The Female CEO Falls in Love with Me

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Yu Hong, being the boss, naturally has his authority. Even if it's polite, he won't completely let go of his identity. After some simple pleasantries, under Ji Yi's invitation, everyone took their seats and ordered the restaurant to start serving the dishes.

Since it was just a few men, Ji Yi directly ordered two bottles of white liquor. They filled each other's glasses, toasted together, and Yu Hong, being accommodating, didn't say anything about having work and not being able to drink.

As the dishes were quickly served, after a few glasses of white liquor, the atmosphere became much more harmonious.

Li Yan was not blinded by Yu Hong's attitude and didn't fall for the persuasion and coercion of drinks. Instead, he directly brought up the topic!

"President Yu, you're a busy person, Secretary Ji is also occupied. How come the three of you have the leisure to invite me for a drink? This seems a bit unusual. I'm straightforward, so why not put it out there first, so we can truly enjoy eating and drinking," Li Yan had already put down his glass, directly looking at Yu Hong.

Seeing him like this, the others also stopped immediately, becoming quiet, all three looking at Li Yan.

Yu Hong stared at Li Yan, no longer with the previous courteous demeanor. Although Li Yan hadn't seen him work as the boss, he could sense his seriousness.

"I'll go check why a soup hasn't arrived yet." Ji Yi stood up and went out.

Zhou Yunfei also got up: "I'm going to buy a pack of cigarettes."

"Is it about Yu Xiaodi?" After the two left using their crude excuses, Li Yan broke the silence but didn't want to explain anything himself.

Yu Hong nodded, then shook his head, "I came to you today in a personal capacity. But before discussing Xiaodi, there's one thing I want to ask you, obviously in a personal capacity too."

Li Yan looked at him in confusion, apart from your daughter, what other connections do I have with you?

"A few days ago, there was an anthrax threat incident at the Prince Hotel, I'm sure you've heard about it?"

"Of course, it's been hot news these two days. President Yu handled it very well," Li Yan smiled, slightly squinting his eyes to conceal his focal point of gaze, trying hard to capture the subtext in Yu Hong's eyes. Unfortunately, Yu Hong wasn't as easily seen through as others.

"No need to wonder; I'll let you know the purpose soon. The hotel's rooftop had a foreigner, suspected of making the threat, who was knocked down when police found him." Yu Hong's gaze became sharper. "What do you think of this?"

"No way? They are in the open, defense is harder than destruction!" Li Yan lit a cigarette, teasingly added.

At this moment, Yu Hong found this young man really impressive, being able to effortlessly dissolve his pressure; for someone of his age, even those like modern Ji Yi that were groomed, would find it difficult to achieve this.

"Let me reveal a bit! Capturing the suspect didn't stop the investigation. After thoroughly checking the surveillance footage, it was found that shortly before apprehending the suspect, the stairway surveillance cameras were all obscured by some dirt, only capturing the foreigner being chased up to the rooftop…"

Now Li Yan was truly a bit surprised. The night he went up, he was extremely cautious, though he only ensured not to be captured clearly or recognized, his overall figure could still be recorded. Hearing Yu Hong's implication, it seems that when Chen Junwei was forcing the foreigner upstairs, he blocked the surveillance cameras along the way. This handsome cleaner managed to do so using trash. Impressive!

Li Yan was puzzled too, due to Zhang Yurong's identity, he had been very careful with his traces during those two days. Apart from Zhang Yurong, only Chen Xiaoen, who had contact with him, and the massage girl knew he was there. Unless Chen Xiaoen, who left the hotel, is an undercover, otherwise it's hard to explain why Yu Hong would suspect him.

Undercover… that's too far-fetched, it's not a movie.

"Haha, you're definitely guessing wildly now!" Yu Hong revealed a somewhat playful smile, "No need to deny, because you're very calm! Under normal circumstances, people should be a bit nervous; precisely because you are too calm, it's abnormal."

"Should I be respectful and frightened to be considered normal?" Li Yan expressed slight disdain: "Every ordinary person feels awe when meeting the big boss, and if one person doesn't, it makes you think this person is abnormal?"

Yu Hong was somewhat embarrassed; he had already experienced Li Yan's disregard for face last time. He coughed and also lit a cigarette.

"Alright, apart from conducting a thorough investigation on you, I really have no other means. Of course, I won't investigate you; it's overstepping and disrespectful, Xiaodi would be unhappy. Just tell me, was it you?"

"I really don't understand why you think this way? Do you think I look like a superhero? With your status, you shouldn't be brainwashed by entertainment blockbusters."

"I'm guessing."

Horse's! It's just a guess! Li Yan was rendered speechless. He thought this guy held some evidence, but turns out it was just a guess! How boring!

Seeing Li Yan's speechless look, Yu Hong continued: "Not entirely baseless guess. Last time you saved Xiaodi, after my pressing, she told me the general situation. Adding to the previous instance where Xiaodi was saved under the watch of bodyguards. I admit, I was worried you were deliberately arranged to get close to Xiaodi, but hardly any friends Xiaodi takes seriously, I didn't investigate you nor want to stop your interactions."

Li Yan frowned, what's with all this; get straight to the point!

"After you left that day, Xiaodi couldn't reach you. She was anxious, worried, called dozens of times, all indicating no signal, I didn't have the time to notice then. Yesterday she went to the movies and unexpectedly ran into you. Don't worry, I didn't have anyone follow you, just considering the previous incident, I'm paying more attention to Xiaodi's safety, and she's unaware of anyone secretly guarding her. That was from Xiao Zhou's crew, seeing you took action against several thugs, they've acknowledged your capability.

It suddenly occurred to me today, didn't the Prince Hotel have a two-day mobile signal block? And you just happened to have no signal too, your skills are impressive, not ruthless, merely incapacitating people, akin to your style in saving Xiaodi. Putting it together, I had a bold association."

Reaching this point, Yu Hong stared intently at Li Yan, yearning to scrutinize him thoroughly; this young man had sparked immense curiosity. But he understood, someone disdainful even of him is full of pride; if investigated, it might shift from friendship to unfamiliarity, even inciting his hostility. Besides, for Xiaodi's sake, he must resist curiosity.