The Female CEO Falls in Love with Me

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Seeing Li Yan explaining so seriously and honestly, Jiang Lele felt helpless. She was about to say something more memorable when she heard a shout from behind: "Lele! Are you okay?"

Several other female colleagues, worried she might be taken advantage of, called for help since it wasn't far from the company, and then followed over. Since some were wearing high heels and couldn't run fast, they only arrived just now.

Li Yan saw that there was still some distance between them and seemed to regard himself as the bag-snatching thief, so he loudly proclaimed his might. "Coca? Lele? Do you still like drinking cola?"

Seeing Li Yan's teasing expression, Jiang Lele rolled her eyes at him and quickly said, "Well, I didn't know you before, you're just a young man doing good deeds, understand?"

After she spoke, she turned to the female colleagues who hurried over: "I'm fine, look! Someone helped us get the bags back!"

The two colleagues who lost their bags were lamenting, having almost given up hope of getting them back. Now recovering the bags from Jiang Lele felt like a windfall, making them cheer and thank Li Yan together.

"No need to be polite, I see you all are from Paradise Group too? We're colleagues from the same company, just happened to run into each other, it's only right."

"Oh, you're one of us then, that's great. By the way, our bags aren't worth much, but Lele's is a new Gucci. You helped her a lot, she must treat you!"

"Yes, yes, Lele must treat you. How about we... Oh! Right, we have other things to do, let Lele treat you alone then."

When the girls pursued them, they saw the two standing face to face, worried Jiang Lele might be threatened. Now knowing he's a loyal fellow and a company colleague, they immediately had lots of room for imagination about sustainable development, joking ambiguously, and left before Jiang Lele could argue.

"So, Mr. Righteous, do you want me to treat you to a meal?" Jiang Lele smirked.

"Forget it, squeeze... Hmm, Lele, you take a ride home first. I just remembered I have something to deal with back at the company."

Milkmaid? Jiang Lele thought about the nickname and shuddered, thinking of the middle-aged ladies at the farm. "Careful, don't call me Le anymore. We're not that familiar. Please call me by my full name — Jiang Lele."

"You go by Jiang Lele?"

"Is that not okay?" Jiang Lele sweat a bit, "Don't tell me you really thought I was called Cola? Jiang Cola? Or Award Sprite..."

"Haha, what I mean is, since you're called Jiang Lele and want me to use your full name, I guess I can only call you Lele. Jiang Lele is the full name..."

"A bunch of twisted logic. If you're not leaving, I am." Jiang Lele, worried about her Gucci bag being stolen again, held it tightly to her chest and walked towards the bus stop.

Li Yan followed, then crossed the street back to the company.

...

Just as he entered the company parking lot, Li Yan saw Hai Fu's car pulling out. Calmly and naturally, he glanced over, catching the quick shift of her eyes behind the black frames hiding her face, as she earnestly focused on the road ahead.

This amused him a little, fortunately, they were not in the same department, or the façade would soon crack.

Driving out of the parking lot in the QQ after a few days off, Li Yan was a bit troubled. Today wasn't the weekend, and it wouldn't be too late to ask someone out to play.

After wandering bored for a bit, he decided to go home for dinner; if he couldn't sleep at night, he'd exercise more. Guan Ziyi was right, taking too long a break would cause regression. Exercise is essential.

A phone call interrupted his thoughts, yet another unfamiliar number. Another offer to discuss the unspoken rules?

"Who's this?"

"Is this Li Yan? I'm Chen Mingying."

"Chen Mingying? Looking for investment? Which company? It's already off work now."

Li Yan found the voice familiar, he must have met before, but given how many people he interacted with casually, he only remembered those few like Qiao Pan, Chu Yi, Su Qingrui, Pan Qingjun, and Gao Qing, whom he had treated.

Chen Mingying didn't expect Li Yan not to recognize her, and was so formal and businesslike, she had to patiently introduce herself: "I'm Xiao Di's mom, we've met before..."

With that one sentence, he understood immediately. No wonder it sounded familiar, it was Yu Xiao Di's mom's voice!

"Oh, so it's Xiao Di's mother. Hello, should I call you Mrs. Yu, or Ms. Chen?" A woman entrepreneur would naturally have status. Not familiar with them, Li Yan didn't know their customs.

After hearing his words, Chen Mingying sounded a bit impatient, "What you call me isn't important, what's important is I need you urgently now!"

Need me urgently? That's not good, right?

Amusing thoughts aside, that momentary jest passed. For Chen Mingying to call, it could only be about one thing. He hurriedly asked, "Did something happen to Xiao Di?"

"She..." Chen Mingying sighed, her tone hesitant.

This made Li Yan's heart skip, "She hasn't been staying at home these days? Were Zhou Yunfei and the others just doing nothing?"

"It's not that..." Chen Mingying decided to be direct, "I originally wanted to call you over, but since you're so worried about Xiao Di, I'll tell you the situation first. This girl... is on a hunger strike!"

"Hunger strike?" Li Yan was speechless. How come these modern young girls are playing such an old-fashioned trick? Did Chen Mingying start with an even more old-fashioned approach of breaking up lovers?

"Yeah, it's hard to explain over the phone, you better come over. Maybe you're the only one who can persuade her now." When she said the last sentence, Chen Mingying's tone carried a tinge of jealousy and regret. Her own daughter defied her, yet she had to ask an outsider to mediate—what a failure! No matter the success in career, in terms of motherhood, beyond material roles, she felt like a complete failure.

"Alright." Li Yan agreed.

Turning around, heading towards the Eastern Golden Coast. It's rush hour now—the time to test skills, luck, and patience.

As he drove, he dialed Yu Xiao Di's phone number. In the morning, when he was asleep, he received a call from Xiao Di, she was cheerful then and even mentioned playing tennis or swimming with him. How did it turn into a hunger strike by evening?

Could it be that in Chen Mingying's eyes, missing a meal is considered a hunger strike? Then he too had missed a meal today...

Yu Xiao Di didn't seem to be under the treatment of temporary separation following a breakup, the phone connected immediately.

"Huh? Li Yan? I'm so happy, it's rare for you to call me on your own!" Hearing his voice lifted Yu Xiao Di's spirits.

Li Yan could imagine her expression, and couldn't help but smile. Initially, he thought she was a boastful, brainless, idle rich second generation, but surprisingly, over time, his impression of her improved steadily. Perhaps it had something to do with her giving up the silly habit of intentionally crashing cars for fun.

"What's going on? Your mom called saying you're on a hunger strike?"

"Sigh... So you're here to act as a lobbyist for my mom. I thought you genuinely missed me..." Yu Xiao Di said with a little grumble.

"Alright, quit playing these little games. I'm on my way to your place, but it's far, and with traffic, I won't be there quickly. Tell me what's really happening, are you using the hunger strike as leverage to let them let you go out to play?" Li Yan guessed it was some mischief due to her not being able to stay home any longer.

Yu Xiao Di sighed softly, "Go out to play? I'm not in the mood for that... Isn't it all because of you? They want to send me away, not allowing me to see you. I refused, they didn't accept my opinion, so I haven't eaten since the day before yesterday..."

Li Yan was taken aback, the disparity in their social status, the breakup scenario was easy to predict, but he didn't expect her to have been on a hunger strike since the day before for him. What was more unexpected was that even after days without food, hearing his voice instantly put on her best, happiest demeanor.

Something felt like it was swelling in his chest...

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