The Female CEO Falls in Love with Me

(Just past one in the morning, I had to rush to the hospital again with a high fever and got two IV drips. After some photos, they said it was caused by bronchitis. Let's see if it will relapse today. Sigh, I never understood the anxiety when other authors wrote about their children's illnesses until it happened to me. You entirely lose your appetite and just feel anxious and worried. Sigh... Since coming back at five, I've been monitoring, and the fever hasn't returned. Hopefully, things will stay this way. Thank you, everyone, for your concern. I'll be more cautious and try to spend more time taking care of my family. Thank you for your support and comfort!)

Jiang Lele was very frustrated today. She had just gotten a new Gucci bag that had just hit the shelves, and she immediately took it to the office to show off. Unfortunately, the girls in the Planning Department were much less trendy compared to those in other departments. Although they knew a little about fashion, they lacked enthusiasm. Some colleagues said Gucci wasn't worthwhile and that LV was more cost-effective. Others said that such trends would just be replaced by new ones every season, and it's really too expensive to keep up—so impractical.

If it were just these comments, she wouldn't be so frustrated. She could just think that they've matured from girls into pragmatic women who no longer follow trends. She knew she had to hang out with the trendier people from the Business Department to have a more discerning eye. However, the words from Planning Director Chen Aiyuan deflated her spirits quite a bit. The conversation went like this:

"Lele, I heard you take the bus to work every day and rent a place by yourself?" Chen Aiyuan asked seriously.

"That's right, that's right. Are you planning to give me a little extra subsidy, Mr. Chen?" Her eyes gleamed with hope.

"Dream on! Haha, I'm not criticizing you for buying name brands while being frugal. But, speaking personally... When I see a girl on the bus fully dressed in designer brands—Gucci in one hand, LV in the other, wearing Prada, shoes by CD, Coco Chanel perfume, even Cartier jewelry—I don't think she's trendy or fashionable. I just think she's a copycat queen. Even if all her brands are genuine, it still seems like she's wearing knockoffs from a street stall. Who believes someone taking the bus would splurge on luxury brands? And who believes someone who can afford luxury brands would willingly take the bus? Even nouveau riches who love mixing luxury brands usually have a nice car to back it up! So, Lele, I suggest you should buy a car first."

These words made Jiang Lele very frustrated. She didn't succeed in being the fashionista, and instead ended up being seen as a vain girl with hollow aspirations. Just after work, while walking and chatting with colleagues from other departments about her new bag, she finally heard the admired exclamations she had been waiting for, giving her a bit of satisfaction. As they reached the bus stop, everyone was passing around and admiring the bag when suddenly two men waiting for the bus snatched it away.

Although they took away a total of three bags, and she lost two other unnoticed ones, the others weren't luxury brand items nor newly acquired ones. So while other female colleagues screamed, Jiang Lele wasn't dazed and immediately chased after them.

Are you kidding me! I scrimped and saved to buy this new bag. Even if I got criticized for being a copycat, can't I flaunt it for a few days first?

Luckily, the shoes she wore today didn't have high heels, so she managed to chase after them without tripping. But trying to catch two men prepared to snatch bags was still a tall order for a girl. The more she chased, the wider the distance became, making Jiang Lele both angry and enraged. Even though she called for help along the way, others just stepped aside for her or the thieves, but didn't want to get involved.

...

"Damn! Sheng Yu, has that crazy woman caught up yet?" One of the bag-snatchers turned onto a side street, panting as he asked.

The man called Sheng Yu, around twenty-five years old and holding Jiang Lele's new bag, glanced back and stopped, taking a deep breath: "No more!" He then caught up with the other who was still running. "Jianxian, rest a bit! She's not coming."

Wu Jianxian and Sheng Yu stopped, squatted down, and gasped for air. Seeing that Jiang Lele wasn't catching up made them feel slightly relieved.

"Damn! Just for a bag, and she's chasing us as if her life depends on it. Does she want me to pull out a knife or what?"

"Yeah, usually people admit bad luck... Phew, no one's pursued us this far in a long time. I'm out of practice, can't run anymore."

"Heh... This indicates that bag of hers probably is worth some money!"

"Damn! It must be a name brand. We don't know these things. What if we sell it lightly and get ripped off?"

"Don't worry. I can help evaluate it."

Wu Jianxian and Sheng Yu, now calmer, were startled because that comment wasn't from either of them. Unbeknownst to them, someone had squatted next to them!

"Who are you?" They had been looking towards the road behind them and immediately turned around, watching him warily.

Li Yan smiled faintly, "What do you think? You're the robbers, and I'm the fence—would you believe that?"

"And why should we trust you?"

Wu Jianxian and Sheng Yu suspiciously eyed Li Yan. If he were an ordinary person, who would dare approach after seeing them?

"Dare to give me the bag and let me see? I can help you appraise its exact value." Li Yan reached out his hand gently.

"Hmph!" Wu Jianxian sneered, "What if I give it to you and then you grab it and run?"

Sheng Yu thought for a moment more, grimly saying, "Let's try him with one. But if you do anything sneaky... hehe!" In one hand, he had only one bag, and with the other, he drew out a folding knife, quickly flicking it open for a show.

"So what if I do something sneaky?"

As soon as Li Yan said the word "sneaky," he had already taken action. He quickly got into a horse-riding stance and first grabbed Sheng Yu's hair, while his other hand grabbed Wu Jianxian's hair, smashing the heads of the two who were squatting opposite each other fiercely together!

"Ah—!"

Li Yan was a bit surprised to hear the scream from Wu Jianxian. Oh, damn, impressive! Not knocked out from my attack, and still able to scream? That's not easy.

"Damn it! Sheng Yu! Why did you stab me?"

After the scream, Wu Jianxian immediately started cursing. Li Yan looked closely, realizing it wasn't that he was particularly fierce. It was just that when he crashed into them, he overlooked Sheng Yu drawing his knife. As a result, the knife in his hand unintentionally stabbed Wu Jianxian's thigh during the forward motion, waking him up in pain and shock.

Li Yan laughed and grabbed all three bags.

Sheng Yu was already dizzy, and the pain in Wu Jianxian's leg made him look at Li Yan in terror, trembling as he said, "Bro, give us a break!"

Li Yan kicked each of them, knocking them to the side of the road, then ran off in the direction they came from.

"He snatched my bag!" Wu Jianxian shouted. Of course, whether it was him robbing others or someone robbing him, the passersby, upon hearing or seeing this, would instinctively make way.

Sheng Yu, although kicked to the ground, became a bit more awake, noticing that Li Yan was much faster than them. He muttered to himself, "So fast? Is it possible he snatches guys' stuff and gets chased every day?"

...

"Heavens! Why am I so unlucky?" Jiang Lele protested to the sky. Seeing some curious people on the roadside staring at her, she immediately glared back, "What are you looking at? Give me your ice cream! Or I'll tell the teacher!"

Wow! Ice cream thief! The school children eating ice cream and watching her hurriedly flailed their little arms and legs and ran off. This formidable sister was too scary, snatching ice cream and even threatening to tell the teacher...

Scaring the children a bit, their cute reactions improved Jiang Lele's mood, and she mumbled to comfort herself, "It's just a Gucci bag! Out with the old, in with the new... Oh God, I just bought it... Whatever, one day I'll have a Gucci in my left hand, an LV in my right, wearing Prada, shoes by CD, Coco Chanel perfume, and Cartier jewelry. I'll scare them to death!"

"Wow! If you really pull off that mix, it'd be absolutely killer. Back in my day, I could only manage Nike on the left foot, Adidas on the right, dressed in Li Ning, with a swaggering Adidas cap. Your ambition is even higher than mine."

Hearing someone exclaim from behind, Jiang Lele quickly turned around, glaring, and relaxed only when she saw it was Li Yan.

"Finished already? You're really not decent, eavesdropping on others!"

Li Yan smiled, "Did I? Who were you talking to? Besides the kids who were scared off by someone threatening to snatch their ice cream, it's just us two, right? I naturally figured you were talking to me, just like when I speak up, you hear and respond. If you put it that way, aren't you eavesdropping on me?"

"Ha! I thought you were quite honest, but you're so cheeky. Let me tell you, I was talking to her." A cunning glint flashed in Jiang Lele's eyes, and she made a gesture of pulling someone by her side, "We were just talking, who said it was only the two of us?"

Li Yan was speechless.

"Come on, Coco, say hi to him." Jiang Lele said to her side, then looked at Li Yan, dissatisfied moments later, "Hey, someone's greeted you, aren't you going to respond?"

"I did, didn't you hear? I saw the lady next to you smiling and nodding." Li Yan looked bewildered, then suddenly asked curiously, "Ma'am, why are you touching her hair? And then grabbing your own?"

Jiang Lele felt a chill down her back, quickly turned to look, then glared at him, "Alright, stop trying to scare me! Copying everything from others, can't you be a bit original?"

"Hehe, original? Close your eyes, and I'll show you a creative magic trick." Li Yan kept his left hand behind his back, hiding the bag he held from her view.

Jiang Lele looked him up and down, "No way I'm falling for that! What if you take advantage of me?"

Li Yan was a bit dizzy; maybe she was paranoid about being victimized with an excessive vigilance for perverts.

"Then just turn around."

Jiang Lele suddenly laughed, moving to stand in front of him, "No need to turn, I know you helped get my bag back!"

Li Yan had no choice but to take it out, "How did you know?"

"You wouldn't just so happen to be here at this moment unless you were planning to take the bus home too, saw someone snatch my bag, and took a shortcut to help get it back." Although she had her suspicions, seeing it actually returned, Jiang Lele was very grateful. "Li Yan, thank you!"

"Ha, if it weren't for your kindness in showing me the way, I wouldn't have come here. It's your good deed being rewarded..."

"What did you call me?"

"Uh..."

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