After a long while, the three of them were tired. Listening to Yurong's breathing gradually becoming even, Li Yan gently stroked Yue Yao's back, signaling her to sleep peacefully. There was no use in saying more at this point.

Yue Yao was even more satisfied, having fulfilled the smallest wish in her heart. Li Yan was still by her side, making her reluctant to sleep, wanting to savor the moment more as there wouldn't be such opportunities in the future. But ultimately, her mind and body were exhausted, and she soon fell asleep contentedly.

Although Li Yan was also tired, he didn't dare to sleep. If Yurong woke up and turned on the lights, it would be troublesome. He had to wait until she fell asleep to leave.

In the dark, listening to the breathing of the two women beside him, his mood, filled with tension, excitement, and guilt, gradually calmed down.

At this moment, he even thought that if he could live like this every day in the future, it might be the legendary blessing of the Qi people's paradise!

However, he quickly laughed at himself inwardly. This could only be a fantasy! Not to mention he wasn't even close with Yurong, who was still far from him; even Yue Yao was just a replacement driven by impulse, and after tomorrow's dawn, everyone might just awkwardly pretend nothing happened. There's no need to talk about Qi people's paradise.

Listening to their steady breathing after falling asleep, Li Yan showed a slight smile of relief, knowing he had more to be concerned about. It's a good thing but also a pressure!

After ensuring they were sound asleep, the fatigued Li Yan reluctantly left the tender haven, carefully opened the door, and returned to his room.

...

The next morning, the three of them appeared simultaneously for breakfast. Li Yan had gone to G City previously and left his car at the company, so he had to leave first to take the bus, also feeling awkward facing Yue Yao.

In fact, Yue Yao got up late as well today, and when Yurong left to wash up, she finally had time to clean and freshen up. Thinking back to the scenes of last night, she felt both shy and a bit lost, as such opportunities wouldn't happen again, nor could she actively seek such moments; perhaps it was just this memory!

On working days, Yurong had already regained her presidential demeanor, quickly put everything behind her, and headed off to the company after breakfast.

Meanwhile, Li Yan was on the bus, pondering whether he might coincidentally run into Jiang Lele, the milking angel, and perhaps there's a "surprise" waiting for him at the company!

Li Yan didn't run into Jiang Lele, and because he'd only taken that route once in the morning and afternoon, he wasn't familiar with the schedule, resulting in him missing the bus and arriving late at the company. Seeing he was late anyway, he leisurely took his time, first buying a new phone and replacing the SIM card.

When he arrived at the office, he noticed Wen Qianyi with a sullen face and furrowed brows, unlike her usual lively, optimistic demeanor, always maintaining energy and a cheerful smile at the company. It seemed something was bothering her.

"Supervisor Wen, why the bad mood? Got a relative visiting?" Li Yan joked.

Wen Qianyi glanced up at him dismissively and ignored him.

Seeing her low spirits, Li Yan became serious, "Wen Qianyi, is it last night's scare leaving aftereffects? Or did today's news come out with more frightening reports?"

"No... I haven't been following the reports." Wen Qianyi shook her head and tried to smile, "Actually, it's related to you..."

"Related to me?" Li Yan was speechless and chuckled, "Supervisor Wen, Little Yime, were you thinking all night about whether I'm the mysterious Hero?"

"Oh, get lost!" Wen Qianyi laughed and scolded, handing him a sheet of A4 paper.

Li Yan took it and saw it was a copy of a personnel appointment notice, stating that due to his good work performance and sense of responsibility, the company had decided to promote him to Deputy Team Leader of the Security Team. It already had the signatures of Ye Jiahong, the Business Director, Hai Fu, the Administrative Director, and Wang Ziyu, the Human Resources Director.

Since the appointment was only for a deputy team leader, and Li Yan was just a regular employee in the business department, as long as the administrative department agreed to the selection arrangement, and the department head had no objections, the Human Resources department could directly approve and notify for the procedures without needing the president's involvement.

Generally speaking, to anyone, this appointment would seem like a promotion in name but a demotion in reality, because the security team was bland and boring, without any perks, and had no future; in any aspect, it couldn't compare to the business department. But Li Yan was just coasting in the business department, with no achievements, and Wen Qianyi was new without any reason to oppose Ye Jiahong's decision.

After reading it, Li Yan laughed, "Is Ye Jiahong trying to mess with me?"

Seeing his demeanor, Wen Qianyi, who initially felt injustice for him, laughed as well; she thought, "Forget it, this guy is so laid-back; if he doesn't care, why should I waste my worries on him?" "Maybe you can consider it from another angle; perhaps Hai Fu, whom you supposedly have rumors with, wants to promote you!"

"Is this considered a promotion? It's a punishment for me, right?" Li Yan waved the paper in his hand, "Deputy team leader; it's really just sending me to idle away. But I don't believe Hai Fu would be so bored. It should be Ye Jiahong; Old Ye has always been unhappy with me. Last time, he wanted me to chase after Hai Fu, but I extorted thousands from him. He must be resentful, but I feel this is not the primary motive!"

"Oh?"

"I think maybe because he failed to curry favor with President Zhang, and considering he has many rivals and no chance, he's increasingly feeling that he has a similarly beautiful flower right in front of him. Why seek far and wide? That's right, it's you! To get closer to you, he has to first move me away as the Flower Guardian." Li Yan sat on Wen Qianyi's desk, smiling as he shared his speculation.

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