, and Hai Fu. The more ties he had, the more flaws and weak points emerged.

"Actually..."

"Alright, Guan, I understand what you mean; I have my plans."

Hearing Li Yan's words, as a friend, Guan Ziyi didn't say more, respecting all his choices.

...

After hanging up the phone, Li Yan set the phone aside and headed out, pondering as he walked—besides Yu Hong and his competitor, who else could there be? Li Yonghao? Anyone else?

Hmph! Bring it on!

Thinking of this, Li Yan smiled slightly, completely unfazed or worried.

He arrived at the bus stop and soon caught a bus. Unlike the crowded morning, it was now off-peak and there were fewer passengers heading downtown.

It was his second time taking this bus route; thanks to the MM's reminder yesterday morning, Li Yan now knew where to transfer. The bus reached the same stop as yesterday, and he waited a moment to transfer to Paradise Group.

By the time he nearly arrived, Paradise Group's workday had ended. He still had a few minutes' walk, but he wasn't in a hurry, leisurely strolling and waiting for the crowd to thin out for convenience.

Just after getting off the bus and taking a few steps, he heard several screams from across the road. Following the sound, he saw the same MM from yesterday, also heading home from work, waiting at the opposite stop with several female colleagues. The screams were from two men at the stop who took advantage of the chatting women to snatch their bags! One of those bags was definitely the MM's, and unlike her colleagues who just screamed, she actually gave chase!

Seeing this, Li Yan couldn't help but shake his head. MM, you may be quite spicy, but guys like the lecherous Gao Qing are timid, hence you can easily handle them. But those desperate enough to rob are ruthless; they won't spare you even if you catch up—with luck, you'd just have a beating, worse, a knife slash could be trouble.

Looking around at both sides of the street, apart from the female colleagues stomping anxiously, other pedestrians remained calm. Another busybody affair, should he get involved? (To be continued, to know what happens next, please visit www.qidian.com, more chapters available, support the author, support legitimate reading!)