Looking at his stern deanor, blocking her with his words, Wen Qianyi thought he genuinely wanted to discuss sothing serious, probably about the complicated relationship between them. Unexpectedly, at the critical mont, he suddenly blurted out 'talk about love.'
"When can you be a little more serious?"
Seeing Qianyi's rare serious face, Li Yan, who had jokingly started, quickly said, "I am very serious. At this point, you should know very well that I have feelings for you!"
As he began to speak earnestly, Wen Qianyi's mood also stirred. She said faintly, "Why should I know? Like? Your affection isn't worth much!"
"I admit, I'm not only fond of you, but that doesn't an my affection is cheap."
Wen Qianyi slightly opened her lips, then sighed inwardly and stopped. Since it was already ti to lay cards on the table, his flirtatious nature was no secret. Saying more sarcastic words would have no aning, nor would it solve the problem. Instead, it could make her unable to remain calm and deeper into it. It would be better for everyone to calmly analyze and clarify everything, then just remain friends and colleagues.
"Alright, I won't attack your feelings. Everyone has their freedom and opinions. I can't impose my personal, or even public, views to override your ideas."
These words from Wen Qianyi surprised Li Yan a bit. He would rather she be sarcastic or even scold him than draw such rational boundaries. Because she has always been a very rational person, decisions made when she is rational tend to be very realistic.
"Didn't you want to speak? Go ahead. Didn't you say you liked ? I truly don't understand, when did you start liking , and why?"
From a normal perspective, one might think it was because of her beauty or wealth, but she didn't see it that way. If it were rely for profit, Li Yan should have diligently tried to win over Yu Xiaodi, which would be the best way to obtain both wealth and beauty.
"When... why..."
Li Yan mumbled a bit and started thinking. This question seed to be sothing he had thought about, yet also had never considered before. It seed to occur naturally.
Wen Qianyi also waited. She indeed could feel a certain affection from him but didn't know when it began or to what extent it reached.
After pondering for a mont, Li Yan smiled slightly, "Should be the first day I t you!"
"Absurd! You, being a seasoned player, telling a love-at-first-sight story, aren't you exaggerating a bit?" Wen Qianyi couldn't help but snort, "If that's the case, why didn't you fall for Zhang Yurong at first sight instead?"
Li Yan felt a bit embarrassed; with Yurong, it was quite the opposite—mutual aversion at first, truly developing feelings over ti.
"Perhaps... it can't be considered love at first sight. As you said, I am not a naive young man. But I can't deny that when I saw you during the interview, I was moved. Of course, it may have been just the kind of attraction n feel when they see a beautiful woman. At that ti, Sun Hui was also moved. Overall, my first impression of you was not only of beauty but also of a very strong aura. Even during the interview, the rhythm followed your lead without making us feel repulsed, so it was much more profound than others."
"That's all?" Such an impression was sowhat believable to Wen Qianyi. If he had said he fell in love at first sight, no one would believe it!
"Notice! I said it was the first day, not just the first eting. That evening, we ran into each other at a bar! That encounter made my impression of you even more three-dinsional and profound. Beyond being astute and sly, I saw a straightforward and easy-going tenderness in you, yet you weren't frivolously close to n. You exemplify a very confident and independent woman."
Li Yan recalled the situation at the ti, covertly compared it, and realized that among the won he currently liked, it was Wen Qianyi who first stirred his heart! With others, emotions accumulated over ti for various reasons.
With this realization, his emotions surged even more. He initially wanted to communicate well, even if they couldn't be together, at least remain friends. But now he felt that since he wanted to keep all the girls he liked around him, why should he give up the one who first stirred his heart, Qianyi?
"Really? How co I wasn't aware?" Wen Qianyi replied faintly, her thoughts also returning to the past.
During the interview, she didn't particularly pay attention to Li Yan. eting again in the evening, she noticed he had showered before going out drinking, thinking he was a seasoned player. What slightly annoyed her was that this seasoned player seed indifferent to her, the most dazzling flower. After starting work, she was even more surprised to find out that he was famously hopeless, which piqued her interest. It was from then on, she began paying attention to him, and that's why she asked Ye Jiahong to pair him with her.
"It's a miracle if you hadn't noticed! Back then, we were all captivated by you at that table of n. It wasn't just us; among your friends, wasn't there soone deeply infatuated with you as well? I'm just an ordinary person, after all." Li Yan laughed at himself. "After that, we spent almost every day working together. Didn't we often run into each other at the bar for drinks? There's no need for to say more, right? You must understand your allure. Being around you every day, it's hard not to fall for you."
Wen Qianyi fell silent. Spending day after day together indeed creates an environnt where sparks easily fly between single n and won of similar age. Unless two people have vastly different personalities, are naturally incompatible, or frequently argue at work, developing feelings is quite normal.
Why is it easy for co-acting perforrs to spark romance rumors? Because filming a movie or TV series typically takes at least two to three months. The crew works together, spending every day with each other. They're of similar age and have shared topics outside of work, so developing feelings and chemistry is natural. But generally, for the sake of their career, they hold back, and once filming wraps, they often part ways and enter new work environnts, making the feelings fade, and thus nothing cos of it.
Li Yan and Wen Qianyi later also moved on to different work environnts, but by then, they had gone beyond re feelings and had actually fallen for each other. Even though they parted, they were still in the sa company and could often et.
...
After a while, Wen Qianyi broke the silence, yet she still didn't express her stance.
"If that's the case... why didn't you pursue ? Instead, you got together with Xiao Di and tangled up with Hai Fu?" She asked the question that had been stifling her heart for a long ti as calmly as possible, still tinged with a trace of disappointnt.
Li Yan let out a bitter laugh, leaned back a little onto the bed, and put so distance between them to ease the tension.
"Before I answer, let ask you a question. Last ti on Carefree Island, you and Hai Fu... you two should have talked once. Did she ntion anything about the relationship between us?"
Wen Qianyi lightly pursed her lips, nodded: "Pretty much everything, if she didn't hide anything."
Li Yan trusted that since Hai Fu said it, she wouldn't hide anything, because saying a little more would make people despise her more; fully disclosing would be more candid.
"So you still don't get it? I've talked to you about my situation with Xiao Di, and you basically watched it develop; you also know about Hai Fu." Li Yan sighed.
Wen Qianyi could guess most of it, but since the conversation ca to this point face-to-face, she wanted to hear his own answer: "How would I know if you don't say?"
"OK! There's nothing embarrassing about it. Compared to you all, I earn less, have no good background or promising future, and am basically just an ordinary person. The fact that I have so interaction with outstanding girls like you all is just a result of various unexpected incidents. So essentially, Xiao Di and I are people from two different worlds, and with you, with Hai Fu, you could say we are from two different classes. Do you think actively pursuing you would be realistic?"
Li Yan asked in return.
Wen Qianyi remained silent.
"For instance, today, if I reached out my hand to shake hands with Zhang Yurong, even if it succeeded, many people would still be disdainful, thinking of as a toad lusting after swan at, right? Whereas if I were a bit more handso, the son of a major shareholder, and climbed to the position of director or general manager on my own rits, then people would envy and bless , right? And to give another instance, those who were amazed by you at first sight, besides , included Sun Hui, Wang Lei, and others. Did any of them take action to pursue you?"
Li Yan spread his hands and smiled, "Obviously, they all had the self-awareness to know they belonged to a different class from you, or from soone like Zhang Yurong. They admired you from afar, just like they admired celebrities. They wouldn't genuinely pursue you because that's basically a dood endeavor, and practical people wouldn't pursue sothing pointless.
I knew about Xiao Di's family background early on — her wealthy mother — do I match up? So I never thought of pursuing her; it was due to her enthusiasm and initiative. Initially, with Hai Fu, starting from a one-night stand, she also worried that I would use the relationship to blackmail her. As for you, you are far more outstanding than . You are a rational person who hasn't dated, choosing to find a partner who can transition from love to marriage all at once, right? How would you accept a man with no financial foundation? If I had pursued you, you might have already distanced yourself from .
Of course, there's also the fact that I'm not a good guy. I'm flirtatious and have slept with many, but in matters of the heart, I'm quite inexperienced, which made passive."
In fact, there was an even more important reason Li Yan hadn't ntioned. That was because he was married to Zhang Yurong, and he felt that he couldn't openly pursue anyone else until things were sorted out with Yurong.
After listening to Li Yan's words, Wen Qianyi was speechless for a long ti. She hadn't expected that her excellence would beco a barrier for him! And she also admitted the possibility of what Li Yan said; as for his claim of inexperience, it might be feigned innocence.
"No way! You're an assassin. You're not without a financial foundation, and you should be confident!"
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