The Female CEO Falls in Love with Me

As he drove near the company, Li Yan slowed down and noticed a person—it was Jiang Lele from the Planning Department, who took the bus to work, and there was a man speaking to her.

Li Yan had only interacted with Jiang Lele a few times—it started because he met her on the bus. The phrase 'squeezed the milk out of it' was so iconic and bold, along with her method of punishing a pervert, that it made a lasting impression, so he nicknamed her "Milk-Squeezer Girl." Later, he saw her getting her newly-bought designer bag snatched by someone, helped chase it down and return it, and learned her name was Jiang Lele.

Seeing the current situation, he suspected that this thrift enthusiast who bought name brands might be in trouble again. So he drove a bit closer, slowing down, figuring he could catch up easily and didn't directly rush over to startle them.

Jiang Lele didn't appear panicked or running away, at least it wasn't a mugging. After talking for a while, she took out something from her bag and handed it to the man. After taking it, the man said a few more words to her and then took off.

Watching this, Li Yan guessed that might be her boyfriend, and the thing given was small, maybe a key or something. Since there's no issue, seeing Jiang Lele heading towards the company, he didn't meddle any further and drove off to the company.

When Li Yan parked and came over, he coincidentally ran into Jiang Lele approaching. Previously, it wasn't appropriate to specifically go over and greet her, but now that they've met, he should say hello.

"Jiang Lele, hello there. Changed to a new designer bag again?"

Jiang Lele was walking with her head down and lifted it upon hearing the call, seeing it was Li Yan, immediately smiled, "It's the old one! Why? Hoping I'll get mugged again so you can play the hero rescuing the beauty?"

Her speech style was sharp and bold as usual, even when not familiar with Li Yan, let alone when she is. Li Yan seriously nodded, "Though I once thought of that, unfortunately..."

"Hmm?"

"Unfortunately, while I don't mind being a hero, there's just no beauty to rescue!"

"Go away! You had no taste back then, this lady..." They had reached the company's entrance, prime time for work, with many people coming and going, and Jiang Lele felt embarrassed to brag, just rolled her eyes at him, whispering, "I don't want rumors of romance with you, moving on!"

Saying this, she hurriedly stepped inside.

Li Yan felt both amused and helpless—her remark wasn't intentionally provocative but sure hinted at something. It was because Jiang Lele only knew of him, an insignificant, unimpressive, inexperienced junior employee, due to some unknown person stirring up the gossip about him and Hai Fu. This rumor had long since passed; her recent comment was merely a playful joke.

As he watched Jiang Lele's retreating figure with a faint smile, Li Yan realized someone was beside him.

Everyone was heading to work at this hour, so having people passing by was entirely normal, but someone staying by him must be a familiar face. Li Yan assumed it was Sun Hui or Xu Ping, colleagues he was familiar with, so he turned his head slightly to check.

"Go on, I'm rooting for you!"

What met his eye was a smiling beautiful face, and without waiting for him to reply, she went inside herself.

Watching Wen Qianyi's tall and slender figure walking away, Li Yan started to sweat, feeling like he was caught red-handed without doing anything. He shook his head, deciding not to explain to her—the more you explain, the worse it gets, it just becomes chaotic. It's no big deal chatting with female colleagues from other departments.

Wen Qianyi's earlier words weren't encouragement—they could be counted as teasing or sarcasm, yet to Li Yan, they sounded quite pleasing! Not that he's masochistic, but because of what happened yesterday evening at her place.

No one expected that a playful kitten would lead to such an outcome, and clearly, neither of them decided to firmly stop it, otherwise, it could've been avoided to some extent. The consequence put both of them, especially Wen Qianyi, in a position unsure of how to handle it—so she pretended to be mad over him accidentally smudging oil on the back of her dress, and he left soon after.

While at home, Li Yan pondered how to navigate the relationship between them, and what attitude Wen Qianyi would have. But her behavior just now, remaining as usual, suggested she's adjusted, and though everyone's feelings might subtly change, on the surface they could continue to interact normally without intentional avoidance.

...

Li Yan, feeling relieved, had just stepped into the first-floor lobby when security team leader Yang Dalong called him over.

"Deputy Team Leader, you sure are busy—time to get a grasp on the security team's situation."

Yang Dalong's words left Li Yan unable to refute. He was now serving as the acting deputy captain of the security team. He was the communication link between Jie Rui Security Company and Paradise Group, but apart from the first day, he basically hadn't paid attention to the security team's matters since.

Hearing him say that, Li Yan realized that he must have some business with him and was intentionally waiting here. So he nodded and said, "Let's go inside to talk."

"Haha, welcome, leader, to inspect the work!"

"Captain, aren't you being disgusting to me?"

While speaking, the two arrived at the security team's office. It was shift change in the morning, and everyone was busy. Yang Dalong sat down with Li Yan at the desk, then said in a low voice, "Discovered something suspicious. Originally, it was for you to report, file a record, but... for certain reasons, I'm notifying you privately first, giving you some time to maneuver."

Li Yan thought it was the finance department not paying their wages on time and wanted him to urge them, otherwise, this external deputy captain with supervisory implications not coming to work should make them feel relaxed. But now, hearing what he meant, it seemed they discovered something, and it might involve him, so he privately handled it first!

Taking out a cigarette, he threw one to Yang Dalong, then bit one himself. Utilizing this time, Li Yan quickly searched in his mind, unable to think of any handle that might appear with them. Could it be that when I went to see Hai Fu, it was captured by the surveillance camera?

"Let me have a look!" Li Yan said expressionlessly.

Yang Dalong signaled Li Yan to come to his side, opened the computer, and played a piece of surveillance footage.

It was a cut segment, the time showed it was past twelve last night, or rather early this morning. The person appearing in the footage was a young girl, looking somewhat hurried. Although the footage wasn't very clear, Li Yan could still recognize it, it was Jiang Lele, who had just greeted him, and the place she went was exactly back to the Planning Department.

This surprised Li Yan a bit, he frowned slightly, gave Yang Dalong a look.

Yang Dalong only remembered since he came on board he hadn't dealt with much, but that time at Jie Rui Company, Li Yan had already impressed him, not hiding his thoughts.

"It's like this, if any department has overtime at night, they usually report to the administration department before getting off work in the afternoon, or directly notify our security team. That way, when we patrol, misunderstandings won't occur. The Planning Department sometimes has people working overtime, but it's generally not too late. There was no notification from the Planning Department about anyone working overtime last night. And this colleague returned hurriedly from outside in the middle of the night, didn't stay long at the Planning Department, left in less than ten minutes."

Listening to Yang Dalong's explanation, Li Yan nodded, "This isn't really anything, right? Maybe coming back to get something."

"It can be understood this way, but I asked the colleague on duty last night, they recorded the colleague as Jiang Lele, and I remember she's not an administrative clerk in the Planning Department. Generally speaking, she shouldn't have a key. Returning in the middle of the night to get her own stuff is unlikely." Yang Dalong said in a low voice.

Li Yan had already sensed something. Ordinary employees don't have keys, yet she had one to return with. Either a leader gave her a key, or she obtained one from the leader or the administrative clerk responsible for locking up. If it's the latter, then she suspects theft of items. And the items in the Planning Department, of course, aren't valuable hardware, but some planning documents, which might relate to the company's secrets!

Although it's only a suspicion, Li Yan had a good impression of Jiang Lele and didn't want it to be such a result. But after hearing, he couldn't help but think of the time she previously handed something to a man; such a tiny thing, it could be a key, or it might be something else, like... a USB drive that can hold information.

Yang Dalong apparently had this suspicion too, originally wanting to report and file, internally question and investigate. But saw Li Yan chatting and laughing with Jiang Lele, that's why he said what he did before.

"What you said makes sense... In such a situation, what's the usual procedure?" Li Yan asked.

"Record the file, contact the responsible person in the department involved through the deputy captain, to verify the specific situation. If it involves inconvenient inquiries of high-level leaders, the deputy captain reports to the administration department, with Director Hai responsible for checking what's going on." Yang Dalong finished and added, "Of course, there might be no issue at all, since you're familiar with Jiang Lele, questioning her privately first would naturally be best."

"She is my friend, I will first ask what the situation is. Thanks!" Li Yan patted Yang Dalong on the shoulder,

"Time's tight, the record has been made, add a note if there's nothing. In case something happens... it'll be bad for everyone."

"Haha, don't worry. She returned at night, registered with the security, there's surveillance footage, also the issue of the key. I believe she must have come back following a leader's arrangement, otherwise this would be too much. As a Planning Department employee, if she really wanted to steal information, it would be more convenient during work hours, why go to such lengths to reveal flaws?"

After hearing Li Yan's words, Yang Dalong also smiled, "You make sense. But we still have to follow the procedure, communicate with her first on your end."

Leaving the security team, Li Yan felt a bit puzzled. Jiang Lele returned and stayed for a while, if getting something, it shouldn't take that long; if it was an ad-hoc overtime, it wouldn't be that fast, it all seemed specially coming back to copy data. Could she really be a commercial spy? That would be too amateurish! (Urgently seeking support for monthly pass!) (To be continued, if you wish to know the future, please log in to www.qidian.com, more chapters available, support authors, support official reading!)