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Huang Ying and Hai Fu, both of whom Li Yan felt were easier to face, but the remaining three, not so much. Wen Qianyi was the only one who knew his true identity. Clearly, she could also guess where he had gone. Should he admit it or not? Yurong and Xiao Di's worries stemmed from a lack of news and were ordinary concerns, whereas hers were worries of truly knowing the danger!

Li Jie somewhat knew half of his identity. Should he be honest with her or find an excuse to brush her off? Either way, it would make her tense and worried since she personally experienced a shootout!

As for Qiao Huanxuan, Li Yan was somewhat unsure how to face her. Perhaps, consciously or subconsciously, he was avoiding her! After all, his memories of her were from more than ten years ago, and they were memories he himself chose to forget.

But beyond being moved, what else could he do? Maybe spending more time together would spark feelings of love, just like how he fell for Yu Xiaodi because he was moved by her. But what was the outcome? Now Yu Xiaodi couldn't be happy either, so should Qiao Huanxuan be dragged into this? Is he loving her, or harming her in the end?

Although Li Yan already had the idea of not giving up on anyone, compared to others, Qiao Huanxuan had feelings spanning over ten years, the deepest of all. She loved the combination of the young Li Yan, revised numerous times in her mind, rather than the current Li Yan. Naturally, being together would be immensely challenging.

However, avoidance doesn't solve problems. Considering Qiao Huanxuan's sometimes slightly crazy personality now, it might even exacerbate the situation. So he had to face it!

After hesitating for a while, Li Yan first made a call to Li Jie; starting with the easy before moving to the difficult!

Once connected, Li Jie was silent for a while before saying, "I thought you were going to change your number."

Li Yan chuckled, "Why? Thinking I would leave after hooking up with you? We agreed before I left. If I had no intention of seeing you again, why would I cheat you?"

"Then you... are you okay? Spent these days with Xiao Di?" Li Jie actually had nothing in particular to find him for, just wanted to contact him.

Though they said they'd act like before, could they really be just like friends? Li Yan, to her, was a special man, someone she both hated and was moved and grateful by. After breaking the barrier, she also had to face her inner feelings. Originally, she just wanted to contact him casually, as a way to report her safe arrival at home. But unexpectedly, Li Yan's phone was off, and it remained off in the following days, which led her to have other thoughts.

"You're okay?" Li Yan asked in a low voice.

"Me? I'm fine, perfectly normal." Li Jie heard him lower his voice.

"..."

"It's good you're okay. I actually made up a work excuse to go out. I haven't worked in H city these days, so I've been working overtime, and that's why my phone wasn't on. You can always find me if you need to." Li Yan ultimately didn't mention the encounter, since she was unaware and unaffected, adding to her worries was unnecessary.

"Oh right, it's Monday tomorrow, you should be going back to work then, you go get busy!" Li Jie ultimately wasn't great at communicating. Those few days she let go of everything and played; now she has reverted to her previous work state.

After hanging up, Li Yan remembered there was still a small gift for her that he hadn't given yet, but it wasn't urgent.

Just as he was about to call Wen Qianyi, she called him first!

"Wow, who is this? I was just about to call you, and here you are, Little Yi! We truly have a connection!" Li Yan answered with an extraordinarily enthusiastic and bright tone to reassure her.

"..." Wen Qianyi was thunderstruck by his enthusiasm. Little Yi... Little Sister-in-law, this guy...

"Qianyi, are you still there? Say something! It's been so long, so long since I've heard your voice, I miss you so much." Li Yan continued with enthusiasm.

"Go away... Stop being revolting." Wen Qianyi couldn't help but spat lightly.

"I'm telling the truth, a day not seen feels like three autumns, three autumns equals three years, three years after another three years, that adds up to thirty years without seeing you, isn't it natural to miss?"

"Save your cheesy words for wooing your Xiao Di! Thirty years, and you know to get back, huh?" Wen Qianyi gave a snort.

After she became Acting Business Director, she got very busy, without new and old handover, rapid promotion like a rocket. Perhaps everyone might reluctantly accept it, increasing her workload drastically. Li Yan went to other departments, no longer her assistant or partner she saw daily. She didn't focus on Li Yan as Yu Xiaodi intensely anticipated his contact, nor did she live with him daily like Zhang Yurong.

So, she originally wasn't worried about Li Yan, nor did she have time for that. Knowing he wasn't working, she thought he was genuinely preparing for his new job. Not being anything to him, she obviously didn't care.

But when Yu Xiaodi called her, she started feeling something was off. If this guy really went out, he should have contacted Yu Xiaodi; after all, she is the girlfriend he acknowledges. In dealing with inspections and avoiding suspicion, he would be more earnest with timely phone calls, busy work excuses, that's in line with a man's nature. But now, he seemed to have vanished suddenly!

After confirming the phone was unreachable, Wen Qianyi started thinking in that direction.

This guy isn't idle, lazy, or just an assassin! Could he really have gone to kill someone?

These were things she couldn't tell Yu Xiaodi or anyone else; she could only face it calmly by herself. At that time, she was entirely focused on work. To understand the severity, besides texting Li Yan to ask him to contact back, she researched the deaths reported worldwide over the past week.

Since she couldn't reach Li Yan and he didn't reply, Wen Qianyi's worries persisted until today.

At that time, Wen Qianyi was indeed a bit like a startled bird; any impactful unexpected news she would associate with Li Yan!

Discovering the most probable truth——which was indeed the truth, Wen Qianyi almost couldn't bear that kind of pressure.

Nimble skills, all-round intelligence, high-tech weapons, helicopters, fighter jets... these are essential elements in spy movies, multiplying these by a hundred, what kind of destructive power is that! Julian's side was certainly not fighting alone, likely a score built with more cannon fodder!

Could Li Yan be one of the cannon fodder?

Because she knew the truth, previously unworried Wen Qianyi in the past few days grew concerns surpassing those of Zhang Yurong and Yu Xiaodi combined!

Thinking about him possibly never returning brought a deeply oppressive mood to her heart, inexplicably suffocating. She always thought of herself as a calm person, and wouldn't be swayed by someone like Li Yan. Maybe there were some feelings, but only a touch. Yet, when faced with possibly losing forever, she faintly realized, she was just a woman after all.

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