The Female CEO Falls in Love with Me

(It was too tragic. Because I've been busy writing, I only caught small glimpses of three matches, rooting for Japan, Brazil, and Argentina, and it turned out they all... Last night I told Ni Hui that Pele was optimistic about Spain, so I decided to support Germany, and who would have thought...)

Is Li Yan trying to escape?

Of course, that's impossible. It's not yet eight in the evening, and there are still cars passing by from time to time. Making a move on the roadside would be too conspicuous.

With a quick glance, he already guessed what was going on. Assassins generally don't know his whereabouts, and even if they did, they wouldn't use such obvious methods. The person who his normal identity has offended, there's only one possibility.

That night, a man named Chen Wen came over to chat up Zhang Yurong and Yue Yao and was unceremoniously driven away by Li Yan. He claimed that his brother was the big boss, Chen, and would remember Li Yan.

Chen Wen was not resigned and, after leaving with Lan Tianci and the others, had been waiting to ambush Li Yan and his group. He, Lan Tianci, and Wen Qiang were watching the commotion from the second floor of the tea house opposite. As a result, Yue Yao shot and directly hit the glass, causing Chen Wen and Lan Tianci to suffer simultaneously. Lan Tianci ended up injured by the glass shards and will need skin graft and cosmetic surgery after recovery.

Even with Lan Tianci's private inquiries, he only found out that Li Yan was a minor employee at the Paradise Group with no background but didn't know his detailed address. That night, Zhang Yurong was with him, and they knew she was the CEO of Paradise Group. In his view, Li Yan was living off women, getting in with Yu Xiaodi, and seizing the chance to cozy up to their CEO thanks to a connection made that night at the Prince Hotel. Of course, he didn't think Zhang Yurong had anything special with Li Yan.

Since he had no grudge against Zhang Yurong and even wanted to butter up to her, his hatred for Li Yan was more out of jealousy. Given Zhang Yurong's status, she was not someone to offend easily. Therefore, he pinned all the blame on Li Yan, not implicating Zhang Yurong. Chen's subordinates were unaware, so they naturally followed Lan Tianci's words.

Lan Tianci, after cooling down, was steadier than most his age. Though he revealed Li Yan worked at Paradise Group, if Chen's boss were to raid someone there, it might lead to conflicts with Paradise Group's security team, and even if they avoided security, Li Yan's colleagues could see them, complicating things if the police were involved. So while he continued to covet Yu Xiaodi, he also considered Zhang Yurong a potential target for future endeavors and didn't want to damage his image.

Therefore, he opted for another location, coming here to wait! The first time he met Li Yan, it was with Yu Xiaodi at this place as well. Later, Yu Xiaodi had someone wait here to find Li Yan, so he knew about this. Thus, at the same time frame, he brought Chen's men here.

Once Chen's boss had set everything up, waiting in front with him, Lan Tianci was very sensitive to Li Yan's apple-green QQ car. Seeing it from afar, he perked up, and just as Li Yan arrived, he began to slow down. When passing by, Lan Tianci recognized it immediately.

Chen promptly ordered two cars to give chase, informed the waiting cars ahead to block, as well as others in ambush, while his car followed.

Seeing from afar Li Yan parking and getting out, Lan Tianci panicked: "He wants to escape!"

In the days following the initial hurt and resentment, he calmed down, knowing that a gentleman takes revenge over ten years, patience is essential to achieve great things. He waited for opportunities and created them, apart from sending messages to Yu Xiaodi about Li Yan's multiple affairs. He kept in constant contact with Chen's boss. Compared with Chen Wen, he felt quite fortunate. Had Chen Wen not misstepped, had Wen Qiang not grabbed him afterwards, in the sudden unbearable pain and blindness of those moments, falling would have been inevitable.

However," his repression only bottled the resentment deep inside, as he hadn't seen Li Yan in person. Now seeing him, all his grudges erupted, wishing desperatel to tear apart the person who caused his disfigurement.

"Why panic? We've got people on both sides!" Chen huffed, allowing the driver to slowly edge the car forward.

To them, Li Yan abandoning the car was akin to seeking death.

...

Li Yan darted several meters to the roadside, and almost immediately, three or four people emerged from the bushes in different directions, closing in on him.

Last time when confronting Zhang Jing and his group by the roadside, it was daytime, with Zhang Yurong in the car, so Li Yan had a wrench given by a taxi driver as a weapon. Now at night and with no acquaintances, Li Yan's strategy was to lure them into the bushes, where he could be even less restrained!

"Don't let him get away!"

Amid the shouting from the crowd behind, those blocking the front shouted, "Stop!"

Li Yan had no intention of escaping; he intentionally ran towards one of the opponents. As they closed in on each other, he used his momentum, leaped up, and kicked the person in the head! Both running, with that flying kick, the person didn't even have time to groan before he went down!

Upon landing, Li Yan quickly turned and dashed towards the nearest person.

After seeing a comrade hit, although unclear on details, the others were already on guard. Seeing Li Yan charging, one of them internally cursed, wanting to halt and wait for twenty other brothers to join before acting, yet Li Yan was fast, nearly upon him when he tried to stop!

Under the ribs, neck, chest… successive combo attacks hitting vital spots! Just like the mysterious cleaner Chen Junwei who has trained in martial arts from a young age, naturally able to defend and counter, ordinary people under Li Yan's assault barely reacted before getting hit.

By now, two others had joined forces, while those coming from the cars and opposite direction, numbering over twenty, were closing in rapidly, within a few meters.

Li Yan never stopped, and just as the two were halting and feeling some relief, he was already before them. Under the distant streetlight, they couldn't see Li Yan's backlit face clearly or how he struck; they only felt him leap over, and as they tried to grab him, their throats were seized, making them emit hoarse sounds.

To Li Yan, these were just ordinary thugs, not worth his price to kill! So holding them by the neck, he twisted and crashed them together, throwing them to the ground.

At this point, over twenty people were closing in. In just a few seconds, Li Yan leapt and struck swiftly like felling straw men, taking down the four guards on this side, intimidating the initially imposing attackers, slowing their steps, but still relying on numbers, forming a circle and surrounding Li Yan, who was calmly lighting a cigarette.

Chen's car arrived, parked by the roadside; he observed the surroundings. This place was indeed a good spot, before getting out.

He and Lan Tianci exited, walking over.

He witnessed the earlier takedowns, but there were still twenty people! Although one against four earlier, that was with separate encounters. Separately, with enough strength, ferocity, and stamina, it's possible against twenty; but fighting them all at once? He didn't believe anyone could take on twenty at once!

Both Chen and Lan Tianci held significant grudges against Li Yan; they wouldn't back down, walking up to the perimeter. Twenty against one, it wasn't just an ordinary formidable person, but even facing a martial arts master, a champion boxer would be no concern, right?

Li Yan remained unruffled, took a deep breath, and his cigarette glowed slightly before he leisurely exhaled. Looking at the eloquent and stylish Lan Tianci, less handsome than Wen Qiang and the others, but with the healed wounds and removed bandages, his face still had numerous scars, making it look ferocious.

"What gang are you from? Trying a sneak attack on me? Do you know Li Yonghao? Every time he sees me, he's all courteous! Who do you think you are? A bunch of lowlife scums thinking you can ambush me?"

Before Chen could speak, Li Yan already scoffed disdainfully. Li Yonghao certainly hadn't sucked up to him, but given his temper, he was only unkind to his subordinates, always polite himself, even while bullying someone. So, Li Yan was merely stating a fact, invoking Li Yonghao to conserve his efforts and to avoid implicating Zhang Yurong.

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