The Female CEO Falls in Love with Me

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'I don't owe her anything, I just happened to be there a long time ago, she's overthinking this, it doesn't concern me, right?'

'It's true that you didn't directly take anything from her or borrow anything, but your presence has affected her for over ten years, stealing away her most precious youthful years, and you still say it doesn't concern you, that's heartless! Even if you can avoid her, avoid all classmates in the future, now that you know, can you avoid your conscience?'

'Conscience doesn't worth much these days, does it? Come, get me a VIP, I'll buy in bulk! Damn... Talking about conscience with an assassin, isn't that just ridiculous? If I'm to pursue conscience, I'd have to repent in front of the Bodhisattva every day.'

'That's another matter; in this situation, if you don't enlighten and compensate her well, you will definitely have a guilty conscience. This will also become your Heart Demon!'

'...! But this isn't something a simple apology or an admiration can solve! Can't be just offering my life out of gratitude, can I? Pretty old classmate, I don't mind offering my life a few times, but people have to be willing, and it has to solve the problem!'

'She doesn't need an apology nor an explanation, it might be very complex, she might also not know what to do, this requires good communication. Just for her to search for you persistently for twelve years, you should show patience, not impatience to run away.'

'Alright, I'll try my best to give it a shot.'

...

The issues of love have no standard answers. There are no live audience to ask for help, nor any wrong answers to eliminate. Of course, Li Yan wasn't making a helpline call, while he was bowing his head in contemplation, it seemed that there were two little figures arguing in his mind—one told him to take advantage of the time while Qiao Huanxuan wasn't there, to directly leave, while the other told him he must face this person, solve this matter.

The two little figures represented the two attitudes in his heart, ultimately, the positive little figure took the upper hand, he decided not to escape, but to face resolving the issue with Qiao Huanxuan.

Sometimes, the solution to a problem mainly depends on the attitude. When the attitude isn't correct, the problem is very difficult to resolve. Once determined and facing it seriously, there's always a way.

Once Li Yan decided, his thoughts also began to clear up, feeling it's time to have a good talk with Qiao Huanxuan.

Many minutes had passed, Li Yan's thoughts were mostly sorted out. Meanwhile, Qiao Huanxuan, who was in the bathroom, had finished shedding her emotional tears, washed her face, stabilized her emotions, and came out.

"I thought you had left..." Qiao Huanxuan saw Li Yan still sitting there, having just finished another cigarette, sat down.

"After hearing such a touching story, it's really not polite to leave without expressing any opinion." Li Yan extinguished the cigarette in the ashtray, waved away the lingering smoke with his hand.

"Then what opinion do you want to express?" Qiao Huanxuan calmly looked at him. At this moment, she was very conflicted, also very confused, didn't know what she hoped to hear Li Yan say, yet wished he could say something better than she expected.

"Qiao Huanxuan, you should be a year younger than me, right?"

"Hmm?" Qiao Huanxuan acknowledged this, just puzzled why he would ask this.

"So, you aren't a little girl anymore, you should consider your life problem. You've been delayed by that class monitor for so many years, now you've already met, there's been a significant change, he's completely different from what you imagined growing up. Aren't you disappointed? Disappointment is the breaking of your past fantasy, it's a good phenomenon, you can finally break free from the invisible shackles, pursue your own life!" Li Yan chose to be direct.

Compared to the long suffering of being cut by a blunt knife, a direct chop will be more painful, and swift!

Qiao Huanxuan was silent for a moment before slowly saying, "I didn't have any fantasy, can't talk about any breaking. Meeting you today, I've tried everything to spend time alone with you, say those words. But I never thought about—what you said about secret love and gifts, you've addressed them now. I just want you to... give me an explanation, why did you drop out? Why didn't you contact everyone?"

Li Yan directly refused: "That's my business, no need, nor will I explain anything to you. You should be clear yourself, even if I explained to you, it wouldn't make a difference, these are two issues. Your issue has a solution, depends on how you perceive it yourself, you must figure it out!"

What needed to be pointed out was already directly pointed out, she definitely won't accept it immediately. She needs time; there's no need to argue excessively now, let her think it through herself.

After finishing his words, seeing Qiao Huanxuan in a daze, Li Yan stood up, picked up his luggage, and prepared to leave for home. "I'm heading back first. You already have my number, so feel free to contact me anytime if you need anything."

"Wait a moment!"

Just as he was about to leave the room, Qiao Huanxuan seemed to snap out of it and called out to him.

What's up now? Li Yan turned back to look at her but didn't ask directly. They were all adults, not kids, so he wouldn't sneak away while she was in the bathroom, nor would he forcefully leave now. He figured she wouldn't insist on keeping him here either.

Qiao Huanxuan walked over and pointed to the clock on the wall: "Look at the time. Your girlfriend knows you're out at a reunion with old classmates. By now, she should be home and asleep, right? Unless you two... are already living together? If so, you'll wake her up when you get back at this hour."

Li Yan glanced at the clock and couldn't help frowning slightly. It was indeed quite late. When everyone parted ways, it was only a bit past nine. He thought sending Qiao Huanxuan to the hotel would just be a short errand, allowing him to quickly head home. He hadn't expected her to book a hotel at the Eastern Seaside, which took over an hour by taxi. Then, registering, checking in, and listening to her tell a long story—an original and a sequel—along with some mutual contemplation and a period of silence.

The time had flown by, and because he was engrossed in the original story, Li Yan forgot about the time entirely, and now it was almost midnight. Getting a cab should still be possible at midnight, but going home from here would take two hours, even with fewer cars on the road at night. By then, he'd wake up Yurong and Yue Yao...

Seeing her attention to such details, Li Yan understood that Qiao Huanxuan was still maintaining her composure, which gave him some comfort. "You're right; it's a bit too late to head back now. I'll go downstairs and book another room, and head back in the morning."

"You already registered with me just now, so why go through the hassle of booking another room? If you don't mind, you can sleep on the couch here for the night." Qiao Huanxuan had booked a suite with a living room and a bedroom. The bedroom could be closed off, so even with the gender difference, it wasn't a problem.

However, Li Yan hesitated a bit. Although nothing would happen, it wouldn't sound good if word got out. Then again, those old classmates always thought he had a crush on Qiao Huanxuan. She clearly kept it well hidden, never letting anyone in on the secret, so she wouldn't mention tonight's events either. Their social circles didn't intersect with his, so it wouldn't reach Yurong and Yue Yao's ears.

Besides, he hadn't mentioned booking another room upon arrival, and now both of them had been in one room for one or two hours. Running down to book another room at this point—whether or not there were any left—the receptionist would at least look down on him for being hypocritical or think he lacked ability, being kicked out by a woman.

Seeing Li Yan's hesitation, Qiao Huanxuan let out a bitter laugh, "What is it?"

Her words made Li Yan feel a bit embarrassed. As the saying goes, reunions break up couples; those old classmates' reunions are much like how people read rebirth novels, often with a mindset of settling regrets. At such gatherings, acting superior in front of former top students or flirting with the former proud female student is often the mindset.

Being dragged to this reunion, Li Yan felt like he was on the backfoot, even being the butt of jokes by a female classmate. He felt too ashamed to face his peers back in Jiangdong.

"Ha-ha, if you're not worried, why should I be? Let's do it!" Li Yan said, throwing his luggage next to the couch, and sat down. To avoid awkwardness and not wanting to continue discussing earlier topics with her, he turned on the TV.

Qiao Huanxuan also wanted to sit down to chat a bit more. She boldly stopped him and invited him to stay the night, thinking that once she had her thoughts sorted out, she'd talk to him more. Although he said she could reach him anytime, his demeanor suggested he was just being polite, and once he left, it might be hard to find him again, or he'd find excuses not to meet.

But seeing him now pretending to watch TV attentively, she had no opportunity to speak and sighed inwardly as she headed towards the bedroom. "I'm going to shower first."

Sharing the same room with a beautiful female classmate who tells you, "I'm going to shower first," created a space full of imagination and hints. Although Li Yan knew that Qiao Huanxuan merely intended to shower without any implications, watching her walk towards the bedroom and hearing her tone made his heart flutter. He quickly responded, "Okay."

After a while, Li Yan's eyes remained on the TV, appearing fully absorbed, but his peripheral vision keenly noticed her entering the bathroom. Whether she was holding intimate clothes or her pajamas remained unknown to him. Only when the bathroom door closed did he exhale, dropping his pretense and leaning back on the couch, as the "Little Man" in his mind started debating.

'Oh no, could Qiao actually take advantage of me tonight?'

'Filthy! So dirty! How can you think like that?'

'Alright, she won't. But what if she tempts me?'

'If you can't resist temptation, you're just a beast!'

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