The Female CEO Falls in Love with Me

Usually, it's Li Yan who gets home first because, although Yue Yao had promised to reduce her workload, it's not a habit that can change overnight. Transferring responsibilities isn't something that happens instantly either. These days, when she's home, she doesn't work as long, but when she's at the office, she often leaves later than most.

However, today, as Li Yan was leaving, Yue Yao had already come downstairs. After work, she didn't have any social activities to attend to, and sure enough, just as Li Yan parked his car, her Mercedes pulled in too.

For the first time, Yue Yao was not alone in her car; she had a guest. This guest was the dreamy, beautiful girl who had just appeared in the lobby and shone like the moon.

Li Yan smiled bitterly to himself. What's this about? It seems that Yue Yao knows her? It's one thing to know her, but why bring her home? This is a personal space!

As he stood there in astonishment, a pleasant voice called over: "Honey... come help with the luggage!"

Li Yan shuddered as if struck by lightning.

Honey? Is this still Yue Yao? Even when performing in front of her family, she only called him Li Yan! And although her tone was a bit stiff, it rarely felt cold. Suspicious, very suspicious!

As they walked back to the garage, Yue Yao handed him a small suitcase, which belonged to the dreamy girl.

"I'm Yue Yao, thank you," the dreamy girl spoke for the first time, her voice as sweet and enchanting as her looks. As she thanked him, she also bowed slightly in a very polite manner.

"No need to be polite with him, he's just the handyman," Yue Yao laughed, then said, "Let's head inside!"

Watching them walk past him into the house, Li Yan was speechless again. Yue Yao was actually chatting and laughing with her?

Carrying the luggage, he followed them upstairs, overhearing them talking softly ahead. Yue Yao was quietly introducing the house to this dreamy girl named Yue Yao as they headed to the guest room.

"...Because I often get so busy that I end up working late, I'm afraid of disturbing him, so we often sleep in separate rooms..."

Upon hearing this, Li Yan felt a cold sweat. Are they that familiar? Not only did she bring someone home, but she could also casually talk about such personal matters. However... he didn't expect her to come up with such an excuse to cover up their unusual situation! Perhaps she had long thought of this tactic to handle unexpected visits from her parents.

After they reached the guest room with the suitcase, Yue Yao sent him out.

Watching the door close, Li Yan wickedly wondered, could it be that the seemingly indifferent Yue Yao is into this kind of thing? Such a captivating girl liking women would truly be a waste.

As he slowly walked away, the door opened again, and Yue Yao came out, quickly catching up to him and said calmly: "Follow me for a moment."

She walked ahead to the home office, closed the door, and was about to speak.

"Yue Yao... is a friend of mine... because she's going through something recently and is feeling down... I invited her over to relax, and she'll be staying with us for a while..."

After barely explaining the situation, she continued: "You can be yourself, your habits. I may need your cooperation to keep up appearances, but it's okay if you don't want to help. The important point is, you mustn't scare her with any lecherous behavior! And you absolutely cannot do anything inappropriate!"

Li Yan took out a cigarette and lit it, teasingly saying: "What? Are you treating me like a pervert you need to guard against? If so, why not just let her stay in a big hotel? And also..."

Yue Yao frowned slightly, seeing that he hadn't finished speaking, she had to ask: "And also what?"

"Also, what I want to know is, are you guarding against this because of me, or because of her?"

"What do you mean?" Yue Yao was a bit puzzled, "Of course it's because I'm afraid you'd scare her."

"Heh, what I mean is, are you afraid I'd be jealous of her, or are you afraid she'd be jealous of me."

Regarding his words, the usually shrewd Yue Yao at work gave it a thought, and then realized, her fair face instantly turning red with anger: "Li Yan! Make yourself clear!"

"I see how well you treat her, and you have never treated me like that. I feel a bit jealous, afraid she's your... lover, so I wanted to clarify."

Lover? Yurong was momentarily stunned, nearly fainting. She looked at him strangely, wondering what kind of nonsense was filling his head! Obviously, Yue Yao is a girl, how could she be my lover…

"Oh really! You're saying I'm gay?" Yurong sneered, just now she thought Li Yan cared about her relationship with Yue Yao, thinking it was better than his, but she didn't expect him to think in such a filthy way!

"I was just worried..."

"Why aren't you worried that you're gay?" Yurong wasn't satisfied with his explanation.

"I worry about being gay too."

"..."

"Li Yan, let me be clear, Yue Yao is just an online friend, today is the first time we're meeting. There's nothing indecent between us like you imagine, just pure friendship. Hmph! Why am I nicer to someone I'm meeting for the first time than to you? Why don't you consider how good you are to me? We're just getting by each other, you never cared for me, and yet I have to cater to you and watch your mood?" Yurong erupted.

Seeing the ice queen reveal such a side, Li Yan was dumbfounded. If the people at the company saw this, they would never believe this was Zhang Yurong. He forgot to smoke, licked his lips, and responded, "That's not quite fair to say. I actually care about you a lot, I'm just not good at expressing it... It's not that I'm jealous of a girl, I just wanted to find out, no problem... I don't mind her living here at all, and whenever you need me to cooperate, I will absolutely do so."

As soon as Li Yan finished speaking, he immediately dashed off!

"Li Yan! Get back here!"

Seeing him actually run off, Yurong felt a bit furious, wanting to catch him, but upon opening the door, he was nowhere to be seen. She grudgingly shut the door, then sat down in a chair.

This relationship, which had plagued her with headaches for a long time, finally showed signs of explosive conflict, leaving her a bit helpless, a bit desolate.

Closing her eyes, taking deep breaths, Yurong tried hard to recall her mother's teachings: When you're at odds with him, don't focus on his bad side; think more about his good side...

Heavens... He must have good sides worthy of contemplation. Yurong felt a bit wronged. I have very few friends, and it's even less appropriate to let casual friends know, let alone have them come to visit. Now just because an out-of-town friend came to play, he reacted this strongly, even insinuating I'm... it's simply too awful!

Unable to resist, she picked up a pen, grabbed a sheet of printing paper, and wrote the big characters "Li Yan," then viciously crossed out every letter, giving her the satisfaction of slicing Li Yan with a knife!

Once the words "Li Yan" were completely crossed out, mostly obliterating her malice, she still felt unsatisfied, so she grabbed another sheet and wrote "Li Yan" not as big, adding an equals sign, "Li Yan = petty," and then after pondering a bit, continued writing "equals lazy," "equals lecher," "equals annoying," "equals flirtatious," "equals immediately unlikeable"...

Writing non-stop, Yurong was surprised to find she'd filled up the entire sheet with nothing but his flaws. She couldn't help but sigh, remarking that it was remarkable for someone to have so many shortcomings!

She grabbed another sheet, intending to compare, to see how many strengths he possessed.

After venting all her grievances, Yurong, who focused on matters not people, became more calm and objective. Thinking back carefully, she couldn't recall any strengths he had. Because she discovered her understanding of him centered entirely on his flaws, she never proactively learned about his strengths!

Okay, taking a step back, to see if he'd ever done anything commendable.

Reflecting back from knowing him... He clearly didn't approve of the engagement arranged by the previous generation, but to fulfill his father's dying wish, he came and agreed to marry; that... counts as one thing; every weekend, always accompanying when visiting parents, acting in love, pleasing the parents without complaining, that counts as another; when I suddenly left late at night to meet a client and he was worried, speeded over urgently to be with me, that's another; when I was trapped in a locked hotel, he somehow crawled under a car to sneak in to accompany and advise me; when someone bullied me, he was the first to rush over to protect me, furiously, regardless of his image; to prevent me from twisting my ankle, he carried me up several flights of stairs; worrying about my health, he'd tell me not to worry so much, not to overwork...

Yurong was halted, unable to jot down as eagerly as she did with his flaws, however, in recalling each, she felt warmth filling her heart. It was then that she realized with admiration, that her seemingly unremarkable husband, although he didn't achieve anything dazzling at work, had unknowingly done many caring and protective things for her!

Perhaps, as he said, he isn't good at expressing; perhaps I demanded too much, overlooking the details... Yurong, who always thought she and Li Yan were two parallel lines, not caring or interfering with each other, after discovering all this, wrote down her thoughts word for word, filling two sheets of paper.

Comparing this sheet with that, she felt a bit relieved. It seems this guy, though not as good as expected, wasn't as bad as imagined. Maybe I shouldn't be so hard on him…

Should I apologize to him for earlier?

No need, right? Clearly he was the one who started saying such things... Besides, he has thicker skin anyway!

For the first time sitting in front of her office computer, Yurong didn't bury herself in work but instead stared blankly at the two sheets filled with notes on Li Yan, deep in thought...

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