The Female CEO Falls in Love with Me

"You didn't open the wallet and take a look?" Li Yan seemed suspicious and deliberately glanced at the crowd, "Can anyone testify, did he look or not just now?"

"No! Really, no!" the man hurriedly assured.

The bystanders instantly fell silent. A young man with a strong sense of justice, convinced that Li Yan was bullying and trying to snatch the wallet, stepped up to speak for justice, "I can testify, he did not look! He really remembered!"

Li Yan sneered, "You're just brainless! And you're testifying!"

Seeing his fierce style, the crowd gasped and were even more afraid to voice support.

"You... you're insulting me!" The young man was shaking with anger.

"I'm just assessing your IQ," Li Yan sneered, "If that girl is greedy, why would she leave a thousand? Why wait here to return your wallet?"

"This..." the young man stammered, speechless, "maybe she had a pang of conscience..."

"Hmph! You might as well say she's brainless! Who dares to pick up a wallet these days and has the guts to return it out of kindness."

Everyone agreed, and the young girl stood awkward and speechless.

Li Yan cursed away the pretentious young man and then said to the man, "Did you really not look?"

"No..." The man, afraid of being cursed, dared not say much but still insisted firmly.

"You didn't look, yet you know there was only a thousand inside? What does this indicate? This is a setup! This isn't a misunderstanding or a coincidental mistake! It's a scam!" Li Yan shouted sharply, startling everyone. "You, helping him, are you part of the group? Hmm?"

"No, no..." The young man was dumbfounded, had he been speaking for a scammer?

Li Yan sneered, dialed his phone, "Niu! Bring Xiao Bo, Xiao Yi, and a few others over; boss caught a scammer while on break, and this guy's resisting arrest... Hey, don't run!"

Before the call ended, before 'Niu Boyi and the gang' arrived, the man had already slipped through the crowd and run away!

Damn, if taken back, the money would be confiscated, a beating was inevitable, and even more money would be needed to bail him out, so he decisively fled!

The young man with righteous indignation, afraid of being deemed an accomplice, and despite his trembling legs, also hurriedly scampered away.

Seeing the suspect fleeing guiltily, Li Yan, unable to chase alone, finally convinced the crowd.

"You're a really good officer, we were all deceived..."

"Yes, helping out even while off duty, truly a good comrade!"

"Really sharp! Saw through the criminal right away. Smart and brave!"

"With a thief's eye, I knew that guy was a scammer all along, you just didn't believe..."

...

Li Yan looked stern, "Your biggest obstruction to my work is surrounding me here, delaying me from catching up, and letting a scammer escape! Could there have been accomplices covering for him?"

This was obstructing law enforcement, and the crowd quickly dispersed like birds and beasts.

"You, come here, come with me!" Li Yan gestured, calling over the girl to follow him.

The girl quickly followed, both grateful and puzzled, "Thank you so much, are you really...? I feel like..."

"Hmm." Li Yan agreed but didn't elaborately explain.

"Have we met before? I feel like you resemble..."

After leading her into the cinema, Li Yan said, "It's fake! We met days ago at the Prince Hotel, remember?"

The girl was a bit excited, "It really is you! I thought you looked familiar. My name is Chen Xiaoen, thank you so much earlier!"

Seeing her reach out proactively, Li Yan shook her hand without letting go, "Come watch a movie with me!"

"Ah? I..." Chen Xiaoen hesitated and withdrew her hand; this would only be their third meeting, watching a movie together already seemed a bit too fast. Yet, speaking of fast, she recalled that night in the stairway where, amidst her panic and fear, he stole her first kiss, which seemed even faster...

Li Yan didn't notice her blushing and lowered gaze, shaking his head and said, "Miss Chen, you're a bit too naive; picking up a wallet and waiting for the owner is one thing, but you follow me not knowing where we're going? If I were a bad guy? You're too easy to deceive!"

Chen Xiaoen felt a bit embarrassed, "You're... you helped me earlier, of course I believe in you."

"Hmph, aren't you afraid someone might be pulling a scam on you?"

"But... I've met you, I know you're from the research institute, you're not a bad person."

"Research institute?" Li Yan recalled the borrowed identity last time, "Does that make it impossible to be a bad person?"

Chen Xiaoen hesitated, then showed a shy smile, "Though you acted fierce earlier, your heart is kind; I can feel it, I know you're not a bad person. And I also understand you're teaching me how to deal with society, I'm really grateful!"

Li Yan was speechless.

He pulled out the wallet, removed the money, and threw the rest into a trash can.

"This person, if not a professional scammer, saw you as easy prey and tried to extort you. The goodwill of kind-hearted people gets trampled by such greed, they should be taught a harsh lesson! I brought you here not to threaten you; I feared he might follow and retaliate after I left. If nothing's wrong, let's watch a movie before leaving. He won't wait that long, and after the show, he won't find you. Take it! Spend it, and consider it a lesson to him."

Chen Xiaoen was dumbfounded; she was very grateful for Li Yan's kindness, but to accept this money was difficult for her. More surprisingly, Li Yan conjured up two movie tickets like magic!

"I'll... watch the movie with you, but please don't make me spend this money... is that okay?" Chen Xiaoen blinked her big eyes looking at him for a while, weakly asking.

Li Yan was speechless, "Hmph, stubborn!"

Chen Xiaoen, however, did not mind, seeing him keep the money, the pressure was gone, she laughed, "Hehe, yes, I'm a stubborn person."

She suddenly became more proactive, took Li Yan's arm, and walked inside with him.

"Hey! You don't even know my name; your sudden forwardness feels a bit unfamiliar." Li Yan glanced at her.

Chen Xiaoen blushed but didn't let go, softly said, "You bought two tickets... surely you hadn't planned to invite me to the movie; I guess... your girlfriend didn't come, right? I think you're in a bad mood, so just for now... let me pretend to be your girlfriend to cheer you up..."

Li Yan was speechless, damn it, in today's world, how are girls' brains wired? If I come to see a movie alone, I'm seen as pathetic, no one to want; if I buy two tickets, they think I got stood up by my girlfriend... what kind of thinking is this!

Perhaps because he kissed her that night, or maybe the earlier incident gave her a sense of security. To this man, whose name she didn't even know, Chen Xiaoen felt as if she had known him forever, and he seemed very familiar.

"I also don't have a job now; I hadn't been long at Prince Hotel for an internship, and now this happened, my family is worried. Being a front desk receptionist doesn't have much of a future, so even if you go to Prince Hotel, you won't see me anymore. Hehe, I just got a new job. I was planning to watch a movie alone to celebrate, so meeting you was a pleasant surprise!" Chen Xiaoen said, and quickly glanced at Li Yan.

With Yu Xiao Di's experience, he didn't completely trust Chen Xiaoen, only telling her his name without mentioning the impersonation of a research institute staff.

(Readers of this book will all have serendipitous romantic encounters and good luck~~ The second update is in the evening, with the third update later tonight.)