Chapter 165: Airport, Shouting Sand Building
This is just a form of concern, a worry from not knowing the situation, and he would do the sa for anyone else. Just like Qiao Huanxuan, due to not being in the sa city, they also only et after a long ti. When they are busy with work, they seldom call, but knowing she’s fine, knowing this is the situation, there’s no worry.
After listening to Li Jie’s call, Li Yan didn’t wait for the off-work hours and left in a hurry.
However, he was in a rush, but Li Jie was not. By the ti he reached Jie Rui Office, everyone else had left, and she was still busying herself with random tasks.
"Can you tell now?" With no one else in Jie Rui Office, Li Yan directly questioned Li Jie in her office.
Li Jie had finished organizing and turned off the computer. Looking at the slightly agitated Li Yan, she softly said, "It’s rare to see you so restless... If it were , would you be this nervous too?"
The situation could have been explained over the phone, yet she chose not to. Now that he was here, she still wouldn’t say anything, which made Li Yan a bit impatient. He didn’t like the feeling of being coerced, even if it was just about a dinner. Hearing this, he was suddenly stunned, wondering if Li Jie was trying to test his reaction by deliberately ntioning Yu Xiaodi’s news!
However, after H City, his feelings towards Li Jie changed, no longer treating her playfully as before. Seeing her unusual attitude, his impatience and agitation faded away.
"Is this... jealousy?" Li Yan walked to her, smiling slightly.
"Crazy! What could I be jealous of? I’m just blackmailing you for a al!" Li Jie raised her head, not looking at him, and returned to her usual cool deanor.
"Whatever you say, I have to tell you. If you lost contact, I’d be even more worried!" Li Yan said seriously.
"Huh?" Li Jie was a bit surprised, but then scoffed: "Is this ’talk to people face to face, and talk nonsense behind their backs’? You’d say this to anyone, right?" She didn’t believe she was more important to him than Yu Xiaodi.
Li Yan shook his head: "You don’t need to call yourself or others ghouls. I’m speaking the truth. This ti with Xiaodi, even though I’m worried and concerned, I know she’s with her mother, so there’s no concern about her safety or being uncared for. It’s different with you; your profession ans that if you lose contact, it’s likely due to danger!"
This explanation satisfied Li Jie quite a bit, "That’s more like it. If you had said I’m more important to you than Yu Xiaodi, I would disdain your hypocrisy!"
"..."
"Let’s go, have dinner!" Li Jie was ready to lock up and leave.
Dinner... Li Yan sighed, when can’t you eat? You know I’m eager to know about Xiaodi, why delay the ti?
He felt a bit helpless, as he needed to get information from her right now. Calling Zhou Yunfei directly wouldn’t yield any results. Perhaps... even the coolest girl can get jealous when it cos to emotions!
...
Li Jie didn’t drive, so Li Yan gave her a ride to dinner.
This feeling made her a little dazed. It was because, back in H City, fearing it would be the last monts, she cast aside all her concerns. It was also because it was a strange city where no one knew them, Li Yan was very relaxed about it, and they spent a week like a dating couple. But after returning, things went back to how they were before. Now, it felt a bit like dating.
But in Li Jie’s heart, there wasn’t much sweetness or happiness, but rather a bit of loss! Because Li Yan didn’t specifically invite her, even on Christmas Eve—surrounded by beauties—he didn’t casually ask her to co; it was Huang Ying who brought her along. Now, it was a condition she set to be with him, against his will.
"Stop over there!"
Upon hearing Li Jie suddenly speak up, Li Yan looked in the direction she pointed. There was only a KFC nearby, making him sweat. "You want to eat KFC? Let’s find another place. I haven’t had ti to treat you to a al, let’s not eat KFC the rare ti it’s just us."
Li Jie said indifferently: "Yu Xiaodi probably went abroad with Mr. Chen, returning tonight, flight arrives at nine. Mr. Chen is afraid soone might bother Xiaodi and found through Zhou Yunfei to protect her for a while. So, I have to pick her up..."
Hearing her speak of Xiaodi’s whereabouts, Li Yan was a bit surprised. He originally thought Li Jie was using this to make him have dinner with her, and he was sowhat impatient with her for deliberately withholding the information. Now he realized she may have been a little selfish but wasn’t deliberately putting it off to hang him out to dry or wasting his ti. The timing simply allowed for a al!
"...I’ll pack from KFC and eat while we wait at the airport."
Li Yan reacted, definitely due to his impatience and dismissive expression, she was quite disappointed, deciding not to have a sit-down al and disclosed the information. He felt a bit ashad, parked the car, and turned to look at Li Jie.
"Sorry. I was just focused on Xiaodi and neglected your feelings. Since there’s enough ti, let’s find a place to have a good al. Going to the airport now would just be waiting for hours. Haha, even if it’s KFC, there’s no need to pack from here, there’s KFC at the airport, too."
Seeing Li Yan speaking sincerely, Li Jie paused before saying: "Then let’s go eat at the airport’s KFC."
Li Yan understood her aning, if they went to the airport, it might be awkward to run into Zhou Yunfei, so he said: "I’ll arrange it, we have ti anyway."
Knowing her tastes from their days spent together in H City, Li Yan drove to a restaurant and enthusiastically invited Li Jie to dinner.
However, Li Jie wasn’t very enthusiastic. From her perspective, Li Yan’s mood change was simply because he had gotten definite news about Yu Xiaodi and wasn’t worried anymore.
...
After dinner, it wasn’t too late, so Li Yan drove Li Jie to the airport. Though there was enough ti, he was eager to see Yu Xiaodi, so he didn’t drive slowly.
Upon arriving at the airport, the usually quiet Li Jie spoke, "Captain Zhou said Mr. Chen asked to protect Xiaodi to avoid anyone bothering her, though he didn’t specify whom, but I think you can guess."
"Mm..." Li Yan nodded, who else could it be? Maybe Chen Mingying would confront him and insist they not et again?
"Then I’ll go down first, you watch from a distance!" Li Jie instructed and then got out of the car.
Li Yan understood her intention. She was hired as a bodyguard, but instead inford the guarded person, if Chen Mingying found out, she wouldn’t be happy. At this point, it wasn’t the right ti to confront or give everyone no room for maneuver.
Perhaps Li Jie was right, watching from afar, knowing Xiaodi’s situation was enough. Moreover, upon returning, it’d be Li Jie supervising the protection, Xiaodi should have more opportunities to contact or even et him, so he wasn’t in a hurry.
This was a drop-off and pick-up point, and no cars were allowed to stay parked for too long. After watching Li Jie enter, Li Yan slowly drove away to park and then walked over.
Just after parking the car, Li Yan was walking out of the parking lot when his phone rang. He had texted Zhang Yurong earlier saying he wouldn’t be ho for dinner. So he thought it was Li Jie who’d just left calling and answered, "What’s up?"
"..." Silence on the other end.
Li Yan frowned, a little nervous, is this foolish girl going to tell this news was fake?
"Can’t I call you without reason?"
Hearing her sowhat resentful tone, Li Yan realized it was Qiao Huanxuan on the line, not Li Jie. Concern was clouding his judgnt, always worrying whether the news about Yu Xiaodi was false.
"Huanxuan? Uh... no, I didn’t check the caller ID and thought it was a colleague from the company calling."
Qiao Huanxuan said softly, "You don’t call and say this when I call you... I thought after sleeping with , you’d want to dump ."
"..." Li Yan felt a bit awkward, did she have to say it so directly? "How could I? I often think of you. But you’re not in S City, you have your career, and I have my work."
What Li Yan said about reality was true, and Qiao Huanxuan, no longer at the youthful stage where love ruled all, understood the helplessness reality brought when life got busy, and did not really bla him.
Li Yan chuckled softly and asked again, "When will you co over again?"
"Hmmph!" Clearing her throat, Qiao Huanxuan said seriously, "I’m over here now. Co to the airport and pick up right away!"
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