The Female CEO Falls in Love with Me

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Through his channels, Guan Ziyi investigated and finally discovered that the number had not contacted anyone else since last night. From the signal state, it's estimated that the person also considered this point, didn't turn off the phone or remove the SIM card, but threw both the card and the phone in the trash. This was to disrupt potential tracking, and the person might have already left.

The feedback he sent back was within Li Yan's expectations. If they couldn't track down this contact person, then so be it. After all, even if the monk escapes, the temple remains. Such a big issue won't take long to leak out.

After contacting Guan Ziyi and seeing that Zhang Yurong hadn't returned, Li Yan directly went to find Yue Yao.

Yue Yao was naturally at home, but after opening the door, she didn't let Li Yan in, instead, she came out herself and simply said, "Let's talk on the balcony!"

The balcony allowed them to see any movement outside. If Zhang Yurong returned by car, they could be prepared in advance.

Thinking of last night's situation, Li Yan agreed. On the balcony, Yue Yao brought over a chair and sat in a place where she could see outside, then had Li Yan sit in the inner corridor where he couldn't see outside.

This way, the situation was safe. Even if Zhang Yurong returned downstairs, she could only see Yue Yao and not Li Yan, though they were only a few meters apart.

Last night at the meeting, the two of them were lying in bed just inches apart. Now at the meeting, they were separated by several meters, which Li Yan found a bit amusing.

And he also realized that although Yue Yao's arrangement made sense, looking at her expression and gaze, it seemed she was deliberately avoiding him. He was very familiar with the female anatomy, but when it came to the female psychology of the "woman's heart is a needle at sea" especially regarding male-female relationships, he was much less knowledgeable. So he hadn't figured out the real reason for Yue Yao's avoidance, let alone her true feelings.

Seeing Yue Yao's rational and calm appearance, Li Yan felt she should have recovered. Maybe it was just a sudden impulse, which was fine, as he couldn't just bring up the problem to console her.

However, because of this concern, he had already decided that every time he saw Yue Yao, he would pay a little more attention to her and always be aware of her mood changes.

Actually, there wasn't much to say. Yue Yao simply reported to him on the arrangements made last night, all of which had already started and would gradually receive feedback.

After quickly discussing the business, the two of them fell silent. From the moment Yue Yao came over, her gaze had been fixed outside, seemingly to check when Zhang Yurong would return, lacking the courage to face him.

Li Yan could only see the twilight sky outside, along with Yue Yao's somewhat lonely profile under the dusk. She was still so dreamy, seemingly merging with the sunset.

"Anything else?" After two minutes of silence, Yue Yao couldn't help but ask.

If it weren't for last night's incident, she might have enjoyed it, just sitting silently in the same space and watching the sky with him would have been a very happy and peaceful thing. But now she only felt a great deal of pressure, especially since she couldn't see his expression without turning her head while knowing he was staring at her.

She didn't know how Li Yan viewed her, only that the side of her face, ear, and neck being watched by him felt very unnatural.

"Oh, do you remember the call I mentioned yesterday? Guan already checked it out..." Li Yan repeated it again.

But this topic didn't lead to anything deeper, and soon it became awkwardly quiet again. Li Yan figured she would certainly head back to her room, and he wasn't sure if her calmness was just an act. So he said, "Yue Yao, there's something I want to talk to you about..."

Yue Yao trembled slightly and forced herself to remain calm as she asked, "What is it? When it's just the two of us, I'm really not used to you calling me Yue Yao..."

Li Yan chuckled wryly: "What I want to say... I can't seem to say it if I call you Queen."

"What exactly?" Yue Yao lightly bit her lip. To her, having Li Yan call her Yue Yao felt somewhat distant.

Although the nickname Queen was used by everyone in the organization, it was given by him, and he always called her that, so she was only used to it. Even... why had she never appeared in front of others in the organization, even his friends like Guan Ziyi only contacted but never met her. It was because, in her heart, Queen belonged solely to King Li Yan!

"It's just... About last night, sorry." Li Yan felt that if he continued to drag it out, Zhang Yurong might come back, so he decided to be straightforward.

Yue Yao smiled bitterly: "Can I blame you? You should be the one resenting me, right?"

"No! How could I resent you? I just..." Li Yan felt bad about this question, not knowing how to describe it. It was as if something he always thought belonged to him was suddenly discovered to have been taken by someone else. "Sorry, in the past two years, I was only concerned about taking breaks myself, and did not care enough to understand what happened to you. When you needed help, I wasn't there..."

Upon hearing this, Yue Yao felt a sense of comfort, but she also realized that he assumed she had once loved someone else and got heartbroken, which left her a bit helpless. Wasn't this what they call getting caught in your own trap? Should she explain?

She hesitated internally. Before explaining, she wanted to hear Li Yan's true feelings, to understand what he meant. If he had no such feelings, explaining or not wouldn't make much of a difference.

"What do you really want to say? How do you want to help me?"

"I don't know how to comfort you; I just want to say, let past things be in the past!" Now that it was exposed, Li Yan simply continued: "I know, it was because of Yurong's question last night that made you remember past things, making you want to find an anchor. But that would be of no help..."

Yue Yao pondered the meaning of his words. Was it despising or valuing her particularly?

Relating to the fact he didn't want to call her Queen and instead called her Yue Yao, she vaguely understood he wasn't despising her, he was genuinely caring for and cherishing her, not wanting to possess her during a moment of irrationality!

This made her feel a lot better, at least she no longer felt awkwardly distant. She thought for a moment and asked in a low voice: "You're saying, as a man it's fine to look for a woman anywhere, but if I were to casually do that with men, I'd suffer a loss?"

"Yes."

"Then are you saying... if there's such a situation in the future, I should... find you? Keep things within the family?"

"Cough, cough..." Li Yan was quite embarrassed, "I'm not trying to benefit myself, I see you as family, how could I have such thoughts? My intention is... for you to move on, to find a new relationship, or go and win back the person you used to love! I can help you bring him to you, any way you'd like!"

Yue Yao turned and saw his expression, she couldn't help but laugh. Family? So you see me as family!

No matter what, Li Yan had finally revealed his feelings for her, and Yue Yao finally confirmed that she was indeed important in his heart.

"Do you really think that?"

"Of course, how could I keep things within the family..." Li Yan was feeling both a sense of sweat drop and a slight thrill inside. Does last night count?

"What if he doesn't like me?"

"This..."

She said seriously: "Thank you. But I want to tell you a secret, the thing I mentioned last night was just a fabrication building on a previous story I had made up to fool Yurong."

Yue Yao hesitated for a moment. She really wanted to say out loud that the person she loved was actually him! But she didn't dare... she feared Li Yan didn't have romantic feelings for her! And Li Yan was a rational person, if he knew she deeply loved him and he didn't feel the same, he would definitely stop letting her manage affairs for him, and then she wouldn't even have the chance to progress gradually.

If she spoke, there was at most a fifty percent chance. After all, no matter how she compared to Zhang Yurong, Yu Xiaodi, or Wen Qianyi, how could she possibly be the one to possess him alone when he was such an outstanding and proud man, and so many outstanding women failed to get him? Conversely, if she didn't speak, at least there was no risk of leaving, and she could always stay by his side, with some hope.

"And in my heart, you are the most outstanding." She spoke her true thoughts, also expressing a subtle confession under the premise of blurring the boundaries.

Li Yan was shaken inside, unexpected that Yue Yao valued him so much. Did she, like Liu Yunqing and others, have an admiration complex for me, or did she originally like me, only falling for someone else because I didn't pursue her?

"Actually... if you still have feelings for him, you shouldn't give up hope." Li Yan had no choice but to offer advice against his own desires.

"Really?" Yue Yao was a bit surprised.

Seeing her smile, Li Yan felt a bit jealous and uncomfortable, forcing a smile.

Yue Yao looked at him thoughtfully.

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