Chapter 117: Mysterious Friends
(Went to the hospital during the day, had a high fever of 39.5℃ at night, rushed to ergency again, just got so fever-reducing and anti-inflammatory shots, then got a glucose IV. It was nerve-wracking, have to watch over it tonight... Let’s try to keep the three updates daily tomorrow. Got 12 monthly passes today, a bit more than the past few days, thanks everyone.)
Li Yan was just a minor employee; he thought that if he didn’t go to work, aside from Wen Qianyi who might care, probably only Huang Ying would notice, and nobody else would pay much attention. Anyway, he didn’t mind losing a bit of pay, so he unabashedly took the day off.
After an eight-hour sleep, Li Yan planned to go to the company to retrieve his car so he wouldn’t need to borrow Zhang Yurong’s car. After washing up, he checked his phone ssages; there were probably many calls before, so he turned it off to sleep. Other than Huang Ying asking if he was alright, there was also a ssage from Chen Xiaoen; sohow she got his number and asked if his foot problem had worsened, which made Li Yan a bit embarrassed.
He just glanced through these ssages, but there was another ssage that caught his attention. It was simple, just a few words: "Long ti no see, find online."
This was from a number not saved on his phone; normally one might assu it was a wrong number or a scam ssage, but Li Yan knew very well what it ant—this was a pre-arranged contact thod with soone. Although his current identity was quite ordinary and he hadn’t encountered any problems in the past two years, being cautious never hurt for certain identities.
After reading it, he imdiately deleted the ssage, along with the other ssages from today. Then he dug out another phone, which looked a bit outdated, like an old model being phased out, but its ordinary appearance was actually a disguise. This phone was a gift from a good friend nad Guan Ziyi.
The last ti Yu Mocheng was kidnapped, apart from a phone signal, there were no other clues, and he used this phone to contact Guan Ziyi for help. Guan Ziyi’s surface identity is a specialist in electronic technology, but he is also a super hacker nicknad "Guanzi" and he’s not working alone.
Noble friendships are like water, good friends don’t always need to eat, drink, and have fun together often. Over the past two years, they didn’t contact each other much, generally only when sothing ca up. Li Yan could always find him if needed; his calls were always secure. If Guan Ziyi wanted to reach Li Yan, he would send a ssage to his regular number first, prompting him to contact him otherwise.
"Why did you suddenly contact , what’s up?" Li Yan asked directly upon hearing Guan Ziyi’s voice.
Guan Ziyi paused, then said, "Perhaps you need to change your environnt. Recently, several parties seem interested in investigating your information."
"Didn’t you handle everything for ? Why worry about investigations?"
Before Li Yan joined the Paradise Group, only the recent two years of his work experience were recorded; everything else was vague and untraceable. Even before the vacation, he had Guan Ziyi prepare all possible records. In other words, his previous life was portrayed as soone from society’s lower tier, impossible to investigate.
"They definitely won’t find anything, but since I detected it, it ans soone’s interested in you, and it’s several parties in a short period. You must’ve done sothing recently—don’t tell you’ve hooked up with so bigwig’s woman?" Guan Ziyi was cheerful and liked joking, even at serious monts, he would quip.
Li Yan chuckled, "No won, but there is a bigwig’s daughter."
"...!" Guan Ziyi was speechless, shocked it turned out to be true: "You’re sothing else! What’s the story? Eloped together, or ditched her after fooling around?"
"Don’t be so gossipy, alright?" Li Yan laughed and cursed: "Do I seem like that kind of person?"
Guan Ziyi thought for a mont, nodded in agreent: "True, you definitely wouldn’t elope."
Li Yan was speechless, gritting his teeth: "If you keep talking...?"
This bluff imdiately made Guan Ziyi submit, getting serious: "I’m just giving you a heads-up, be careful."
"I know. I got involved in so business recently. He assured they wouldn’t investigate, but it’s hard to say." Li Yan briefly shared; many people, including his wife Zhang Yurong, couldn’t be told, but there were friends he could trust, like Queen and Guan Ziyi.
"Got it, rest assured they won’t find out anything."
"Not just that, if possible, keep an eye on Paradise Group for . I don’t want them to be implicated," Li Yan said solemnly.
Guan Ziyi imdiately understood, smiling ambiguously: "Oh, I see! I’ll pay attention, though you’re solo now—need to contact Yu Mocheng for so help?"
"That’s not how it works; experts excel in different fields. In your domain, those are all pros, but protectiveness work isn’t that simple."
Li Yan acknowledged his reasoning but wasn’t worried; he simply said: "Queen will co over."
Guan Ziyi was taken aback by his words, finally speaking after a pause: "You’ve got to be kidding, Queen personally coming to help you?"
Li Yan laughed heartily: "Can’t argue with my charisma, do I need to force her? Even Queen is happy to help ."
"Ugh... let puke first," Guan Ziyi feigned retching.
"Alright! Enough with the jokes."
Hearing Li Yan’s slightly proud words, Guan Ziyi had already sighed silently, saying quietly: "Lao Qi, are you going to keep at it? Playing too long will set you back; even if you don’t regress, the longer you play, the more entangled you get."
Li Yan fell silent—it was true, he had already imrsed himself in the ordinary urban life. Aside from the complex relationship with Zhang Yurong, there were also entanglents with the likes of Yu Mocheng, Huang Ying, and Hai Fu. The more ties he had, the more flaws and weak points erged.
"Actually..."
"Alright, Guan, I understand what you an; I have my plans."
Hearing Li Yan’s words, as a friend, Guan Ziyi didn’t say more, respecting all his choices.
...
After hanging up the phone, Li Yan set the phone aside and headed out, pondering as he walked—besides Yu Hong and his competitor, who else could there be? Li Yonghao? Anyone else?
Hmph! Bring it on!
Thinking of this, Li Yan smiled slightly, completely unfazed or worried.
He arrived at the bus stop and soon caught a bus. Unlike the crowded morning, it was now off-peak and there were fewer passengers heading downtown.
It was his second ti taking this bus route; thanks to the MM’s reminder yesterday morning, Li Yan now knew where to transfer. The bus reached the sa stop as yesterday, and he waited a mont to transfer to Paradise Group.
By the ti he nearly arrived, Paradise Group’s workday had ended. He still had a few minutes’ walk, but he wasn’t in a hurry, leisurely strolling and waiting for the crowd to thin out for convenience.
Just after getting off the bus and taking a few steps, he heard several screams from across the road. Following the sound, he saw the sa MM from yesterday, also heading ho from work, waiting at the opposite stop with several female colleagues. The screams were from two n at the stop who took advantage of the chatting won to snatch their bags! One of those bags was definitely the MM’s, and unlike her colleagues who just scread, she actually gave chase!
Seeing this, Li Yan couldn’t help but shake his head. MM, you may be quite spicy, but guys like the lecherous Gao Qing are timid, hence you can easily handle them. But those desperate enough to rob are ruthless; they won’t spare you even if you catch up—with luck, you’d just have a beating, worse, a knife slash could be trouble.
Looking around at both sides of the street, apart from the female colleagues stomping anxiously, other pedestrians remained calm. Another busybody affair, should he get involved? (To be continued, to know what happens next, please visit qidian, more Chapters available, support the author, support legitimate reading!)
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